Pony Up for Ponies - Achieved!

I'd earmarked 20 quid as my subscription fee, after paying a 25 donation I have $7 US leftover which I'm happy to throw into the pot.

Grumpicus wrote:

So if you do your part (pledge money), then I'll do mine (set up a Kickstarter) and together we'll see Rabbit ride a white horse.

I have $50 with the name "Julian" and a picture of a Demon Steed upon it. Let me know where to send it

Maq wrote:

I'd earmarked 20 quid as my subscription fee, after paying a 25 donation I have $7 US leftover which I'm happy to throw into the pot.

Wait... Maq is cooking squid? Can I have some?

Thanks, Grumpy, I think that's a great idea.

An expired login session ate my loquacious three-paragraph post last night (and I was too tired to re-write it) so here's the summary version.

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It looks like there's some interest in this idea, but I PM'd Taharka and no donations have been made. All things considered, it's understandable. Still, I find the effort noble in its epicaricacy, so I want to help.

Scanning the thread, it looks like about $65 have been "pledged." If there's truly interest in this project - say, $200 worth of in-thread pledges - I'll go through the trouble of setting up an Amazon Payments account so that I can then set up a Kickstarter. Kickstarter is better for this than a "random" Paypal link because it's more transparent and no money changes hands unless we actually reach our $500 goal. In addition to wrangling the virtual paperwork, my contribution to this effort is to pay the Kickstarter and Amazon fees so 100% of your money will go to the site. The Kickstarter, if it happens, will end on 10/1 so that if it doesn't get funded, you still have time to give your monies directly to the site if you like. That being said, I can't promise that contributions that go through the Kickstarter will yield you any individual rewards (e.g. a new forum icon) so if those are important to you...

Why am I any more trustworthy than Taharka? In truth, I'm probably not (which is to say that Taharka is likely just as trustworthy as I)... but I figure I'm a bit more visible in the community, and between Employee Profile duties (go read about MyBrainHz) and the GWJFFL, I'm not going anywhere (Grumpy/bus collisions not withstanding). So if you do your part (pledge money), then I'll do mine (set up a Kickstarter) and together we'll see Rabbit ride a white horse.

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Yes, that was the short version. Really.

Furtivespy wrote:
Grumpicus wrote:

So if you do your part (pledge money), then I'll do mine (set up a Kickstarter) and together we'll see Rabbit ride a white horse.

I have $50 with the name "Julian" and a picture of a Demon Steed upon it. Let me know where to send it

Pics or it didn't happen.

rabbit wrote:
Furtivespy wrote:
Grumpicus wrote:

So if you do your part (pledge money), then I'll do mine (set up a Kickstarter) and together we'll see Rabbit ride a white horse.

I have $50 with the name "Julian" and a picture of a Demon Steed upon it. Let me know where to send it

Pics or it didn't happen.

IMAGE(http://furtivespy.com/images/IMAG0205.jpg)

Jerky McJerkface

Furtivespy wrote:
rabbit wrote:
Furtivespy wrote:
Grumpicus wrote:

So if you do your part (pledge money), then I'll do mine (set up a Kickstarter) and together we'll see Rabbit ride a white horse.

I have $50 with the name "Julian" and a picture of a Demon Steed upon it. Let me know where to send it

Pics or it didn't happen.

IMAGE(http://furtivespy.com/images/IMAG0205.jpg)

IMAGE(http://mlkshk.com/r/1M8)

THANK YOU, Grump. I promise I would not have absconded with the money, but this is better.
I'll pledge $50.

So, can we get a running total somewhere?

trichy wrote:
Furtivespy wrote:
rabbit wrote:
Furtivespy wrote:
Grumpicus wrote:

So if you do your part (pledge money), then I'll do mine (set up a Kickstarter) and together we'll see Rabbit ride a white horse.

I have $50 with the name "Julian" and a picture of a Demon Steed upon it. Let me know where to send it

Pics or it didn't happen.

IMAGE(http://furtivespy.com/images/IMAG0205.jpg)

IMAGE(http://mlkshk.com/r/1M8)

Indeed. Phone the OED - the definition of "epic" needs some serious tweaking.

demonbox wrote:

So, can we get a running total somewhere?

You could do this...

mudbunny wrote:

I am in for $10.

shoptroll wrote:

Also, I'll gladly chip $20 for this.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

I'm in for $25.

demonbox wrote:

I would be willing to throw in $10 to help the article get created.

Maq wrote:

I have $7 US leftover which I'm happy to throw into the pot.

Furtivespy wrote:

I have $50 with the name "Julian" and a picture of a Demon Steed upon it.

Taharka wrote:

I'll pledge $50.

That's $172 by my count.

I'll commit $50 from my own pocket (earned from my day job) for the cause. I think I can do that. Hold on, let me ask my boss.

Yeah, he says it's cool.

Ok, I sent to Taharka before I saw Grump's post. I've updated original post and Taharka can transfer payment when the time comes.

Also, to help things along, anyone who donates to this (and hasn't donated yet) will be eligible for their forum icon and any other benefits their total may bring. If you donated money already we can accumulate if it bumps you up a tier (say from $25 to $50).

$25 from me.

I already donatified to the point of getting incredulous looks from my executive account holder. But I can pony up $25 extra frogskins for the cause. Tempted to quadruple that if he names Pony 1 after me, but I know I'd be sleeping under the deck.

Certis wrote:

I'll commit $50 from my own pocket (earned from my day job) for the cause. I think I can do that. Hold on, let me ask my boss.

Yeah, he says it's cool.

Will... will Rabbit ever forgive you for that?

Also, up to $272!

Ok, it looks like I'll be figuring out how to set up a Kickstarter. This is my top priority for tomorrow.

Certis wrote:

Also, to help things along, anyone who donates to this (and hasn't donated yet) will be eligible for their forum icon and any other benefits their total may bring. If you donated money already we can accumulate if it bumps you up a tier (say from $25 to $50).

Awesome. Thank you Certis!

I haven't gotten my donation in yet, and this makes it quite easy to put the entire donation toward the Post-Labor Day Murdoch Ponycorn Dotcomathon.

LilCodger wrote:
Certis wrote:

Also, to help things along, anyone who donates to this (and hasn't donated yet) will be eligible for their forum icon and any other benefits their total may bring. If you donated money already we can accumulate if it bumps you up a tier (say from $25 to $50).

Awesome. Thank you Certis!

I haven't gotten my donation in yet, and this makes it quite easy to put the entire donation toward the Post-Labor Day Murdoch Ponycorn Dotcomathon.

Oh hell yes! Thanks from me too Certis!

If you need it Julian, LilCodger's AAR starts on page 4 of the Catch-All thread.

$25 from me, gleefully. Can we get a behind the scenes video of Julian grinding his teeth as he tries to level up the fifth horse?

Like a fine wine and the right cheese, I feel like this project would pair well with our $20,000 stretch goal.

You are all jerks.

Certis wrote:

Also, to help things along, anyone who donates to this (and hasn't donated yet) will be eligible for their forum icon and any other benefits their total may bring. If you donated money already we can accumulate if it bumps you up a tier (say from $25 to $50).

Wow, that certainly seals rabbit's fate. I haven't gotten around to donating yet so I await the Kickstarter.

Hey I can view this website real nice on my iPhone now. Good job

Needs a "Post Comment" button that scrolls you down to the comment box though

Regarding the Ponies, count me in >:)

Changing the rules of the game after it's started. A classic Certis Dick Move. (grin).

rabbit wrote:

Changing the rules of the game after it's started. A classic Certis Dick Move. (grin).

This is a change in your favour I think. The $500 goal would definitely be reached. Shifting it from there to the $20,000 donation level makes it much harder I think.