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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 6, 2019 15:05:18 GMT -6
Yo Enk I can change the title for you if you want. I thought users could do that but maybe not
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 6, 2019 13:43:14 GMT -6
I think the majority of these are "serious"/regular cheat codes but I do like several of them
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 6, 2019 9:00:00 GMT -6
I thought there's two [REDACTED]s there -
The first one is not a shardbinder and the second one is. That's my assertion!
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 5, 2019 16:05:23 GMT -6
Anyway though, I'm offering to buy their copies of the game they think they can't sell and they aren't biting. Ok, This is the first time I hear this. So you are saying that as soon as I get my physical copy, I contact you and you gonna buy my game for the 65$ that I backed it? I don't know where you live and how much P&P would be (I assuming you're paying it or I wouldn't get fully refunded...) but that sound mighty interesting if I may say so... Not exactly. I'll PM you
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 5, 2019 10:52:32 GMT -6
Well...I was already offering to do this more quietly within the Kickstarter comments section and had thought of putting it out more widely before, but Pure Miriam's thread here really pushed me over that edge to do it. www.reddit.com/r/Bloodstained/comments/axn0ww/hey_are_you_a_backer_and_want_a_refund/Fans like you deserve backer copies. edit: heh the Reddit mod removed it (it's essentially "trading backer rewards" so against the rules). um...I guess it's against our rules too? err haha. Here's the full text of it - please do not act on this, the team is currently working on a new solution to the platform problem: Hey - are you a backer and want a refund because of a canceled platform? Some crazy guy (clarity edit: it's me) put together a process to essentially make that happen for you. Full info here -
Hello, Brent Taylor/"purifyweirdshard" here. I'm posting this to offer something. If you are a KS backer and want out, I will help you by buying your pledge off of you, up-front, as soon as I can (i.e. today). There are two main reasons I'm doing this -
1) I have seen dedicated fans over the years on the forum and elsewhere who are very active and interested who could not back the game for their own reasons. Post-CotM, there are new fans who desperately want backer copies as well. I want to help them out (or as many as I can).
2) I have seen disappointed backers who have had their platforms canceled and want their money back. I want to help them out (or as many as I can). I may extend this to people who want a refund for ANY reason, pending how this does/doesn't take off; I'll update if it becomes that.
The copies I receive would go to people in group #1 by me giving them away. I do not expect to sell them, but if I do, it will again be to those people at the same $ value I paid (as some may not be willing to accept it for free). If you want, privately, I can provide evidence of this if you want follow-up of what I did with your copy.
Who I Am: I'm an administrator at the official forum of this project. This idea is not from or approved by 505 Games or ArtPlay. I'm just a volunteer fan/backer myself and I make not quite 50k a year or something. Can I really do this? I'm not sure, but I'm trying anyway. From my position in the fandom and visibility, as well as offering the money up-front, obviously I have everything to lose here if I cheat someone, which I have no intention of doing and couldn't anyway if I wanted with the way I'm doing this.
How It Works:
* Post a reply in the Kickstarter comments section, i.e. in a reply to my comment that starts out "Users still desiring refunds, restating my offer again -" with something like "Brent, I will take you up on this". From there, message me on our forum (bloodstained.forums.net) and identify who you are on Kickstarter and we will go from there. Alternatively, if you don't like/don't want to use forums etc, messaging me on Facebook/Messenger could work as well (after doing your KS post).
* I only really have experience with PayPal, but I'm open to trying whatever service or method you're comfortable with. I'd rather not mail a check though lol.
* After I've paid you, in your Fangamer survey, you will update your shipping address to the one I'll give you if your order is physical. If it's digital, you will agree to give me the code(s) for your order.
* If you give me nothing, well, that's my problem. I may identify backers that didn't follow through, though, depending on the situation.
* As mentioned above, if you at any point in the process (after I've paid you) want info/evidence on what is being done with your copy, let me know and I'll get that to you.
* IF YOU ARE A PAYPAL/SLACKER BACKER, and thus cannot post in the KS comments section, please make a forum account and PM me and we'll try to work it out there. Basically, I'll be looking to verify your status as a backer some other way.
Let me know if you have any questions. For some I can think of already: yes, I will cover the added cost of shipping. I'm not sure how I'll give away the games yet (aside from them being certain cases from #1). Please do not send me messages/replies asking for these copies, they'll be given out under my discretion/methods. Thanks!
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 5, 2019 9:12:28 GMT -6
Mr. Welldone That was indeed an excellent story, thanks again for telling it. Lepstadder haha I'd say not to worry yet. "Waiting" isn't quite always the answer either, most often it takes action. Someone you like/hang out with more often slowly transitions into love than the more instantaneous event Welldone is talking about up there. Common interest/attraction and agreeable personalities can lead that way, but it's also different for everybody, and important not to confuse infatuation or lust with love. As far as timing, well I'm 33 and have always been single. I still worry about it, sure, but it's as much my own fault as anything probably.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 5, 2019 9:02:40 GMT -6
That's kind of how Snake was anyway, at least Solid with Meryl in MGS1. He'd say something flirty one moment and then get all dark and battlefield-y again.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 4, 2019 11:29:07 GMT -6
I played it yesterday for the first time actually. A little buggy for my tastes.
edit: On topic, Robert Belgrade is the Mysterious Man. He's now in the running in many fans' eyes for a playable character. He also does indeed have a "stellar" cloak as Angel hinted at way back.
It'll be fun to hear what Easter egg lines made it in for the actor/character combo here ;p
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 4, 2019 11:06:25 GMT -6
Well, sometimes people in authority make weird decisions. Me, I was just thinking last night I wanted to ban people for mentioning Hollow Knight. That's quite silly and extreme.
...OR IS IT?
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 3, 2019 20:18:32 GMT -6
Something perhaps easily overlooked for CotM Valefor is his description on the Inti website. This may only be relevant to that game, but it's interesting and could help you theorize something very different.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 3, 2019 18:40:08 GMT -6
Eh, I don't think it's reasonable to say that Bloodstained is much "more anime" than OoE, Aria or even SotN. The more likely comparison in those guys' minds (what they'd rather see) is the art style of the non-Iga Castlevania games. I had an initial distaste for the art style of DoS and PoR myself, but this game's is pretty far removed from that, isn't it?
A number of the older fans might want the gruff, barbarian-ish + monster movie vibe with a slightly goofy/campy edge, that's old classicvania. It's also something quite difficult to do well in modern times, I think, for large companies and even small indies. The tough guy/muscle man aesthetic, setting, monsters being in pop culture - all that would be a pretty rough nostalgia sell now. If Konami ever does anything at all again, at most it will be somewhat of a compromise with those themes + moving forward into something modern/serious, much like what Lords of Shadow was, which is yet another example of thing that some fans want rather than an "anime" look or something more Japanese flavored than it needs to be.
The true misfortune of all this is that Iga is delivering to Igavania fans what they've wanted all this time, and to a fairly large section of classicvania fans what they'd been searching for as well, but there remains a diehard contingent of guys as I've mentioned above that may never be satiated and that sucks. Anyone that's been in the CV fandom long enough surely knows what I mean. I...guess this is still on topic? lol.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 3, 2019 17:29:59 GMT -6
I actually don't understand anti-necromancy myself. What does it hurt, so long as the topic wasn't itself a problem/controversial etc? And even in that case, can't really stop people because even unpleasant things aren't against the rules per se.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 2, 2019 12:01:14 GMT -6
I missed something then, sorry. Whoever was saying that had to either not mean it or they aren't being fair. Carry on :x
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 2, 2019 11:05:59 GMT -6
@konodiada I totally understood what you were saying, and agree with all your points. I just wanted to point that out about Kickstarter and mention our values for communication publicly. I definitely stand for well treatment and decency, no intention to label you a proponent of censorship and all that. That was me talking higher level/more abstractly than the issue itself as well. A direct insult to anyone isn't standing here. Otherwise I agree with some of you guys' general sentiments here, but absorbnix/jph is not one such depressed troll or any of the like. I think those types are out there, but if you read his list there, you can see that he has a clear head of concern about all of this legitimately and is mindful of his conduct. Like I've said before regarding this issue, please give it space. Thanks
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 1, 2019 17:07:24 GMT -6
Whenever people ask if there will be any Jojo's references in Bloodstained
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 1, 2019 16:55:07 GMT -6
Oh @konodiada , that would definitely be a problem here and constitute moderation for sure. The thing is, Kickstarter doesn't have moderation. The only semblance of a feature like that is that the project's official accounts can "report" a comment and sometimes that works and sometimes not. Otherwise, there's nothing at all we can do, and the reason for that is likely to prevent abuse from project runners in the manner of such silencing. All said, what it amounts to is a really terrible communication platform with not even searchable posts, sorting, tagging, linking a post, any basic editing, etc etc. It's more or less the home of the project, though, so we (by we I mean the official people and a volunteer like me) do our best to keep up with it the best we can. Other projects might not, but we are fairly sizable and it's an important responsibility. I had a mini rant about all that stuff in another post here if you're interested ;p bloodstained.forums.net/post/62694
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 1, 2019 10:14:05 GMT -6
I understand what you mean by that, though everyone that invested in this project should be treated equally and have their voice heard regardless of amounts. If Mac/Linux fans are not breaking any rules, here/elsewhere, they are within a fair capacity to state how they feel. Ostracizing or silencing/cenosring them otherwise would be a net negative over the initial perceived positive of throwing a legitimate issue under the rug. Anyway though, I'm offering to buy their copies of the game they think they can't sell and they aren't biting.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 1, 2019 9:59:27 GMT -6
If they were superbackers I would understand their frustration because it would mean they spent a considerable amount of money only to get nothing in return, I've seen someone else say something like this about "superbackers" and I want to mention something so as to avoid confusion as to what that means officially on KS' site. The Superbacker title next to someone's name does not denote a higher pledge than other backers, only amount of campaigns involved with, per the official description: help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005132773-How-can-I-get-a-Superbacker-badge-So essentially, they just back a lot of things. They could very well have less or more than average invested, but in general spread themselves out a lot of places.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Feb 28, 2019 15:36:34 GMT -6
I think given the magical nature of Bloodless' blood and how she can soak it back up/dispense it as necessary, not worried about stains
But I imagine she appreciates your concern
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Feb 28, 2019 13:51:19 GMT -6
Holy cow, the visual improvements are A M A Z I N G! And am I crazy or did Miriam just do a JoJo pose in the Reflector Ray clip? My hype for this game only keeps growing. haha yeah the pose is in the backer demo, it's the new "up" pose (i.e. like how every Iga CV character does something with that)
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