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Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous - Kickstarter!

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Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction? I donated last minute, although it felt very wrong paying someone else to build 'elite' when you lot have done such an incredible job over the years.
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Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous - Kickstarter!

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Yodeebe wrote:
Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction?
I somehow doubt there'll be much 'steering' - but you never know.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous - Kickstarter!

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Yodeebe wrote:
My apologies in advance, as I'm sure this has been discussed, but extreme laziness dictates that I can't be arsed to read through 41 pages.
Would be way faster than reading through the (currently) 2431 pages of the Kickstarter comments section, though. :wink: Although the best source of information would be the FAQs on the main Kickstarter project page.
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Yodeebe wrote:
Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction? I donated last minute, although it felt very wrong paying someone else to build 'elite' when you lot have done such an incredible job over the years.
I will be on the Design Decision Forum, and I intend to offer you guys a say. Not sure who else is on here? Probably Drew is, as part of his Writers Pack.
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£4,500 though! :shock: <Faints>
Cheers,
Drew.
Maybe you could start a Kickstarter Campaign to found your £4500 pledge. 8)
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JazHaz wrote:
Yodeebe wrote:
Also, is there a group of Ooolite E.D donators, to steer the project in the right direction? I donated last minute, although it felt very wrong paying someone else to build 'elite' when you lot have done such an incredible job over the years.
I will be on the Design Decision Forum, and I intend to offer you guys a say. Not sure who else is on here? Probably Drew is, as part of his Writers Pack.
Drew is.

I am also on the DDF tier.
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Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous - Kickstarter!

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Mobius has made a selection of banners for E: D backers, mine's below. See his post on the E: D forum, here.
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Gimi wrote:
drew wrote:
£4,500 though! :shock: <Faints>
Cheers,
Drew.
Maybe you could start a Kickstarter Campaign to found your £4500 pledge. 8)
Thanks to Gimi, I got an eBook in my inbox tonight (31st May 2014 - Release of Elite Reclamation)!
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Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous - Kickstarter!

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Minor update on the kickstarter page! Just Micheal plugging another book, as well as talking about updates. From what I gather a newsletter will happen every two weeks, and a BIG update from DB himself once a month. The big updates will be on the kickstarter itself.

So stay tuned folks! (Also, new concept art. :) )

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/146 ... rous/posts

Oh! and if like me you where unable to fully pledge during the initial kickstarter, they should have a new way to pledge in the coming weeks. Which is exciting, as I am completely dirt broke this month and last, but next I can easily up my pledge! :D
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Cool, thanks.This ones the most apt, I reckon.
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The idea of Cobra Mk III cufflinks etc seems to be quite popular on the E: D forum. <grins>

I've dropped the 'Kickstarter' bit from this thread's title, btw - that part is done!
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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FD are advertising for programmers now... hmm, I wonder?
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El Viejo wrote:
FD are advertising for programmers now... hmm, I wonder?
Funnily enough in November or early December, they shed a few jobs.
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Gimi wrote:
drew wrote:
£4,500 though! :shock: <Faints>
Cheers,
Drew.
Maybe you could start a Kickstarter Campaign to found your £4500 pledge. 8)
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JazHaz wrote:
Funnily enough in November or early December, they shed a few jobs.
Arguably in different field of expertise.
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Wolfwood wrote:
JazHaz wrote:
Funnily enough in November or early December, they shed a few jobs.
Arguably in different field of expertise.
As was discussed somewhere earlier in this thread, all very normal in this industry.
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
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Kickstarter update #37 is out now. Main news is that the web-app for managing pledges is live. All pledgers (kickstarter and paypal) should look out for an email which contains the link for accessing the web-app.

There's a guide on using the app on the Frontier Forums, here. Note that the forum is very busy at the moment, so I suggest giving it a couple of hours or waiting until you get your email! :D
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£4,500 though! :shock: <Faints>
Cheers,
Drew.
Maybe you could start a Kickstarter Campaign to found your £4500 pledge. 8)
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Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

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Auch, I did a Jonty. Need to encrypt my disk from my wife now.
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