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[Soupie]

I think the concept behind Kickstarter is that it is a social network for creators and their potential customers to see how much or little interest there is in their product before any money is paid or spent. Sometimes interest begits interest which is cool too. Once interested parties see that there are dozens/hundreds of other people also interested and willing to pay for an as-yet unproduced product they are more likely to pay when the time comes.

As far as one or even ten people dropping out, ideally the success of a large project won't hinge on whether 1-10 people can actually pay when the time comes. That's not to say that it doesn't stink for this particular project, but it also doesn't mean that this is a flaw in KS's system. I don't think it is.

[Soupie]

I'm 95% certain that when OMFG! Reached their funding goal date I got an email from Amazon asking me to confirm payment. I'll check my email archive. Brb.

[ComradeCuttlefish]

One week from today ROTB will have received $10,800 in pledges only to barely fail.

No one wants to see that happen.

[jkaris]

One week from today ROTB will have received $10,800 in pledges only to barely fail.

No one wants to see that happen.

I don't think that will happen. I'm sure if we are that close, people will either up their pledges to cover the difference or those who have been on the fence will finally pledge.

[Ericnilla]

yeah, but it can definitely happen. omfg was the only thing i backed that went through so far. haha 2 other ones i backed fell short.

[Soupie]

No request for authorization; payment goes through on end date if pledge goal is reached. (And importantly if the money is in the account!) I got a confirmation email from both KS and Amazon.

However, I recall people familiar with KS saying that something like X% of pledges never come in, so just cause you reach your goal doesn't mean youre in the clear. (Sorry, I'm not trying to be a negative nacy.)

Anyhow, I still would rather people cancel their pledge so everone knows than have them simply fail to pay when the time comes and have it be a huge shock and disappointment. As JK says, shit happens. Also, people are notoriously bad at planning for the future.

Edited by Soupie, 05 March 2012 - 08:35 PM.

[BaltanII]

EDIT: Okay, that's all cleared up.

Still wishing this project the best.

Edited by BaltanII, 06 March 2012 - 12:19 AM.

[jkaris]

PopCultureNetwork did a little piece on ROTB on their latest podcast:

[peterh01]

Hey guys!

At last... here is the colored version of the Battle Scene sketch of Rise of the Beasts!

Original artwork for $200 pledge level

Battle Scene



Enjoy!
-Peter Hernandez

Edited by peterh01, 07 March 2012 - 02:36 PM.

[Ericnilla]

PopCultureNetwork did a little piece on ROTB on their latest podcast:

:youtube video:

pretty cool, hopefully some more pledges comes from it that wouldnt have normally.

Edited by Ericnilla, 07 March 2012 - 03:03 PM.

[jkaris]

Looks awesome Peter!

[DoctorRat]

Awesome! Backed! Can not wait to see these! Posted to my facebook. Beast of luck to you!

Edited by DoctorRat, 08 March 2012 - 07:07 AM.

[iwao]

As JK says, shit happens. Also, people are notoriously bad at planning for the future.

Count me in that group. I didn't pledge then back out, but I've been waiting on pledging at the $30 level to make sure I would have the money for this, and I don't. I don't put this kind of stuff on credit cards. If I don't have it in my checking, then I have to pass.

The unfortunate thing about the 3/14 end date is I think most people get paid on the 15th and last day of the month (like me), or every other Friday. I knew as soon as I saw the end date that I wasn't likely to have $30 toy spending money left on the day before payday.

[jkaris]

Another $1100 backer!

[jkaris]

Added an update...

http://www.kickstart...-series-1/posts

[doc_moore_j]

Damn i wish I had the scratch for the choose the figure pledge. That would eb so awesome. I still have yet to pledge, i promise tonight, but it wont be much

[DoctorRat]

Upped my backing. Go, John! Go!

[waaaaghlord]

Upped my backing. Go, John! Go!

Me too. I'm right at my limit with the funding deadline ending on rent week though. I have just put out a shout in the UK sightings thread at Seibertron, see if there's any interest there. There has been a thread over there for a little while, but it's in the nonTF toys section which doesn't get a lot of traffic.

[grimerslimer]

I'll be in for $45! I'm sure glad I stumbled upon this in time!

I've got a few friends whom I'll brow beat into backing it as well.

[ComradeCuttlefish]

Wow, seriously?!?!?! You guys are funded as of just a few minutes ago. A whole bunch of people just pledged almost $3000. $11,470

[Ericnilla]

awesome~! hopefully we get enough padding in case we lose anymore pledgers.

Dang there are four $1,100 pledges and two $1,500 pledges.

Edited by Ericnilla, 09 March 2012 - 09:07 PM.

[imperfecz]

I just refreshed the screen and caught that! So if people don't back out we're good!!!!

[PimpNugget]

AWESOME~!

[NeutronHacker]

NICE!

So how does this work now? If people back out while other people are paying and we dip back below the goal (which seems unlikely as we're $560 above goal) does that mean people can pay and we can still end up not reaching the goal? Or do people only have till Wed. to back out? Let's try not to back out people!

[BaltanII]

I do wish I had been able to back the project as well, and was feeling bad about that because I was concerned you guys wouldn't make it to 11k. I'm thrilled to see that wasn't the case after all! Very happy you guys seem to be in the clear and might even reach your new 14k goal!