"Slacker Backer" needs a new name

[Frenetic Pony]

"Slacker Backer" if I'm interested in pre-ordering the game, that's no going to be the most encouraging thing to see.

 

It's a small item sure, but if you're pre-ordering a game almost a year (more than a year?) in advance I wouldn't want to be called a "slacker" for it. I'd just suggest changing it to "pre-order" and be done with it. Oh, and put it on Steam when possible. Planetary Annihilation was, while early access, still $90 and was up on the top 10 best selling titles on Steam for a while. More pre-orders of PE are good for everyone, though having a proper title may be helpful as well.

[mcmanusaur]

My sources tell me it's either that or "loafer chauffeur", so take your pick. It's just a title after all, but I sort of see where you're coming from.

[Archmage Silver]

And slacker backer is still better than tardy patron and sloth pledger.

[mstark]

We need late to the party or the party doesn't start till you join in backer options.

[Archmage Silver]

You must gather your party before venturing forth.

[mstark]

I can't believe there's no 10 hour version of that on youtube!

[Archmage Silver]

I can't believe there's no 10 hour version of that on youtube!

OT: You can install a YouTube auto replay add-on for your browser.

[JFSOCC]

"fashionably late"

[Karkarov]

While you might get trolled for this post... I agree.  Slacker Backer has always seemed like a stupid name for it from the outset and Obsidian was not the first to use the term. 

[Amentep]

"Past Master of the Back Door Entry"?

 

I dunno, I didn't see the issue with the name, to be honest.

 

The thing is there's a conceptual difference between pre-order and crowdfunding. IE the entire Kickstarter campaign wasn't just a bunch of pre-orders.

[decado]

How about "Order of the Pre-Order."

 

Or even "Customer."  You know, what you call people who have paid for a product.   

[Valsuelm]

While you might get trolled for this post... I agree.  Slacker Backer has always seemed like a stupid name for it from the outset and Obsidian was not the first to use the term. 

 

It's a fairly disrespectful way to refer to folks who support you or you would like to support you methinks.

[Amentep]

How about "Order of the Pre-Order."

 

Or even "Customer."  You know, what you call people who have paid for a product.   

The product doesn't exist when you're seeking funding for it. So you're not a customer you're a backer.

[pl1982]

I actually wholeheartedly agree with the OP. I am not a late backer (backed first day), but "slacker backer" is a bit demeaning in a way for people that support you. And don't fool yourselves into thinking a pre-order, even after the initial KS run, is not supporting the developer. I also vote for a change in the title/name. It might seem a small thing, but imho it's the small things that matter.

[decado]

 

How about "Order of the Pre-Order."

 

Or even "Customer."  You know, what you call people who have paid for a product.   

The product doesn't exist when you're seeking funding for it. So you're not a customer you're a backer.

 

So people who pre-order games that aren't done yet are "backers"?  

[Amberion]

Generally pre-orders are made available by retailers, and the money doesn't go to the developer until the game is released. In the case of digital distribution pre-orders, usually developers wait till the game is near completion(like 6 months ahead).

[Labadal]

I see it more like a joke. Slacker? Backer? Get it?

 

I guess some people are offended and I have nothing against that, I just didn't think of the term that way.

[Lephys]

How's about Beta Backer? Maybe the initial people were alpha backers?

 

Err... Reinforcement Backer? You know... the battle's already begun, but they join in anyway.

 

Reinforcements are important to battles. So that's not as negative. Though it's also 7,000 times less catchy.

[Archmage Silver]

How's about Beta Backer? Maybe the initial people were alpha backers?

 

Err... Reinforcement Backer? You know... the battle's already begun, but they join in anyway.

 

Reinforcements are important to battles. So that's not as negative. Though it's also 7,000 times less catchy.

Beta Backer sounds more like Beta Blocker.

[Keyrock]

How about late bloomer?

Edited July 12, 2013 by Keyrock

[Nonek]

Bob?

[rjshae]

Green Light Backers

 

Oh I guess that might be confusing...

 

Expansion Backers

 

Hmm, maybe not. How about...

 

Carpet Backers

 

Stacker Backers

 

Ah, never mind.

Edited July 12, 2013 by rjshae

[Night Stalker]

Post Kickstarter Backer.

[argan]

 

 

How about "Order of the Pre-Order."

 

Or even "Customer."  You know, what you call people who have paid for a product.   

The product doesn't exist when you're seeking funding for it. So you're not a customer you're a backer.

 

So people who pre-order games that aren't done yet are "backers"?  

 

 

As the other guy said, if a game is cancelled when pre-ordered the customer gets his money back. People need to understand that not a single one of us has "pre-ordered" a game. We have funded a game and hope to get something in return, provided everything goes as planned. We are not customers in any way, and there is not even any certainty the game will even be made. That is the preimse of Kickstarter, you take a risk and hope to get something in return.

 

I think that PE will manage just nicely but this whole idea that backers are pre-ordering customers is a perception that needs to be cleared up.

[GrinningReaper659]

I pledged through paypal about a week or two after the end of the Kickstarter campaign, so I believe that I may be a "slacker backer." Just to throw in my two cents, this title doesn't bother me at all. It seems as if I may be in the minority on this, but I don't see anything disrespectful about the name. We're backing, but not doing so as early as those that backed the KS campaign. Pretty straightforward. Also clearly a light-hearted play on words; I can't see how someone can take offense at this.