James Brown
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- Joined
- Jul 23, 2018
- Location
- England
Thanks everyone! @Gang Entertainment sorry Mike, completely missed your message but will definitely include it in a future update. Most likely when we have a disc to show :)
@James Brown is sorting thatI need the backer survey sent to me @spud1897
I'll dm him tonight if he doesn't get back to before I get off work.@James Brown is sorting that
Ah, bugger, I missed this ! My kickstarter account was giving me shit about my password so I sacked it off for another day, didn't realise the deadline had already gone.
Haha same ! I had a lot going on, so I thought about doing it for another day, and now I'll have to wait for Issue 3, hoping there'll be a bundle with issue 2 in it as well haha
Fuck this weather, but much love to you guys for keeping us all in the loop. Irrespective of the thermite-like temperatures and the words of our boi Ryo, don't sweat it, man
Hello everyone!
It is with great regret that I bring you some unfortunate news regarding the start of shipping of Shenmue World Issue 2. As I had mentioned in the previous update, I had closed the address change option as we looked to begin shipping the magazines. I had wanted to have all orders fulfilled by the end of next weekend, and had made preparations to push through the huge shipping process in just over a week.
However, the magazines that were destined for the 14th of June, had already been delayed by two days as the production team had informed me that their binding machine had malfunctioned and the magazines had been sent to a second facility to be bound. This was obviously fine with me, as a day or two would not have affected me too much. These magazines did indeed arrive yesterday.
Shenmue World Issue 2 Arrival
One thing I really wanted to emphasise during Shenmue World’s Kickstarter projects was to give you all complete and utter honesty and transparency from myself throughout, so hopefully this doesn’t take some of the magic away regarding the printing process. I excitedly opened the seal on the plastic wrapped pallet of magazines and inspected the top box, only to have an instant sinking feeling.
Pretty in pink
As you can see, the front covers are all pink! This is obviously a printing error, and i'll try my best to explain why. So, where I had provided the information for the spot UV gloss (which was such a hit with Issue 1!) to be applied to on the front cover...no such treatment had been produced. This is quite a complex process and had taken me many hours to produce the results that should have created a fantastic eye-catching cover for you all. The production team, for whatever reason had accidentally overlooked the fact that the magazines were not meant to be pink and instead this colour should only have been used as a guide for where the spot uv gloss would be ultimately applied. I had originally had my artwork and files confirmed correct by the team, so I knew that this was not an issue on my end.
I thus proceeded to contact the printers who, in fairness, have fantastic customer support and have prioritised the reprinting of these magazines for me. They have now given me a new guaranteed arrival date of 24th June. So only one week more to wait.
This would normally be fine, however, due to a family emergency I am away for potentially a 2 week period beginning 27th June…as I had hoped to have pushed through all orders prior to this date. I also have plans to stream YsNet’s newest game “Air Twister” with Matt over on the Shenmue Dojo channels on the 24th June. So this unfortunately means that the subsequent delay on your copy of Shenmue World Issue 2 being sent will now be 3 weeks as I will not be able to personally package up and post out over 600 copies in a single day. I am of course really disappointed by this, and admittedly a little embarrassed to have to write another delay update such as this one. I really strive to be a Kickstarter that everyone can trust and believe in, and I really hate to let anyone down that had been looking forward to receiving this set soon. This situation is obviously out of my hands, but am saddened to have to make you all wait a little while longer. In light of this, and also as requested from a couple of people, I will be re-opening the address change feature again. This means that if you do need to change your address over the next 3 weeks, you can do so by just heading back into your original Kickstarter survey or via a button on the Shenmue World Issue 2 Kickstarter page to then update your details.
In more positive news, I have already finished preparing all of the Issue 1 packs, and also all of the extra item packs for Issue 2! I am really pleased with how the bonus items for Issue 2 have turned out and I cannot wait to see everyones reactions to opening up these packs (which is why I am feeling pretty gutted by this ordeal, as everything had felt super close to the finish line)! I will share a few bonus photos of some of the packaging process of these items to hopefully tide you over for the next 3 weeks, although I really don’t want to spoil too much!
Issue 1 Packs
Art Prints
Issue 2 Bonus Item Packs
I hope that everyone (atleast in the UK) is enjoying the scorching temperatures, and are looking forward to the upcoming weekend. Both my sincerest apologies, and gratitude to you all! :) Take care!
- James
Pretty in pink