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Sergeant Major

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320293]

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43

Messages:89
Registered:May 2013

if only you knew Slax

Corporal 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320296]

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59

grim

Messages:344
Registered:July 2006
Location: France

I just read the update. Flugente being "forgotten" in the modders list drives me mad!
...But knowing he's on board is marvelous! Very Happy

I don't know how modders will be involved in the project exactly, but this raises hopes to a new level!
:biglaugh:

Master Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320298]

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:16

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

They'll have access to the alpha before everyone else to have a look at the architecture of the files, the file-types and all these things. And, for example sbobovyc who did an awesome job on BiA-Tools can start creating his own tools. Plus they'll have a word on all these things Wink

(few things mentioned here, more will be brought up later on)

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320303]

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:27

sidew

Messages:47
Registered:June 2012

Goal reached!!!

6,757 Backers
$350,700 pledged of $350,000 goal
7 hours to go

Corporal

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320304]

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30

Oilystool

Messages:25
Registered:April 2013
Location: Copenhagen

Thanks for all the support guys..

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5447/8791777799_d2b1cdfa90_o.jpg

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Private 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320305]

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32

Olddog

Messages:21
Registered:May 2007
Location: Outback Australia

Congratulations to Full Control for a successful kickstarter and congrats to all the Bears Pit members who helped make it so.

Private 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320306]

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:33

Messages:104
Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

So exciting, thanks to you guys from Bear's Pit, specialy Shanga, i think this project never could happend without these amazing support!

Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320307]

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43

Yaguar

Messages:53
Registered:January 2013
Location: DE

Paaaarteeeeeeey!

Corporal

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320310]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNND drunk Very Happy

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320311]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:14

Messages:89
Registered:May 2013

Your voices were already slurring towards the end of the twitch feed hehehe

Corporal 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320312]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

And we still need an update to get done Very Happy

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320313]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16

Messages:104
Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

Absolutly i'm waiting!

greetz Voyevoda ^^

Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320314]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16

Messages:89
Registered:May 2013

I hope you add some promises you can't recall in the morning Very Happy

Corporal 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320315]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:29

Messages:91
Registered:January 2005
Location: Philadelphia

Well, I'm glad it got funded. The diorama really shook my confidence, but now they have a good long time to show me what they've really got instead of something cooked up overnight to pander to the fan demands.

What I'd like to see is a couple of first-approximation merc portraits. We've known since Day 1 that Ivan and Shadow were going to be in the game. Even if Jesper is the most incompetent and tortoise-like artist to ever hold a pencil in his trembling hand (and of course he is not), he could have come up with a sketch or two in that time. But I didn't ask for it, so I've got no kick coming.

I'm really concerned about the aesthetic of this game, though. As Ian Currie said in his interview, the atmosphere, the feeling that you're going to enjoy spending a lot of hours playing this thing, is of vital importance. I do not want to feel like I'm playing with a bunch of plastic soldiers. One of the nice things about JA2 was that you knew who was who just by what they were wearing. That is one of the things that make it a game, not a simulation.

-- Mal

Corporal 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320316]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

malthausen: Yes. We definitely owe you the portraits. We didn't make it in time due to so many other things which needed to be drawn. And the Diorama was really a "out of plan" thing. We will do that as soon as possible. It might take some time, due to the fact that I'll send Andreas, Jesper and Javier on a short vacation. But we will definitely show them off and put them up for discussion so you guys will be able to get your hands on our throats and tell us what we do wrong and what we shall change.

And Ian is right. It must feel right. It doesn't matter if you have the best combat simulation ever if it doesn't feel like a game. A cool fucking awesome game.

Thomas

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320320]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51

Messages:91
Registered:January 2005
Location: Philadelphia

@JAF: You guys deserve at least a three-day bender after the stress of this KS. The gods be praised, you can now take a deep breath, and then take some time to get things right. Well, provided the fans stop jiggling your elbows every ten seconds.

-- Mal

Corporal 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320321]

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:55

Toneone

Messages:376
Registered:October 2008
Location: Germany

WHOOP WHOOOP!

So glad that it got funded! Real talk, I was doubtful and thought the KS would have suffered too much from the less than professional start. But I'm really happy to have been wrong. Smile

I kept the folks in the Ja2 thread on the Something Awful forums updated during the KS, and a few of us were gnawing on their nails today. Now we're partying like the rest :cheers:

A big Bear Hug to FC for holding the line and busting their asses to make this happen!

[Updated on: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:17] by Moderator

Master Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320325]

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:03

Majek

Messages:437
Registered:January 2003
Location: Slovenia

Wow they made it. Well now i hope they deliver.

And i hope people don't expect a JA2 sized game.

[Updated on: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:05] by Moderator

Master Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320332]

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:38

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

Hazmat and Majek: If we have learned something during all these years in this weird industry than it is to never give up. NEVER. Ever. You can't foresee things. Everything can happen. Which is quite awesome. But also a threat at the same time.

And we will deliver. There is no other way. Well. If Denmark gets nuked, there might be another way. But hell, we'd even try to work than. We'd find a way ,)

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320334]

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:52

Majek

Messages:437
Registered:January 2003
Location: Slovenia

Good luck and no world war 3 in Europe ( since it would affect me in Slovenia as well) then. Smile

And i now i go back into forum hibernation until November 2014.

Master Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320335]

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:53

SmokinGun

Messages:69
Registered:June 2007
Location: Land of New Rising Sun

Most Excellent! Congrats and very much looking forward to a properly done JA~!

Corporal

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320336]

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54

Slax

Messages:1411
Registered:July 2006
Location: People riding polar bears...

If Denmark really gets nuked we'll REALLY get an underground game.

Sergeant Major

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320337]

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03

Messages:89
Registered:May 2013

Just think of the impressive resumes FC will have when applying for the Fallout license ^^

Corporal 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320338]

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05

Slax

Messages:1411
Registered:July 2006
Location: People riding polar bears...

Now now, don't play with my heart like that. Laughing my ass off right now. This is a good day!

Sergeant Major

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320339]

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:16

Arulcish_Lion

Messages:257
Registered:January 2013
Location: Saint-Petersburg, Russia

@JAFTeam

Congratulations. Smile

We are waiting for the game.

Master Sergeant
☆★GL★☆

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320341]

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34

Skott Karlsson

Messages:79
Registered:May 2001
Location: Oldsmar, FL. USA

Congrats FC. It looked like touch and go there for a while but you pulled it off. Now some time off to rest and get focused because now the real job begins. Make it happen and make it good!

Corporal

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320343]

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:36

Messages:104
Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

I have a question, because the total amount actualy in the last 4 hrs after the kickstarter was funded is not realy getting higher, it seems a lot people are minimize her pledges, bec. its funded..

What would happen if 10sec before the Kickstarter end, the 10.000$ pledger removes his pledge, and the total amount will fall bellow 350.000$....
(like our radio guy, he hold his radio pledge the whole campaign, then it was fundet and the pledge was free again...)

I don't want to be pessimist, but there are a lot strange guys out there, and i allways expect everything.... so is that possible?! I have not realy a clue from this kickstarter thingy at all, but that would be more then a nightmare..

[Updated on: Thu, 23 May 2013 20:38] by Moderator

Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320345]

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56

Shanga

Messages:3482
Registered:January 2000
Location: Danubia

scope - the KS isn't over until the fat lady sings.

if what you said happens, we have a rich guy to hunt all over sweden. Very Happy

Captain

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320347]

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:58

Messages:104
Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

i thought maybe there is a rule if the kickstarter one time has reached the funding status, it will get funded even if the amount is falling again.. or something like that...

well then take care please lo, i need sleep now and don't want to wake up in a nightmare! Razz

Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320348]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:04

Messages:91
Registered:January 2005
Location: Philadelphia

Is the game done yet?

-- Mal

Corporal 1st Class

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320349]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

We ARE funded. Anyways.

Rules of Kickstarter: "Backers may increase, decrease, or cancel their pledge at any time during the fundraising campaign, except that they may not cancel or reduce their pledge if the campaign is in its final 24 hours and the cancellation or reduction would drop the campaign below its goal."

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320350]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

malt: yes. Sure. Here. Take it. It's one byte in terms of size Very Happy

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320351]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:22

Shanga

Messages:3482
Registered:January 2000
Location: Danubia

JAFTeam

We ARE funded. Anyways.

Rules of Kickstarter: "Backers may increase, decrease, or cancel their pledge at any time during the fundraising campaign, except that they may not cancel or reduce their pledge if the campaign is in its final 24 hours and the cancellation or reduction would drop the campaign below its goal."

PHEW!!! Didn't know that! THANK GOD!

Captain

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320353]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:35

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

We didn't know either. Had to spot the KS rules again. You can't imagine how a rock dropped from our hearts.

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320355]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:39

Shanga

Messages:3482
Registered:January 2000
Location: Danubia

I bet there had to be MAJOR trolling on some previous kickstarters to determine them to put such a rule in place... Thank God that it can't happen to us...

Captain

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320356]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:42

Messages:157
Registered:April 2013

Shadow would go and kill Kickstarter-bosses. That's for sure Wink

Staff Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320357]

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43

EXile 150 Abyss

Messages:137
Registered:September 2009

Phew Had the same worries. We are safe People.

JA:F Will see the light of day.

Now excuse me...

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKK YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

-cough- Sorry

Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320359]

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03

Mauser

Messages:756
Registered:August 2006
Location: Bavaria - Germany

Quote Grunty: "I am elated!"

Congrats Full Control, now go get yourself properly hammered (provide video of the event if possible :cheers: ), then recuperate some days, because NOW the pressure is on to deliver! :taskmaster:
And you know you will have to work under very tight scrutiny of us here and we expect you to deliver some more concrete material ASAP, where the Kickstarter already lacked severely in these regards.

So you better not even think about taking chances of giving us second guesses about having put our hope and faith (and money) into the right people for the job! :nono:

The community expects very close and extensive in depth communication about the progress of the developement process right from the start. So the documentation and coverage of pretty much everything you do from now on will be as important as the making of the game itself. :newstuff:

So, Javier, go get a proper rest and then get that graphics tablet smoking! Everyone expects you to deliver your best work yet, to recapture the magic of the classical JA style and transfer it into the 21st century and an additional dimension.

We Bearspitters are quite a patient lot, but you got us all hyped up and excited, so it

[Updated on: Thu, 23 May 2013 22:34] by Moderator

First Sergeant

Re: Jagged Alliance: Flashback now on Kickstarter[message #320364]

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:37

Messages:91
Registered:January 2005
Location: Philadelphia

@Mauser: Hmmm, "Bearspitters" gives me this image of a merc tough enough to spit bears. Smile

Oh, if only I could draw...

-- Mal