Lads and lasses, I would humbly suggest this is not the time for strategizing on plan B or C. Just a week ago I was feeling pessimistic about the Kickstarter campaign. Not today. Consider these facts:
- One week ago the pledge total was less than £150K. Right now we are pushing £290K, and £300K is not out of the question by the end of today. - It hasn't just been early pledgers increasing their pledges either. Nearly 700 new pledgers in the last week. - The LiveCode campaign is #2 on the Kicktraq.com hot list. - Yesterday the campaign set a record for total amount pledged, even more than the first day, at £34,219. Today we have already eclipsed that amount. - Even given the slow days in the middle of the month, the campaign is now trending toward 90% funding. The high end of the projected cone at Kicktraq is well past the goal at over £372K. - If we hit £300K today that leaves £50 for the last two days, or £25K needed per day. Donations yesterday and today have been well beyond that. - There have been some seriously major media mentions over the last few days. Lots of people are noticing. - My Kickstarter pledge meter has been going crazy today. I hear clinking coins almost constantly (Thanks Monte and Björnke.) - I haven't even upped my pledge yet, but I will. :) Are we out of the woods? Not by a long shot. We need to keep up the effort. But it is most definitely within reach! Cheers, Devin On Feb 25, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 02/25/2013 10:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> All. >> >> >> If we do fail, cannot we simply start again, with a goal set slightly lower, >> and assume (hope?) that all the original pledges will be repeated? If more >> comes in, and it seems that time is on our side, it simply means, well, >> more. I bet if the deadline was extended even one week, the goal would be >> met easily. >> >> >> >> Craig Newman >> > > Sounds sensible to me! > > Richmond. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richmond <[email protected]> >> To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> >> Sent: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 3:11 pm >> Subject: Re: Kickstarter Thoughts >> >> >> On 02/25/2013 10:08 PM, Kevin Miller wrote: >>> It is not possible to make a change to either the funding amount or the >>> deadline. It is not possible to get any sort of exception. Period. >>> Kickstarter are cast iron about this, it is one of their fundamental >>> principals. >>> >>> At this stage of the campaign, what we need is positive focus on making >>> this happen. Discussion of a Plan B is not appropriate just now. Only by >>> remaining positive will this campaign succeed. Lets make it happen we are >>> so close! Just passed 80%. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Kevin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
