The cost of lies: A Mineserver story
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- Robert X. Cringely launched a Kickstarter for Mineserver in 2015, promising simple ARM-based Minecraft servers, but repeatedly failed to deliver.
- The project began with delays, excuses about broken equipment and software bugs, and eventually stopped updating backers after a year of missed promises.
- Cringely later claimed he was blind from cataracts and lost all Mineservers in the Tubbs fire, but evidence contradicted these stories.
- He then launched a fake satellite launch company, Eldorado Space, claiming to have bought all F-104 jets, which was proven false by the actual owner.
- The pattern of small lies escalated into larger delusions, destroying Cringely's decades-long reputation and credibility.