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

[Uchiha Richard]

Broke KickStarter.. Couldn't even load the page the last 2 mins

[bubba0077]

I'm showing $1,254,120 for 14,952 backers, so maybe a few are still trickling in from the Amazon authorization process.

[fwiffo]

Final tally:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a328/Duskeyes/Final.png

I am seeing $1,254,120, so they are still adding the numbers.

[Porthos]

-nm-

Misunderstood the Alert symobl. :smallredface:

[DreadArchon]

Apparently we raised $332 in less than 1 second (notice that the project has not ended in this picture):

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8166/kickclip.png

Edit: Oh, it's just still going up?

NECROMANCY!

Well, never mind the dollar value, I still like the timing in my screenshot. :smallbiggrin:

[ArtosSwiftblade]

I have a shot of it reaching 1254, in fact.

[Serphimera]

What shall we list as the cause of death?

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee393/Serphimera/OotS/BrokeKickstarter.png

Death by Snu-Snu?

[Darwyn]

6,000 short of the 260,000 goal....... :smalleek:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Devonix]

Final tally:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a328/Duskeyes/Final.png

Final tally is incorrect the number is still increasing I just checked and it was up even higher. We still have a small chance of making it.

[The Giant]

No Update yet, Kickstarter has logged me out and is so slow that I can't log back in. Working on it.

[Chess435]

Final tally:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a328/Duskeyes/Final.png

Edit: Er... it actually went up to $1,254,120?

Yep! Somebody donated in overtime!


http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh607/Chess435/Capture.png

[Weimann]

And we're done.

I think Kickstarter broke there for a bit. :smalleek:

We made $1,254,120 in total from 14,952 backers, for an average of $83.88/backer and $1685.65/h.

[--Lime--]

Whoever put in $338, you were the final pledge!

And congrats to everyone, who I'm going to call Order of the Kick(starter).

[Umberhulk]

The fundraiser brought in $29 a minute, averaged out over the course of the 30 days.

Anyone else who was watching the last hour saw that it was bringing in several hundred, sometimes a thousand, dollars a minute. Amazing.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Dammit, we missed the last like by less than 6,000...

But oh my god we did fantastic.

[Advance Strat..]

Kickstarter died, and is having server errors. I'm sure we could have done it if that didn't happen.


Still, that is an awesome amount of money. Way to go guys. :smallbiggrin:

[Bit Fiend]

$1,254,120... now we finally have a number to measure the sheer awesomeness of this comic.

And just because I feel it hasn't been said often enough: For 9 ears of free highest quality entertainment, GIANT. THANK. YOU!

[Chess435]

No Update yet, Kickstarter has logged me out and is so slow that I can't log back in. Working on it.

Sorry about that. :smallwink:

[FlawedParadigm]

So, Rich...next time you need funds...safe to say you'll be using Kickstarter? :o)

[LordRahl6]

Well Hasmana, Close but no cigar. Rich we did our best but the 1,260,000 mark too high for such a short time after your post.:smallfrown:

[MurkyMajare]

Heh,

I think we broke Kickstarter... and nearly this forum as well 8D

[Porthos]

Since we broke Kickstarter, I'll say it here: woo hoo! :smallbiggrin:

(Long time lurker, first time.... you know the drill)

Welcome aboard, Sarah. Hope you enjoy your stay. :smallcool:

[Akachei]

Wow.
Is the comment page on the kickstarter locked as a static page for anyone else? I think they turned it off due to load.

[DiMono]

The comment page on KS is officially broken for me. Says I'm not logged in, and is stuck several minutes behind. Is anyone else experiencing something similar right now, or is it just me at this point?

[SarahV]

Kickstarter and GITP forums are not letting me post, but I'll keep trying here...

Woo hoo! :smallbiggrin:

/The F5 camper formerly known as Sarah Vee

[Malacus]

Bah! I finally see an opportunity to get some autographed swag and kickstarter decides to give me the royal kick.:smallfurious:

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We apologize, but it looks like something's gone wrong. We've been notified about this issue, and we're currently looking into it.

Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the inconvenience. Please try again later.

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At least my local game stores will get restocked so I can still get the books and game :smallsmile:

[Archwizard]

I think it's funny that we overloaded Kickstarter.

[gooddragon1]

$1,254,120... now we finally have a number to measure the sheer awesomeness of this comic.

And just because I feel it hasn't been said often enough: For 9 ears of free highest quality entertainment, GIANT. THANK. YOU!

You might say he's a... giant... of the industry. Nyah :3

[Kaed]

Err... there was a problem with my pledge transaction, and it didn't work. Is there some way to still donate the money? I don't want to miss out on all that cool bonus content. D:

[The Unborne]

My comments page goes back to 0 seconds and keeps refreshing itself to the same screen. Total? $1,253,509.

[fan4battle]

I managed to up my pledge literally in the last second, but unfortunately we didn't make it to the last line of the chart... :(

[Uchiha Richard]

Wonder how close we would have gotten if we hadn't killed the site in the last few minutes?

[Elder Tsofu]

I don't know who posted this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ), but damn it felt good to have it finish about 5 seconds after the drive. ^^
I actually had my hair standing on edge there. :smalltongue:

[Porthos]

Well Hasmana, Close but no cigar. Rich we did our best but the 1,260,000 mark too high for such a short time after your post.:smallfrown:

HEY!!!! No Frowny Faces, please. This Is a time for CELEBRATION!

We TOTATLLY KICKED ASS AND TOOK NAMES HERE! :smalltongue: :smalltongue: :smalltongue:

Go US!!!!! :smallcool: :smallcool: :smallcool: :smallcool: :smallcool:

[DreadArchon]

No Update yet, Kickstarter has logged me out and is so slow that I can't log back in. Working on it.

OK, fine, I'll stop refreshing...


You know, Double Fine is probably going to lose like $50,000 by crashing Kickstarter completely with 10 minutes left in their drive. :smalleek:

[Anarion]

No Update yet, Kickstarter has logged me out and is so slow that I can't log back in. Working on it.

Oops. :smallredface:

My reactions in order.
1. $1.254 million dollars. 0_0
2. Missed the final mystery prize. NOOO!
3. $1.254 million dollars. I love you all.

[DiMono]

No Update yet, Kickstarter has logged me out and is so slow that I can't log back in. Working on it.

Sorry about that, that's totally our fault. I got this snazzy screenshot though:

http://primotendo.com/misc/oots-funded-2.png

Link to un-shopped version (http://primotendo.com/misc/oots-funded.png)

[r2e]

I pretty much never post on the forums and I only browse them infrequently but I'm pretty proud that I belong to a community that can come together like that for something we all love. I've been reading OoTS religiously since 2005 and I really think it's something very special.

[CloakedDancer]

By my count 69 signed packages went unclaimed by the end of the drive. 69! :smallamused:

[ella ventic]

The comment page on KS is officially broken for me. Says I'm not logged in, and is stuck several minutes behind. Is anyone else experiencing something similar right now, or is it just me at this point?

It's not just you. Stuck at 0 seconds and 1,253,509. We broked it good. :smallbiggrin:

[zankana]

I can't even comment in kickstarter >.< It says I'm a backer if i'm on the info page for the OoTS drive but... when i go to the comments... it refuses to realize that I am logged in >.<

[LordRahl6]

Sorry Porthos, but its that the last Mystery Prize will not be revealed that is disappointing.:smallwink:

[Skavensrule]

Well that new $4000 pledge explains what I was wondering about. I had 3 tabs refreshing to keep track of the total, all three came up with almost $5000 difference at 6 minutes to go. I am saving the screenshots but I can't remember how to access the site I use to load images right now. Sad we still missed out on that last goal, but happy that we made it this far. #2 spot on Kickstarter till Double-Fine ends, only the third project ever to break $1,000,000. The highest non-tech project by an unheard of amount. O-Chul should be proud.

[zero]

Gentlemen, congratulations on the fundraising, and may I say, it was an honor pledging with you.

[heroe_de_leyenda]

Can't comment in kickstarter either. (Gabriel Hinojosa)

This was most great!

I hope that the last chart shows that the last purple line fell to the 1.25k line :D
That would rock. :smalltongue:

[Porthos]

I can't even comment in kickstarter >.< It says I'm a backer if i'm on the info page for the OoTS drive but... when i go to the comments... it refuses to realize that I am logged in >.<

We can still comment on the Kickstarter Update page.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive/posts/178178

HOORAY FOR LOOPHOLES! :smalltongue: :smalltongue: :smalltongue:

[stsasser]

StompStarter

[Giddon]

:thog: thog sorry thog broke website. thog not give so much money at the same time ever again!

[Weimann]

The comment page on KS is officially broken for me. Says I'm not logged in, and is stuck several minutes behind. Is anyone else experiencing something similar right now, or is it just me at this point?No, I get that too.

[stsasser]

StompStarter

[titan_monarch]

The comment page on KS is officially broken for me. Says I'm not logged in, and is stuck several minutes behind. Is anyone else experiencing something similar right now, or is it just me at this point?

Oh good, it's not just me then. It jumps back from 1254120 to 1253509 and "seconds remain...", and logs me out. I can't log back in from there, I just get a "we apologise" message. When I go back to project home or update, I get the right (hopefully) total and show up logged in. Same for everyone else?

[peshk]

ok, so I'm not the only one who got kicked by kickstarter.

[Myrdhale]

THE LAST MYSTERY PRIZE SHALL FOREVER REMAIN.... A MYSTERY!!!

But still, 1.25 Million dollars! You deserve every penny Giant. Your strip is both entertaining and engaging, an inspiration to indepedant artists and authors everywhere (like me!). Hope you keep going for another 20 years, at least!

Also can't wait to get my hands on the game expansions!!!

[Weimann]

The comment page on KS is officially broken for me. Says I'm not logged in, and is stuck several minutes behind. Is anyone else experiencing something similar right now, or is it just me at this point?No, I get that too.

[giles_the_zog]

Well I expect zero sympathy, but....

...after several days offline organising a wargaming event, I logged on to make a modest pledge, only for the kick starter site to freeze, and 10 minutes later say I am too late (by 5 minutes).

I guess I won't be the only last minute person to have missed out.

So I guess the questions are:
(1) Can late comers such as I, add to the pledge ?
(2) If not, can we/will we, be able to pay through the nose for the extras ?

In desperate hope...
:smalleek:

[Myrdhale]

THE LAST MYSTERY PRIZE SHALL FOREVER REMAIN.... A MYSTERY!!!

But still, 1.25 Million dollars! You deserve every penny Giant. Your strip is both entertaining and engaging, an inspiration to indepedant artists and authors everywhere (like me!). Hope you keep going for another 20 years, at least!

Also can't wait to get my hands on the game expansions!!!

[LordRahl6]

:thog: thog sorry thog broke website. thog not give so much money at the same time ever again!

Funny Giddon. Absolutely Hilarious in fact.:smallcool:

[titan_monarch]

The comment page on KS is officially broken for me. Says I'm not logged in, and is stuck several minutes behind. Is anyone else experiencing something similar right now, or is it just me at this point?

Oh good, it's not just me then. It jumps back from 1254120 to 1253509 and "seconds remain...", and logs me out. I can't log back in from there, I just get a "we apologise" message. When I go back to project home or update, I get the right (hopefully) total and show up logged in. Same for everyone else?

[peshk]

ok, so I'm not the only one who got kicked by kickstarter. And I think now we broke giantitp ^^

[Porthos]

Sorry Porthos, but its that the last Mystery Prize will not be revealed that is disappointing.:smallwink:

Now you see, maybe The Giant will be a benevolent and mercifiul tyrant. :smallwink:

What I'll need to know is what the Mystery Prize to the $4K backer is. :smalltongue:

[Umberhulk]

THE LAST MYSTERY PRIZE SHALL FOREVER REMAIN.... A MYSTERY!!!

Bet you we still get it.

[JCarter426]

Can't comment on Kickstarter either, and the comment tab lists different totals. I think we broke it.

[Uchiha Richard]

By the way, officially #2 on the Kickstarter Top Ten (for now)! Wikipedia's already been edited to reflect this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter#Top_projects_by_funds_raised

[giles_the_zog]

Well I expect zero sympathy, but....

...after several days offline organising a wargaming event, I logged on to make a modest pledge, only for the kick starter site to freeze, and 10 minutes later say I am too late (by 5 minutes).

I guess I won't be the only last minute person to have missed out.

So I guess the questions are:
(1) Can late comers such as I, add to the pledge ?
(2) If not, can we/will we, be able to pay through the nose for the extras ?

In desperate hope...
:smalleek:

[Ast]

First: http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/961-aww-yeah.jpg

Second: I have a distinct impression that Rich will give us the last Mystery Prize regardless of this $6,5k we're lacking :)

[Porthos]

Sorry Porthos, but its that the last Mystery Prize will not be revealed that is disappointing.:smallwink:

Now you see, maybe The Giant will be a benevolent and mercifiul tyrant. :smallwink:

What I'll need to know is what the Mystery Prize to the $4K backer is. :smalltongue:

[Smolder]

F5 camping worked out pretty well for me.

I got the impatient signed set and a patient crayon drawing, which works out great for me because I have no idea which characters to pick. There are so many great characters to choose from that I'll end up kicking myself when I think of a better combo...

[Chess435]

Is it just me, or are posts spontaneously rearranging themselves every time I refresh?

[peshk]

ok, so I'm not the only one who got kicked by kickstarter. And I think now we broke giantitp ^^

[Myrdhale]

THE LAST MYSTERY PRIZE SHALL FOREVER REMAIN.... A MYSTERY!!!

But still, 1.25 Million dollars! You deserve every penny Giant. Your strip is both entertaining and engaging, an inspiration to indepedant artists and authors everywhere (like me!). Hope you keep going for another 20 years, at least!

Also can't wait to get my hands on the game expansions!!!

[Elder Tsofu]

Greetings from Amazon Payments,

We wanted to let you know that we successfully completed a payment to Giant in the Playground for $XXX.XX on Feb 21, 2012

Yes! Exactly what I wanted to hear. :smallbiggrin:

[Ast]

First: http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/961-aww-yeah.jpg

We are awesome.

Second: I have a distinct impression that Rich will give us the last Mystery Prize regardless of those $6,5k we're lacking ;) (I surely hope he will :smallbiggrin: )

[Porthos]

Greetings from Amazon Payments,

We wanted to let you know that we successfully completed a payment to Giant in the Playground for $XXX.XX on Feb 21, 2012. This payment is related to the payment authorization listed below:
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:smallcool: :smallcool: :smallcool: :smallcool:

[Hamiltonz]

Rich :)

Post the update please so I can go to bed... (stayed up all night for the fun of it)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...Tet!

[DiMono]

I think Kickstarter choked under the sheer amount of us that descended, and the number of backers we had. I still haven't received my "congratulations, the project was funded!" email from them, and my credit card has yet to be charged.

I really hope everything still goes off as expected.

[Alorha]

Well, since the thread at KS died, I had to create an account here. Probably should have done so quite some time ago

[titan_monarch]

The comment page on KS is officially broken for me. Says I'm not logged in, and is stuck several minutes behind. Is anyone else experiencing something similar right now, or is it just me at this point?

Oh good, it's not just me then. It jumps back from 1254120 to 1253509 and "seconds remain...", and logs me out. I can't log back in from there, I just get a "we apologise" message. When I go back to project home or update, I get the right (hopefully) total and show up logged in. Same for everyone else?

[Chess435]

I think this thread's broken now...

[peshk]

I think we broke this site, too.
At least it took me several minutes to post this ^^

And yes, Kickstarter kickes me, too, if I want to see the comments.

[Ast]

First: http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/961-aww-yeah.jpg

We are awesome.

Second: I have a distinct impression that Rich will give us the last Mystery Prize regardless of those $6,5k we're lacking ;)

[Porthos]

Yes! Exactly what I wanted to hear. :smallbiggrin:

Looks like they're doing it in order of Backer Number, maybe?

[I Participated]

Oi! Which one of you shut down Kickstarter coz you knew I'd put off joining the forum until I had my piccie to share?!

Well played. sir. Well played indeed.

[Chess435]

Update! Looks like we are getting that mystery prize after all!

[Carla]

I think besides the success of the project, Rich also has a bunch of new forumites...myself included. :) So...will Kickstarter become fixed enough so that Rich can give us our last update?

[Crisis21]

Achievement Unlocked: Move the line! (Mystery Prize 9/10 achieved)

[Gullintanni]

What a ride. Thanks Rich! It's been a blast. Same time next year :smallwink:

[Weimann]

Woo, my payment went through! *cheers*

[DiMono]

Looks like they're doing it in order of Backer Number, maybe?

Maybe. I know I haven't gotten one yet, and I was pretty early on; like within the first two days. Maybe order of last amount update? That would put me pretty late on both my accounts.

[CloakedDancer]

Is it just me, or are posts spontaneously rearranging themselves every time I refresh?

Oh trust me: it's not just you. :smallamused:

[Kaurne]

I've lurked on here for a long time, posting very infrequently - in fact I've doubled my postcount simply by asking questions in this thread.

And I just want to say, Giant

Thank You.

Thank you for every time I've come home to find a new comic to cheer me up. Thank you for all those enjoyable hours I've spent reading the archives instead of doing work. Thank you for every silly moment, every fantastic joke, every bit of clever wordplay, every pun that made me cringe.

Thank you for every bit of deadpan snark from Roy, every bit of unadulterated greed from Haley, every bit of boundless optimism from Elan, every bit of magical arrogance from Vaarsuvius, every bit of dour Dwarfishness from Durkon, every bit of amusing psychopathy from Belkar and every bit of incredible, mad, hilarious evil from Xykon.

And thank you for those rare moments when the group gets over their collective squabbles, or a character gets over their personal issues, and they prove that, despite the character flaws, the difficulties with alignment and their utter unsuitability for the job, the Order is a group of true heroes. Thank you for those awesome moments.

Thank you for every minute of time you have put into this labour of love of yours. Many times I have asked myself how one manages to do what you do, and I have never come up with a satisfactory answer. I simply can't understand how you do it - but I don't mind, because I know you will still do it, and in a few days I'll have another strip to read, and laugh at, and be amazed by.

Thank you.

[Porthos]

I think we broke this site, too.
At least it took me several minutes to post this ^^

There's a reason why Rich was considering using some of the excess funds to help with the Forum Architecture here. :smalltongue:

[Nimue]

I think besides the success of the project, Rich also has a bunch of new forumites...myself included. :) So...will Kickstarter become fixed enough so that Rich can give us our last update?

He just did :)

Congratulations, Rich!

[Yendor]

Ah, that final graph is awesome. :smallamused:

[Ast]

Ha, I knew it. He is just THAT kind of person.

Thanks Rich!

[Forbiddenwar]

And look at that the mystery gift? it was at 1.25 mil all along. Funny, how these eyes play tricks on you.

[Gullintanni]

Ha! He moved the line!

Thank you!

[Porthos]

(What, that Mystery Prize at $1,250,000? That was always there. I don't know what you're talking about.

:smalltongue: :smalltongue: :smalltongue: :smalltongue: :smalltongue:

Rich is AWESOME! :smallcool: :smallcool:


But you will have to wait a day or two before I tell you what it is.)

:elan: I'M ANTICIPATING!

[RMS Oceanic]

Rich engaged in a little Retconjuration there. :smalltongue:

Well that was an engaging 31 days.

[Hamiltonz]

Update #28 is up on kickstar!

Rich, it's been one [heck] of a ride. I do not envy the work you have ahead of you. I hope everyone remembers to be patient.

That is a metric ton of swag headed our way. I for one am really looking forward to the Sticky Shticks! :smallbiggrin:

Absolutely awesome.

Incredible.

:)

[Archwizard]

I've lurked on here for a long time, posting very infrequently - in fact I've doubled my postcount simply by asking questions in this thread.

And I just want to say, Giant

Thank You.

Thank you for every time I've come home to find a new comic to cheer me up. Thank you for all those enjoyable hours I've spent reading the archives instead of doing work. Thank you for every silly moment, every fantastic joke, every bit of clever wordplay, every pun that made me cringe.

Thank you for every bit of deadpan snark from Roy, every bit of unadulterated greed from Haley, every bit of boundless optimism from Elan, every bit of magical arrogance from Vaarsuvius, every bit of dour Dwarfishness from Durkon, every bit of amusing psychopathy from Belkar and every bit of incredible, mad, hilarious evil from Xykon.

And thank you for those rare moments when the group gets over their collective squabbles, or a character gets over their personal issues, and they prove that, despite the character flaws, the difficulties with alignment and their utter unsuitability for the job, the Order is a group of true heroes. Thank you for those awesome moments.

Thank you for every minute of time you have put into this labour of love of yours. Many times I have asked myself how one manages to do what you do, and I have never come up with a satisfactory answer. I simply can't understand how you do it - but I don't mind, because I know you will still do it, and in a few days I'll have another strip to read, and laugh at, and be amazed by.

Thank you.

Amen brother.

[DiMono]

I just got confirmation on my big pledge. Now waiting for confirmation on the small one.

Also, comments are working over there again.

[Porthos]

I've lurked on here for a long time, posting very infrequently - in fact I've doubled my postcount simply by asking questions in this thread.

And I just want to say, Giant

Thank You.

Thank you for every time I've come home to find a new comic to cheer me up. Thank you for all those enjoyable hours I've spent reading the archives instead of doing work. Thank you for every silly moment, every fantastic joke, every bit of clever wordplay, every pun that made me cringe.

Thank you for every bit of deadpan snark from Roy, every bit of unadulterated greed from Haley, every bit of boundless optimism from Elan, every bit of magical arrogance from Vaarsuvius, every bit of dour Dwarfishness from Durkon, every bit of amusing psychopathy from Belkar and every bit of incredible, mad, hilarious evil from Xykon.

And thank you for those rare moments when the group gets over their collective squabbles, or a character gets over their personal issues, and they prove that, despite the character flaws, the difficulties with alignment and their utter unsuitability for the job, the Order is a group of true heroes. Thank you for those awesome moments.

Thank you for every minute of time you have put into this labour of love of yours. Many times I have asked myself how one manages to do what you do, and I have never come up with a satisfactory answer. I simply can't understand how you do it - but I don't mind, because I know you will still do it, and in a few days I'll have another strip to read, and laugh at, and be amazed by.

Thank you.


Amen brother.

Co-signed.

[Crisis21]

:elan: I'M ANTICIPATING!

As am I. My pledge of a baker's gross ($169) for a "Patience for a Signed Art Print" has been collected and I'm tallying for all the extras I'm requesting.

I eagerly await the PDFs and other digital downloads to tide me over.

[Darwyn]

Giant, if you're reading this, I just want to join the crowd and thank you for making such a wonderful, funny, and brilliantly written comic that we all enjoy and love. It was my absolute pleasure to contribute to the fundraiser. Incidentally, it is also why I finally decided the join the forum.

Also, thank you for being a kind and merciful Giant god and rewriting reality so that final line on the chart was always there at 1 million, 250 grand.

Because if we had never gotten to know what Mystery Prize #9 was, I honestly think it would've driven me mad.

[Squark]

Awesome job, everyone. Especially you, Rich.


Also, I love how the bearded guard from On the Origins of the PC's is also lining up for a kick.

[Kobold-Bard]

WOO! http://static.tsrfiles.co.uk/images/smilies/woo.gif

With my payment through I am officially Backer #121.

It was an honour serving with you all, may we do it again some day.

http://static.tsrfiles.co.uk/images/smilies/party2.gif

[Duskranger]

Yes my prepaid credit card was accepted. I am (as soon as it is in) the proud owner of the print only books + all swag yeah.

[Crisis21]

I've lurked on here for a long time, posting very infrequently - in fact I've doubled my postcount simply by asking questions in this thread.

And I just want to say, Giant

Thank You.

Thank you for every time I've come home to find a new comic to cheer me up. Thank you for all those enjoyable hours I've spent reading the archives instead of doing work. Thank you for every silly moment, every fantastic joke, every bit of clever wordplay, every pun that made me cringe.

Thank you for every bit of deadpan snark from Roy, every bit of unadulterated greed from Haley, every bit of boundless optimism from Elan, every bit of magical arrogance from Vaarsuvius, every bit of dour Dwarfishness from Durkon, every bit of amusing psychopathy from Belkar and every bit of incredible, mad, hilarious evil from Xykon.

And thank you for those rare moments when the group gets over their collective squabbles, or a character gets over their personal issues, and they prove that, despite the character flaws, the difficulties with alignment and their utter unsuitability for the job, the Order is a group of true heroes. Thank you for those awesome moments.

Thank you for every minute of time you have put into this labour of love of yours. Many times I have asked myself how one manages to do what you do, and I have never come up with a satisfactory answer. I simply can't understand how you do it - but I don't mind, because I know you will still do it, and in a few days I'll have another strip to read, and laugh at, and be amazed by.

Thank you.

Amen brother.

Co-signed.
Hear, hear.

[FafnerMorell]

Wow - I never thought a Kickstarter drive would be exciting, much less keep me hammering the F5 key for 2 days straight. Well done Giant, well done!

[Porthos]

Yes my prepaid credit card was accepted. I am (as soon as it is in) the proud owner of the print only books + all swag yeah.

Told ya not to worry. :smalltongue: :smalltongue: :smalltongue:

[Skavensrule]

EDIT 2: It looks like somehow my total was off a little; I'll fix the chart.

We definately broke KickStarter. I have screenshots of the $80 pledge with 251 out of 250 backers at 1 minute before that fixed itself. And saved screenshots of the (at least) two different totals in the funding.

[Krosta]

I managed to pledge just a few hours before the end. And I'm happy that I finally did it. :smalltongue:

[WeLoveFireballs]

If that goblin ninja was on a crutch with one leg missing it would be that much more hilarious.

[wxdruid]

Yes!!! So happy that this made it so far! My confirmation emails have come through. Now I'm waiting for the charges to completely make it through my bank. Then the patient wait for a ton of great stuff!

Thanks for so many great comics!!!

[LadyCygnet]

I am so glad that I got to be a part of this! I wish I had more money to pledge, but it was wonderful to see so many people kick in to help...and I've got some great swag that will make a wonderful birthday present for my daughter. :smallwink:

[Gullintanni]

Rich engaged in a little Retconjuration there. :smalltongue:


Ahhh, it's nothing really. Author is a Tier 1 class. :smallwink:

[Manga Maniac]

Arg, one of the payments failed. I have enough money though, and the other pledge succeeded, so I'm hoping this matter can be solved quickly.

Life, however, has taught me to expect the worse.

[Vemynal]

Wooot! I'ma get both prequels, all 4 currently out books, a coloring book, a patch, stickers and all those PDF stories! =D
Considering I had never bought anything of Rich's until the Snips, Snails and Dragon Tails book I'm happy to say I now own everything =D

[Tanuki Tales]

I can't wait to get the survey so I can order my patches.

[FlawedParadigm]

Shouldn't my account be charged by now?

[The Unborne]

I got the very first (DCF) and most recent book (SSDT) signed. I am completely content.

[Forbiddenwar]

Little worried. My main account went through just fine, but I haven't heard anything from my alts. Anyone get a confirmation charge email from amazon regarding their alternate accounts?

[Duskranger]

Told ya not to worry. :smalltongue: :smalltongue: :smalltongue:

I didn't worry. I was confident Visa did not lie to me.

Ah well I almost can't wait to unwrap the very late (or very early) birthday present.

[Gwynfrid]

Got a crayon drawing, got a crayon draaaaawing !

... with about minus two minutes to go. Amazon Payments was that slow. I think Kickstarter probably accepted my pledge increase as being ahead of deadline, without waiting for Amazon to confirm it was real. Thanks, Kickstarter :smallcool:

Also, a hunch: I think the final chart is telling us something big about the end of the OOTS storyline. Dun dun duuuuun...

[Manga Maniac]

@Forbiddenwar: I got a message from Amazon saying my alt payment failed.

I'm really hoping this will be fixed easily, though. Does the Giant have my e-mail address and pledge details if the payment fails?

[ella ventic]

Yep, I'll post here basically what I posted there:

Both my main and alt KS accounts went through just fine, and they both point to the same Amazon account. The confirmation e-mails I got were about 40 minutes apart! So things are indeed going very slowly on their end, but it's not time for panic quite yet!

[YohanLeafheart]

Little worried. My main account went through just fine, but I haven't heard anything from my alts. Anyone get a confirmation charge email from amazon regarding their alternate accounts?

I'm more worried because I overslept and couldn't make any final moment adjustment. I think I'm all set though. Should be at least

[ref]

That has been an amazing ride. Five quarters plus of a million dollars, how about that?

Any chance the update charts can be added to the digital PDF?

[Othniel Edden]

Wohoo! Got my confirmation in from Amazon. Eagerly awaiting more of Rich's excellent comic to come to my door.

[Shale]

I hope one of the updates tells us exactly how many books Rich had to print to give us all of our stuff and still have some left for the stores.

[I Participated]

You'd think that after what I've just been through, I'd have learned how to multi task. But having two places to talk to you all in....
...
... can't ...
...figure out....

... what to? Who? Which?
Wh a a a a a a aaa

[Uchiha Richard]

Content with my reward, although I would have gladly shelled out the money for a signed version of it. Would have loved to have a deep enough wallet for that $4000 reward, but I was already breaking the bank for this haul.

[CloakedDancer]

@Forbiddenwar: I got a message from Amazon saying my alt payment failed.

I'm really hoping this will be fixed easily, though. Does the Giant have my e-mail address and pledge details if the payment fails?

He said over on the Kickstarter page that:


If any of you made more than one account with the same Amazon account (rather than separate KS each with their own Amazon account), you may have problems with payment. I'm getting scattered reports, and I'll try to find out what the solution is.

[Skavensrule]

Confirmed, there were at least 4 seperate "final" totals
$1,253,509 (that appeared as soon as the time was up, and Rich used for the first chart)
$1,253,757 (that I captured but can't post without a host site)
$1,253,841 (that Crisis21 posted)
$1,254,120 (current total that has stayed steady for over an hour now)

Hip, Hip, Hurrahh for OotS for breaking KickStarter.:smallcool:

[Elder Tsofu]

And there, my bank confirmed it too. :smallbiggrin:

Well, now just to wait for the e-mail regarding what I pledged for and the even longer wait for the pledge-awards.

Good luck Rich, my money is in your hands now.

[YohanLeafheart]

I hope one of the updates tells us exactly how many books Rich had to print to give us all of our stuff and still have some left for the stores.

It is not exactly that, but let's go with what is on the final chart:

Second most funds pledged to a completed Kickstarter drive ever.
The third Kickstarter project in history to reach one million dollars in pledges.
The most funded creative work in Kickstarter history in any medium, ever.
The most funded project by a single person (rather than a company), ever.
2127% funded from my initial goal of $57,750.
35 goals reached
28 updates made (including this one)
63 increasingly-byzantine reward packages
14,952 backers
Over 25,000 books sold
Over 16,000 comments made
Uncounted broken F5 keys
And I think we kinda broke a Kickstarter server at the end there

[Manga Maniac]

I'm hoping the payment might be my card's fault.

I'm going to wait for the current charge to clear and then I'll try again.

[honigmuffin]

Looks like they're doing it in order of Backer Number, maybe?

I sure hope so. Neither my main account nor my two alts have been confirmed yet. I don't have any nails left to bite on :smalleek:

[Shale]

It's gonna be way more when you consider the optional add-on books ("add X for Y books"), special orders and coloring books, and that's before we get to the actual retail run. I just want to see how much more.

[Morgath]

Got my payment through. Managed to get my own stick figure of myself thanks to the last minute fire sale. Now to buy a new keyboard :)

Have to say that this pledge drive brought out the inner fanboy in me.
I mean I liked the series enough to have bought the books, but I never thought I would end up signing up for new credit cards, cursing when missing the goodies by a second or two, and the final cycle of refreshing and counting the last minutes.

If Rich had actually expected this, and planned it the way he plans his stories, we'd definitely have got to No1.

Congratulations Rich (Well named) on the one and a quarter million. Now I think you better make a few calls to other artists; I forsee another bout of Sprained Wrist Theatre after all that signing :D

[Euodiachloris]

<sidles into view>

Well, I did threaten to move over here... :smallbiggrin:

I can't believe that's the final update (apart from Rich fixing the graph up a bit). I can't believe my poor, poor F5 key is going to ever forgive me.

<sidles out of view>

[Kobold-Bard]

<sidles into view>

Well, I did threaten to move over here... :smallbiggrin:

I can't believe that's final update (apart from Rich fixing the graph up a bit). I can't believe my poor, poor F5 key is going to ever forgive me.

<sidles out of view>

Someone else using the patch as an avatar, Woo!

You need to resize it though. 120x120

[honigmuffin]

If any of you made more than one account with the same Amazon account (rather than separate KS each with their own Amazon account), you may have problems with payment. I'm getting scattered reports, and I'll try to find out what the solution is.

Oh no. Please not. Please work! :smallfrown:

[Porthos]

The Washington Post has an interview with Rich (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/new-kickstarter-record-order-of-the-stick-webcomic-creator-rich-burlew-cites-huge-geeky-safety-net-in-12m-donation-campaign/2012/02/21/gIQAbMJSRR_blog.html) over all of this.

=====

@ All

From multiple reposts over on the Project Home Page, it looks like they ARE doing this in Backer #.

Also, if your card is rejected, there should be a "FIX YOUR PLEDGE" button on the home page of the project.

You should have seven days to fiddle with it and correct any problems.

[Othniel Edden]

I'm really happy with the the prize I got in the print only special, however if I had the money I'd either had gone for the full story, or the party portrait.

[Euodiachloris]

Give a girl a break, Kobold. :smallsmile: I'll fix that up... laaaaaater. When I can see straight.

I'm still recovering from x nights spent far too late chasing red and purple lines. :smallwink:

<grumbles> Will also need to sort some other stuff out... but first: FOOD!

[Skavensrule]

Oh no. Please not. Please work! :smallfrown:

DITTO! I was not willing to give up my personlized drawing just to get the game expansion so I created a seperate KS account but only have the one credit card so had to use the same Amazon account. It accepted it so I wasn't worried. NOW I am.:smalleek:


edit: At least I have not recieved any notice from Amazon that there is a problem yet. Has anyone whose FIRST pledge was within the last couple of days that has been notified of the payment yet? My second pledge was over #11,000.

[Porthos]

Give a girl a break, Kobold. :smallsmile: I'll fix that up... laaaaaater. When I can see straight.

I'm still recovering from x nights spent far too late chasing red and purple lines. :smallwink:

<grumbles> Will also need to sort some other stuff out... but first: FOOD!

Welcome aborad, Euo. Mind the steps and pay no attention to the creaky sounds that the train engine forum server makes from time to time.

I've heard that Top Men* are going to be working on it soon.

* Indy: Who?
Me: TOP Men. :smallwink:

[honigmuffin]

DITTO! I was not willing to give up my personlized drawing just to get the game expansion so I created a seperate KS account but only have the one credit card so had to use the same Amazon account. It accepted it so I wasn't worried. NOW I am.:smalleek:

Okay, the first one went through. At least something. That's the most important one (Patience for a Signed Print), but I added the patches to the other two. >_>
Argh, the waiting for the confirmation mails is killing me even more than did the final seconds and the excitement over whether we'd reach the last Mystery Prize or not.


I've lurked on here for a long time, posting very infrequently - in fact I've doubled my postcount simply by asking questions in this thread.

And I just want to say, Giant

Thank You.

Thank you for every time I've come home to find a new comic to cheer me up. Thank you for all those enjoyable hours I've spent reading the archives instead of doing work. Thank you for every silly moment, every fantastic joke, every bit of clever wordplay, every pun that made me cringe.

Thank you for every bit of deadpan snark from Roy, every bit of unadulterated greed from Haley, every bit of boundless optimism from Elan, every bit of magical arrogance from Vaarsuvius, every bit of dour Dwarfishness from Durkon, every bit of amusing psychopathy from Belkar and every bit of incredible, mad, hilarious evil from Xykon.

And thank you for those rare moments when the group gets over their collective squabbles, or a character gets over their personal issues, and they prove that, despite the character flaws, the difficulties with alignment and their utter unsuitability for the job, the Order is a group of true heroes. Thank you for those awesome moments.

Thank you for every minute of time you have put into this labour of love of yours. Many times I have asked myself how one manages to do what you do, and I have never come up with a satisfactory answer. I simply can't understand how you do it - but I don't mind, because I know you will still do it, and in a few days I'll have another strip to read, and laugh at, and be amazed by.

Thank you.


Amen brother.


Co-signed.


Hear, hear.

I have to put my name under this as well. Have an e-hug, Giant. :smallsmile:

[Porthos]

My Second Payment went through! :smallcool: :smallcool: :smallcool:

[Iferus]

Wow. That was an awesome adventure. Now, to get back to real life... That'll be hard...

[GreenSerpent]

Vaarsavius is in the queue.

The queue of people Belkar killed.

Ominous foreshadowing there. Very ominous.

[Chess435]

Wow. That was an awesome adventure. Now, to get back to real life... That'll be hard...

What is this real life that you speak of? :smallamused:

[Darwyn]

Well, my pledge went through! WOOHOO!

I cannot wait for the patches, the stickers, the coloring books, the .pdfs, the print, the game expansions, the hit point pads, the copy of every OotS book in print AND the board game!!!!

I now will own 2 of everything OotS!

(One to play and read, see, and the other to keep in mint condition by never, ever, EVER opening or using any of it.) :smallbiggrin:

[B. Dandelion]

Vaarsavius is in the queue.

The queue of people Belkar killed.

Ominous foreshadowing there. Very ominous.

I was thinking the same thing! I wondered why no one else remarked on it...

...though it could just be that V couldn't resist another chance to kick him. She'd bought several kicks already before.

[Yendor]

I was thinking the same thing! I wondered why no one else remarked on it...

...though it could just be that V couldn't resist another chance to kick him. She'd bought several kicks already before.

She's claiming the freebie Haley offered.

[B. Dandelion]

She's claiming the freebie Haley offered.

Good point.

However... remember back when the Oracle was trying to weasel out of Belkar killing him, and started coming up with increasingly tenuous connections Belkar had had to the deaths of Roy, Miko, Miko's horse, and he then started up with "as for the elf--" and got cut off?

Taken in conjunction... :smalleek:

[Forbiddenwar]

Woot! my alt swag pack pledge has gone through. Because 7 sheets of stickers weren't enough!
Now just waiting on my Game Deluxe++ pledge

[hamishspence]

I'm curious- I signed up for the "I'm participating!" $16 package- but the "I'm participating" patch doesn't seem to be mentioned when I check Kickstarter.

Have they changed it?

[fergo]

I've lurked on here for a long time, posting very infrequently - in fact I've doubled my postcount simply by asking questions in this thread.

And I just want to say, Giant

Thank You.

Thank you for every time I've come home to find a new comic to cheer me up. Thank you for all those enjoyable hours I've spent reading the archives instead of doing work. Thank you for every silly moment, every fantastic joke, every bit of clever wordplay, every pun that made me cringe.

Thank you for every bit of deadpan snark from Roy, every bit of unadulterated greed from Haley, every bit of boundless optimism from Elan, every bit of magical arrogance from Vaarsuvius, every bit of dour Dwarfishness from Durkon, every bit of amusing psychopathy from Belkar and every bit of incredible, mad, hilarious evil from Xykon.

And thank you for those rare moments when the group gets over their collective squabbles, or a character gets over their personal issues, and they prove that, despite the character flaws, the difficulties with alignment and their utter unsuitability for the job, the Order is a group of true heroes. Thank you for those awesome moments.

Thank you for every minute of time you have put into this labour of love of yours. Many times I have asked myself how one manages to do what you do, and I have never come up with a satisfactory answer. I simply can't understand how you do it - but I don't mind, because I know you will still do it, and in a few days I'll have another strip to read, and laugh at, and be amazed by.

Thank you.

Hell yeah. One of the many without the eloquence to write this myself who just wanted to say, this is pretty much what I would say if I could.

[Yendor]

I'm curious- I signed up for the "I'm participating!" $16 package- but the "I'm participating" patch doesn't seem to be mentioned when I check Kickstarter.

Have they changed it?

The patch package was $15. The Sticky Shticks was $16.

[Morgath]

Vaarsavius is in the queue.

The queue of people Belkar killed.

Ominous foreshadowing there. Very ominous.

Would be very sneaky of Rich to do that, but unlikely. Bit of a call out to him going back for seconds (thirds)

[RMS Oceanic]

My Patience Crayon Drawing went through. :smallsmile:

[onthetown]

edit: At least I have not recieved any notice from Amazon that there is a problem yet. Has anyone whose FIRST pledge was within the last couple of days that has been notified of the payment yet? My second pledge was over #11,000.

I only put in my pledge within the last few days... Saturday or Sunday, I think... and I haven't gotten any confirmation e-mails yet. I haven't gotten one saying I was rejected, either, and I know my credit card was doing okay so they're probably just up to their necks in work right now.

[Tobrian]

The Washington Post has an interview with Rich (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/new-kickstarter-record-order-of-the-stick-webcomic-creator-rich-burlew-cites-huge-geeky-safety-net-in-12m-donation-campaign/2012/02/21/gIQAbMJSRR_blog.html) over all of this.

Does this mean Wikipedia can no longer delete the Order of the Stick (webcomic) page for "not being notable enough"? :smallwink:

[CoffeeIncluded]

My print only special went through. Now I just have to wait for the survey.

You know what was a missed opportunity for publicity? There was an article in the business section of the New York Times on Kickstarter. Two or three days after this project went up, too early for anybody in the media to really take notice.

[Porthos]

I SERIOUSLY can NOT believe that some people (thankfully only a couple so far) are griping that Rich is giving us the last Mystery Prize anyway. :smallannoyed: :smallannoyed: :smallannoyed:

I, mean, really now. :smallannoyed:

I've already said my peace over on the comment thread on this about why Rich letting us get it despite coming up "" short is reflects very highly on him, so I won't repeat it here (unless I have to :smalltongue:).

I'm just gonna vent and shake my head at the priorities of some people in the corner over here. :smallwink:

[Tanuki Tales]

Well, since all the cool kids are doing it, I guess I'll change my avatar too. :smallbiggrin:

[hamishspence]

The patch package was $15. The Sticky Shticks was $16.

Whoops. I thought the patch was free for $15 and over- I didn't realize that the $16 package didn't come with it.

[ThePhantasm]

I am nothing short of amazed by this whole kickstarter thing. I knew OOTS had lots and lots of fans, but I had no idea there were this many people willing to pay this much... amazing.

[Kobold-Bard]

Well, since all the cool kids are doing it, I guess I'll change my avatar too. :smallbiggrin:

An excellent decision.


I am nothing short of amazed by this whole kickstarter thing. I knew OOTS had lots and lots of fans, but I had no idea there were this many people willing to pay this much... amazing.

The fact that we came within 6k of the 1,260,000, the goal we'd supposedly miss by a mile is what shocks me. Another hour and I don't doubt we would have reached it.

The surplus income/willingness to part with non-surplus income of the Playground is astounding.

[WampaX]

Well, since all the cool kids are doing it, I guess I'll change my avatar too. :smallbiggrin:

I'm wearing my patch.

. . . Arrrr . . .

[Forbiddenwar]

The fact that we came within 6k of the 1,260,000, the goal we'd supposedly miss by a mile is what shocks me. Another hour 5 minutes and I don't doubt we would have reached it.


FTFY

Seriously, if we didn't crash kickstater for the last 3 minutes, we probably have made it.

[Firemeier]

Well, that last month has certainly been a blast. Never knew that spending money could be so exciting :smallwink:

Speaking of which, I NEVER would have thought that we'd get anywhere near a million dollars (and have, in fact, quietly laughed at people who entertained such notions) and yet we surpassedit by more than 250k... wow. Just wow.

[I Participated]

Goonight fellow KickStoppers!

What an amazing experience! I hope you all got what you wanted most, and had a fantastic time getting it. Thanks for making me feel welcome, especially the F5 Crew. And the biggest thanks go to Rich, of course! THANKYOU!

I'll be around now and then, but I'm not very good at this whole social interaction thing. Now that Rich isn't cracking the whip any more :smallbiggrin: , you probably won't be seeing so much of me.

At the very least, of course, I'll bring my crayon drawing in to Show and Tell.

Now... I'm off to wake people up and tell them the story of How We Broke Kickstarter.

[--Lime--]

Whoops. I thought the patch was free for $15 and over- I didn't realize that the $16 package didn't come with it.

I nearly made the same mistake. Not having much cash at the moment, I had to choose.

(I chose the patch)

----

About the whole re-jigging the Mystery Prize #9: the rate that money was rolling in at the end, that line would have been crossed in another half an hour (or less, probably). I know it doesn't equate exactly but I'm firmly of the belief that if the drive had been extended another day it would certainly have been attained (but I don't think you can extend pledge periods)

I mean, the logical alternative would have been to stage a "finishing off" drive based on the massive popularity at close. Donations hadn't slowed down. $6k would have gone by first thing the morning it was posted up, and we'd be back to rescaling graphs in no time.

But why would Rich do that? He's got what he wanted; he's got more than what he wanted. In fact, I'd hazard a guess that he has more than he knows exactly what to do with right now, and is hanging on to it in case something comes up. He's invented rewards many times over because we just kept pushing. By the end, the pledge drive was more for us than for him. I know that I felt I was getting more out of it than I expect Rich was with another $1000 he doesn't know how to invest in OotS yet.

So he's made a very nice gesture, and given yet more to us. He didn't have to, but we didn't (as fans) have to go the extra mile either and get to over 2000% of what he required. And if you're worrying about those who gave only because they were worried that we wouldn't reach the prize total, riddle me this: they gave so that they would get to see the prize. They got the prize. Who exactly has lost?

What's wrong with us all being winners?

[--Lime--]

Whoops. I thought the patch was free for $15 and over- I didn't realize that the $16 package didn't come with it.

I nearly made the same mistake. Not having much cash at the moment, I had to choose.

(I chose the patch)

----

About the whole re-jigging the Mystery Prize #9: the rate that money was rolling in at the end, that line would have been crossed in another half an hour (or less, probably). I know it doesn't equate exactly but I'm firmly of the belief that if the drive had been extended another day it would certainly have been attained (but I don't think you can extend pledge periods)

I mean, the logical alternative would have been to stage a "finishing off" drive based on the massive popularity at close. Donations hadn't slowed down. $6k would have gone by first thing the morning it was posted up, and we'd be back to rescaling graphs in no time.

But why would Rich do that? He's got what he wanted; he's got more than what he wanted. In fact, I'd hazard a guess that he has more than he knows exactly what to do with right now, and is hanging on to it in case something comes up. He's invented rewards many times over because we just kept pushing. By the end, the pledge drive was more for us than for him. I know that I felt I was getting more out of it than I expect Rich was with another $1000 he doesn't know how to invest in OotS yet.

So he's made a very nice gesture, and given yet more to us. He didn't have to, but we didn't (as fans) have to go the extra mile either and get to over 2000% of what he required. And if you're worrying about those who gave only because they were worried that we wouldn't reach the prize total, riddle me this: they gave so that they would get to see the prize. They got the prize. Who exactly has lost?

What's wrong with us all being winners?

[Forbiddenwar]

The fact that we came within 6k of the 1,260,000, the goal we'd supposedly miss by a mile is what shocks me. Another hour 5 minutes and I don't doubt we would have reached it.


FTFY

Seriously, if we didn't crash kickstater for the last 3 minutes, we probably have made it.

[--Lime--]

Whoops. I thought the patch was free for $15 and over- I didn't realize that the $16 package didn't come with it.

I nearly made the same mistake. Not having much cash at the moment, I had to choose.

(I chose the patch)

----

About the whole re-jigging the Mystery Prize #9: the rate that money was rolling in at the end, that line would have been crossed in another half an hour (or less, probably). I know it doesn't equate exactly but I'm firmly of the belief that if the drive had been extended another day it would certainly have been attained (but I don't think you can extend pledge periods)

I mean, the logical alternative would have been to stage a "finishing off" drive based on the massive popularity at close. Donations hadn't slowed down. $6k would have gone by first thing the morning it was posted up, and we'd be back to rescaling graphs in no time.

But why would Rich do that? He's got what he wanted; he's got more than what he wanted. In fact, I'd hazard a guess that he has more than he knows exactly what to do with right now, and is hanging on to it in case something comes up. He's invented rewards many times over because we just kept pushing. By the end, the pledge drive was more for us than for him. I know that I felt I was getting more out of it than I expect Rich was with another $1000 he doesn't know how to invest in OotS yet.

So he's made a very nice gesture, and given yet more to us. He didn't have to, but we didn't (as fans) have to go the extra mile either and get to over 2000% of what he required. And if you're worrying about those who gave only because they were worried that we wouldn't reach the prize total, riddle me this: they gave so that they would get to see the prize. They got the prize. Who exactly has lost?

What's wrong with us all being winners?

[Forbiddenwar]

The fact that we came within 6k of the 1,260,000, the goal we'd supposedly miss by a mile is what shocks me. Another hour 5 minutes and I don't doubt we would have reached it.


FTFY

Seriously, if we didn't crash kickstater for the last 3 minutes, we probably have made it.

[I Participated]

Goonight fellow KickStoppers!

What an amazing experience! I hope you all got what you wanted most, and had a fantastic time getting it. Thanks for making me feel welcome, especially the F5 Crew. And the biggest thanks go to Rich, of course! THANKYOU!

I'll be around now and then, but I'm not very good at this whole social interaction thing. Now that Rich isn't cracking the whip any more :smallbiggrin: , you probably won't be seeing so much of me.

At the very least, of course, I'll bring my crayon drawing in to Show and Tell.

Now... I'm off to wake people up and tell them the story of How We Broke Kickstarter.

[Pheldagriff]

hurray, my prepaid credit card specifically bought so I could pledge worked

[DreadPirateDB]

Well, that last month has certainly been a blast. Never knew that spending money could be so exciting :smallwink:

Speaking of which, I NEVER would have thought that we'd get anywhere near a million dollars (and have, in fact, quietly laughed at people who entertained such notions) and yet we surpassedit by more than 250k... wow. Just wow.

Tell me about. I suggested a live action version of OOTS starring the cast of Firefly as a million dollar reward thinking it would be crazy impossible to reach.

[Tass]

So Amazon didn't take my Visa. Now I got to find someone with a credit card. I am not sure I actually know anyone with a credit card. I've always considered a credit card "that card I use to pay directly from my bank account", apparently that is a debit card...

What is the idea of a card where you borrow the money from a third party and then pay it back?

Hmm... but I thought I had ordered from amazon before, I had an account... got check that.

[WampaX]

Well, that last month has certainly been a blast. Never knew that spending money could be so exciting :smallwink:

Speaking of which, I NEVER would have thought that we'd get anywhere near a million dollars (and have, in fact, quietly laughed at people who entertained such notions) and yet we surpassedit by more than 250k... wow. Just wow.

"Wow! That first $750K was surprising . . .
But I REALLY didn't expect the second one." - Paraphrased from the Chimera, Trigak

[hamishspence]

I nearly made the same mistake. Not having much cash at the moment, I had to choose.

(I chose the patch)

I'm pleased I didn't spend more than that though- otherwise I'd have ended up with the international shipping charges issue (I didn't even realize about them until after the drive ended.)

[Porthos]

From the Washington Post interview (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/new-kickstarter-record-order-of-the-stick-webcomic-creator-rich-burlew-cites-huge-geeky-safety-net-in-12m-donation-campaign/2012/02/21/gIQAbMJSRR_blog.html):


MC: Your Kickstarter page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive) says the $1.2-mill will allow you to publish more copies of “OoTS,” and that you’re weighing other ways to spend the money. Can you shed some more light on what you’re thinking now about your spending — post-taxes — and was it challenging to keep gearing up the donor rewards?

RB: I really haven’t had time to think beyond what I wrote then, though I think the new computer is near the top of the list. Mine keeps crashing during important stuff.

Since he's an Mac user, think we can convince Rich to slurge a little and go for one of these bad boys, all tricked out (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro)?

I mean, after all, it's still a business expense. :smalltongue:

=========



So Amazon didn't take my Visa. Now I got to find someone with a credit card. I am not sure I actually know anyone with a credit card. I've always considered a credit card "that card I use to pay directly from my bank account", apparently that is a debit card...

What is the idea of a card where you borrow the money from a third party and then pay it back?

Hmm... but I thought I had ordered from amazon before, I had an account... got check that.

I saw on the Amazon Payment page something about linking to a bank account. Is it possible that you could link yours and then delete the info one it goes through?

[Crisis21]

Since he's an Mac user, think we can convince Rich to slurge a little and go for one of these bad boys, all tricked out (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro)?

I mean, after all, it's still a business expense. :smalltongue:


Next, on "Pimp my PC"...

[Sniper]

Weird posting over here for a change....


Anyway, man this was a rush. I've sacrificed.... I don't even know anymore.... lots of sleep watching the drive and chatting away in the comments page for a long time now.

It's hilarious to read this fro the first page onwards I highly recommend it, just for a laugh or two at 'eventual slowdown' and 'Top 5 is likely but not certain' type stuff

[Forbiddenwar]

Since he's an Mac user, think we can convince Rich to slurge a little and go for one of these bad boys, all tricked out (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro)?


That's what? Half an hour worth? 15 minutes?
This kickstarter has ruined my sense of money.

Edit: All three accounts charged fine. Now I have to wait.
AHH! Can't wait!

[MurkyMajare]

I am so happy for the community and for Rich over this pledge.

It is wonderful to see the love for the comic and our beloved stick figures.

I am also personally happy that the No Cure book got a reprint as it was the only book I was missing.

(Ended up buying more than that book of course, way more :D)

[dakameleon]

*wakes up*

*rubs eyes*

WHAT THE HELL!

Seriously, cannot believe nearly $60,000 was raised in the last 4 hours! You (we) people are truly nuts. And we broke kickstarter while we were at it!


Payment processed! :smallbiggrin: now just the anticipation for OotS goodness :smallbiggrin:

[Tobrian]

Received e-Mail from Amazon Payments, my payment went through, no problem.


Whoops. I thought the patch was free for $15 and over- I didn't realize that the $16 package didn't come with it.

Er, no, the patches had to be added extra, for $4/piece. The only difference was which packages the patches could be added to.

Anyway. Now we have to be patient while Rich sorts out who gets what where when, and has to draw the PDF stories. Please be patient, people.

I'm overseas (as seen from the USA), so the estimated delivery time for my package according to Amazon is June 2012.

[MurkyMajare]

I am so happy for the community and for Rich over this pledge.

It is wonderful to see the love for the comic and our beloved stick figures.

I am also personally happy that the No Cure book got a reprint as it was the only book I was missing.

(Ended up buying more than that book of course, way more :D)

[Kobold-Bard]

...

Anyway. Now we have to be patient while Rich sorts out who gets what where when, and has to draw the PDF stories. Please be patient, people.

I believe Freddy Mercury said it best. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pm4fQRl72k&ob=av2n)

[ZMiles]

Charge went through fine.

Congratulations everyone! And especially, congrats to Mr. Burlew, whose brilliant work has inspired such a fantastically successful drive... and such a large fanbase as well.

[keldorn]

[QUOTE=Porthos;12764114]From the Washington Post interview (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/new-kickstarter-record-order-of-the-stick-webcomic-creator-rich-burlew-cites-huge-geeky-safety-net-in-12m-donation-campaign/2012/02/21/gIQAbMJSRR_blog.html):



Since he's an Mac user, think we can convince Rich to slurge a little and go for one of these bad boys, all tricked out (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro)?

I mean, after all, it's still a business expense. :smalltongue:
[QUOTE]
A top end Mac + a top end Cintiq + latest drawing software will probably cometo less than 1% of Rich's turnover for the year. The tax people can't argue with that.

PS glad to see a name I recognise.
Peter C

[LordRahl6]

Same here about the charges, and thank you Rich for admitting that our SUPERB job merited the lowering of the Last Mystery Prize by 10K. :smallamused: Also LOVED the new line forming to kick Belkar some more including, V, the Kobold prophet, and Haley's old Rogue guild member. (Who stole Sir Francois and Elan's stuff at the Rob you while yo sleep.)

[ss49]

I feel pretty badass just for being a part of this badassery.

[ZMiles]

Charge went through fine.

Congratulations everyone! And especially, congrats to Mr. Burlew, whose brilliant work has inspired such a fantastically successful drive... and such a large fanbase as well.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I have a feeling the "Final Prize" will be hand-waved with an "Eh, close enough."

No idea what it is, but if it is close, it will be done.

One "Bonus" prize I'd like to see is all the Giantitp Avatars being part of the Four Seasons of Stick Figure Minis. The Giant already has the files, use a mirror image of the image, set the color to gray, and you have a mini! 90% of the work has already been done by the Giant years ago.

Called it!

[WeLoveFireballs]

I feel pretty badass just for being a part of this badassery.

Don't worry, there's enough badassery to go around for everyone! (who donated more than 15 cents)

[Porthos]

*wakes up*

*rubs eyes*

WHAT THE HELL!

Seriously, cannot believe nearly $60,000 was raised in the last 4 hours! You (we) people are truly nuts. And we broke kickstarter while we were at it!


Payment processed! :smallbiggrin: now just the anticipation for OotS goodness :smallbiggrin:

From the Google Doc (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArQXJtruni7EdFZTRFY4V1kyZHJtTFF4MElKQ1ptR 2c#gid=0)
Pledged on Final "Day" (9am-9am period): $182,288.00

NOT A TYPO! :smalleek: :smalleek: :smalleek: :smalleek:

Go Us!

[factotum]

What's with all the multiple posts in this thread that are separated by minutes at time? :smallconfused:

[Porthos]

What's with all the multiple posts in this thread that are separated by minutes at time? :smallconfused:

Server hiccups. What's happening is that people are thinking that there posts aren't going through and are resubmitting them minutes later.

It's happened to me a couple of times, but I've made sure to delete my posts afterwards and let the Mods sort it all out. :smallwink:

[Kobold-Bard]

What's with all the multiple posts in this thread that are separated by minutes at time? :smallconfused:

Forum errors mean people keep refreshing their posts, I guess.

[SaintRidley]

Wow. We hit the final minutes hard enough that my internet was completely wrecked. I couldn't even touch my email.

I think we were pretty far reaching with our damage.

Go us! We have the power to completely destroy the internet. No wonder our forum needs hardware upgrades.


Also, glad to see my pledge made it through.

With my Giant-added note, I have:

$146 pledged for: signed copies of No Cure, Origin, and War. Two patches, a coloring book, two hit point pads, two sets of stickers, and Sticky Shticks.

Not bad.

Got to make sure I remember the cards and patches for the survey.




Also, I'm pretty sure we raised more than $30,000 in the last twenty minutes or so.

[McNum]

My payment went through just fine as well. Excellent. Now all that's left is waiting for the survey.

It's still almost unbelievable that we managed to hit 1.25 million. It's really awesome that we did, though.

[FafnerMorell]

Unexpected side-effectsof the OOTS Kickstarter Pledge drive:
- Thanks to all the money they're going to get shipping stuff, the US Postal Service will be able to hold off on filing bankruptcy.
- Texas will be able to pay their teachers with the money from the sales tax

(OK, not really for either of these - but we made a dent!) :smallsmile:

[Porthos]

Also, I'm pretty sure we raised more than $30,000 in the last twenty minutes or so.

The Google Doc is your friend. :smallwink:

{table]2/21/2012 11:33:00 | $1,234,439
2/21/2012 12:03:00 |$1,254,120[/table]

Almost $20K in the nose. Which is shocking enough as it is. :smalleek:

[Skavensrule]

Wow. We hit the final minutes hard enough that my internet was completely wrecked. I couldn't even touch my email.

I think we were pretty far reaching with our damage.

Go us! We have the power to completely destroy the internet. No wonder our forum needs hardware upgrades.

We destroyed internets, we caused KickStarters server to hicup also!:smallbiggrin:

[Porthos]

For people who don't want to head over to the Google Doc, the last hour of the drive:

{table]2/21/2012 11:03:00 | $1,229,036
2/21/2012 11:15:00 | $1,231,244
2/21/2012 11:30:00 | $1,234,400
2/21/2012 11:31:00 | $1,234,644
2/21/2012 11:32:00 | $1,234,503
2/21/2012 11:33:00 | $1,234,439
2/21/2012 11:34:00 | $1,234,578
2/21/2012 11:35:00 | $1,235,221
2/21/2012 11:36:00 | $1,235,345
2/21/2012 11:37:00 | $1,235,686
2/21/2012 11:38:00 | $1,236,014
2/21/2012 11:39:00 | $1,236,448
2/21/2012 11:40:00 | $1,237,429
2/21/2012 11:41:00 | $1,238,016
2/21/2012 11:42:00 | $1,238,592
2/21/2012 11:43:00 | $1,239,013
2/21/2012 11:44:00 | $1,239,678
2/21/2012 11:45:00 | $1,239,858
2/21/2012 11:46:00 | $1,240,074
2/21/2012 11:47:00 | $1,240,584
2/21/2012 11:48:00 | $1,240,803
2/21/2012 11:49:00 | $1,241,677
2/21/2012 11:50:00 | $1,241,831
2/21/2012 11:51:00 | $1,242,388
2/21/2012 11:52:00 | $1,242,564
2/21/2012 11:53:00 | $1,243,559
2/21/2012 11:54:00 | $1,244,328
2/21/2012 11:55:00 | $1,245,047
2/21/2012 11:55:20 | $1,245,269
2/21/2012 11:55:40 | $1,245,354
2/21/2012 11:56:00 | $1,245,458
2/21/2012 11:56:20 | $1,249,390
2/21/2012 11:56:40 | $1,249,772
2/21/2012 11:57:00 | $1,250,072
2/21/2012 11:57:20 | $1,250,206
2/21/2012 11:57:40 | $1,250,310
2/21/2012 11:58:00 | $1,250,464
2/21/2012 11:58:20 | $1,250,547
2/21/2012 11:58:40 | $1,250,676
2/21/2012 11:59:00 | $1,250,846
2/21/2012 11:59:20 | $1,251,227
2/21/2012 11:59:40 | $1,251,464
2/21/2012 12:00:00 | $1,251,565
2/21/2012 12:00:20 | $1,251,715
2/21/2012 12:00:40 | $1,252,281
2/21/2012 12:03:00 | $1,254,120[/table]

[ThePhantasm]

Wow. We hit the final minutes hard enough that my internet was completely wrecked. I couldn't even touch my email.

I think we were pretty far reaching with our damage.

Go us! We have the power to completely destroy the internet. No wonder our forum needs hardware upgrades.

... I don't think that's how that works. You probably just had a local network hiccup.

[Advance Strat..]

So awesome how well this thing ended. Got a laugh out of the remark about destroying F5 keys everywhere. :D


I put in $658.26 myself to get the ornaments, every book, the game with expansion, the sticky cards, and the patch, on top of all the other free stuff coming with this. Plus 6% tax since I'm in PA.

No idea how long it'll take to come in, but it'll be awesome once it does. :D

[SaintRidley]

... I don't think that's how that works. You probably just had a local network hiccup.


I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way too, but I don't care.

[ThePhantasm]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way too, but I don't care.

Couldn't tell if you were joking or not. Carry on, then.

[Flame of Anor]

Rich, just put a new prize where people pay $30 to be emailed by you with what gender Vaarsuvius is and we'll hit $2,000,000 easy.


50% get an email saying Female, 50% get an email saying Male.


Epic troll.


... I don't think that's how that works. You probably just had a local network hiccup.

WE INTERNETTED SO HARD, THAT THE INTERNET STOPPED INTERNETTING.

true story

[SaintRidley]

Couldn't tell if you were joking or not. Carry on, then.

There's an element of joking to it. Mostly, I'm taken with the timing and willing to attribute more to our powers over the internet because it makes our legend even greater.

I'm willing to sacrifice reality for the sake of awesome, in other words.


(For the tropers out there, that's Rule of Cool (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool))

[Wonton]

Rich, just put a new prize where people pay $30 to be emailed by you with what gender Vaarsuvius is and we'll hit $2,000,000 easy.


50% get an email saying Female, 50% get an email saying Male.


Well played, sir. Well played. :smallamused:

[Elder Tsofu]

For people who don't want to head over to the Google Doc, the last hour of the drive:

{table]2/21/2012 11:03:00 | $1,229,036
2/21/2012 11:15:00 | $1,231,244
2/21/2012 11:30:00 | $1,234,400
2/21/2012 11:31:00 | $1,234,644
2/21/2012 11:32:00 | $1,234,503
2/21/2012 11:33:00 | $1,234,439
2/21/2012 11:34:00 | $1,234,578
2/21/2012 11:35:00 | $1,235,221
2/21/2012 11:36:00 | $1,235,345
2/21/2012 11:37:00 | $1,235,686
2/21/2012 11:38:00 | $1,236,014
2/21/2012 11:39:00 | $1,236,448
2/21/2012 11:40:00 | $1,237,429
2/21/2012 11:41:00 | $1,238,016
2/21/2012 11:42:00 | $1,238,592
2/21/2012 11:43:00 | $1,239,013
2/21/2012 11:44:00 | $1,239,678
2/21/2012 11:45:00 | $1,239,858
2/21/2012 11:46:00 | $1,240,074
2/21/2012 11:47:00 | $1,240,584
2/21/2012 11:48:00 | $1,240,803
2/21/2012 11:49:00 | $1,241,677
2/21/2012 11:50:00 | $1,241,831
2/21/2012 11:51:00 | $1,242,388
2/21/2012 11:52:00 | $1,242,564
2/21/2012 11:53:00 | $1,243,559
2/21/2012 11:54:00 | $1,244,328
2/21/2012 11:55:00 | $1,245,047
2/21/2012 11:55:20 | $1,245,269
2/21/2012 11:55:40 | $1,245,354
2/21/2012 11:56:00 | $1,245,458
2/21/2012 11:56:20 | $1,249,390
2/21/2012 11:56:40 | $1,249,772
2/21/2012 11:57:00 | $1,250,072
2/21/2012 11:57:20 | $1,250,206
2/21/2012 11:57:40 | $1,250,310
2/21/2012 11:58:00 | $1,250,464
2/21/2012 11:58:20 | $1,250,547
2/21/2012 11:58:40 | $1,250,676
2/21/2012 11:59:00 | $1,250,846
2/21/2012 11:59:20 | $1,251,227
2/21/2012 11:59:40 | $1,251,464
2/21/2012 12:00:00 | $1,251,565
2/21/2012 12:00:20 | $1,251,715
2/21/2012 12:00:40 | $1,252,281
2/21/2012 12:03:00 | $1,254,120[/table]

And those who aren't into numbers can use this graph as a reference:
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/Tsofu/P-for-Private/Random%20stuff/Kickstartergraph.png

It is the same data (more or less, might have messed up the minutes - it is late!) quickly visualized with Microsoft Excel 2010.

[honigmuffin]

By the way, pledges #2 and #3 went through just fine, albeit very belated. Whew. :smallbiggrin:
(I wanted to report back earlier, but now that the Kickstarter is over, I have time to watch other things than the numbers. I got distracted by Green Mile on TV :smalltongue:)

And now begins the waiting. Let's see: #2 and #3 are slated for April, but both of them have the Sticky Shticks mini-expansion (one for a friend), so they might take until May (or June, I guess, but I think it'll be May). #1 is a Patience pledge, so I'll expect it as a Christmas present from my awesome (and broke) past self.
Ooh, that'll be tough. But the digital rewards will be well distributed during the wait for the parcels to arrive, I guess, so I'll manage :smallcool:

[Porthos]

By the way, pledges #2 and #3 went through just fine, albeit very belated. Whew. :smallbiggrin:

Yeah, outside of a couple of people so far, I've been very heartened to hear that most people have had their pledges cleared. Hopefully that's a good sign for the people who were worried that things wouldn't clear properly.

[WampaX]

... I don't think that's how that works. You probably just had a local network hiccup.

Actually, we did break something on Kickstarter.
The comments page was frozen at a different number than the main page and no new comments were showing up when I was refreshing it.

It was strange . . . like everything slowing down in the final seconds of a race.

[Skavensrule]

My thanks to:

Rich Burlew, for your amazing vision that has allowed us to see into your world of imagination for these brief glimpses. For your hard work in drawing these comics for the last 9 years. (and don't pay any attention to the whiners that claim what you do is just stick figures, any real artist will say the hardest part is getting the idea from your head out into the world) The method you use is wonderful and we here on these forums appreciate every bit of it.

The Mods, current and former, for keeping these forums running and stopping trolls/spammers/flamethrowers and just plain jerks from ruining it for the rest of us. And WampaX, thanks for your recent postings in this thread, been wonderful to read.

Everyone who has participated in this KickStarter, from the people who could only donate a dollar all the way up to whoever grabbed the cameo for $5000 (lucky dog):smalltongue: You have provided as much entertainment watching the lines go up as the comic itself.

Everyone who has been posting here on this thread, (which will probably be shut down soon for exceeding size limits by an ungodly factor):smallbiggrin: Again reading all the comments has been a riot.

Every fan of OotS past and present, for supporting The Giant in this for so long so he never gave up. I think I first heard about OotS back in 2004 but never started to read it myself until 2006, and did not really start to get into it until late in 2007. If not for you guys this would have simply been one more webcomic where I saw that (gee, no updates in months/years, I'll skip this one).

Ookoodook for bringing us the wonderful (dead tree) versions of this.

And I guess KickStarter can get some thanks as well for allowing Rich to find the means to (reprint one book) yeah right!:smallwink:

Last of all, anyone I missed give yourselves a pat on the back cause I'm going to sleep in the hope that by the time I wake up in the morning my other account will have the money taken out.

[honigmuffin]

Yeah, outside of a couple of people so far, I've been very heartened to hear that most people have had their pledges cleared. Hopefully that's a good sign for the people who were worried that things wouldn't clear properly.

I feel like doing a happy dance through the house that it worked out for almost everyone, and I'm sure any problems will be resolved or worked around :smallsmile: if there's ever the need to do another OotS Kickstarter, I guess our positive experiences might convince even more people to participate. Wohoo! \o/ :smallbiggrin:

[Dragon Star]

That was probably the best experience I have ever had on the Internet. Rich could have sold tickets just to be allowed to pledge.


Can we do another one?

[Porthos]

Can we do another one?

I think Rich would die of a heart attack if he wasn't allowed to recuperate. :smallwink:

So instead maybe: Same Time, Next Year? :smallsmile:

[The Underlord]

Anyone know when we will get the pdfs and such? No need to rush(unlike the last part of the drive) but just curious.

[Flame of Anor]

Can we do another one?


I think Rich would die of a heart attack if he wasn't allowed to recuperate. :smallwink:

:belkar: I sense a great disturbance... as though a thousand double entendres cried out, and were suddenly silenced...

[dakameleon]

From the Google Doc (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArQXJtruni7EdFZTRFY4V1kyZHJtTFF4MElKQ1ptR 2c#gid=0)
Pledged on Final "Day" (9am-9am period): $182,288.00

NOT A TYPO! :smalleek: :smalleek: :smalleek: :smalleek:

Go Us!

o_O

The mind boggles, truly... that's as much as the first 5 days, right?



So another side analysis: assuming everything from $850,000 onwards is surplus to requirements, that leaves Rich with $400,000. Subtract 15% for misc transaction costs (kickstarter, amazon, sales taxes), that's still $340,000. Let's say half of that will be used to cover the costs of the rewards for that final $400,000, Rich gets somewhere in the neighbourhood of $170,000.

At 30% tax that leaves around $120,000 in income for Rich from this drive, above and beyond everything else getting produced.

Now: anyone around here know yacht prices? :smallbiggrin: after all this stuff is sorted, I hope he takes a very long holiday to enjoy himself for once!


(edit for miscalculations.)

[SaintRidley]

Anyone know when we will get the pdfs and such? No need to rush(unlike the last part of the drive) but just curious.

Rich has to get a chance to make them first, so probably not any time very soon.

[Vraister]

I followed the Kickstarter from day one and got dragged in more and more the higher the line went. It was good to be part of this!

Thanks for the Kickstarter and for the comic which has been on my morning list of sites to visit for a long time (should really get my old emails from around 2003-2004 to see when a friend pointed me to the comic).

Money is taken out of the account and I am happily waiting for the goodies to come in their own time.

[dakameleon]

Anyone know when we will get the pdfs and such? No need to rush(unlike the last part of the drive) but just curious.
Rich has to get a chance to make them first, so probably not any time very soon.
iirc the earliest expected delivery time on the pledges was April... so probably not until then. A month at least - for the amount of goodies we're getting, that's hardly anything!

[ManuelSacha]

I was at my girlfriend's. I received a SMS. I looked at it and it said Kickstarter had successfully debited my card for X money. I started laughing happily. She looked at me like I was crazy.

True story. :smallwink:

[Porthos]

FANTASTIC article from Publishers Weekly about the completion of the drive. (http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/50733-web-comic-raises-1-25m-on-kickstarter.html)

Quite possibly the best one I've read so far about it.

[SirJAGman]

FANTASTIC article from Publishers Weekly about the completion of the drive. (http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/50733-web-comic-raises-1-25m-on-kickstarter.html)

Quite possibly the best one I've read so far about it.

And one of the best comments by SarahV posted on the article.

As I posted at KS, we didn't just participate, we helped. We helped Rich, we helped each other, we helped others help others. :smalltongue:

[MoonCat]

<resurfaces from pages of thread she missed and was catching up on>

Woohoo!

(Also, eek! My credit card thign failed first time. I still haven't gotten confirmation of the fix. :smalleek::smalleek::smalleek:)

[Yora]

With surpassing the target number by 20 times, there should be enough money to get all the books back into print. And that still would probably leave more than half the money over.

[fan4battle]

Well, that was one awesome ride! Thanks to the Giant and to everyone who participated! :smallbiggrin:

[Aka-chan]

Wow. This is just amazing. Congrats, everybody!:smallcool:

[Crisis21]

FANTASTIC article from Publishers Weekly about the completion of the drive. (http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/50733-web-comic-raises-1-25m-on-kickstarter.html)

Quite possibly the best one I've read so far about it.


At the end of the campaign, Burlew received pledges from 14,952 people. That’s a larger circulation than many DC or Marvel comics. He’s sold over 25,000 books reprinting his webcomic as part of the pledge packages. He plans to print at least 14,000 more books to replenish his inventory, the original goal of the project. That’s not counting the stickers, patches or coloring books thrown in as the overall total grew.

Achievement Unlocked: Mainstream is so last decade.

[peshk]

But it weren't that many people. There were/are quiet a few multi-accounts. From two to seven I think ^^
We are nonetheless a lot of people and it's a LOT of money.

[Balain]

Woot, friend came through. Stupid pre-paid credit card was charging me 2.5% service charge to my pledge because I'm in Canada and kickstarters is in the US. So even though our dollar is higher today it still put my pledge $0.77 over the limit of the card.

She lent me her credit card and I gave her the pre-paid one. I was so excited I didn't even notice agreeing to babysit her sick son in his terrible twos for the whole day...But hey Getting my OOtS swag so it's all good.

[Shonen Hero]

Sorry I'm so late to the party guys! I had Forklift training to go through, otherwise I'd have probably camped out all day and finally broke and used my credit card for a Stick it to ME pledge (I DIDN'T BREAK MOONCAT, YOU HEAR ME?! :smalltongue:) That said, the final response has blown me away, the drive has blown me away, heck you guys in the forum blow me away (WamapX, Porthos, Mooncat, and so many others). I'm so proud to have participated in this Drive, from when I was merely lurking and reading the updates on Day 1, to when I finally convinced myself to pledge and become a full time backer. I feel like I got to participate in the Super Bowl, an Orchestra, and a New Years Eve party all in one. Such an amazing, warm, fuzzy feeling...

Ah, heck, I love you guys. Every last one of you, yeah even the Kobold Bard strumming the lute in the corner! God bless all of you beautiful, wonderful, amazingly crazy people (you too, Rich!) I pray that I get to see and interact with all of you in the future, because I don't think I can ignore this community now that I've become a part of it.

*looks at post* ...and I thought I convinced myself to refrain from the sappy speeches, but noooooooo. I blame you guys! :smallwink:

[Voshkod]

The next one should be to fund his a book on his world/campaign setting, so you can run your own adventures in the OOTS world. Hell, if he had used that as a premium for this drive, he could have hit $1.5 million.

Maps of the continents. Stats on the characters. The whole nine yards.

[MoonCat]

Break? :smallconfused:

.....

My email still hasn't arrived. I'm getting a wee bit worried.

[Mutant Sheep]

Break? :smallconfused:

.....

My email still hasn't arrived. I'm getting a wee bit worried.
Don't worry Moon, it'll come eventually. There are a few thousand to send, after all. :smallcool: *fansquee* 15k is alot. TOO MANY I SAY!

[dakameleon]

My email still hasn't arrived. I'm getting a wee bit worried.

Go into Kickstarter and check your backer history - it should have updated to Collected.

Then you can check your spam folder just in case the Amazon receipt went into there.

[turkishproverb]

Sooo, I wait for the confirmation email to let him know i'm paying for a patch and schtick and not overseas shipping, right?

[Porthos]

Sooo, I wait for the confirmation email to let him know i'm paying for a patch and schtick and not overseas shipping, right?

The email survey, yes. I believe Rich said he isn't sending it out for at least a couple of days. Maybe longer.

We'll probably get the exact details in one of the forthcoming Updates.