Bob "Powers of Tesla" Lindley 2015-01-26T18:13:15-05:00
I can't get Kicktraq to load. I think we broke Kicktraq.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:13:17-05:00
Was supposed to update at 3pm (13 minutes ago)
Matt Palmer 2015-01-26T18:13:20-05:00
"Not Safe For Work"
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T18:13:47-05:00
Thanks dude
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:14:06-05:00
@Avena,
Yeah, me too. It does update more frequently when the project is near the end, but still not real-time.
Bob "Powers of Tesla" Lindley 2015-01-26T18:14:10-05:00
@Chace. Not Safe For Work.
Docmac 2015-01-26T18:15:10-05:00
Proud to be a backer and congrats on the success, but over $4 MILLION for a card game. I think this may have been one of the signs of the impending apocalypse....or certainly the end of civilization as we know it....thank god....
Davern Gary Civil 2015-01-26T18:18:18-05:00
#ExplodingKittensFTW
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:23:33-05:00
Seems the FAQ answers need to be updated with the new info about the NSFW deck having 56 cards now, and not needing to buy 2 things to play up to 8 players. :)
Jörn Huxhorn 2015-01-26T18:24:22-05:00
@BruceP Thanks for your answer 7h ago!
Argh! I can't keep up with the comments section speed!
Next question that may have been asked a million times: will the NSFW deck have some kind of symbol so it's easy to separate the NSFW deck from the basic deck after a combined game?
I assume yes but it's not mentioned in the FAQ so far...
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:25:32-05:00
@Jorn,
No worries. :)
I bet the face of the NSFW cards will have a different color, or border, or something that will distinguish them.
Chris Kunkel 2015-01-26T18:27:25-05:00
I'll Mirror some of the other comments on here, in that i'd rather see a stretch goal of better quality/more robust materials rather than any additional shiny bits and pieces. The game sounds awesome, I'd like it to survive my 4 year old.
Beyond that holy crap, Congrats on 4M!
K. L. 2015-01-26T18:28:54-05:00
@Jörn Huxhorn, good question, and great idea. Just a small icon on the corner (front, not back) of the cards would be a huge plus for resorting these decks!
Toby Parkison 2015-01-26T18:29:38-05:00
It's in second right now for all-time backers (They need a little over 105,000), they've shattered the percentage record in which they raised money compared to their requested goal (400%, old goal was 27.5%) and they're about to be 7th all-time money raised for a kickstarter.
Most money ever was 13 million, don't think they'll get there. But they're Gonna be Top 5 all-time as they have 24 days remaining. This is fun to watch honestly. Glad I found out about this the first day! This is AWESOME.
Keith "Virrgo" Goken 2015-01-26T18:31:50-05:00
Let's destroy Kickstarter and get this up to 1million backers !!!! Get this posted on everything we can, every website , blog whatever !!!!
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T18:32:02-05:00
The people that pledged$500 to get their own card does everyone get the card or just them
Elbert Chan 2015-01-26T18:32:30-05:00
@Chace: Only them
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T18:34:08-05:00
Ic wonder why they dont give to everyone
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:36:34-05:00
@Chace W,
If they gave the custom cards to everyone, currently, that would be an extra 307,068 cards. ;)
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:37:37-05:00
Wait, I only counted for 1 person, not 5, so it would be an extra 1,535,415 cards. :)
Jörn Huxhorn 2015-01-26T18:42:51-05:00
I suspect something like a dark red border on the regular deck and a black border on the NSFW deck - like the box designs. Or simply an NSFW in one of the corners.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:43:56-05:00
@Jorn,
Yeah, I was picturing something similar. Like a different color background, or different border.
Dmitri Kurteanu 2015-01-26T18:45:44-05:00
I wish I could add another 5 bucks to get the card sleeves included in the package.
David Inglehart 2015-01-26T18:46:47-05:00
How about producing the cards on the highest quality cardstock and finish available?
@DocMac: I see what you did there. And I concur. ;-)
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T18:50:05-05:00
@Dmitri K,
Card sleeves are cheap. You can get 1000 for less than $10. :) And for all we know, the cards for this game will be super-high quality and won't need sleeving. We're not sure yet...
Jonny 2015-01-26T18:54:18-05:00
100,000+ backers and over 4 mil, that's crazy. Congrats you guys and happy birthday Elan.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:02:05-05:00
Kicktraq is updating again
Dmitri Kurteanu 2015-01-26T19:03:07-05:00
@BruceP
Yeah, except I live in a country where there isn't a single store to buy them from. Shipping will take time and will cost several times more than actual sleeves. I'm already paying $20 for the shipping, might be even more with the second deck. I'd gladly add $5-$10 to my pledge to just have the right number of properly-sized sleeves shipped with the game.
Kristen Piersa 2015-01-26T19:03:55-05:00
I want a card that has to do with pirates.. What if a kitty got on a ship and accidentally blew up the ship by carrying a match onto a pile of cannonballs? Just an idea lol. Or a card where the kitty ends up in outer space and accidentally trips some switches that turns on a death ray which hits the planet, bounces off a mirror and back at itself? BOOM. Bad kitty.
As of now, the 8th most funded kickstarter of all time.
(NOTE: #1 is COOLEST COOLER: 21st Century Cooler that's Actually Cooler by Ryan Grepper = 62,642 backers / $13,285,226 pledged of $50,000 goal)
Joel Moskovic 2015-01-26T19:05:27-05:00
Just realised i will have moved by the time this ships. is there any way to change the address?
Jamie Murtha 2015-01-26T19:06:45-05:00
Card sleeves for stretch goal?
Elbert Chan 2015-01-26T19:07:42-05:00
@Joel, they won't ask for your address until they're close to shipping the products
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:08:01-05:00
@Dmitri K,
That sucks. :( I usually order my giant amount of sleeves from amazon.
Catzalcoatal 2015-01-26T19:08:43-05:00
@ Joel Moskovic
After backing the project you should have received a prompt saying that the creators of this Kickstarter will contact you for delivery information. Right now all they have is your billing, not your desired destination for delivery.
Kristen Piersa 2015-01-26T19:09:12-05:00
@CheeDaniel I'm curious about the stats of most % a game raised. IDK how to explain since I'm not a math nerd sadly enough. But, like this game wanted 10k but yet it so far raised 4 million? That must be like what? 5-10,000% something? I'm just curious about which game has the highest % when you compare the original funding amount and the actual fund amount it did raise. Halp enlighten a non-math nerd like me.
Kristen Piersa 2015-01-26T19:10:53-05:00
@Joel Moskovic, edit your account details on Kickstarter? They will charge your card when this fundraiser ends next month, so change your address before then should fix it?
Catzalcoatal 2015-01-26T19:11:38-05:00
@ Kristen It's a Penny Arcade Kickstarter. Someone posted the link earlier, they asked for $10 and received close to $1 million. So it was some ridiculous number that Exploding Kittens won't come close to. (Not sure if they'd take second place for % over requested funding, but they'd be close.)
Kristen Piersa 2015-01-26T19:14:10-05:00
@Erik Shaffer THANK YOU! That's quite interesting. Ten bucks and 1 Million? Wow. I wish Kickstarter posted their stats and records somewhere, so we can look them up. They're quite interesting.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2015-01-26T19:14:38-05:00
That must have been a big cake. No update so I'm guessing they're eating still?
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:14:54-05:00
There are some kickstarters with over 1mil % of funding. I saw one that had a $0 goal, so their percentage was ridiculously high.
@ Kristen Piersa
I think you can filter projects by certain categories. Aka, Most Funded, Most Backers, Highest % Over, Etc. I've never backed a project until now, so I've never really dabbled with the site. I usually just click through from other sites to look at the odd project here and there.
Ave Joe 2015-01-26T19:18:06-05:00
Congrats on 4 Million........ What is the next stretch goal?
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:18:24-05:00
@Ave Joe,
We're still waiting to hear what the next one is
My guess is that it will probably reach 4th or 5th place for most funded over all categories by the end of the campaign
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-26T19:18:41-05:00
Certainly there would need to be a qualifier for % backed. At $1,000 or $10,000 this easily qualifies.
Kristen Piersa 2015-01-26T19:29:45-05:00
@BruceP Thanks!!
@Eric Shaffer I looked that project up btw. It wasn't 1 million, but 230k. But I realized that project shouldn't be even on KS. I mean $10? They could've done it on their own. Shrugs, just imo.
Paul Bedford 2015-01-26T19:29:56-05:00
EXPLODING KITTENS STRETCH - Something for everyone pre global domination. A beer mat, or poster, or print or something unique to Kickstarter backers above $20. Once this game goes public I'm guessing the rrp will halve. Give us something unique, all half a million of us?!
Kristen Piersa 2015-01-26T19:30:23-05:00
@Eric Aschner Agreed. $10 is ridiculous.
Cal "Blackhawk" Rasmussen 2015-01-26T19:31:57-05:00
I have an idea for a card. Elan's Birthday cake from today. haha
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:32:07-05:00
@Paul Bedford,
The NSFW deck is Kickstarter exclusive. ;)
Kristen Piersa 2015-01-26T19:34:20-05:00
I just totally realized that out of all most funded kickstarter, Exploding Kittens is the only one that's active lol. I even clicked "Load More" a few times and I still don't see another active KS under that category. Cool. https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced…
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:36:00-05:00
@Kristen P,
Yep, a good time to have a big KS running. ;)
Michael Hasty 2015-01-26T19:39:14-05:00
I wonder if there is any chance, since over 4 million has been donated, if there's extra money at the end of all the production/shipping costs could some be donated to the Tesla museum project?
Paul Bedford 2015-01-26T19:40:08-05:00
@BruveP what about the 6k lower backers? Next stretch should encourage and reward donations at lower level. That is needed for meltdown. As a UK resident I've already got a $15 premium. I'd be happy to act as distribution to reduce this.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:42:57-05:00
@Paul Bedford,
Yeah, I think there should be something that would benefit all backers (that wouldn't slow down production).
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-26T19:45:34-05:00
@Michael
They are not allowed to change distribution of funds post launch. It's also against KS rules to specify funds for charity. The purpose is to help launch new products / projects that otherwise might not get funding through conventional means. The remainder of the money should go to print as many decks as possible for more widespread distribution. After product launch the owners can spend their profits how they choose.
I like Tesla as much as the next guy, but the whole goal of KS is to provide seed money.
Michael McArthur 2015-01-26T19:46:38-05:00
As a pre $10k backer I hope these will get fulfilled in order, lol. With this many backers it may take a while to get them all out.
Paul Bedford 2015-01-26T19:49:15-05:00
@Brucep a band a love (Carter the unstoppable sex machine) managed posters (2000) and beer mats (1000) for their farewell DVD orders with delivery before Christmas - 5 weeks after gig. Encouraging backer at $20 and above with next stretch could send this into meltdown.
Patrik Wilke 2015-01-26T19:49:18-05:00
You already have the highest % wise funded project at way above 40000 %, you most likely have the highest funding card game with over 4.000.000 $ funded and on top of that you are close to becoming the highest community as well since the only high one I found was at 105K funders ond you guys are at 102k - easily done1 Go GO GO! :)
You are slaughtering Kickstarter here so bring us even more stretch goals :D
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T19:49:21-05:00
@Michael M,
Oh yeah, it's going to take weeks and weeks to ship, I'm sure. Glad I'm #690. hehe Just hoping they ship in order of backing. :)
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T19:59:20-05:00
How do you find out what backer number you are
David Cortijo 2015-01-26T19:59:21-05:00
Looks like the current standings are:
#2 most funded Game ever (#3 if you consider the OUYA)
#1 most funded card game ever
#2 most backed campaign ever
#8 most funded campaign ever
By the end of this campaign, Exploding Kittens might be #1 across the board - it's certainly looking that way. Congrats, guys.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:00:43-05:00
@Chace W,
Under the menu in the very top right, choose View All under 'Backed Projects' and then click on the project in question. In the pop-up that comes up, it'll show your Backer #.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:01:53-05:00
@David C,
I highly doubt it'll be the most-funded campaign. :) I'm guessing it'll finish somewhere between $6-8mil.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-01-26T20:04:17-05:00
Still no update? That birthday cake is a hell of a drug I tell ya!
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T20:04:54-05:00
Im on my phone cant seem to find it
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:06:21-05:00
@Chace W,
Oh sorry. I'm not on a phone, so not sure where it might be for you. If you have a menu where you can edit your profile and things like that, look for something that shows all the projects you've backed.
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T20:07:17-05:00
Ya I found that but doesn't say what number I am
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:08:31-05:00
Let me see if I can find it on my phone...
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T20:10:45-05:00
Ok thanks
Elizabeth 2015-01-26T20:12:20-05:00
How can you figure out what backer number you are?
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:13:02-05:00
@Chace W,
It looks like if I go to Activity, then I get the little menu in the top right with the View All choice, but after choosing that it still doesn't show the backed # on the phone. :( Maybe it only shows it on a tablet or computer...
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:13:38-05:00
@Elizabeth,
Under the menu in the very top right, choose View All under 'Backed Projects' and then click on the project in question. In the pop-up that comes up, it'll show your Backer #.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:14:27-05:00
If you're on a tablet or computer, that is. I couldn't get it to show the # on my phone
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-01-26T20:17:24-05:00
The only way I've found it on my phone is through the messages section. If you have sent/received a message for this project click on the icon of the creator. It will give you the backer # there.
Elizabeth 2015-01-26T20:18:15-05:00
@BruceP. Thanks
Elizabeth 2015-01-26T20:18:43-05:00
@ Ron Tx
Chace Watson 2015-01-26T20:18:43-05:00
Thanks guys
Michael Danforth 2015-01-26T20:26:37-05:00
LET'S NOT FORGET THE TOTAL IS NOW OVER $4MILLION LIKE THAT'S A LOT GUYS. SORRY FOR THE CAPSLOCK BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S NECESSARY.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T20:27:22-05:00
LOTS OF MONIES, AAHHHHH!
Korbl Klimecki 2015-01-26T20:27:26-05:00
YASSSSSSSSS
Also, happy birthday, Elan.
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-26T20:27:50-05:00
By my estimates, by the end of this all the three (Elan Lee, The Oatmeal, and Shane Small) will be millionaires at the end of this. Congrats! Especially since you only needed $10000 which would have resulted in something like $2000 each. BTW (great Idea with the cat themed game!)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2015-01-26T20:51:45-05:00
Whoa! That's a big caps attack!
Elan Lee 2015-01-26T20:53:34-05:00
Guys, kickstarter backer numbers are a bit strange, as people that cancel their pledges and then back another tier still get a new number. As far as our ability to do math tells us, the 100,000th backer was actually backer #100,589. We're not going to post a name, but wanted to let him/her step up into the spotlight if they'd like.
John "Collar Stay" Kelly 2015-01-26T20:54:54-05:00
@Andrew - The $4 million dollars goes toward production of the game. Not in their pockets. Sure they will make a profit, but they will not be millionaires.
Mass Retail darling. Once this Kickstarter campaign is over and they get ever more social/media coverage and retail distribution takes place, they will indeed be millionaires. Especially when you factor in additional products to compliment the game (t-shirts, plushes, stickers etc and so forth. Hell even EK shot glasses!)
David Cortijo 2015-01-26T21:00:34-05:00
@BruceP - honestly, I'll be shocked if this doesn't finish with at least $8m. Especially if they add any sort of addon or reward tier that justifies an increase in pledge from existing backers.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-26T21:01:19-05:00
@David C,
I'll be happy if it does. I just like to be pleasantly surprised. :)
Andrew Hiller 2015-01-26T21:02:02-05:00
@John Kelly, you don't seriously think it costs $35 to manufacture and send two decks of cards do you?
...... Or companion decks with same premise different characters.
....... Or think anything on ThinkGeek that you've wanted to buy: shirts, boxer shorts, ice cube molds, mugs, slippers, hoodies, USB keys the sky is the limit here seriously. ESPECIALLY if they make any of these products in some of the obscure characters that will be in the deck.
Magical Enchilada Spatula anyone?
I'm here if you guys need a Merchandishing Think tank. ;-)
Hmm...I dunno. I wish it was real time too.
I can't get Kicktraq to load. I think we broke Kicktraq.
Was supposed to update at 3pm (13 minutes ago)
"Not Safe For Work"
Thanks dude
@Avena,
Yeah, me too. It does update more frequently when the project is near the end, but still not real-time.
@Chace. Not Safe For Work.
Proud to be a backer and congrats on the success, but over $4 MILLION for a card game. I think this may have been one of the signs of the impending apocalypse....or certainly the end of civilization as we know it....thank god....
#ExplodingKittensFTW
Seems the FAQ answers need to be updated with the new info about the NSFW deck having 56 cards now, and not needing to buy 2 things to play up to 8 players. :)
@BruceP Thanks for your answer 7h ago!
Argh! I can't keep up with the comments section speed!
Next question that may have been asked a million times: will the NSFW deck have some kind of symbol so it's easy to separate the NSFW deck from the basic deck after a combined game?
I assume yes but it's not mentioned in the FAQ so far...
@Jorn,
No worries. :)
I bet the face of the NSFW cards will have a different color, or border, or something that will distinguish them.
I'll Mirror some of the other comments on here, in that i'd rather see a stretch goal of better quality/more robust materials rather than any additional shiny bits and pieces. The game sounds awesome, I'd like it to survive my 4 year old.
Beyond that holy crap, Congrats on 4M!
@Jörn Huxhorn, good question, and great idea. Just a small icon on the corner (front, not back) of the cards would be a huge plus for resorting these decks!
It's in second right now for all-time backers (They need a little over 105,000), they've shattered the percentage record in which they raised money compared to their requested goal (400%, old goal was 27.5%) and they're about to be 7th all-time money raised for a kickstarter.
Most money ever was 13 million, don't think they'll get there. But they're Gonna be Top 5 all-time as they have 24 days remaining. This is fun to watch honestly. Glad I found out about this the first day! This is AWESOME.
Let's destroy Kickstarter and get this up to 1million backers !!!! Get this posted on everything we can, every website , blog whatever !!!!
The people that pledged$500 to get their own card does everyone get the card or just them
@Chace: Only them
Ic wonder why they dont give to everyone
@Chace W,
If they gave the custom cards to everyone, currently, that would be an extra 307,068 cards. ;)
Wait, I only counted for 1 person, not 5, so it would be an extra 1,535,415 cards. :)
I suspect something like a dark red border on the regular deck and a black border on the NSFW deck - like the box designs. Or simply an NSFW in one of the corners.
@Jorn,
Yeah, I was picturing something similar. Like a different color background, or different border.
I wish I could add another 5 bucks to get the card sleeves included in the package.
How about producing the cards on the highest quality cardstock and finish available?
@DocMac: I see what you did there. And I concur. ;-)
@Dmitri K,
Card sleeves are cheap. You can get 1000 for less than $10. :) And for all we know, the cards for this game will be super-high quality and won't need sleeving. We're not sure yet...
100,000+ backers and over 4 mil, that's crazy. Congrats you guys and happy birthday Elan.
Kicktraq is updating again
@BruceP
Yeah, except I live in a country where there isn't a single store to buy them from. Shipping will take time and will cost several times more than actual sleeves. I'm already paying $20 for the shipping, might be even more with the second deck. I'd gladly add $5-$10 to my pledge to just have the right number of properly-sized sleeves shipped with the game.
I want a card that has to do with pirates.. What if a kitty got on a ship and accidentally blew up the ship by carrying a match onto a pile of cannonballs? Just an idea lol. Or a card where the kitty ends up in outer space and accidentally trips some switches that turns on a death ray which hits the planet, bounces off a mirror and back at itself? BOOM. Bad kitty.
NSFW deck!!!! Woohoo!!
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/235313
As of now, the 8th most funded kickstarter of all time.
(NOTE: #1 is COOLEST COOLER: 21st Century Cooler that's Actually Cooler by Ryan Grepper = 62,642 backers / $13,285,226 pledged of $50,000 goal)
Just realised i will have moved by the time this ships. is there any way to change the address?
Card sleeves for stretch goal?
@Joel, they won't ask for your address until they're close to shipping the products
@Dmitri K,
That sucks. :( I usually order my giant amount of sleeves from amazon.
@ Joel Moskovic
After backing the project you should have received a prompt saying that the creators of this Kickstarter will contact you for delivery information. Right now all they have is your billing, not your desired destination for delivery.
@CheeDaniel I'm curious about the stats of most % a game raised. IDK how to explain since I'm not a math nerd sadly enough. But, like this game wanted 10k but yet it so far raised 4 million? That must be like what? 5-10,000% something? I'm just curious about which game has the highest % when you compare the original funding amount and the actual fund amount it did raise. Halp enlighten a non-math nerd like me.
@Joel Moskovic, edit your account details on Kickstarter? They will charge your card when this fundraiser ends next month, so change your address before then should fix it?
@ Kristen It's a Penny Arcade Kickstarter. Someone posted the link earlier, they asked for $10 and received close to $1 million. So it was some ridiculous number that Exploding Kittens won't come close to. (Not sure if they'd take second place for % over requested funding, but they'd be close.)
@Erik Shaffer THANK YOU! That's quite interesting. Ten bucks and 1 Million? Wow. I wish Kickstarter posted their stats and records somewhere, so we can look them up. They're quite interesting.
That must have been a big cake. No update so I'm guessing they're eating still?
There are some kickstarters with over 1mil % of funding. I saw one that had a $0 goal, so their percentage was ridiculously high.
@Kristen P,
http://www.kickspy.com/browse/most-backed
https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/most-funded
https://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats…
@ Kristen Piersa
I think you can filter projects by certain categories. Aka, Most Funded, Most Backers, Highest % Over, Etc. I've never backed a project until now, so I've never really dabbled with the site. I usually just click through from other sites to look at the odd project here and there.
Congrats on 4 Million........ What is the next stretch goal?
@Ave Joe,
We're still waiting to hear what the next one is
My guess is that it will probably reach 4th or 5th place for most funded over all categories by the end of the campaign
Certainly there would need to be a qualifier for % backed. At $1,000 or $10,000 this easily qualifies.
@BruceP Thanks!!
@Eric Shaffer I looked that project up btw. It wasn't 1 million, but 230k. But I realized that project shouldn't be even on KS. I mean $10? They could've done it on their own. Shrugs, just imo.
EXPLODING KITTENS STRETCH - Something for everyone pre global domination. A beer mat, or poster, or print or something unique to Kickstarter backers above $20. Once this game goes public I'm guessing the rrp will halve. Give us something unique, all half a million of us?!
@Eric Aschner Agreed. $10 is ridiculous.
I have an idea for a card. Elan's Birthday cake from today. haha
@Paul Bedford,
The NSFW deck is Kickstarter exclusive. ;)
I just totally realized that out of all most funded kickstarter, Exploding Kittens is the only one that's active lol. I even clicked "Load More" a few times and I still don't see another active KS under that category. Cool. https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced…
@Kristen P,
Yep, a good time to have a big KS running. ;)
I wonder if there is any chance, since over 4 million has been donated, if there's extra money at the end of all the production/shipping costs could some be donated to the Tesla museum project?
@BruveP what about the 6k lower backers? Next stretch should encourage and reward donations at lower level. That is needed for meltdown. As a UK resident I've already got a $15 premium. I'd be happy to act as distribution to reduce this.
@Paul Bedford,
Yeah, I think there should be something that would benefit all backers (that wouldn't slow down production).
@Michael
They are not allowed to change distribution of funds post launch. It's also against KS rules to specify funds for charity. The purpose is to help launch new products / projects that otherwise might not get funding through conventional means. The remainder of the money should go to print as many decks as possible for more widespread distribution. After product launch the owners can spend their profits how they choose.
I like Tesla as much as the next guy, but the whole goal of KS is to provide seed money.
As a pre $10k backer I hope these will get fulfilled in order, lol. With this many backers it may take a while to get them all out.
@Brucep a band a love (Carter the unstoppable sex machine) managed posters (2000) and beer mats (1000) for their farewell DVD orders with delivery before Christmas - 5 weeks after gig. Encouraging backer at $20 and above with next stretch could send this into meltdown.
You already have the highest % wise funded project at way above 40000 %, you most likely have the highest funding card game with over 4.000.000 $ funded and on top of that you are close to becoming the highest community as well since the only high one I found was at 105K funders ond you guys are at 102k - easily done1 Go GO GO! :)
You are slaughtering Kickstarter here so bring us even more stretch goals :D
@Michael M,
Oh yeah, it's going to take weeks and weeks to ship, I'm sure. Glad I'm #690. hehe Just hoping they ship in order of backing. :)
How do you find out what backer number you are
Looks like the current standings are:
#2 most funded Game ever (#3 if you consider the OUYA)
#1 most funded card game ever
#2 most backed campaign ever
#8 most funded campaign ever
By the end of this campaign, Exploding Kittens might be #1 across the board - it's certainly looking that way. Congrats, guys.
@Chace W,
Under the menu in the very top right, choose View All under 'Backed Projects' and then click on the project in question. In the pop-up that comes up, it'll show your Backer #.
@David C,
I highly doubt it'll be the most-funded campaign. :) I'm guessing it'll finish somewhere between $6-8mil.
Still no update? That birthday cake is a hell of a drug I tell ya!
Im on my phone cant seem to find it
@Chace W,
Oh sorry. I'm not on a phone, so not sure where it might be for you. If you have a menu where you can edit your profile and things like that, look for something that shows all the projects you've backed.
Ya I found that but doesn't say what number I am
Let me see if I can find it on my phone...
Ok thanks
How can you figure out what backer number you are?
@Chace W,
It looks like if I go to Activity, then I get the little menu in the top right with the View All choice, but after choosing that it still doesn't show the backed # on the phone. :( Maybe it only shows it on a tablet or computer...
@Elizabeth,
Under the menu in the very top right, choose View All under 'Backed Projects' and then click on the project in question. In the pop-up that comes up, it'll show your Backer #.
If you're on a tablet or computer, that is. I couldn't get it to show the # on my phone
The only way I've found it on my phone is through the messages section. If you have sent/received a message for this project click on the icon of the creator. It will give you the backer # there.
@BruceP. Thanks
@ Ron Tx
Thanks guys
LET'S NOT FORGET THE TOTAL IS NOW OVER $4MILLION LIKE THAT'S A LOT GUYS. SORRY FOR THE CAPSLOCK BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S NECESSARY.
LOTS OF MONIES, AAHHHHH!
YASSSSSSSSS
Also, happy birthday, Elan.
DUUUDE MY HANDS ARE HUUUGE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELAN! Here's 4 million dollars!
$4M!!!!
By my estimates, by the end of this all the three (Elan Lee, The Oatmeal, and Shane Small) will be millionaires at the end of this. Congrats! Especially since you only needed $10000 which would have resulted in something like $2000 each. BTW (great Idea with the cat themed game!)
Whoa! That's a big caps attack!
Guys, kickstarter backer numbers are a bit strange, as people that cancel their pledges and then back another tier still get a new number. As far as our ability to do math tells us, the 100,000th backer was actually backer #100,589. We're not going to post a name, but wanted to let him/her step up into the spotlight if they'd like.
@Andrew - The $4 million dollars goes toward production of the game. Not in their pockets. Sure they will make a profit, but they will not be millionaires.
@Elan: It's just a convoluted mess. A pat on the back for who ever it was, and one for everyone else for making all of this happen!
@Elan Thanks for the info. That's pretty cool!
@John Kelly
Mass Retail darling. Once this Kickstarter campaign is over and they get ever more social/media coverage and retail distribution takes place, they will indeed be millionaires. Especially when you factor in additional products to compliment the game (t-shirts, plushes, stickers etc and so forth. Hell even EK shot glasses!)
@BruceP - honestly, I'll be shocked if this doesn't finish with at least $8m. Especially if they add any sort of addon or reward tier that justifies an increase in pledge from existing backers.
@David C,
I'll be happy if it does. I just like to be pleasantly surprised. :)
@John Kelly, you don't seriously think it costs $35 to manufacture and send two decks of cards do you?
...... Or companion decks with same premise different characters.
....... Or think anything on ThinkGeek that you've wanted to buy: shirts, boxer shorts, ice cube molds, mugs, slippers, hoodies, USB keys the sky is the limit here seriously. ESPECIALLY if they make any of these products in some of the obscure characters that will be in the deck.
Magical Enchilada Spatula anyone?
I'm here if you guys need a Merchandishing Think tank. ;-)