Quote from: Mistwell;626919You've crossed into creepy stalker territory man.  Stop reading and reposting his wife's blog about her kids.  This issue is not worth you going there.   Time for a new hobby when you find yourself doing that. Whatever fucked up thing is going on in your life where you feel the need to attention whore on this level, time to address it in a healthier manner.

I had something like this happen in the past.  Unbeknownst to me, my ex-wife was stalking me for a period of time.  I only found out about it, when I found a gps unit in my car that wasn't mine.  At the time, I thought it was simultaneously amusing and creepy.

Anyone know the origin of the "Dwimmer" word used in the title of this game?

Is it supposed to be like the "Dwemer" from Elder Scrolls?

I guess L0TR used it, ""It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty, having many guises." — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers"

And then there is Dwimor, which is Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European.

Quote from: Black Vulmea;626749Well, this is interesting.

Maliszewski was able to get far enough ahead ( . . .?) on his Whizbros articles that they were able to publish one in September, two in October and one in December. I wonder if they have any more sitting on a hard drive somewhere, and if so, when they were written.

Would Whizbros publish his articles without communicating with him at some point? I've never tried to publish anything, so I don't know how that works.

AFAIK there is a decent delay between submission and publishing. This was from a while ago when my bro got an article published in Pyramid. So I dunno how fast the digital age makes things, but I can imagine a delay of a few months, especially if they had a bunch of other stuff in the pipe.

"Dwimmer" is a variation of "dwimor" and "dweomer", which indicates illusion, magic, spells and the like. Dweomercraft is the practice of magic. Dwimmer-mount is "that mountain which is magical/where magic/illusions/deception can be found."

Quote from: Mistwell;626919You think "He bought his kids some normal Christmas presents" is a sign he spent the money?

You've crossed into creepy stalker territory man.  Stop reading and reposting his wife's blog about her kids.  This issue is not worth you going there.   Time for a new hobby when you find yourself doing that. Whatever fucked up thing is going on in your life where you feel the need to attention whore on this level, time to address it in a healthier manner.

Jesus fuck yes.

I think Jmal is using weak excuses to hide from his responsibilities and has been shown up as a flake who can't be trusted. I even think in light if his absence and bullshit non acknowledgement/communication that something his wife blogged would be relevant if they were going on cruises and hosting extravagant parties BUT...

the fact they brought xmas presents is normal- you have kids, you buy presents if you can. Yeah to me it looks like a lot of $$$ but we don't know what the wife makes or who bought them/how.

Even the game night at home sounds like normal family stuff I would expect him to be doing, I don't imagine him in bed all day, just going through the motions for his kids sake and ignoring the real world.

Not as damning by far as his general actions to backers/refund seekers/autarch.

Quote from: Mistwell;626919You think "He bought his kids some normal Christmas presents" is a sign he spent the money?

You've crossed into creepy stalker territory man.  Stop reading and reposting his wife's blog about her kids.

That is way beyond the fucking pale. Unbelievable.

Hang on, they publicly blog it why is reading and reposting it beyond the pale?

No-one has attacked the wife & kids as a target, just tried to suggest that is where the money is gone and that other aspects of his home life shows no sign of this crippling tragedy at all.

I don't think buying xmas presents is quite the smoking gun RWS's seems to think but there's no reason not to read a public blog to gather info, especially since Jmal went underground so long. If it was meant to be private it would be a group email or something, not a public blog.

If you put your life on the internet, don't expect it to remain private.

Quote from: Benoist;626927"Dwimmer" is a variation of "dwimor" and "dweomer", which indicates illusion, magic, spells and the like. Dweomercraft is the practice of magic. Dwimmer-mount is "that mountain which is magical/where magic/illusions/deception can be found."

Hm, "Illusion mountain".
Just one more coincidence for the legend.

Interestingly enough, radio show Studio 360 had a segment about failed Kickstarters. You can read about it through the link below. There is also access to listen to the entire piece.

Most inetesting fact for me is that the failure rate is only 3.7%. Little comfort for the backers, but still seems low to me.

 http://www.studio360.org/2013/feb/08/who-backs-the-backers-on-kickstarter/

Just as a head's up, if you're a Dwimmermount backer you can download a draft of my DEVILMOUNT remix of the megadungeon from Autarch.  My remix is a gonzo parody of the OSR's "lost dungeon" through the lens of a teenager heavily into metal, aliens, and cough syrup.  Fully-formatted, fully-playable. Enjoy.

Quote from: misterguignol;627064My remix is a gonzo parody of the OSR's "lost dungeon" through the lens of a teenager heavily into metal, aliens, and cough syrup.

Heh.   Robo-ing type hallucinations?

Quote from: ggroy;627068Heh.   Robo-ing type hallucinations?

Exactly.

Quote from: Endless Flight;627059If you put your life on the internet, don't expect it to remain private.

This is true, but it also doesn't justify people being jerks about it either. I mean just because a woman posts her address on facebook that doesnt mean its okay to stalk her. I think everyone here gets James ought to be open to criticism because he launched a project, requested funds, and hasn't produced (though there is also an element of invest at your own risk here too----that is why i dont fund kickstarter projects). But this is the guy's wife, blogging (apparently) about christmas preparations for her children. She doesn't seem like a fair target to me and it seems pretty excessive behavior for someone who put what, twenty to fifty bucks toward a project? If you feel wronged hire a lawyer or make a written foral request to James for your money back. Scoping out his wife's log for a conspiracy theory is just a bit creepy.