@Mike Kabala; My thoughts exactly. Each new news cycle round o' interest will pump up the backers, though with fewer backers overall each time. Though that might not be the case this time, considering the non-geeky nature of the product. :P
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-27T17:37:56-05:00
4,000 comments. Only another 350k to go for that one. :(
We could all play other card games throught the comments, very honour system based, to try and get the top comment spot. Would need to be a VERY long game though....
Josh 2015-01-27T17:43:56-05:00
Almost past torment for the #2 most funded game!
Bob "Powers of Tesla" Lindley 2015-01-27T17:46:58-05:00
The pace at which people are backing the project has slowed to just over one per minute, at that pace it will take nearly 3 hours to break the RR record. But. I believe the pace will quicken as the record approaches, I'm guessing roughly 2 and a quarter hours til break through, or 7pm CST.
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-27T17:48:28-05:00
Still guessing 6PM CST. People on the East coast are just getting home now. People in CST will be getting home just before then.
I think it will happen with in +/- 10 minutes of 5:50 PM PST
Lactres 2015-01-27T17:59:22-05:00
So close now!
JusticeBolt 2015-01-27T18:00:11-05:00
I hope we get an update today!
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2015-01-27T18:01:01-05:00
The game isn't even close to being our hands and I feel that we need to start this.....
Hello, my name is Eric Baumgarten and I am an Exploding Kittens Backer. It all started when I was reading the comments section of the Conan game. Someone posted that "there's a crazy card game about Exploding Kittens." I checked it out and backed it immediately. Now it has taken over every spare second of my life.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2015-01-27T18:01:47-05:00
*in our hands. I can't blame autocorrect for that.
Bob "Powers of Tesla" Lindley 2015-01-27T18:03:56-05:00
Hi Eric...
Avena 2015-01-27T18:05:04-05:00
@Josh once it passes that Torment game it will be #7 most funded, not #2...yet.
Bob "Powers of Tesla" Lindley 2015-01-27T18:06:58-05:00
The pace has picked up, now at just over 2 per minute. On track for just after 6pm CST
Doug Orr 2015-01-27T18:08:01-05:00
...there must be a lot of cake...
Jeff "Great Cane of Doom"™ Saxton 2015-01-27T18:10:25-05:00
So do you think Levar Burton is sitting at home, watching the total here climb, biting his nails, and hoping against hope that his Reading Rainbow record won't be beaten?
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-27T18:13:18-05:00
@Jeff
Unless he has the Enterprise on standby to use it's deflector dish as a world wide EMP, I don't think there's much hope left.
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-27T18:14:50-05:00
Still, he's gotta be thinking... "I'm trying to teach kids to enjoy reading and I get beat out by some kittens with grenades and crude drawings? I have failed this world...."
Cal "Blackhawk" Rasmussen 2015-01-27T18:14:55-05:00
@Eric A still thinking an hour and a half from when I tried to take that from you? Lol
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-27T18:28:44-05:00
Their hands are covered in cake frosting.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-27T18:28:52-05:00
@divinekaiserdragon,
We're now expecting an update after we become the KS with the most backers, which will be SOON. :) But we're not sure when, exactly. Elan said after they were done with cake.
@Eric, thank god I'm not the only one consumed by this KS!! Hahahaha ever since I received notification of a friend backing it day 1, and I saw that it was The Oatmeal artwork/involvement I couldn't hit back project quick enough. Obviously I was already too late to get signed decks, but I'm happy with where I'm at. I annoy my hubby every night with updates in it and am still trying to get him to back it too- just because...... Not because we need 4 decks, but why not?!
@Eric B. It says where inappropriate. You are new to kickstarter so you probably didn't know that cross posting between projects that you back is a time honored kickstarter tradition. If you read far enough down you will see comments on how others found this project through similar links. It would be inappropriate to post a link to an off-site something or other, but another kickstarter not so much. Shout the things you love from the mountaintop I say!
Andres Benavides 2015-01-27T18:46:56-05:00
What was the goal again?! I lost the number and I see by the comments we are really close!
Andreas Wick 2015-01-27T18:47:22-05:00
Is it possible to ad $20 for the NSFW deck?
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-27T18:47:53-05:00
@alice,
As long as I've been a part of KS, it's been frowned upon, and I've seen people's accounts get banned. Please don't post other projects in here.
Brandon E.B. Ward 2015-01-27T18:48:20-05:00
I'd love to see this hit $20 Million. To do that I suggest: "When we hit $20M, The Exploding Kittens team will donate 10% of the EK revenue divided equally among these 10 charities. And even if we don't, we'll donate 5% to those same 10 charities." Tesla museum should be one of them. Bear preservation another maybe. Just a thought.
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-27T18:48:20-05:00
@Andreas Wick,
Yes, just click the blue Manage button and add the amount to your pledge total.
K. L. 2015-01-27T18:49:37-05:00
@Andres 105857 is the current record
Justin 2015-01-27T18:50:02-05:00
don't forget that the numbers are actually off because kickstarter doesn't account for people who dropped out and re pledged for a higher number. "As far as our ability to do math tells us, the 100,000th backer was actually backer #100,589"
Andres Benavides 2015-01-27T18:50:10-05:00
@K.L. thanks! almost there!
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2015-01-27T18:50:17-05:00
@alice, this is the first thing spelled out in the Be respectful and considerate link.
Don’t spam.
This includes link-bombing, promoting a project where it shouldn’t be promoted,
Lissa M.H. Oliver 2015-01-27T18:50:49-05:00
Boob Dragons. xD Can we see a PDF of some of the cards in the NSFW deck? It would be awesome to see this boob dragon of yours and maybe a couple other cards. :)
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-27T18:50:59-05:00
@Brandon W,
Kickstarters can't be used to raise money for charity. ;) But what the creators do with money they might have left over after they're done with the project is up to them...
Cal "Blackhawk" Rasmussen 2015-01-27T18:51:15-05:00
I can smell it! Almost there!
Andres Benavides 2015-01-27T18:51:15-05:00
@Justin wouldn't that be true also for Reading Rainbows? I'm sticking with the official number displayed! =P
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-27T18:51:46-05:00
@Justin,
That's for your backer number. The number of backers listed above the money is correct.
Eric 'Tchotchke' Aschner 2015-01-27T19:01:09-05:00
Just watch, while all of these people are holding out the person who breaks it is just going to be some random lady looking at KS saying, "oh, this looks cute".
Just like at 100K. Slowed to a near dead stop, then right at the limit jumped another 1,000 in like 20 minutes.
Amber S (deleted) 2015-01-27T19:01:22-05:00
@Lactres are you the Lactres owner of the Lactres YouTube channel?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2015-01-27T19:01:43-05:00
105,858 is the number of backers needed to beat Reading Rainbow.
Finlay 2015-01-27T19:02:17-05:00
What's everyone holding out for?
K. L. 2015-01-27T19:02:19-05:00
I'm tellin you, not going to happen. Only 23 days left
BruceP - The Chameleon 2015-01-27T19:02:46-05:00
@Finlay,
We're about to be the campaign with the most backers EVER!
@Mike Kabala; My thoughts exactly. Each new news cycle round o' interest will pump up the backers, though with fewer backers overall each time. Though that might not be the case this time, considering the non-geeky nature of the product. :P
4,000 comments. Only another 350k to go for that one. :(
We could all play other card games throught the comments, very honour system based, to try and get the top comment spot. Would need to be a VERY long game though....
Almost past torment for the #2 most funded game!
The pace at which people are backing the project has slowed to just over one per minute, at that pace it will take nearly 3 hours to break the RR record. But. I believe the pace will quicken as the record approaches, I'm guessing roughly 2 and a quarter hours til break through, or 7pm CST.
Still guessing 6PM CST. People on the East coast are just getting home now. People in CST will be getting home just before then.
156 to be the most backed
Backer beware.... of exploding kittens! :)
I think it will happen with in +/- 10 minutes of 5:50 PM PST
So close now!
I hope we get an update today!
The game isn't even close to being our hands and I feel that we need to start this.....
Hello, my name is Eric Baumgarten and I am an Exploding Kittens Backer. It all started when I was reading the comments section of the Conan game. Someone posted that "there's a crazy card game about Exploding Kittens." I checked it out and backed it immediately. Now it has taken over every spare second of my life.
*in our hands. I can't blame autocorrect for that.
Hi Eric...
@Josh once it passes that Torment game it will be #7 most funded, not #2...yet.
SG...
4.2K... Upgrade quality cards...
4.3K... 5$ Shipping discount
4.4K... EU friendly
4.5K... Spanish traslation
;-)
The pace has picked up, now at just over 2 per minute. On track for just after 6pm CST
...there must be a lot of cake...
So do you think Levar Burton is sitting at home, watching the total here climb, biting his nails, and hoping against hope that his Reading Rainbow record won't be beaten?
@Jeff
Unless he has the Enterprise on standby to use it's deflector dish as a world wide EMP, I don't think there's much hope left.
Need a translation to Swedish?
There is an awesome looking game called Spirits of the Rice Paddy up for funding right now too! Check it out. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13415575/spirits-of-the-rice-paddy-board-game
Still, he's gotta be thinking... "I'm trying to teach kids to enjoy reading and I get beat out by some kittens with grenades and crude drawings? I have failed this world...."
@Eric A still thinking an hour and a half from when I tried to take that from you? Lol
LeVar has 82,569 more in BackerKit... Just sayin'.
132 and 45 minutes. 6CST could happen.
But that was after the KS ended.
You're right. Game on!
@alice, please don't post links to other games in here. Click on the be respectful and considerate link where it explains that shouldn't be done.
@Eric B,
You beat me to it. ;)
@BruceP, I didn't mean to step on the sheriff's toes.
@BruceP I think you need to hand over you link killer sheriff badge then to @Eric B. Lol
lol
A Sheriff's work is never done. ;)
100 to go!
99 backers to go on the wall... 99 backers to GOOOOO....
100
@Cal, I can't handle that amount of pressure. ;-)
No update for reaching $4 mil?
Nope. They can't draw that fast.
Their hands are covered in cake frosting.
@divinekaiserdragon,
We're now expecting an update after we become the KS with the most backers, which will be SOON. :) But we're not sure when, exactly. Elan said after they were done with cake.
@Eric, thank god I'm not the only one consumed by this KS!! Hahahaha ever since I received notification of a friend backing it day 1, and I saw that it was The Oatmeal artwork/involvement I couldn't hit back project quick enough. Obviously I was already too late to get signed decks, but I'm happy with where I'm at. I annoy my hubby every night with updates in it and am still trying to get him to back it too- just because...... Not because we need 4 decks, but why not?!
A song need be played, something about taking to the stars, shooting into space, or flying to the moon.
Fake frosting. The came is a lie!
OK never mentioning that again.
Only 80 backers to go and counting.
*cake
Someone make sure to grab a screenshot when we pass the goal
They probably bought extra cake for this most-backers occasion, but jumped the gun on devouring it.
I smell people holding out again :) KS will surely crash and burn.
i think they should have a sexy cake card in the nsfw deck, to commemorate the whole stretch goal on elan's birthday
There will probably be a big rush right near the goal with a lot of people trying to be the one to break it. :)
Most definitely, sheriff Rango.
Not long now!
50 to go!
@Eric B. It says where inappropriate. You are new to kickstarter so you probably didn't know that cross posting between projects that you back is a time honored kickstarter tradition. If you read far enough down you will see comments on how others found this project through similar links. It would be inappropriate to post a link to an off-site something or other, but another kickstarter not so much. Shout the things you love from the mountaintop I say!
What was the goal again?! I lost the number and I see by the comments we are really close!
Is it possible to ad $20 for the NSFW deck?
@alice,
As long as I've been a part of KS, it's been frowned upon, and I've seen people's accounts get banned. Please don't post other projects in here.
I'd love to see this hit $20 Million. To do that I suggest: "When we hit $20M, The Exploding Kittens team will donate 10% of the EK revenue divided equally among these 10 charities. And even if we don't, we'll donate 5% to those same 10 charities." Tesla museum should be one of them. Bear preservation another maybe. Just a thought.
@Andreas Wick,
Yes, just click the blue Manage button and add the amount to your pledge total.
@Andres 105857 is the current record
don't forget that the numbers are actually off because kickstarter doesn't account for people who dropped out and re pledged for a higher number. "As far as our ability to do math tells us, the 100,000th backer was actually backer #100,589"
@K.L. thanks! almost there!
@alice, this is the first thing spelled out in the Be respectful and considerate link.
Don’t spam.
This includes link-bombing, promoting a project where it shouldn’t be promoted,
Boob Dragons. xD Can we see a PDF of some of the cards in the NSFW deck? It would be awesome to see this boob dragon of yours and maybe a couple other cards. :)
@Brandon W,
Kickstarters can't be used to raise money for charity. ;) But what the creators do with money they might have left over after they're done with the project is up to them...
I can smell it! Almost there!
@Justin wouldn't that be true also for Reading Rainbows? I'm sticking with the official number displayed! =P
@Justin,
That's for your backer number. The number of backers listed above the money is correct.
22 more, 23 to surpass!
Breaking records. Boooring! Been there done that hahah
Need fewer than 19,000!!
couple of interviews with Mr. Inman here:
http://www.cnet.com/news/exploding-kittens-card-game-annihilates-kickstarter-goal/
Just need one more backer per day....
So close!
Not gonna happen, no way
I thought for sure we'd hit it by 4pm (PST). I think people are holding out! :)
I know, Bruce. People just trying to make us prognosticators look bad. ;)
Grinding halt.
39 backers to go, come on holdouts!
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Just watch, while all of these people are holding out the person who breaks it is just going to be some random lady looking at KS saying, "oh, this looks cute".
Just like at 100K. Slowed to a near dead stop, then right at the limit jumped another 1,000 in like 20 minutes.
@Lactres are you the Lactres owner of the Lactres YouTube channel?
105,858 is the number of backers needed to beat Reading Rainbow.
What's everyone holding out for?
I'm tellin you, not going to happen. Only 23 days left
@Finlay,
We're about to be the campaign with the most backers EVER!
11 more come on
10 to tie, 11 to beat!
Oh damn!
10!
10
10 to GO
10 more...
These are those people that want to be that record breaker. lol
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