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The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
This thread is for the discussion of any and all topics that directly relate to the recently completed Order of the Stick Reprint Drive on Kickstarter. So if you want to talk about reward fulfillment or credit card problems, this is the place.
The original thread is here, but since that's over 100 pages long so we locked it.
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Hey look! A new thread to talk about Kickstarter stuff in. Cool! :smallcool:
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I am very pleased to see such success with the kickstarter. It was always obvious, and should be even more obvious to yourself as well, that...
You deserve it. :smallsmile:
PS: And hey, since we're apparently the best fans in the world, it seems like we deserve it too :smallbiggrin:
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Whoo! New thread! :smallbiggrin:
Also, does anyone have updated knowledge about how long Rich thinks it might take to write up the various PDF stories, and whether they'll be released as one long package or individually?
I have a few vague memories of hearing this or that, but that was at the start of the drive, long before Rich had so much hard work to do!
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fergo
Whoo! New thread! :smallbiggrin:
Also, does anyone have updated knowledge about how long Rich thinks it might take to write up the various PDF stories, and whether they'll be released as one long package or individually?
I have a few vague memories of hearing this or that, but that was at the start of the drive, long before Rich had so much hard work to do!
I think not even Rich himself knows exactly what's happening when. Bear in mind, he's all of a sudden received a massive influx of work and commitments, not to mention the task of handling the logistics of it all.
We can be assured that it will all be fulfilled, but we may have to exercise some patience before this is all even sorted out in the first place. Give it a bit of time at this point.
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I, for one, am more than willing to have patience and take it easy :smallsmile:
I understand that this is going to be the mother of all undertakings for Rich, and that his platter will be beyond full.
I just hope that he won't work himself to exhaustion with all this! If getting my swag means taking it easy, waiting a bit longer and not having Rich overworking himself, I can do that :smallwink:
And... My CONGRATULATIONS (yes, in all capital letters) for the wild success of this drive, Rich! You deserve it :)
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Anyone know when the one or two OOTS characters must be selected for the early (May 2012) Crayon drawings?
No rush but I have a slight fear that I will not be able to decide that quickly so would love some guess as to a rough time frame.
My guess is that I have at least a month or so but that is simply a guess.
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fergo
Whoo! New thread! :smallbiggrin:
Also, does anyone have updated knowledge about how long Rich thinks it might take to write up the various PDF stories, and whether they'll be released as one long package or individually?
I have a few vague memories of hearing this or that, but that was at the start of the drive, long before Rich had so much hard work to do!
I have no actual answers, but I would actually prefer, at least with the PDF stories, that they be released as they are finished. Because that spreads out the awesomeness over the course of... however long it takes to plot out, write, and draw all those stories.
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My logic is that the year will be full of pleasant surprises.
I don't care how long it takes to finally be able to say, "Hey, I've finally received all the Kickstarter rewards". 2012 will be peppered with OotS themed rewards. I think I'll actually regret it a little bit once I've got everything, just cause I'll know nothing else is coming :smallamused:
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So...what's the next step, then? My account has been charged/verified by Amazon, so now we just wait on a survey via e-mail? Or do I need to keep checking KS for it?
EDIT: Also, was it ever decided which characters were getting the story treatment?
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*basks in the afterglow*
I think I need to find some sort of addiction program. I continue to have the urge to go check the Kickstarter page to see how we're doing NOW.
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fergo
Also, does anyone have updated knowledge about how long Rich thinks it might take to write up the various PDF stories, and whether they'll be released as one long package or individually?
I have a few vague memories of hearing this or that, but that was at the start of the drive, long before Rich had so much hard work to do!
I don't know at this point. All I know is that I'm not necessarily going to go in the order they were announced, I'm going to go in order of whatever I think I can get done most easily. I would rather get 3-4 of them done right away than wait until I necessarily finish the O-Chul story, which will be the longest one. I will also be releasing them as I finish them.
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Happy Me
Anyone know when the one or two OOTS characters must be selected for the early (May 2012) Crayon drawings?
No rush but I have a slight fear that I will not be able to decide that quickly so would love some guess as to a rough time frame.
Trust me, you're not going to bother me if you take your time! I may ask as early as next week, but if you don't answer right away, I'll just work on other people's drawings until you do.
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k_bukie
So...what's the next step, then? My account has been charged/verified by Amazon, so now we just wait on a survey via e-mail? Or do I need to keep checking KS for it?
It will come to your email, but once I send it, it will also show up as a banner across the top of the KS page when you log in. So it will be hard to miss.
The surveys will be spread out over the course of the next two weeks, depending on which package you got. "Patience" surveys won't go out until later in the year.
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k_bukie
EDIT: Also, was it ever decided which characters were getting the story treatment?
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
EDIT to answer the post below this one: Both.
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THE DRIVE WAS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so proud of our efforts.
Just wondering though, what exactly is the free swag in the broke ass student special? I couldn't tell whether it meant the PDFs, or the HPpad/stickers
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The Giant
and a pre-Order Belkar story.
This....this is fantastic!
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
Great choices. Therkla is not the most interesting character for me, but I love the CPD and you can't go wrong with Belkar.
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
Wow as it stands those are all solid choices. The Cliffport Cops are the least interesting plot wise but a nice addition because i always liked thier more modern world style MO.
As for Therkla, that was a solid choice, she was one of the more tragic, yet likeable characters. Belkar is a great choice, no further comment needed :smallbiggrin:
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Oooh, Cliffport PD story? I heavily approve. Shame there's no Horace storry, but I did not pay the $1250, I don't get to choose (and the 3 choices are all ones I support anyway so I don't mind)
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I participated!:elan:
(Can we get that as a sig?)
In the end it was the cutout monsters that won me over - I was sorely tempted by some of the other stuff, but as a Redcoat lackey of George III, the postage was a little too sharp to bear.
Presumably Rich has access to all our email addresses through the Amazon account for pdf distribution? Or will we all get emailed access and passwords to a secret download site directly from Kickstarter?
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
Good choices, although I admit I'd have loved to find out what became of Hilgya after her stormy exit from that cave...
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Nimue
Good choices, although I admit I'd have loved to find out what became of Hilgya after her stormy exit from that cave...
I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday. I think she's probably one of the non-dead, non-recurring characters I'm most curious about.
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Again, congratulations to the Giant and to the entire playground that contributed in money or other means of support!!
The Giant should just rest and take his time. I would love the items over the next few months, but I would love the normal updates even better. I figure the swag will come soon enough!!
This is surely an interesting group of fans...
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The Giant
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Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
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I know if I wanted a choice I should have bought them myself (and they're free so I can't really complain) but none of them make me particularly gleeful. Oh well, I'm sure they'll be entertaining nonetheless.
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The Giant
a pre-Order Belkar story.
I cannot express how excited I am about this. :smallbiggrin:
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Sounds like fun. And I almost can't wait untill I get the survey and somewhere in June/July will get my books, and all the other stuff off course.
Pre-Order Belkar is awesome, the other two, I don't really know. On the other hand, their stories and I'm happy that we can read them for free so it does not really matter.
Take Care Giant and enjoy my money (and that of the rest off course :P)
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The Giant
I will also be releasing them as I finish them.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! This was what I hoped you would do but didn't want to pressure you about it. I also approve of the choices made so far by the backers. Of all the characters from the on line strips, Therkla is the one I would most like to know more about. If you were to include SoD there is one other that we never even knew her name and she is probably using a different one now anyway. Belkar and the CPPD are also good choices. Will the backers be able to get any credit in the PDF (if they wish)? So far we only know about WampaX getting the third story. If they wish to remain anonymous thats cool too.
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Pre-Order Belkar makes me so excited.
Also, I know I asked this before, but I just want to make super-sure: Other than the "Patience packages" all the other rewards will go out on the date they're told to go out? Because some said they'd arrive in April, others in May or June and I just want to make sure they won't go out on some mean date. (I just want to make sure that my "Print Only Special" reward will get to my college address by April.) I'm sorry to bug you like this again.
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im down to wait for awhile on anything. i know the giant will need like a week of rest for whats coming up. take it easy rich, and take your time. im in no hurry for anything.
pre-order belkar, sweet.
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Just a thought: It might be useful to have a post-Kickstarter FAQ of some sort, or else people are going to keep asking the same questions in different places. E.g., "when will I receive my XYZ" or "what exactly is included in reward XYZ"... or "how close of a relative do they have to be to get in my 'stick it to my family' portrait"... :smallwink:
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CoffeeIncluded
Also, I know I asked this before, but I just want to make super-sure: Other than the "Patience packages" all the other rewards will go out on the date they're told to go out? Because some said they'd arrive in April, others in May or June and I just want to make sure they won't go out on some mean date. (I just want to make sure that my "Print Only Special" reward will get to my college address by April.) I'm sorry to bug you like this again.
If you ordered a package without any signatures, crayon drawings, or similar personal work by me, and you didn't add the Sticky Shticks (which will take longer), then I know of no reason that it wouldn't go out by the end of April. The book printing will be a fairly easy process, since they are all reprints. The printer is already standing by, I just need to mail them the first check for them to pull the switch. I do need to get proofs done for the coloring book, but that's going to the top of my list of work as a result.
If there's any change in that expectation, I'll announce it via the Updates.
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Enjoy your sleep, Rich? :smallwink:
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
Ooo... Does this mean the return of the sketch artist (and more of his "horrible" sketches?) Even if doesn't, I greatly approve the selection of the keyst.. err.. cliffport cops.
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Bosaxon
I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday. I think she's probably one of the non-dead, non-recurring characters I'm most curious about.
Yes, a subsequent meeting between her and Durkon could get interesting. Or with her and her former companions :sabine:
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Wow. Fantastic drive, and great choices for the stories.
Regarding credit cards:
I have three kickstarter accounts for the same card. The first transaction was no problem, the second and third didn't work. So I contacted my bank and it turns out an automatic algorithm prevented the other payments on the basis that two transactions in a very short time to the same recipient may indicate some fraud. They fixed it, and I could then confirm the payments at kickstarter / amazon again. Phew.
So if anyone else has a problem with multiple accounts where only the first one worked, talk to your bank, it may be the same issue.
Another topic: in Germany we have to pay import tax on goods from the US. If there is no bill on the outside of the package, it will be delivered to a customs office, which is just some bother (especially if the packages don't arrive all at the same time). If there is no bill at all, we have to present our own to the customs officer. The only thing we have is the confirmation mails with the whole amount pledged, which could be significantly higher than what the goods are actually worth (some rewards are mainly delivered electronically, too).
So, if possible, it would be nice if the people at Oookoodook who make the packages include a bill not about the amount pledged, but about the things delivered in the package. It would be extremely nice if that bill was on the outside of the package so it can be directly delivered to the recipient.
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
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Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
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the Cliffport Cops
Funny, I can remember seeing the reward for the first time and thinking, "Man, it would be awesome if someone chose the CPD Chief for that."
Who's the mindreader who picked that? :smallbiggrin:
EDIT: No, if you chose it and see this, you don't actually have to tell me.
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Hey, new thread. Awesome.
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The Giant
If you ordered a package without any signatures, crayon drawings, or similar personal work by me, and you didn't add the Sticky Shticks (which will take longer), then I know of no reason that it wouldn't go out by the end of April. The book printing will be a fairly easy process, since they are all reprints. The printer is already standing by, I just need to mail them the first check for them to pull the switch. I do need to get proofs done for the coloring book, but that's going to the top of my list of work as a result.
If there's any change in that expectation, I'll announce it via the Updates.
Ah, thank you! That's a relief.
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Any ETA on the post-drive survey? Like in the next week or...?
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The Giant
The surveys will be spread out over the course of the next two weeks, depending on which package you got. "Patience" surveys won't go out until later in the year.
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I'm one of the people who created multiple kickstarter accounts in order to select multiple reward packages. One of my rewards is the deluxe game, and the other is more books than can fit in the same box with the game, so I figured this would be easier than messaging Rich about a custom package for the folks managing all this stuff and wouldn't cost me any extra shipping because it would have to go in two boxes anyway. Plus, I made the decision to actually go for it after the announced cut-off point for such messages.
My question is this: My total pledge amount is $250, enough to qualify for a free art print, but neither individual pledge is high enough. If I mention this fact in the survey, with corroborating information, could I get a free art print because of my combined total? I figure I'd give identical physical addresses in my survey responses, and in one of them I'd mention the other email address and ask about the art print.
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I've had a confirmation email from Amazon telling me the payment succeeded, but no money has been taken from my bank account yet.
Should I be worried or is that normal?
Also, about the Pre-order Belkar story: (Origins spoilers)
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Will be interesting to see how Rich angles this story as, to quote his preface in Origins: '... some characters demand a backstory to explain why they act the way they do, and others would be ruined by it. Do we really want to know why Belkar is so psychotic?'
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Joerg
Another topic: in Germany we have to pay import tax on goods from the US. If there is no bill on the outside of the package, it will be delivered to a customs office, which is just some bother (especially if the packages don't arrive all at the same time). If there is no bill at all, we have to present our own to the customs officer. The only thing we have is the confirmation mails with the whole amount pledged, which could be significantly higher than what the goods are actually worth (some rewards are mainly delivered electronically, too).
So, if possible, it would be nice if the people at Oookoodook who make the packages include a bill not about the amount pledged, but about the things delivered in the package. It would be extremely nice if that bill was on the outside of the package so it can be directly delivered to the recipient.
Excellent point. I second that, it would save a great deal of trouble (I don't even know where the nearest customs office is...)
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
Given that Therkla was the choice I'd pick if I had had the oppurtunity, I got a huge grin on my face and spontaneously gasped when reading this.
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Mighty
Also, about the Pre-order Belkar story: (Origins spoilers)
It's not necessarily a backstory, it could be any story about Belkar before he joined OOTS. About Belkar's dealings with Buggy Lou and slavers, for example.
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Mighty
Also, about the Pre-order Belkar story: (Origins spoilers)
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Will be interesting to see how Rich angles this story as, to quote his preface in Origins: '... some characters demand a backstory to explain why they act the way they do, and others would be ruined by it. Do we really want to know why Belkar is so psychotic?'
Never expected to have an entire response that would be spoilered, but...
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I'd imagine that it wouldn't explore why Belkar is psychotic, but rather just a little plotline where he has Belkarian fun. So slashies and bloodshed, maybe some slavers, and delightful evil (with a little e) all around.
Of course, I'm not the author, and could be completely off-base on the direction of it, but that's what I'm expecting. A fun story by an awesome storyteller.
EDIT: Oooooh, ninja'd. That stings
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Mighty
I've had a confirmation email from Amazon telling me the payment succeeded, but no money has been taken from my bank account yet.
Should I be worried or is that normal?
It's normal for transactions not to show up instantly. The two Kickstarter transactions I had yesterday didn't post to my credit card until today.
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So how are the numerous PDFs going to work? Are we going to get them e-mailed to the email address we provided to Kickstarter, are they going to be printed out and sent with the rest of the package (unlikely)? Is someone who only pledged 35$ only going to get the O-chul one?
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Both of my transactions for both accounts have made it through fine on my bank account. I called them on Tuesday though to let them know the charges would be coming through because they were unusual and because I had to call them to get the payment for my laptop through since it wasn't a usual charge.
I'm looking forward to the goodies throughout the year. It'll make it fun to suddenly receive them. I also already know what Order of the Stick character I want a crayon drawing of.
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Surely as 'Belkar will draw his last breath' this year his further adventures without the OotS will be as Belkar the loveable lich king or some other form of undead?
And in saying this I really hope I haven't shot Rich's fox.
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As requested through PM, I'm reposting the Big List O' Achievements.
(Shale is responsible for alot of these names. Some liberty may have been taken with the rest)
I also added a few more. :smallwink:
Achievement Unlocked: Take That, Eagle Awards! (Become the top-funded comics project)
Achievement Unlocked: O.o (Become the top-funded comics project by an order of magnitude or more)
Achievement Unlocked: Declare a Crayon-ocracy! (Be able to order five or more coloring books from a single pledge)
Achievement Unlocked: Poor Man's Pledge (Fund the five $11 packages)
Achievement Unlocked: Patience is a Virtue (Fund rewards added that will take a long time to fill)
Achievement Unlocked: Stick It To Someone (Fund stick figure portraits of real people)
Achievement Unlocked: Big Spenders (Fund the three $1,250 stories)
Achievement Unlocked: It's A Secret To Everyone (Fund the $4,000 Mystery Box)
Achievement Unlocked: Priceless Work Of Crayon (Fund the $5,000 cameo)
Achievement Unlocked: Quadruple-Digit Fans (Reach 1,000 donors)
Achievement Unlocked: We Live In The Valley To The South (Reach 5,000 donors)
Achievement Unlocked: We've All Heard The Joke (Reach 9,001 donors)
Achievement Unlocked: We are Legion! (Reach 14,000 donors)
Achievement Unlocked: Stickstarter (Minimum Print Run [War and XPs])
Achievement Unlocked: Win The War (Full Size Print Run [War and XPs])
Achievement Unlocked: Part 2: The Beginning (Full Size Print Run [On the Origins of PCs])
Achievement Unlocked: Feelin' Blue (Minimum Print Run [No Cure for the Paladin Blues])
Achievement Unlocked: To Azure City! (Full Size Print Run [No Cure for the Paladin Blues])
Achievement Unlocked: Pretty Good Advice (Minimum Print Run [Don't Split the Party])
Achievement Unlocked: Getting the Band Back Together (Full Size Print Run [Don't Split the Party])
Achievement Unlocked: One In The Bank (Pre-emptively fund: Full Size Print Run [Start of Darkness])
Achievement Unlocked: Stay Away From Haley (Pre-emptively fund: Full Size Print Run [Dungeon Crawlin' Fools])
Achievement Unlocked: Bookshelf of Holding (Get all seven books in print at once)
Achievement Unlocked: Broken Graph (Exceed the limits of the graph before Rich can update)
Achievement Unlocked: Double Order (Force Rich to expand the print runs through pre-orders alone)
Achievement Unlocked: Too Much Is Never Enough (Expand the print run twice)
Achievement Unlocked: Artist Needs Funds, Badly! (Pledge so much that Rich has to raise administrative funds to cover the cost of the drive itself)
Achievement Unlocked: Artistic Liscense (Get Rich to produce an 8x10 print of the massive cast posters)
Achievement Unlocked: Order Up A Scribble (The Order of the Stick Coloring Book produced)
Achievement Unlocked: No More Books? No Problem (Bribe Rich into producing new and different swag)
Achievement Unlocked: Make The Sticky Schticks Stick (Bribe Rich into releasing the adventure game expansion)
Achievement Unlocked: Show Your Pride (Bribe Rich into producing the OOTS Kickstarter patch)
Achievement Unlocked: Off The Rails (Claim victory over the DM comic author by forcing him to run out of things to produce with the pledge funds)
Achievement Unlocked: Scoundrél Sequel (Mystery Prize #1 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: I Guess We'll Need Torches Or Something (Mystery Prize #2 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Back To The Beginning (Mystery Prize #3 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Wallpapers! (Mini-Prize #1 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: The Order of the Stickers! (Mini-Prize #2 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: OotS Hit Point Pad! (Mini-Prize #3 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Tall Graph, Tall Tale (Mystery Prize #4 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Mild Amnesia (Hit goals so fast that Rich loses count and skips Mystery Prize #5)
Achievement Unlocked: Messy Pile Of Fiery Wax (Mystery Prize #6 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Twig Figures (Mystery Prize #7 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Encore Presentation (Mystery Prize #8 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Dance Puppet, Dance! (+1 day to Week of OOTS sometime later this year)
Achievement Unlocked: More Dancing, Puppet! (+2 days to Week of OOTS sometime later this year)
Achievement Unlocked: The Monster Mash (A Monster for All Seasons achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Move the line! (Mystery Prize #9 achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Got What We Came For (Raise $57,750)
Achievement Unlocked: Here There Be Dragons... (Raise over $500,000)
Achievement Unlocked: It's over Nine (Hundred) Thousand! (Raise over $900,000)
Achievement Unlocked: Million Dollar Club (One MILLION dollars raised)
Achievement Unlocked: Make History (Place in the top ten Kickstarters of all time)
Achievement Unlocked: One For The Record Books (Reach the top five all-time Kickstarters by funding)
Achievement Unlocked: Just a Speed Bump (Place as the #4 all time Kickstarter drive)
Achievement Unlocked: Third Place Pays For All (Place as the #3 all time Kickstarter drive)
Achievement Unlocked: Binary Beast ($100000000000000000000 in base 2 raised)
Achievement Unlocked: Overkill (Original goal exceeded by $1 Million)
Achievement Unlocked: 10 Times the Funding of Mortal Men! (1000% funding achieved)
Achievement Unlocked: Epic Level Funding! (2000% funding exceeded)
Achievement Unlocked: Thor's Fan's Love (Ach, it's not THA kind o' love!) (Get heartfelt thanks from Rich for showing him that his work is greatly loved)
Achievement Unlocked: Not Happening (Have Rich reference one of our ludicrous reward ideas in his second rewards chart chart)
Achievement Unlocked: Holy crap, you guys thought I was serious about that? (Make a serious bid for Rich's last unrealistic goal)
Achievement Unlocked: Breaking Kickstarter (Have more backers than allowed on a limited reward)
Achievement Unlocked: You Totally Kicked Kickstarter's ASS!!! (Dude, I think we crashed Kickstarter...)
Achievement Unlocked: TILT (Have the Giant himself close down the discussion thread for being too long)
Achievement Unlocked: What was the final total again? (Have the pledge total raised after the drive has officially ended)
Achievement Unlocked: Mainstream is so last decade. (Backers officially exceed circulation of some popular mainstream comics as stated by a major news outlet)
For those who pledged from multiple accounts:
Achievement Unlocked: Praise Thor it went through! (finding out that the emails will all go to the Amazon account despite the origin of the pledge)
Achievement Unlocked: Frantic FanBoy/Girl (jumping through hoops trying to get funding when Debit cards and Prepaid cards did not work)
Wow, that's alot...
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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Landis963
So how are the numerous PDFs going to work? Are we going to get them e-mailed to the email address we provided to Kickstarter, are they going to be printed out and sent with the rest of the package (unlikely)? Is someone who only pledged 35$ only going to get the O-chul one?
They'll be sent by email, and it's all-or-nothing but not necessarily all at once. Any pledge of at least $10 gets EVERY pdf, but as per this post, Rich will be releasing each one individually when he finishes it.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
When I first noticed the drive, I saw it had around sixty thousand bucks in it; and I thought that was pretty awesome. Then a few days later, I checked the drive again, saw it had more then a four hundred-thousand dollars, and my mind was blown.
Congrats Giant, this is proof you have the greatest webcomic in existence.
Also, why do I have this suspicion the Cliffport Cops story will be a spoof of Dirty Harry? Because that would be really, really, awesome.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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The Giant
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Thanks! :smallredface:
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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The Giant
I don't know at this point. All I know is that I'm not necessarily going to go in the order they were announced, I'm going to go in order of whatever I think I can get done most easily. I would rather get 3-4 of them done right away than wait until I necessarily finish the O-Chul story, which will be the longest one. I will also be releasing them as I finish them.
Trust me, you're not going to bother me if you take your time! I may ask as early as next week, but if you don't answer right away, I'll just work on other people's drawings until you do.
Thanks again for the drive Rich! I don't think I've had so much fun trying to spend money in a long time - and the drive closed the day before my birthday, which made the rewards more like a present :)
One thing I was wondering about / hoping for regarding the crayon drawings: Is there any chance that you'd keep digital representations of them when they're done (scans or whatnot)? It might be extra work on your end (but hopefully not too much more), but it would be awesome to see them all collected in one place, whether here or in a future book.
If there is any issue of permission, maybe people could be asked if they are willing to have their drawing included when the surveys are emailed out?
Just a thought, but in any case thanks again and congratulations on the drive!
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
Just so everyone knows: While I will try to check in and talk with you guys, this thread is not the best place to get direct answers to your order-specific questions, especially if they need my personal attention. For that, try using the KS messaging system. That is not only more likely to get my attention, it lets me look at your order at the same time that I'm reading, making it much easier for me to know what's going on.
If you're asking general questions (like "Did anyone else get their survey yet?" or "Should I be worried yet about this or that?" then go ahead and ask away.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
Sounds good, although personally I would've liked a story about Horace Greenhilt and the green dragon of Reddragonsville.
Also, for those of us that used multiple accounts to get several pledges, is there any way to have the survey sent to a different email? I can't use the same email for two accounts, and I never actually check the second one I used, so I'm afraid I might not find the survey for a while (as it's a patience package).
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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One thing I was wondering about / hoping for regarding the crayon drawings: Is there any chance that you'd keep digital representations of them when they're done (scans or whatnot)?
No, that will be up to the people who receive them. I've gotten indication that some of them will involve private jokes or references (because they're being given as gifts or whatever), so it would be an invasion of their privacy for me to post them online.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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The Giant
Still subject to change, but: Therkla, the Cliffport Cops
I'm guessing the Cliffport Cops will be fun for you - can we expect some sort of cop show parody?
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, and a pre-Order Belkar story.
Looks like someone did in fact manage to corner you into writing the sort of story you'd really rather not have written (though not to the extent of, say, Right-Eye's daughter)...
I'm just glad no one picked something like GwaH.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
I just stumbled upon the ks drive by luck.
From time to time I was looking to complete my oots book collection and now I am hit with books, stickers, badges, drawing books, games and much much more.
And because everything is split on different accounts I will have this year numerous x-mas times.
Thanks Rich
This crazy ks drive made me really happy, hope you had as much fun as I did :)
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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Sethala
Also, for those of us that used multiple accounts to get several pledges, is there any way to have the survey sent to a different email? I can't use the same email for two accounts, and I never actually check the second one I used, so I'm afraid I might not find the survey for a while (as it's a patience package).
No, the survey is automatically generated by KS; I can't control what email it goes to. On the plus side, KS also notifies you when you log in if you have any surveys waiting for you, so you could just wait until you get the Update that says, "Hey, Patience surveys are going out," then log in to check.