Sonic Xtreme - fundraising thread, archived.

[ASSEMbler]

But I think programmingace has donated, is he a member again?

Someone might have said something on another board, even though they aren't supposed to.

We do have people who are on a lot of boards, and I didn't expect a perfect information
blackout.

We welcome anyone willing to help. This forum is to just minimize exposure to
the internet at large.

[Jasonkhowell]

Just out of curiosity: Will it be known that the ASSEMbler forums paid for the Xtreme Demo or will it be a anonymous dump?

[Dot50Cal]

Pretty sure it will be known, seeing as the cover which will be included with the rar has Assemblergames on it :P

[madhatter256]

Just out of curiosity: Will it be known that the ASSEMbler forums paid for the Xtreme Demo or will it be a anonymous dump?


I'm sure someone from the emu scene can hex edit an Assemblerr logo on the start up screen right before the game loads up. I have seen it done to the PSX by modifying one file, but I don't know if the Saturn has a similar setup.

[Yakumo]

You could hex edit the text if it uses any standard Saturn font very easily. I and a few friends used to do it on SFC games. I remember the first one my mate did was Final Fight. He changed the Push start button text to "Insert Coin" for that extra arcade feeling :)

Yakumo

[babu]

Forgot to write that I've bought some sweet new S0-N1-C plastic support :)
Was going to order more.. but I need to pay the bills too >=(

[ASSEMbler]

$730 left to go!

[Matthijscoman]

I'd love to donate, but I don't have paypal/credit-card. :'(
Is there any other way for me to donate?

[Codeman]

My old card just expired, as soon as I setup the new card in paypal Ill be happy to contribute!
I feel honored to be a part of this! ^^

[ASSEMbler]

Sorry, but I am only accepting paypal due to ease of use.

[Jasonkhowell]

Sorry, but I am only accepting paypal due to ease of use.

Will you consider other forms of payment for future donation drives? Many of us either do not have a paypal account, or do not want paypal to profit off us due to things in the past.

[ASSEMbler]

Well this isn't something I do all the time, and it's for this one item. Most of the future releases won't require any money.

[JamesMichael]

Hey I'm thinking about donating so do I just buy one of these plastic support things on the ebay link and this will count as I've donated? Thanks.

[karsten]

Hey I'm thinking about donating so do I just buy one of these plastic support things on the ebay link and this will count as I've donated? Thanks.

sure. just if you want to donate 20$ bid for four items and NOT 1 item at 20$.

[ASSEMbler]

This is getting too slow, I may wind up having to stop all this if we can't get it together in time.

We have only three more days or so.

After that, there will be too much news and loose talk about it
to make it work.

[Nicola]

Small donation, I hope it helps!

[Muffinman943]

if things get really tight, I will put in a few more purchases.

Also, there are members of another forum who have expressed interest in this exact build. These guys aren't some 14 year old kids who will make it known to the world that this auction is going on, and would probably be willing to donate a bit. If things get rough at the end and you want me to contact them, let me know.

[ServiceGames]

I know of a few members from another forum whom I am sure would love to donate to this, and have expressed interest in this specific build in the past and would keep quiet about this auction at the same time. If you need their usernames and such for contact, let me know.

This kind of thing has been tried before and I think it's in all of our best interest to just absorb the funding blow on our own. Cross board donations don't really help as much as they cause an uncontrollable wild fire.

Don't worry though, we'll get it together in time. I'm sure of it.

[smokingjawa]

gonna "bid" some more. Come on chaps!

[Ground Zero]

Can someone trusthworthy help me out with bidding? My PayPal account was closed as i sold too much LE consoles.

I could transfer the money by bank account or moneybookers EU-wide and would really appreciate if someone could "forward" the money with his PayPal account.

[ServiceGames]

I can help you out if you'd like Ground Zero.

I think I may fit into the trustworthy department.

[XxHennersXx]

If there isn't enough money in time I might be able to squeeze another 50 dollars in. :)

[Ground Zero]

@Sevice Games: Hey - you could forward the 10.- $ i paid you for Propeller Arena once. ;-)
Old story and it's o.k. for me but i really like someone else to help me out. But thanks for your offer.

[sirmosh]

Low on cash at the moment so I can only afford $10, but I hope it helps, I'd be more than willing to give more if I had it to give.

[XxHennersXx]

$690!

Almost down to only need 1/4th of the money left!

[Dot50Cal]

Cmon guys! We gotta pull through! Im not sure it will be relisted if we fail this time, so please if you haven't already donated do so now!

[graciano1337]

Donated 10 more. Again, Wednesday is my real payday. I can donate more then. We're gettin' there!!

[Borman]

Im at my peak guys. I upped mine 5 more units, making the total 10 for me.

[the dude]

hey,

i'd like to contribute my part as well. i could spent the amount of 30€, that would be around 40$. but the problem is i don't have any paypal at all, can i transfer this also via bank?

[Wolfrider]

Just thought I'd mention that I may not be able to donate until the end of the month. Money is tight. As in, yes I can't afford 5 dollars tight. If the purchase is over by the time my finances straighten out, I'll see what I can do about dumping cash into the battle chest, if a method is set up for that.

[Wolfrider]

I've been arrested by the double post police.

[jdc98]

Just bought an additional 5 units to keep things moving along....

[Juste]

If we are struggling a little bit near the end, I could donate a little more.

[g_sepp]

i get paid on weds so i can put down some then. Is there a direct link to paypal so my woman won't find out i am using ebay?

[marshallh]

ASSEMbler, I've (rhechtfoundry) committed to $5 but I'll be out of town for a week. I'll pay when I get back.

[Taucias]

Count me in too. Thanks Kevin.

Edit: Donated. If we fall short I'll donate some more.

[ASSEMbler]

$590 left to go

[Azraelscross]

just bought 5 pieces. i would have donated more but i'm saving for some things right now

[ASSEMbler]

$565 left...

At this point to we really need to get a move on, we have maybe two days left.

[Borman]

Lets step it up guys, or all is in vain. Skip going for some fast food for a day, and that puts us even closer, this really could be a one time chance to play Sonic Xtreme.

[XxHennersXx]

I'm already at my breaking point, if we're not at around 200 i can put in 15 more. at that point i really can't.

[sequent_blender]

I've just chucked in an order for 20. Should help. I can go more if necessary (I don't have a Saturn, but I'm all for a cause...)

Dave.

[Haruglory]

i've bought another one "thing", since we're really close from the goal.

EDIT : Just noticed i bidded for 2 items with my old account which is not linked at all with a paypal account. So I bidded again with my working account, haru-glory, sorry for this mess.

[ASSEMbler]

$450 left

[Borman]

Make sure when you bid again you bid the TOTAL number you want, not additional.

[ASSEMbler]

If we can finish this up today, the owner is willing to cut $100 off the total.
So if we can raise $350 we can start distribution almost immediately.

[ASSEMbler]

107 individuals have bid on average three times each. Yet the video has over 610 downloads from the 800 or so people in this group.

This is a bit pathetic. Please find it in you to donate at least $5.
It's not fair to have the few support the many. Not after that
many downloads.

I am sorely tempted to trim this special forum down to only those who
are willing to contribute.

[GarethDE]

Whoa, it is pretty annoying that so many people know enough about this to download the video but aren't contributing to the demo's release.

I've bought 10 items so far and am happy to buy more in order to help secure this thing before the time runs out, but I can't justify paying the remaining $450 myself. I wouldn't hear the end of it from the wife! =P

All you guys who haven't donated anything - please do. One item each would be enough to secure this thing for us all.

[GarethDE]

Ok, I've bought 30 of these things - $168 from me.

Perhaps if the demo was kept exclusive to those who bid on this auction for a longer period of time, more people would be willing to place just a single bid?

P.S - I haven't seen the video yet. Does anyone have it?

[ASSEMbler]

Thanks for your generosity. Quite ironic how a new member
has done more than any established user.

$240 left!!!

[Borman]

I've bought 10 items so far and am happy to buy more in order to help secure this thing before the time runs out, but I can't justify paying the remaining $450 myself. I wouldn't hear the end of it from the wife! =P


Same way I feel heh, except without the whole wife deal.

[Juste]

I brought 27 but I have another interest that could eat up my funds. Maybe later today I could add more.

[pitsunami]

ok...five more from me,
ebay id:pits_power.

[jccochez]

well, i came today to check my PM, but i see this ...

I'm gonna give $ then!

[jccochez]

bought 2 just now. will buy some others tomorrow ^^

[Dot50Cal]

210 guys! Home stretch!

[jccochez]

well, i'm gonna buy more plastic thing...

plastic is good for saturn, isn't it?

well, i've passed from 2 items to 4 items...

how many cash do you need now?

edit: i'm daddydj563

[liquitt]

i'm personally not interested in this title, but that's a damn good thing you're doing here! thats what assembler is all about.

have fun with this very very very vereeey controversial piece of software guys and donate the shit out of your purse for it :)

[Shadowlayer]

I'm trying to donate since friday but paypal rejects my card and I'm not overdue or anything so I just dont know WTF is happening:-(

I just talked with customer support and the assholes just keep blaming paypal, they dont do shit about it:crying::DOH:

I'll try to fix this again tomorrow (or more like today) I cant keep awake any longer, had a bad day yesterday...


PS: maybe I'll ask a friend to donate for me, if theres no other choice...

[GarethDE]

If we get this money today then the required amount is $100 less, so if anyone is considering donating please do so ASAP and we'll all save a hundred bucks!

[jccochez]

still 210$ to find...

please donate ASAP, i think i would'nt be the only one to cry if this games does not come out

[jccochez]

one more bought. that's five in total for me ;)

[jccochez]

ShadowSlayer=>as the auction ends in one day, contact your friend imediatly!

[Segafreak_NL]

So basicly...there's $110 left. Think about it.

[Dot50Cal]

No, the -100$ is already calculated into the equasion for 210 left.

[GarethDE]

When the guy says he'll lower the price if we get the money by 'today', which timezone is that? What I mean is, how much time is there from now until his 'today' ends?

[GarethDE]

And would it be possible for someone to PM me a link to the video please? I haven't seen it yet. =(

Thanks.

[wheelaa]

107 individuals have bid on average three times each. Yet the video has over 610 downloads from the 800 or so people in this group.

This is a bit pathetic. Please find it in you to donate at least $5.
It's not fair to have the few support the many. Not after that
many downloads.

I am sorely tempted to trim this special forum down to only those who
are willing to contribute.
610 downloads? Well when I looked earlier the thread had only had 477 views, so either your figures are screwy to some degree (especially as numerous of the 477 views were me, and I imagine numerous other members have viewed that thread multiple times also) or more likely people have been giving the link to others, numerous times. After all how can a thread have 477 views but content only linked in that one thread have 610 views/downloads? It can't, simple maths.

Good idea on the trimmed forum though, kinda what I was saying earlier. (perhaps introduce a second oth bit for donators only?) It'd be much easier to have 100 people with $20 to give than 400 with $5. Put it this way.....I'd be down for $25 every time, whatever the game happened to be.

Anyhows off for some more beer and celebrations. Will add more later tonight if needs be to hit that revised total today! (also don't forget there is prolly another $40-50 in the pot from the multiple bidders..as payments for multiple units should only attract one initial fee of the 20p,40c, whatever it is (ie ebay fees are 40c plus 3.4%..but you'd only pay that 40c once even if you bought 100 items on dutch auction)

[Johnny Vodka]

was going to get a 360 game off ebay, but thought this would be better...

[GarethDE]

Wheelaa, I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility that people streamed the file more than once - which would indeed rank as multiple downloads. Nor do I think it's unrealistic to assume that some of those people could have sent a link to friends on their MSN/AOL/ICQ/Yahoo messengers who might have been interested in viewing such a video and viewed it without even coming onto the forums.

[handofg0d]

I put in 1 purchase for the cause - nes.junkie is my ebay id.

[ASSEMbler]

$50 left to go

[ServiceGames]

$50 left to go

Not anymore.

Should be ok to shut it down now.

[ASSEMbler]

O.K. Calling it all in.

[GarethDE]

Rock on!! =D

[ServiceGames]

ASSMEbler ignore my PM. I got it sorted out.

[APE]

Paid.

[Haruglory]

Paid

[handofg0d]

Paid.

[jccochez]

Paid

;)

[Terrin]

Paid! I was 'spiralslash'.

[wingedwolf]

all money is paid, or what?

[Johnny Vodka]

all money is paid, or what?

well I suppose the auction bids account for the money, but now everyone has to go and pay through paypal.

I paid, and my ebay account is: johnny_vodka101

[1080Peter]

Paid:
eBay ID - pa14k
email - nowhereman <at> gmail.com

[Segafreak_NL]

Big thumbs up to everybody!! :clap:

[babu]

paid :)

[TheDeathcoaster]

I would have contributed, but I laid down the money for a boxed Neo Geo AES a few days before the 0th bit appeared. Not much for some, but as a student, thats a sizable purchase.

[amlicon]

paid.

[unclejun]

Paid.
ebay ID: ivy.17

[drx]

paid - drx_pl

Congratulations.

[darcagn]

paid - eBay id 'drcagn'

[Twimfy]

Paid.
eBay ID: aircompressors

[WindowsKiller]

paid (retrogamer_de)

[sabre470]

just made my little payment...

Sabre470

[opethfan]

Paid!

[Taucias]

paid - icetotheeskimos

[roberam]

Paid:
eBay ID - rbremon

[Muffinman943]

Thanks to everyone who contributed. Great thing that this is seeing the light of day. Im looking foward to seeing the release. Oh, and paid.

[Nicola]

Parafang has paid :)

[3do]

Paid, Ebay id: andrew-30

[Segafreak_NL]

Uh so I just enter '0' at the shipping field?

[wheelaa]

Cheers Assembler. Well done all.

Paid! (wheelaa)

@ SFNL..Yes

[EvilWays]

Though I missed out (no thanks to my car needing repairs), congrats to those that made it possible!

[Segafreak_NL]

Alright, paid (Carger2000).

[Dr_Slump]

Paid (russellnicolas).

[djh82uk]

paid my bit too, eagerly awaiting :)

[GarethDE]

My personal opinion is that it's very weak to come up with "sorry guys I couldn't bid because <enter reason here>".

Minimum bid was $5.60.

Even homeless people have more money than that in their pocket at any given moment. I have a really hard time believing that $5.60 is a large enough sum of money for anyone to not be able to afford it - especially people who have a computer, internet access and/or a car.

Anyway, I guess there will always be people like that around.

Kudos to all who bid - thank you. I've wanted to play this demo for years! =D

One question though - earlier I suggested that the total amount required was $100 less if we raised the money today. Dot50Cal suggested that indeed the amount required ($240 at the time) had already had this amount deducted from it, which would imply that the target was already $1900. The well done thread says 2000 GJ Points though, which implies $2000 was raised... if that's the case and $100 more than necessary was raised, any ideas what that extra $100 is going to be used for? I.e. are there any other unreleased items on the radar?

Oops, 1 more question - what happens if anyone who pledged money doesn't send it? What happens if the money that gets to the pot is less than the $1900/$2000 that's needed? =S

[karsten]

we did IT! woooooowwwwwwww

i've just payed through paypal my 4 pieces donation :)

edited: i'm azi-dahaka

[Jasonkhowell]

My personal opinion is that it's very weak to come up with "sorry guys I couldn't bid because <enter reason here>".

Minimum bid was $5.60.

Even homeless people have more money than that in their pocket at any given moment. I have a really hard time believing that $5.60 is a large enough sum of money for anyone to not be able to afford it - especially people who have a computer, internet access and/or a car.

Anyway, I guess there will always be people like that around.

Kudos to all who bid - thank you. I've wanted to play this demo for years! =D

One question though - earlier I suggested that the total amount required was $100 less if we raised the money today. Dot50Cal suggested that indeed the amount required ($240 at the time) had already had this amount deducted from it, which would imply that the target was already $1900. The well done thread says 2000 GJ Points though, which implies $2000 was raised... if that's the case and $100 more than necessary was raised, any ideas what that extra $100 is going to be used for? I.e. are there any other unreleased items on the radar?

Oops, 1 more question - what happens if anyone who pledged money doesn't send it? What happens if the money that gets to the pot is less than the $1900/$2000 that's needed? =S

It's not the money issue in my case, I was willing to go up to $40 back a few days ago. Its that some people don't have Paypal, either because they had it locked because it went over in the past or do not want to use them. I could do bidpay, electronic funds transfer, check, or money order, but not Paypal.

[ASSEMbler]

This is a happy time, please no fighting.

for those who had no paypal, I will set up something by mail for the site warchest.

[Jasonkhowell]

This is a happy time, please no fighting.

for those who had no paypal, I will set up something by mail for the site warchest.

Thank you, ASSEMbler. This should help speed things up in the future.

Anywho, back on subject: When do you think we will see Xtreme being dumped?

[DrDoaK]

Paid.

Ebay id: ninjabearhug

Can't wait to play!!!!

[PhantasyStar]

Hmmm...I noticed a lot of people are giving their user id as well, so mine is biohazardking

[GarethDE]

It's not the money issue in my case, I was willing to go up to $40 back a few days ago. Its that some people don't have Paypal, either because they had it locked because it went over in the past or do not want to use them. I could do bidpay, electronic funds transfer, check, or money order, but not Paypal.
Hey man, I think we can all accept that some people genuinely couldn't participate, but I think we can all also accept that others who *could* have chose not to and instead decided to watch from the sidelines. This is fine in itself as there is no law that says that you must take part in something like this, but when I know that those same people will be first in line to reap the rewards and download this .iso when it's released I just get pissed off.

Anyway, now's not the time to get worked up about freeloaders. We're all going to have Sonic Extreme gracing our screens very soon!! :dance:

BTW: Does anyone have a copy of the video that was on here earlier? This is like the 3rd time I'm asking - I haven't even seen what I'm paying for here!

[Hazuki]

Congrats, just paid and i was in major need for this plastic support :110:

Ebay ID - hreloaded

[APE]

BTW: Does anyone have a copy of the video that was on here earlier? This is like the 3rd time I'm asking - I haven't even seen what I'm paying for here!

With permission I can upload it to rapidshare inside a zip/rar with a password.

[Whoomp]

If I could I would too give some funds but since im only a 16-year old poor student thats nearly impossible.

[GarethDE]

With permission I can upload it to rapidshare inside a zip/rar with a password.
Rock on! Please do! :nod:

Alternatively you could send it to me via MSN/Yahoo/ICQ if you prefer?

[Matthijscoman]

If I could I would too give some funds but since im only a 16-year old poor student thats nearly impossible.

I'm also a 16-year old poor student, but I'm willing to donate something anyway (if it's possible without paypal). Don't tell me you can't effort donating 5.40$..

[Haruglory]

16 yo too, bought 2 "things" though. Everyone has some bucks waiting for nothing in a paypal account...

[GarethDE]

16 yo too, bought 2 "things" though. Everyone has some bucks waiting for nothing in a paypal account...
It's really kewl that people so young are interested in this game. When it was in development you must have been like 4/5 years old! :clap:

[Whoomp]

I'm also a 16-year old poor student, but I'm willing to donate something anyway (if it's possible without paypal). Don't tell me you can't effort donating 5.40$..

I can but how? I (as you) don't have a paypal account and even if I had I would have to go to the bank to insert money into it and then it would take 5 days for it to arrive :-(

[Twimfy]

16 yo too, bought 2 "things" though. Everyone has some bucks waiting for nothing in a paypal account...

I'm a 22 year old graduate and I've had to borrow £5 off my parents to donate $10....

...some people are desperately poor, especially when they're £19,000 in debt and unemployed after moving 300 miles back to where they came from!!!

Anyhoo, if anyone wants the video I will send it via msn if you add me twimfy@hotmail.com but only if you tell me your assembler username and the number of the post you last made in this forum.

[Haruglory]

Hehe, at this time I was just playing over and over and over again Sonic 1, 2, 3D and Sonic & Knuckles (at 4, I was able to finish these ^^)... But soon became a computer geek hehe ^^

[Matthijscoman]

I'm always into unreleased stuff (and I must say I really love this community!). It's just that I don't have a credit card/paypal to donate. :(

[Jaysmith2000]

Paid

EbayId: Jaysmith2000

:)

[CrAzY]

Good Job Everyone. I am extremely sorry that I didnt donate in time. :crying: I hope you guys have a fun experience playing it! :icon_bigg

[Psycho]

Paid!
Ebayid: rik1138

[manopac]

paid ...

[Nimrodil]

Paid, Nimrodil

[JamesMichael]

Damn is it to late to still donate :-(:DOH: I'm really sorry if I am but i have been busy a lot of the weekend for my GCSE exams. I'm glad the funds were made :thumbsup:

[tvrvic]

I just sent my payment. Glad to be a part of this great community!

[GarethDE]

Ok I've paid too. Probably the "most difficult to explain to the Mrs." expenditure I've ever had... hence why she must never know of this. =P

[GarethDE]

Damn is it to late to still donate :-(:DOH: I'm really sorry if I am but i have been busy a lot of the weekend for my GCSE exams. I'm glad the funds were made :thumbsup:

Not at all - you can still donate and the money will be used to purchase the next item on the list =)

[gamemaster]

paid...jimtaylor76

[Juste]

I sent my payment too.

I knew we could make it. Congrat's everyone! (^_^)

[GarethDE]

So how much of the $2000 has been submitted so far? In other words, when do we get this .iso? =P

[sequent_blender]

Paid...
eBay ID: sequent_blender

Enjoy, dave.

[jdc98]

My 10 are now paid for - Ebay ID: jdc98

Well done to everyone who made this happen, it's a real testament to how strong this community really is – one which I am proud to be a part of!

I really hope that this is just the start of things to come as I'll always offer my support it as best I can.

[smokingjawa]

We did it! Great!! Always good to get home after a few beers and good music to good news!!!
Paid - ebay: morecoffeeman

Although i not think it included the second bid i placed... hmmmm......

[kholdfuzion]

paid - KholdFuzion
Thanks to all the donators.

[ASSEMbler]

So far $1300 has come in.

[opethfan]

So far $1300 has come in.

Thats a lot in not a lot of time. :thumbsup:

[Joe Sancho]

Paid.
Thanks a lot Assembler and you all.

[JamesMichael]

So far $1300 has come in.

Thats great news :thumbsup: Still wished I was here in time to donate :-( The auction ended before I could act

[XxHennersXx]

payment sent

[ASSEMbler]

$1429 collected

[pitsunami]

Just paid,thanks and i hope we will keep this up!!:clap:
id:pits_power

[3do]

wow having $1429 collected already is great i think we should all be proud of what we have done

[Dot50Cal]

Sent my 56$ in!

[sirmosh]

I'll always offer my support it as best I can.

Same here, I'll always add something, even if it's not much, I'll still help as best I can.

[cez]

Paid for two (11.20$). Ebay ID: digizombie

Great to start the day with such good news (9AM in Japan)!

[Azraelscross]

all Paid through
Ebay: Sickmondo

[Codeman]

Aww crap, fund goal already met and I didnt have a chance to make a donation T__T
I guess I'll contribute with my cover instead!

Great work guys!

[Yakumo]

Being in a strange time zone to everyone apart from 4 users here I'll be making my payment after work tonight. Say in about 6 hours time or sooner if I knock off early. ID: Yakumo1975

Yakumo

[Sienar]

Is the ebay auction still the means of donation? I know its been met, but a warchest cant hurt.

[Fabrizo]

Sent
ebay: ubergamer666

[ASSEMbler]

$1622.95 so far collected

[graciano1337]

I will pay on Wednesday. Sorry if I delay the process!

[jccochez]

I may be wrong, but as long as you pay there should'nt be problems.

But try if you can to pay BEFORE wednesday

[Sienar]

The ebay link is closed :(

I just found out about this today, so am I screwed or are there now alternate means of donating?

[Yakumo]

36 odd dollars sent. I didn't know we had to pay for postage as well?

Yakumo

[ASSEMbler]

Its free shipping. Please let me know what it's saying.

[ASSEMbler]

holy shit no one pay until I see why it's doing that!!!

[karsten]

holy shit no one pay until I see why it's doing that!!!


actually there's no problem. you just write 0,00$ when is asking the shipping cost. it almost tricked me in paying twice as much actually :D

[ASSEMbler]

OK it was because you used the shopping cart being I sent an invoice (which I did not know had to be done)

I refunded the $16.80 shipping, and sent all the invoices. It's safe to send the money again.

[jccochez]

Assembler, how much cash have been collected so far?

[Yakumo]

OK it was because you used the shopping cart being I sent an invoice (which I did not know had to be done)

I refunded the $16.80 shipping, and sent all the invoices. It's safe to send the money again.
Thanks mate. It was a bit of a surprise I can tell you.

Yakumo

[ASSEMbler]

$1659.00 collected so far, and every is now sent an invoice.
So just waiting on 25 people. Fucking paypal took $0.49 cents per

[GarethDE]

Kevin, could you perhaps offer some clues as to what's next on the wish-list please? =)

I think it would be good to have such transparency.

[Yakumo]

I want Giest Force for Dreamcast !!!! That is way higher on my want list than anything else possible apart from Saturn Shenmue of course but we all knwo that won't happen.

Yakumo

[jccochez]

<dream>be patient... maybe someday...</dream>

[archcosmo]

Hey Assembler,

just paid my contribution to the warchest

cheers

[graciano1337]

k, PAID! :icon_bigg

[ASSEMbler]

I have alot of nice stuff lined up.

[Juste]

Its free shipping. Please let me know what it's saying.

I put in 80 cents, I never thought to enter 0.00$ like Karsten said. My mistake, I really didn't mind though. (^_^)

[Adol]

Just paid my $16.80 by Paypal!

[TranceDoll]

Paid. Do you actually get what's in the auction if you buy it? Because I don't want it >_>

[handofg0d]

Paid. Do you actually get what's in the auction if you buy it? Because I don't want it >_>

lol, no - it was just a smokescreen to keep ebay from pulling the auction.

[GarethDE]

How can you not want such a useful plastic stand thing?

I could have really done with about 30 of them and was sorely disappointed when I found out that there weren't any to be had. =(

[Tomcat]

Paid this morning.

[cyberguile]

paid yesterday ! (sealeddreamcast)

[APE]

$1659.00 collected so far, and every is now sent an invoice.
So just waiting on 25 people. Fucking paypal took $0.49 cents per

Yeh paypal takes X amount per transaction (more than 10 cents less than 50, I forgot the actual number) and a certain percentage of the funds. They could probably stay in business with just taking a cent per dollar but as with all businesses they want every dime they can get.

[Pepper]

Yay!

[ServiceGames]

Heh so you did get in Pepper! Nice to see you.

[Wolfrider]

I'm curious, will those of us who donate to the war chest afterwards be allowed access to the game? I'm sure I'm not the only one who couldn't do it because of financial constraints.

[LuckyToke]

All paid.

Well done all, great to see this come off!!! :clap:

[Funk Buddy]

Paid.

[ASSEMbler]

$242.12 waiting to come in.

[fiber]

I put in my payment yesterday. Had to finish moving to a new place first. Cant wait for the release!

[ASSEMbler]

I'm curious, will those of us who donate to the war chest afterwards be allowed access to the game? I'm sure I'm not the only one who couldn't do it because of financial constraints.

You can get access to the game when it's released to the public on July 4th.

Auction people get it this week or so.

[graciano1337]

You can get access to the game when it's released to the public on July 4th.

Auction people get it this week or so.

So it's going to be released to the public? Not just to those who donated?

[APE]

So it's going to be released to the public? Not just to those who donated?

That's what the man said.

[ServiceGames]

Right the plan was to release games for archival purposes so they will not be lost in time. Having only a relative handful with access to it hardly makes anything impervious to loss.

I believe ASSEMbler covered all of this in another thread in here.

[Wolfrider]

You can get access to the game when it's released to the public on July 4th.

Auction people get it this week or so.

Ah okay. That seems fair. Can't wait for it. :D

[GarethDE]

Yeah so even those who are so poor that they cannot afford $5.60 will get access to it in the end.

Of course, being so poor they're unlikely to be able to afford the electricity that their Saturn and TV/PC and emulator will require in order to play the demo, right Wolfrider? =)

Of course, exactly how someone so poor has a house, PC, internet connection and enough food in their fridge to stay alive is anyone's guess.

[virtual alan]

Bollocks!!!

Been out of the country all last week and missed this

Where can I still donate?

Got to then find a saturn in the pile`s

[karsten]

Yeah so even those who are so poor that they cannot afford $5.60 will get access to it in the end.

Of course, being so poor they're unlikely to be able to afford the electricity that their Saturn and TV/PC and emulator will require in order to play the demo, right Wolfrider? =)

Of course, exactly how someone so poor has a house, PC, internet connection and enough food in their fridge to stay alive is anyone's guess.

eheheh so nice :D

[wheelaa]

You can get access to the game when it's released to the public on July 4th.

Auction people get it this week or so.

This week or so :oh: , great stuff!

Could I just ask how this will be distributed? I see you've put the decent vid you made up on a torrent. Will the release to auction people go the same way or will there also be a rapidshare link (or some such link) as with the pippin file you have put up?

I only ask as from a selfish point of view a link to a hosting site, as opposed to a torrent, would be good for me.. I have no torrent software, don't know anything about it, wouldn't know what to do (I'd always thought torrent stuff was used for/by peeps wanting to get copies of current gen games, tv shows etc (?), so I've always steered clear)

I suppose ultimately it doesn't really matter if it only goes on a torrent style release...I could just get a friend to send me a copy after the 4th July public release...but then again a month wait could do me in!

[GarethDE]

Wheelaa, I think Kevin said originally that there would be an email sent out to those who paid through Paypal containing a link.

Not sure if that's still the plan though.

You can download a simple torrent client like uTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com) if you only want to use it to download this image file.

[ASSEMbler]

torrents are just for file distribution.

One person seeds it, then every person who downloads it
adds to the speed.

Say 50 people download, it would be throretically
50x faster than downloading it from one person.

It's a private torrent server so you'll need a client like
etorrent. Then all you need to do is limit the upstream in
the options if you are in a upstream restricted area.

I have to limit mine to 20k to avoid getting "capped"

[ASSEMbler]

We're waiting on ten people to send donations and then I can
seed it right away.

[wheelaa]

torrents are just for file distribution.

One person seeds it, then every person who downloads it
adds to the speed.

Say 50 people download, it would be throretically
50x faster than downloading it from one person.

It's a private torrent server so you'll need a client like
etorrent. Then all you need to do is limit the upstream in
the options if you are in a upstream restricted area.

I have to limit mine to 20k to avoid getting "capped"

Ok cheers for the info. I'll be honest I don't really understand a word lol but I'll figure it out. Guess I'll get this etorrent and see whats what. Cheers!

[karsten]

Kev? you have a PM...

[TranceDoll]

We're waiting on ten people to send donations and then I can
seed it right away.

Sounds great :D

[APE]

I've got a 75kbyte upload I'm willing to whore out for a while. AT&T doesn't cap customers.

[Alien Workshop]

Yeah so even those who are so poor that they cannot afford $5.60 will get access to it in the end.

Of course, being so poor they're unlikely to be able to afford the electricity that their Saturn and TV/PC and emulator will require in order to play the demo, right Wolfrider? =)

Of course, exactly how someone so poor has a house, PC, internet connection and enough food in their fridge to stay alive is anyone's guess.

That's an unfair assumption. I hate to burst your bubble, but not everyone here is financially independent. There are members here who are students and still live with their parents and who don't make any money. So even if they wanted to give, they really couldn't.

I've donated to this site before, and I would gladly have done it again IF I HAD THE MEANS TO. However, sadly, right now I don't. I'm in college, I just finished my second year, and I'm home for the summer. My last bits of money went to pay for the summer classes I'm taking. I currently don't have a job, and my parents are kind enough to support me while I'm struggling to get through school.

To you $5.60 may not seem like much, but to me that's a nice little chunk of change. I don't appreciate you making light of my or anyone else's situation. You never know what people could be going through at the moment. I'm glad you and other people donated and made this possible. That's great. But just because you donated, that doesn't make you a better member than someone who didn't, but that seems to be what you think, or at least that's the message your post conveys. Funny, weren't you complaining about the "elitist attitude" coming from established members the other day?

[karsten]

i didn't think that 5$ could make such a big difference for someone on the forum... i just tought that it is the price of an icecream or a beer. everybody can save 5$ that way.

anyway my apologizes to all the people in such drammatic problems that i might have offended.

[Twimfy]

That's an unfair assumption. I hate to burst your bubble, but not everyone here is financially independent. There are members here who are students and still live with their parents and who don't make any money. So even if they wanted to give, they really couldn't.

I've donated to this site before, and I would gladly have done it again IF I HAD THE MEANS TO. However, sadly, right now I don't. I'm in college, I just finished my second year, and I'm home for the summer. My last bits of money went to pay for the summer classes I'm taking. I currently don't have a job, and my parents are kind enough to support me while I'm struggling to get through school.

To you $5.60 may not seem like much, but to me that's a nice little chunk of change. I don't appreciate you making light of my or anyone else's situation. You never know what people could be going through at the moment. I'm glad you and other people donated and made this possible. That's great. But just because you donated, that doesn't make you a better member than someone who didn't, but that seems to be what you think, or at least that's the message your post conveys. Funny, weren't you complaining about the "elitist attitude" coming from established members the other day?

I can only agree, I really do not have anything at all, if anything I'm in the red I owe the bank £65 and have other debts, with no income how can I make a paypal payment? Thankfully my parents let me use some of the excess money in their account.

You have no right to ever make any presumptions about individual circumstance.

[graciano1337]

I <3 torrents. :D

[ASSEMbler]

Still waiting on 9 people.

[Garlo]

Sorry, will pay tomorrow. Just need to go the bank to add funds to the debit card that I use for paypal.

[ASSEMbler]

No big deal, I said it would probably take a week to get all the funds anyway.

[Haruglory]

Have you excluded my mistake that I noticed before ? (I first auctionned as dirlo90, which I linked to deleted paypal account so i cannot pay with it)

[ASSEMbler]

pm me your ebay name please.

8 people to go.

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Just wondering, when are you going to let those who donated download the game? No hurry, I'm just curious.

[Mark30001]

Here


Upon completion of the goal, the funds will be held for a period of two
weeks to allow for any credit card scams to be detected and dealt with.
On the 14th day, the game will be available for immediate download
to the people WHO DONATED.

[ASSEMbler]

We're still short about $200 and waiting on the stragglers.

[Barc0de]

i have paid with Dr_Slump btw, if you recall his post =)

[tonyvortex]

sorry that took a few days but i just paid.

[GarethDE]

Come on guys send the money!

[Marv]

Paid

[ASSEMbler]

If anyone hasn't paid yet, please pm me so I can get an ETA.

[Muffinman943]

shit dude I was on the topic index on here and I saw the following:


Topic: "Sonic X-treme- Cancelled...."


I nearly pissed myself until I clicked on it and realized the rest said

Sonic X-treme- Cancelled Nights Concept"

[Garlo]

Paid! Username on ebay: Garlomx

[ASSEMbler]

I have no idea why we have almost ten people who haven't paid yet excepting those who already pm'd me.

[Muffinman943]

I have no idea why we have almost ten people who haven't paid yet excepting those who already pm'd me.

do you need some more funds just so I can substitute their late payments so we can play this ASAP?

[Buyatari]

I have no idea why we have almost ten people who haven't paid yet excepting those who already pm'd me.

Lets hope they aren't real bidders looking for posts.

Did you email the slackers thru eBay. They may be sending a check/money order. Didn't you give that option?

[Jaysmith2000]

I'm amazed at how folks take so long to pay for auctions, especially something like this. Geez.....

[Buyatari]

So it's going to be released to the public? Not just to those who donated?

There is no way you could keep that from being spread anyway. If just we 50 or however many held onto it then how long before the first copy appears on eBay with an alias id?

Then would have a civil war and this whole 0th bit would most likely implode in the mess it would cause.

[APE]

I'm amazed at how folks take so long to pay for auctions, especially something like this. Geez.....

What ticks me off is how people use the feedback system as revenge. When I sell something and it goes smoothly I leave feedback instantly, my business with them is all but finished.

When I'm buying I leave it as soon as I get my item and it's up to par with what was described. I've haven't had any of that sort of problem with my current account but my mom has. Recieved a genesis cleaning kit about a week late and the system was entirely automated by the worst script system I have ever seen. They didn't like it and left bad feedback for no reason that pertained to the transaction aside from us leaving bad feedback.

[graciano1337]

There is no way you could keep that from being spread anyway. If just we 50 or however many held onto it then how long before the first copy appears on eBay with an alias id?

Then would have a civil war and this whole 0th bit would most likely implode in the mess it would cause.'

Ah, understood. I went back and read the original post and it did mention bringing the game to the public.

[ASSEMbler]

This thread is now closed! Success!