Let us tell you about Homestuck

Not just 2k, 20k

edit: now i'm doubting myself because Jesus H Christ

 

it was 20k iirc

 

it was definitely 20k

the 10k tier on the......hiveswap?... kickstarter got your fantroll into the comic and two people paid up

 

I remember it was a joke slot and there were actually... 5? 10? But after the first two it showed as all those slots taken. I don't think Hussie expected the kickstarter to do what it did at all.

 

You'd think after crashing newgrounds he would've learned the insanity his fans are capable of.

 

There were actually a couple tiers after that, but they got immediately taken down IIRC?
I think one was "have your fantroll become canon and NOT die after one page"

 

Yeah, that one was 100k.

 

ok so i was making puns on the discord and then I said "nobody escapes the mi--i mean the puns"
and then @JaeGrei made this come into existence and I'm so happy

 

for clarity that's my discord avatar on Jack's face

 

:)

 

You know, as funny as some of these ads are, it pisses me off that people are able to spend hundreds of dollars on jokes like it's nothing. I just bought my brother a computer as a graduation present and it set my savings back by a few years.

 

tbf it's probably a collection of people pooling their money, not anyone person just dropping $700 on a joke add.

 

The VrisKan ad kind of implied it was just two people. The people who own kanaya.tumblr and vriska.tumblr, so honestly I wouldn't be surprised if they're just rich.

 

i don't think they're actually spending that much. i'm pretty sure the way project wonderful works is that the price listed is your maximum bid but all you actually get charged is enough to outbid the person below you.

 

Also supposedly the $700 was for a whole day ad? I could see someone dropping like 20-30 bucks (or even 70 tbh) but yeah

 

Someone bought this ad for $635 apparently

 

So, the price is apparently $50 on some pages, and also the shipping wars have resumed?

 

On an unrelated note--
With child planet Alternia, the amounts of slurry each and every troll has to hand in every sweep, and the longer lifespans especially towards the colder end of the hemospectrum -- How big is the Alternian war machine? How many grubs are hatched every sweep? How many of them make it to enlistment?
How big is the locust swarm ravaging the universes?

 

Alternia is big, but it's also a gloves off death gauntlet of the worst interpretation of survival of the fittest. Grubs run trials before they even get lusii. Young trolls kill each other for fun and profit. I somewhat doubt any position is secure once you get into space either. There's always someone at the bottom who wants a shot at your seat, and someone at the top who's ready to end you if you become a threat. Trolls might be at war with the universe, but they're at war with each other at the same time, feeding each other into the grinder.