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2012-01-25, 01:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Think there's a reason we haven't gotten an update? I hope there haven't been any complications with the prize.
(Yes, I am a natural worrier, why do you ask? )Spoiler: This signature is a historical relic from a long-ago time of regular forum activity.Aww man! Even all the witty self referencing sigs are gone now!
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2012-01-25, 01:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Oh no, I wasn't discounting the slowdown I saw last night, but it was significantly bootstrapped by the SURGE that happened after the last update where we were seeing $5K every 15-30 minutes for a good hour or two.
Hence my disclaimer at the bottom of my past about the impact of the updates Rich puts out. They propagate significant changes to the donation pattern.Let the Yaggle Gakkle-ing begin.
Beware! Beware!
All children of the 'ground
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2012-01-25, 01:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Last edited by Porthos; 2012-01-25 at 01:29 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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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style - Jhereg Proverb
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2012-01-25, 01:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Piratebold-Bard by Elder Tsofu | Backer #121 of the Giantitp Kickstarter | My homebrew
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2012-01-25, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Last edited by Skavensrule; 2012-01-25 at 01:39 PM.
"One useless man is called a disgrace, two are called a law firm and three or more become a congress."
John Adams (lawyer, congressman, 2nd President of the USA)
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Typical of a non-spellcaster to think so linearly............But it's a line.
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2012-01-25, 01:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Update is live. Julio Scoundrel's ridiculousness is the mystery prize.
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2012-01-25, 01:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Considering that this thing is skyrocketting into the stratosphere, I doubt that Rich planned this far ahead thinking that he would have time to talk with the printer, work out deals, get projections and quotes maybe by next week.
Suddenly he has had to wing that NCftPD estimate based on previous orders and then start contemplating additional levels to keep things churning while he waits for the printer to return his harried and frequent requests for proto-formed goals.
Its like that superbowl ad for the company that starts up and everyone is watching the website counter and orders, cheers when they hit a couple of hundred in the first few moments, then panic when they balloon to 10's of thousands in the same amount of time.Let the Yaggle Gakkle-ing begin.
Beware! Beware!
All children of the 'ground
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2012-01-25, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
New update
Mystery prize is another Julio scoundrel comic, and Rick actually needs 150K to offer NCfPB
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2012-01-25, 01:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-25, 01:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
This mystery prize is going to be insane. Also, signed Start of Darkness! I'm calling it (as long as it's not too expensive)!
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2012-01-25, 01:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Nice to see how the "Let's get one book back in print" turned into "Let's get three books back into print". I guess an updated news-post is coming up as well to reflect that on this page.
And given how many pdfs we seem to get I feel it appropiate to upgrade again by some $. If Rich is going on seducing us like this, he'll soon have turned some minimal contribution to get the O-Chul story into a full-prized book.
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2012-01-25, 01:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think one of the prizes should be a custom forum Avatar or title. I also think it should be included for people who donated 250 or higher
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2012-01-25, 01:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Eeeexcellent. The more PDFs we get, the better I feel about spending precious rent money on this stuff.
March-May is going to be a slow time for updates with all the signing & PDF doodling he'll be doing.
You know you can already have custom avatars right? I am living proof of this.Last edited by Kobold-Bard; 2012-01-25 at 01:48 PM.
Piratebold-Bard by Elder Tsofu | Backer #121 of the Giantitp Kickstarter | My homebrew
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2012-01-25, 01:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
(All numbers as of ≈ 10:30 am PST)
Another thing I found interesting was comparing the book orders. I started out trying to figure out if there was if one of the unprinted books had more "burn off" to go through than the other.
Probably not, actually.
As of right now, and excluding "hidden orders" (ie. multiple orders of books or optional pledges that wouldn't be shown) we have at least:
1037 orders of W&XP in 73 hours ≈ 13.5 per hour
523 orders of OtOoPCs in 35 hours ≈ 14.9 per hour
So, really about the same if one gives the lead in time for W&XP.
The other thing that consistantly draws my eye is the ratio between people who want books (or the super pledge points) and those who don't:
1359/2744 ≈ 49.5% of orders go for the O-Chul Book + magnet (or two magnets).
So, really, it seems to be roughly half and half. When one considers the rush of orders that happen when new book pledge points are added, that's pretty impressive. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised that when this is all said and done that the inital print run won't be covered just by the $10 and $14 pledge points. Right now, just those two pledge points cover just a shade under 25% of the initial goal.
Now, I know that if there were no higher pledge points, most people (if not a vast majority) still would have pledged. And some more than at the $10/$14 points. But it is fun to look at the $10/$14 point and see just when/if it will cross the barrier all by itself.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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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style - Jhereg Proverb
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2012-01-25, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Oh, and btw, YAY! for Julio Scoundrél! I really liked his story and especially the art done there!
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2012-01-25, 01:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
At some point, Giant, could you upload the project images (funding graphs and "Kickstarter" comic) to the extras section?
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2012-01-25, 01:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Porthos; 2012-01-25 at 01:54 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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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style - Jhereg Proverb
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2012-01-25, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I could be wrong but I think the total went up by almost $2000 in just the last 20 minutes and Rich hasn't even posted any new incentives yet.
"One useless man is called a disgrace, two are called a law firm and three or more become a congress."
John Adams (lawyer, congressman, 2nd President of the USA)
I participated!
Typical of a non-spellcaster to think so linearly............But it's a line.
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2012-01-25, 01:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
There is an update.
Nothing to see here, move along.
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2012-01-25, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Porthos; 2012-01-25 at 02:02 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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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style - Jhereg Proverb
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2012-01-25, 01:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Huzzah! I loved the highly detailed stick figure art.
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2012-01-25, 02:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
YES. That is what this reminds me of: The Beast! (Any fellow cloudmakers on the boards?) The designers thought they had three months' worth of puzzles but the players solved them all on day one. Panic most definitely ensued. I hope Rich takes better care of himself than those guys did; I don't think they were sleeping by the end. I'd be quite happy with updates every few days, even if it hurt the eventual total, if it meant that Rich was able to stay relatively stress-free.
On the other hand, also very Beast-like is the sense of excitement that happens when lots and lots of people come together very strongly and quickly for a common goal. A little like going surfing by standing on the back of a roller coaster which is also flying. Very heady!
I just hope there's some way we can keep the elation of the second bit while eliminating the stress of the first.
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2012-01-25, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2012-01-25, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-25, 02:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-25, 02:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-25, 02:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2012
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2012-01-25, 02:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-25, 02:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-01-25, 02:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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