Reminds me a bit of Star Citizen, although at least they've made most of the ships they've sold. The full game might never release, but you can at least fly around in those ships right now, which seems to be leaps and bounds more functionality than Earth 2 has.

@@Greywander87 Star Citizen is another nightmare in the making. It is closer to the end goal of an actual product compared to Earth 2... technically... but its not close to said goal. With that said, as a rule, I'm HIGHLY skeptical towards anything that makes as much money as SC and still feels like it needs to sell imaginary ships for thousands of dollars.

I can only also assume, that these so called "boosters", will at some point become available to be purchased directly with real money. Or real money that is locked into "E-dollars", or whatever they call their digital currency.

but just imagine ....you can spend 1000's of dollars for nothing XD ....i mean who doesnt want that ?

Not to be confused with people who play Earth Defence Force on various platforms 😂

@Keith Smith good luck with that cupcake.

Ah yes, Side is awesome. Sid is pretty cool, too.

@Keith Smith don't forget to get some Herbalife products while you're at it.

The EDF deploys!

or a ...game

Actually, that's damn accurate.

@@SidAlpha KZfaq Money Calculator How much money can you earn with KZfaq? Video views 12000 Views per Day Engagement / CTR 0.3 % CPC (Cost Per Click) 2 $ CPM (Cost Per Thousand) 6.00 $ per 1000 pageviews Daily Income $72.00 Monthly Income $2,160 Yearly Income $25,920

@@jsmith5322 What exactly is your point?

@@cy-one similar to YOURS?! good luck

Well, they're engaging in false equivalence. KZfaq creators get paid based on making content about basically anything... on fan contributions based upon perceived merit... and on the sale of merch that only sells if the channel has a reputation that makes being a fan attractive. Consumer good will. E2 Shills make money based only upon shilling E2... ...and that depends upon whether they can actually cash out before E2 gets shut down for their shady shenanigans.

Usually even a 2-star mobile game has a) some kind of a game and b) the jewels actually change the game from terrible to somewhat endurable. In other words, they did copy that “feature” in the way of Cargo Cult - copying but not understanding.

"Rate us 5 stars and we'll give you 100 Jewels!"

Was in the middle of watching a WingsOfRedemption one.

WASTED opportunity. I could have totally manually inserted an ad break right there. Kicking myself for not thinking of that!

@@SidAlpha For the Bacon sponsorship right? :P

When? I didn't get that ad break

@@brunoais not everyone gets the same ones at the same time.

@@RvnKnight I know. That's also why I'm asking where in the video did it happen. :)

but then again anyone lie about computer failure, would have said, due to a power surge in the psu that cause a the motherboard and components on it to fry their circuits, a new 64 core Threadripper with sli setup of two 3090s and dual setup of HighPoint 7500 Series system is needed. now this would be said in a video with Sid and Reds Rhetoric at the launch of a gofundme. 🤡

I can say it too, ITS A SCAM!

it definitely is

As best as I can tell they violate the Securities laws in a LOT of countries.

It violates the securities laws of many countries that actually have laws about them.

Imagine ads for hot singles in the area, and they're in a spot with actual hot singles

Sounds like fun

Well, the confusing name is intentional, because it could mean “co-finance” but the whole schtick is to buy a “coffee” for the creator. They want to sew the discord and confusion to generate profits for the Ko-Financed Ko-Fi Ko-Bal. It’s a very real conspiracy that I didn’t make up.

I absolutely agree with you. I've also dipped back into the discord and the number of people who jump to defend E2 when it's mentioned, even in a neutral way, is horrifying. If it does turn out to be an E2 deal, then I'll be requesting my money back. I know that's not how crowd funding works, but if enough people do it, they may cave. Even if they don't, if enough people do complain/request refunds, it'll make a statement that could potentially, although very unlikely, go so far as to make it to the mainstream news.

To be clear you would ask for a refund because a guy on the internet calls a platform in development a scam? Let me rephrase he can't call it a scam because that would require proof which he doesn't offer. The devs have been very forth coming in their communications in the discord and have answered lots of questions in great detail. When youtubers like Sid have the opportunity to ask questions they aren't exactly asking tough questions, they get responses, they move on and boom another video. At this point it really comes down to can E2 deliver? So atleast they can call them dirty devs and scammer for the next several years because of the "trust" they built and definitely not views. Granted the majority of E2 youtubers are snakes and it doesn't look good that some of those snakes are mods. Sigh.

@@NOTBUYMERUMAGAIN Yikes dude. Probably worth knowing your audience. Get outta here with your cope.

​@@NOTBUYMERUMAGAIN You people, that being yourself and others who have responded in defense of E2 to my previous comments on related videos, always seem to assume that I'm just parroting the opinion piece I've just watched without having any thoughts of my own. I can absolutely, and am doing so right now, telling you that this is not true... Once and only once, since I won't be responding to any of you, as defined above, again. If I had encountered E2 or it's competitor at random on the internet, and spent half an hour to look into it, I would have immediately recognized it for the predatory mayby-legal scam that it is (a scam needn't neccesarily break the law prior to running off with investors' money to be a scam). You do not start a project like the one that E2 claimed to be attempting, which requires user trust, by creating a hybrid MLM - Piramid Scheme that is at best so close to the line of illegality that it's not immediately a criminal activity, protected only by some of the worst terms of service on the internet. Absolutely everything about this project reeks of scum and greed. It is built exactly opposite to how it would need to be in order to appear at least possibly legitimate. A better model to follow, while no means perfect, is demonstarted by Star Citizen. While by no means a safe project to back, from the point of view of someone hoping for a finished project one day, it at least went about this in a more acceptable way. For example, it provids greater transparency, makes consistant claims about what it would and wouldn't include, and it reasonably and logically justifies and explains reductions or changes in scope. Meanwhile, E2 has litterally changed its stated goals and even self identification without notice, recorce, discussion or explination, thus potentially openning itself up to false advertising lawsuits in additon to everything else. Star Citizen has also been providing regular meaningful updates, with screenshots, developement streams or posts, concept art and more for years, while E2 makes some trashy notice about getting microtransactions in a non-game for mechanics that don't exist. While initially dubious, as many extreme-scope projects are, Star Citizen has since proven itself to be at least a legitimate project. Even if badly managed and ludicorusly money-hungry, it appears by all reckoning to be a reasonable attempt to produce what it claimed, and still claims, to aim to produce. Even contrasting the two in this way feels like a disservice to Star Citizen, which I have no finacial, personal or emotional investment investment in whatsoever. TLDR: I am not planning on asking for a refund because Cid Alpha or affiliated channels think it's a scam, but because the moment I saw the claimed goals, actual mechanisms in place, and terms of service, it was utterly unmistackable as anything but a soon-to-be-prosecuted scam. Anyone who claims otherwise is being willfully ignorant and/or has been horribly missinformed. You may take your pick as to which one I am calling you in this instance, but do be aware that I hold you and others like you, as defined above, in utmost contempt either way.

.... That's a story I'd like to read for some curious reason. Probably the time travel XD

Don’t insult Hodor like that!

This is disrespectful to Hodor.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jL2Tjban1rK4dIE.html

Hodor!

Unfortunately yes.

Running self-own joke because when I first heard of Ko-Fi I thought it was pronounced as Coffee.

It's a duck! Am I right?

@@FenrisEx a very small pebble?

A shoe with a hint of mold on the sole?

Mmm i see i see but but hear me out skip step 1 and 2 and only do step 3 and 4 🤔🤔

you can't do step 3 & 4 cause Mr. will be broke.

Indeed.

@@SidAlpha How much DO U make SID from 12,000 views......interested?!

@@jsmith5322 I don't think it's an appropriate question to ask, but he did say before that one of his largest videos only made him like $100 + dollars.

Pages? More like the entire book.

That quote, I hear that way too often from cryptobros defending their pyramid schemes. It's like talking to a brick wall. They never even care about the respective game. As long as they can make money, everything is fine. "Earth 2 and the likes will never fully release and live up to their promises? Who cares, I made money." It's like you're talking to aliens. You can really tell that these people aren't having gaming as their hobby. Instead they seem to just flock in from recommendations made by "crypto", "investment", "trading" and "financial" sites and channels. It disgusts me on various levels.

Amen. I remember the days when Fallout 76 and Star Citizen were the biggest game scams we talked about. Speaking of Star Citizen, what the heck happened to it? I’ve heard that it has apparently developed a lot since then, but the usual suspects aren’t talking about it, so IDK if it’s still considered a scam, or if it redeemed itself a la No Man’s Sky.

@@KnakuanaRka A lot has happened yes. It's still unstable and buggy as hell. But it's kinda sad too because the graphics is starting to show its age in SC. I mean it looks good, but not the wow-factor that it had before. It's more plasticy and artificial now than ever. I think people can get a kick out of SC, but if you want a game that runs smoothly with friends people should look elsewhere. It'll probably get better, but when that time comes I'm not sure how relevant SC will be then.

lol who ever buys these boosters are really being blind. boosters for what land they promised to others? they already said they would create something microsoft or a bilions dollar industry didnt even have there hands on. and they have 7 people to start with? including a lill boy who made a game with stolen assets.... might sound rude but wich brainless people invested in this? and now it is a platform instead of a game? so many red flags right there

Have to wonder if the scammers here watched Star Citizen flail around and said "We can do better!" (No, I'm NOT salty Squadron 42 still hasn't realized 5 years after the trailer date.)

Wow wtf ever gave you that idea.

But... there's not enough popcorn on Earth for this.

@@judge_dreddpool7593 You need the yellow gem that increases the production of popcorn by 0.05%. :P

@@judge_dreddpool7593 I mean, there's absolute no popcorn on Earth 2 for this, but as denormative said, you can boost that number by getting a jewel :D

I thought the same, just not so eloquently ^^

"Innocent" hahaha. No one guilty of wrongthink according to KZfaq's policy is "Innocent".

REALLY?! KZfaq Money Calculator How much money can you earn with KZfaq? Video views 12000 Views per Day Engagement / CTR 0.3 % CPC (Cost Per Click) 2 $ CPM (Cost Per Thousand) 6.00 $ per 1000 pageviews Daily Income $72.00 Monthly Income $2,160 Yearly Income $25,920

@@jsmith5322 Again, what is your point? Your copypasta'd calculation completely ignores demonetization, which channels like Sid's suffer heavily from. But as I said, he has separate income channels with Patreon and Ko-Fi. Still, what's the point? Are you somehow implying someone that earns money as a content creator is somehow.. doing something wrong?

@@jsmith5322 Your calculator is impressive... For how wrong it is. That looks a lot, but most jobs will pay more for less hours editing, fact hunting, recording and uploading. Let's also skip over the fact it's complete bull too. You're probably out by a factor of a hundred. Helps to know multiple channel hosts personally rather than a website you found on Google and assumed it was remotely realistic. Two dollars a click? Try 0.002 *cents*, you annoying little /b/tard wannabe.

And as with any aaa game, microtransactions will work perfectly even if the rest of the game will be buggy mess (if it exists at all).

The other rule of investing is if someone says you can't lose by investing with them, it's a scam.

These people claim they have withdrawn their initial capital, so they are at least break even even if they never withdelrae again. So they claim, I have no idea if it's true.

Withdrawals are a little complicated but they work.

@@Ralferator If you jump through hoops. You're hardly going to say anything negative about them though, are you?

Phase 3 are skins, there are no character models 'yet', but you can already buy and sell skins for them.

I hope CDPR learns this