The House of the Rising Spade

[Stockholm17]

Yes, this CET becoming CEST was unexpected.
Be synched, launching in less than 4 hours from now. 8pm Central Europe Summer Time. (summer my ass, we still have snow here)
Check the timestamp of this post.

[Stockholm17]

OK just to make it clear for all.. Just chatted with Lorenzo The project goes live in less than 4 hours at 2PM eastern Time or 11am Pacific time. In Europe it goes live at 8PM CEST not CET Central European Summer time

Hopefully we are all on the same page now

thanx for the post, i repost this in the 10th page

[Mike Ratledge]

OK just to make it clear for all.. Just chatted with Lorenzo The project goes live in less than 4 hours at 2PM eastern Time or 11am Pacific time. In Europe it goes live at 8PM CEST not CET Central European Summer time

Hopefully we are all on the same page now

thanx for the post, i repost this in the 10th page

Yes, because of that it launches at 2PM EDT today, not 3PM which I previously posted.

I just took a peek at things and it looks like this IS going to be EPIC!!

[vasta41]

Ooooo Lorenzo...

[Smocito]

False alarm.
I'm sure Lorenzo will give news shortly
From what Lorenzo said in Facebook, apparently Kickstarter has to approve the project and they won't answer today.

EPIC FAIL. Apparently kickstarter does not allow ANYMORE to launch a project right away. I have to wait for their approval.

Luckily for me its 7pm in Portugal

[RichK]

KS is reviewing his project.

[JeromeB]

he just posted on FB
'EPIC FAIL. Apparently kickstarter does not allow ANYMORE to launch a project right away. I have to wait for their approval.'

[vasta41]

he just posted on FB
'EPIC FAIL. Apparently kickstarter does not allow ANYMORE to launch a project right away. I have to wait for their approval.'

Wow, this is sucky news.

[shaitani]

The facebook post has a screenshot from a KS message that says 'We're reviewing your project... Response Expected: March 29, 2018'. What? Lol 4 days to let a creator start their project? Is KS trying their hardest to lose money?

[Siege]

From his FB post looks like the expected response date from Facebook is 29th March...

[Mike Ratledge]

he just posted on FB
'EPIC FAIL. Apparently kickstarter does not allow ANYMORE to launch a project right away. I have to wait for their approval.'

Jeez - that sucks! It always let people who had never had an unfunded / unsuccessful campaign (and at least one funded) launch when they wanted.

[vasta41]

This is some bull ish right here... Not looking forward to this for future projects.

[Casual Pixels]

Surely there's still a way to pre-populate a KS project with all the details, have it reviewed, and launch at the time of your choosing?

There certainly used to be that facility; either KS has removed it, or it's an oversight by Lorenzo...

EDIT: Just saw Mike's post; a rule allowing known-good project creators the ability to launch without a review makes sense, but I suppose it also makes sense that KS has tightened rules over time. I imagine they've seen all sorts of abuses.

[Merlebird]

he just posted on FB
'EPIC FAIL. Apparently kickstarter does not allow ANYMORE to launch a project right away. I have to wait for their approval.'

Well, see you guys on Thursday, I guess....

[Siege]

The House of the slightly delayed Spade.

[Mike Ratledge]

This is some bull ish right here... Not looking forward to this for future projects.

The wording on the creator pages hasn't changed, either. It shows that you can launch - i.e. the big green button is there as always for successful creators, but instead of allowing it to launch immediately like it always has, it now requires project review for all, or at least so it seems.

If they have nobody on duty doing reviews, it could possibly be a day or two.

[montenzi]

The facebook post has a screenshot from a KS message that says 'We're reviewing your project... Response Expected: March 29, 2018'. What? Lol 4 days to let a creator start their project? Is KS trying their hardest to lose money?

In some cases it's just 10-15 minutes, no more. That's why you can submit a project for approval in advance even if it's not ready for a launch.

[Gonzalo]

The House of the slightly delayed Spade.

The Slightly Delayed Rising of The House of Spades.

[Siege]

Ideal for magic tricks and anger management exercises.

[TheGentlemanWake]

Oh noooo

[Mike Ratledge]

The facebook post has a screenshot from a KS message that says 'We're reviewing your project... Response Expected: March 29, 2018'. What? Lol 4 days to let a creator start their project? Is KS trying their hardest to lose money?

In some cases it's just 10-15 minutes, no more. That's why you can submit a project for approval in advance even if it's not ready for a launch.

True, but it (only a month ago - like for "DeNovo" / UC2018) was available for immediate launch as long as you had funded successfully in the past and only required for noobs or if you had an unfunded / fail project. I don't know exactly what the specifics were as far as when you could regain the "launch at will" - i.e. green button.

[Gonzalo]

Ideal for magic tricks and anger management exercises.

Definitely. I've been close to throw the computer off the window.

[Mike Ratledge]

Ideal for magic tricks and anger management exercises.

Definitely. I've been close to throw the computer off the window.

Lorenzo is still throwing things... (jk)

[Räpylätassu]

Come on Kickstarter, get your sh*t together! Just allow it to be released already!!

[Justin O.]

I completely understand why Kickstarter started doing this, and I think it’s a really good thing overall. But clearly it could have been better communicated with project creators so they could account for the approval process before launch, and set backer expectations accordingly. I think this will make Kickstarter a stronger platform overall. But I am going to be super pissed if I miss a limited tier because of this. And I agree with some previous comments that established creators should be grandfathered past this process.

[Mike Ratledge]

I completely understand why Kickstarter started doing this, and I think it’s a really good thing overall. But clearly it could have been better communicated with project creators so they could account for the approval process before launch, and set backer expectations accordingly. I think this will make Kickstarter a stronger platform overall. But I am going to be super pissed if I miss a limited tier because of this. And I agree with some previous comments that established creators should be grandfathered past this process.

I can't argue that, except that Lorenzo had penty of time since he announced the time Thursday - if he had only known that it was required now. Stupid - but then again KS has never been known for being customer friendly unless you have previously greased their 5% of $1,000,000 or similar.

[Merlebird]

Well, it's nice that he's maintaining a sense of humor about it....

[gcxmr2]

please relaunch during the weekend. it'll be much appreciated.

[Stockholm17]

guys,
sorry if I didnt post here, but I was raging out and I lost focus.


I looked for the green launch now button everywhere. Usually it was in a page that appears after you push Review project.
Not this time.
Also, I did not see any ks mail about changes related to this project, or new terms of service. I might have missed it. I don't know.
Once I get approval I will reschedule the launch.

Sorry for this mess, it was totally unexpected


I just found this text:

"Does Kickstarter review projects before launch?
Yes we do. Our Launch Now feature uses an algorithm incorporating thousands of data points to check whether a project is ready to launch — things like the project’s description, rewards, funding goal, and whether the creator has previously launched a project.

If the project qualifies for Launch Now, the creator can go live whenever they’re ready.

If a project doesn’t qualify for Launch Now, the creator will need to share the project with us for review before it can launch. We will make sure the project is in line with our rules, and verify that it’s a project with a specific, finite goal — we do not investigate a creator’s ability to complete their project. We may also offer the creator helpful feedback on ways to structure or present their project. This process usually takes up to three business days."


So, for some reason i was not qualified.

[Bruno]

Yup.
The eBay school of algorhythmic bastardry.
Where once they facilitated .... now they run-interference/un-balance ....