Do you all prefer monthly donations or one bigger lump sum?
Either is perfectly okay! We will ALSO be launching a proper recurring donation drive later on for people to kick in a few bucks a month to cover ongoing costs, but if you'd prefer to do that now via paypal instead of a lump sum, that's also cool. Or both! Or neither! I promise, your presence is enough.
But your money is also nice.
I've chatted a bit with Zonugal about this, but a proper fundraiser auction with items from the community like art or services would be a ton of fun later on to raise money for Coin Return (though with the level of organization, perhaps this is for when we're settled there)
I'd love to contribute some of my infinity mirror art, hair accessories I design, or weird props at some point
feel bad being too broke to contribute right now, thanks to everyone chipping in so we can keep things going
Here is the catch to remember. People being here is what makes here work. There is a perception that certain large personalities are key, or that if they left everything would fall apart. This is, in my experience, largely inaccurate. Big personalities rise and fall. It is the everyday people that make the place work. You need a critical base of support or otherwise you are done. If you have a big enough name it can pull people in, but whether or not the community thrives is on the people. The vast majority of interaction is with people whose forum name you kinda know, and who bring a perspective that strike a chord with you.
Being here helps a ton. Money is only one component of it. We need you, so many of you, to make this place be worth putting a single dime into.
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minor incidentpublicly subsidized!privately profitable!Registered User, Transition Teamregular
Do you all prefer monthly donations or one bigger lump sum?
Either is perfectly okay! We will ALSO be launching a proper recurring donation drive later on for people to kick in a few bucks a month to cover ongoing costs, but if you'd prefer to do that now via paypal instead of a lump sum, that's also cool. Or both! Or neither! I promise, your presence is enough.
But your money is also nice.
I've chatted a bit with Zonugal about this, but a proper fundraiser auction with items from the community like art or services would be a ton of fun later on to raise money for Coin Return (though with the level of organization, perhaps this is for when we're settled there)
I'd love to contribute some of my infinity mirror art, hair accessories I design, or weird props at some point
That is absolutely something we've talked about doing, maybe even on an annual basis as a fundraiser for the community, and I would personally love the chance for a bunch of our talented artists and craftspeople to contribute something cool that folks could buy or bid on to help us fund this place.
And also, your work slaps, so that would rule.
Hell, New Jersey, it said on the letter. Delivered without comment. So be it!
feel bad being too broke to contribute right now, thanks to everyone chipping in so we can keep things going
Here is the catch to remember. People being here is what makes here work. There is a perception that certain large personalities are key, or that if they left everything would fall apart. This is, in my experience, largely inaccurate. Big personalities rise and fall. It is the everyday people that make the place work. You need a critical base of support or otherwise you are done. If you have a big enough name it can pull people in, but whether or not the community thrives is on the people. The vast majority of interaction is with people whose forum name you kinda know, and who bring a perspective that strike a chord with you.
Being here helps a ton. Money is only one component of it. We need you, so many of you, to make this place be worth putting a single dime into.
It's like whales in F2P games!
The big personalities need a crowd to perform to!
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Sir FabulousMalevolent Squid GodRegistered Userregular
Katie did her best and we should be proud of her for the effort! Also donated.
I interpreted it as "Katie can do better then us"
It's all fun and games to jest like this until it's revealed that actually this wasn't a paid cameo, but Katie Marovitch has over 10,000 posts on the Penny Arcade Forums and is deeply invested in the community.
I'd guess probably BugBoy.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Teamregular
Katie did her best and we should be proud of her for the effort! Also donated.
I interpreted it as "Katie can do better then us"
It's all fun and games to jest like this until it's revealed that actually this wasn't a paid cameo, but Katie Marovitch has over 10,000 posts on the Penny Arcade Forums and is deeply invested in the community.
Katie did her best and we should be proud of her for the effort! Also donated.
I interpreted it as "Katie can do better then us"
It's all fun and games to jest like this until it's revealed that actually this wasn't a paid cameo, but Katie Marovitch has over 10,000 posts on the Penny Arcade Forums and is deeply invested in the community.
Katie did her best and we should be proud of her for the effort! Also donated.
I interpreted it as "Katie can do better then us"
It's all fun and games to jest like this until it's revealed that actually this wasn't a paid cameo, but Katie Marovitch has over 10,000 posts on the Penny Arcade Forums and is deeply invested in the community.
We did it gang! We overshot our first milestone!
But we can only unveil one post at a time.
For now, it's a small one, but one very dear to our heart.
We will never forget you....
(See the second post for more information)
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silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
We did it gang! We overshot our first milestone!
But we can only unveil one post at a time.
For now, it's a small one, but one very dear to our heart.
We will never forget you....
(See the second post for more information)
@Dibbit I hope you're happy! I'm crying, crying! Laughing at this horse video right now.
Presumably the TT will see our real names linked to our PayPal accounts?
Yes. Only dibbit, myself, zonugal, and delzhand have access to it, so we can see real names. I don't know any way around that, if it's a concern, I'm afraid. But I can promise it will not be revealed outside of that circle under any circumstance without express permission. Also, if you don't mention your forum name in the notes, we have no way to tie it to a particular member here.
Hell, New Jersey, it said on the letter. Delivered without comment. So be it!
I've updated the thermo, because you guys are so awesome it's humbling.
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minor incidentpublicly subsidized!privately profitable!Registered User, Transition Teamregular
Also, folks. FOLKS.
You absolutely ridiculous, generous, awful, beautiful creatures.
Look what you DID to our poor thermometer!
Just to be clear - we will only reveal one milestone unlock PER DAY to keep the fun going, but you've already blown through ALL of our initial goals.
Little did you know we might just have some... stretch goals. But that will come later! And I promise all of the upcoming reveals will be extremely fun! Please keep the donations coming in. The more runway we have, the less stress it will be ensuring this new place stays open and stable, and we'll be able to invest in more fun and QoL improvements we couldn't otherwise justify!
You all fucking KICK ASS. I'm so proud of you.
Hell, New Jersey, it said on the letter. Delivered without comment. So be it!
Stretch goal to reimburse TT for their initial outlays?
I would love this
But you just know the fuckers will just consider their personal costs as a donation of their own and just pay it forward.
Kind hearted, charitable jerks.
actually they sorely, desperately want to be reimbursed but they saw this post and now fear the social judgement that would follow
For the record this was joke because I was gonna make the same post silence1186 did and they beat me to it.
I would very much like the TT to recoup their upfront costs!
Tox on
maybe the real panopticon was the friends we made along the way
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
I had to do like six captchas to donate, and I'm worried that we might be driving away the lucrative bot market. There's got to be at least a couple who have come to love this place after years of trying to sell us boner pills and sunglasses.
I had to do like six captchas to donate, and I'm worried that we might be driving away the lucrative bot market. There's got to be at least a couple who have come to love this place after years of trying to sell us boner pills and sunglasses.
6 captchas?
have you considered that maybe you are the bot?
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
To be fair, most of them were due to my credit card company rightfully trying to stop me from making that shady-ass transaction.
This whole process has really gotten me to re-evaluate the amount of value I've gotten for free from these forums over the years. In any other form of media that would have been worth a staggering amount of money. And while the Coin Return team may not have been personally responsible for all of that history, it's only fair that I should help balance the scales to preserve it.
I had to do like six captchas to donate, and I'm worried that we might be driving away the lucrative bot market. There's got to be at least a couple who have come to love this place after years of trying to sell us boner pills and sunglasses.
I had to have a long think about whether a moped counted as a motorcycle for mine.
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HardtargetThere Are Four LightsVancouverRegistered Userregular
and done
when do I get my tax receipt for this charity???
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minor incidentpublicly subsidized!privately profitable!Registered User, Transition Teamregular
I had to do like six captchas to donate, and I'm worried that we might be driving away the lucrative bot market. There's got to be at least a couple who have come to love this place after years of trying to sell us boner pills and sunglasses.
I had to have a long think about whether a moped counted as a motorcycle for mine.
Well… don’t keep us in suspense! Does it??
Hell, New Jersey, it said on the letter. Delivered without comment. So be it!
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Surely you can do better
I've chatted a bit with Zonugal about this, but a proper fundraiser auction with items from the community like art or services would be a ton of fun later on to raise money for Coin Return (though with the level of organization, perhaps this is for when we're settled there)
I'd love to contribute some of my infinity mirror art, hair accessories I design, or weird props at some point
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Here is the catch to remember. People being here is what makes here work. There is a perception that certain large personalities are key, or that if they left everything would fall apart. This is, in my experience, largely inaccurate. Big personalities rise and fall. It is the everyday people that make the place work. You need a critical base of support or otherwise you are done. If you have a big enough name it can pull people in, but whether or not the community thrives is on the people. The vast majority of interaction is with people whose forum name you kinda know, and who bring a perspective that strike a chord with you.
Being here helps a ton. Money is only one component of it. We need you, so many of you, to make this place be worth putting a single dime into.
That is absolutely something we've talked about doing, maybe even on an annual basis as a fundraiser for the community, and I would personally love the chance for a bunch of our talented artists and craftspeople to contribute something cool that folks could buy or bid on to help us fund this place.
And also, your work slaps, so that would rule.
Katie did her best and we should be proud of her for the effort! Also donated.
I interpreted it as "Katie can do better then us"
Of course Katie did her best. She's great! She deserves better.
Cameo is a wonderful place:
[first few minutes of this]
"We love the Penny Arcade forums, precious."
Anyway, chipped in.
It's like whales in F2P games!
The big personalities need a crowd to perform to!
It's all fun and games to jest like this until it's revealed that actually this wasn't a paid cameo, but Katie Marovitch has over 10,000 posts on the Penny Arcade Forums and is deeply invested in the community.
I'd guess probably BugBoy.
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Helping getting this journey underway!
Eggytoast would be my guess
But we can only unveil one post at a time.
For now, it's a small one, but one very dear to our heart.
We will never forget you....
(See the second post for more information)
@Dibbit I hope you're happy! I'm crying, crying! Laughing at this horse video right now.
E: Tossed some lucre at the CR Society, a la the Samurai in FF5.
Yes. Only dibbit, myself, zonugal, and delzhand have access to it, so we can see real names. I don't know any way around that, if it's a concern, I'm afraid. But I can promise it will not be revealed outside of that circle under any circumstance without express permission. Also, if you don't mention your forum name in the notes, we have no way to tie it to a particular member here.
Katie Marovitch of collegehumor and dropout and probably other places fame
You absolutely ridiculous, generous, awful, beautiful creatures.
Look what you DID to our poor thermometer!
Just to be clear - we will only reveal one milestone unlock PER DAY to keep the fun going, but you've already blown through ALL of our initial goals.
Little did you know we might just have some... stretch goals. But that will come later! And I promise all of the upcoming reveals will be extremely fun! Please keep the donations coming in. The more runway we have, the less stress it will be ensuring this new place stays open and stable, and we'll be able to invest in more fun and QoL improvements we couldn't otherwise justify!
You all fucking KICK ASS. I'm so proud of you.
For the record this was joke because I was gonna make the same post silence1186 did and they beat me to it.
I would very much like the TT to recoup their upfront costs!
6 captchas?
have you considered that maybe you are the bot?
I had to have a long think about whether a moped counted as a motorcycle for mine.
when do I get my tax receipt for this charity???
Well… don’t keep us in suspense! Does it??