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Steve Ince tweeted claiming that Al has given his blessing (also, Al and his band are mentioned in the $10,000 tier), while Al himself is quiet on Twitter (other than a very cryptic tweet). So the whole ruckus is being raised by Paul Trowe alone.

Don’t know, this whole thing seems weird but whatever happens (even if Paul Trowe was speaking out of turn and the whole thing is perfectly kosher), the damage has been done and this kickstarter is not going to make it.

uh yeah this is really weird. Steve ince definitely is supporting it.

I also agree that a clarification statement is needed at this point. Otherwise, I’ll be keeping the money for buying flowers instead.

Not that I had any interest in this even before seeing this is a scam, but I skipped through the pitch video and it feels so disingenuous.

That Ken fellow comes off as a snake oil salesman who knows diddly about games. Just wants to cash in on this kickstarter trend.

It’s obviously not a scam. It may not, however, have Al Lowe’s blessing. Or maybe it does and Paul Trowe is talking out of school. I emailed Al but I haven’t heard back.

Frogacuda - 30 May 2012 06:19 PM

It’s obviously not a scam.

Have you compared the pic of al lowe on their kickstarter to this on al’s site? http://www.allowe.com/AL/bio2.htm
Why would they be so sneaky? If al had any kindv role with these people, couldnt they say “hey al, take a picture for us?”

To scam someone is to deprive them of something by using deceit.

Al and Paul are pursuing legal action against these jokers for misrepresenting them in order to boost the “project”. In other words, “Wisecrack Games” is using deceit to make people think the game is something it’s not.

That fits the definition of a scam in my book, which happens to be a dictionary.

My guess is that this shady Ken fellow brought Steve Ince on board, but Steve wasn’t aware of some of the details.

The $10k reward tier is hilarious. Either Al forgot he agreed to play his saxophone for someone, or Ken is misrepresenting him in a deceitful manner to convince people that this project has Al Lowe’s support. Hmmmm…

It’s kinda lame how the guy from Venture Beat rewrote his article to include new information, but didn’t bother to include a note anywhere to show what had changed since the original publication.

zane - 30 May 2012 06:43 PM

Have you compared the pic of al lowe on their kickstarter to this on al’s site? http://www.allowe.com/AL/bio2.htm
Why would they be so sneaky? If al had any kindv role with these people, couldnt they say “hey al, take a picture for us?”

You must have missed my earlier post: http://www.adventuregamers.com/forums/viewthread/172/#1701

^that doesnt explain why they cut out the badge. Unless they wanted to give it a shady vibe.

I’m not a fan of what Steve Ince does, but he is certainly smart enough to stay away from fishy projects and 100 times more trustworthy than that Trowe guy.

And I think Al Lowe keeps silence for a reason.