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Skullgirls DLC Character vote | The Campaign united us, The Voting will destroy us
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Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I agree too, you get my vote if Annie wins
Hmm, a very bold assessment.
Ultimadrago
Member
Still too early
I thought you were part of the team, Solar ;_;
Guess I'll just go huddle my chair...
SolarPowered
Member
nsfwtumblr time
chair fucking train you say
This is a bad thing, guy. Do you want three ladies competing with each other instead?
Only for character slot #2. Vote#1 is Annie's best shot at getting into the game. It's how I felt before this thread even started.
Believe in the me, who believes in you, who believes in Juju.
But seriously, if Ravid is reading, as much as I like the idea of an accelerated time table, I've been doing some thinking and I think if it's gonna happen, it should start Round 2 of the second vote at the earliest. It's very fair to say that pretty much everyone knows how the vote works by now, but I think you should keep the first week on the same time-scale.
This first vote has pretty much given everyone a good impression of who's more popular within the voting base, but I'm not sure it's fair to say that people would be largely done campaigning after this. People who were supporting the characters that didn't survive the first cut at last now have a decent impression of how popular their choices were, and will be motivated to push them even further. It's also not fair to a new arrival like Juju, and I feel like putting the entire second vote on a fast track pretty much squelches any chance at all she could pick up some sort of buzz. Putting her in on the second round of the first vote would have been unfair to everyone else, but not allowing what fans she has enough time to spread the word handicaps her just as much.
I still support the accelerated vote, just make it a bit more gradual, I guess?
I am still not convinced they are competing. I think that, say, Eliza and Annie have mostly distinct voting groups, and if one were out, they won't automatically vote for the other. Meanwhile Minette fans just want to see the world burn if she's not top 4.
A. I hate people.
B. Time to accelerate the voting, eliminate the time for I HATE YOUR FAVORITE THING madness & bad feelings.
C. I hope the indiegogo rules don't allow assholes to actually do that. But seriously, I hope that wouldn't be more than just a random jerk or three.
I didn't know you could get a refund once the campaign ended. That really sucks.
These people need thicker skin, though it didn't even cross my mind that the people donating last minute (or even for the 1st pick) were banking solely on the character they wanted. Hell, it isn't even guaranteed, I thought that much was clear.
What? If that happens you can just tell them no, right?
All you promised us was the opportunity to vote. Do they not know how votes work?
Refuse them. Having your character win is not part of what you donated for.
If that's the case accelerate everything don't give the haters a chance.
Also doesn't indiegogo have a rule about this? I mean the campaign is over.
EDIT: Also people DONATED to SQUIGLY the fact that everything escalated that quick was because of the hype.
Beside people should see that not ANY developer give us the chance like you guy did (Choose the character? Tell me who does that?! in the end they always choose whatever the hell they want!)
Well, there's always the potential for chargebacks down the line, too. Which I don't think anyone can defend against.
This is what I'm really worried about, because Paypal is ALL up in our grill and demanding collateral, evidence that we're a real business, etc. to make them feel protected in case of chargebacks.
Yeah, I've told Indiegogo that the time for refunds is over.
I'm working on Eliza fan art now, my focus was to do a crazy/evil Eliza but I'm having trouble making the face convincing, but I'll still keep the gruesome theme....look forward to it.
Google "Akivasha the vampire" for inspiration on the face.
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Chargebacks. Ugh.
commanderpepper
Member
The salt is too much, people are resorting to the jackass option select.
SolarKnight
Member
Can you guys just legally say "NO" to that?
Nowhere does it say that they will get the character they want, they will get the character the funders vote for and that's exactly what you are doing, so they should have no reason to order a refund.
I doubt it will happen. And in the strange case people do ask for refunds just refuse. They took part in the voting up until now, they were given an opportunity to participate in an event that they would've been unable to otherwise had they not donated.
If it happens I doubt the percentage of people doing it would be very high. But I'm definitely taking a defensive posture now.
You've got to protect yourselves. Think of something. Steam protects itself and the developers by locking out a steam account if they do a chargeback on a product without going through customer service (sometimes accidents do happen afterall, so customer service can take care of it).
If the people who paid $30 and above had their steam account tied to their buying of the steam key, they would think twice about doing something as selfish as a revenge chargeback.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Peter, give me my 36 dollars back
SolarPowered
Member
What bunch of dicks.
wow
Prettywolf
I think beo might actually secretly be moe too guiz.
Edit: Wrong quote
Yeah... speeding the voting process up to two votes a week is looking wiser and wiser by the minute. Salt overloads are resulting in some some fucking stupid reactions.
What the fuck.
JuJu is far and away my lead character for vote #2.
Delusibeta
Banned
Hey guys, I'm fairly sure the Indiegogo finished with more than $829,276. It's less of a case of people possibly asking for refunds, and more that people are getting refunds from Indiegogo.
[Edit] Or it could be echeques that bounced and duff payments, although that would be new, since I'm fairly sure they get ignored for final total purposes.
[Edit] Or it could be echeques that bounced and duff payments, although that would be new, since I'm fairly sure they get ignored for final total purposes.
Wow, WTF. Yeah, it was fun watching people losing their shit over this voting process, but I really think the voting has to be sped now to avoid backlash like this. Next vote has to be at most 3 days a round.
And really, what right do they think they have? Your favorite character was never promised, only thee chance to vote for him.
Does the internet fuckwad theory really need to be invoked? Because honestly, all these people saying they'll do *things* (TM) is pretty ridiculous.
DiscoShark
Banned
Just biding my time for the Eliza upset.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Stanley show up either having finally figured out how to make Tumblr work and tag searching it. Frankly I think the audience for Stanley is probably stronger than Isaac if they're any indication. People seem to be consistently surprised with how well Stanley does and how far he's made it, I won't be surprised this round.
Revised Top 4 :
Annie - Beowulf - Stanley - Eliza
And in this grouping I don't see a single character with an obvious advantage.
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I was looking forward to the longer time scale just because it keeps the conversation going and makes the wait for Squigly seem a bit more bearable in comparison but if the salt levels are really reaching critical mass here then yeah, I think it'd probably be better to speed things up. Further justification given by the majority of voters from the previous round having already voted in the first couple days of the new poll's release. It's clear this whiddling down of the characters have made people prioritize who their first and second characters are.
I guess the faster this poll business is finished with then the faster the focus will shift to all the other fantastic content coming in the next big patch; Squigly, Guest VO's, and stages. Not like we'll be seeing any of the fan voted characters until the end of the year anyway.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Stanley show up either having finally figured out how to make Tumblr work and tag searching it. Frankly I think the audience for Stanley is probably stronger than Isaac if they're any indication. People seem to be consistently surprised with how well Stanley does and how far he's made it, I won't be surprised this round.
Revised Top 4 :
Annie - Beowulf - Stanley - Eliza
And in this grouping I don't see a single character with an obvious advantage.
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I was looking forward to the longer time scale just because it keeps the conversation going and makes the wait for Squigly seem a bit more bearable in comparison but if the salt levels are really reaching critical mass here then yeah, I think it'd probably be better to speed things up. Further justification given by the majority of voters from the previous round having already voted in the first couple days of the new poll's release. It's clear this whiddling down of the characters have made people prioritize who their first and second characters are.
I guess the faster this poll business is finished with then the faster the focus will shift to all the other fantastic content coming in the next big patch; Squigly, Guest VO's, and stages. Not like we'll be seeing any of the fan voted characters until the end of the year anyway.
Hellsing321
Member
If people are threatening chargebacks, wouldn't it be best to slow the voting or keep it at its current pace. Most CC companies have a time limit that you can issue a chargeback in.
SolarPowered
Member
Yeah, vote number two needs to stick with the two per week format.
Huw_Dawson
Member
Oh lord, it's Tuesday and already people are losing their bananas.
This is what Ravidrath planned from the start! You're all just playing to his tune!
This is what Ravidrath planned from the start! You're all just playing to his tune!
If PF doesn't get to top 4 I am probably going to cry.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
You're leaving Peacock's waifu? Disgusting
If annie wins my round 1 vote will be: Minette/JuJu/Venus/Marie
#TeamFeng
Haha.
Well... My original fantastic four was Marie/Beowulf/Aeon/Feng. I knew Aeon had a shot when she was revealed because she looks cool. Feng I'm surprised she was eliminated early because I thought she had a lot of appeal as well. Marie didn't receive much secondary support from anyone and Beowulf is an obvious frontrunner.
So the substitution is pretty easy. Here's hoping Juju will do a better job than whats-her-face from Darker than Black Season 2.
Ultimadrago
Member
I love this fanart trend so much.
Hahaha!
I love this fanart trend so much.
That's great.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
its cannon!
Real talk, Im only going to be salty if Annie wins. We have practically NO FUCKING GAMEPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT HER. Seriously wtf guys and her potentially playing like Herpa-Derp badguy isn't a good thing.
I mentioned this earlier. It's why I still prefer Beo over Annie. I just hope she does end up playing like Sol Badguy, based on what I've seen. You're right though, it's only potentially.
I love this fanart trend so much.
I'm not nearly well versed enough in Skullgirls lore, so tell me, is Parasoul this much of an Annie of The Stars nerd or is it just fanart playing it up to high levels?
If the former, most awesome side thing to a character ever. If the latter, fanartists are great. :lol
Are there not restrictions in place that would limit chargebacks like that? I'm sure you're a legitimate business, and no amount of posturing from Paypal or their customers are going to change that.
Anyway, it's unfortunate you have to deal with some idiots, but I can't imagine the chargebacks going through given the circumstances. Frozen while a dispute is ongoing, maybe, but I don't see how a credit company decides it favor of the chargeback. Paypal is probably just covering their asses. They don't know anything about your company and are probably getting several requests/tickets all at the same time, which sets off alarms.
She's actually secretly a fan.
lazybones18
Banned
I love this fanart trend so much.
Pipsqueak so salty lol
I love this fanart trend so much.
All this art is making me feel like giving Umbrella pity votes next round.