Reply With QuoteSuspicion confirmed!Originally Posted by Jasper Phillips
Holy COW I haven't been reading this and missed is completely. 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS!
Suspicion confirmed!
I guess Rich is either feeling better about his health, or the whole Kickstarter thing is making him feel a lot more motivated to do the strip.
I don't know if I can handle this kind of update frequency. Too much awesome condensed into too little time might make me explode or something.
Edit: oh well herp my derp, there's the 5-day-old explanation right there on the site: "Also, if you hadn't noticed, I'm posting a new OOTS comic every day until the end of the drive. Three down, five to go. Enjoy."
Last edited by Rimbo; 02-21-2012 at 12:03 AM.
The art print package is the good one. I added an extra $6 for the cards and $4 for the patch (yeah, pathetic, but I figured that since I'm getting everything else, I might as well take that as well). The $24 package was my alternative, but I'd rather get the art print for $1 than an extra coloring book.
Otherwise, the $10 basic pledge is still great if one isn't interested in the Shtick game cards (but I already have the game + expansion, so I wanted to get those).
Thanks strategy, I hadn't realized that he'd updated it.
I did almost the same thing--I pledged $25 for the art print package and added $6 for the game cards, but I skipped the patch.
The art print package is the good one. I added an extra $6 for the cards and $4 for the patch (yeah, pathetic, but I figured that since I'm getting everything else, I might as well take that as well).
I find the list of stuff daunting and incredibly confusing. What is the option to just get all of the print books, without the magnets, t-shirts, etc., and without duplicating materials/books?
You want to pledge $222 and select "THE WHOLE STORY" as your reward.
And you want to do it within 20 minutes, when the drive ends.
Wait. Did he want print-only or all the books possible, in print form?
And now it's over. Final tally, $1,253,757.
Followup: even though it's "over", the number is still increasing, probably due to the processing of last minute pledges. Now it's $1,254,120.
I like how he bumped mystery reward #9 down from 1.260 to 1.250. I figured he would but it was still nice to see.
Looking forward to rereading everything from the beginning plus bonus content I missed out by being online only. Now I just have to explain to the normally understanding wife why I just dropped $222 on a stack of stick figure drawings (not really, but it sounds funny).
Fantastic kickstart drive, really. And it must feel really amazing - not to say overwhelming - for Burlew to experience first-hand the level of support that his creative work receives. Well deserved, certainly, but no (good) creator is ever really truly satisfied with their creation. Even more than the money giving him freedom to experiment, I imagine this will be something that will help him through many a tedious night of drawing.
I find the whole thing fascinating, because I think Rich really did a lot of things right (either on purpose or by accident). I think he's just as responsible for the drive's success as his fans and backers.
I wold say he is the main responsible of the drive's success in the sense that if this was a shitty comic, no one would make a dime about it. But he was good, he make a very good comic for free.
The continual series of well-timed and interesting goals, perks, and updates definitely preserved the drive's momentum for its entire existence. Just look at the final graph:
The slope is nearly constant for the entire month, and it actually accelerates during the final week. Masterful marketing on Rich's part.
who's the 2nd guy in line in black?
Not really sure. Everyone else (except Vaarsuvius) is someone Belkar's killed over the course of the strip, but I don't recognize that guy either.
Haley's Theives' Guild:
611
Oooh, you're good. And part of one of the most satisfying sequences of strips in the whole of OOTS, imho.
I did peg both the thieves guild fodders, but I cannot figure out who the bearded man in armor is.
PS) On another, conspiratorial note, does this suggest that V is going to be the one who kills Belkar?
Or, perhaps, does this mean that Belkar is going to kill V?
Nice Publishers Weekly article that sums up many of the points made in this thread.
Hmm, reality or illusion?
I didn't consider that, but yeah, I vote Illusion now.
Smells like a Test of Worthiness to me. Or maybe Xykon did get there first?
Damn good illusion if it's fooling scent as well. Of course, a high level illusionist could probably swing that.
I'm doubtful on the illusion angle. Durkon has true seeing running so I don't think Burlew would have good to that much trouble to set that gruesome scene if it's all going to be revealed as an illusion when Durkon walks in the room a few seconds later. I could be wrong, I'm historically quite bad at predicting OOTS twists, but I think this scene is real.
I don't think Xykon would let that much undead raw material go to waste. I also don't think it's an illusion. What actually happened is a big unknown to me, though there's been some interesting speculation on the official forums that I don't want to be true:
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