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

[Elder Tsofu]

I would think it is even more impressive if it is so large you have to scroll to see it all.

[Xargon]

I just hope the coloring book won't change shipping costs. War and XPs + Snips fits into a $10 (international) envelope, but supposedly not much more, as two of the compilation books already require a box... but I suppose they will at least ask if it would increase the shipping cost.

[Gift Jeraff]

Elan and Thog starring in a colouring book? I don't know if Mystery Prize #4 could beat that.

[Chess435]

And we're at page 60. I'm surprised the mod SWAT team hasn't come in and shut this thread down yet to make a new one.

[Kobold-Bard]

So apparently I hate fun.

Meh.

[Exediron]

Okay, I missed a a couple of data points so my new chart is jumping straight to 6,040 backers. I really wish there was some way to reliably get a measurement at even points, but that's just my OCD talking

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6040 backers / 425,106 dollars
Average Pledge: $70

{TABLE]Level|Backers|Money|Percent Backers|Percent Money
$10|1,396|$13,960|23.1%|3.28%
$14|299|$4,186|4.95%|0.98%
$25|834|$20,850|13.8%|4.90%
$26|297|$7,722|4.91%|1.81%
$29|110|$3,190|1.82%|0.75%
$35|247|$8,645|4.08%|2.03%
$37|60|$2,220|0.99%|0.52%
$38|25|$950|0.41%|0.22%
$42|45|$1,890|0.74%|0.44%
$43|46|$1,978|0.76%|0.46%
$45|326|$14,670|5.39%|3.45%
$50|25|$1,250|0.41%|0.29%
$52|30|$1,560|0.49%|0.36%
$57|30|$1,710|0.49%|0.40%
$60|25|$1,500|0.41%|0.35%
$61|75|$4,575|1.24%|1.07%
$62|63|$3,906|1.04%|0.91%
$65|35|$2,275|0.57%|0.53%
$67|467|$31,289|7.73%|7.36%
$68|294|$19,992|4.37%|4.70%
$78|84|$6,552|1.39%|1.54%
$79|88|$6,952|1.45%|1.63%
$83|25|$2,075|0.41%|0.48%
$84|10|$840|0.16%|0.19%
$87|63|$5,481|1.04%|1.28%
$92|35|$3,220|0.57%|0.75%
$94|189|$17,766|3.12%|4.17%
$96|30|$2,880|0.49%|0.67%
$100|10|$1,000|0.16%|0.23%
$139|102|$14,168|1.68%|3.33%
$192|27|$5,184|0.44%|1.21%
$222|479|$106,338|7.93%|25.0%
$240|15|$3,600|0.24%|0.84%
$250|50|$12,500|0.82%|2.94%
$262|30|$7,860|0.49%|1.86%
$305|25|$7,625|0.41%|1.79%
$575|15|$8,625|0.24%|2.02%
$600|5|$3,000|0.08%|0.70%
$1,250|3|$3,750|0.04%|0.88%
$5,000|1|$5,000|0.01%|1.17%[/TABLE]
Lines in bold are limited rewards.

No Level: 50 (0.82% of backers)
Above Level: $52,372 (12.3% of funds)

Not surprisingly, there's a lot of big differences from the last one. A few points which stood out to me:

• The $222 level now accounts for an astonishing quarter of all funds gathered from the pledge drive, even counting above-level pledges. It is also the 3rd most popular level, and almost $200 more than either of the levels above it ($25 and $10).
• The percentage of backers selecting no reward level has almost doubled; I never can figure out where these guys come from.
• The percentage of funds pledged above level has been steadily going down since the beginning, and this trend is continued here. I think a factor is that the $222 level is so popular and there's basically nothing to add to it.
• The percentage of backers at the base $10 level has also been steadily going down, and for percentage of funds it has been overtaken my most of the other popular categories.
• The $67 Print-only Special level remains the most popular mid-range workhorse category, although it has actually been passed by the Whole Run for total number of backers.
• The average pledge not counting the top 9 backers is ~$68.50.
• The $25 art print level is more popular than I expected, with about 1 out of every 6 people who pledged going for that level.

Apparently the siren call of a complete collection of books in one go is hard for many people to resist; I should know

Something which I do find interesting is that there haven't been any new rewards added which generated a new level or required most people to up their pledges for over $100,000, yet the funds continue to pour in at the same rate. Although the fact that the latest rewards are tied to a book or art print level may have something to do with the recent surge of $25 pledges.

...After previewing the post for error checking, I noticed that apparently I've missed an update. So expect everything above to be quite possibly out of date by the time you read it.

PS: Does anybody know a way to get the forum to recognize text which is already in bold when copied in? I do these tables in Word and then copy paste them with the correct formatting, but I have to add the bold tags manually, which is annoying.

EDIT: Does anybody else think we'll be past $500,000 well before Rich updates again?

[Whiffet]

OOTS coloring book??

I want three!

[Manga Maniac]

And as of this recent update, I am now receiving two colouring books.

Obviously my only option at this point is to have a child with someone so I can pass on the colouring book. Don't suppose there's any lonely hearts out there...

I'm keeping the second colouring book for myself, naturally.

[VinRaven]

The one shots were over by about update 6.
Think of it more as a limited series.

I meant in a single glance.

Also,
The story works if you scroll all the way to the bottom and then work your way back up. You'll have to kajigger your reading of the posts themselves, but the graph comic still functions when read bottom to top.

Don't get me wrong, I'm thoroughly enjoying the bit, but having to scroll through multiple pages to see it is sort of like reading a physical comic and having to try to look at three different pages at the same time.

[CoffeeIncluded]

I was probably way more excited about the coloring book than a person my age should be. Eh, I don't care.

[Elder Tsofu]

Put bold-tags in the word text, you only need to do it once. You can just copy the forum-formatted post into word from the edit screen and update that one.

[AnarchistMuffin]

Dropped $36 on it, thought I'd re-reg with the forums. It's about time I put some money towards something I've loved for a long time.

[Spacewolf]

Looks like elan could be in trouble as well as a colouring book huh

[Porthos]

Something which I do find interesting is that there haven't been any new rewards added which generated a new level or required most people to up their pledges for over $100,000, yet the funds continue to pour in at the same rate. Although the fact that the latest rewards are tied to a book or art print level may have something to do with the recent surge of $25 pledges.

Nitpick: 100 more copies of SS&DT were made available overnight.

And, yes, I am quite sure that upgrading from $10/$14 to $25/$26 is driving a lot of the money. The Art Print, for instance, was around the mid 400s before the update path appeared, and now it is nearly double that (mid 800s).

[Elder Tsofu]

Nitpick: 100 more copies of SS&DT were made available overnight.

I was under the impression that reward-levels couldn't be changed when someone had pledged on them which is why we have the chaotic system we have.

[Flame of Anor]

Let's hope poor Roy has a better way of arresting his fall this time...

[tomorrowboy]

Is there a list of what the rewards everyone is getting are? I've lost track of what I'll actually be receiving in the mail/online.

[Tanuki Tales]

Ho-hum...

Guess we won't be seeing T-shirts and mugs as add ons. So much for me getting the poster for free.

[Whiffet]

I was probably way more excited about the coloring book than a person my age should be. Eh, I don't care.

What are you talking about? Sure, at first people get less interested in coloring as they grow older, but they hit the lowest point somewhere around 12 (it varies quite a bit) and then coloring becomes more and more fun again. Most people I know love coloring, even the ones who haven't noticed that it's cool again and are trying to keep it secret.

[WampaX]

I meant in a single glance.
--
Don't get me wrong, I'm thoroughly enjoying the bit, but having to scroll through multiple pages to see it is sort of like reading a physical comic and having to try to look at three different pages at the same time.

Well,
Rich is doing what Rich has been acknowledged by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art for doing well . . . Infinite Canvas. (That was also the name of the exhibit, too.)

And I don't mind a little scrolling to get to a joke.

[factotum]

I was under the impression that reward-levels couldn't be changed when someone had pledged on them which is why we have the chaotic system we have.

The reason for the chaos is that the Giant decided to offer a whole shedload of book combinations to try and cover every possible eventuality, it had nothing to do with ability or otherwise to extend existing pledge levels.

[Manga Maniac]

@factotum: He tried to do that back when there were only about two books getting reprinted. He'd have changed it to something more like "select a book", but he can't alter existing pledges.

[HeadlessMermaid]

I'm reposting Exediron's amazing table using a header. (Head? Header? A whatchamacallit, in any case.) That way, you can sort by backers, money, percent etc.

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6040 backers / 425,106 dollars
Average Pledge: $70

{TABLE=head]Level|Backers|Money|Percent Backers|Percent Money
$10|1,396|$13,960|23.1%|3.28%
$14|299|$4,186|4.95%|0.98%
$25|834|$20,850|13.8%|4.90%
$26|297|$7,722|4.91%|1.81%
$29|110|$3,190|1.82%|0.75%
$35|247|$8,645|4.08%|2.03%
$37|60|$2,220|0.99%|0.52%
$38|25|$950|0.41%|0.22%
$42|45|$1,890|0.74%|0.44%
$43|46|$1,978|0.76%|0.46%
$45|326|$14,670|5.39%|3.45%
$50|25|$1,250|0.41%|0.29%
$52|30|$1,560|0.49%|0.36%
$57|30|$1,710|0.49%|0.40%
$60|25|$1,500|0.41%|0.35%
$61|75|$4,575|1.24%|1.07%
$62|63|$3,906|1.04%|0.91%
$65|35|$2,275|0.57%|0.53%
$67|467|$31,289|7.73%|7.36%
$68|294|$19,992|4.37%|4.70%
$78|84|$6,552|1.39%|1.54%
$79|88|$6,952|1.45%|1.63%
$83|25|$2,075|0.41%|0.48%
$84|10|$840|0.16%|0.19%
$87|63|$5,481|1.04%|1.28%
$92|35|$3,220|0.57%|0.75%
$94|189|$17,766|3.12%|4.17%
$96|30|$2,880|0.49%|0.67%
$100|10|$1,000|0.16%|0.23%
$139|102|$14,168|1.68%|3.33%
$192|27|$5,184|0.44%|1.21%
$222|479|$106,338|7.93%|25.0%
$240|15|$3,600|0.24%|0.84%
$250|50|$12,500|0.82%|2.94%
$262|30|$7,860|0.49%|1.86%
$305|25|$7,625|0.41%|1.79%
$575|15|$8,625|0.24%|2.02%
$600|5|$3,000|0.08%|0.70%
$1,250|3|$3,750|0.04%|0.88%
$5,000|1|$5,000|0.01%|1.17%[/TABLE]
Lines in bold are limited rewards.

No Level: 50 (0.82% of backers)
Above Level: $52,372 (12.3% of funds)

[Porthos]

I was under the impression that reward-levels couldn't be changed when someone had pledged on them which is why we have the chaotic system we have.

He can't take off the fact that it is limited and he can't change the wording of the pledge. But he can change the amount that is limited.

[bjornthedwarf]

What are you talking about? Sure, at first people get less interested in coloring as they grow older, but they hit the lowest point somewhere around 12 (it varies quite a bit) and then coloring becomes more and more fun again. Most people I know love coloring, even the ones who haven't noticed that it's cool again and are trying to keep it secret.

For Christmas this year, a bunch of family colored and cooked shrinky-dink ornaments. They were from like the 80s, and were found in the bottom of a drawer at my wife's grandmother's house. It was a blast! The youngest person at the table was 17, and the next youngest was 34. So yeah, a bunch of adults coloring shinky-dinks.

Speaking of which, I would take OotS shrinky-dinks!

[ella ventic]

Speaking of which, I would take OotS shrinky-dinks!

SECOND. That would be AMAZING.

[WampaX]

Is there a list of what the rewards everyone is getting are? I've lost track of what I'll actually be receiving in the mail/online.

Lets see . . .
If you are a generous sort and would like the snazzy art print for $25.
In addition to this you will get:
1 Roy Magnet
1 PDF of O-Chuul
1 PDF of Julio Scoundrel's follow-up tale
1 PDF of Dim Sun
1 PDF of Sir Francois and the Dragon
3 PDFs of backer selected stories
1 Sheet of Stickers
1 Hit Point Pad
1 Set of Desktop/ mobile device Wallpapers in various sizes
And if we get to it,
1 Coloring Book

Drop the Art Print, Hit Point Pad, Stickers, and Coloring Book if you only wish to donate $10

[Exediron]

Nitpick: 100 more copies of SS&DT were made available overnight.

And, yes, I am quite sure that upgrading from $10/$14 to $25/$26 is driving a lot of the money. The Art Print, for instance, was around the mid 400s before the update path appeared, and now it is nearly double that (mid 800s).

I did notice the SS&DT increase, but the extra 47 backers only accounted for about 1.5k. Looking at this chart vs. the last one, I notice that the number of $14 backers actually went down, which adds some strength to the theory that a lot of them defected to one of the base levels to get the new reward. It's harder to keep track of the $10 level since so many people are always joining it.

I'm reposting Exediron's amazing table using a header. (Head? Header? A whatchamacallit, in any case.) That way, you can sort by backers, money, percent etc.

Thanks! I don't usually post on forums using this code system, so I'm pretty bad at it. Having seen how to do that I'll probably make the rest of my tables that way to begin with

EDIT: Didn't someone post a table of the different pledge levels and their associated rewards a while back? I can't seem to locate it right now, but I'm pretty sure it was there.

[Helanna]

You know, for kids.

Soo, is this a reference to something? Because the only place I've ever heard it is the Nostalgia Critic, and a reference to the NC would make me very happy.

Also: A free coloring book? Seriously? I was wondering if I made a bad decision to pledge so much when I'm so broke, but this is so incredibly worth it I just cannot label it as anything but the best decision ever.

[Umberhulk]

Ok, maybe I'm missing something. Maybe this has an answer already that I missed. I can't figure out how to e-mail Rich.

There are some bonus fundraiser items, such as the stickers and coloring book, being given away when you buy a book. I already have all of the books and just want some the shwag. Will these be available for individual purchase?