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It would be awesome if Dany took a giant heal turn and became the big bad guy and the Night King is actually following a prophecy to stop her from ending the world. Then all those kids would be named after fantasy Hitler. That won't happen though because it's stupid, but not stupid enough to be what happens.
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But Prince was super loving talented.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/882053899/the-name-of-the-wind-art-deck of all the things to kickstart, why the fuuuuuuuuuuuck would you pick a deck of playing cards
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ChickenWing posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/882053899/the-name-of-the-wind-art-deck Let me blow your mind: This is the SECOND TIME he's Kickstarted a set of playing cards based on his books. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1460165270/the-name-of-the-wind-playing-cards
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I've got that earlier deck, and I'm excited for these new ones. I like the art a lot better on these EDIT: Is Rothfuss himself involved any beyond letting these guys use his characters? EDIT 2: Ah, looks like he's much more involved with this one than the Albino Dragon one. jivjov fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Aug 16, 2017 |
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Full disclosure: I also got the earlier deck. Two of them, in fact - a limited and unlimited version. I also got a signed bookplate add-on. I sold all of them last year as part of a lot of Rothfuss stuff.
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jivjov posted:I've got that earlier deck, and I'm excited for these new ones. I like the art a lot better on these Moron who takes the canonical status of Star Wars novels and cartoons seriously is very excited for merchandising, still hasn't found any example good writing in The Kingkiller Chronicle despite having over a literal year of time because their stupidity defies description. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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ChickenWing posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/882053899/the-name-of-the-wind-art-deck Cause he knows its the equivalent of printing money?
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Maybe I'm crazy, but $15 for a regular-old deck of cards with a unique design seems a bit much. I spent  on a Red Dead Redemption set, and thought even that was splurging. I know the whole Kickstater thing is "You're not just paying for the thing, you're supporting the creator", but $15 being the starting point of even getting a deck is kinda silly to me.Also: This print... it reminds me of something....  hmmmm.....  Also also:   All of the high-dollar tiers are taken. In one day. Jesus.
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SpacePig posted:
"THEY ACTUALLY FUNDED IT"
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:"THEY ACTUALLY FUNDED IT" I'm pretty sure this thing is going to half a million, at least.
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maybe this is why God doesn't talk to us anymore
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Well Patty certainly doesn't need to worry about the geek chic drama anymore I guess. Wow, this is pretty much as close as you can get to printing money.
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Also, maybe I'm remembering wrong, but wasn't Bast described as being dark-skinned? And Auri as being small, waifish and raggedy? Art for this book never looks the way I imagine it, save for Kvothe.
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I would pay $15 for a Zybourne Clock deck.
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SpacePig posted:Also, maybe I'm remembering wrong, but wasn't Bast described as being dark-skinned? And Auri as being small, waifish and raggedy? Art for this book never looks the way I imagine it, save for Kvothe. I think he's described as 'dark' which you could take to mean dark skinned, but most people take it to mean dark hair.
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I really didn't picture Ambrose that way. Did I just forget that he had a stupid beard?
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Solice Kirsk posted:I really didn't picture Ambrose that way. Did I just forget that he had a stupid beard? I always pictured him as clean shaven too. Odd.
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SpacePig posted:Maybe I'm crazy, but $15 for a regular-old deck of cards with a unique design seems a bit much. I spent The average donation was $65. For a set of playing cards and whatever kitch etsy level crap is being farmed out to a factory in China. Seriously, do these nerds have savings accounts and 401ks? It's not like any of these things will have any value in 10-20 years/
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Moderately paid tech jobs - 60 hour work weeks and no hobbies apart from consumimg nerd culture.
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pentyne posted:The average donation was $65. For a set of playing cards and whatever kitch etsy level crap is being farmed out to a factory in China. Seriously, do these nerds have savings accounts and 401ks? It's not like any of these things will have any value in 10-20 years/ The average actually comes out to about $60 after you subtract the $11,200 donated by 10 people across tiers from $800 to $1800 for original copies of the art used for the cards. $1800! For a crummy painting of a stupid playing card!
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Eh, I can't fault any of the people throwing money at this. I spend hundreds on bottles of liquor that are gone within a month or two. At least they get to keep these.
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I have dropped serious $$$ on nerd poo poo before, and hey at least unlike game kickstarters you know the product will actually get delivered.
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That art is garbo, is my only thought
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RentACop posted:That art is garbo, is my only thought No accounting for taste in that department to be sure. You couldn't pay me enough to hang an original Jackson Pollock in my home, but I wouldn't think twice about hanging a framed Skinny Puppy concert flyer. People just like what they like.
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My complaint is that any more money funneled to Rothfuss enables him to continue living his "famous fantasy author" lifestyle without having to write.
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I'm a huge fan of the books and the world that Rothfuss has created but I couldn't ever imagine spending 1800$ on an original painting of a playing card. I'd rather use that money to get a signed first edition of some other book. To each their own I guess.
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I just don't understand why the gently caress you'd kickstart it. Just pay for the loving art and sell them.
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ChickenWing posted:I just don't understand why the gently caress you'd kickstart it. Just pay for the loving art and sell them. The Kickstarter is to get the money to pay the artist and to get the deck printed.
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ChickenWing posted:I just don't understand why the gently caress you'd kickstart it. Just pay for the loving art and sell them. It's the best way to get nerds to fund the merchandise they would have bought anyways. Why not use kickstarter and stay from going out of pocket at all.
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and now he has extra money! it's a win for everybody.
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jivjov posted:The Kickstarter is to get the money to pay the artist and to get the deck printed. He has the money and the proven demand. Kickstarters are either to support an uncertain idea that can't otherwise get funding or to bilk fools out of extra cash. This doesn't fall in the former category.
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ChickenWing posted:I just don't understand why the gently caress you'd kickstart it. Just pay for the loving art and sell them. Because then how could you charge $15 a deck? And also, advertising something on your own site is kinda hard, so why not just Kickstart it for basically free publicity?
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HIJK posted:and now he has extra money! it's a win for everybody. So that means he'll have more motivation to finish the third book. Right guys?...Right?
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He should set up a kickstarter to get someone to ghostwrite the third book based on his draft. I'd fund it.
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Ccs posted:He should set up a kickstarter to get someone to ghostwrite the third book based on his draft. I'd fund it. Doesn't he have the book already written he just has to go back and edit / touch it up? Or am I thinking of someone else?
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Confer posted:Doesn't he have the book already written he just has to go back and edit / touch it up? Or am I thinking of someone else? That's what he said. Of course, that was also when he said book 3 would come out around 2010. quote:April 18, 2007
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Assuming Rothfuss started "editing" the 3rd book on January 1, 2009, and excluding weekends and holidays, he would need to "edit" about 184 words/day to be finished by today.
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How ridiculous. I love the series and I understand that as the author he can chose to release / work on the book whenever he pleases. However, after being spoiled by Sanderson I can't help but be slightly irritated at authors like Rothfuss and GRRM who have taken an excruciatingly long time between books. As long as we get them though, I'll be happy.
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Confer posted:How ridiculous. I love the series and I understand that as the author he can chose to release / work on the book whenever he pleases. However, after being spoiled by Sanderson I can't help but be slightly irritated at authors like Rothfuss and GRRM who have taken an excruciatingly long time between books. As long as we get them though, I'll be happy. At least ASoIaF will be finished by way of the show.
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