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Mors Rattus posted:Dark Eras 2 has funded, taking 20 hours or so to raise that last 200 dollars. I will make the books claim that they can get $5k more in 22 days. Rand Brittain posted:Isn't that kind of unprecedented for an Onyx Path kickstarter? Usually they hit their opening goal within the first day. I think so. I didn't pay attention to the first Dark Eras campaign. Did it do relatively poorly? Maybe core books are where it's at?
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The Unlife Aquatic posted:I think Swedracula's antics are hitting their bottom line tbh.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:48
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Dark Eras was really successful, funding wise. It got loads of stretch goals and the scope of the project was massively expanded. And due to that, it took a lot longer to deliver than was promised. I can't help but think that has something to do with people's reluctance for this one.
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That Old Tree posted:I will make the books claim that they can get $5k more in 22 days. Oh hey, they lowered that to 45, rather than 55. They might actually make it now.
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Yawgmoth posted:That and there's undoubtedly some people who feel burned by Beast: the Edgelording being a giant pile of rear end. Yeah the fact that Beast is even there in these big all-line projects kind of kills my enthusiasm for them. I'm still looking forward to the Crossover Chronicle stuff (if it ever happens) but the same problem still applies. Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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It's probably a combination of Swedracula, people boycotting White Wolf because of hiring decisions, Beast being a steaming turd, and Dark Eras 1 being incredibly slow to fulfill due to stretch goal over-commitment.
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Jul 13, 2017 21:27
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They took down and have re-posted the Golden Age of Piracy line poll "with increased security" because apparently someone was ballot-stuffing.
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Jul 13, 2017 21:55
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So this is the current, accurate vote count? http://theonyxpath.com/dark-eras-poll/ What were they stuffing for? I like Geist, but how is it winning that poll? Beast has 4% of that vote. Who are these people.
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Jul 13, 2017 22:11
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It's not just erasing cookies and voting repeatedly, it's getting others to vote who aren't backing (members of gaming party or friends/family) or voting on other IPs you might have access to. So if you like Beast, you get your partner to vote on their computer and maybe do it at your workplace as well. The first Kickstarter did pretty well but I've seen some people saying they're just going to wait until it's done and buy the individual chapters. The individual gameline pledges accounted for 94 backers in the first one.
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Jul 13, 2017 22:15
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Enola Gay-For-Pay posted:I like Geist, but how is it winning that poll? Yeah, that's baffling, but sure, what the hell. Pirate ghosts sounds cool.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Yeah, that's baffling, but sure, what the hell. Pirate ghosts sounds cool. I voted Geist because I thought of Cervantes from Soul Calibur and he's pretty cool. Otherwise I might've gone with vampire just because of the discussion in this thread about pirate vampires.
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Jul 13, 2017 22:23
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I voted Mage, because the first Mage: the Awakening game I ran was set in the Golden Age of Piracy.
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Jul 13, 2017 22:24
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Enola Gay-For-Pay posted:I voted Mage, because the first Mage: the Awakening game I ran was set in the Golden Age of Piracy. I voted Mage because it's first past the post and there was no way Demon was gonna make it. 
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Jul 13, 2017 22:26
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It might just be people going "ooh, ghost ships". Which, you know, fair enough. Though I have to say such overwhelming support for a fairly marginal game line seems a bit odd. Does Geist have a lot of fans who just don't talk about it all that much?
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Jul 13, 2017 22:26
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I voted Mage because I'm running Mage and any extra official material makes me happy and makes my game better. Plus Pirate Wizards are a key component of my favourite fantasy series.
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it's top two right? because Geist and Mage are runaways right now. e: Terrorforge posted:It might just be people going "ooh, ghost ships". Which, you know, fair enough. Though I have to say such overwhelming support for a fairly marginal game line seems a bit odd. Does Geist have a lot of fans who just don't talk about it all that much? I like Geist a lot, my only problem is that it just doesn't have enough to really work with. I'm excitedly waiting for 2e in the hopes that it makes the game a bit more meaty.
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cptn_dr posted:I voted Mage because I'm running Mage and any extra official material makes me happy and makes my game better. Pirate Wizards have to be very careful about causing Parrot-dox. e: the villains of Pirate Wizard line are, of course, the Exarrrrrrchs
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Jul 13, 2017 22:30
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TBF, one of the least offensive Beast characters was a little kid who snuck aboard a merchant vessel. Also TBF, one of the worst Beast characters was the sexy snake who ascended to godhood because his soul hosed the titanic to death.
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Kurieg posted:Also TBF, one of the worst Beast characters was the sexy snake who ascended to godhood because his soul hosed the titanic to death. what I mean it's Beast but what
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It is weird to me that Mummy is a part of these. I can't see them bringing it into line with the new editions anytime soon (if ever)
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Lord_Hambrose posted:It is weird to me that Mummy is a part of these. I can't see them bringing it into line with the new editions anytime soon (if ever) They're probably going after Geist. It's the only one that doesn't have a second edition done or in some form of being done right now. A safer idea might be to just have some easy rules update that won't require years of time and effort rewriting the setting information. Though they might want to rewrite the setting information I've no idea.
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Kurieg posted:TBF, one of the worst Beast characters was the sexy snake who ascended to godhood because his soul hosed the titanic to death. You take that back, Sexy Snake Man who just sits around doing occasional tidal waves to this small coastal town and won't shut up about how he was the one responsible for the Titanic a century ago is amazing.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Pirate Wizards have to be very careful about causing Parrot-dox. Boooooo
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cptn_dr posted:Boooooo Yes, we get it, Geist is winning.
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Jul 13, 2017 22:59
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I'm hoarding my kickstarter money for Deviants: the Guyvering.
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Terrorforge posted:what  The timeline and details are incredibly unclear, but the implication is either that his horror somehow physically manifested and sunk the titanic while he was sleeping and hungry. Or he inherited the horror that sunk the titanic, and the realization of this instantly incarnated him. Oh, right. Kurieg posted:
And while I'm posting poo poo from my timeline, I feel the need to point this out, again. Because this is hilarious and dumb. Kurieg posted:The insatiables special insatiable only powers are called Esurients
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Y'know, I showed that art to an artist friend of mine a while back and she about went apoplectic at how lazy the actual composition of it is. You can see different segments by blur level all over the coiled tail, the entirety of the scale effect is a lovely texture brush, the hands were drawn with a near-audible "gently caress it", and the head has next to nothing to do with the rest of the piece in terms of technique. Then I explained to her that it was also supposed to be supernaturally sexy and there may have been an quip along the lines of "so they don't bother hiring off Tumblr, I see."
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Kurieg posted:
Ooookay then. Daeren posted:Y'know, I showed that art to an artist friend of mine a while back and she about went apoplectic at how lazy the actual composition of it is. You can see different segments by blur level all over the coiled tail, the entirety of the scale effect is a lovely texture brush, the hands were drawn with a near-audible "gently caress it", and the head has next to nothing to do with the rest of the piece in terms of technique. That's a deviantArt piece if I ever saw one.
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When I look at this, the first thing that comes to mind is "Paint me like one of your french girls.". Not, y'know, "Holy poo poo how do you even slither around your snake half is like 3 times the size of your body.". Seriously, I have this mental image of him painfully dragging his face along the deck of some ship while obnoxiously terrorizing some yacht owners about how he'll totally do them like he did the Titanic and oh maaan haven't you heard of me? Like the most obnoxious monstrous prima donna ever. Archonex fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Maybe he bites his tail and rolls, like a hoopsnake. (My first thought is: man, someone got paid to draw that)
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When Geist wins the pirate poll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fzXmJyolfY
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Yawgmoth posted:That and there's undoubtedly some people who feel burned by Beast: the Edgelording being a giant pile of rear end. that hasn't hurt any of their other kickstarters since that book came out
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Blockhouse posted:that hasn't hurt any of their other kickstarters since that book came out This is the first Chronicles Kickstarter since Beast, but I doubt that's it too. Some people like Beast, maybe they're voting for it. Or to fit in with the Pirates of the Caribbean stuff alongside Geist.
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Didn't a bunch of frat boys try to sacrifice Buffy to that snake guy?
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drat, it looks like Changeling (which I was hoping for) is the one someone was votestuffing for. Pressgangs, y'all! Motley crews, and stowaways!
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Wasn't there also the big "Onyx Path doesn't pay its freelancers!!!" kerfuffle mostly related to Exalted that might make some people a bit shy about giving money to them?
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bewilderment posted:Wasn't there also the big "Onyx Path doesn't pay its freelancers!!!" kerfuffle mostly related to Exalted that might make some people a bit shy about giving money to them? That is, and remains, unsubstantiated rumor. In fact I haven't heard it from anyone other than Holden and his immediate circle of cautious fans. I know several freelancers, e.g., no one else has had this mysterious non-payment problem. OPP is a small business and occasionally makes mistakes or mails things to the wrong address or poo poo like that but Exalted is the only instance I've heard of the freelancers 'not getting paid' and given that Holden and co. demanded payment for poo poo they were never asked to write I remain skeptical until somebody spells it out for me.
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Is there a particular reason Geist is leading? I don't follow it much. I know the Golden Age of Piracy has been a speculated element for Mage for a while now, so that's not a surprise, I'm just wondering what it is that's caused a line that I've not seen or heard discussed much (and I don't think even has a 2E update?) to be leading so heavily. Is it really just ghost pirates?
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Ironslave posted:Is there a particular reason Geist is leading? https://giphy.com/embed/IgOqZd73j9GmY
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