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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 7723307" data-attributes="member: 6726030">Hey everybody! I'm the (lucky person who gets to be the) Media Coordinator and Crowdfunding Engineer for Empyrea. Frank has his head firmly in the Aquarian clouds and unfortunately can't answer everything personally, but he and Russ are in contact and EN World will be getting some exclusive information (only available here!) before the KS launches.Frank has already (and is continually) in contact with members of the Gygax family and we've got a list of Banned Words to avoid any IP transgressions. Moreover, the editing team is extremely aware of the delicate situation here and they're all veterans of the industry more than capable of keeping the lanes clear, as it were. We will absolutely be addressing that in the FAQ! Also I would add that Frank is a consummate professional and wouldn't have 12 people working on this thing already if he had any suspicions we'd all get the rug pulled out from under us.JohnnyZemo I'm right there with you and I pushed for more meat in this announcement, but I promise over the next month you're going to get those details.Here's what's up: if this were a Kickstarter for a small thing (like a tiny 20 page adventure module) we wouldn't have released the launch date a month in advance--this is a big, big deal. People need time to prepare their finances and it would've been a real bummer for folks if they didn't get that opportunity. Some of the pledges include signed materials (which is something many of Frank's international fans maybe would never be able to get otherwise) as well as some REALLY amazing stuff really only available for this one thing, like having Frank make and run a small campaign for your group (which is kind of beyond belief for me and I'm trying to figure out how to buy one). Giving people a reasonable amount of time to prepare their bank accounts to get in on things like that is important because those primo pledge levels are definitely limited and being able to pledge right away is vital. On that note, Kickstarter and I are still working it out but Frank's whole altruistic ethos here also led to this lottery idea where even folks folks that can't afford to pledge for a reward level that includes that experience (or miss these announcements and get to the party late) can still get in on a game. The fairest way to do so is in a fashion which Kickstarter has very, very, very specific rules against, although it's a little bit of a gray area in our case--they did not shoot it out of the air immediately when provided with the details on how we thought it might work, but I honestly can't say if they will or not just yet until they get back to me again. This is also a good way to get folks that want things like a newsletter (which is 100% something people should sign up for at <a href="http://www.WorldsOfEmpyrea.com" target="_blank">www.WorldsOfEmpyrea.com</a>) into the information loop. Frank has plenty of younger fans (like myself) but a lot of OSRs too and they aren't all as internet savvy as the usual Kickstarter backer. I'm overwhelmingly happy to answer any other questions or concerns (and apologize in advance for information I'm not allowed to reveal until later this month). Frankly I cannot wait for October to start so we can get this project off the ground and into the air!</blockquote>

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