The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow

[Elder Tsofu]

Originally Posted by Tulya

Given that they provided their location, I would imagine they're implying, "I was not aware that sales tax was applicable to Texas orders, and so I never increased my pledge to cover the taxes. What should I do now that the pledge drive is over, and the pledges have been locked in and processed already?"

Of course, I'm not stupid you know.

[Skavensrule]

I'm back in the 21'st century and have internet access again. I have caught up on the OotS comics I missed in the last three weeks and checked my emails. I received the survey email for my $250 pledge a week ago and have responded. Now to simply wait for Rich to dig his way out of the massive pile of work he has made for himself to start on the crayon drawings. (twiddles thumbs ... plays angry birds ... checks email again ... what's taking so long? darn it!)

[t209]

When will we get the PDFs or Magnets? I just finish my survey.
(Just checking make sure if I need to do something.)

[Forbiddenwar]

Originally Posted by t209

When will we get the PDFs or Magnets? I just finish my survey.
(Just checking make sure if I need to do something.)

PDFs, or rather all electronic material, will be available as soon as it is completed. if you are getting a magnet only, no other rewards, I think they have been order and will be shipped out soon, say within a week or two. But if you didn't fill out your survey first thing, (as you say you just did it) you might be one of the last to be shipped.

[Duskranger]

According to me the magnets are being shipped out as we speak.

They are in and are allready on the way to people. Don't know it for certain though.

[Benjuri]

Twitter Update:

Originally Posted by The Giant

FedEx-ing final coloring book files to printer tonight. I can objectively say it's the finest coloring book ever crafted by the hand of man.

Excellent. That's one big thing off the too do list and one step closer to getting the first set of minis!

[WampaX]

Originally Posted by Benjuri

Twitter Update:

Great!
But do we now we have to look to the Dwarves or Elves for something finer?

[Kish]

Technically, shouldn't that be the finest coloring book ever crafted by the hand of giantkin? Unless Rich is saying he outsourced it to a (male) human...

[SaintRidley]

Originally Posted by Kish

Technically, shouldn't that be the finest coloring book ever crafted by the hand of giantkin? Unless Rich is saying he outsourced it to a (male) human...

Perhaps male giants are also called men, and there are coloring books crafted by the hand of woman that he may or may not have surpassed.

[t209]

Heck, maybe Rich might have a dwarf blood in him (Craftsmanship).
P.S- I got a message that my magnet will come in two -fourdays!

[MyNameIsSecret]

Originally Posted by t209

I got a message that my magnet will come in two -fourdays!

Really? I don't seem to have got one... where was the message sent to, your e-mail or your kickstarter account?

[ti'esar]

I'm still waiting to hear any kind of feedback about what I'm supposed to do now.

[Savannah]

Originally Posted by ti'esar

I'm still waiting to hear any kind of feedback about what I'm supposed to do now.

Assuming you're talking about being in Texas and not increasing your pledge to cover tax like you mentioned last page, have you contacted Rich and/or put it in the notes on your survey? That's really your only option at the moment.

[FujinAkari]

Originally Posted by Kish

Technically, shouldn't that be the finest coloring book ever crafted by the hand of giantkin? Unless Rich is saying he outsourced it to a (male) human...

Are you suggesting Rich is unaware what the proper term to call himself is? :P

[ti'esar]

Originally Posted by Savannah

Assuming you're talking about being in Texas and not increasing your pledge to cover tax like you mentioned last page, have you contacted Rich and/or put it in the notes on your survey? That's really your only option at the moment.

I filled out the survey weeks ago, before I had ever heard of this issue. I tried sending Rich a message via Kickstarter, but there's been no response and I think I may have accidentally somehow sent it to myself.

[Carla]

I'd try Rich at Kickstarter again, apologize for the duplicate message (in case you didn't really send it to yourself) and ask the question. That way you will be sure that he gets it.

[Kish]

Originally Posted by MyNameIsSecret

Really? I don't seem to have got one... where was the message sent to, your e-mail or your kickstarter account?

Email account.

If you're being sent anything other than the magnet (by mail, the pdf doesn't count), then it will probably take a considerable time longer.

[MyNameIsSecret]

Originally Posted by Kish

Email account.

If you're being sent anything other than the magnet (by mail, the pdf doesn't count), then it will probably take a considerable time longer.

Thanks, that's what I thought.

[asphias]

Thank you so much for your support of the Order of the Stick
Reprint Kickstarter project!

This email is to inform you that your reward has shipped via
United States Postal Service mail. Backers in the U.S. should
receive it within 2-4 days. Backers outside the U.S. should
receive it in 1-3 weeks.


Thanks again,
Kevin Brusky
Ookoodook.com


oh yeah! here comes my magnet!

in 1-3 weeks, but still

[t209]

Originally Posted by asphias

Thank you so much for your support of the Order of the Stick
Reprint Kickstarter project!

This email is to inform you that your reward has shipped via
United States Postal Service mail. Backers in the U.S. should
receive it within 2-4 days. Backers outside the U.S. should
receive it in 1-3 weeks.


Thanks again,
Kevin Brusky
Ookoodook.com


oh yeah! here comes my magnet!

in 1-3 weeks, but still

I got this message but earlier!

[Tulya]

Originally Posted by ti'esar

I filled out the survey weeks ago, before I had ever heard of this issue. I tried sending Rich a message via Kickstarter, but there's been no response and I think I may have accidentally somehow sent it to myself.

If you're talking about seeing the message you sent in your kickstarter mailbox, that's just how kickstarter's mail system works. It should still indicate that it was sent to Rich Burlew, and that you have 0 replies to the message.

Based on the prior updates about clearing his mailbox, it seems that Rich deals with the messages primarily in waves of activity. Focusing primarily on only a handful of different activities at various times would not be surprising given how much he's got on his plate now.

[Benjuri]

Yay, monster minis progress!

Originally Posted by Quothe the Giant

Worked with my site admin on a plan to securely distribute the digital PDF comics that are coming without overloading my server on the day that they're announced.

I honestly giggled at this and thought back to the night that Girl Genius' 101 class finally caught up to the beginning of the Advanced Class and everyone, new and old, went on an achieve binge. I think that's a comparable amount of server overload. I wonder how it's going to work?

[[TS] Shadow]

Hey, I'm having trouble emailing my Stick it to You pictures to Rich. Every time I try to send it to the address he gave (kickstarter@giantitp.com) I just get a message that my email didn't send. Help, please?

[LordRahl6]

Its good to see that progress has been made on the production. As such it was well worth the wait. Most likely the next time the giant make a update he'll have the stckers, pads, and the like ready to ship.

There is one thing I find funny though. Where did 16th century people get LEGO rockstars?

[Euodiachloris]

Originally Posted by [TS] Shadow

Hey, I'm having trouble emailing my Stick it to You pictures to Rich. Every time I try to send it to the address he gave (kickstarter@giantitp.com) I just get a message that my email didn't send. Help, please?

Um... forgive me if you've already tried this, but...

Have you tried using the Kickstarter message system itself, or have you used your usual email route? That might have an effect, if you haven't. Just a thought.

[[TS] Shadow]

Originally Posted by Euodiachloris

Um... forgive me if you've already tried this, but...

Have you tried using the Kickstarter message system itself, or have you used your usual email route? That might have an effect, if you haven't. Just a thought.

Well, you can't attach pictures to a Kickstarter message, so I can't really send them to him that way.

[Euodiachloris]

Sorry: should have been clearer...

You could point to a link to a picture using the Kickstarter one. That is, if you have means to do that.

[tomorrowboy]

So it looks like the books and stuff won't ship until the last week of April. I'm moving May 1st (or slightly earlier), so I need to give Rich (or whoever's shipping the books) my new address.

1. Should I send that now or wait a bit?

2. Who do I send my new address to and how?

Sorry if these questions have been asked somewhere else.

[Armitage]

Originally Posted by [TS] Shadow

Hey, I'm having trouble emailing my Stick it to You pictures to Rich. Every time I try to send it to the address he gave (kickstarter@giantitp.com) I just get a message that my email didn't send. Help, please?

How big are the files that you are trying to send?
Many email providers set a limit to the size of attachments (or actually to the size of the whole email). Note that a file attached to an email takes more space than on the harddrive (due to the encoding used).

Also, if your internet connection is rather slow the connection to the smtp server (email server) might time out while your email client is still uploading the email to the server.


Euodiachloris idea to upload the pictures elsewhere and only send an email with the link(s) might solve this problem.
This is generally a good idea anyway when handling bigger files as one doesn't know what size limit the email provider of the recipient sets.

[WampaX]

Originally Posted by tomorrowboy

So it looks like the books and stuff won't ship until the last week of April. I'm moving May 1st (or slightly earlier), so I need to give Rich (or whoever's shipping the books) my new address.

1. Should I send that now or wait a bit?

2. Who do I send my new address to and how?

Sorry if these questions have been asked somewhere else.

Sending it sooner is usually better.
My suggestion is either you use the send message button right under the OotS kickstarter title to let Rich know OR if you aren't getting anything that Rich himself needs to touch (signed books, crayon drawings, first born son, etc.) you could try contacting Ookoodook since they will most likely be filling the order.
http://www.ookoodook.com/store/contact.shtml

Also,

I find it very amusing that the Randon Dungeon generator is adopting a unit of measure on Kickstarter known as the Burlew Point. It is 1/100th of the kickstarter total, so $12,541. (scroll to the bottom of update #13 and update #8)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...geon-map/posts

Perhapse this will be come a "thing" in future RPG kickstarters?
Maybe even ones beyond those with additional "Rich"es (update #8).