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2012-02-18, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 06:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's an iPhone dock which brought in $1,464,706.
Yeah, we're not topping that.Last edited by Weimann; 2012-02-18 at 06:48 PM.
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2012-02-18, 06:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Timeless Error; 2012-02-18 at 06:48 PM.
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2012-02-18, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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He's not really using the funds for himself - he's creating a general fund for his business. Which will result in him having less out of pocket expenses (and therefore more money to spend on personal stuff) in the future, but so is us paying for print runs which will leave him with excess stock of his products, even if we get a book out of the deal.
A lot of the preexisting prize's values were a result of forced scarcity / donor charity - I doubt the crayon drawings will require anywhere near $250 in materials, labor, and shipping. People were willing to pay that much because 1. They wanted the books reprinted 2. There was a limited supply and 3. Rich has put nearly a decade into the free product of the webcomic. One could argue that there is a limited supply of Rich's labor available for projects like this because people's future willingness to pay for stuff like this is dependent on an at least semi-active web comic, but the exclusivity also plays a role, particularly for the cameo.
What is true is that Rich will probably see more profit on the money after 850K mark. While some of the money sounds like it will go towards tech upgrades for Rich, which don't necessarily yield a lot of immediate profit, if he uses some of it to print book 5, for example, the yield on that will be huge. I'm not sure of the exact numbers involved, but I'm pretty sure the printing costs have in the past been well over half the price of the book, so if Rich gets free printing on book 5 out of this, the amount of money he will make off each book will more than double.
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2012-02-18, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 07:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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There's an outside shot at hitting 2000% funding, which would require about $3612 per hour from here on out.
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2012-02-18, 08:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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I upped my pledge. Happy to help fund Rich's project. He's entertained me a day or two a week, not counting the great forum discussions (and the ENTIRE reason I started playing D&D in the first place!!) since 2007. :)
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2012-02-18, 08:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ladies and Gentlemen.
This has been an amazing ride and I'm sure it will just go completely Knurd by the time we're done.Last edited by Tanuki Tales; 2012-02-18 at 08:35 PM.
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2012-02-18, 08:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by MoonCat; 2012-02-18 at 08:36 PM.
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2012-02-18, 08:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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This really is an interesting psychological study. People are getting amped and throwing in another 5-10+ dollars, I'm sure. Hell, that's what I did. We take pride in Rich's webcomic and want to see it succeed (at the very least, smash through $1M!) and for our average pledge to be somewhere north of $80, most of our backers are putting up a lot of cash to see this work!
Whether he meant to or not, this conveniently ends on a weekend, where backers may be more prone to sipping on a glass of wine or beer (or three) right when the hype is hitting its climax. Rich may be the beneficiary of some "drunken shopping".
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2012-02-18, 08:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 08:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 08:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 09:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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I don't understand the folks with the "this is insane" reactions. The average pledge is around $80 for 11,000+ fans, big deal. Concerts to see musicians play for 2 hours can cost that much and draw an equal number of fans. There's a rule of thumb that says only 10% of your fans will help in pledge drive. Did so many people not think OotS had over 100,000 fans?
Also, most kickstarter drives have a heavy few first days, a huge lull in the middle, and then a big push at the end. Most kickstarter drive owners do not keep adding swag every other day like Rich did. That is what has driven the steady momentum.
There's nothing insane about this. It is just a good product matched to a well run drive. I'd be curious how many future KS drives don't have new swag offerings made in the weeks after the original posting based on how effective it was for this drive.
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2012-02-18, 09:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm not doubting that Rich has done a damn fine job at running a consistently-successful drive. If you were able to catch the Excel spreadsheet being updated, you'll see the average donation per backer has gone up and up throughout the duration! To me, though, 11,000+ people pledging $80 is a BFD, especially for a webcomic!
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2012-02-18, 09:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by MoonCat; 2012-02-18 at 09:12 PM.
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2012-02-18, 09:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Everyone is going hogwild with the big numbers, figure I'd post the small end.
A $6.27 increase from each backer puts us over the $1mil mark.Let the Yaggle Gakkle-ing begin.
Beware! Beware!
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2012-02-18, 09:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Patient Whole Story Signeds are going fast. 5 left.
3...
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1..
And gone.
Grats to the lucky and the quick!Last edited by Smolder; 2012-02-18 at 09:24 PM.
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2012-02-18, 09:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Got me a $300 ;) (the comments section on Kickstarter's a fun place! You might recognize me)
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2012-02-18, 09:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Concluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
Ongoing: OOTS by Page Count
Coming Soon: OOTS by Final Post Count II: The Post Counts Always Chart Twice
Coming Later: The Stick Awards III: The Search for More Votes
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2012-02-18, 09:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 09:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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*does some back of the enevlope calculations*
*redoes them because he doesn't quite believe them*
Ya know, I won't be that surprised if this thing finishes north of 1.1M when all is said and done. And if things go really crazy, and it doesn't relatively quiet down "overnight" too much, I wouldn't be shocked to see it slip over 1.2M.Last edited by Porthos; 2012-02-18 at 09:53 PM.
Concluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
Ongoing: OOTS by Page Count
Coming Soon: OOTS by Final Post Count II: The Post Counts Always Chart Twice
Coming Later: The Stick Awards III: The Search for More Votes
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2012-02-18, 09:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Still well over 2 days to go, and less than 70k left. I'd say that 1,000,000 is definitely a happening thing.
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2012-02-18, 10:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Almost there...
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2012-02-18, 10:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-18, 10:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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I just went from $78 for the two books that I don't have yet to $115 +30 +4 for the big box of the game and a book plus the other book I need plus the patch. And there is a good chance I will add in another $15 for the art print before it is all over. This drive has been so much fun to watch and participate in.
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2012-02-18, 10:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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One thing great about this kickstarter are all the people new to the forum.
Welcome!
You'll find the playground to be the best forum on the internet, full of kind people.