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

[Porthos]

I weep salt tears for the poor, exhausted, oppressed F5 buttons of the OoTS community. May they find rest and peace when this is done. :smallfrown:

Auto Refresh* FTW! :smalltongue:

* Or similar extensions for various browsers.

[MoonCat]

I weep salt tears for the poor, exhausted, oppressed F5 buttons of the OoTS community. May they find rest and peace when this is done. :smallfrown:

My mouse button is the one doing all the work. :smalltongue:

[Shale]

Achievement Unlocked: ??????

Secret achievement revealed as:
Off The Rails: Claim victory over the DM comic author.

[RMS Oceanic]

I believe the following image best describes my behaviour in the last few hours (Don't worry, it's safe for work):

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/rmsoceanic/WALL-EPressesButton.gif

[silvadel]

Here is another thing that might not have been thought about.

The post office DOES have DISCOUNT PROGRAMS for people who mail out a ton of things.

The discounts are useful and something that should be looked into for the mailing of this project if it hasnt been looked into already.

It is called Commercial Plus Pricing, and you need to send at least 2500 packages per month to qualify for it -- for the duration of the sending of all of the fallout from this event though, qualifying shouldnt be hard.

[TinyMushroom]

Just pledged about all of my pocket money. As a high school student, I'm not exactly rich, but with the amount of loot you get, that's not a problem at all. Thank you very much for all of these mystery prizes, Rich!

[honigmuffin]

The post office DOES have DISCOUNT PROGRAMS for people who mail out a ton of things.

I suppose the Giant knows about this, but maybe you should shoot him a message on Kickstarter, just in case :smallsmile:

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I don't know if we're going to make $1M or not (I'm only in for $25 - I have all the books, and the only thing that made sense to buy was the art print), but I did want to pay my compliments to Kaulguard's eloquent and heartfelt testimonial. Amen!

That's where I was... I bumped it from $25 to $40 for the patch, second coloring book, and the Sticky Shtick cards. I don't own the Game, but if I like the cards enough, I will probably order it.

[A_S]

Hey guys! You're nerds on the internet, right? So you like graphs, right?

I just made an ROC curve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receiver_operating_characteristic) for the kickstarter:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/azurasstar/kickstarter.gif

On the x axis is the proportion of people who have contributed to the drive, in order of the size of their contribution, from smallest to largest; on the y axis is the total amount of money pledged by everyone to the left of that point on the graph. For the sake of interpretation: These data are from the kickstarter page, taken at 2:32 PM CST on Feb. 18.
If everyone had pledged exactly the same amount of money, the graph would be a straight line between (0,0) and (1,1).
If one person had pledged all the money, the graph would be a step function, sticking to the bottom and then jumping up at the far right.
The larger the area under the curve, the more "long-tailed" the distribution is. A long tail indicates a relatively significant contribution of the "little guy" (a pattern you find, for instance, in online retail), while a short tail indicates that a few super-dedicated people are really driving the whole thing (which is what you find, for instance, for contributions of text to Wikipedia). This is a fairly long-tailed distribution, as these things go; you guys who only pledged $10 really did make a difference!
My script made some indefensible assumptions for simplicity's sake. The big one is, I assumed that everybody pledged exactly the minimum pledge amount for their reward. This is definitely wrong, since my total money estimate ended up at $764437, well undershooting the actual value. Since everything has been converted to proportions, if this faulty assumption underestimated the contributions of all pledge groups equally, it doesn't affect the end result. On the other hand, if the underestimation was unequally distributed across pledge amounts (for instance, if whoever who got the $5000 pledge actually forked over $200000 and that's the only reason my number is off), this inaccuracy could have significant implications for interpretation of this graph, so take it with a grain of salt.
Fun things to notice: Almost 20% of all backers are at the $10 price point, and they alone contributed about 3% of the total money the drive has raised to date.
The stingiest 40% of backers contributed about 10% of the total revenue.
About 40% of the total revenue came from the most generous 10% of the backers.
Here's the code (in Python) and the data I used:Code:
import tkFileDialog

file = tkFileDialog.askopenfile(mode='rb',title='Choose a file')
if file != None:
data = file.read()
file.close()

with open('roc.csv', 'w') as file:
totalMoney = 0
totalBackers = 0
for entry in data.splitlines():
amount = int(entry.split(',')[0])
number = int(entry.split(',')[1])
for i in range(number):
totalMoney += amount
totalBackers += 1
file.write(str(totalBackers) + ',' + str(totalMoney) + '\n')Data:
10,1809
14,242
15,165
16,142
24,121
25,1864
26,602
29,290
32,261
35,405
36,255
37,174
38,25
42,84
43,102
45,362
50,25
52,30
55,80
57,30
60,25
61,103
62,109
65,35
67,884
68,297
70,25
78,143
79,105
80,163
83,25
84,6
87,61
92,35
94,273
96,30
100,10
114,20
115,125
139,200
192,18
222,952
240,15
250,50
262,30
295,363
305,25
575,15
600,10
1250,3
5000,1

Wheeeeeeeeee!

[SaintRidley]

$1300.65/hour to hit a million at the moment.

I don't know how, but we're doing it.

[Weimann]

Required pledge rate (RPR) has sunk to $1294/h.

Man, I thought I was going to be happy with my whole story pledge, but damn would a party drawing be sweet. But so expensive. But so sweet.

I'll be staying up later tonight than I thought. I want to see what the Patience Charms pledges offer.

Edit: Charms? What the hell? Okay, I need to cut down on Exalted.

Although that would be a neat Sidereal Keyword...

[FlawedParadigm]

Went to the 222 even though I have Origins and SoD. Let's make this happen!

[Porthos]

New Pledge Unlocked

PLEDGE $107 OR MORE
4 BACKERS • Limited Reward (26 of 30 remaining)
PRINT ONLY SPECIAL (SIGNED): One copy each of all three "print only" OOTS books—On the Origin of PCs, Start of Darkness, and Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales—autographed by the author. Plus a Roy Greenhilt magnet and the other free swag. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $7 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $10)

[silvadel]

I suppose the Giant knows about this, but maybe you should shoot him a message on Kickstarter, just in case :smallsmile:

Thing is it is not exactly well known, hasnt been around for a lot of time, and has pretty stark requirements (2500 pieces per month isnt something most people hit) of entry.

Hence it could very well be something that one wouldnt know about.

[RMS Oceanic]

New Pledge Unlocked

PLEDGE $107 OR MORE
4 BACKERS • Limited Reward (26 of 30 remaining)
PRINT ONLY SPECIAL (SIGNED): One copy each of all three "print only" OOTS books—On the Origin of PCs, Start of Darkness, and Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales—autographed by the author. Plus a Roy Greenhilt magnet and the other free swag. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $7 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $10)

Unless new Character Crayons turn up, this is for me! :smallsmile:

[Diadem]

I've been watching this fundraiser, but I have to admit it's a bit confusing.

He's asking $222 for all 7 books. If I just buy them in the Giant's own shop it would cost only $170,65. I understand that this is a fundraiser, but aren't the funds meant to put the books back into print. A cost that, presumably, is also covered in the price of books bought via the web shop.

I would love to buy the entire OOTS collection. But $222 plus shipping is just excessive. Even $170 is already quite steep imho.

[Porthos]

Thing is it is not exactly well known, hasnt been around for a lot of time, and has pretty stark requirements (2500 pieces per month isnt something most people hit) of entry.

Hence it could very well be something that one wouldnt know about.

Messaging Ape Games might be a better bet, as they're gonna be the ones shipping the vast majority of the items.

Plus, I figure their inbox isn't screaming in agony as much. :smalltongue:

[honigmuffin]

Thing is it is not exactly well known, hasnt been around for a lot of time, and has pretty stark requirements (2500 pieces per month isnt something most people hit) of entry.

Hence it could very well be something that one wouldnt know about.

Well then, shoot away, lad/lass! :smallwink:

I wanted to get to bed early today. Doesn't look like that's an option now, what with watching the numbers and everything :smalltongue:

[Porthos]

I've been watching this fundraiser, but I have to admit it's a bit confusing.

He's asking $222 for all 7 books. If I just buy them in the Giant's own shop it would cost only $170,65. I understand that this is a fundraiser, but aren't the funds meant to put the books back into print. A cost that, presumably, is also covered in the price of books bought via the web shop.

I would love to buy the entire OOTS collection. But $222 plus shipping is just excessive. Even $170 is already quite steep imho.

Unless you are outside of the US, the $222 is including shiping. You might want to recalculate just how much ookoodook would charge for all seven books once shipping is included.

And while I haven't run the numbers, I've been told that this drive is quite reasonable when it comes to international shipping the big box items.

[Weimann]

Am I doing it wrong, or have we pledged $17,519 in about 3 hours? I'm basing this on the latest updates being 3 hours ago and Rich saying there was $100,000 to go to reach $1M.

Because if so, we need $1249/h and we have $5855/h.

[RMS Oceanic]

The required rate has now dropped to $1229/h.

[Porthos]

Am I doing it wrong, or have we pledged $17,519 in about 3 hours? I'm basing this on the latest updates being 3 hours ago and Rich saying there was $100,000 to go to reach $1M.

Because if so, we need $1249/h and we have $5855/h.

All Times Pacific Standard:

{table]Time | Backers | Raised | Diff
10am | 11,163 | $896,938 | 1942
11am | 11,190 | $899,087 | 2149
12pm | 11,223 | $904,077 | 4990
1pm | 11,270 | $911,683 | 7606
2pm | 11,299 | $913,528 | 1845
2:48 | 11,328 | $918,733| 5205[/table]

$1,227 per hour from here on out to reach 1 millon dollars.
$1,406 raised per hour so far.

[homersolo]

Okay, this page has grown so large, I'm having trouble figuring out whether I can get multiple rewards. I just got one of the signed rewards, but I also want to get several of the newly printed books. I'm sure Rich has addressed this, but I can't find it amidst all of this information.

So, my question is: If I want multiple rewards must I:
a) create multiple accounts;
b) Pledge enough at the end for the signed rewards and the books and fill out a survery at the end saying what I want; or
c) something different.

I figure Rich is too busy to answer a question like this this close to the end, so I'm putting it to y'all.

[Weimann]

Are we keeping up the threads on reddit and stuff?

[Alton_Utrich]

Now that a whole month of giddy anticipation has almost passed I think participating in this drive and watching that red line rise has been one of the most fun things I've done on the Internet. Kudos to you Giant for an event that enriched everyone that go involved!

[Forbiddenwar]

Okay, this page has grown so large, I'm having trouble figuring out whether I can get multiple rewards. I just got one of the signed rewards, but I also want to get several of the newly printed books. I'm sure Rich has addressed this, but I can't find it amidst all of this information.

So, my question is: If I want multiple rewards must I:
a) create multiple accounts;
b) Pledge enough at the end for the signed rewards and the books and fill out a survery at the end saying what I want; or
c) something different.

I figure Rich is too busy to answer a question like this this close to the end, so I'm putting it to y'all.

depends on what you want and the text for each reward. Let us know what you are looking for

I went with A because I wanted several hp pads and stickers And the complete game, but the game is so big, it needs to be shipped separately anyway. And I added the art print to the game, since that can't be added to the swag pack.

[Weimann]

All Time Pacific Standard:

10a 11,163 $896,938
11a 11,190 $899,087
12p 11,223 $904,077
1pm 11,270 $911,683
2pm 11,299 $913,528
2:48 11,328 $918,733

$1,227 per hour from here on out to reach 1 millon dollars.
$1,406 raised per hour so far.Wait, what? How can you get that?

The update just recently got 4 hours old. Let's say that it was created at 11 am. That makes the raised amount from then ($918733-$899087) and the rate of increase ($918733-$899087)/4 = $4911.5/h

Or am I getting times wrong? I hate converting over time zones.

[Porthos]

Okay, this page has grown so large, I'm having trouble figuring out whether I can get multiple rewards. I just got one of the signed rewards, but I also want to get several of the newly printed books. I'm sure Rich has addressed this, but I can't find it amidst all of this information.

So, my question is: If I want multiple rewards must I:
a) create multiple accounts;
b) Pledge enough at the end for the signed rewards and the books and fill out a survery at the end saying what I want; or
c) something different.

I figure Rich is too busy to answer a question like this this close to the end, so I'm putting it to y'all.

I've done a second account when I wanted two entierly seperate pledge levels. Others have done the same. Some people have messaged Rich ahead of time and worked something out for small things. But I wouldn't recommend just upping your pledge and presuming Rich can handle it after the fact.

So either bite the bullet and risk pestering him while he is in Crunch Time and dealing with a massive amount of things at once, or just figure out if it is worth getting a second account.

One Note: a second account requires a new email address, but that's it. Just thought I should let you know ahead of time.

[RMS Oceanic]

There are now 11337 pledgers. We are Superleet! :smalltongue:

[Porthos]

Wait, what? How can you get that?

The update just recently got 4 hours old. Let's say that it was created at 11 am. That makes the raised amount from then ($918733-$899087) and the rate of increase ($918733-$899087)/4 = $4911.5/h

Or am I getting times wrong? I hate converting over time zones.

I've been copy pasting the amounts at various times. :smallsmile:

You can also head over to the Google Speadsheet page on this drive (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArQXJtruni7EdFZTRFY4V1kyZHJtTFF4MElKQ1ptR 2c#gid=0) and see amounts inputed by The Swarm (AKA all of us obsessive stat geeks :smalltongue:).

ETA: Looks like the Update hit at GMT 14:30. So, three and a half hours ago.

The total was approximately 900K. Thus it's been about 19.5K in 3.5 hours. Or a staggering 5.4K per hour! :smalleek::smalleek::smalleek:

[zero]

20k in less than 4 hours, the million mark is clearly within reach.

[Noir0]

If only that credit card increase had come through. Well, it is coming through, but not as timely as i wanted! Could've afforded the game adventure game as well. My friends arn't really into OOts, but they ARE into board games, and the price for the whole collection and all 7 books is a steal. Minus the shipping since i'm international, but that's out of the Giants control.

I'd have been more than happy to add an extra hundred dollars towards the big 1 mill. Well, i'm cheering you on everyone.

[Diadem]

Unless you are outside of the US, the $222 is including shiping.
Fair enough. I'm in Europe though.

I really want to pledge something. I don't know what though. Buying just one book would be stupid, because I know myself, I can't have own an unfinished collection. But I can't afford $259.

Oh well, 3 more days to figure it out ;)

[MaximKat]

Fair enough. I'm in Europe though.

I really want to pledge something. I don't know what though. Buying just one book would be stupid, because I know myself, I can't have own an unfinished collection. But I can't afford $259.

Oh well, 3 more days to figure it out ;)

Do what I did and buy SSDT. It's the only limited edition book, you can always buy the rest later.

[Baphomet]

Man, the one thing holding me back from pledging more was that Rich said he wasn't going to use the funds for himself. Now that that's off the table, I doubled it. Why didn't he do that sooner?

[MesiDoomstalker]

I've been copy pasting the amounts at various times. :smallsmile:

You can also head over to the Google Speadsheet page on this drive (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArQXJtruni7EdFZTRFY4V1kyZHJtTFF4MElKQ1ptR 2c#gid=0) and see amounts inputed by The Swarm (AKA all of us obsessive stat geeks :smalltongue:).

ETA: Looks like the Update hit at GMT 14:30. So, three and a half hours ago.

The total was approximately 900K. Thus it's been about 19.5K in 3.5 hours. Or a staggering 5.4K per hour! :smalleek::smalleek::smalleek:

Thanks for the link. It seems that most of the money being pledged right now is mostly from people increasing their pledges more so than new plegdes coming in. The rate of new pledges is pretty much flatlined after the initial surge.

[Obnoxious Hydra]

I'm wondering...

I've pledged the $10 donation. Honestly, I couldn't care less about the fridge magnet. I only want the PDFs, and I don't want to spend more money (I blew the rest of the money I hand on a copy of SoD from Ookadook).

If I simply don't add to my pledge/ignore the credit cart details/emails when they come round, will I still get the PDFs even if I don't get the fridge magnet?

[RMS Oceanic]

I'm wondering...

I've pledged the $10 donation. Honestly, I couldn't care less about the fridge magnet. I only want the PDFs, and I don't want to spend more money (I blew the rest of the money I hand on a copy of SoD from Ookadook).

If I simply don't add to my pledge/ignore the credit cart details/emails when they come round, will I still get the PDFs even if I don't get the fridge magnet?

You can say "I don't want a magnet" when the time comes, regardless of how much you pledge. The PDFs reach you as long as you hand over at least $10.

[Weimann]

If you just want the pdf and no magnet, state this in the email you'll get when they're asking for your shipping address, which will come after the pledge is done. Leave a note there and you'll be golden. I'd advice you to still include your address, though.

[tonberrian]

What is the top funding for a project? Aside from Double Fine, I mean.

[RMS Oceanic]

What is the top funding for a project? Aside from Double Fine, I mean.

Double Fine's project is just shy of $2,000,000.

EDIT: Whoops. I think the (soon to be) Number 2 is at like $1.3 million or so. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say we're not overtaking them.

[Gwynfrid]

I participated ^^

A lot of people did. Some people spent more money than you did. But not very many had to spend that much effort. Congratulations. Welcome to the club, which ought to present you with a badge of honor !

[Douglas]

If all sense and reason is abandoned and we somehow raise the I-don't-know-like-$200,000 to reprint even that book
This quote just keeps making me laugh in hindsight.:smallamused:

[Weimann]

What is the top funding for a project? Aside from Double Fine, I mean.It's an iPhone dock which brought in $1,464,706. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter)

Yeah, we're not topping that.

[Timeless Error]

What is the top funding for a project? Aside from Double Fine, I mean.

The most funded for each category of project are listed here (http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/most-funded?ref=sidebar). The one that raised the most money of all appears to be this one (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-best-dock-for-iphone?ref=most-funded).

EDIT: Whoops, seriously ninja'd.

[Procyonpi]

Man, the one thing holding me back from pledging more was that Rich said he wasn't going to use the funds for himself. Now that that's off the table, I doubled it. Why didn't he do that sooner?

He's not really using the funds for himself - he's creating a general fund for his business. Which will result in him having less out of pocket expenses (and therefore more money to spend on personal stuff) in the future, but so is us paying for print runs which will leave him with excess stock of his products, even if we get a book out of the deal.

A lot of the preexisting prize's values were a result of forced scarcity / donor charity - I doubt the crayon drawings will require anywhere near $250 in materials, labor, and shipping. People were willing to pay that much because 1. They wanted the books reprinted 2. There was a limited supply and 3. Rich has put nearly a decade into the free product of the webcomic. One could argue that there is a limited supply of Rich's labor available for projects like this because people's future willingness to pay for stuff like this is dependent on an at least semi-active web comic, but the exclusivity also plays a role, particularly for the cameo.

What is true is that Rich will probably see more profit on the money after 850K mark. While some of the money sounds like it will go towards tech upgrades for Rich, which don't necessarily yield a lot of immediate profit, if he uses some of it to print book 5, for example, the yield on that will be huge. I'm not sure of the exact numbers involved, but I'm pretty sure the printing costs have in the past been well over half the price of the book, so if Rich gets free printing on book 5 out of this, the amount of money he will make off each book will more than double.

[Yendor]

It's an iPhone dock which brought in $1,464,706. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter)

Yeah, we're not topping that.

They got the last half-million in about three days, so you never know... :smallwink:

[Flame of Anor]

They got the last half-million in about three days, so you never know... :smallwink:

No. No way. It is ABSOLUTELY not going to happen. We are just BARELY going to break $1m, and that is it.




Okay, now that I've sufficiently tempted Fate... *crosses fingers*

[k_bukie]

There's an outside shot at hitting 2000% funding, which would require about $3612 per hour from here on out.

[Great Dane]

I upped my pledge. Happy to help fund Rich's project. He's entertained me a day or two a week, not counting the great forum discussions (and the ENTIRE reason I started playing D&D in the first place!!) since 2007. :)

[Tanuki Tales]

Ladies and Gentlemen.

This has been an amazing ride and I'm sure it will just go completely Knurd by the time we're done.

[MoonCat]

Ladies and Gentleman.

This has been an amazing ride and I'm sure it will just go completely Knurd by the time we're done.

Well, if we abandoned sanity around $200,000, then $800,000 later will certainly take us around to the other side.

Better go get some Bearhugger's. We overdosed on Klatchian coffee it seems.

(Yes, I too read Terry Pratchett. We know what we're talking about.)

[Great Dane]

This really is an interesting psychological study. People are getting amped and throwing in another 5-10+ dollars, I'm sure. Hell, that's what I did. We take pride in Rich's webcomic and want to see it succeed (at the very least, smash through $1M!) and for our average pledge to be somewhere north of $80, most of our backers are putting up a lot of cash to see this work!

Whether he meant to or not, this conveniently ends on a weekend, where backers may be more prone to sipping on a glass of wine or beer (or three) right when the hype is hitting its climax. Rich may be the beneficiary of some "drunken shopping". :smallamused:

[Goosefeather]

Well, if we abandoned sanity around $200,000, then $800,000 later will certainly take us around to the other side.

Better go get some Bearhugger's. We overdosed on Klatchian coffee it seems.

(Yes, I too read Terry Pratchett. We know what we're talking about.)

It's gonna take a heck of a lot of proper mountain-brewed scumble to get us anywhere near sober again, to be honest. Maybe even a couple of Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters.

[MoonCat]

This really is an interesting psychological study. People are getting amped and throwing in another 5-10+ dollars, I'm sure. Hell, that's what I did. We take pride in Rich's webcomic and want to see it succeed (at the very least, smash through $1M!) and for our average pledge to be somewhere north of $80, most of our backers are putting up a lot of cash to see this work!

Whether he meant to or not, this conveniently ends on a weekend, where backers may be more prone to sipping on a glass of wine or beer (or three) right when the hype is hitting its climax. Rich may be the beneficiary of some "drunken shopping". :smallamused:

I am literally going to be able to stay updated to the minute UNTIL th last hour. Worst timing possible for me. Frigging school. :smallannoyed:


It's gonna take a heck of a lot of proper mountain-brewed scumble to get us anywhere near sober again, to be honest. Maybe even a couple of Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters.

:smallwink:

[Tanuki Tales]

It's gonna take a heck of a lot of proper mountain-brewed scumble to get us anywhere near sober again, to be honest. Maybe even a couple of Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters.

:smallbiggrin:

[jmucchiello]

Well, if we abandoned sanity around
I don't understand the folks with the "this is insane" reactions. The average pledge is around $80 for 11,000+ fans, big deal. Concerts to see musicians play for 2 hours can cost that much and draw an equal number of fans. There's a rule of thumb that says only 10% of your fans will help in pledge drive. Did so many people not think OotS had over 100,000 fans?

Also, most kickstarter drives have a heavy few first days, a huge lull in the middle, and then a big push at the end. Most kickstarter drive owners do not keep adding swag every other day like Rich did. That is what has driven the steady momentum.

There's nothing insane about this. It is just a good product matched to a well run drive. I'd be curious how many future KS drives don't have new swag offerings made in the weeks after the original posting based on how effective it was for this drive.

[Great Dane]

I don't understand the folks with the "this is insane" reactions. The average pledge is around $80 for 11,000+ fans, big deal. Concerts to see musicians play for 2 hours can cost that much and draw an equal number of fans. There's a rule of thumb that says only 10% of your fans will help in pledge drive. Did so many people not think OotS had over 100,000 fans?

Also, most kickstarter drives have a heavy few first days, a huge lull in the middle, and then a big push at the end. Most kickstarter drive owners do not keep adding swag every other day like Rich did. That is what has driven the steady momentum.

There's nothing insane about this. It is just a good product matched to a well run drive. I'd be curious how many future KS drives don't have new swag offerings made in the weeks after the original posting based on how effective it was for this drive.

I'm not doubting that Rich has done a damn fine job at running a consistently-successful drive. If you were able to catch the Excel spreadsheet being updated, you'll see the average donation per backer has gone up and up throughout the duration! To me, though, 11,000+ people pledging $80 is a BFD, especially for a webcomic!

[MoonCat]

<snip>

Giant quote paraphrase. Not my own opinion.

[WampaX]

Everyone is going hogwild with the big numbers, figure I'd post the small end.

A $6.27 increase from each backer puts us over the $1mil mark.

[Smolder]

Patient Whole Story Signeds are going fast. 5 left.

3...

2..

1..

And gone.

Grats to the lucky and the quick!

[Great Dane]

Got me a $300 ;) (the comments section on Kickstarter's a fun place! You might recognize me)

[Porthos]

Patient Whole Story Signeds are going fast. 5 left.

3...

2..

1..

And gone.

Grats to the lucky and the quick!

They lasted less than 12 minutes, apparently. Full on feeding frenzy goin' on right now. :smallamused:

[Smolder]

Patient Whole Story Signeds are going fast. 5 left.

They lasted less than 12 minutes, apparently. Full on feeding frenzy goin' on right now. :smallamused:

I started typing that when I saw that Rich had posted 15. By the time I finished the first sentence, it was down to 7.

[Porthos]

*does some back of the enevlope calculations*
*redoes them because he doesn't quite believe them*

Ya know, I won't be that surprised if this thing finishes north of 1.1M when all is said and done. And if things go really crazy, and it doesn't relatively quiet down "overnight" too much, I wouldn't be shocked to see it slip over 1.2M.

[Cazaril]

Still well over 2 days to go, and less than 70k left. I'd say that 1,000,000 is definitely a happening thing.

[MaximKat]

Almost there...

[Flame of Anor]

Almost there...

http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.256554423.jpg

Just pretend I shooped the current total into the distance readout, OK?

[Miaow]

I just went from $78 for the two books that I don't have yet to $115 +30 +4 for the big box of the game and a book plus the other book I need plus the patch. :smallbiggrin: And there is a good chance I will add in another $15 for the art print before it is all over. This drive has been so much fun to watch and participate in. :smallsmile:

[Forbiddenwar]

One thing great about this kickstarter are all the people new to the forum.
Welcome!
You'll find the playground to be the best forum on the internet, full of kind people.

[MoonCat]

Just under 6,000 more and we'll be in top four. Mwahahahaha.

[Cazaril]

Just pretend I shooped the current total into the distance readout, OK?

http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv276/dyCazaril/Target.png

Just pretend I found a match for the font, OK? :smallbiggrin:

[MoonCat]

http://i.imgur.com/WJ7rYl.png

Hehe. :smallcool:

[Flame of Anor]

http://i.imgur.com/WJ7rYl.png

Hehe. :smallcool:

Another five minutes, another $500...this is mind-boggling...

[Douglas]

http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv276/dyCazaril/Target.png

Just pretend I found a match for the font, OK? :smallbiggrin:
No, no, the number is supposed to be the remaining distance to the target, not the distance traveled so far.

[Flame of Anor]

No, no, the number is supposed to be the remaining distance to the target, not the distance traveled so far.

The original picture will be just right before too long...

[Cazaril]

No, no, the number is supposed to be the remaining distance to the target, not the distance traveled so far.

But that would involve me doing subtraction, and I'm really not feeling up to complicated math tonight. :smalltongue:

[Procyonpi]

But that would involve me doing subtraction, and I'm really not feeling up to complicated math tonight. :smalltongue:

I'm not sure basic subtraction constitutes "complicated math," but w/e. I'm not sure I could think of a state of mind where I'd be able to do the necessary shop / upload where I wouldn't be able to do the necessary subtraction.

[Sethala]

I'm not sure basic subtraction constitutes "complicated math," but w/e. I'm not sure I could think of a state of mind where I'd be able to do the necessary shop / upload where I wouldn't be able to do the necessary subtraction.

It's a very specific level of tired.

I'm debating shifting to a higher pledge for a signed book (if I happen to be on when one shows up, that is!) I think I could afford one or two, but not the four that I'm missing. Any suggestions on which book I should get signed, if I get only one?

[Forbiddenwar]

It's a very specific level of tired.

I'm debating shifting to a higher pledge for a signed book (if I happen to be on when one shows up, that is!) I think I could afford one or two, but not the four that I'm missing. Any suggestions on which book I should get signed, if I get only one?

Which 4 out of 7 are you missing?
My vote either goes to Snips and Snails or Dungeon Crawling.

[MoonCat]

...Are you two referencing DM of the Rings?

This was something I mentioned in the comments, but what would people think of part of Mystery Prize #8 being a vid of The Giant? People here squee whenever Mr. Burlew posts, and, assuming he already has something to record himself with, would be cheap for the Giant to make.

[Kancsar]

No, no, the number is supposed to be the remaining distance to the target, not the distance traveled so far.

remember though, red leader's run failed.

time to turn off the targeting computer and cast 'true strike'.

[Porthos]

Pledge Unlocked

PLEDGE $200 OR MORE
0 BACKERS • Limited Reward (5 of 5 remaining)
DUNGEONSCAPE: A new copy of the D&D 3.5 sourcebook Dungeonscape, autographed by one of its two co-authors, Rich Burlew, along with an autographed 8x10 print. Add all 7 OOTS books signed for an additional $300, or message me for selected books. Plus the magnet and whatever. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $22 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $37.)
Estimated Delivery: Jun 2012

Something for the DMs out there, I think. :smallamused:

[MoonCat]

Wow, two taken already.

[MaximKat]

I apologize for the temporary chaos, but I've managed eventually to add new column to the collectively maintained spreadsheet, in order to predict the total amount collected, assuming that the average rate keeps steady.

You can see it plotted in the last chart at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArQXJtruni7EdFZTRFY4V1kyZHJtTFF4MElKQ1ptR 2c&pli=1#gid=0

[CloakedDancer]

Dungeonscape rewards are disappearing fast!

EDIT: Geez I go to work and this whole thing blows up! And I just saw that my limited reward got expanded beyond it's original number. Not that I begrudge it. I'm happy for everyone else who gets their party drawn. After all I can still say I picked it first. :smallwink: But really how can I go to work when this is shooting up like this? I might miss the million...

[SaintRidley]

Man, I really wish I had more money. The Dungeonscape option is awesome.

[MaximKat]

predict the total amount collected, assuming that the average rate keeps steady

By the way, today is the first time since 2 weeks ago when it got above $1m.

[Porthos]

One copy left....

[Chess435]

We only need $1084/hour now!

[Porthos]

One copy left....

And sold out as of a minute or two ago.

Happy DMming, folks who got it. May you create your very own Tarquins and Thogs. :smallbiggrin:

[t209]

Do you think Rich will be Dr. Evil? (One million dollar)

[The Unborne]

Is Kickstarter slowing down for any of you also? Have we collectively burdened yet another server with our devotion? :smalltongue:

Picture:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/SacredStorm/Kickstart.jpg

[Alagaesian]

Okay, I'll be honest, I never EVER imagined us getting to one-million dollars. I always thought it was far too high for even us to reach. Now, however, I'm beginning to rethink that. Even if we're still a couple thousand or so short by the morning of the 21st, I can imagine quite a few people upping their pledges in mass panic to try to reach the million mark.

So, how many people want to call the major news networks to try to get Rich an interview after the pledge total hits seven digits?

[Chess435]

Okay, I'll be honest, I never EVER imagined us getting to one-million dollars. I always thought it was far too high for even us to reach. Now, however, I'm beginning to rethink that. Even if we're still a couple thousand or so short by the morning of the 21st, I can imagine quite a few people upping their pledges in mass panic to try to reach the million mark.

So, how many people want to call the major news networks to try to get Rich an interview after the pledge total hits seven digits?

*Imagines Rich on the Today show* :smallamused::smallbiggrin:

[Porthos]

So, how many people want to call the major news networks to try to get Rich an interview after the pledge total hits seven digits?

Unfortunately, Rich has expressly asked us NOT to do that for him. While he'd probably be up for a phone interview or something like that (given the podcast) that is something he'd probably want to organize himself.

Nice idea, though. :smallsmile:

[Flame of Anor]

Unfortunately, Rich has expressly asked us NOT to do that for him. While he'd probably be up for a phone interview or something like that (given the podcast) that is something he'd probably want to organize himself.

Nice idea, though. :smallsmile:

He really is reclusive. I hope he's feeling alright.

[MoonCat]

He really is reclusive. I hope he's feeling alright.

A chronic casemof occulus adhesevius... een-scray for the last 28 days, unfortunately.

[Endon the White]

A chronic casemof occulus adhesevius... een-scray for the last 28 days, unfortunately.

Is there a translation of that for those who aren't medically inclined?

[Porthos]

Achievement Unlocked (OOTS is #4 Kickstarter of All Time)

[Dracarot]

Is there a translation of that for those who aren't medically inclined?

I believe I can translate that as "Eyes Glued to Screen" Occulus=eyes Adhesivius=glue (adhesive) een-scray (pig latin for screen) of course I can't say if thats an 100 percent accurate translation, (I'm not even sure adhesivius is an actual word in latin) but its close to the intent.

[honigmuffin]

Okay, guys, after waking up at my desk with a nice impression of a random textbook's edge on my right cheek, I feel like I should maybe get a tiny bit of sleep in my actual bed. (The sun is already rising, but I don't care.) I estimate that we might be at $945k when I get up in 2-3 hours.
Watch the numbers for me, will you :smallwink:

[squidbreath]

so, if we raise 30k per day, we'll definitely make it.

[Dragon Star]

We're number 4! We're number 4!

Yeah, I know I'm 2k late, but I'm sick, so I have an exuse for not refreshing every minute (or even ten minutes [or even 30 minutes])

[MoonCat]

Is there a translation of that for those who aren't medically inclined?

Eyes Glued To Screen. I used equal parts dog latin, pig latin, and a small amount of real latin. :smallwink:

[jmucchiello]

Giant quote paraphrase. Not my own opinion.
I quoted you but I was referring to the dozen or so prior posts calling this thing insane even before the Giant called it crazy. Just because something is a BFD doesn't make it insane either. (To whomever said that in response to me.)

[MoonCat]

I quoted you but I was referring to the dozen or so prior posts calling this thing insane even before the Giant called it crazy. Just because something is a BFD doesn't make it insane either. (To whomever said that in response to me.)

Well, I do think it's a little bit crazy. This is quite a lot of people, some of whom are willing to pledge a thousande dollars for this thing. That is slightly crazy. Crazy awesome.

Also, I'm starting to doubt my own sanity, since my pledge is now 3,5 times bigger than it used to be, and I hate spending more money than I plan to. :smalleek::smallredface::smallcool:

[SaintRidley]

Achievement Unlocked: #3 all time Kickstarter drive.

Well, close enough. $1 shy.

[Chess435]

Nope, we're $1 short.

[dakameleon]

Ninja'd! Dammit!

Ed: it's now $942,638!

[Porthos]

Achievement Unlocked (OOTS is #3 Kickstarter of All Time)

[Flame of Anor]

Alright, who troll-pledged it up to 1 dollar under the line? And now it's down by $6...

Edit:


Achievement Unlocked: #3 all time Kickstarter drive.

Well, close enough. $1 shy.

No, not close enough! :smallwink:

Achievement Unlocked: Third Place Pays For All

[Porthos]

Alright, who troll-pledged it up to 1 dollar under the line? And now it's down by $6...

Check it again. :smallwink:

[MoonCat]

Guess who got a screenshot of that one doolar below?

I wasn't planning on posting it unless anyone noticed that moment, so here it is.

http://i.imgur.com/0761Zl.png

[Flame of Anor]

Check it again. :smallwink:

Ha ha, I edit-ninja'd the ninja. :smallbiggrin:

[Drgnfyre]

Darnit - ninja'd my screenshot of $1 under the line.

:)

Go Team!

This thing is just crazy-awesome!

[MoonCat]

Darnit - ninja'd my screenshot of $1 under the line.

:)

Go Team!

This thing is just crazy-awesome!

My inability to sleep in a room with a laptop containing the Kickstarter tab triumphs again!

[Porthos]

Ha ha, I edit-ninja'd the ninja. :smallbiggrin:

Maybe, but I was the first to post the Achievement. :smalltongue:

[Dragon Star]

And now we're $350 above. Three minutes later. We are actually going to hit $1,000,000 aren't we.

Edit: and another $125 in the next two minutes.
Oh. My. Banjo.

[SaintRidley]

We are now (roughly) at the point of needing less than $1000/hour.

[Sorator]

WOW.

Last I checked we were at roughly $800,000. I really didn't think we'd go that much further (though to begin with, I thought it'd cap out at about $200k).

Now we're probably hitting 1 mil.


...I wasn't gonna bother getting the patch, but now I think I have to.

Also, anyone wanna help me out by telling me the best way to get War & XPs, DSTP, art print, patch, and assorted basic goodies (magnet, PDFs, etc.)? At the moment I have the $25 basic art print package + $30 for one book + $4 for the patch and am planning on buying the other book from the store. I don't *see* any better option myself, but there's a lot to look over.

[SaintRidley]

WOW.

Last I checked we were at roughly $800,000. I really didn't think we'd go that much further (though to begin with, I thought it'd cap out at about $200k).

Now we're probably hitting 1 mil.


...I wasn't gonna bother getting the patch, but now I think I have to.

Also, anyone wanna help me out by telling me the best way to get War & XPs, DSTP, art print, patch, and assorted basic goodies (magnet, PDFs, etc.)? At the moment I have the $25 basic art print package + $30 for one book + $4 for the patch and am planning on buying the other book from the store. I don't *see* any better option myself, but there's a lot to look over.


You want the $78 option + $4 for the patch, optional $6 for the Sticky Schtick cards. Magnet, PDFs, swag all included. Art Print I believe you'll have to contact Rich about adding, but I'd figure +$15

[RMS Oceanic]

New Pledge!


PATIENCE for A CRAYON DRAWING: An original full-color crayon drawing of one or two of The Order of the Stick characters of your choice, interacting comically, made and signed by Rich Burlew and shipped anywhere in the US. Plus the Roy magnet, the 8x10 print, and all the other stuff. Add the entire set of 7 OOTS books signed for an additional $305, or message me for selected books. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $22 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $37.) PLEASE NOTE DELIVERY DATE: This package will not ship until all other orders have been fulfilled!

[dakameleon]

No-one mentioned the new $245 pledge?


0 Backers • Limited Reward (15 of 15 remaining)

PATIENCE for A CRAYON DRAWING: An original full-color crayon drawing of one or two of The Order of the Stick characters of your choice, interacting comically, made and signed by Rich Burlew and shipped anywhere in the US. Plus the Roy magnet, the 8x10 print, and all the other stuff. Add the entire set of 7 OOTS books signed for an additional $305, or message me for selected books. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $22 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $37.) PLEASE NOTE DELIVERY DATE: This package will not ship until all other orders have been fulfilled!
Estimated Delivery: Dec 2012

Ed: gah! ninja'd again!

[Sethala]

See, being ninja'd by Porthos, I understand. He is, after all, a ninja. Being ninja'd by RMS Oceanic though? How'd you not notice a ship? o_O

[Crisis21]

We are now (roughly) at the point of needing less than $1000/hour.

$980.60/hr by my calculations.

[Porthos]

Rich is being a nice guy and looking the other way when it comes to needing the five dollars for an art print, I see. :smallbiggrin:

9 left, BTW.

[RMS Oceanic]

I have abandoned my autographed Print Only pledge (SoD, OOPCs, SS&DT) to get one of these patience crayon drawings, in case anyone's interested.

[Porthos]

See, being ninja'd by Porthos, I understand. He is, after all, a ninja. Being ninja'd by RMS Oceanic though? How'd you not notice a ship? o_O

You know, if I didn't know better, I'd say I was starting to get a reputation round these parts 'bout this sort of thing. :smalltongue:

[B. Dandelion]

I have abandoned my autographed Print Only pledge (SoD, OOPCs, SS&DT) to get one of these patience crayon drawings, in case anyone's interested.

Wow, it looks like at least three other people have done the same.

*sigh* If only I had more money...

[Porthos]

$980.60/hr by my calculations.

The Crayon Drawings are causing things to accelerate...

As of 12:03 am PST: $964 per hour from here on out to reach 1 million dollars.

ETA:::: TWO Crayon Drawings left folks. Get 'em while they're hot!

[MoonCat]

I was just thinking it was about time for a new reward level. Who thinks we'll hit 1M by tomorrow night?

[Shonen Hero]

I am tempted, but I'm content with my signed books and my game 'n print. Oh, Spencer Rutherford from the comments section on Kickstarter by the way! Loving the tight-knit feeling that's been forming since things escalated from Update 23. :)

[Porthos]

I was just thinking it was about time for a new reward level. Who thinks we'll hit 1M by tomorrow night?

If tomorrow is anything like today, it's actually possible. There's been something like 48K in the last 12.75 hours. And it really doesn't appear to be slowing down at all...

ETA:::

Does someone want an X-mas Ornament set? Cause one just opened up. :smallwink:

[RMS Oceanic]

And the Patience Crayon Drawings are gone.

[Shonen Hero]

Oh man, saw those and they tempted to me too! I already have a set though, albeit unsigned. Still cost me a pretty penny though, thinking back on how much I spent on them. xP

[Porthos]

I am tempted, but I'm content with my signed books and my game 'n print. Oh, Spencer Rutherford from the comments section on Kickstarter by the way! Loving the tight-knit feeling that's been forming since things escalated from Update 23. :)

Welcome aboard, Shonen Hero. You might know me as...

... Zap Gun for Hire* on the comment section. :smalltongue:

* In joke for those who weren't following the comment section today. :smallwink:

[Shonen Hero]

Welp, look at that, an available signed Start of Darkness book (+1 other signed book).

*waits*

:smallwink:

[RMS Oceanic]

Every time a new pledge opens it's gobbled up with in minutes. That's pretty awesome.

[Vargtass]

Game, set, patch! Upped to 80$, postage, +4$! Happy Vargtass come June!

[Dr._Demento]

Damn, I was holding off on actually bothering to create an Amazon account, but with new rapid-fire rewards, I need to be ready at anytime to jump on the bandwagon.

Rich, you crafty bastard.

Oh, and #3 Baby. (Also, we beat every project that was on the books when we began)

[honigmuffin]

Huh, I sleep for a few hours and have breakfast, and when I come back we have less than $50k to go. We're awesome. =D

[Flame of Anor]

Maybe, but I was the first to post the Achievement. :smalltongue:

Well, mine had a cooler name! :smallbiggrin:


Welcome aboard, Shonen Hero. You might know me as...

... Zap Gun for Hire* on the comment section. :smalltongue:

Buck Godot, right?

[see]

Okay, if we can somehow push the rate up to $9,510/hour, we can actually knock off that dock thing, and then claim to be #1 until March 13, when Double Fine becomes funded . . .

[dakameleon]

See, being ninja'd by Porthos, I understand. He is, after all, a ninja. Being ninja'd by RMS Oceanic though? How'd you not notice a ship? o_O

Not being logged in to the forum, and trying to find if I'd been ninja'd already ;_; I thought I'd have an advantage being in a timezone where it was still daytime :P

[RMS Oceanic]

Not being logged in to the forum, and trying to find if I'd been ninja'd already ;_; I thought I'd have an advantage being in a timezone where it was still daytime :P

It's daytime here as well. :smalltongue:

[One Step Two]

Small question on the behalf of a friend. The $80 pledge can have an art print added to it at a cost, but nothing else, other than patches? They were interested in getting a second colouring book as well.

[Tev]

Yes you can, patches, coloring books and stuff are thin enough to fit almost anywhere /I guess not in $10 envelope/

[Zar Peter]

Small question on the behalf of a friend. The $80 pledge can have an art print added to it at a cost, but nothing else, other than patches? They were interested in getting a second colouring book as well.

When you look at the MITD chart you can add coloring books in the 80$ pledge as well. That's how I read it (and that's why I upped my pledge to buy the game, too)

[NinjaStylerobot]

Cmon! 50k-50k!

[One Step Two]

When you look at the MITD chart you can add coloring books in the 80$ pledge as well. That's how I read it (and that's why I upped my pledge to buy the game, too)

Many thanks. This has been a great ride sofar, and we're just reaching the peak.

[squidbreath]

45k... I'll probably be asleep when the countdown's over =P

[Kobold-Bard]

So we're in 2nd (soon to be 3rd) place?

Sweet.

[honigmuffin]

A signed print will be mine before the end of the year <3

There are still 11 left, quick! It's at the $49 level.

ETA: Of course, this means I now have to make a second Kickstarter account because I need more swag. But it's not like I mind. :smallbiggrin:

[YeahThatGuy]

Every time I refresh it goes up. :smalleek:

I never thought we would have gotten this far. I remember at the beginning looking at the most successful projects on Kickstarter and thinking, "we could never raise that much", yet here we are.

[Gwynfrid]

Hey, I didn't think I could keep up with the more obsessed refresh screen button pressers out there, but I just got lucky and grabbed a signed print ! :smallbiggrin:

There are 5 left as of this minute...

[honigmuffin]

Hey, I didn't think I could keep up with the more obsessed refresh screen button pressers out there, but I just got lucky and grabbed a signed print ! :smallbiggrin:

There are 5 left as of this minute...

Patience high five!

[Gwynfrid]

Patience high five!

Precisely... And they are now all gone !

I'd wager we'll reach $1M today (EST, or at least PST, if not quite CET) at the present rate :smallcool:

[honigmuffin]

Hmm, I'll have to look into getting things framed with UV-impervious glass. Aaah, I'm so excited :smallbiggrin:

[Weimann]

Woo, just $40,000 to go! This is so happening with time to spare!

[Darwyn]

Hi everyone. Long time lurker/fan, first time poster. This drive compelled me to finally post to the forums. I JUST missed out on the new autographed package. Oh well. Still, I'm happy with what I was able to snag- the whole story/game package.

At this point? I think all the fans that are waiting until the last possible minute are more than going to put us over the million dollar mark. Heck, at this rate, I'd want to hit that line JUST to see what the last mystery prize is.

My money's on the Giant videotaping himself running a D&D game and putting it on youtube. :smallwink:

Be honest. There would be like, 5 million hits in the first hour alone.

.....a fan can dream, can't he?! :smalltongue:

[squidbreath]

more than 5k in an hour. we're nuts

[Dwy]

Hmmm... Strongly considering upping my SoD-pledge to Print Only special... But that'll take a bit off my budgets... Still, I sorta can afford it... Sorta.

Damnit, what to do? :smalltongue:

[wxdruid]

Well, I've managed to get a few people here at work to pledge. :smallsmile:

[hihidude]

So, there was a lot of stuff written in this forum, and I didn't have the time to read it all. Apologies if this has been asked, but are you going to tell us when the walk-on cameo occurs? Are we going to know that that is someone's personal character?

[Zar Peter]

So, there was a lot of stuff written in this forum, and I didn't have the time to read it all. Apologies if this has been asked, but are you going to tell us when the walk-on cameo occurs? Are we going to know that that is someone's personal character?

I didn't read it either but I think that depends if the pledger wants it or not. Latest would be we will read it in the commentaries of the next book.

[Kobold-Bard]

So, there was a lot of stuff written in this forum, and I didn't have the time to read it all. Apologies if this has been asked, but are you going to tell us when the walk-on cameo occurs? Are we going to know that that is someone's personal character?

We don't know when (I believe it's some time this year but I can't remember wehre/if I actually read that). And I would imagine so, it's a fairly weak prize if nobody knows that's what it is (my theory is that it'll be not unlike Fruit Pie the Sorcerer, they'll get a cameo, show off their powers, be killed horribly, and get a small corner in the final montage splash-page at the end of the last book with all the other characters). But again, I don't know for sure.

[The Glyphstone]

Back-of-envelope math says: $756/hour to go...

[MesiDoomstalker]

So I caved and upped my pledge again. This time I almost doubled it. I'm in triple digits now. I wish I could pledge more but I really, really, really, really, really can't justify pledging more (I'm already buying all books after DCF when this is over so its not like Rich won't get my money, its just a matter of when.). I am now a proud pledger of 115 to get my Board Game, both expansions, OtooPCs, and the art print.

[Tanuki Tales]

Buck Godot, right?

My love for Girl Genius is eternal, but I would have loved for Buck Godot to not have ended. It had a lot of potential.

[Skavensrule]

A recap



About 48 hours to raise $91,000

That's $1895.83 an hour
about $31.60 a minute
about $0.53 a second

which is really odd that both would reduce to something that close.
Just goes to show that rounding up or down in finances is significant!

If this were still a job (40 hour work week), it would pay (before taxes and deferrals)
$75,833.33 a week
$3,943,333.33 a year


So,
The averages are starting to slump by 1.5%
Its only two data points, so It would be difficult to craft projections on them.
But rough projection would be $894,018 by Feb 21

I stand in humble awe of WampaX's predictions. His was the most detailed analysis of the numbers and even he did not actually expect to reach this high back on day 3. Not only have we (the fans, loyal followers, minions of the OotS) kept up the pace of the donations but considering the the highest categories had been grabbed by that point we have exceeded the level of donations of those first few days. We are within spitting distance of a cool $1,000,000. ($963,940) $63,000 in just the last 20 hours. I have upped my own pledge a couple of times since this began and am still amazed.

edit: mispelled WampaX, blasted fingers not doing what I want them to do.

[wxdruid]

And then he adds something I just can't resist!!! :smallbiggrin:

[Elder Tsofu]

More crayons free, 4 at the time of writing. :smallsmile:

[Forbiddenwar]

So, I go to sleep. Pretty happy with my package.
(I know, I know)
And What happens?
The kickstarter goes up 30,000 overnight!
And I miss a signed dungeonscape and a signed art print.
:smallsigh:
Curse this weak body and its need for 6 hours of shut eye.

Average per hour needed to break 1 mil before I went to sleep: 1059
Average per hour needed to break 1 mil after I went to sleep: 737

I want to say this is insane, but I know better

THIS IS PLAYGROUND

Edit: I won't be surprised if we unlock 1 million before rich posts any update. These patience rewards are wonderful.

[Tanuki Tales]

Very tempting, but I'm good with the regular set of books and the game.

[wxdruid]

I simply could not resist the Stick Family drawing. Could NOT resist. :smalltongue:

catlover is loving it too, so 1 adult, 1 teenager, 2 cats, 1 leopard gecko, 2 rats, 3 hermit crabs and a tubful of tadpoles (tadpoles in the spring time).

Ah, now I so can't wait! A set of signed books, a crayon drawing of an OOTS Character, a Stick Family, patches, cards and everything else! I want this to come in the mail soon. :smallsmile: I will do my best to be patient!

[The Underlord]

If you have an amazon gift card and uploaded it, will/can kickstarter use that?

[wxdruid]

I don't know. I have an Amazon gift card loaded already, but a card of any type is not charged til the end and the pledge drive is over. I'm waiting to see if it uses up the gift card, or only charges my VISA card.

[fergo]

I'm sure someone on the comments said that we can't use giftcards. Sorry :smallfrown:.

But you shouldn't just take my word for it, check and see :smalltongue:.

[Tass]

and we are approaching the point where 600$/hr is enough. The million is home for sure. My guess is 1100k$-1200k$ now. With the final surge only just beginning i wouldn't completely discount 1300k$ or even surpassing the dock yet.

Edit: A surge brought the required rate for the million down to 587.5$/hr. We might hit it tonight (and I mean european time).

The 48 hours left mark is being passed now, and people are getting reminder mails extra surge likely incoming.

[The Glyphstone]

The elevation dock is at 1.5million. We'd have to raise roughly $10,500/hour nonstop for the next 48 hours to beat it. We'll crack a million easily though at this rate, with $586/hour needed.

[CloakedDancer]

The elevation dock is at 1.5million. We'd have to raise roughly $10,500/hour nonstop for the next 48 hours to beat it. We'll crack a million easily though at this rate, with $586/hour needed.

Yeah, 1.5 million doesn't look to be in reach. But breaking a million? That's looking more and more like a certainty.

[Mr._Michael]

I wasn't going to pledge until the final few hours, but these last enticements are going so fast that I have to be ready!

In for a $25 poster pack for now, waiting for ma goodies to become available... if nothing entices, I'll still up the $ amount to pay for the Cintiq...

[Porthos]

Buck Godot, right?

It's from Buck Godot, yes. But the "inside joke" was that I got booted off of Kickstarter for a bit yesterday (too many comments, too quickly apparently) and had to use my second pledge account over there to post comments. But it all got sorted out eventually and Zap Gun for Hire faded back into the shadows.


My love for Girl Genius is eternal, but I would have loved for Buck Godot to not have ended. It had a lot of potential.

<slight tangent>
Well I've heard that Phil has ideas for a new Godot story. But he won't get to it until GG is all said and done. Just isn't enough time in the day to ink and draw TWO full page comics on a three-day-a-week schedule, apparently.

(Besides, coloring it would probably kill their colorist Cheyenne. And we can't have that. :smallwink:)
</slight tangent>

[fergo]

You could say the author of the Order of the Stick is... *puts on sunglasses* a Rich man.

:smallcool:

[Incom]

Kinda wishing I had fifty or so bucks to blow, but it happens.

[MoonCat]

See, this is why I should have stayed up. That Stick family portrait would have been the best thing ever.

I can just see myself trying to explain our pets. "Yeah, we have three cats. Yes, three. No, one of them's dead, but if you could include his ghostly presence, that would be great. Oh, yeah, they're called Microsoft, RedHat and Cisco, if you're going to label them. Oh, Cisco is green. Yes, green. You know how some cats people say are blue? Well he's like that, except he's a green tabby. Wait, should we give you pictures of the cats for you to see? Hang on, here's Mikey, sorry if it's a bit blurry, it didn't occur to us to take many pics of him until afterwards. Cisco is here, the only one I could find is of him wearing sunglasses, but that shouldn't be a problem. Note the shade of green! And here's RedHat, she's the one sitting on the pumpkins. Yes, pumpkins. We were trying to train her to stop sitting on our cacti."

(For the record, I didn't name them, blame my brother and my mom (he was eight at the time, and is very fascinated with computers. I can't account for my mother.). Red Hat changed their name to Red Fedora a while ago but RedHat is keeping hers, and Cisco is the name of a company I didn't even know about until after we named the cat that. Yes, we're all crazy. Especially my kitties.)

[Gwynfrid]

Somehow, it had occurred to me that you might be a cat person. Go figure :smallwink:

[honigmuffin]

Now I really want to see the picture of a green cat with sunglasses. Also, the cat on the pumpkins, but ours sits on the strangest things as well, so that wouldn't be such an unusual sight.

I wonder what Mystery Prize #8 is. We're almost there (at the rate we're going now, anyway), time to throw around some crazy theories :smallbiggrin:

[MoonCat]

Somehow, it had occurred to me that you might be a cat person. Go figure :smallwink:

Mebe a little...

(When I want to show affection I rub my head against someone's arm (Usually the highest part I can reach with most people :smallredface: ). I occasionally greet people with variations on 'meow'. When I get pissed, I hiss at things. I have been raised cat-like.)


Now I really want to see the picture of a green cat with sunglasses. Also, the cat on the pumpkins, but ours sits on the strangest things as well, so that wouldn't be such an unusual sight.

I wonder what Mystery Prize #8 is. We're almost there (at the rate we're going now, anyway), time to throw around some crazy theories :smallbiggrin:


Heh. I don't have those two on this computer, but I'll include one pic of the three of them. Then back to topic, hopefully. (We're just 25,000 away by ow, I cannot believe it)

http://i.imgur.com/wNZ4zl.jpg

I still say video of the Giant would be awesome. Time to go destroy Youtube's server instead of Kickstarter's! :smalltongue:

[CoffeeIncluded]

Ha-HA! 25,000 to go!

[Smolder]

When the Stick It To My Family reward came up, I started desperately texting one of my friends: "This would be perfect for you, your family is funny-looking already! Tons for Rich to work with!"

[honigmuffin]

Cats!! :smallbiggrin:

Hmm, the Giant hasn't alluded to #8 in any way afaik. My guess is… maybe a second art print, done in the crayon style? Hmm, would be cool, but idk.

Maybe he's waiting until we crack the Million, and then he immediately posts about #7.5 and #8 (if #7.5 is a thing). :smallcool:

[Dragon Star]

Maybe it'll be TWO new OotS every day for another week. That would be awesome. And would also likely kill him.

Still...

[MoonCat]

Cats!! :smallbiggrin:

Hmm, the Giant hasn't alluded to #8 in any way afaik. My guess is… maybe a second art print, done in the crayon style? Hmm, would be cool, but idk.

Maybe he's waiting until we crack the Million, and then he immediately posts about #7.5 and #8 (if #7.5 is a thing). :smallcool:

Oh, yeaaaah. I'd forgotten about 7.5. I think thatas an incentive, he doesn't need to do it anymore, since, you know, we passed it. So he may just want to conserve on his ideas, as he did say he hadn't even thought of it yet yesterday.

It's been 24 hours since his last update, right?


Maybe it'll be TWO new OotS every day for another week. That would be awesome. And would also likely kill him.

Still...

Hmm. What happens when you set piles of wax on fire?

[Darwyn]

Wow. I wonder how the Giant's feeling right now. I mean, the million dollar goal is all but assured at this point.

[Blackeagle]

<slight tangent>
Well I've heard that Phil has ideas for a new Godot story. But he won't get to it until GG is all said and done. Just isn't enough time in the day to ink and draw TWO full page comics on a three-day-a-week schedule, apparently.

(Besides, coloring it would probably kill their colorist Cheyenne. And we can't have that. :smallwink:)
</slight tangent>

Cool! Something to look forward to when GG eventually ends.

[Porthos]

re: Mystery Prize #7.5 happening, from the Comments Section:

Rich Burlew about 4 hours ago
@David: High. But since I won't get to announce it until after I've finished the comic and the next chart update, we already may be way past where it would be and closing on the big prize. At which point it will become Mystery Prize #8.5. After all, there will be some declined credit cards and other problems, so we need to make sure we have enough cushion after the $1M mark so that we can STAY at the $1M mark!

[MoonCat]

One more hour and it'll have been a day since he updated. Let's see how high we can go by then!


Wow. I wonder how the Giant's feeling right now. I mean, the million dollar goal is all but assured at this point.

Unfortunately, he lost his ability to have feelings after his email inbox opened up an eldritch portal while he slept and devoured his soul.

[Darwyn]

Unfortunately, he lost his ability to have feelings after his email inbox opened up an eldritch portal while he slept and devoured his soul.

Really? Oh well, as long as he can finish writing OotS.....I mean, you don't need your soul for something like that, right?

[Totally Guy]

Just pledged for the Snips and Snails deal. The one I ordered got lost in the post. (Most annoyingly it arrived safe in the UK with another playgrounder to a save on shipping but lost on it way to me. Can't hold Rich liable for that...)

[Dragon Star]

$1500 in the past 20 min. This is insane.
Edit: and when I refresh a second later, it went up
by $700.

[Porthos]

$1500 in the past 20 min. This is insane.
Edit: and when I refresh a second later, it went up
by $700.

"Remind me" folks are probably starting to come in.

[DabblerWizard]

After the drive is over, it would be awesome if someone made an in-motion graph of the pledge funds over time. :smallbiggrin:

Alas, I lack the skill myself.

[YohanLeafheart]

May I have a moment of ego trip saying that I was pledging before it was cool? I'm pledger number 97 :D I don't think I will sleep soon, refreshing the page non-stop. Also I'm excited to see what Kickstarter will post on their blog once we crack the million mark.

[wxdruid]

Question - How do I find out which pledger number I am? :smalleek:

[YohanLeafheart]

Question - How do I find out which pledger number I am? :smalleek:


What I did was go to the list of pledgers and count :D

[Crisis21]

Question - How do I find out which pledger number I am? :smalleek:

I think you had to note the number of backers right after you finished pledging.

No idea what mine is.

Edit: Ninja'd. And that sounds like more work that I'm willing to go through at this point.

[YohanLeafheart]

979,071 now.... Dammit. Today is my 3 year celebration with my fianceé, I will miss it crossing the million mark =(

[Kobold-Bard]

979,071 now.... Dammit. Today is my 3 year celebration with my fianceé, I will miss it crossing the million mark =(

Putting family ahead of hyper-nerdism.

Tut, tut.

[MoonCat]

May I have a moment of ego trip saying that I was pledging before it was cool? I'm pledger number 97 :D I don't think I will sleep soon, refreshing the page non-stop. Also I'm excited to see what Kickstarter will post on their blog once we crack the million mark.

Pfft. It was cool to pledge the second the project page went up!

[Tanuki Tales]

Pledge $68 or more303 Backers • Limited Reward (97 of 400 remaining)
One newly printed copy of War and XPs, plus one copy of Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales, plus a Roy Greenhilt magnet, shipped anywhere in the United States. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $7 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $10.) [New reward! Added 1/24/12.]

Get'em while you can folks. :smallwink:

[CloakedDancer]

What I did was go to the list of pledgers and count :D

Ooh cool I found myself on the third page. Neat! :smallsmile:

[wxdruid]

Counting from the start up says I'm pledger number 125. I joined and first pledged on 22 Jan 2012.

[Evil_Lamp_6]

< 20k left to go!

[TinyMushroom]

I think we're going to make it to 1M! :smallbiggrin:

edit: 5K in an hour?!!!

[Seerow]

Do we know yet who the three characters for the bonus PDFs were? I haven't seen anything, but I would have thought that they'd have made their choice by now.

[Tanuki Tales]

Do we know yet who the three characters for the bonus PDFs were? I haven't seen anything, but I would have thought that they'd have made their choice by now.

Mentions were made that amongst those given to Rich as options were Therkla, the Cliffport PD and the Demon Cockroaches.

[The Underlord]

I doubled my pledge to get the print only special.

[Tanuki Tales]

I wonder if page 100 will resurrect and/or summon the Rich Baker.

[MoonCat]

Okay, I've gotta ask.

Who is Rich Baker?

EDIT: That was entirely unintentional, I promise!

[Kobold-Bard]

I wonder if page 100 will resurrect and/or summon the Rich Baker.

Until Wampax reappears to tell us, we can only hope that it doesn't.

[Procyonpi]

I wonder if page 100 will resurrect and/or summon the Rich Baker.

*cue ominous music*

[dakameleon]

Someone was mentioning earlier in this thread that the pages in this topic roughly follow $10k increases in pledges... We've got ahead of ourselves a bit but it's simply amazing how true that's held thus far!

Ed:Page 100!

[Sunken Valley]

Rich Baker, heed my cry!

[Isomenes]

Finally plinked for the poster & patch. I'll be getting the other books piecemeal, but until I get my tax refund I can only do this. Thanks, Mr. Giant sir.

[SalSar_Thiran]

After poking around I am wondering if Kisckstarter will even bother to mention our drive. We are not featured on the front page or even listed as a high power project. I'm guess that while they may be forced to at least mention us, it will be like a one sentence "wow" and then they will go back to push the projects they acutally want ie. tech toys.

[thepsyker]

After poking around I am wondering if Kisckstarter will even bother to mention our drive. We are not featured on the front page or even listed as a high power project. I'm guess that while they may be forced to at least mention us, it will be like a one sentence "wow" and then they will go back to push the projects they acutally want ie. tech toys.We were actually the project of the day a couple days ago, so they have probably just moved on to give other projects a chance in the limelight.

[Shale]

We've already been called out on the blog and featured as project of the day. I'm sure they'll do something for the million, too - it's only the third time that's happened (even if it's also the third time this month), after all.

[Porthos]

Okay, I've gotta ask.

Who is Rich Baker?

EDIT: That was entirely unintentional, I promise!

As near as I can tell, when this board first opened and Rich Burlew was getting started, people were confusing his name with D&D Game Designer Rich Baker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Baker_(game_designer)). The fact that Rich Baker's name was a combination of Rich Burlew and Keith Baker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Baker_(game_designer)) led to even more hilarity. And thus the legend of the eldritch horror known as Rich Baker being imprisoned by the board was formed.

But you'd have to ask the people who were around when the board was first formed for the full details. :smallsmile:

[Gift Jeraff]

What is this inferior page 100 nonsense? It's page 75 I tell you!

[IrnBruAddict]

:smallfrown: I caved. I finally upped my pledge and got SSaDT when I only planned on getting the magnet and pdf's then later the patch.

... ah well! :smallbiggrin:

Page 100. whoo!

[Porthos]

MOAR PATIENCE:

PLEDGE $70 OR MORE
30 BACKERS • Limited Reward (20 of 50 remaining)
PATIENCE for A SIGNED BOOK: Any one OOTS book, autographed by the author, plus the 8x10 art print and a Roy Greenhilt magnet, shipped anywhere in the United States (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $7 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $10) PLEASE NOTE DELIVERY DATE: This package will not ship until all other orders have been fulfilled!
Estimated Delivery: Dec 2012

Count added by 20 to the $70 pledge pack, in other words. :smallsmile:

[YohanLeafheart]

We've already been called out on the blog and featured as project of the day. I'm sure they'll do something for the million, too - it's only the third time that's happened (even if it's also the third time this month), after all.

They must. It is not the feat of Double Fine for raising 1 mi in 24hs and approaching 2mi now, but still, it is a comic project raising 1mi dollars.

[Crisis21]

MOAR PATIENCE:

PLEDGE $70 OR MORE
30 BACKERS • Limited Reward (20 of 50 remaining)
PATIENCE for A SIGNED BOOK: Any one OOTS book, autographed by the author, plus the 8x10 art print and a Roy Greenhilt magnet, shipped anywhere in the United States (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $7 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $10) PLEASE NOTE DELIVERY DATE: This package will not ship until all other orders have been fulfilled!
Estimated Delivery: Dec 2012

Count added by 30 to the $70 pledge pack, in other words. :smallsmile:

And now only 17 left!

I'm hoping to catch an increase on the Patience for a Signed Art Print myself.

[Vemynal]

oh wow, we hit 100 pages O_o

And I just talked my friend into buying the $10 pdfs and a patch for $4! =D

To quote Elan "I'm participating!" =D

[YohanLeafheart]

We've already been called out on the blog and featured as project of the day. I'm sure they'll do something for the million, too - it's only the third time that's happened (even if it's also the third time this month), after all.

They must. It is not the feat of Double Fine for raising 1 mi in 24hs and approaching 2mi now, but still, it is a comic project raising 1mi dollars.

[Darwyn]

$984,000.....we are sixteen grand away from a million. O.O

[Porthos]

oh wow, we hit 100 pages O_o

And I just talked my friend into buying the $10 pdfs and a patch for $4! =D

To quote Elan "I'm participating!" =D

You might want to make sure he clicked the $15 "I'm Participating" pledge point, because he can't do $10 PDF + $4 patch.

[Crisis21]

oh wow, we hit 100 pages O_o

And I just talked my friend into buying the $10 pdfs and a patch for $4! =D

To quote Elan "I'm participating!" =D

I hope they picked the $15 pledge. Rich said that he didn't want any add-ons to the $10 pledges.

Edit: Geez Porthos! Watch the ninjaing! I almost ran into you there! :smalltongue:

[Vemynal]

$984,000.....we are sixteen grand away from a million. O.O

And like 3 grand of that has been in the last 15 minutes!

[Porthos]

Edit: Geez Porthos! Watch the ninjaing! I almost ran into you there! :smalltongue:

Don't worry. I got a pretty decent Dodge Bonus. :smalltongue:

=====

15 Patience signed books left. Ironically enuf, if people want one, they'd better not be... Patient about it.

*puts on sunglasses*

YEAAAAAHHHH.

ETA::: Now 13 12 11. They're going fast folks.

[honigmuffin]

Hoo boy, I'm off to wrestle with the spiral binding machine for an hour, and I come back and there's a new comic and an increase for one of the Patience pledges that's almost sold out again. We're on FIRE :smallcool:

[Tanuki Tales]

I have to say that what I truly enjoyed the most about this kickstarter was this thread and what I will coin as "The Ballad of the Rich Baker". :smallbiggrin:

[Dragon Star]

We're down to around $350/hour needed to break 1000k.


I bet we can make it to 2000%. Mystery prize 9, here we come!

[Flame of Anor]

<slight tangent>
Well I've heard that Phil has ideas for a new Godot story. But he won't get to it until GG is all said and done. Just isn't enough time in the day to ink and draw TWO full page comics on a three-day-a-week schedule, apparently.

(Besides, coloring it would probably kill their colorist Cheyenne. And we can't have that. :smallwink:)
</slight tangent>

Wow, cool! More Buck Godot some time in the next few decades! :smallbiggrin:


I can just see myself trying to explain our pets. "Yeah, we have three cats. Yes, three. No, one of them's dead, but if you could include his ghostly presence, that would be great. Oh, yeah, they're called Microsoft, RedHat and Cisco, if you're going to label them. Oh, Cisco is green. Yes, green. You know how some cats people say are blue? Well he's like that, except he's a green tabby. Wait, should we give you pictures of the cats for you to see? Hang on, here's Mikey, sorry if it's a bit blurry, it didn't occur to us to take many pics of him until afterwards. Cisco is here, the only one I could find is of him wearing sunglasses, but that shouldn't be a problem. Note the shade of green! And here's RedHat, she's the one sitting on the pumpkins. Yes, pumpkins. We were trying to train her to stop sitting on our cacti."

That's great. Among our cats is a pair of identical twins, and they're named "dx" and "dy" to differentiate them.

[Porthos]

Wow, cool! More Buck Godot some time in the next few decades! :smallbiggrin:

Hopefully. :smallsmile: I wouldn't count it as an Iron Clad guarantee, myself (from what I recall, it is still in the "cool idea for a story arc" stage - nothing may come of it when all is said and done). But it is absolutely something that I am looking forward too.


===

On Topic:

PLEDGE $70 OR MORE
47 BACKERS • Limited Reward (3 of 50 remaining)

So if people want one, still time to quickly grab it. :smallwink:

[MammonAzrael]

Just to make sure I've got the numbers down correctly -

I'm currently signed up for the $35 SSaDT reward. To ensure that I get all the goodies (minus the 8x10 picture sadly) I need to be pledging $45, 4 for the patch and 6 for the game expansion, correct? Am I missing anything?

[see]

$986,132 -- less than $14k away.

[Seonor]

Less than 14k now. Any bets on when it reaches the mil?








<slight tangent>
Well I've heard that Phil has ideas for a new Godot story. But he won't get to it until GG is all said and done. Just isn't enough time in the day to ink and draw TWO full page comics on a three-day-a-week schedule, apparently.

(Besides, coloring it would probably kill their colorist Cheyenne. And we can't have that. :smallwink:)
</slight tangent>


Wow, cool! More Buck Godot some time in the next few decades! :smallbiggrin:


They also have one or two ideas for that series we cant mention on this board, they just want to wait till their kids grow up.