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I say, that sounds splendid.

This post has been edited by Angry Brick: 15 January 2011 - 12:06 AM

Neat idea . And it helps support this comic for the dedicated readers. I can't say I am a die-hard fan or anything, But I do enjoy the comic. I probably won't buy a membership because I wouldn't use it to it's full capacity but it's great for other people that are big fans.

I would buy in to this...buuut Goblins had first dibs...so I can't back out now.

I've made minor changes to my appearance for the coming changes. Tops hats and monocles everyone!

Sounds like a capital idea good fellow, I shall don mine once I have officially made my purchase.

Indeed, my avatar has taken a change for the dapper as well. Tophats and monocles around!

Ace, on 15 January 2011 - 12:32 AM, said:

I have accomplished the aforementioned task, good sir.

This post has been edited by Jorje: 15 January 2011 - 12:52 AM

I s'pose I afford a little extra spending.

Pip pip cheerio, and whatnot.

I love this idea! Mostly because I can afford it but then again if I couldn't afford it I wouldn't hate it. That in itself is a bit selfish no? But I love it because it'll keep my interest in BCB going. I always scare myself that once I start to like something my interest of it slowly fades, maybe not completley but I wouldn't be as big a fan into it. This hasn't happened yet, and I'm not saying it would have. But I think this is a great add on feature! Thank you

THE PROLETARIAT SHALL RISE!
Communist Manifesto (Chapter 1)

But in all seriousness: It still kinda bothers me but, perhaps I am taking this too seriously. As long as no one takes them self as being superior to anyone else, I'm sure it won't be too bad.

There are a good amount of people here who act superior to others anyways.

This post has been edited by Seppucrow: 15 January 2011 - 01:16 AM

I'm all over it like a fat kid on a smartie!

Commoners are butthurt because they are so COMMON.

Angry Brick, on 15 January 2011 - 01:19 AM, said:

so... therefore being butthurt is the norm?

Indubitably.


Only us Sophisticated folk can afford to be not butthurt.

Quite so, leave the painful behinds to the masses, we must rise above such petty things.

Jorje and Oddish: You're all just whining because you can't afford it

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I HAVE NO MONEY AND CAN'T BUY. PEOPLE WILL HATE ME NOW.

@Taeshi: You're just saying that because you want us to give you money.



Taeshi: "Lol you're poor! "

Jorje : "Call me poor will you? I'll prove that i'm not poor by paying for this membership!! (that'll show her!)" *drains bank account on membership*

Taeshi: "I win."

Jorje : "Bu...I...wait...DAMN YOUUU!!!" *Violently shakes fist in the air*

This post has been edited by Jorje: 15 January 2011 - 01:39 AM

Awful lot of COMMONERS in this thread.

Awful lot of commoners.

This post has been edited by Toastyjester: 15 January 2011 - 01:38 AM

SEE, I WIN IN ALL OF THIS.

To be honest, I think I've put myself into risk. Because people will be getting content they can spread.. so it's a case of trusting people and really hoping that they don't send future content around oh god

also souppy has given me work THANKS A LOT SOUPPY

so to be kind of honest i'm not really gonna be sitting around eating all the money :-[

Actually. I might get a membership, just for the sake of getting that that kimono zombie jasmine thing, melting it with a lighter, (while laughing manically) taking a video of it, putting it all over the forums, and laughing as Rukral and Ace flip shit and rage at me for the rest of my life.

This post has been edited by Jorje: 15 January 2011 - 01:44 AM

I am now most fancy!

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Fixed: Now with more Monocle

This post has been edited by Scarfy: 15 January 2011 - 01:54 AM

You know, at BCBcon, the founder members get their own elevators and water fountains.

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5 members, 47 guests, 0 anonymous users

THERE ARE PEOPLE LOWER THAN THE COMMONERS?

This post has been edited by Kaxbe: 15 January 2011 - 01:57 AM

Oh- THEM. We dont talk about THEM.

*classy pipe equipped*

Why won't they let us into the Candy Barrel, K'nuckles?

Something wrong with guests?

Be cautious, Kaxbe. You never know who might be lurking within the anonymous crowds.

I will not be getting any membership. Leave no trace, even if the information on the receipts is bogus.

wow, some people are being awfully pissy about this membership thing. personally, I just did it because I've been itching to donate lately and to help out the site in what little way I can. If I am one of the lucky 10, I'll probably crap myself, but I'm not the type to flaunt it or be a douche.

If anything, to me this would be like what they have over at Rooster Teeth productions with the whole sponsorship thing where sponsors have access to new content a day or 2 sooner than regular folk, and it's sure as hell not a big deal over there, with a community a couple hundred or thousand times larger than the BCB community.

This post has been edited by ChewySmokey: 15 January 2011 - 03:25 AM

ChewySmokey, on 15 January 2011 - 03:17 AM, said:

Membership actually flaunts itself and douches it up FOR you!

Angry Brick, on 15 January 2011 - 03:19 AM, said:

damnit man! I was in a good mood

I am officially super cool now.

im just kidding. i want to be super elite member with superpowers. wahr wahr wahr

Knock it off with the "pip pip good chap jolly ho" shit, you're acting like 10 year olds.

I don't see that people would somehow be segregated by this. Having a name in gold (as BCI members soon will!) is just a neat thing to have, not some kind of immunity from moderation or license to be a cock. There's no reason I couldn't ban a person who is a paying member, and I'd consider it if someone started pretending the fact they donated some money means they're a better person!

As far as upcoming stuff goes, it'll stay within the whole BCI thing. Snooths has a valid point, I think. I'll set up a special comment thread inside the members section so members can chat about it privately, but will ask people to not mention future stuff on the forum or IRC. I think that's the best way to go about it.

The point of this is to provide a benefit to people who donate, not to take anything away from those who don't.

ALSO this has so far been a wild success, thanks so much for being so supportive! As noted on the front page, the top 25 people can now get the commission and low number for $59. VERO WILL BE WORKED TO THE BONE

lol. we'll see how that works out

SuitCase, on 15 January 2011 - 05:58 AM, said:

My Paypal order said it was order #18, does that mean I can has commission? Also, how will you know which users have donated/bought the membership stuff? I don't use "ChewySmokey" in my PayPal account.

SuitCase, on 15 January 2011 - 05:58 AM, said:

B)

SuitCase, on 15 January 2011 - 05:58 AM, said:

i told you this a while ago but i dont think i like the idea of a members board
on one hand it would be great to keep the discussion of secret member things contained inside but i can also see the board being very popular and while it may not DIVIDE THE COMMUNITY OH JESUS GUYS THIS IS TEARING US APPPAAART it does seem like it would exclude some people and be basically "social studies 2.0" and lots of people would post less on other public forums
im not making a radical assumption here am i? ive just seen this happen everytime something like this starts

but ye $$$ so w/e

whf, on 15 January 2011 - 09:05 AM, said:

It's just a comments section. Which I don't even use in the first place, so.

YOU'RE TEARING ME APART, INTERNATIONAL CLUB

We'll start our own club and none of you will be invited!

Or want to be for that matter...

I think the commentary is a good idea for the members board, actually. It's not a case of a cool kids club, it's a case of you guys getting content way ahead of time.. and one of my biggest worries is that people will go around and talk to non-members about it.

The reason this is a worry is because I'm being made to reveal future content. And I kind of enjoy the concept of the story being a surprise.. as much of a surprise as a romance drama comic can be. So it would probably make things awkward if people went around talking about it.

So what better way than to have members discuss with other members the content? I think that's reasonable. It's not a case of THIS IS OUR NEW COMMUNITY. It's a case of "oh let's talk about this stuff here"

May I ask what the “preferential treatment” listed in the membership benefits is going to entail? I guess that's the most persistent concern I have with this. For instance:

Will an international member get a warning in a case where a regular member would be banned?

Extrapolating from Jorje's concern, will the administrators be more inclined to engage with international members? Likely the answer is no, but since it seems many of the long time fans who are actually friends of the administrators will become international members, wouldn't it be easy for new members to have this misconception?

Would an administrator or moderator be inclined to take the side of an international member in a dispute where it is clear both parties are at fault?

And etc., etc.

I'm also wondering if that line is actually just a joke, since it seems like it could've been ripped from a snooty ad for a bank, travel, or hotel membership. That seems pretty likely, actually, but I'll ask anyway.

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Uhh, no? Just because you gave us money doesn't really give you the right to break rules. Besides, why is this even a concern? We like never ban people. Already we give plenty of warnings. This paranoia is stupid.

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I doubt I'll go out of my way to know the first fifty people and I doubt I ever will, other than to ask them what their commission request will be. If you're interesting, we will engage with you. That's how it's always been. There's been people who are complete oldbies who I can't stand. They probably contributed a lot, doesn't mean I have to be forced to like them. It sounds bitchy, but I don't really feel comfortable doing special favours for people just because they wave money at me. It's dishonest and kind of jerkish.

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why do you people worry about this, seriously

it's so stupid

god

Oh my god, I did it, I did it. I bought a Founding Membership 0_0

I'm in shock. I never buy online things EVER! When I saw this thread and the membership thing, I just sorta went crazy!
I mean, I did look and read all the perks of membership,
let's see
* A member-only gift, included with their welcome letter*
* Two additional exclusive Club gifts delivered during the membership year*
* Early access to comic pages and other Bittersweet Candy Bowl content
* Recognition as a Club member in comments and forums
* Complimentary postage opportunities from the Bittersweet Candy Bowl store*
* Premium ad-free access to the Bittersweet Candy Bowl website
* The prestige and preferential treatment exclusively afforded to Bittersweet Club International members the world over.

These are all cool and all, but what really made my choice was this
"Patronage of the Arts"

I mean, I found BCB in October, enjoying what was literally YEARS of Taeshi-san's hard work, and never gave anything back for it. I planned on buying the book as thanks and all (and still plan on buying), but this came in the right time.
I wanted to support, this is the best I can do, I guess =D

If you are hesitating about if you should get a membership, clear your doubts, remember about the whole archive of comics, think about really helping, giving something back.
And yeah, it the problem is monetary/rewards, it's 39 dollars for a membership, but divide that by 12 months. It's like 3 dollars a month. And you get unique gifts.
It's worth it. They're worth it.

Ah, about the commission drawing, I requested it, but the 300 character limit didn't let me describe much ^_^
Can I do it through e-mail?

I guess... I'm number 18.
Damn, I should be studying >_<
=P

This post has been edited by Lycan: 15 January 2011 - 06:58 PM

Taeshi, on 15 January 2011 - 06:52 PM, said:

Oh, I'm sorry, Taeshi. I was under the impression that SuitCase had asked for feedback. But you're right. Instead of worrying about an unexplained and potentially misleading aspect of the international membership and giving either of you an opportunity to allay any resultant concerns in a genial manner, I'll take a lesson from the other posters in this thread and adopt an unquestioningly supportive, fanatical attitude so that I can regard such inquiry with the proper degree of contempt.

This post has been edited by Silentvelcro: 15 January 2011 - 07:38 PM