schild
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What do you all think about me doing the donation drive on Kickstarter, with overfunding goals like custom forums, titles, interviews with developers, etc.
I mean, why the fuck not, right? We always "hit" the goal within a few bucks. Might as well make a grind out of it.
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Paelos
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Make it so only people that donate can post in the politics forum. Or see the politics forum.
I think it's a good idea.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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ghost
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Make it so only people that donate can post in the politics forum. Or see the politics forum.
I think it's a good idea.
Fucking yes. |
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Thrawn
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Why would we want to punish the people who donate? People who donate can no longer see the politics forum makes more sense.
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Jherad
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Make it so only people that donate can post in the politics forum. Or see the politics forum.
I think it's a good idea.
I like this idea in principle, but I seem to remember one ex-politics poster going all 'I pay for your server!11!' towards the end. A forum with access only for donators might create some misguided sense of entitlement - something that the original 'your donation buys you nothing!' premise was a happy retort against. Goals which benefit everyone are good, and I can't really see any harm in titles. |
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« Last Edit: May 16, 2012, 07:18:10 AM by Jherad »
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ghost
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Make it so only people that donate can post in the politics forum. Or see the politics forum.
I think it's a good idea.
I like this idea in principle, but I seem to remember one ex-politics poster going all 'I pay for your server!11!' towards the end. A forum with access only for donators might create some misguided sense of entitlement - something that the original 'your donation buys you nothing!' premise was a happy retort against. Goals which benefit everyone are good, and I can't really see any harm in titles. This is different because it forces the jihadists to pony up if they want to continue. And in that case everyone would be able to get all "I pay for your server" so it would even out. |
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IainC
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Jihadists?
You said something dumb, got called on it and since then have been nailing yourself to that cross every time the politics forum is mentioned. Get over it.
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Soln
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Ok
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Ingmar
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I'm always up for another xp bar.
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Chimpy
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Just keep it open long enough for me to donate this year. Last two years it has closed before I was able to put in a donation because I had to wait on cash flow.
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How much for 5 no questions asked bannings per year?  |
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schild
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5? A king's ransom. 1, not so much.
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shiznitz
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How much for a black name?
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I have never played WoW.
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schild
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Oh colored names, that's another nice one.
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ghost
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Jihadists?
You said something dumb, got called on it and since then have been nailing yourself to that cross every time the politics forum is mentioned. Get over it.
Nothing wrong with saying that the politics forum is a shit heap. Everyone knows it. |
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ghost
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Oh colored names, that's another nice one.
Do you have a list of easily administered features in mind for the bidding? I personally wouldn't want to see you have to do a bunch more work if you're going to get the same people giving money. Because I suppose that would be the point- to try and get other folks that don't typically give money to give money? I suppose I like the kickstarter thing as a gimmick but wouldn't recommend it to you unless you think you'll see some sort of nice results. |
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Paelos
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If we donate, will there be crafting?
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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ghost
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We should get to rename subforums with the appropriate donation.
Also, what about alts?
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« Last Edit: May 16, 2012, 12:29:17 PM by ghost »
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Pezzle
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I would rather just donate. Seeing extra glowy stuff appear on payment would be annoying. Then you get into the entitlement nonsense..
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Soln
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PAY TO WIN, PAY 2 CRUSH!
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If we donate, will there be crafting?
Will it be a sandbox? |
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Lantyssa
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Will there be a donation amount for getting nothing for something?
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Samwise
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I like the kickstarter idea. Overfunding goals should be things that benefit/entertain everyone rather than giving special perks to individual donators IMO.
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Strazos
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Sure, why not - take my money. I don't seem to need it anyway.
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Yegolev
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I like the kickstarter idea. Overfunding goals should be things that benefit/entertain everyone rather than giving special perks to individual donators IMO.
Sure, but that prevents the wealthy from getting preferential treatment. |
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Viin
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How is Kickstarter better than amazon donations or whatever? Just the tiered rewards? And how is an F13 Donation Kickstarter going to make it through the backlog of 70,000 other projects?  |
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schild
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I like the kickstarter idea. Overfunding goals should be things that benefit/entertain everyone rather than giving special perks to individual donators IMO.
Sure, but that prevents the wealthy from getting preferential treatment. This. |
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schild
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How is Kickstarter better than amazon donations or whatever? Just the tiered rewards? And how is an F13 Donation Kickstarter going to make it through the backlog of 70,000 other projects? You know what, it isn't necessarily better. I suppose I could set up our own little kickfunding thing on the site here without having to use Kickstarter. |
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Ingmar
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If you do it on Kickstarter you might get banned people giving $1 so they can flame you in the comments. That's all upside as far as I can see.
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schild
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Haha. You think I'd offer a $1 level?
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Yegolev
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 Use the Kickstarter, it's all the rage now. No one gives half a fuck about Amazon. Ride the popularity wave. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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How much for hookerbots?
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Samwise
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« Last Edit: May 17, 2012, 12:05:19 AM by Samwise »
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