Well, here’s another one of these campaigns. You know what we’re taking about – IP infringement clear and simple. With that said, unlike some, it doesn’t look like the developer Chris Martin is attempting to outright scam with Dragon Ball Z: Rebirth of Legends. Their lead in sentence of “As a child alot of us can remember the dragon ball z saga and how much joy it gave us” seems honest. Many do recall watching Dragon Ball Z and loving every minute of it. However, that is a brand owned by Manga Entertainment in Europe. As for the video game realm, Bandai Namco has the license, not Chris Martin.
The saddest aspect of Dragon Ball Z: Rebirth of Legends is not the fact that it’s absolutely devoid of any information aside from a foggy concept (but that’s majorly distressing on its own). It’s the fact that general folks still fail to recognize that big, established properties are not theirs to profit off of. Sure, there’s some wiggle room with parody, or even free fan-created works, but it is not okay to ask for money for a new Dragon Ball Z video game out of nowhere. Even if he were magically granted the rights, which wouldn’t happen, this campaign is practically blank and therefore fails at drawing interest other than from skeptics such as ourselves.
Weirdly enough, even the backer rewards fail to even offer a copy of Dragon Ball Z: Rebirth of Legends. The single tier of approximately $2 grants updates about development. Although the goal is sub $2000, it’s painfully obvious funding is nothing but a pipe dream on this one.
scammers are one thing…but lazy scammers that is bad can you imagine if they were bank robbers ?
“hi i am just phoning the bank to say i was going to rob you later today but if you could just send me the money to this address would save me a lot of time”
The mental image I’m getting from this is absolutely hilarious!
funnily enough there was a story of a bank robber who went to the bank but the safe was shut so he gave them his phone number and asked to be called later when it was
Way to go Kickstarter, like you needed that bad PR? Seriously they need to keep there eyes on the submissions, otherwise scammers will keep on coming.
Sometimes I wish I could work at Kickstarter simply to just weed through obviously fraudulent campaigns. But there must be so maaaaany that we never even see, so that must be a nightmarish job actually, lol.
I’d do it in a heartbeat myself. I can smell ’em a mile away now.
I’ve seen scams come and go over the years, but this is the first time I’ve met one so blatantly obvious and lazy. At least try to put some effort into a campaign, whether it’s fake or real.
The scary thing to me is what happens when actual scammers do appear and get funded because of a smart pitch. I’d rather have 10 of these DBZ non-campaigns a week than that!
This one was a successful scam. At least myself and several other regulars figured it out quickly. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/susanwilson/9-year-old-building-an-rpg-to-prove-her-brothers-w