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[Elder Tsofu]

*Pushes it over*
(well worth it for the free print)

Mystery prize! ^^

[Absol197]

So Giant,

Assuming you haven't already decided, might I make a suggestion about Mystery Prize #3?

Assuming #2 is yet another short story, #3 could be compiling all of the short stories from this drive into a print book. Currently, you're already doing five short stories, plus one, should #2 be an additional, and all the original print books will, by that point, already be in back in print. And SSaDT was only 4 sections long (yes, some of those sections, like the Dragon Tails, were a bit longer...)

That gives those crazy parts of your fandom (such as myself) who prefer to read things in print the ability to do so.

I don't know, something to think about, I guess. I'm sure whatever you come up with will be better than my half-baked ideas, but I'm just putting it out there.

[Yendor]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

Mystery Prize #2!!

We're officially beating The Giant at Kickstarter!!

He has $200,000 of our money. I'm sure he feels he's winning.

[Anarion]

Oh look, weekend just started and we've passed a goal line. Maybe this is all a dastardly attempt to force the Giant to make an update post with a Haley graph every day this weekend?

[CoffeeIncluded]

Woo-hoo! Mystery Prize #2 is a go!

[Phillip0614]

Hey Rich! I had a question for you about the drive. I have a buddy who I made a donation for to get him the magnet, but I'm really hoping that when our tax refund comes back my wife lets me make at least a one-book donation to your Kickstarter drive myself. However, I'd like to get one of the magnets for myself, too. Would it be possible for me to pledge an amount to get me up to the book level I'm allowed to donate for and then add $10 to it to get another print of the Roy magnet? Thanks!

[Flame of Anor]

Originally Posted by honigmuffin

For me, Tsukiko is the Umbridge of OotS. She's an even nastier piece of work than the Big Bad, but the character is also very interesting and extremely well written. I can't stand her, but I like the character, if that makes any sense

That's a very good way of putting it.

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by Yendor

He has $200,000 of our money. I'm sure he feels he's winning.

True, but pressure from his fanbase is forcing him to make new prizes to keep us satisfied. I count that as us winning.

The only way he wins is to cancel the game & do a runner with our money at the end and not print the books/magnets (which I'm not ruling out, this could all be a huge scam).

[fishboy]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

The only way he wins is to cancel the game & do a runner with our money at the end and not print the books/magnets (which I'm not ruling out, this could all be a huge scam).

I've had the same thought, but then I would actually be awed by the amount of patience and planning it took to get us here!

[WampaX]

Originally Posted by Phillip0614

Hey Rich! I had a question for you about the drive. I have a buddy who I made a donation for to get him the magnet, but I'm really hoping that when our tax refund comes back my wife lets me make at least a one-book donation to your Kickstarter drive myself. However, I'd like to get one of the magnets for myself, too. Would it be possible for me to pledge an amount to get me up to the book level I'm allowed to donate for and then add $10 to it to get another print of the Roy magnet? Thanks!

Best place to ask the question is on Kickstarter via the Send a message link right below The Order of the Stick Reprint Drive. He's been checking those more closely than this thread.

My unprofessional opinion is that it will be fine as long as he knows who you are (on the Kickstarter site) and what will be in your order.

[Who149]

Has a day gone by that we Haven't shattered the next seemingly impossible to reach goal?

[jmucchiello]

Originally Posted by Absol197

Assuming #2 is yet another short story, #3 could be compiling all of the short stories from this drive into a print book. Currently, you're already doing five short stories, plus one, should #2 be an additional, and all the original print books will, by that point, already be in back in print. And SSaDT was only 4 sections long (yes, some of those sections, like the Dragon Tails, were a bit longer...)

The Mystery prizes are freebies to people who already pledged. There's no way he can freebie a print book. The cost is too high. Also, the work to turn those PDFs (that he hasn't drawn yet) into a print book would mean the book won't be ready to go to the printers for several months. Common speculation is it won't be until 2013 that these stories could see print at the earliest. (Especially since there would probably also be a bonus story in the book to entice people who already have the PDFs to buy it.)

[Savannah]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

The only way he wins is to cancel the game & do a runner with our money at the end and not print the books/magnets (which I'm not ruling out, this could all be a huge scam).

*tries to imagine a world where the Giant is a scam artist*

*fails miserably*

Besides, I'm sure Kickstarter has some sort of precaution against that exact thing happening.

[Shonen Hero]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

True, but pressure from his fanbase is forcing him to make new prizes to keep us satisfied. I count that as us winning.

The only way he wins is to cancel the game & do a runner with our money at the end and not print the books/magnets (which I'm not ruling out, this could all be a huge scam).

I know you're more then likely being facetious, and so please take what I say with a grain of salt...but c'mon, that's ridiculous. The Giant's as invested in this as we are. This is his life's work we're talking about here, which he's invested like almost a full decade into.

Nay, I say he only runs away with the cash moneys when the funds reach a $1 million.

[SoC175]

Originally Posted by fishboy

I've had the same thought, but then I would actually be awed by the amount of patience and planning it took to get us here!

Really? That's just the age old "do a years long web comic and then pretend to collect money to have it's books re-printed" scam. Nothing really original

[Flame of Anor]

Originally Posted by SoC175

Really? That's just the age old "do a years long web comic and then pretend to collect money to have it's books re-printed" scam. Nothing really original

Yeah well in my day you would write a years-long newspaper comic, then take the editor hostage. Kids these days.

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by Savannah

*tries to imagine a world where the Giant is a scam artist*

*fails miserably*

Besides, I'm sure Kickstarter has some sort of precaution against that exact thing happening.

Originally Posted by Shonen Hero

I know you're more then likely being facetious, and so please take what I say with a grain of salt...but c'mon, that's ridiculous. The Giant's as invested in this as we are. This is his life's work we're talking about here, which he's invested like almost a full decade into.

Nay, I say he only runs away with the cash moneys when the funds reach a $1 million.

I'm not saying it's likely, but you never know. He might just be sick of drawing those damn stick figures & this is his project-pension so to speak.

[Elder Tsofu]

And to where would he run? A fraud of some couple of hundred thousand dollars isn't just going to be forgotten.

[WampaX]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

I'm not saying it's likely, but you never know. He might just be sick of drawing those damn stick figures & this is his project-pension so to speak.

Should the Giant leave the Playground,
We lose our strongest warden of the Rich Baker.
He knows what is at stake here.
I cannot believe he would abandon all to that fate.

[CDP]

I think we've officially reached the point where the title of the PDF release needs to be changed from "How the Paladin Got His Scar" to "How the Paladin Got His Scar And Other Stories".

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by Elder Tsofu

And to where would he run? A fraud of some couple of hundred thousand dollars isn't just going to be forgotten.

I'm not going to give him hints

[Procyonpi]

So sayeth the Giant, on Kickstarter:

New update will come later tonight; I need to go out and do real-life-type errands now. I thought I had at least until 6 pm today! FYI: There will be no new limited reward packages added today, so no one needs to wait around until then just to try to snag something.

[k_bukie]

Originally Posted by North_Ranger

Crikey... I've been reading about this drive for a few days now here and on another nerd forum I frequent religiously, and I'm just frickin' blown away by the loyalty and support of the OOTS fanbase (which a fellow forumite once refered to as "insane" in the positive sense).

Hell, I'm tempted to donate myself, and that's saying something. My willigness to impart with any personal information online has always been comparable to [spoilered due to disturbing mental image]

Spoiler

my willingness to stick my willy in a blender

, so it's quite the feat for me. But man, to choose between the PDF collection and the poster? And there's the mystery prize hanging in there as well... Oh maaaannnn...

Two things:

1) If you order any reward, you get the PDFs and the magnet.
2) Reward #2 will likely be over $10, so the poster could net you the free second reward as well.

PS: See you back on the other nerd forum.

[Weimann]

Originally Posted by Absol197

So Giant,

Assuming you haven't already decided, might I make a suggestion about Mystery Prize #3?

Assuming #2 is yet another short story, #3 could be compiling all of the short stories from this drive into a print book.

I know it's not a vote thing, but I want to express a counterpoint. I'd rather that the new Mystery Prize was some new material, as opposed to stuff I'd already get.

[Manga Maniac]

Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard

True, but pressure from his fanbase is forcing him to make new prizes to keep us satisfied. I count that as us winning.

The only way he wins is to cancel the game & do a runner with our money at the end and not print the books/magnets (which I'm not ruling out, this could all be a huge scam).

"Hah, now that I have worked on my comic for about 10 years and probably no longer need to do any actual work to financially survive, created several print-only comics and compilations and sold them legally, I shall now steal a bunch of money (that I could just use on what I promised) and lose my position while becoming a fugitive!"

I'm on to him.

[Kobold-Bard]

Originally Posted by Manga Maniac

"Hah, now that I have worked on my comic for about 10 years and probably no longer need to do any actual work to financially survive, created several print-only comics and compilations and sold them legally, I shall now steal a bunch of money (that I could just use on what I promised) and lose my position while becoming a fugitive!"

I'm on to him.

EXACTLY!

[k_bukie]

The average pledge is now over $60, which is ridiculous.

[ella ventic]

I thought I had at least until 6 pm today!

Oh, please, Giant. We didn't hit the goal until 1 pm Eastern. So we gave you A WHOLE HOUR of free time. Surely that's enough; what more could you possibly want from us?!

I really hope you're doing all right dealing with this monster you created.

...zomg, I just figured out what I want Mystery Prize #3 to be about.

[k_bukie]

Mystery Prize #3: Party at the Giant's house! Since travel for him is off the table, travel for the rest of us is on it.



Note: This message has been sarcasm. If you failed to detect the sarcasm, go back and try again until you do.

[Absol197]

Originally Posted by Weimann

I know it's not a vote thing, but I want to express a counterpoint. I'd rather that the new Mystery Prize was some new material, as opposed to stuff I'd already get.

That's actually a good point, and I missed him saying that he would consider eventually making a second compilation (and now I can't find where he said that again, but I remember reading it ).

I withdraw my suggestion!

EDIT: And come on people! We're only about $75,000 away from a full-series reprint! Get all your other nerd-friends to come and pledge! Think about it, if every person who has already pledged gets just one friend to pledge just $10, we'll jump up another (at the time of this writing) $37,250! That's halfway! For one friend apiece! I'm already trying to get my friends who read OotS but don't go to the forums involved! We can do it! Exclaimation marks!!!