Kickstarter Discussion Thread

[Anastrianna]

Thanks!

[Foxden Racing]

We are working on a pledge manager that will allow last-minute post kickstarter additions, but do not want to encourage people to use it heavily. The ability to add a few dollars in case of math errors is important, and the ability to go , "yay, I got paid, now I can add $10 for this giant" is great, but we really want to encourage people to pledge *now* (or at least this week) to help us make new goals. moneys added in the RPM (Reaper Pledge Manager) will not count towards new goals, only new specific rewards for you.

 

That said, we cannot and will not regulate how it is used, so if you end up pledging $1 today and $1,000 via the RPM, we'll honor it.

 

At which point, allow me to lay my cards on the table now.

 

Everything I can afford before Saturday, will be pledged before Saturday. If the RPM is still active when I get my next shot in the arm, I'll be picking up some or all of what I had to pass on; otherwise, count me as a retail customer for the new Bones. It's got nothing to do with goals or not goals, and everything to do with me living in an apartment and ergo not having a yard in which to plant a money tree.

[Gailbraithe]

I just want to know how a bunch of 0 level commoners got that deep into the underground...

 

Adventurer: Hey, you, you wanna make some gold?

Commoner: What do I have to do?

Adventurer: Just hold this torch for me. One gold per day.

Commoner: Awesome! Sure, I'll do that.

...Eight Hours Later...

Commoner: Where are we?

Adventurer: Seventh level of the Pleasure Pit of the Demon Whores.

Commoner: Can I go home now?

Adventurer: Sure, but you're not getting paid, and you'll have to find your own way past that half-dragon otyugh we passed an hour ago.

Commoner: My job sucks!

 

Oh, and because I find it interesting to see what everyone else is getting, I'm up to:

 

Vampire Level

+ Case

+ Nethyrmaul

+ Undead Paint Set

+ Marine Paint Set

+ Forces of Nature

+ Demons

+ Steampunk Dragon

+ Ebonwraith

+ Fire Giant King & Queen

+ Fire Giant Warriors x2

+ Frost Wyrm

+ Jabberwock

+ Mythos Monsters

+ Pathfinder Dragon

+ Spider Centaurs

+ Undead Giant

+ Vermin x2

+ We Be Goblins

+ Deep Dwellers

+ Fire It Up! x2

+ Urban Legends Sophie Upgrade

 

Total Pledge: $380

 

C'mon, Reapers, let's see if you can get me to over $400 by the time this is over.

[psyberwolfe1]

Good Lawd! We're booking it through this stretch goal.

[Thes Hunter]

Really, I feel we have done our job if every non-backer can find ONE Bones mini they would buy after the KS is over. I *hope* that we have already included enough good value that all Backers are already happy.

 

I will be very happy when this ends and I can sleep without the ticker next to my pillow set to wake me 25% toward goal so i can be awake in time to post updates.

 

But then, I'm selfish and like my sleep.

 

I wondered how this was being handled....

 

At first I thought there was a monkey that hit the refresh button every 30 seconds or so, and if they saw the goal was reached, they set of some Rube Goldberg contraption to alert the "People in Charge"

 

Then I thought... nah... can't be, KS must have some auto update function where you set levels and pre-plan the goal message, and it's fired off automatically.

 

Interesting that both were a bit right.

[buglips*the*goblin]

I would have made it to the eighth level of the pleasure pits, but I ran out of money because of the kickstarter.

 

I regret nothing.

 

 

 

 

Well . . . maybe mouthing off to the Balrog bouncer.

[Dan d'Lyon]

So....did I miss anything over the weekend?

[psyberwolfe1]

So....did I miss anything over the weekend?

 

Beside the Goblin strippers? Nothing.

[buglips*the*goblin]

So....did I miss anything over the weekend?

 

 

Depends on what you shot at.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What?

 

 

 

 

Well, they can't all be gems.

 

Shut up.

 

I have work to do today, leaves less time to be funny.

[ladystorm]

Then I thought... nah... can't be, KS must have some auto update function where you set levels and pre-plan the goal message, and it's fired off automatically.

 

there is a notification that RBryan gets when the goal is being approached, but he has to manually do the updates. it isn't automatic.

it is why a few updates (2?) were slightly delayed since they hit faster than he could get back to the office.

[Doug Sundseth]

So....did I miss anything over the weekend?

 

Did you see that Mark Martin wreck in Michigan? That was something.

 

[Dan d'Lyon]

So....did I miss anything over the weekend?

 

Beside the Goblin strippers? Nothing.

 

Sorry, but I don't really want to see Buglips "au naturalle". Thanks though.

[Dan d'Lyon]

So....did I miss anything over the weekend?

 

Did you see that Mark Martin wreck in Michigan? That was something.

 

 

Ok, THAT I did miss. Heard it was horrible though.

 

But I've actually been lurking all weekend on the KS site. I just didn't have time to visit and post stuff here. And only here for a few minutes anyway. Busy work week.....

Edited August 20, 2012 by Seadragon

[csimian]

@ buglips*the*golbin

 

What has Cobra been up tp lately???

[Reaperbryan]

Really, I feel we have done our job if every non-backer can find ONE Bones mini they would buy after the KS is over. I *hope* that we have already included enough good value that all Backers are already happy.

 

I will be very happy when this ends and I can sleep without the ticker next to my pillow set to wake me 25% toward goal so i can be awake in time to post updates.

 

But then, I'm selfish and like my sleep.

 

I wondered how this was being handled....

 

At first I thought there was a monkey that hit the refresh button every 30 seconds or so, and if they saw the goal was reached, they set of some Rube Goldberg contraption to alert the "People in Charge"

 

Then I thought... nah... can't be, KS must have some auto update function where you set levels and pre-plan the goal message, and it's fired off automatically.

 

Interesting that both were a bit right.

Kit built an automated widget that scans the tracker at the top of the forum and sends out a text alert to everyone at reaper when a goal is imminent. Kickstarter itself has automated none of that process. You cannot pre-load a stretch goal, nor pre-define trigger events at which to make announcements.

 

I think they do it because they want it to be a community experience, not an automated ticker. Which I get.