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In order to try and cheer you people up, I dug this line from the Kickstarter's FAQ:
"Of the projects that have reached 60% of their funding goal, 98% were successfully funded."Two percent is only like... *counts with fingers, loaning a hand here, another from there* one out of fifty! We have the odds :)
Never tell me the odds.
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Don't forget about us, the ones that are not affected by Xmas period, weird annual property taxes (we have monthly property taxes), and other silly timed taxing periods. There are many of us that have plenty $ to through at this project, but unable to do until we have a client in order to add plenty nice add-ons.
I have pledge at $100 to get the PDF super pack. I would like to pledge about another $300, but unable to so. With less than 36 hours to weekend, it is looking very bleak that I would be able to up my pledge.
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DarkOne, I doubt that you awaiting an announcement about Amiga compatibility or that you are intending to play on Wii-U? I don't want you to feel that anyone is forgetting about you, but I am not sure what it is you are actually looking for.
Linux Client. And Linux people are pretty darn generous in donating towards games for their OS. Just look at any Humble Indie Bundle.
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I thought the NeXT was cool when it was released. It strikes me that the Linux folk are kind of like the NeXTers of yesteryear (certain of their superiority, but vastly outnumbered). For that reason, I hope that the Linux folks get what they want. Whether they have money or not, respect for the NeXT just seems due.
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I am fairly certain that Linux support will be added but it depends more on the Unity's development schedule. I doubt Goblinworks is willing to start hacking support for the platform when their middleware has one in the pipeline.
And that being said, I am willing to bet (without revealing the odds, mind) that Goblinworks is furiously trying to figure out, how to present the future promise of Linux support in the most appealing form.
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I thought the NeXT was cool when it was released. It strikes me that the Linux folk are kind of like the NeXTers of yesteryear (certain of their superiority, but vastly outnumbered). For that reason, I hope that the Linux folks get what they want. Whether they have money or not, respect for the NeXT just seems due.
I'm pretty sure NeXT isn't getting Steam support. =P
In order to try and cheer you people up, I dug this line from the Kickstarter's FAQ:
"Of the projects that have reached 60% of their funding goal, 98% were successfully funded."Two percent is only like... *counts with fingers, loaning a hand here, another from there* one out of fifty! We have the odds :)
As Han solo once said, "Never tell me the odds.".
Our D20 on this could still come up a 1 or a 2.
$299,454 to go!
They may only need a few days extension if possible because it is getting dam close.
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I always thought it was the last 48 hours not 72.
But @Mine all mine...don't touch - The idea behind that is basicaly Kickstarter send out an e-mail too all the people who hit the remind me later button when the timer drops down to 48 or 72 hours (can't remember which). So all these people that thought the project sounded interesting but didn't pledge right away get a reminder. It is at this point most kickstarters see a huge boost in pledges. Look at kicktraq for some projects that were already funded. Shadowrun Online is one example, notice the sharp spike in pledges at the end.
another one to look at
Both had huge spikes at the end and there are a lot more just like this.
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The PFO curve does seem similar to some of those.
One thing to note is that generally projects that have already met their funding goal tend to get less of a last minute bump than those that are in danger of not making it.
The examples given so far in the thread that seem to most closely match PFO's Kickstarter are Z. and Shadowrun Online. Neither would have been funded if not for the last few days of their run.
Z. was asking for $100k. They made ~$50k or roughly 40% of their total funding the last 3 days of their kickstarter.
Shadowrun Online was asking for $500k. They made ~$209k or about 37% of their total funding in the last 2 days of their kickstarter.
If PFO's kickstarter has similar performance the last 2 or 3 days, they will have more than adequate funding to meet their goal.
My two worries are 1.that $1 million is a lot of money, and there may be an upper bound on how much you can expect to take in within a limited time frame, and 2. as they are so fond of saying in the world of financial markets, "past performance is not a guarantee of future results".
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If everyone who has already pledged were to pledge $52 more the project would be fully funded without additional backers. $52 while not insignificant does seem manageable. Perhaps a better way to go about driving rather than relying on new donors.
That's what the Add-ons have been about.
If everyone who has already pledged were to pledge $52 more the project would be fully funded without additional backers. $52 while not insignificant does seem manageable. Perhaps a better way to go about driving rather than relying on new donors.
Hence all the add-ons. I know I've nearly tripled my pledge with add-on benefits this week.
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Ya I wasn't trying to be smart ass but rather motivating in that $296,000 while a lot isn't as daunting as it may seem to othersIf everyone who has already pledged were to pledge $52 more the project would be fully funded without additional backers. $52 while not insignificant does seem manageable. Perhaps a better way to go about driving rather than relying on new donors.That's what the Add-ons have been about.
And when one factors is the "invisible" pledgers in buddy and guild levels, the per capita is reduced down to ~43 :)
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I on the verge of quadrupling my pledge, but still waiting for GW to give me the go ahead to do it. Basically less than 12 hours to go to get an answer.
You might try messaging them through the KS page. Maybe they can give you a more direct answer then they can give as a whole to the community.
I on the verge of quadrupling my pledge, but still waiting for GW to give me the go ahead to do it. Basically less than 12 hours to go to get an answer.
If I were you I would not hold my breath on Linux support, if they do not announce it with in the next day they are most likely not going to announce it. unity does not support Linux yet. unity devs are working on Linux support for unity so that is most likely when PFO will support Linux.
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So, couldn't fall asleep so I did some little scripting to give you all one page more to hit refresh on. It is the ugliest site in the world and serves no purpose at all.
Now that I got that done, maybe I'll finally get my 4 hours of sleep.
Heey. I've seen far uglier sites than that.
