Bruno. dude.
I was one of the very early believers and investors in this in January. I've watched this whole process with hope and patience and I have to say at this point it's incredibly frustrating. You seem to spend 99.9% of your time "scam busting" as you LOVE to continually harp on and chasing after the glorious, life-affirming acceptance of the bitcointalk community, debating the respect you feel you are owed with a million people. BUT, according to you, you got scammed ON YOUR OWN ICO! We stood by you and the project as you rattled on about how surprised you were a lead developer and their girlfriend you met that one time and gave control of your whole project just disappeared with everything and how don't worry you had other investors lining up, complete with a preposterous play by play that if you had a legit investor who saw your posts about them, jesus. Nobody called you out, nobody gave you shit, nobody called you a scam even though at best you misrepresented the "team" you had.
Was actually quite happy to see you were back with a "plan" but it sure looks like the same plan as before --which, after it all went down turned out be more of a hail mary and a prayer. I've seen you needlessly point out your unending and irrefutable transparency 50 times in the short time i've been on here, but you can't answer clear and simple questions about what the ACTUAL, CURRENT agreement with Bacancy is or how much money you need to secure that service. BUT, you're presenting that as a way to legitimize this pre-ICO. But hey, you're gonna just crowdsource your whole team real quick and oh everybody gets a free computer!! Was this the whole plan? And how has it not occurred to anyone "consulting" you that if nearly every single person who comes across this has to ask a million questions about your super clever wordsmith-ing and glossary you've coined then that's maybe not the best approach to reach the masses? Bacancy is cool with all that? And you're using the same website? aka one of the 10 least professional looking website on the web? You could literally put up one clean looking page with a summary people who at least speak english can grasp the concept without 10 rounds of explanations and an email address and it would seem more legit.
As someone who still believes you are onto a terrific idea and has to be one of the highest dollar investors in this so far I WANT you to succeed, but I think it's time to show us all a lot more, and stop with the pseudo transparency and tell everyone the actual truth, actual plan and actual details. If it's any good it will help this effort -- which by looking at the addresses in the OP, is not going great. And I WANT it to go great. You really do seem like a decent guy who wants to do the right thing, but this whole reboot sure seems like it's riddled with stubborn or lazy thinking and preparation. I think in particular with what's happening in other threads, we who have been and are on board deserve a lot more from you than the current patterns of communication. Thank you
Some, if not most of your post has merit, addressing one aspect that doesn't. I'm spending very little time scam busting, dedicating most my waking hours to this project, taking quick breaks to comment in select threads with Arbitao being the only scam entity on my radar/plate in digging them a new asshole, of which that episode has most likely come to a close.
Yes, the site relatively sucks in its current iteration as I've formally addressed and alluded to on its home page from the get-go. Thanks to onboarding Team Member Cyrus McNally and speaking in length with him on the phone, that will soon change.
jhart411, I truly thank you and others for their support to date, and I promise that none of yous will be disappointed.
Ironically, I came to this thread within seconds of you posting the quoted reply above so to link to my latest money grab (seriously, humor) -->
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4514203.0.
Another former early supporter has opted to take advantage of our Super Bonus because of his faith in the project, thus leaving only three available.
Time for bed.
Bruno
The Raffle idea was presented to me by another supporter via PM who I'm opting to not declare who the forum member is but hope he publicly verifies the truism.
That was me, I suggested the raffle (as I have seen a lot of them in the collectibles section I thought it might help raise awareness for the project).
I won't highlight each point from the investors post but I do agree with a lot of it.
I asked about pre-ICO funding information and was a little disappointed when it was ignored. Although it's not required, I thought it might help if folks knew what the funding goal was, what the funds were being used for and how close funding goal was. These are absolute basic pieces of information required on the big CF sites, because it helps greatly knowing this information when deciding to support. If I know the funding goal is 6 million dollars and only $200 is pledged, well I am probably not going to support it no matter how good the project is. If the funding goal is $10,000 and $7500 has been pledged I am MORE likely to support it if I like it. I can see the funding goal is reasonable and others agree so fuck it I'm in for a couple hundo.
I wish there was a little more transparency (the irony isn't lost on me LOL), even if it was in private for ONLY those who have verified investments. I'd love to see a road map of sorts, even a short term one. What are you working on Bruno, what are the timelines you wish to hit. Where is the project in terms of development?