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Author Topic: RPG.net Pre-Emptively Bans Discussion of My New Game, Ascendant!  (Read 16928 times)

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« Reply #105 on: March 24, 2020, 01:47:55 PM »
Well, we're seven days away from the end of the crowdfunding period. It doesn't look like we're going to hit the $1 Billion stretch goal. But we are going to fund! When I launched this Kickstarter, I didn't expect to be launching it in the midst of the worst global pandemic since Spanish Flu, nor in the midst of the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression.

If you're a backer, I want to make sure that everyone who is counting on stretch goals is rewarded for their pledge. Therefore:

1) I am updating the $30,000 stretch goal to include BOTH battlemaps rather than just one. If we hit $30K, we'll treat it as though we hit $40K, and all the way up the chain. (Technically if we hit $1M that means I have to become a crimefighter.)

2) Regardless of whether we hit anymore stretch goals at all, all backers at the $90 level and above will get an Exclusive 11" x 17" Special Edition poster of Aurora and Stiletto illustrated by Jinky Coronado. I'm incredibly thrilled to have Ms. Coronado working on this. A former FHM and calendar model, she  is the creator/writer/artist of Banzai Girl, has illustrated such diverse projects as Avalon High and Exposure, and is a cover artist for Archie Comics.

You can see a sneak peek of the poster here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autarch/ascendant/posts/2794029

Thanks again for the outpouring of support on this thread. Cheers, hope you're all staying healthy.

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« Reply #106 on: March 24, 2020, 03:52:23 PM »
Congratulations, you are the recipient of only my second kick starter pledge ever (and the first for an RPG).  

I have to say that none of the stretch goals tempted me in the least, but the hardback looked too good to ignore.

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« Reply #107 on: March 24, 2020, 10:23:04 PM »
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Congratulations, you are the recipient of only my second kick starter pledge ever (and the first for an RPG).  

I have to say that none of the stretch goals tempted me in the least, but the hardback looked too good to ignore.

Thanks very much for pledging! Especially in such crazy days.

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« Reply #108 on: March 30, 2020, 09:45:49 PM »
Hey there.  I was the one that started the thread on RPG.net to discuss the game and virtually immediately told that it was a non-topic that is banned from discussion and my thread was unceremoniously closed.  

I am also the backer that wrote in the comments of the Kickstarter that despite me being very excited for the game, backing it at the Paragon $90 level, that now I have to back out of my pledge because the assclowns that run the company my fiancé and I work for have decided to furlough us both without pay and now we are trying to get unemployment going and wondering how we are going to pay our bills due to the COVID-19 crap.  It is an utter shame.  I was looking forward to it and had been openly promoting it online at RPG.net (I tried) and the DC Heroes Facebook group, etc.

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« Reply #109 on: March 31, 2020, 02:28:13 PM »
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Hey there.  I was the one that started the thread on RPG.net to discuss the game and virtually immediately told that it was a non-topic that is banned from discussion and my thread was unceremoniously closed.  

I am also the backer that wrote in the comments of the Kickstarter that despite me being very excited for the game, backing it at the Paragon $90 level, that now I have to back out of my pledge because the assclowns that run the company my fiancé and I work for have decided to furlough us both without pay and now we are trying to get unemployment going and wondering how we are going to pay our bills due to the COVID-19 crap.  It is an utter shame.  I was looking forward to it and had been openly promoting it online at RPG.net (I tried) and the DC Heroes Facebook group, etc.

Thanks for the kind words on DC Heroes and RPG.net. Can you check your Private Messages? I left you a note there.

Everyone - thank you all for your support! It's the last day of the Kickstarter so if you want to pledge, now's the time.

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« Reply #110 on: March 31, 2020, 05:33:51 PM »
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Hey there.  I was the one that started the thread on RPG.net to discuss the game and virtually immediately told that it was a non-topic that is banned from discussion and my thread was unceremoniously closed.  

I am also the backer that wrote in the comments of the Kickstarter that despite me being very excited for the game, backing it at the Paragon $90 level, that now I have to back out of my pledge because the assclowns that run the company my fiancé and I work for have decided to furlough us both without pay and now we are trying to get unemployment going and wondering how we are going to pay our bills due to the COVID-19 crap.  It is an utter shame.  I was looking forward to it and had been openly promoting it online at RPG.net (I tried) and the DC Heroes Facebook group, etc.

I'm so sorry to hear about your situation and wish you all the best. :(
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« Reply #111 on: April 09, 2020, 07:26:31 PM »
I only backed it at the $20 mark, because at this time that is all I can afford, but rest assured, if you have a pledge master or backer kit open to collect information, I will boost my backing to the level that will get me a hardcover of the book, cos I love me some supers games.

I have a question tho, how easy is it to create new powers in the game system?

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« Reply #112 on: April 12, 2020, 10:49:41 AM »
It's probably worth mentioning that you can now get in on this on Indiegogo, and it'll apparently honour the total pledges between the two campaigns as far as stretch goals.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ascendant#/
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« Reply #113 on: April 14, 2020, 12:56:31 PM »
so maybe he will get to the super hero level!

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« Reply #114 on: April 15, 2020, 07:08:16 AM »
I'm not too interested in superhero games, nor do I particularly enjoy toolkit systems (like GURPS, Hero, or Tri-Stat), but damn, there is something eerily beautiful in the way Ascendant works. I especially enjoyed reading Exploring the Physics of Superheroes and We're Running Out of Time! on the Kickstarter page.
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