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Grummz

$6k package
Community Manager
Ember Dev
Jul 25, 2016
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http://www.red5studios.com/2017/07/firefall-closure-announcement/

Red 5 Studios has decided to shut down Firefall effectively tommorow, July 7th. This means that today is the last day to claim Firefall credit via our founders's program. Since we do not control Firefall's servers, we will have no way to verify founders when the servers go down.

We are saddened by this news, and apologize for the short notice. Please help spread the word so that any remaining Firefall vets or forum users can claim credit for Em-8ER's future virtual cosmetics store.

https://emberbot.jadex.eu/founders/
 

Grummz

$6k package
Community Manager
Ember Dev
Jul 25, 2016
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#13
Great Job Everyone!
We did it. YOU did it! 114,000 between IndieGoGo and Paypal Donations! This is going to allow us to create a GREAT playable mockup and video to grow our audience which is already 12,000 strong.

Here's what's next:

  • Over the next week we will be collating all the pledges. There were many upgrades, paypal pledges, gifts and prizes that need to be integrated and checked to match against perks.
  • By this Friday backers at the $15 Scout level and above will receive e-mails of the PDF Vision Book and THMPR Art Build exe. If you gifted these, you may forward them onto whomever you gifted them too.
  • Next week we will begin contacting you for your forum name and your giftees forum names. You must have an Em-8ER forums accounts to receive your backer titles. We will verify your perk levels at this time.
  • By the end of Next Friday everyone who responds will begin to receive their titles, assigned by hand. Expect this process to take a week or so and we will start with highest backers and work our way backwards. There are 2000 we need to do by hand!
  • Note that perks that include multiple copies of the game or playable mockup do NOT come with multiple stretch goal unlocks or skins. These are 1 set per pack only. When you give a copy of the game or playable mockup you are only gifting the mockup or game, not duplicating the skins, bikes, etc.
That's it! In a month we should have the formal Em-8ER accounts set up that will link your forum, Discord and Em-8ER information. In six months the playable mockup should be ready. A month or two after that will be the KS.

Thank you all so much for your support!!!!
 

Ronyn

Commander
Staff member
Community Manager
Director of Marketing and Community
Jul 26, 2016
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That's a shame, though I'd think the Beta Commando title I have on my Firefall forums account is easily verifiable? The refund would have just gone towards additional backing here anyways in addition to my Firstclaimer pack.
The reason I said "verified en masse" is because of the limitations Xeevis laid out. There are certainly some folks out there, like yourself, with certain titles visible, but many would be required to go into the game client to make it visible on the forums. With no intent to disparage the current state of firefall, it is simply difficult for most to properly log in to the game these days.

We are doing our very best to give the backers of firefall what we can, but please keep in mind the best we can do in that capacity is to make a game that will offer the same magical feeling.
 

Ronyn

Commander
Staff member
Community Manager
Director of Marketing and Community
Jul 26, 2016
724
2,706
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#1
Reapers,

On behalf of Grummz, Myself, and the entire Em-8ER Dev and community teams we want to say thank you. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. We are overwhelmed by the support you have shown us. There is so much to say about how thankful we are...but I am truly without words to express how much love we feel right now.

The goal we set for milestone three was 20 thousand, your donations exceeded that goal buy over 575 percent. This allows us to bypass the need for any additional milestones and will allow us to put our full focus into developing the playable mock up. Over the next several months we will be delivering the milestones, one by one, until the mock up is complete.

So for now I will stop talking, I will be getting some rest then getting to work on processing all of the amazing rewards you guys unlocked! After that, expect to see a lot more...

Take a breath Reapers, you have made magic happen.
-Ronyn