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STLBluesNut wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:10 pm

Fenrir wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:46 pm I can say that I truly appreciate all of the hard work you put into your cards. While I know you have to supplement existing series to keep the value and timeline you have decided for your patreon, have you ever considered doing less decks a year?

There are many other patreon subscriptions who either send out rewards less frequently or have less items during the year but give more insight and collaboration into the process along with either more daring or expensive upgrades (foil, embossing, cut-outs etc...). Might help keep you from burning out and stop people from complaining about series getting too long.

ssshhhhhhhh! shush! the thing that makes his patreon so good is not only the cards but he puts out more than others. i like getting the decks even if some are recolors.

so no. not less decks. pay no mind to this advice Gio.

okay I will sit here quietly. To be clear, if you work him to the bone you might not get all those decks you are looking for if he passes out from exhaustion.

@Fenrir - haha actually I could, but it would be even worse, since people will complain for less "quantity"
I am doing my best for balance exclusivity, quantity, quality and "variation" - this is not easy and I'm still trying to improve, when possible
If all goes well, my plans are actually to increase the value of Patreon - not a promise since I am almost at "full capacity" but... I could probably still optimize something.

A side note - currently, I am not risking burnout, don't worry. I had overwork issues some years ago (before I started the cards adventure) and since then I am very careful

Thirdway Industries wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:31 pm

Adamthinks wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:46 pm I'm a tad annoyed that the Patreon exclusive decks are available on this campaign, and for less than it cost for Patrons. $270 for the first 3 quarters gets you one of each, whereas in the campaign the "early" 2022 minibox gets you one of each, plus two of each Eva deck for $262.

Hello Adam!

The price of the KS tier is more or less like 9 months of Patreon, but the subscription includes a lot of extras (discount on TWI website, the posts, the flash deals, ...) and, most importantly, the yearly reward(s) . I am focusing Patreon on yearly rewards a lot from this year and I would say that the yearly reward is probably the most important reason to subscribe nowadays (as a Patron, you should know why )

However, I've realized that, despite the lack of yearly reward & other perks, the KS deal was a little too good, so I've fixed it. Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks for responding. You didn't need to change the pricing. I'm still happy with being a Patron. I was just surprised. My level of annoyance was very minor. I've loved what you've shown for the yearly reward so far and i'd rather have that than an extra set of Eva Legendary. You've done some great decks this year, and I'm sure more are to come.

The funding phase of this project wrapped up just over an hour ago. KS sent me an e-mail saying my payment didn't go through, and gave me a link to fix it. (Funny... my exact same payment method went through just fine for Successor, which closed just a few minutes later.)

About a half hour after they sent that e-mail, I clicked on the link provided to fix the payment on Kickstarter's site... and the site says "You are not a backer of this project." My pledge has completely disappeared and I can't fix it.

I found a link to contact support and I told them the problem. They replied rather quickly (like, 20 minutes later?)... with the same set of instructions, completely ignoring that I can't fix anything because they have canceled my pledge.

I am so freakin' frustrated with Kickstarter right this moment.

Gio, I can forward you the details of my pledge if you'd be willing to let me pay you directly instead of going through KS.

Grrrr.

Super strange! Anyways, we'll fix this
I've replied via Kickstarter!

Thanks to everyone backed Eva! I am very happy with the result, considered it was a "Patreon deck".

KS is just wonky today, right now it's not showing me today's most recent activity for whatever reason

I have resolved the issue regarding my order, and it would appear that everything is worked out. This was a case of bad cookies and crossed wires. I'll also note that, yes, Gio did reach out to let me know that he'd honor the original deal I'd opted for because, well, he's a class act like that and always has been.

Well, MY Kickstarter pledge went through without a hitch. Now we know who Kickstarter loves more Rousselle....at least for today.

Rip my wallet, X.X it sucks when big campaigns ending on the same time. Account blasted by this, and an hour later, blasted by the Successors

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:25 am Rip my wallet, X.X it sucks when big campaigns ending on the same time. Account blasted by this, and an hour later, blasted by the Successors

My fault, this was not planned - I also apologized with Omar since I was not aware the campaigns were going to end the same day.
I decided to reduce the days for Eva campaign from 7 to 3 few minutes before launching ( ) and I have not considered other creator's campaigns.

Another good reason to be a Patron. Pay it and forget...unless you are seriously deranged like me and need to get four sets....In which case, you are beyond saving.

Bradius wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:02 pm Another good reason to be a Patron. Pay it and forget...unless you are seriously deranged like me and need to get four sets....In which case, you are beyond saving.

Why 4 sets? Is this perhaps OCD-related?

why 4? No idea. Just greed I think. I need enough to not feel bad about opening one set??? I am not really OCD, just insane.

Bradius wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:52 pm why 4? No idea. Just greed I think. I need enough to not feel bad about opening one set??? I am not really OCD, just insane.

My kind of crazy

Bradius wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:52 pm why 4? No idea. Just greed I think. I need enough to not feel bad about opening one set??? I am not really OCD, just insane.

Okay, can't blame you Bradius. I had 3 Intrepid Signature for the S17 Patreon wooden display. My dad goes "you should have another so you can open one." Guess who now has 4...

hsbc wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:36 pm KS is just wonky today, right now it's not showing me today's most recent activity for whatever reason

Has it been resolved for you? What did you do, if yes? I've not been able to get any update since Sunday. I tried 2 different browsers and via my mobile. No luck.

Thirdway Industries wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:38 pm

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:25 am Rip my wallet, X.X it sucks when big campaigns ending on the same time. Account blasted by this, and an hour later, blasted by the Successors

My fault, this was not planned - I also apologized with Omar since I was not aware the campaigns were going to end the same day.
I decided to reduce the days for Eva campaign from 7 to 3 few minutes before launching ( ) and I have not considered other creator's campaigns.

I hope next time the time period be at least friendly haha

So.... what was the "mystery deck" in the Forbidden Box?

Forbidden Box II

3× Eva Celeste
3× Eva Splendida
Egoism Relic
BM Crypto
Egoism Ivory
Good Deck
Evil Deck V2
Mystery Deck

It's the otherwise Patreon-exclusive Eva White Rose Printed by Legends, x/777, gilded, card backs and tuck with hot foil, redesigned face cards

Yearly Patrons will get the deck this summer; monthly Patrons have to wait until January 2023 (that's me )

Just out of curiosity; from one-shot to how many versions are we now with Eva?

Eva
Eva Noire
Eva Paradis (Noire w/ swapped tuck)
Eva Celeste
Eva Splendida
Eva Red Rose (gilded; same cards as original Eva)
Eva White Rose

So... seven?

And no Adam deck?

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:31 pm And no Adam deck?

Adam's been relegated to a Joker cameo appearance. That's all that joker is getting!

hsbc wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:03 pm Eva
Eva Noire
Eva Paradis (Noire w/ swapped tuck)
Eva Celeste
Eva Splendida
Eva Red Rose (gilded; same cards as original Eva)
Eva White Rose

So... seven?

I only owned Eva Noire XD
Celeste and Splendida coming soon once it is done

Well, there is also some other stuff if you are counting all the extras. The custom carat cases, coins and (who can forget) the busts. It can make for an amazing set with all the extras included.

Does anyone know if the Eva kickstarter rewards were supposed to ship with the non-gilded memoria kickstarter rewards? Some people seem to have gotten both in the same package, but that wasn't the case for me. Also, did anyone else have the issue where the side flap of the Eva tuck box wasnt glued on properly?

I got a tracking code for Eva Celeste Splendida, so my Memoria still stuck since I got the Gilded variants for them

e10li wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:26 pm Does anyone know if the Eva kickstarter rewards were supposed to ship with the non-gilded memoria kickstarter rewards? Some people seem to have gotten both in the same package, but that wasn't the case for me. Also, did anyone else have the issue where the side flap of the Eva tuck box wasnt glued on properly?

About the shippings

- The Memoria backers who had a big reward (Monsterbox, Uncut Sheets), received a unique, big package, with Memoria decks (without the gilded, that are on hold) combined with Eva & eventually Patreon
- The others Eva Backers received only Eva Rewards, eventually combined with Patreon's
- The Memoria backers without the gilded decks rewards were also shipped, separated from Eva's

Of course all Memoria backers with gilded decks are on hold and will be shipped asap. I am hoping October - producing these gilded deck with Cartamundi is an Odssey, as you can imagine I am not happy at all and I am already working behind the scenes to prevent these issues again on future projects (I am pre-producing a lot, basically ).

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About Eva flap, I got some reports and I am very disappointed as well - it seems that for some reason most Eva Splendida decks have "weak" glue on one side and the deck opens. Not sure what caused the problem.
This was not expected and, as usual, discovered when the shipping started (the prototypes I got in my hands were fine).
I've already talked to Legends about the issue and they admitted the problem and told me it won't happen again in the future.
The good news is that the issue does not affect the deck integrity and it can be easily fixed with stick glue - this is of course NOT okay, issue like these should not happen, but at least there is a relatively easy solution. Contact me via Kickstarter PM if you are affected, I can provide a good discount code for the issue, at least.
I apologize for issue!

Thank you for the awesome support&patience!

For pip liberator, sure, anyone with affected decks can easily fix and nothing to worry about. But nothing can be said the same with tuckist

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:23 am For pip liberator, sure, anyone with affected decks can easily fix and nothing to worry about. But nothing can be said the same with tuckist

I'd be surprised if the cellophane wouldn't prevent the flap from opening.

Adamthinks wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:11 pm

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:23 am For pip liberator, sure, anyone with affected decks can easily fix and nothing to worry about. But nothing can be said the same with tuckist

I'd be surprised if the cellophane wouldn't prevent the flap from opening.

It would of course depend on how tight the cellophane wrap is.