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2012-02-01, 11:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I seriously doubt the same people who would buy a book of bonus are the same people who buy the color books. As others have said it would be a book you had to read at the computer. Especially since there would likely only be 2 such books -- there would be quite some wait between them.
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2012-02-01, 11:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I'm going to take a guess that the next mystery prize line will be in the vicinity of $365k; as a kind of half-way house to incentivise hitting $387k. Next update shall tell :-)
That wiki page is currently missing a currently funding ipod dock project that's at over 700k though, so it's not quite as rosy as Wiki suggests.When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt,
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2012-02-01, 11:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 12:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I fixed that. My first choice with my Wikipedia hat on would be to remove OOTS, but I can't see that working without the page being protected. As long as a new project does not also break the top 10 while we are running, then everything can be back to how it should be on two weeks Tuesday.
Last edited by keldorn; 2012-02-01 at 12:23 PM.
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2012-02-01, 12:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Helping others is a good and noble cause, but sometimes the best way you can help them is by lending them a sword and telling them to go slay their own damned dragons.
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2012-02-01, 01:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
what? some gamers might be gaming the system? there's min-maxing going on? perish the thought.
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2012-02-01, 01:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Well, I suppose Rich won't start drawing the stories until the drive is done. So if they pledge just to raise the level so they'll get more free stuff, and then withdraw again, they'll sink the level and won't get their free stuff.
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2012-02-01, 01:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Not a chance that a significant number of people back out. Sure, there will be some drop of funds I'm sure (credit/debit cards having lack of funds being the number one reason). But not a significant amount.
Why? Mostly because people have no reason to **** with Rich's livelyhood. And, really, that is exactly what would happen if people started to play around with this.
This is REAL LIFE folks, not some video game. And believe it or not, most people aren't going to mess around with someone's livelyhood when they have no reason to do so.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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2012-02-01, 01:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Last edited by jmucchiello; 2012-02-01 at 01:39 PM.
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2012-02-01, 02:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I would also expect that between Rich and Kickstarter, there are reviews of pledges to make sure nothing is particularly odd. Like say someone makes a $10,000 pledge but doesn't accept a pledge level. Or even a $1,000 pledge, but selects the $14 two magnet. I'm sure that KS has had to deal with some of this stuff in the almost 3 years it has been running, and ought to be watching for oddities and discrepancies as pledge drives run, or else it's their reputation on the line as well.
Side note, the drive got a brief mention in another comics blog:
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/02/01...her-webcomics/
I've had a google search saved on "Order of the Stick" to see if anymore articles are written about it. A nice high profile piece could drive a bunch of more people to check it out. I submitted a link to BoingBoing today about it. BB tends to like Kickstarter projects, and Doctorow is always interested in stories of authors/artists trying stuff like this. There's also a public page to submit tips (I did a private submission). I didn't want to do both though, so if someone else wants to drop it in the public submission pool, might be worth it:
http://submit.boingboing.net/
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2012-02-01, 02:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Now we've reached the 350K mark, the targets for the next 24 hours or so are
* 364,698 - match the 8th largest KS project
* 369,569 - match the 7th largest KS project
* 387,550 - DCF reprint
Somewhere in there is also the next mystery reward.
If Rich puts up t-shirts or something else to generate a feeding frenzy, then subsequent targets are.
* 400,000 Just because it's round
* 404,250 Seven times original goal.
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2012-02-01, 02:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 03:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
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2012-02-01, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Actually they are only validated to 1$ at the time the pledge was announced - as we have heard here in this thread, you can pledge for a project ending in a month with a credit card valid until tomorrow...
But what are the chances that this project will crash due to failing pledges?
Oh, and by the way - t-shirts would be nice, but please not this "...and all i got..." stuff - after all we get a lot more...
How about a t-shirt with Elan's merry "I'm participating!" - or maybe better "I participated!"?Last edited by Unisus; 2012-02-01 at 03:16 PM.
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2012-02-01, 03:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Last edited by WampaX; 2012-02-01 at 03:16 PM.
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2012-02-01, 03:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
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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2012-02-01, 03:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I'd say pretty low.
I have no doubts that there are 5000+ deadbeats in the world who would happily default on their pledges, but the odds that they all decided to converge on this pledge drive and no legitimate backers showed up are astronomical.
Edit: Elan "I Participated!" T-shirts? Hmmm.... Maybe something to add to every pledge of $50 or more?Last edited by CDP; 2012-02-01 at 03:18 PM.
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2012-02-01, 03:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I'd glad to see ANY T-shirts or other apparel added.
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2012-02-01, 03:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
The I've participated idea is great. Or even maybe the last graph? I know on the comment thread the was below. Maybe just strike the 'and' and after?
Xavier Perez about 1 hour ago
The idea for a shirt that says "I Kickstarted a sexy shoeless god of war and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt" I read in the update comments is incredibly tempting.
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2012-02-01, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Looks like we just hit $355k. Great job everyone!
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2012-02-01, 05:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 05:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
No, what you should really do is become a cyborg.
Then you can shoot lazers out of your eyes.
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2012-02-01, 05:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-02-01, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
I don't mean to be miserly on a donation website, but why is the THE WHOLE STORY reward set at $222 when one can theoretically purchase those seven books from Ookoodook for ~$170 once they're back in print? That's a significant difference. Are the Ook prices likely to change? Or does Rich just like alliteration? Is it still alliteration when applied to numbers?
I understand that it's not likely to change since so many people have already pledged at that level, but I thought I'd ask. If I do someday want to own all the books, does everyone recommend grabbing the pledge reward now even at a premium?
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2012-02-01, 05:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The OOTS Reprint Drive at Kickstarter: Pledge now to get exclusive rewards!
Well, I presume that the base Ookoodook price does not include shipping, and this includes US shipping (and part of further distant shipping). Furthermore, you're not simply buying a book, you're helping fun the printing of more books beyond the one you bought, so that other people can buy one later. That being said, if you don't want to pay the extra to help out, just wait until the books are back in print and buy them then (although you won't get all the pdfs, and it looks like Snips and Snails will be pulled once this drive is over, so this may be your last chance to get it).
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