Hey all,
The news post suggests my answer is "Yes," but just to make sure - have pre-orders/Kickstarter rewards shipped yet? I ask only so I know when to start getting that glowy Kid-on-Christmas anticipation going full-force.
Thanks!
If this is what you're pinning your hopes on:
When we get back, we'll be shipping out all the Kickstarter rewards, then all the pre-orders, and then running our Create a Time Villain contest! So much to do!
You may not want to do that just yet. As far as I know, the shipment of games from China hasn't arrived at their Secret Lair yet.
Also, please keep in mind it's basically just a couple folks manually packaging up everything as quickly as thier admittedly-super-powered bodies can; once they get the shipment from China, it might take a couple weeks for all the Kickstarters to go out. There were a lot of Kickstarters! (Which is kinda a good problem to have, but it'll make for a long process for them to get everything shipped.)
The >G folks are really good about getting us updates. When anything has changed (e.g., stuff has started shipping), I'm sure we'll hear about it. 
We do not have the games yet *grumble customs grumble*, but we will update you once we hear more.
I was getting a little scared at PAX talking to a game designer from another group who said customs can take months… 
Here's hoping that's not the case this time around!
I've seen pix of the boxes ready to go, and I've seen a Kickstarter update that says that "nearly all" of the rewards for domestic backers have been sent out, but I haven't yet received an email from FedEx or anyone with my tracking information. Does anyone know how can I tell if this is a problem, or just the normal slow pace of things?
I didn't see one yet either an should be recieving a domestic FedEx shipment...so I assume its in the group announced. I'd love to have a tracking number if I could.
It doesn't look like we are going to be able to send out tracking numbers for domestic Kickstarter orders. There are just too many of them, and the format we have for things from fedex is not at all conducive to finding individual orders, unfortunately. If there is a problem with delivery, we could look something up, but it will take 5-10 minutes per order (possibly including a call to FedEx). Everyone in the US who did not specify USPS shipping (or give a PO/APO box) should get their games by mid-next week, and everyone else should get theirs by the week after. If not, message me about it.
Heh, you guys may end up wishing you'd gone with a different system if a zillion people (myself) all email you en mas next Thursday morning if their box isn't in their hands. Last time was irritating, watching my package sit unmoving in the St. Louis processing center for a week, but this time I won't even have that thin gruel to sustain me. ;)
You wrote on kickstarter:
"All international orders (except those specifically requesting USPS) will be shipped out on Friday."
This will include preorders also?
Yup! Packing them all up now!
Was FedEx the default method of shipping? I have no idea what I chose/not chose…
Doesn’t really matter I guess.
It’ll be here whenever it gets here.
I already got mine. FedEx FTW
As a preorder, I just received my tracking number, so now I can wait outside my house for it to arrive.
For the people who have received theirs already, where are you geographically in relation to the St. Louis HQ? I'm in the S.F. Bay Area, which is about as far from St. Louis as is possible to be in the continental United States, so if people from Kansas are getting theirs already I'm not going to panic, but if people in Maine are getting theirs and not me, I'll need to advance my doomsday clock closer to midnight.
Also, weren't we just told that we wouldn't be getting tracking numbers? How did you come by one, huffn?
I just got my shipping notice and it came with a tracking number. So maybe some misinformation was disbursed here.
Also, Spiff, you're in the SF Bay Area? You should come by Convolution in November if you can, I'll have my Sentinels set there and be hungry to play. :)
If I understood it correctly, those who participated in the Kickstarted wouldn't get tracking numbers since there was such a high quantity of packages that were being shipped out.
I preordered mine through the >games store and my tracking number was attached to the google wallet updated information email.
Yes, they've shipped. You should be getting it VERY SOON. I already got mine.
If I understood it correctly, those who participated in the Kickstarted wouldn't get tracking numbers since there was such a high quantity of packages that were being shipped out.
I preordered mine through the >games store and my tracking number was attached to the google wallet updated information email.
That's kind of lame, and I hope it doesn't happen next time.