Yeah, pretty much my feelings too. I was/am willing to donate directly if Seth is really strapped for cash, (minus the step of buying drawings from a little girl though this whole thread is a really sweet idea idea) but in that case it would be helping out an internet acquaintance, not paying over my limit on even most triple A games for a VN I'll never play.
Even for genres I'm into it's very, very rare I'd put forward money for a kickstarter, and definitely not for games still in the 'handful of concept sketches and one sentence description' stage of development. I understand he's got a lot more important stuff going on and probably had to rush it out, but I don't see funding for the game really taking off (though honestly so far it's doing better than I expected) until there's something more concrete to show and a concentrated effort to make people aware of it. Even for really professional pitches with screenshots and videos of gameplay included, I've rarely had good experiences backing projects, and I know I'm not alone there. Kickstarter just has this way of turning even the most enthusiastic would-be players into a cynical, wary lot.
