The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!

[Crisis21]

FANTASTIC article from Publishers Weekly about the completion of the drive.

Quite possibly the best one I've read so far about it.

At the end of the campaign, Burlew received pledges from 14,952 people. That’s a larger circulation than many DC or Marvel comics. He’s sold over 25,000 books reprinting his webcomic as part of the pledge packages. He plans to print at least 14,000 more books to replenish his inventory, the original goal of the project. That’s not counting the stickers, patches or coloring books thrown in as the overall total grew.

Achievement Unlocked: Mainstream is so last decade.

[peshk]

But it weren't that many people. There were/are quiet a few multi-accounts. From two to seven I think ^^
We are nonetheless a lot of people and it's a LOT of money.

[Balain]

Woot, friend came through. Stupid pre-paid credit card was charging me 2.5% service charge to my pledge because I'm in Canada and kickstarters is in the US. So even though our dollar is higher today it still put my pledge $0.77 over the limit of the card.

She lent me her credit card and I gave her the pre-paid one. I was so excited I didn't even notice agreeing to babysit her sick son in his terrible twos for the whole day...But hey Getting my OOtS swag so it's all good.

[Shonen Hero]

Sorry I'm so late to the party guys! I had Forklift training to go through, otherwise I'd have probably camped out all day and finally broke and used my credit card for a Stick it to ME pledge (I DIDN'T BREAK MOONCAT, YOU HEAR ME?! ) That said, the final response has blown me away, the drive has blown me away, heck you guys in the forum blow me away (WamapX, Porthos, Mooncat, and so many others). I'm so proud to have participated in this Drive, from when I was merely lurking and reading the updates on Day 1, to when I finally convinced myself to pledge and become a full time backer. I feel like I got to participate in the Super Bowl, an Orchestra, and a New Years Eve party all in one. Such an amazing, warm, fuzzy feeling...

Ah, heck, I love you guys. Every last one of you, yeah even the Kobold Bard strumming the lute in the corner! God bless all of you beautiful, wonderful, amazingly crazy people (you too, Rich!) I pray that I get to see and interact with all of you in the future, because I don't think I can ignore this community now that I've become a part of it.

*looks at post* ...and I thought I convinced myself to refrain from the sappy speeches, but noooooooo. I blame you guys!

[Voshkod]

The next one should be to fund his a book on his world/campaign setting, so you can run your own adventures in the OOTS world. Hell, if he had used that as a premium for this drive, he could have hit $1.5 million.

Maps of the continents. Stats on the characters. The whole nine yards.

[MoonCat]

Break?

.....

My email still hasn't arrived. I'm getting a wee bit worried.

[Mutant Sheep]

Break?

.....

My email still hasn't arrived. I'm getting a wee bit worried.

Don't worry Moon, it'll come eventually. There are a few thousand to send, after all. *fansquee* 15k is alot. TOO MANY I SAY!

[dakameleon]

My email still hasn't arrived. I'm getting a wee bit worried.

Go into Kickstarter and check your backer history - it should have updated to Collected.

Then you can check your spam folder just in case the Amazon receipt went into there.

[turkishproverb]

Sooo, I wait for the confirmation email to let him know i'm paying for a patch and schtick and not overseas shipping, right?

[Porthos]

Sooo, I wait for the confirmation email to let him know i'm paying for a patch and schtick and not overseas shipping, right?

The email survey, yes. I believe Rich said he isn't sending it out for at least a couple of days. Maybe longer.

We'll probably get the exact details in one of the forthcoming Updates.

[SweetBB]

I... I feel a little lost now that the drive is over. It was such a blast to come together to support Rich. To participate in the ever increasing excitement, daily graph smashing and accelerating rewards.

I'm going to miss the F5 camping gang... (I would insert a frowny face at this point, but Porthos might start swinging his anti-frowny face ban hammer again! )

[Porthos]

I'm going to miss the F5 camping gang... (I would insert a frowny face at this point, but Porthos might start swinging his anti-frowny face ban hammer again! )

I think being a tad bittersweet is appropiate right now.

Besides, I don't have one of those hammers over here.

(Turn out, I didn't have it on the comment thread either. )

[WampaX]

I think being a tad bittersweet is appropiate right now.

Besides, I don't have one of those hammers over here.

(Turn out, I didn't have it on the comment thread either. )

I thought that it was the ban shovel?
Ban . . . dig dig dig

[SweetBB]

Besides, I don't have one of those hammers over here.

(Turn out, I didn't have it on the comment thread either. )

Hmmm. It was all going so fast, but didn't I see you giggling in the corner at one point? Or was that some OTHER Porthos?

[MoonCat]

Don't worry Moon, it'll come eventually. There are a few thousand to send, after all. *fansquee* 15k is alot. TOO MANY I SAY!

Go into Kickstarter and check your backer history - it should have updated to Collected.

Then you can check your spam folder just in case the Amazon receipt went into there.

Woo, it says it's been collected! But I know that all the kickstarter emails don't get dumped into spam, so I definitely haven't gotten it yet. Weird. Just a matter of time I guess.

I... I feel a little lost now that the drive is over. It was such a blast to come together to support Rich. To participate in the ever increasing excitement, daily graph smashing and accelerating rewards.

I'm going to miss the F5 camping gang... (I would insert a frowny face at this point, but Porthos might start swinging his anti-frowny face ban hammer again! )

I like it. I've suddenly become SO much more productive in school.

[Porthos]

Hmmm. It was all going so fast, but didn't I see you giggling in the corner at one point? Or was that some OTHER Porthos?

Oh, yes. I was giggling while I was imagining that I was punishing people with BAN HAMMER LEVEL POWERS! A sort of "I'm crushing your head, I'm crushing your head"* type deal.

Actually, truth be told, I have those elsewhere on the Net. Sadly, that's where the whole Great Powers Yada Yada bit comes in. It isn't nearly has fun to have Ban Hammer powers if you have to be responsible with their usage.

So, I settled for some imaginary fun instead.

*pauses*

I think I need help.

* Gotta love the references to the classics,

[The Glyphstone]

The line you're looking for is "Power corrupts. Absolute power IS FREAKING SWEET!"

[Porthos]

The line you're looking for is "Power corrupts. Absolute power IS FREAKING SWEET!"

"Lulling people into a false sense of security" is one of my hallmarks, remember?

Though, truth be told, breaking out the banhammer to deliver some Righteous Justice can be a pretty sweet feeling.

[stsasser]

StompStarter

[turkishproverb]

Well, before I forget *hugs everyone* THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING RICH!

*HUUUUUUUUUUGS*

[PixyMisa]

I'm actually sad that the drive is over. I mean, the whole point was to raise money to get all those books and goodies, but I miss the excitement.

[tomandtish]

This has been so amazing. Got Swag pack 2 and added on the poster. OOts fans are the best!

[Terribad]

If anything else, I think this drive has fully justified all the headaches and costs toward maintaining the OOTS Forum which has served as the focal point for this community.

[Carla]

Soooo, since Rich said that he was going to do his updates in Kickstarter, I'm thinking that the site might not die for a while yet...but I bet it will sure slow down. I never did get to read all the comments if I was away from the computer for more than five minutes...but passing the time there was fun and I learned a lot during some of the F5 camping. Thanks everyone for a great few weeks and for one last time:
Limited rewards left at end of drive:
$300 - 31
$245 - 13
$114 - 212
$107 - 2
$92 - 1
$70 - 20
$68 - 62
$57 - 1
$49 - 1
$36 - 105
$14 - 2

g'nite all!!

[Helanna]

Me last night: "Wow, $1,260,000 is a pretty lofty goal! Kind of unfair to make the last goal one we won't even get close to reaching. I need that feeling of completeness, you know?"

Proof that, throughout this whole thing, despite repeatedly thinking "We'll never reach $X", I never stopped underestimating the Playground. I'm sorry, Playground. I shouldn't have doubted you.

It feels weird to look at the Kickstarter page and not be constantly refreshing it. The static number is kinda sad. I really enjoyed clicking the refresh button repeatedly . . . and that in itself might be a little sad. Oh well, it was fun.

Also, I'm going to start putting extra money in my savings account from now on. If I could have possibly afforded it, I would've tried to get a whole signed set or something. So I need a fund for 'crazy expensive stuff I don't actually need but desperately desperately want' - I'm not going to let these chances pass me by again, whether they be for OotS or not!

Words cannot describe how much I wish I could've gotten the $4,000 package. One day . . .

[Sorator]

So... who's up for compiling all the achievements we unlocked throughout this thing?

[Crisis21]

Give me a minute....

[Forbiddenwar]

The next one should be to fund his a book on his world/campaign setting, so you can run your own adventures in the OOTS world. Hell, if he had used that as a premium for this drive, he could have hit $1.5 million.

Maps of the continents. Stats on the characters. The whole nine yards.

Actually mentioned in the podcast interview. He started one, but shelved it when 4th edition was announced. No way it could be done in time for this pledge and besides he likely won't release anything like that until the storyline is finished due to spoilers.

So look for it in 9th Edition D&D

[ti'esar]

Actually mentioned in the podcast interview. He started one, but shelved it when 4th edition was announced. No way it could be done in time for this pledge and besides he likely won't release anything like that until the storyline is finished due to spoilers.

So look for it in 9th Edition D&D

Wait, seriously? This was actually an idea at one point? One that we still might wind up seeing when it's all over?

[SaintRidley]

Woo, it says it's been collected! But I know that all the kickstarter emails don't get dumped into spam, so I definitely haven't gotten it yet. Weird. Just a matter of time I guess.



I like it. I've suddenly become SO much more productive in school.

If your email for Amazon and your email for Kickstarter don't match, it goes to the one you have Amazon under. Have you checked that?

Just a thought to help cover your bases.