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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Kickstarter - Far West - Where Progress is Moving Backwards

Last December (in the year of delayed Kickstarters 2014 - we need to count years with Far West) Gareth started laying out Chapter XII. Yes, layout. As in, it was written and it was done.

He has still laying out Chapter XII in February of this year.

Today we were told he is now working on laying out Chapter IX

Just how long does it take to layout a book?

Just how many chapters are laid out? He's not going in order so it's impossible to tell. Is Chapter XII truly done?

This was from the August 25th update, The 4th Year of Far West, Year 2015 Common era

So, Chapter XII is NOT done...

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GeoffSeptember 22, 2015 at 4:22 PM
Man, this is just gotten to the point of being comical now.
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BadmikeSeptember 22, 2015 at 4:57 PM
Dark comedy, maybe.
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Steve CromptonSeptember 22, 2015 at 8:56 PM
I want to say something, but as ours was very late, I feel like I'm hardly in a position to cast stones. I hope we felt more consistent with dT&T. We tried to show continual progress and got all the other rewards done. The complete redo took far longer than we'd planned, so you have my apologies.
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TheShadowKnowsSeptember 23, 2015 at 9:19 AM
I hate to use the word "sucker" about backers of even the most wayward Kickstarter*, but I have to wonder about people who still support the guy at this point. He's changed his story so many times, his nickname should be "George Lucas Special Edition".

* - I don't really hate it that much at all.
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TheShadowKnowsSeptember 23, 2015 at 4:22 PM
Skarka's latest excuse makes "the dog ate my homework" look like a well-crafted tale of suspense and pathos.
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Kickstarter - Far West - Where Progress is Moving Backwards

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