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Braavos36375 Posts
Hi everyone!
It's been a while since my last blog, where I talked about moving on from TL.
Since then, ESEX has launched a successful Dota 2 kickstarter and we've learned a lot about running a proper campaign, enough that we can finally do the SC2 one. I feel like this one is tricky given the community's experience with crowdfunding, but we're going to try anyway.
Here it is!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hotbid/esports-express-starcraft-2
Reddit thread:
http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/2msu5h/esports_express_starcraft_2_kickstarter/
If you want to help us get funded for SC2, thank you! If not, don't worry about it, hopefully you'll still be able to enjoy and read the content we put out if the project reaches its goal.
Any questions, comments, etc feel free to ask here, or contact through the ESEX contact form on the main esportsexpress.com site.
  
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Wasn't DOTA2's done in like 6 hours? I don't think SC2 will be able to manage it quite that quickly... if at all.
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Braavos36375 Posts
On November 20 2014 05:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wasn't DOTA2's done in like 6 hours? I don't think SC2 will be able to manage it quite that quickly... if at all.
I don't think we'll be able to do it in 8 hours like Dota 2's, but I'm hopefully it'll work out. Mainly because of how the SC2 community sees funding and whats happened in the past with it. We'll see I guess!
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On November 20 2014 05:15 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On November 20 2014 05:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wasn't DOTA2's done in like 6 hours? I don't think SC2 will be able to manage it quite that quickly... if at all. I don't think we'll be able to do it in 8 hours like Dota 2's, but I'm hopefully it'll work out. Mainly because of how the SC2 community sees funding and whats happened in the past with it. We'll see I guess!
Well, you've made a cool $65 already, I think we're on pace 
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On November 20 2014 05:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wasn't DOTA2's done in like 6 hours? I don't think SC2 will be able to manage it quite that quickly... if at all.
SC2 still maintains a very dedicated fanbase who proved they are willing to contribute to crowd-funded projects. Have faith, I think we can do it.
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Lol at the donation tiers xD. WIsh I had enough money for the last one.
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your Country52797 Posts
I donated. 
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On November 20 2014 05:22 The_Templar wrote:I donated.
Dare I make a joke about you finishing it all off with your rich parent's money?
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On November 20 2014 05:24 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Dare I make a joke about you finishing it all off with your rich parent's money?
I paid $10 of my own money lol
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
it went from 65 to 75 so i assume 10 dolla
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Man, if I lived in any of the places listed, I do a lunch date with Hotbid and guest.
Btw, if I don't have/trust a paypal account, is there any other way to donate? I've never donated to one of these before?
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Braavos36375 Posts
On November 20 2014 05:29 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Man, if I lived in any of the places listed, I do a lunch date with Hotbid and guest.
Btw, if I don't have/trust a paypal account, is there any other way to donate? I've never donated to one of these before?
KS is by credit card, Paypal isn't actually an option.
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On November 20 2014 05:37 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On November 20 2014 05:29 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Man, if I lived in any of the places listed, I do a lunch date with Hotbid and guest.
Btw, if I don't have/trust a paypal account, is there any other way to donate? I've never donated to one of these before? KS is by credit card, Paypal isn't actually an option.
Well, I'll probably be donating then
I'll take 1 Smix and one Huk date plz
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Also if someone donated 5k can they get 33.33 lunches with Catz at Taco Bell instead?
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United States23455 Posts
Well I gave $55. Too bad that doesn't give me a date with a player D:
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On November 20 2014 06:04 Darkhorse wrote:
Well I gave $55. Too bad that doesn't give me a date with a player D:
Dude, you're handsome enough you don't need to donate, just go ask one out!
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On November 20 2014 06:06 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 20 2014 06:04 Darkhorse wrote:
Well I gave $55. Too bad that doesn't give me a date with a player D: Dude, you're handsome enough you don't need to donate, just go ask one out!
Thx :D not as handsome as Sirjolt tho
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After reading the starcraft reddit comments, I can see why you were more apprehensive than with the dota2 community.
GL with this one as well.
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Braavos36375 Posts
On November 20 2014 07:39 ketomai wrote:
After reading the starcraft reddit comments, I can see why you were more apprehensive than with the dota2 community.
GL with this one as well.
well, I'll be the first one to admit going in that we knew this would be more challenging than the dota 2 one, but i think we made some cool rewards and hopefully the strength of our previous articles carries through.
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Man, where's $5000 when you need it?
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Hmm, the $5000 sounds pretty good
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On November 20 2014 09:32 Chairman Ray wrote:
Hmm, the $5000 sounds pretty good
I wonder if someone will actually go for it.
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ESEX articles are always pure genius; I really hope this succeeds!
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I know this won't be a kickstarter but can you please write some Smash stuff once this goes live?? <3
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Love how so many of the rewards have connections to Starcraft personalities. The $1.5k one is especially funny, how you could get anyone to actually agree to do that is beyond me, but it'll probably be absolutely hilarious (if someone ponies up...I can't say I can spare that much, even though I do live pretty close to NYC lol)
ESEX fighting!
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Really interesting to see how apprehensive folks are on reddit relative to the dota2 KS. I guess I don't spend much time on screddit these days but I hadn't realized how much past fundraising has impacted the community.
Good luck with the funding though! ESEX is great and these rewards are really funny: the idea of a floppy disc is hilarious and I'm sure archon mode + lunch with various people will all be great. Curious to see if someone actually goes for the date with smix lol
edit: also how the hell did I miss the Sons of Sons of Starcraft article wpwp
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for 1500 does it have to be smix?
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I think anyone who uses the excuse that "well we donated to KS projects in the past and got burned" hasn't really done their homework on ESEX and is just "karma whoring" as they call it.
This isn't some scumbag friend of Tastosis, This is a pretty "professional" ( can't really call HotBid that with a straight face) group of content producers and you will definitely see value come out of them.
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Are you up for some e-sex?
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Well, I think if you have a satire article (like the DOTA2 one) going with the KS it would be easier to make people donate
I will chip in some money when I got back home from work.
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On November 20 2014 11:15 smashlloyd20 wrote:
I know this won't be a kickstarter but can you please write some Smash stuff once this goes live?? <3
Seconded.
I will donate when I get paid tomorrow assuming I have enough lol
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On November 20 2014 05:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wasn't DOTA2's done in like 6 hours? I don't think SC2 will be able to manage it quite that quickly... if at all.
I'm all about StarCraft, but I happily gave some money to Dota2. Hopefully some of the Dota2 enthusiasts will do the same for SC2.
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considering what's happening on a weekly basis all over the news since a few months, I found the video of the KS project quite out of place
that's prolly just me tho ...
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On November 20 2014 21:12 Rustug wrote:Show nested quote +On November 20 2014 05:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wasn't DOTA2's done in like 6 hours? I don't think SC2 will be able to manage it quite that quickly... if at all. I'm all about StarCraft, but I happily gave some money to Dota2. Hopefully some of the Dota2 enthusiasts will do the same for SC2.
Ehhh... I wouldn't count on it. Dota fans are the one group that rivals Starcraft fans in terms of superiority complex, so I don't see many donating to a competing game
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A lot of Dota fans have problems with LoL, but they don't really have a superiority complex towards SC2. I think it's just more that they don't overlap and most Dota fans don't have any idea about this.
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Not gonna lie, the lunch with Catz is tempting. WCS group stages are still in the ESL Studios, which are doable for me, and if I wanna get involved with esports in a meaningful way, he'd be a hell of a brain to pick, not to mention the possibility of getting an "in" with two known names. Do I have $150 to spare, though...we'll see.
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If the 1.5k offer had scarlett I am sure someone in her fanclub would pay that ^^
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i don't think you could pay scarlett enough money for something like that
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On November 21 2014 06:32 sharkie wrote:
If the 1.5k offer had scarlett I am sure someone in her fanclub would pay that ^^
They'd have the goal met in a few minutes.
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Good luck Hot_Bid! I hope this takes off for you.
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Wait, I thought Smix was with someone, is the $1500 goal referring to some kind of threesome? 0_o
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On November 21 2014 13:23 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Wait, I thought Smix was with someone, is the $1500 goal referring to some kind of threesome? 0_o
Nah, the guy she's with costs a sixth of her price, so it's all good.
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Cool, I wish you the best of luck with ESEX, not sure if the name is supposed to be troll style or not knowing you hotbit but....the extended goals are kind of ridiculous no offense lol.
GL though , looks awesome.
This user has been publicly shamed for spelling Hot_Bid as "hotbit"
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On November 21 2014 15:50 GGzerG wrote:
Cool, I wish you the best of luck with ESEX, not sure if the name is supposed to be troll style or not knowing you hotbit but....the extended goals are kind of ridiculous no offense lol.
GL though , looks awesome.
This user has been publicly shamed for spelling Hot_Bid as "hotbit"
hotbit did you do this
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lol, classic Hit_Bud
edit: And yeah, the girl needs to be single. No point in anyone playing a lost game, gotta give then players a chance to win with their micro.
edit2: In all seriousness, I hope this gets funded, new things happening in SC2 are always a good thing for the scene.
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Bisutopia19246 Posts
I would def donate money to this hot-butt guy GGZerG is talking about.
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how is this not already funded?
#sc2deadgame
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Its pronounced "e-sex", correct? Cause that's all I'm seeing here: hot_bod e-sex....
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Good luck with it, Hum_Bug. Wishing you the best in getting it all funded!
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Board games with Day[9] sounds so tempting...
Anything with Hit_Bod sounds awful though.
Tough choice...
Donated $5 instead.
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I haven't donated yet because I can't decide who I should get artosis to curse yet... I need suggestions!
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On November 22 2014 00:46 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
I haven't donated yet because I can't decide who I should get artosis to curse yet... I need suggestions!
Curse KT fans. All of them... or maybe just blindrawr.
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On November 22 2014 00:46 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
I haven't donated yet because I can't decide who I should get artosis to curse yet... I need suggestions!
I might just curse myself
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You leave TL then come back to ask for money for your new job. No shame kidding obviously will donate to this worthy cause. Best of luck HotBid!
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I think this thread has come to a very important realization: We need more names to call Head_Butt.
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On November 20 2014 11:15 smashlloyd20 wrote:
I know this won't be a kickstarter but can you please write some Smash stuff once this goes live?? <3
I also second this. The occasional Smash article would be amazing for esex. I don't think you can do a kickstarter cause it's not big enough (just trying to be realistic here) but there's definitely potential here.
Can you just imagine the possibilities of an esex article about the legend of Falcomaster3000?
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If we don't reach the goal, does this mean we don't get any SC2 articles, or will the number just be severely reduced?
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Omg those donation tiers are awesome. "This may not turn out the way you think it will. You are responsible for travel and housing of Hot_Bid."
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On November 22 2014 06:48 The_Templar wrote:
If we don't reach the goal, does this mean we don't get any SC2 articles, or will the number just be severely reduced?
SC2 literally dies, right there and then
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On November 22 2014 07:08 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2014 06:48 The_Templar wrote:
If we don't reach the goal, does this mean we don't get any SC2 articles, or will the number just be severely reduced? SC2 literally dies, right there and then
Ah. I'd better start looking for 7000 dollars then
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On November 22 2014 07:09 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2014 07:08 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 22 2014 06:48 The_Templar wrote:
If we don't reach the goal, does this mean we don't get any SC2 articles, or will the number just be severely reduced? SC2 literally dies, right there and then Ah. I'd better start looking for 7000 dollars then
You gotta body, start selling it!
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On November 22 2014 07:10 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2014 07:09 The_Templar wrote:On November 22 2014 07:08 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 22 2014 06:48 The_Templar wrote:
If we don't reach the goal, does this mean we don't get any SC2 articles, or will the number just be severely reduced? SC2 literally dies, right there and then Ah. I'd better start looking for 7000 dollars then You gotta body, start selling it!
How much people is willing to pay for a kidney? Im a smoker so mine might not be worth a lot :/
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On November 23 2014 09:17 Superbanana wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2014 07:10 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 22 2014 07:09 The_Templar wrote:On November 22 2014 07:08 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 22 2014 06:48 The_Templar wrote:
If we don't reach the goal, does this mean we don't get any SC2 articles, or will the number just be severely reduced? SC2 literally dies, right there and then Ah. I'd better start looking for 7000 dollars then You gotta body, start selling it! How much people is willing to pay for a kidney? Im a smoker so mine might not be worth a lot :/
Smoking probably doesn't kill your kidney's too bad, I'd guess
Not the kind of "body selling" I was thinking though
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donated, altought your last article was not as good as some of the older ones
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On November 22 2014 00:46 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
I haven't donated yet because I can't decide who I should get artosis to curse yet... I need suggestions!
I'm gonna go full meta and have him curse my relationship with a girl. It's in the shitter as is, so hopefully by cursing it, it'll get better.
Or I'll just have him curse Kim-Jung Un's left eye. That man would kill it with an eyepatch.
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Come on guys! 5$ for cursing someone with the mightiest curse known to mankind or alternativly let artosis spell out something ridiculous is like the best deal ever! And you'll get to read more ESEX articles on top of that.
I would have wished for some european rewards though. Like the catz lunch reward but instead it's a doner kebab with Ret/Bling/MC at HSC.
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I made my way through Amazon registration only to find that I need a credit card. Unlike the US and other countries, credit cards are not a mainstream payment method in the Netherlands, so I don't have one. Is there a way to fund kickstarter projects with something other then a credit card? Something like PayPal, iDeal?
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On November 26 2014 16:26 _fool wrote:
I made my way through Amazon registration only to find that I need a credit card. Unlike the US and other countries, credit cards are not a mainstream payment method in the Netherlands, so I don't have one. Is there a way to fund kickstarter projects with something other then a credit card? Something like PayPal, iDeal?
Unfortunately no.
And credit cards are indeed rare in europe. Kickstarter has always been a very american thing and if you want global crowd funding and not just american crowd funding there are far better platforms for that (which allow paypal etc.).
Fortunatly for me, I know a person who owns a credit card and I just begged him to give me his credit card information and permission to charge his bank account. Maybe you know someone with a credit card as well? That's the one workaround if you don't own one yourself. Just invite him/her for dinner or send him/her a present. That way you can usually get access to someones credit card pretty easily.
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Credit cards are rare in europe ? Well I know Germans like to pay in cash but in France everyone 18+ has a credit card.
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On November 28 2014 18:39 RouaF wrote:
Credit cards are rare in europe ? Well I know Germans like to pay in cash but in France everyone 18+ has a credit card.
Yeah, you're right. It seems to be all over the place in europe. I shouldn't have made conclusions from one country.
If you look at the 2013 cencus from the ECB:
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pdf/pis/pis2013.pdf?06ec75f7173136eb1186fc5c1e3b2d89 (last page [ANNEX])
Credit card usage seems to be very low in Bulgaria, Germany and Austria. (~15-20%). The rest ist relativly low (~35% e.g. Czech Rep.) to mid (~50% e.g. France). They do like their credit cards in Scandinavia though.
Interestingly, credit cards are rather common in the netherlands (~45% usage), so it seems to be more of a local social environment thing for the previous poster from the netherlands.
It's an interesting topic for sure. Bulgaria, Austria und Germany of course have lots of cultural connections, but I don't know why that reflects in low credit card usage.
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On November 28 2014 19:18 shin ken wrote:Show nested quote +On November 28 2014 18:39 RouaF wrote:
Credit cards are rare in europe ? Well I know Germans like to pay in cash but in France everyone 18+ has a credit card. Yeah, you're right. It seems to be n europe. I shouldn't have made conclusions from one country. If you look at the 2013 cencus from the ECB: http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pdf/pis/pis2013.pdf?06ec75f7173136eb1186fc5c1e3b2d89 (last page [ANNEX]) Credit card usage seems to be very low in Bulgaria, Germany and Austria. (~15-20%). The rest ist relativly low (~35% e.g. Czech Rep.) to mid (~50% e.g. France). They do like their credit cards in Scandinavia though. Interestingly, credit cards are rather common in the netherlands (~45% usage), so it seems to be more of a local social environment thing for the previous poster from the netherlands. It's an interesting topic for sure. Bulgaria, Austria und Germany of course have lots of cultural connections, but I don't know why that reflects in low credit card usage.
That previous poster was me. It's completely true that lots of Dutch people have credit cards. But as far as I know they get them mostly so going abroad is more convenient (to US, France, for example). I have never personally seen someone pay for a meal in a Dutch restaurant using credit card. Also, I think some bank cards (our alternative to credit cards, basically a plastic card that requires digital authentication) count as credit cards as well, that somewhat distorts statistics.
Fact remains: I don't have one (since I rarely go abroad and when I do, my bank card works in most countries. But alas, not for kickstarter ) I will try to find myself a gullible credit card owner and get his credentials
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On November 30 2014 05:27 _fool wrote:Show nested quote +On November 28 2014 19:18 shin ken wrote:On November 28 2014 18:39 RouaF wrote:
Credit cards are rare in europe ? Well I know Germans like to pay in cash but in France everyone 18+ has a credit card. Yeah, you're right. It seems to be n europe. I shouldn't have made conclusions from one country. If you look at the 2013 cencus from the ECB: http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pdf/pis/pis2013.pdf?06ec75f7173136eb1186fc5c1e3b2d89 (last page [ANNEX]) Credit card usage seems to be very low in Bulgaria, Germany and Austria. (~15-20%). The rest ist relativly low (~35% e.g. Czech Rep.) to mid (~50% e.g. France). They do like their credit cards in Scandinavia though. Interestingly, credit cards are rather common in the netherlands (~45% usage), so it seems to be more of a local social environment thing for the previous poster from the netherlands. It's an interesting topic for sure. Bulgaria, Austria und Germany of course have lots of cultural connections, but I don't know why that reflects in low credit card usage. That previous poster was me. It's completely true that lots of Dutch people have credit cards. But as far as I know they get them mostly so going abroad is more convenient (to US, France, for example). I have never personally seen someone pay for a meal in a Dutch restaurant using credit card. Also, I think some bank cards (our alternative to credit cards, basically a plastic card that requires digital authentication) count as credit cards as well, that somewhat distorts statistics. Fact remains: I don't have one (since I rarely go abroad and when I do, my bank card works in most countries. But alas, not for kickstarter ) I will try to find myself a gullible credit card owner and get his credentials
I have never seen someone pay for a meal in an expensive restaurant without a credit card :o
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64 hours left for 80%
There's still hope for "divine intervention" ^^
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can someone explain to me what this is exactly, the vague video an shit is probably not helping the cause.
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On December 20 2014 15:02 MarlieChurphy wrote:
can someone explain to me what this is exactly, the vague video an shit is probably not helping the cause.
yeah the video was terribad
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