Back in 2012, developer Roberts Space Industries (RSI) launched a Kickstarter asking for money to fund Star Citizen—an ambitious space game in the mold of Wing Commander. It's 2018, and while parts of the game are playable in various forms, it's far from achieving what it set out to accomplish. So far, it's collected more than $200 million in funding from fans eager to play it.
Ken Lord was one of those fans, and an early backer of Star Citizen. He's got a Golden Ticket, a mark on his account that singles him out as an early member of the community. In April of 2013, Lord pledged $4,496 to the project. Five years later, the game still isn't out, and Lord wants his money back. RSI wouldn't refund it, so Lord took the developer to small-claims court in California.
It's a simple case of an investor who's upset he didn't get his money back, isn't it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @08:32PM (1 child)
Most user agreements include a "subject to change with X days notice" clause specifically for this purpose. The user "agrees" automatically to whatever changes are made, unless the user employs some escape clause to revoke the agreement. (Said escape clause may not actually exist, and if it exists the procedure to invoke it is sure to be hidden in an undiscoverable segment of the company's website behind a sign saying "Beware of the Leopard" or some such.)
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @11:21PM
That sort of cap won't hold up in a court of law for serious term changes
by reading this message you agree to give me your first born child to be sacrificed in the name of Sek and I can alter this agreement at any time