I wouldn't say they're the better part. They just need to get done
Shawn Thiede 2015-09-15T15:59:42-04:00
Still waiting... filled out the survey over a month ago.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-15T16:28:26-04:00
Shawn, did you contact support@explodingkittens.com ? Make a short, concise subject line and include important details in the email. It may take over a week because they have so many emails, but I think that's starting to die down. It'll still take many days, so be patient please and don't send redundant emails. Be forewarned they may ship it and not even reply to you, so it may just show up magically at your doorstep. But if nothing happens in 2 weeks, email them again to try to get helped. They really want to get every backer what they wanted, so work with them and be patient.
I knew someone who had that saved somewhere would come by and comment...I would save it somewhere, but I'm on a work computer.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-15T16:56:06-04:00
GM, I actually type it out every time. Since it's died down, I've given up on trying to find it to copy and paste from before. Just list all that stuff off the top of my head because I've done it so many times.
Ah, well, kudos to you. I definitely wouldn't remember all that until the 100th time typing it out.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-15T17:08:19-04:00
I'm pretty sure Zem has typed that out at least a thousand times
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-15T17:44:12-04:00
Just over 1 in 5 of my overall comments? Probably by now.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-15T19:11:14-04:00
Wow, I literally forgot how to math. I just looked in my notes and finally found that the process I've been looking for to solve this problem for the last half hour is the PYTHAGOREAN THEORUM!!! I think it was just so easy I didn't even think of it. Stupid vectors bringing trig back into physics.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-15T20:41:54-04:00
Lah tee tum tah ta...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-15T21:33:23-04:00
So... *clears throat*... how y'all doin? Nobody's, er... dead? Good to know...
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-15T22:08:17-04:00
I'm not daad yet. I think I'm getting better. I think I'll go for a walk.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-15T22:11:52-04:00
New post with a link to an interview of Elan on FB.
G' night. Gotta be up early to go out to the new house. Putting up wall frames now.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-15T22:27:09-04:00
I FEEL HAPPYYYY! *thud* uuh.
Gook and Sundry interviewed him? Cool!
Hope your housework goes well and it's all done, at least all the hard stuff before winter. Farewell wherever you fare until your eyrie meets you at your journey's end.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T00:03:51-04:00
Totally not ready for the first exam tomorrow. Bring it on!
I like how he didn't go over naming molecules (in Organic Chem.) at all, yet we have to know how to name and draw things like 2,4,4,5-tetramethyldecane, 6-(1-ethylpropyl)dodecane, or 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)octane. Pretty simple, really, but still, he didn't even mention it until he said we needed it for the exam. Wait, no, he didn't even say that, another student told me that. Good thing, too.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T00:06:07-04:00
I was going to draw a fun-looking molecule, but then I realized that it would turn out like
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C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-09-16T03:30:19-04:00
Hi Creeper!
How are the comments going?
And has anyone heard/seen/read from Professor F?
Fedor Vedeneev 2015-09-16T09:12:33-04:00
Someone got kittens in Russia?
Or everyone is such a topic:
8/25/2015 - Tuesday
10:11 pm Shipment exception STANSTED GB
Exceeds Service Limits - Oversized
6:46 pm In transit STANSTED GB
5:20 am In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
5:04 am Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
4:28 am In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
my package stuck in STANSTED GB.
FedEx does not send a parcel freight in Russia because of the customs documents.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T09:47:47-04:00
Fedor, you are not alone. Many Russians have had trouble getting theirs due to customs. Sorry about the trouble, but there has always been a trouble trying to ship something from America to Russia. I hope they can make it through soon. Though it shouldn't be oversized. The boxes are small, so I don't see how it exceeded the limit unless you ordered very many boxes.
@Creeper: There is a kitten in the bedroom?! You didn't drug it, did you?
Micky Brunetti 2015-09-16T10:21:56-04:00
Still waiting for my reward.
Am I going to get it this year??
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T11:30:04-04:00
Mickey, did you contact support@explodingkittens.com ? Make a short, concise subject line and include important details in the email. It may take over a week because they have so many emails, but I think that's starting to die down. It'll still take many days, so be patient please and don't send redundant emails. Be forewarned they may ship it and not even reply to you, so it may just show up magically at your doorstep. But if nothing happens in 2 weeks, email them again to try to get helped. They really want to get every backer what they wanted, so work with them and be patient. About 1-2% of the 220,000 backers have the same trouble.
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Huh. The exam was so much easier than I thought it'd be! That either means I got above like 80% or failed miserably. Oh, forgot to look at the geek and sundry interview with elan.
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-09-16T14:38:43-04:00
@Creeper! I went away for a while to scour the internets.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T15:12:37-04:00
I like how the cat sleeps with his butt on her face. True to life.
Also, thanks a freaking lot for shoving 9gag in my face, TeP. The message when you leave for awhile says it all: "Wake up! You've been idle for 3 minutes. Scroll, click or press any key to dismiss." OH MY GOD COME BACK WHERE ARE YOU WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE ME LOOK AT THIS KITTEN NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN!!!!! Most needy thing on the internet. And yet I can't leave! I just recently started on it and had my first major comment with like 300 likes. What's that like when they have like 10,000 likes?! Hate to be that person's notifications bar.
It really is. I've been too busy writing employee evaluations to come in here very much.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T17:40:13-04:00
I've been going to classes, but have been done and bored for an hour now. Now that that exam is out of the way, don't have to worry about that for a little under a month now. So much nicer! Just one thing to do today, but for now, time to laze on the interwebs.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-16T17:56:03-04:00
That's a good thing to do.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T18:06:27-04:00
Best game ever. Only possible problem is that playing too much will wear out the cards :( Plastic cards would be an excellent idea!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T21:06:54-04:00
Haha, just watched a snippet of the debates tonight while eating (CNN is on almost all day usually in the dining hall) and thought one question was entirely laughable.
"Would you feel safe with Trump having his fingers on the nuclear launch codes"
Seriously? They decided to ask something so stupid in a major national event? Well, I guess not many people know better, but he would have little to no control. I mean, any launches have to be authorized by him, but the line of authorizations and the codes even, which he doesn't have direct access to, are all made so that it's basically impossible to launch anything. Because nobody's stupid enough to use a nuclear weapon.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T21:07:33-04:00
Huzzah! I know Paul, but you can get replacements online and then just keep the originals because they were the original deck.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-16T21:57:02-04:00
Just received a response from the lovely and vivacious Bella, in answer to many questions I have asked regarding shipping issues and general whininess hereabouts. I am awaiting a reply regarding how much info I can share at this point in time. However, one question I asked did not receive an answer, and since they could not, (or would not) answer my question I will pose it here, for all to respond.
Why are there ticks? Seriously. Why? What do they do that needs doing?
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-16T22:13:18-04:00
I can think of a reason/use for just about every animal. Parasites are the notable exceptions to that. I have no idea why there are ticks.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-16T22:18:27-04:00
So it's not just me. That helps a little.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T22:47:48-04:00
PoT, isn't it obvious?! For burning with a flame until they blow up! It's so much fun! Also works with any red-hot metal, like heated pliers. Make sure to pull them out first or else they'll burrow deeper into you from the heat trying to get away, and if they blow up, not only will you get burned but now you have the head of a tick in you. I had one (in an area that will be left to your imagination because you can guess) that ended up breaking into like 8 parts, with the head, part of the body, and a leg getting lost inside me, doomed to roam in my blood for all eternity. He deserved the painful death.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T22:51:01-04:00
I just realized I have to read 62 pages of material for my next lab. Yup. Nope. "Read". 29 are about Nucleo-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, NMRI (i for imaging, same as MRI, but they took the Nucleo off because people are scared of anything sounding like nuclear). I really hope I can get by without reading ALL that in-depth. The important parts, yeah, but still, it's like reading SOPs all day! Oh, wait... too soon?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T22:54:19-04:00
If I could get rid of one creature on earth, I'd be tempted for spiders because of our mutual disgust for eachother (kind of a respectful pact: they don't come near my, my shoe doesn't come too near them. it's broken on some occasions, and once they brought a squadron of 24 to invade my tent at camp only to realize that even the brown recluse and black widow they brought for support couldn't help them against my wrath). But spiders actually do something for the ecosystem. I'd end up going with mosquitos: they don't help the ecosystems at all and are the scourge of the earth, responsible for more deaths of humans than any other cause in history. It's estimated half of all humans in history have died due to diseases from them.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-16T23:21:12-04:00
I take it back; this is literally reading an SOP. I feel your pain, LZ.
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-17T00:37:51-04:00
I'm glad you understand my pain. I get to do it once a year while I'm manager. Yippee!
As far as mosquitoes, I completely agree. Worthless little devils.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T00:55:25-04:00
Once a year? Bet you'll look forward to that more than your birthday! It is an important part of knowing what to do, though, and I can see why a manager would need to be so well read and up to date.
I forgot to mention at least one study actually found that if you removed mosquitos from the earth, there would be no eco-collapse as with most animals, and in my opinion, that's all God has to do to make heaven heaven. The rest is just extra, though it's very much appreciated. ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T01:11:31-04:00
Try having to re-type 800 pages of safety manuals(they didn't think to save digital copies of them), keeping the same formatting, and changing all instances of one companies name, into another companies name. I think my eyes were crossed for about a week after that.
@Creeper: I keep meaning to go get my measurements so that I can actually fill in the survey when it shows it's face. I'll probably do that tomorrow after work...which ends with a training meeting. -.-
That's partly why I haven't gone. Too lazy, and when I finish work I'm usually too tired, or it's too late in the day, to go get it done. And once I'm home, there is almost no getting me out again.
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-09-17T13:30:40-04:00
@Creeper, did you get your 9 lives?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T14:08:56-04:00
Whoo. Long as heck lab. Should've been easy, but things happened that weren't supposed to. Targets were missed, agents were compromised, mistakes were made...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T14:11:45-04:00
GM, sounds like fun! You lucky dog!
Also, forgot to mention that I, like everyone else I've heard mention how their night went, got much less sleep than I'd planned for. And was in the lab 20 minutes after everything was supposed to be shut down and over, which to me is especially annoying because I'm usually the first or second one done but for the second time in a row I was last by a long shot.
ryuuhime1987 2015-09-17T14:16:22-04:00
Hello Exploding Kittens Team,
I'm a backer who still has not received their kittens, or even a shipping notification. A few weeks ago I was told to fill out a survey, and I did. Email to me with it initially must have gotten trashed somewhere. Fact is, I performed this task weeks ago, and I have yet to receive my shipping confirmation. Now I see the product available on Amazon, and if I wanted to pay for priority shipping, I could have it it only two days. If it's possible to have kittens in two days, why have I been waiting MONTHS for mine? I was a backer. I'm part of the reason your product had so much success. My friend has had hers for months. I'm a backer, you should make sure that all backers should have had their kittens before selling to other vendors. Where are my kittens? I want them shipped, and at this point I don't give a damn from where. I paid for your product, I supported your product, and I was promised your product. What is Exploding Kittens going to do to make this right for me? Let me be clear, I don't want a refund - I don't want to have to pay an additional $15 for the two decks on amazon and lose out on my backers gift. I want my cards to say first edition like my friend's do. So I suppose what I'm really asking is when the heck am I getting my kittens - don't tell me to fill out more bullshit when this is now available for public purchase. You as a creator made a promise to me as a backer when you accepted my money. I'm going on vacation soon, and I'd like my decks so that I can bring them with me.
Sincerely
Crystal
A Very Dissatisfied Backer
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T14:25:01-04:00
Ryuuhimme, did you contact support@explodingkittens.com about the problem? Make a short, concise subject line and include important details in the email. It may take over a week because they have so many emails, but I think that's starting to die down. It'll still take many days, so be patient please and don't send redundant emails. Be forewarned they may ship it and not even reply to you, so it may just show up magically at your doorstep. But if nothing happens in 2 weeks, email them again to try to get helped. They really want to get every backer what they wanted, so work with them and be patient. About 1-2% of the 220,000 backers have the same trouble.
C.F. "The Ex-President" Heyns 2015-09-17T14:31:05-04:00
@Ryuuhime1987 - Sorry to hear about your frustration. I know it's aggravating to see everyone else get their reward. Please follow Zem's advice. Unfortunately some addresses slip through the cracks. But I can second that the EK team truly does care and wants to make sure you get your game.
Geeeyyahh.. i have so many projects shipping in the next month. I'm soooooo impatient! They're all delayed projects, and now they're all ready to ship soon. COME TO ME PRECIOUSES
Lord Zombitten 2015-09-17T15:56:29-04:00
Yay for products (finally) shipping!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T16:11:10-04:00
Why is time moving slower than a snail in molasses in January?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T18:34:36-04:00
So, low on sleep, nothing to do until tomorrow, that day being the weekend... Yeah, time for a nap! Don't know how long it was, but for the first time in a long time I slept for some time, got up to my alarm (in fear of the 8 waiting behind it because I ignore them too much) and got up not feeling worse than when I went for one. Now I remember why people take them in the first place!
All he remembers is a housekeeper or janitor listening to an English lesson on a walkman. You hear the english lesson playing. Then they are killed (not sure if you see this happening), and then the frame is just of the walkman on the ground, blood on it, and it says "Adios... Goodbye"
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T21:14:52-04:00
I never know if it's empty or if people just avoid commenting for whatever reason. Though it is the week, so you're all busy until like 10 pm. And on weekends, you never check on. https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T21:15:25-04:00
Oh, what?! It didn't bring those up when I checked before commenting! Sorry bout that. Though it applies for the rest of the time.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T21:16:37-04:00
Nope, sorry, never seen that movie, whatever it is. I would know if I had, I'm just like that with movies, but if they find out, tell me because it sounds like it could conceivably make a good movie.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T22:09:52-04:00
If I copy and paste the URL into a different tab, it brings me to the most recent comments, but if I hit Comments to refresh it, it starts with my comment 4 hours ago starting with "So, low on sleep..." Why are you so weird, Kickstarter comments?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-17T22:39:47-04:00
I can't believe I just now discovered the Rutles! I'd say, "why is this not a real thing", but it became a real thing. Also, Eric Idle is a comedy genius. Nothing new there. I couldn't stop laughing the entire documentary.
Ok- at least i'm not the only one. :) Just found the new ones. THIS GAME IS TOO STRESSFUL!!!!! Chiefs vs. Broncos.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T00:30:52-04:00
Ooh! Too bad I don't follow the NFL until maybe December. The Huskers are still exchanging butt-whoopins.
I know, to see the new comments, I have to cut the URL and then paste and search it. It's really annoying.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T00:31:21-04:00
Hey, it worked this time! I hit "Comments" and it showed my recent comment! Is it fixed?!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T00:42:29-04:00
Nope, nevermind, it did it again. Man, it wants to remind me of how good that nap was!
Alexey Kirpichnikov 2015-09-18T00:53:00-04:00
Seriously, people. This is not a customs issue, this is strictly a FedEx issue. They don't want to deal with customs documents.
I order things from Amazon and other USA retailers every month or so. USPS works fine. Even shitty DHL, which Amazon uses, works fine. 1-2 weeks is the usual delivery time, not months.
Also, having 200k+ customers is NOT an excuse for bad customer service. With all these orders, you know, you also get a lot of MONEY to hire support staff and also to hire people who actually know something about logistics of international shipping.
Alexey Kirpichnikov 2015-09-18T00:54:45-04:00
Please, stop blaming Russians for your inability to handle shipping and answer support emails. This is ridiculous.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T01:19:55-04:00
Alexey, Ok, if you're just going to be cranky and not take it seriously, then don't expect good results. Seriously, email support@explodingkittens.com or explodingkittens@support.blackbox.cool . And trust me, they didn't make nearly ANY money off the campaign. In fact, they had to fix a few things so that they didn't lose any on it. Those 3 people who worked on a thousand emails or more per day? They worked longer hours than I bet you've ever had to, yet that was as good as it got. Just contact support@explodingkittens.com and don't complain to us. If you're going to berate the thing we've donated so much time to, do it somewhere where it will get results. As I mentioned, you can't get help by complaining on here, you have to go to the team directly and BE PATIENT! And again, you're not the only Russian having trouble; it has always been hard to get things there. Complain to FedEx if they're being dumb about bringing it over or have it shipped to a foreign friend who can then ship it to you using normal mail or some other service.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T01:27:37-04:00
And on that note, time to go to sleep. See y'all's's tomorreh.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-18T09:04:40-04:00
Do not mess with the mattress. He WILL go sideways on you and give you a verbal bitch slappin'.
G' Morning Kittens.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T09:51:02-04:00
Flollopin' all OVER a mofo!
Top o' the mornin, Nikola.
Backyard kitties have been fed. Despite their (two of them) love of hissing and meowing when look at them and then look away.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T10:01:42-04:00
Haha. I love kittens. Reminds me of Aristocats.
Powers of Tesla 2015-09-18T10:05:17-04:00
Morning ya'll.
@Creeper. Today things are wet. We had an intense storm front go through last night, lots of tree limbs down. I am concerned about my walls at the new house. I'll probably run out there later today just to check.
Time to get up and go to work. I'll be finishing evaluations today
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T11:31:26-04:00
PoT: we're going to have a big storm today, apparently. And we're gonna try to have the annual dorm camping trip unless it rains bad in the next few hours and they can't set up.
And no, I never did contact them.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T11:32:15-04:00
GM, I'm good! Friday, nothing to do until later this weekend, tons of fun planned...
LZ, have fun with that. Though just think; it'll all be over soon!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T11:32:45-04:00
And at least it's not SOPs. ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2015-09-18T11:42:25-04:00
Wow, literally 2 minutes after I get back from class, I hear the pitter patter of Santa's feet on the roof. Or rain. More likely Santa though.
Another minute later, it's pouring like mad.
Another minute, it's HAILING! Wow, glad I got here when I did! Can't wait to go to my next classes.
That's what I get for not sleeping enough and reading SOPs until my eyes bleed
Ouch. You should probably stop now. Not the sleeping, though, do more of that.
Yeah, I think I'll focus on reviews for the last hour of my work day. That's the benefit of coming in so early
When reviews are the better part of your day, you know you need to rethink your life.
Haha, that reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
I wouldn't say they're the better part. They just need to get done
Still waiting... filled out the survey over a month ago.
Shawn, did you contact support@explodingkittens.com ? Make a short, concise subject line and include important details in the email. It may take over a week because they have so many emails, but I think that's starting to die down. It'll still take many days, so be patient please and don't send redundant emails. Be forewarned they may ship it and not even reply to you, so it may just show up magically at your doorstep. But if nothing happens in 2 weeks, email them again to try to get helped. They really want to get every backer what they wanted, so work with them and be patient.
I knew someone who had that saved somewhere would come by and comment...I would save it somewhere, but I'm on a work computer.
GM, I actually type it out every time. Since it's died down, I've given up on trying to find it to copy and paste from before. Just list all that stuff off the top of my head because I've done it so many times.
Ah, well, kudos to you. I definitely wouldn't remember all that until the 100th time typing it out.
I'm pretty sure Zem has typed that out at least a thousand times
Just over 1 in 5 of my overall comments? Probably by now.
Wow, I literally forgot how to math. I just looked in my notes and finally found that the process I've been looking for to solve this problem for the last half hour is the PYTHAGOREAN THEORUM!!! I think it was just so easy I didn't even think of it. Stupid vectors bringing trig back into physics.
Lah tee tum tah ta...
So... *clears throat*... how y'all doin? Nobody's, er... dead? Good to know...
I'm not daad yet. I think I'm getting better. I think I'll go for a walk.
New post with a link to an interview of Elan on FB.
http://geekandsundry.com/kittens-cards-and-the-8-million-dollar-explosion/
G' night. Gotta be up early to go out to the new house. Putting up wall frames now.
I FEEL HAPPYYYY! *thud* uuh.
Gook and Sundry interviewed him? Cool!
Hope your housework goes well and it's all done, at least all the hard stuff before winter. Farewell wherever you fare until your eyrie meets you at your journey's end.
Totally not ready for the first exam tomorrow. Bring it on!
I like how he didn't go over naming molecules (in Organic Chem.) at all, yet we have to know how to name and draw things like 2,4,4,5-tetramethyldecane, 6-(1-ethylpropyl)dodecane, or 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)octane. Pretty simple, really, but still, he didn't even mention it until he said we needed it for the exam. Wait, no, he didn't even say that, another student told me that. Good thing, too.
I was going to draw a fun-looking molecule, but then I realized that it would turn out like
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Someone please clean my kitchen. Thank you. Also- there is a kitten in the bedroom.
Hi Kittens!
Hi Tep!
Hi Creeper!
How are the comments going?
And has anyone heard/seen/read from Professor F?
Someone got kittens in Russia?
Or everyone is such a topic:
8/25/2015 - Tuesday
10:11 pm Shipment exception STANSTED GB
Exceeds Service Limits - Oversized
6:46 pm In transit STANSTED GB
5:20 am In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
5:04 am Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
4:28 am In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
my package stuck in STANSTED GB.
FedEx does not send a parcel freight in Russia because of the customs documents.
Fedor, you are not alone. Many Russians have had trouble getting theirs due to customs. Sorry about the trouble, but there has always been a trouble trying to ship something from America to Russia. I hope they can make it through soon. Though it shouldn't be oversized. The boxes are small, so I don't see how it exceeded the limit unless you ordered very many boxes.
Morning kittens.
@Creeper: There is a kitten in the bedroom?! You didn't drug it, did you?
Still waiting for my reward.
Am I going to get it this year??
Mickey, did you contact support@explodingkittens.com ? Make a short, concise subject line and include important details in the email. It may take over a week because they have so many emails, but I think that's starting to die down. It'll still take many days, so be patient please and don't send redundant emails. Be forewarned they may ship it and not even reply to you, so it may just show up magically at your doorstep. But if nothing happens in 2 weeks, email them again to try to get helped. They really want to get every backer what they wanted, so work with them and be patient. About 1-2% of the 220,000 backers have the same trouble.
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Huh. The exam was so much easier than I thought it'd be! That either means I got above like 80% or failed miserably. Oh, forgot to look at the geek and sundry interview with elan.
@Creeper! I went away for a while to scour the internets.
I have found this for you:
http://9gag.com/gag/a9P8PX1
I like how the cat sleeps with his butt on her face. True to life.
Also, thanks a freaking lot for shoving 9gag in my face, TeP. The message when you leave for awhile says it all: "Wake up! You've been idle for 3 minutes. Scroll, click or press any key to dismiss." OH MY GOD COME BACK WHERE ARE YOU WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE ME LOOK AT THIS KITTEN NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN!!!!! Most needy thing on the internet. And yet I can't leave! I just recently started on it and had my first major comment with like 300 likes. What's that like when they have like 10,000 likes?! Hate to be that person's notifications bar.
See, I'm too hated to have that problem.
Slow day in here today.
It really is. I've been too busy writing employee evaluations to come in here very much.
I've been going to classes, but have been done and bored for an hour now. Now that that exam is out of the way, don't have to worry about that for a little under a month now. So much nicer! Just one thing to do today, but for now, time to laze on the interwebs.
That's a good thing to do.
On another note, just ordered this: http://www.rueink.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Epic-Jumbo-Mug.png
I so can't wait for it to get here.
Zem, I love it!
Best game ever. Only possible problem is that playing too much will wear out the cards :( Plastic cards would be an excellent idea!
Haha, just watched a snippet of the debates tonight while eating (CNN is on almost all day usually in the dining hall) and thought one question was entirely laughable.
"Would you feel safe with Trump having his fingers on the nuclear launch codes"
Seriously? They decided to ask something so stupid in a major national event? Well, I guess not many people know better, but he would have little to no control. I mean, any launches have to be authorized by him, but the line of authorizations and the codes even, which he doesn't have direct access to, are all made so that it's basically impossible to launch anything. Because nobody's stupid enough to use a nuclear weapon.
Huzzah! I know Paul, but you can get replacements online and then just keep the originals because they were the original deck.
Just received a response from the lovely and vivacious Bella, in answer to many questions I have asked regarding shipping issues and general whininess hereabouts. I am awaiting a reply regarding how much info I can share at this point in time. However, one question I asked did not receive an answer, and since they could not, (or would not) answer my question I will pose it here, for all to respond.
Why are there ticks? Seriously. Why? What do they do that needs doing?
I can think of a reason/use for just about every animal. Parasites are the notable exceptions to that. I have no idea why there are ticks.
So it's not just me. That helps a little.
PoT, isn't it obvious?! For burning with a flame until they blow up! It's so much fun! Also works with any red-hot metal, like heated pliers. Make sure to pull them out first or else they'll burrow deeper into you from the heat trying to get away, and if they blow up, not only will you get burned but now you have the head of a tick in you. I had one (in an area that will be left to your imagination because you can guess) that ended up breaking into like 8 parts, with the head, part of the body, and a leg getting lost inside me, doomed to roam in my blood for all eternity. He deserved the painful death.
I just realized I have to read 62 pages of material for my next lab. Yup. Nope. "Read". 29 are about Nucleo-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, NMRI (i for imaging, same as MRI, but they took the Nucleo off because people are scared of anything sounding like nuclear). I really hope I can get by without reading ALL that in-depth. The important parts, yeah, but still, it's like reading SOPs all day! Oh, wait... too soon?
If I could get rid of one creature on earth, I'd be tempted for spiders because of our mutual disgust for eachother (kind of a respectful pact: they don't come near my, my shoe doesn't come too near them. it's broken on some occasions, and once they brought a squadron of 24 to invade my tent at camp only to realize that even the brown recluse and black widow they brought for support couldn't help them against my wrath). But spiders actually do something for the ecosystem. I'd end up going with mosquitos: they don't help the ecosystems at all and are the scourge of the earth, responsible for more deaths of humans than any other cause in history. It's estimated half of all humans in history have died due to diseases from them.
I take it back; this is literally reading an SOP. I feel your pain, LZ.
I'm glad you understand my pain. I get to do it once a year while I'm manager. Yippee!
As far as mosquitoes, I completely agree. Worthless little devils.
Once a year? Bet you'll look forward to that more than your birthday! It is an important part of knowing what to do, though, and I can see why a manager would need to be so well read and up to date.
I forgot to mention at least one study actually found that if you removed mosquitos from the earth, there would be no eco-collapse as with most animals, and in my opinion, that's all God has to do to make heaven heaven. The rest is just extra, though it's very much appreciated. ;)
Closing time. One last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer and get the F*** OUTTA HERE!
original: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Where the funny part is from: https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Wow, not a single comment all night. Well... time for breakfast I guess.
Try having to re-type 800 pages of safety manuals(they didn't think to save digital copies of them), keeping the same formatting, and changing all instances of one companies name, into another companies name. I think my eyes were crossed for about a week after that.
Also, good(?) morning kittens.
No, GM. I don't want to do that
I'm on the bus, slept three hours last night due to 180 cake balls. I want my jacket with the pillow and eye cover!!!
@Creeper: I keep meaning to go get my measurements so that I can actually fill in the survey when it shows it's face. I'll probably do that tomorrow after work...which ends with a training meeting. -.-
If I were smart I'd get my measurements...I could ask my neighbor since he's a costume designer. I'm just too lazy.
That's partly why I haven't gone. Too lazy, and when I finish work I'm usually too tired, or it's too late in the day, to go get it done. And once I'm home, there is almost no getting me out again.
Loving the game ! the kids love the game ! friends are exploding too! I know it's sometimes goats, but I'd love it you'd have a look at my project too, because it's 100% goats https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gerald/goatpocolypse-greeting-cards
@Creeper, did you get your 9 lives?
Whoo. Long as heck lab. Should've been easy, but things happened that weren't supposed to. Targets were missed, agents were compromised, mistakes were made...
GM, sounds like fun! You lucky dog!
Also, forgot to mention that I, like everyone else I've heard mention how their night went, got much less sleep than I'd planned for. And was in the lab 20 minutes after everything was supposed to be shut down and over, which to me is especially annoying because I'm usually the first or second one done but for the second time in a row I was last by a long shot.
Hello Exploding Kittens Team,
I'm a backer who still has not received their kittens, or even a shipping notification. A few weeks ago I was told to fill out a survey, and I did. Email to me with it initially must have gotten trashed somewhere. Fact is, I performed this task weeks ago, and I have yet to receive my shipping confirmation. Now I see the product available on Amazon, and if I wanted to pay for priority shipping, I could have it it only two days. If it's possible to have kittens in two days, why have I been waiting MONTHS for mine? I was a backer. I'm part of the reason your product had so much success. My friend has had hers for months. I'm a backer, you should make sure that all backers should have had their kittens before selling to other vendors. Where are my kittens? I want them shipped, and at this point I don't give a damn from where. I paid for your product, I supported your product, and I was promised your product. What is Exploding Kittens going to do to make this right for me? Let me be clear, I don't want a refund - I don't want to have to pay an additional $15 for the two decks on amazon and lose out on my backers gift. I want my cards to say first edition like my friend's do. So I suppose what I'm really asking is when the heck am I getting my kittens - don't tell me to fill out more bullshit when this is now available for public purchase. You as a creator made a promise to me as a backer when you accepted my money. I'm going on vacation soon, and I'd like my decks so that I can bring them with me.
Sincerely
Crystal
A Very Dissatisfied Backer
Ryuuhimme, did you contact support@explodingkittens.com about the problem? Make a short, concise subject line and include important details in the email. It may take over a week because they have so many emails, but I think that's starting to die down. It'll still take many days, so be patient please and don't send redundant emails. Be forewarned they may ship it and not even reply to you, so it may just show up magically at your doorstep. But if nothing happens in 2 weeks, email them again to try to get helped. They really want to get every backer what they wanted, so work with them and be patient. About 1-2% of the 220,000 backers have the same trouble.
Another one for Creeper and all kittens alike:
http://9gag.com/gag/aPGoE1q
@Ryuuhime1987 - Sorry to hear about your frustration. I know it's aggravating to see everyone else get their reward. Please follow Zem's advice. Unfortunately some addresses slip through the cracks. But I can second that the EK team truly does care and wants to make sure you get your game.
@TeP - SQUEEEEEEEE!!!
Geeeyyahh.. i have so many projects shipping in the next month. I'm soooooo impatient! They're all delayed projects, and now they're all ready to ship soon. COME TO ME PRECIOUSES
Yay for products (finally) shipping!
@Ryuuhime1987 in case you haven't checked back yet, see my comment below for instructions on how to get help getting your deck.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardgale/ginosaji-the-horribly-slow-murderer-movie-project
If you guys never saw the original video, it's there on the page. This could make the best movie ever!
Why is time moving slower than a snail in molasses in January?
So, low on sleep, nothing to do until tomorrow, that day being the weekend... Yeah, time for a nap! Don't know how long it was, but for the first time in a long time I slept for some time, got up to my alarm (in fear of the 8 waiting behind it because I ignore them too much) and got up not feeling worse than when I went for one. Now I remember why people take them in the first place!
Perhaps y'all can help me if anyone is around. Coworker is trying to think of a movie. He can only remember a scene.
All he remembers is a housekeeper or janitor listening to an English lesson on a walkman. You hear the english lesson playing. Then they are killed (not sure if you see this happening), and then the frame is just of the walkman on the ground, blood on it, and it says "Adios... Goodbye"
I never know if it's empty or if people just avoid commenting for whatever reason. Though it is the week, so you're all busy until like 10 pm. And on weekends, you never check on. https://www.youtube.com/watch…
Oh, what?! It didn't bring those up when I checked before commenting! Sorry bout that. Though it applies for the rest of the time.
Nope, sorry, never seen that movie, whatever it is. I would know if I had, I'm just like that with movies, but if they find out, tell me because it sounds like it could conceivably make a good movie.
If I copy and paste the URL into a different tab, it brings me to the most recent comments, but if I hit Comments to refresh it, it starts with my comment 4 hours ago starting with "So, low on sleep..." Why are you so weird, Kickstarter comments?
I can't believe I just now discovered the Rutles! I'd say, "why is this not a real thing", but it became a real thing. Also, Eric Idle is a comedy genius. Nothing new there. I couldn't stop laughing the entire documentary.
Where are all the comments?
Ok- at least i'm not the only one. :) Just found the new ones. THIS GAME IS TOO STRESSFUL!!!!! Chiefs vs. Broncos.
Ooh! Too bad I don't follow the NFL until maybe December. The Huskers are still exchanging butt-whoopins.
I know, to see the new comments, I have to cut the URL and then paste and search it. It's really annoying.
Hey, it worked this time! I hit "Comments" and it showed my recent comment! Is it fixed?!
Nope, nevermind, it did it again. Man, it wants to remind me of how good that nap was!
Seriously, people. This is not a customs issue, this is strictly a FedEx issue. They don't want to deal with customs documents.
I order things from Amazon and other USA retailers every month or so. USPS works fine. Even shitty DHL, which Amazon uses, works fine. 1-2 weeks is the usual delivery time, not months.
Also, having 200k+ customers is NOT an excuse for bad customer service. With all these orders, you know, you also get a lot of MONEY to hire support staff and also to hire people who actually know something about logistics of international shipping.
Please, stop blaming Russians for your inability to handle shipping and answer support emails. This is ridiculous.
Alexey, Ok, if you're just going to be cranky and not take it seriously, then don't expect good results. Seriously, email support@explodingkittens.com or explodingkittens@support.blackbox.cool . And trust me, they didn't make nearly ANY money off the campaign. In fact, they had to fix a few things so that they didn't lose any on it. Those 3 people who worked on a thousand emails or more per day? They worked longer hours than I bet you've ever had to, yet that was as good as it got. Just contact support@explodingkittens.com and don't complain to us. If you're going to berate the thing we've donated so much time to, do it somewhere where it will get results. As I mentioned, you can't get help by complaining on here, you have to go to the team directly and BE PATIENT! And again, you're not the only Russian having trouble; it has always been hard to get things there. Complain to FedEx if they're being dumb about bringing it over or have it shipped to a foreign friend who can then ship it to you using normal mail or some other service.
And on that note, time to go to sleep. See y'all's's tomorreh.
Do not mess with the mattress. He WILL go sideways on you and give you a verbal bitch slappin'.
G' Morning Kittens.
Flollopin' all OVER a mofo!
Top o' the mornin, Nikola.
G'morning PoT- how are things today?
Backyard kitties have been fed. Despite their (two of them) love of hissing and meowing when look at them and then look away.
Haha. I love kittens. Reminds me of Aristocats.
Morning ya'll.
@Creeper. Today things are wet. We had an intense storm front go through last night, lots of tree limbs down. I am concerned about my walls at the new house. I'll probably run out there later today just to check.
@Zem. Have you been in touch with the EK Team?
Morning kittens. How is everyone this fine day?
Time to get up and go to work. I'll be finishing evaluations today
PoT: we're going to have a big storm today, apparently. And we're gonna try to have the annual dorm camping trip unless it rains bad in the next few hours and they can't set up.
And no, I never did contact them.
GM, I'm good! Friday, nothing to do until later this weekend, tons of fun planned...
LZ, have fun with that. Though just think; it'll all be over soon!
And at least it's not SOPs. ;)
Wow, literally 2 minutes after I get back from class, I hear the pitter patter of Santa's feet on the roof. Or rain. More likely Santa though.
Another minute later, it's pouring like mad.
Another minute, it's HAILING! Wow, glad I got here when I did! Can't wait to go to my next classes.