Polychrome Heroics Pool Announcement

[ng_moonmoth]

Tentacles lurk under the surface of this sale's quarter-price pool. I'm starting out targeting all three poems in the Kraken thread (total $125 at quarter-price). Anyone who'd like to sponsor something from the sale at quarter-price is welcome to join by making a small but significant contribution to the pool targets, and then contributing toward the target of their choice. That poem will be added to the pool target list.

Every time pool contributions come in to fund the least expensive pool target, I will add another poem to the target list. If you haven't selected a target for yourself and would like to recommend one, please do, and I will use that one. Otherwise, I will pick one myself.

Hoping for good participation!

ETA: I will stop taking pledges around 6pm PDT (UTC -8), to allow any late joiners to settle accounts in time for a timely forwarding to ysabetwordsmith. There's still some time!

Comments

[fuzzyred]

I'm in! I have roughly $100 to spend this time, although I'm not sure what to do about targets because I'm kind of all over the place.

I'm definitely down for helping with the Kraken poems, and the main other group I had my eye on was the four connected poems for the Rutledge thread, or as many as the pool could get.

The other one that really caught my eye was "If You Can't Change the World," because Cas and cookies! And it is a small one so it doesn't need lots of cash.

I will make a post on a blog later today, directing interested parties here for the pool, so hopefully we will get a lot of takers. :D

Here's a thought

[ng_moonmoth]

The first three in the Rutledge thread would be $53 at quarter-price. You could then pick up the smallest Kraken poem for a bit over $20, leaving $25-30 to start something else. You could either start something, bearing in mind that the Kraken buy would free up some of my money for another target, or leave it up to me.

How does that sound as a framework?

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[fuzzyred]

That sounds like a good plan :) Covering the first three Rutledge poems and the $20 Kraken one sounds good to me. And then that should leave enough for me to also pick up the poem about Cas and the cookies (I believe it's $14.75 at quarter price), with whatever change is left going to whichever target you pick next?

If I figured my math wrong, let me know and I'll revise what I said above to reflect that.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Covering the first three Rutledge poems <<

That at least gets Ahzan to Rutledge and a safe place to rest.

>> And then that should leave enough for me to also pick up the poem about Cas and the cookies (I believe it's $14.75 at quarter price) <<

"If You Can't Change the World"
Story Date: Saturday, October 1, 2016
Cas celebrates Homemade Cookies Day.
116 lines, was $58, sale price $29

$29 ÷ 2 = $14.50

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[fuzzyred]

Thank you for the price correction; my brain isn't altogether here right now.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I know that feel. It's why I used a calculator. Prosthetic math.

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[fuzzyred]

That is an easy way to do it. My brain was gonna enough that I couldn't be bothered to pull up the calculator on my phone, and I always double check my math before sending money for poems to make sure I got it right.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I keep a calculator within arm's reach on my desk. If math is easy, I can do it without, but for anything complicated I use it. The key is to make using the calculator easier than not using it. I have a hard time remembering how to set up math problems, but now search engines will autocalculate things like "What is 33% of 2,649?" or "45 is 66% of what?"

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[fuzzyred]

Ah, that makes sense. And having search engines that autocalculate is great. I often use google when I need to convert from imperical to metric values for recipes because I can never remember the conversion rates off hand.

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[ng_moonmoth]

OK, fuzzyred and I have corresponded. The pool is now in for the entire Kraken thread, the sequence of four Rutledge poems, and "If You Can't Change the World". Those could be marked as purchased by the pool. Still hoping for some more funding to close a small gap on the fourth Rutledge poem before opening anything else.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I have marked those accordingly. You may want to check and make sure the listing is correct.

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[ng_moonmoth]

Markings were correct before today's activity. librarygeek and mama_kestrel have joined, and added some more targets as listed below in their comments. There is also some discretionary funding for another buy, which I will allocate according to subsequent activity.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Okay, these are the ones mentioned. Shall I mark them?

"The Hog Knows the Tree"
"Daddy Tortoise Goes Slow"
"The Melting Pot"

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[ng_moonmoth]

Yep. Them's the ones.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I have marked them accordingly.

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[ng_moonmoth]

I took a look at the numbers. I'll sign you up for the first three Rutledge poems ($53), "If You Can't Change the World" ($14.50), and "Recreating Our Life as We Would Like It to Be" ($22.75), which adds up to $90.25. That also frees up some of my money, which I will open funding for the fourth Rutledge poem with. Depending on what other stuff comes in, I might suggest we just leave it there. Keep your eyes peeled, and I'll let you know of changes.

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[fuzzyred]

That sounds good to me :)

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[ng_moonmoth]

librarygeek showed up with a buy, so there is now enough provisional money to consider a Pain's Gray poem. I'm liking that because the pool has now gotten everywhere else. Details below.

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[fuzzyred]

I'm on board with buying a Pain's Gray poem. I'm also good with finishing up the smaller of the two epics, if that fits the budget better. And I can pitch in another $5-10 or so, if you need help covering any gaps.

[librarygeek]

I want "The Hog Knows the Tree" and "Daddy Tortoise Goes Slow". At quarter price, that's $65.25 I think. If I throw in $100, that leaves the excess to get something else, and/or close out the smaller open epic.

Yes, I like new Ti-Jean. :-)

[ng_moonmoth]

If you don't mind chipping in another $25 -- actually, let's round that down to $24.75, which brings you to an even $90 -- that would be the difference between the smaller Kraken poem that fuzzyred's contribution funded and the fourth of the Rutledge thread. That would leave me ready to name another target.

(Takes a look) Pain's Gray hasn't seen any love yet. The quarter-price range is $35.50 to $79.50. fuzzyred also has about another $10 they can throw in, so if I can get another contribution that gets the pool closer to the larger number, which is the first on the list, so likely the first in story sequence, that would be possible. If nothing else happens, we can revisit those small chunks and I can cover the rest. Will keep you informed.

[librarygeek]

This is the smaller open epic I mentioned as possibly closing, too:

"A Celebration and a Consolation" belongs to Polychrome Heroics. It needs $28.50 to be complete.

[ng_moonmoth]

Will keep that one in mind, too. That may be the outcome if no other contributions emerge.

[librarygeek]

Sent! :-)

[ng_moonmoth]

Received. Thanks!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm glad you like Ti-Jean. He is a hot mess, but so much fun!

[mama_kestrel]

You have another $50.00 to play with. I'd like to see "The Melting Pot" sponsored, if possible. That leaves $28.25 to go elsewhere; use as you see wish. Just PM me the Paypal address.

[ng_moonmoth]

"The Melting Pot" is $87 at half-price, so $43.50 at quarter-price. That leaves $6.50 for the next stretch goal, and a total of $26.50 in current discretionary funding. That would be close enough to finishing "A Celebration and a Consolation" that I would pitch in a bit more to do that -- and is also getting close enough to the least expensive Pain's Grey poem to keep that in view. Still keeping an eye out for more money. Will keep you informed. PayPal handle via PM soon.

[mama_kestrel]

And that is why I shouldn't math when I'm headed for bed - I divided the 87 by 4 instead of 2. Thank you for correcting me!

[ng_moonmoth]

Keeping the accounts straight is what I sign up for when I run a pool. You're welcome.