I spent an hour just *bathing* in the Kickstarter webpage for City of Titans. I read *everything.* I mean EVERYTHING. And I happened upon a discrepancy in the listing for Pledge levels.
Let me explain.
If you go to the Kickstarter City of Titans webpage, and scroll DOWN. Way down. Down past where Mr. Roper and later Mr. Furley lived. Way down. WAY WAY DOWN the page. What you will see is a lovely listing of all of the Pledge levels (but no monetary amounts) but with their appropriate names. Each named pledge level contains a thorough description of what a person will receive if they pledge at that level. AND, for a couple of these named pledge levels there is mention of ADD-ONS that come WITH that pledge.
I will say that again, as some might misconstrue this. "There is mention of ADD-ONS that come WITH THAT pledge level." Included WITH the amount you pledged. NOT EXTRA.
When you check the convenient NEAR THE TOP easy to see listing of pledge levels (this list HAS the monetary amounts affixed by each named pledge level), there is NO mention of these additional add-ons that COME WITH your pledge for NO ADDITIONAL COST.
When I noticed this, I went to the forum on the Kickstarter City of Titans page and posted what I noticed. I think most thought I was confused about add-ons like many previous (including, LOL, me! when I first pledged last Saturday) pledgers had been and proceeded to ignore my post. But a few queried me further, CHECKED, noticed that I wasn't full of baloney, and suggested I post what I had discovered on this site.
A really good idea :)
OK, so once again... If you go to Kickstarter page for City of Titans and then scroll down to the bottom - I mean way down to the bottom (or near bottom) of the page, you will see a neat listing of all of the Pledge levels with description and colorful little drawings.
TWO of the Pledge Levels that I saw - specifically "All Your Base" says you will receive the following add-ons for no additional cost: T-shirt, lanyard, mousepad, Phoenix pet. Also, the Pledge level right below it is the "I Know A Guy" and that one says that a pledger will receive the add-on of INSTANT SIDEKICK.
Now, when you scroll back UP to the top or near top and see the convenient listing of Pledge Levels that are named, described AND have a monetary figure attached to them ("All Your Base" is $500 and "I Know A Guy" is $750), there will be NO MENTION OF ANY OF THESE INCLUDED ADD-ONs.
I am not accusing MWM or City of Titans of any kind of shenanigans here. I am just wondering *which version* of the Pledge level listing descriptions is the ACCURATE VERSION. If anyone has any idea which listing is correct, you would be my hero :)
Posted a brief comment on KickStarter, elaborating somewhat more here.
The listed add-ons *are* included, as specified in the text description near the bottom of the page.
Not including them in the right-hand-side add-on list was deliberate, because it would have made the list on the right-hand side (even more) unwieldy. Not including a *pointer* to the full text at the bottom was an oversight, but unfortunately is one that KS rules don't allow us to fix, because editing a level is not permitted once anyone has selected that level.
I have brought the issue to the attention of the folks handling the KS page, and we will see what we can do to make it more obvious, but the answer may well be "not much", depending on what KS does and does not allow for various parts of the page.
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If only I had enough money to pledge to bother reading that far down =P
Supporting how I can, Starting up a DA group for art, stories, and concepts to be collected
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Please join up if you plan to make or collect CoT related art.
Thanks for the elaboration, DeathSheep. I knew it must be a typo of some sort, I just didn't know which was the CORRECT version of Pledge and which was the erroneous. After I posted on this site, I returned to the Kickstarter site for City of Titans and checked the COMMENTS to see if there had been any responses. As it turned out, someone had responded and elaborated and I am thankful. Proceeded to UP my pledge to Registered Lethal Weapon and a few extra dollars to boot :) Thanks for addressing my concerns. Again - very happy with this project and community effort and will do everything I can to support it.
Responded there as well, yes, but given comment limitations it seemed better to keep the more complete details to the forums.
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I actually wish that this campaign could run much longer than it has because I BARELY learned about it TODAY and it's already almost halfway over :( I am a small print shop and I would have LOVED to print out huge banners to plaster on the side of my Canopy at the outdoor market I attend where thousands of people visit every weekend to start promoting this project from day 1 and instead.... I find out when the campaign is nearly halfway done and I simply can't justify doing this knowing full well that I have lost out on 50% of advertising time -__- if future campaigns are ever run please let me know so I can help out better!