IMPORTANT: Pledge Manager / BackerKit Launching Soon (Part 1)
over 1 year ago – Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 03:08:44 PM

Slashers!

***PLEASE READ THIS UPDATE IN IT'S ENTIRETY.***

Our BackerKit / Pledge Manager is all set to launch. The BackerKit Team is currently doing one more review of our account to make sure all is aligned for a smooth process. In the meantime, below we're providing a lot of info to answer the usual questions that pop up as well as to guide you through using BackerKit when you receive your invites.

Q/As

Q: How long do we have to finalize our orders/rewards?

A: You will have until Friday, October 13th (yeah, yeah, we see the date) to finalize your orders. We will LOCK ALL ORDERS at the end of the day on Friday, October 13th. Once orders are locked, you can no longer edit your order, meaning no adding or subtracting items from your order. PLEASE, complete your surveys in a timely manner to save you and our team any issues.

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Q: When will my credit card be charged for my shipping and any additional items I add to my order during the pledge manager phase?

A: Your credit card will be charged Friday, December 1st. If your credit card fails, you will receive notifications/reminders all the way up until fulfillment. After fulfilment is complete, any orders not paid for will be stored for one month. Once that month is over, we cannot guarantee your rewards/orders after that time period as we are not a storage facility. PLEASE, help us help you and complete your surveys and providing your payment on time.

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Q: What if my credit card failed during the Kickstarter process?

A: Not an issue. Your rewards and order will still be in our pledge manager. When checking out you will have a balance not only for your shipping and any items you add, but your balance will also contain the amount you owe from Kickstarter.

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The Process

Invites to the pledge manager will be sent to the email you provided during Kickstarter. If you used Apple Pay, we've seen in the past there being email issues. On the day when we announce all invites have been sent, if you have not received an email from us (be sure to check your SPAM) please reach out to us, and we will assist you in getting into your account.

Step 1

When invites are sent you will receive an email inviting you to the Kickstarter. Once you click to enter BackerKit, you will be given the option to proceed with your current order as is, or to up your pledge level. Example below: 

Step 2

Once you get started, you'll be greeted by an introduction message letting you know the pledge level you're proceeding with and what's to come. You must click "Got it. Thanks." to proceed. If your order contains a shirt, you'll be asked a second question which concerns your shirt size. Example below: 

Step 3

When you get to the "Add-Ons" section, the Pledge Level portion will show all the items you receive with that pledge level. Below that will be Add-Ons. If you added Add-Ons during Kickstarter, they will be there. If you add additional items to your order, they will also appear there. All Mixtape Massacre products are available in this Add-Ons section. HAVE AT IT. BUT... please be aware, the more you add, the more weight, the higher the shipping (we do not make the rules). Example below:

Step 4

Once you've selected any add-ons and finalized your order, you will provide your address (DO NOT WORRY... you will have up until 2 weeks before we begin fulfillment to change your address in case you move). Example below:

Step 5

Lastly, you will confirm your order and provide your credit card. As noted above, you will have until Friday, October 13th to make any additions / revisions to your order. After that you order will be locked. Your credit card will also not be charged until Friday, December 1st. Example below:

What's Next?

Within the next 24 - 48 hours we will begin the pledge manager with what is called a SMOKE TEST. Five percent of you will receive invites to the pledge manager. Basically, you're guinea pigs. It's our way of 100% knowing the pledge manager is working completely. Once the test is done, the rest of the invites will go out.

We will notify you (provide an update) when the Smoke Test begins. We will notify you again when ALL INVITES go out.

Thanks for your patience and for supporting the project. Stay tuned here for all information pertaining to the pledge manager and next steps.

-- Freddie, Matt, & MJ

Labor Day Weekend
over 1 year ago – Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 10:29:48 AM

Slashers,

Quick update. We've realized we made a slight scheduling error with pushing for launch this weekend, as it is Labor Day Weekend here in the US, and BackerKit team will not be  available for support with any issues during the Pledge Manager Launch. BackerKit will be back Tuesday.

To avoid any issues, we will do the Smoke Test, next Thursday September 7th. If all goes well with the Smoke Test, we will do the full Pledge Manager launch shortly after (either Friday or Saturday). 

Apologies for the delay. Thanks for your patience and everyone have a nice weekend.

-- Freddie, Matt, & MJ

August/Summer Update
over 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 09:55:28 AM

Hey Slashers,

Wanted to check in with a quick update on the project. The summer has been a bit hectic with personal schedules and cons while we've been wrapping up the following:

• Finalizing rulebook
• Finalizing artwork files for printing
• Plastics submitted (awaiting samples)
• Setting up BackerKit

We originally were going to have BackerKit live a few weeks back, but realized with the requests from many to include our back catalog (other expansions, games, FLOAT products, etc) we needed to not only do an in-house inventory on those products to figure how much we could alot to the campaign, but we also needed to prepare additional shipping options for the higher possible package sizes and weights. We should be finishing those this week and are looking to have smoke tests begin the end of next week (August 31st / Sept 1st) followed by all invites going out for BackerKit.

We'll have a more thorough update coming end of next week/first week of September once BackerKit invites are about to go out.

Until then... everyone enjoy the rest of their summer.

-- Freddie, Matt, & MJ

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Time Warp Tuesday: Future Past
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 08:41:52 PM

Slashers!

A little late on this update today but here it is... still in time for Time Warp Tuesday.

A new character has emerged...

Derrick Jackson

During the Invasion of 88' Derrick suffered his greatest loss, the death of his little brother Marcus at the hands of The Legend. In his rage, he defeated and incapacitated Vincent Jones. After removing Vincent's mask, Derrick was ready to deliver the final blow to end Tall Oaks' most famous slasher's reign of terror... that is until the government showed up. They bagged up Vincent and took him with them, leaving Derrick alone in his loss and wanting for revenge. Derrick spent the next couple decades hunting Vincent, only to discover he was now a time traveling assassin for the government. Derrick did the only thing he could. He stole some of their time travel tech and began hunting the Legend through the different timelines, unaware of the chaos the two of them were causing. It is now Derrick's mission to clean up the timelines and end Vincent Jones once and for all.

Current Project Status

The team is currently at working finalizing art, print files, and the rulebook for the expansion. While this is going on we are also in the process of setting up the BackerKit Pledge Manager. We are currently awaiting word from Kickstarter with our final backer report so we can sync with BackerKit with the updated report and begin the post-campaign process.

We'll have some more art reveals and game reveals as this process continues SO PLEASE, be sure to continue checking updates as they are sent out.

Until the next update... HAPPY SLASHING.

-- Freddie, Matt, & MJ

FUNDED!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 07:38:22 AM

Slashers!

We did it! Thanks to your continual dedication to the world of Mixtape Massacre, we have successfully funded the final 1980's Tales from Tall Oaks expansion. Even cooler... we've unlocked ALL STRETCH GOALS for the project.

You might be asking, "So who's the final character?" Well as this isn't an update about the stretch goal, let's just say later this week, we're going to do a reveal of someone you know... but different. 👊

In the meantime, from our team to you, let us give you a very... BIG...

More to come.

-- Freddie, Matt, & MJ