I will skip the semi-obligatory "kids are starvin' in Japan" comments; it is time I could spend re-learning how to color stick figures.... 
it's not like the money is going to the "make rich burlew filthy rich" campaign. he has set very tangible goals for reprinting all 7 books in his catalog, added a coloring book, stickers, expansion packs for his board game based on oots, and people still keep on giving money. as of right now, he's raised $1million *over* the initial amount he was asking for, with an average donation of roughly $85 each. impressed is definitely the correct emotion, considering how poor gamers claim to be all the time
Yeah, I am just a bit amazed, especially at the SPEED with which he did it. If he HAD chosen to be a greedy SOB he could have kept it going for six months instead of one and probably never again have had to work a day in his life. And we are not talking about a feverish bout of stocktrading or a best selling novel, just a a few months of online fundraising from whoever reads his webcomic, in exchange for, what, MAYBE a half million dollars worth of printing and shipping costs? Instead of going in his pocket the rest is going to support OotS for the foreseeable future, but, wow... one MONTH of fundraising did that, with just a few websites rather than a Jerry Lewis holiday telethon. Maybe he SHOULD consider philanthropy if he can get results that big that fast (though how sustainable it would be remains to be seen.)
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Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
The Order of the Stick webcomic raises over $1million in 30 days on kickstarter! 
- 20/02/2012 01:07:37 AM
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- 20/02/2012 01:07:37 AM
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I always marvel at the fact that some people donate thousands of dollars to these things
- 20/02/2012 03:05:27 AM
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PBS drives make sense as they are tax deductible
- 20/02/2012 03:01:22 PM
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The real moral here may be that PBS should offer greater icentives.
- 20/02/2012 09:03:13 PM
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I am unsure whether to be impressed or appalled.
- 20/02/2012 07:41:31 AM
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The actors of Friends were making 1 million per episode in season 9 and 10
- 20/02/2012 02:41:24 PM
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Yeah, but they were not being paid by their (probably far less numerous) viewers.
- 20/02/2012 08:26:16 PM
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impressed is the correct emotion here, thanks for playing!
- 20/02/2012 03:05:56 PM
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Cool then.
- 20/02/2012 08:32:37 PM
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Its like the Double Fine story from a few days days ago
- 20/02/2012 05:59:31 PM
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That is very interesting in the context of the recent and ongoing piracy debates.
- 20/02/2012 08:47:35 PM
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except double fine is more of a technical project than a creative one
- 21/02/2012 06:22:32 AM
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Not really- the reason people kickstarted Double Fine is BECAUSE of the creative part
- 21/02/2012 03:51:17 PM
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my point is that it appeals to the tech crowd, which is typically better when it comes to $$$
- 22/02/2012 03:06:13 AM
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I helped 
- 21/02/2012 06:13:31 AM
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- 21/02/2012 06:13:31 AM
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I did try singing the praise of Kickstarter here not long ago. *NM*
- 23/02/2012 11:25:24 PM
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