A somewhat crazy, and I'm certain NOT original, idea just occurred to me. I'd like to know what you guys think about this.
5,000 people. That's only 1/10th of all Shenmue 3 backers if we end up with 50,000, which seems very likely now. We are talking about a rabid, committed, Spartan-like-in-its-devotion fanbase. Surely 1/10th of us would be willing to do this.
Do what you ask? Assuming they add PayPal after the end of the Kickstarter, I propose 5,000 of us (or more, but I think the effort would be securing a core 5,000 really) make a pledge to try our utmost to donate just $30 every month in the two years between the Kickstarter's end, and July 2017. That would raise a grand total of 3.6 million (hence #30to3point6)
Am I daft? Have I gone off the rocker? Or might this actually be a real, tangible, FEASIBLE thing we can mobilize right now, lay plans for, and actually get off the ground like the brilliant #30onthe3rd? I'm in if you guys are (barring life emergencies of course - this is a commitment to a goal, not a contract written in blood lol.)
EDIT: Clarification of what I'm driving at here.
The hashtag isn't the important element, nor the amount per se. What I'm really driving at is some kind of forum topic or other means of compiling a list of people who are willing to say, YES, I will try my damndest to do this for the next couple of years. I don't mean anything official or with rewards (though if they wanted to do some kind of subscription service for hardcore supporters, that would be something I'd be down with too!) Just on a voluntary basis through PayPal (assuming they add it.)
I want some means of gauging the potential level of support for something like this because 1) the more feasible it appears based on the numbers, the more likely others might be to donate too since it wouldn't be to a lost cause, 2) PayPal donations don't get listed on a Ticker anywhere like KS donations do, so it would be nice to have some means of at least estimating where we are. Who knows if they would release donation totals like Star Citizen or not, after all? And 3) I just like the idea of a small band of committed fans continuing to act as financial supporters of the project in unison. I love how devoted and passionate this fanbase is and I wish to continue to do what little I can to support it in whatever way I can.