How hoarse will Christopher get

After reading thousands of names for that video?

Depends on how many OPT-Out But reading 4000 names would be about an hour long.

Quick! We still have time to legally change all of our names to Maria Helena Teresa Fafila Servanda Jimena Mansuara Paterna Domenga Gelvira Placia Sendina Belita Eufemia Columba Gontina Aldonza Mafalda Cristina Tegrida de Falcon!

You win, sir. You win.

I am curious how many people are going to put either a character name, or Tim Cosing

Christopher shouldn't get hoarse, if he drinks plenty of water and warms up first. Many people speak continuously for a lot longer than an hour with no problems at all.

Oh yeah, I don't think he'll really get hoarse. This thread felt more clever when I posted it, though. :)

With all this extra money they're getting I'm pretty sure Christopher could buy a horse if he wanted to, little or otherwise.

He shall ride it into battle!

Were I mischievous, I would be, right now, trying to convince people with very long and difficult names to join the KS at the 1$ level. For the fun.

This said, it's already at least two hours of name listing. Probably four at least by the end. Poor Christopher.

I will certainly request my middle name to be included, just to give Christopher one my syllable to say.

And nicknames.

And Titles, and gender, and :).....etc

Reading names is fun, but I think it should be turned into a song or poem. Mambo No. F5!

So if it takes 2 secounds a name thats 30 in a minute.

30 X 60 minutes is 1800 an hour (900 Every half hour)

900 X 5 = 4500 (Or 2 hours and 30 Minutes) Right now there are 4537 Names

Everyone should make their name Tim Cosing.

I'm still debating whether I want to have him read my internet name, or my name (if it's my name, it's going to be my full name)

And now, I know I will have to listen to the whole thing just to be sure there is not an hidden clue in the list for the "After the Multiverse" ARG…

So I Just had an Idea if we hit the Million.

I think they should have a "overlay" Like they do in the Tactics turnments with all the names Christopher is saying at the bottom of the video.

So then Paul would have to click as fast as Christopher is saying them,

And Adam could be makeing "IIIII" Marks Counting along.

That way We get all 3 in the video. :)

Seconded.

Maybe he could rap the names or soemthing?

I hope 10 people do, and when Christopher reads the tenth name it causes an energetic schism that SHATTERS THE TIMELINES.

Which will, in turn, restore the Multiverse and result in another 5 years worth of expansions before the next collapse back to a single universe, by which time the new & improved Ultimate-Ultimate Collector's Box will be a walk-in.

Just sayin'

So if my kids want their names read too (which they do) can I just pledge 2 extra dollars or do I have to set up entirely separate kickstarter accounts for them?

Wait! For each extra dollar we pledge we can have Christopher read another name! evil laugh

See, I was all for that, but then I remembered that Christopher is that beardy guy we all kinda like. And then I was conflicted and thought, nah, let's not do that.

Plus that video is already going to be 3 hours long, or something, and if we cheese him off he might do something unpleasant- like de-alphabetising all the names so everybody has to watch if from the beginning to the end to hear their name being mentioned…

Worth noting that there are more names than pledgers, since there are group buys in play, and each person within the group buy will get their names read out...

After some thinking I have to ask. Who is willing to change their name to "I'm a moron who decided to read a list of kickstarter backers, Hahaha" for the sake of this list

That or "Emma Dumb Designer"

I pledged an extra $5 to add a bunch of names. For friends, who didn’t have Kickstarter accounts.

There's no call to be rude to the man.

He'll be killing his throat for all of our enjoyment.  Surely, that's trouble enough without any name-calling?

We should send him the recipe for Gollum juice.

To answer the original question:  Bad.  He's going to be Bad Hoarse.

Thecybermage wins.

Bad horse, bad horse, bad horse, he's bad

He rides across the nation--

sorry


No apologies are needed.

Since we are posting puns, is it too late to say he'll be as hoarse as a horse, of course, of course?

Neigh.  It's not too late to trot out a reference to Mr. Ed. It's been too long since we had a good pun thread, though, so here's me saddling it with a few more.

Well geez, Now I feel like I should pony up the strength to contribute to these puns. But I don't want to be involved in this horsing around

Gallop poles are out on the quality of these puns...

...

...

...I'll see myself to the glue factory.

You're all beating a dead horse with these puns.  

Someone else mentioned this elsewhere first, but the KS does not say Christopher will read the names out loud. I would be OK with a video of Christopher reading a document to himself, whiskey in hand =)

C’mon guys, I don’t want to stirrup any trouble.

I can see it in my head with Christopher looking over a list with an occasional remark but mostly just nodding his head. 

"Oh, yeah, wonderful person. And this person is great at parties..." (And we have no idea who he's refering to...)

I’m chomping at the bit to join…but I think I shall rein myself in.

He will be on screen the entire time, right? Even when he gets hoarse, we will be able to see his mouth move right? Or are we not supposed to look a Chris hoarse in the mouth?

I belive that was me. That also happens to be the video I imagine.

He'll be so hoarse, we'll think his last name is Ed.

In the campaign description after listing what is in each pledge level it does specifically note you will hear Christopher reading your name.  

Yes, but when we hear him reading, will we hear:

Leather chair squeak

Ice cube clink against glass

Another clink

Soft slurping noise

Leather squeak

A page turning

Et cetera…

I'll be very disappointed in him if he's putting ice in his whiskey.

He could be using Whiskey Stones to cause that clink 

Not to make an "ice cube clink against glass," no.  By definition, that would require ice. ;)

Probably all while wearing a monocle and playing classical music in the background. Who knows, he may even throw a brick fireplace in the video

He'll have to start weight training then, fireplaces are heavy.

Scale? He could throw a dollhouse brick fireplace with ease.

Or one made of Lego bricks :D.

Are other ice geometries acceptable? I typically use ice Death Stars.

I can't speak for Silverleaf, but ice does NOT go in whiskey in any shape. Or whisky, if that's your thing.

Agreed!

Putting ice in any form in whiskey is a big NO. You don't want it to be cold, because the molecules move more slowly therefore you lose some of the taste. And what's the point paying a fortune for Scotch if you're not going to taste it properly? Same as red wine, basically.

It's fine to add a little room-temperature water though.

Similarly beer and ale shouldn't be chilled.

Havent quite decided how I feel about ice in cider yet though…

Put an “I prefer” before those statements, Silverleaf, and I’ll let your British-ness slide.

Hey, that's the opinion of experts! I don't even like whiskey!

Amusingly, I have a friend from California whose brother used to have ice in his whiskey. After a short trip to London, there was never ice in his whiskey again.

But I feel I should add that it is my preference not to have ice in whiskey and (I believe) it is also tradition in the country it's made in. For both whiskey and whisky. I can't speak for American made 'whiskies' though :P (I think they're bourbons?)

Anything that mitigates the taste of alcohol is okay in my book.

Of course I don't drink alcohol so I won't be icing up any whiskey anytime soon.

https://youtu.be/kR4VLLY3cfI

He seems to be doing just fine with ice. But maybe Christopher can just skip the alcohol and use the ice? He'll probably need it for his throat by the time he gets to the S's.

I had a thought - don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere but will those of us who are part of group buys not get our names read out just because we didn't back the Kickstarter directly? Would we have to make a minimum pledge in order to get into the list of names to be read out, or are those making the group buys saying who they're buying for to get everyone's names in that way? Because although us group-buyers aren't pledging directly into the Kickstarter, we've still technically backed the game, just through someone else in order to cut down the shipping costs ;).

So we're in the final eight hours and there are 9,635 backers.

This doesn't count group buys so it is certainly higher but still we're talking about close to 10k backer names for Christopher to read.

Remember, folks. We like Christopher. Let's not be mean to him. 

Christopher isn’t average, why should we be?

9,785 backers!