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[Doctor Perils]

What information is it you need for shipping? Just postal address?

[Brother Tyler]

I need to know the specific dice you want. The total dice that you order will factor into the packaging and weight. I also need the postal address so that we can calculate the shipping cost from the distribution points to you.

[The_Chaplain]

pm sent

[Spinsanity]

The account that we're going to use for the dice purchase is the same that we will be using for the main B&C (annual server/maintenance fees and the migration, which should actually be happening this year). So I've been leery of co-mingling funds. Since the fund drive is imminent and our rent is due in October, the dice purchase will pick up around that time (the account should be sufficiently cleared out and compartmentalized that I won't worry about mixing funds up).

Thanks for the update, glad to know my order didn’t somehow slip through. Thanks for all your work keeping the board afloat, by the way.

[Black Blow Fly]

Dem doice gonna be noice noice baby !!!

[TiguriusX]

Final order confirmed

82 dice...I may be crazy but I love B&C

[Brother Carpenter]

Order confirmed and added shipping info (address and opening hours)

[Brother Tyler]

More information soon-ish. Some non-B&C stuff is distracting me.

[Brother Carpenter]

RL is always more important than Game Life.

 

We'll hear when you're ready.

[Brother Tyler]

Just a heads up that this will be kicking into gear again very soon^TM.

 

There were two reasons for the delay.

 

First, I realized that our annual maintenance/hosting fees would be due soon. I'm managing all of the money (well, what little there is) for the site now and I didn't want to screw things up. We have only a single account and I'm paranoid about screwing with other peoples' money. The money we collect for the site belongs to everyone for the good of the site - I'm just the idiot that has to manage it. So once the payment for the annual fees goes through, I can partition things off and keep the dice money cleanly separated.

 

Second, after setting up the PayPal account, I realized that I also need to take into account things like transaction fees, conversion fees, etc. This forced me to re-think how I'm going to do this in a way that keeps the cost to you as low as possible without driving me into an insane asylum. I'll post more on that later.

 

Anyhoo, the annual fees have been initiated and will be finalized within the week. The remaining funds should be transferred into my account (Brother Argos was taking care of this previously). Once both of those are finalized, I'll be able to resume the dice project. I'll post a full update when things kick off again.

 

The good news is that there are a lot of people that mistakenly thought they missed out. Anyone that wants to order dice is free and welcome to do so. Similarly, anyone that wants to drop out (quitters!) or change their orders is similarly free and welcome to do so.

 

And for what it's worth, we are exploring some other avenues of making B&C swag available to our community. We'll address those ideas elsewhere.

[Daimyo-Phaeron Lenoch]

Hip hip hurrah!
I’ve had a Grant earmarked for a while for this. Glad to see is back on track!

[Silas7]

Did I miss the annual B&C dono drive?

[duz_]

I hear the kids are using venmo these days for money transfers because of lower fees. I don't know personally...

[Brother Tyler]

Did I miss the annual B&C dono drive?

We didn't need to have our annual fund drive. We got a really good deal last year and this year due to the longevity of our server (i.e., it's old). We'll be running a fund drive as we ramp up for the server migration (getting a new server YAY) and software upgrade. We'll have more information about that in the next few months, including the features that we expect to add.

[GrFlur]

Hi there

 

I thought that maybe you want to be aware of gamefound dot com it's a pledge manager and it's becoming a crowdfunding site (in the mid-future).

 

Maybe for future campaings it could be usefull.

 

 

(you can kill the post if it's not appropiated)

[Slave to Darkness]

So is there still time to get these? I totally forgot about it.

Actually quick question or two as I have to run out in a min and dont have time to re read the thread.. .

1. What were the colour options if any again? 
2. What is the minimum size order and how much? Im asking because I may get a set for my missus if she wants some as well but I need to budget hard over the next month or so due to essential addulting. 

Edited by Slave to Darkness, 21 October 2020 - 03:41 PM.

[Brother Tyler]

Yes, there is still time to order.

The color options are shown on page 1.

There is no minimum order size.

[Doom Herald]

I've sent a message with information for my order.

[Slave to Darkness]

Yes, there is still time to order.

The color options are shown on page 1.

There is no minimum order size.

sweet, hope next time I get paid I can afford to grab some... 

[Cpt-Storm]

Good to hear this is kicking into gear. Btw - other swag idea, I need a new mousepad. Would be great if it was a B&C logo!

[Brother Tyler]

There are some other swag ideas that we're discussing, mostly in the area of clothing, but mousepads will definitely be included if possible.

[G8Keeper]

Hi Brother Tyler, is there any update on when these will be ordered? I know you are probably buzzing around with real life and B&C stuff, but it would be nice to know when I will have to stump up the funds, especially as we're in the festive, and thus skint period.

 

Cheers and Thanks,

G8

[Icosiel]

I am also curious what the status on dice is! I've been putting off buying new dice because I'm so excited to get some B&C dice.

[Brother Tyler]

D'oh! Sorry, I've been a complete slacker on this.

First things first, I'm having to re-create the spreadsheet with everyones' requests because I'm a dummy and lost the original file (long story, somewhat embarrassing, imagine what you want). The only fortunate thing there is that I've kept all of the emails and PMs, so while time-consuming, it's primarily a matter of me finding the time. The hardest thing is going to be rebuilding the spreadsheet, which had a lot of conditional formatting and formulae.

Once I get that done, I need to figure out the shipping/handling methodology, primarily in calculating the costs. If I can get that nailed down, everything else will be easy.

[Mr. Oddity]

Seeing as you still have the old PM records Brother Tyler, does that mean we don't need to message you to reconfirm orders? Don't want to give you even more stuff to sort through. Also, happy new year!