i wish they'd use the dojo twitter banner image (see my sig below) to advertise it on the front page rather than 'that' one.

we should have a 3 day long Mega tweetathon 15th-18th with lets plays, fan art, funny tweets, youtube videos, 'why i love shenmue' testimonials etc.

call it:
'The Final Push: Make your dreams come true!'

maybe we should start tweeting her. get shenmue 500k to help.

she has 2.5 millions followers.

Anonymous81 wrote: Can anyone upload the Final Blow campaign image to photobucket or somewhere else and link to it here? The "show" button in the first post isn't working for me, and no image is showing up. Thanks muchly!

try this link
http://www.30onthe3rd.com/images/tfb_logo.jpg

Sorry guys, I've been at work and haven't had a chance to do anything with the image. I don't think I'm going to put the actual time the Kickstarter ends on the graphic because it would get too busy putting all the time zones. I think I'll just put the last three dates of the Kickstarter. And then I'll try to set up 30onthe3rd.com/finalblow

maybe just put the kickstarter end date of the different times zones on the website, and on the first page of this topic.

i love the addition of the wude 'Yi - To act without hesitation, to do what is right'. it fits really well.

fantastic, well done sonoshee.

i just sent a tweet to Game Sack and asked whether they could create a shout-out video for the shenmue kickstarter before it ends.

https://twitter.com/john_vivant/status/ ... 9383540737

feel free to retweet mine or create your own. worth a shot.

Retroberra is working on new version of 'The Final Blow' promo video but this time with HQ video provided by Bluemue. He is going to upload a version of it here soon, so if anyone has a suggestions or constructive feedback please advise him.

Hopefully the video can get some heavy circulation as we go into the final few days of the campaign.

here is one of his latest versions (non-HD); if any has any ideas, suggestions or corrections for the video please send a personal message to him. his user name is 'Retroberra';
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srCg_K3fPmE

somebody mentioned this in the other thread, but he has the same vibe as Zongquan from shenmue 2 - the guy with the crazy hat/hair you meet in the shopping mall.


but obviously its not him.

please start sharing and tweeting about the #TheFinalBlow guys.

here is my tweet;
https://twitter.com/john_vivant/status/620540596961329152

create your own or or feel free to retweet mine.
be sure to share the inspirational #TheFinalBlow promotional video by Retroberra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adna12C-C4Y

it would be nice to get this video in heavy circulation on social media, especially between 15-17th.

also share Team Yu's event 'Quick Timed Event'
link here; http://teamyu.net/Shenmue.III?action=qte

thank you.

Love Ryo's new face, the scene is great.

I think this is actually a whole new scene from shenmue 3 because shenhua never summons the fireflies from the lake in shenmue 2 - they just pass through. i think people are thinking of the dandelion field, when she uses her magic to levitate the seeds.

in the shenmue online china joy cg there is a similar scene to this one where she is at the lake 'interacting' with the fireflies at night, and also singing - although Ryo is no where is sight.

I really like this trailer, and especially Ryo's new face. its amazing what can be achieved with so little money in so short a time. this gives me confidence in the quality of the final game.

https://youtu.be/1ETjJvgUOso?t=10m51s

Ryo is going to transition into one bad ass kung fu dude, so new clothes seem appropriate. also the more time spent in china living in the those villages and getting to know the locales, the jeans ect are going to feel increasingly out of place.

if we return to exploring bigger cities in shenmue 4 maybe the jeans jacket etc will make a fond and welcome return.

Thief wrote:

Does anybody know the name of the track used in this video?

'christmas on dobuita street', its on the official soundtrack track 5, disc 1 i think.

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edit;
lol well done bluemue

as a precaution put your main 'large pledge' on one card, and all your smaller pledges on another.
contact your bank/credit card company and advise that a number of small payments from a foreign company with coming out on: this date.

i believe that we if they are declined kickstarter has some system for trying again. does anyone know anything about that?

I checked the FAQ a couple of days ago and if there's issues taking payment they contact you via e-mail and give you 7 days to re-enter your payment. But it's not so much the bank declining the payment that worries me, I am worried Kickstarter might just cancel the pledge if the same card is detected on multiple accounts, some websites don't like that such as Amazon for example.


somebody (user was James Brown) asked kickstarter and they replied back that it would be fine.
send him a pm, i'm sure he'll give your more info.

NeoShredder wrote:
BUT it's slippery as hell...on rocks....QTE?

fail and its free battle time.

Yokosuka wrote:

Dragon St. wrote: $700,000 in 27 hours to reach the advanced free battle is very much possible!!

Hope you're true

'I believe in miracles'
-Yu Suzuki

Joel Tess has guaranteed himself immortality in this community.

There seems to be a lot of people asking this question so I thought I'd make a new topic so its easier to direct people to the info.

Kickstarter allows you to open an unlimited number of accounts and use the same card on all of them to make payment.


Here the quote of the inquiry to Kickstarter themselves:
I messaged them and they replied saying it shouldn't be a problem.

Kickstarter Support (Kickstarter)

Jul 8, 11:51 AM

Hi James,

You should be totally fine! Let us know if you need anything else.

Best,
Alfie

skilljim

Jul 8, 9:58 AM

Hi, I am a big Shenmue fan and have backed for the $1500 tier on this account. I also wanted to get the $80 tier so I would be able to receive both rewards, and I have backed this tier on a second account. I have backed it using the same debit card as I thought this would be okay, but I wanted to just double check before the project finishes that my card will be successfully charged twice, one for each of these 2 accounts. I needed to use 2 accounts, as it's not possible to back more than one unique reward tier, that the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter project happens to have.

Thank you for your time and help :)
James.


if you've already secured a physical version on a higher tier, open another account and get digital too. also digital is great as a gift to friends and family.

Please retweet the following or create your own to share this information on twitter. thank you
https://twitter.com/john_vivant/status/621990789510467584

those busts should have been $3000-4000 minimum. they are very famous Shenmue artifacts.

shenmue is trending big time on twitter

Retweet these tweets which are articles from major sites, it should help awareness;

https://twitter.com/verge/status/622021759630462977

https://twitter.com/Gam3Newz/status/622019052341469184

https://twitter.com/VG247/status/622029375337201664

And upvote this GameSpot article

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/shenmue-3-breaks-funding-records-on-kickstarter/1100-6428971/

i'll add to this as I get them.

edit new ones added sequentially:
1. https://twitter.com/Game_Revolution/status/622028159790223361
2. https://twitter.com/RPGSite/status/622022885532569600
3. https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/622023166211129344
4. https://twitter.com/GIBiz/status/622025858316955648
5. https://twitter.com/davidfg/status/622017573140480000
6. https://twitter.com/pushsquare/status/622021826915471361
7. https://twitter.com/PSLifeStyle/status/622015834014093314
8. https://twitter.com/Gameblog/status/622024140413927428
9.https://twitter.com/eurogamer/status/622040558257766400 !!
10. https://twitter.com/gamesTMmag/status/622041240318689280
11. https://twitter.com/GamesRadar/status/622048372094976000
12. https://twitter.com/digitalspy/status/622058900796407808
13. https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/622069173418622977
14.https://twitter.com/IGN/status/622086001423450113
15.

people who haven't yet done this might want to now so we can keep up the shenmue twitter momentum on trends. even if you have why not do it again!

link - http://teamyu.net/Shenmue.III?action=qte :

We need more fans to make a new account and pledge again to get both physical or downloadable version of Ps4 and PC.
This doesn't look great we running out of time We need 430k
We need to get today atleast 130k and tomorow 200k or we not going to make it.

I explained this on this thread.
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=48506
Shenmue has to win we need that publicity.
Claiming 2 records would really really benefit Shenmue brand.


to emphasize the value for people from Great Britain, $29 digital tier works out £18.57. which is insane good value. if you've already secured physical version on a higher tier, open another account and get digital too. also digital is great as gift for friends and family. you can open an unlimited number of accounts and use the same card on all of them without any problems, i've got 6 accounts and no problems at all so far. well done everyone for making this kickstarter so successfull. that video game record NEEDS TO BE OURS!

Chairman Mao makes a cameo in the game, if that counts

yep, i did it too.

I feel that republishing this here from the news thread is appropriate given that we are just moving into the final day of the campaign. Many thanks to Sonoshee for this well worded plea. I hope we can make history tomorrow.

http://i.imgur.com/mMkDRRB.png

Last month our dreams were made a reality with the reveal of Shenmue 3 at E3. Over the past 4 weeks, many of us have done everything we possibly can to #SaveShenmue and make Yu Suzuki's vision for Shenmue 3 a reality. With the final day of the Kickstarter closing in, Shenhua and Ryo need us now more than ever.

The Shenmue community is therefore undertaking #TheFinalBlow to the Kickstarter starting now. If you haven't pledged - this is the time. If you can raise your pledge - please do so. Those of you holding out for a Paypal option - don't.
Do not look back in regret and think how you could have helped make Shenmue 3 the game it should have been.

Yi - To act without hesitation, to do what is right

Please pledge or upgrade your pledge NOW.
The quality and scale of Shenmue 3 is dependent on the Kickstarter’s overall funding success.

Spread this message (and the associated hashtags) on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Twitch, Instagram, gaming forums... and anywhere else you possibly can .

The future of Shenmue is in our hands... Let's make our voices heard one last time!

'I believe in miracles'
-Yu Suzuki

Links & Hashtags: #SaveShenmue #TheFinalBlow
30onthe3rd Article | Fate of Shenmue video | Shenmue 3 Kickstarter | Forum Discussion | News Archive

https://youtu.be/adna12C-C4Y

not long now. its unreal. worried about trolls though.

Cedric says 'the source is a liar'
https://twitter.com/CedricBiscay/status ... 8415936512

paypal not being up immediately after the kickstarter ended was a huge opportunity missed.

the kickstarter was raising by 1000's even at the very end. at least some portion of those would have hopped straight onto paypal.

shenmue is trending huge on twitter today and there is still no paypal for people who might only be finding out about the kickstarter now.

i really want to thank you Anonymous81. throughout the campaign i would always see you either in here or in the kickstarter comments, being helpful, positive, and enthusiastic. you understood everything well, and knew what actions to take. this is so useful when directing people. amazing work. this is a really well summarized analysis. the only things that really hurt the campaign was the misinformation about the funding which was fueled by click-baiting faux cynical journalists, and that strange original twitch stream (damage of the twitch stream is debatable imo).

other than that all the other factors converged to produce an amazing and improbable outcome. =D> thanks

i wrote the following a few weeks ago. maybe they could combine this with some of the the higher tier rewards from kickstarter that are still remaining.

idea rewards;
maybe if Suzuki could provide a modest reward for donating like a badge or sticker i think people would be more willing to accept the $30 suggestion.
30 dollars could be the minimum to get a sticker which would be the 'bronze level' as it were, but higher donations will be rewarded with a silver or gold sticker. (they could use the bronze, silver and gold medal designs from shenmue 2)
http://i.imgur.com/VqmvbMr.jpg

they could provide a different badge or sticker depending on the amount you donate, the design of which would change each month. this would create a incentive for people to donate each month so as to complete their sticker/badge collection.

the designs could be character art, or fan art, with annotations like "You have Ryo's thanks" or something like that.

You are not authorised to read this forum.

to emphasize the value for people from Great Britain, $29 digital tier works out £18.57. which is insane good value. if you've already secured physical version on a higher tier, open another account and get digital too. also digital is great as gift for friends and family. you can open an unlimited number of accounts and use the same card on all of them without any problems, i've got 6 accounts and no problems at all so far. well done everyone for making this kickstarter so successfull. that video game record NEEDS TO BE OURS!

Have you done this in the past though? I'm super paranoid about this not working. I've successfully backed with two accounts now, but when it comes to taking payment in two days time the pledges might get declined at that point.


as a precaution put your main 'large pledge' on one card, and all your smaller pledges on another.
contact your bank/credit card company and advise that a number of small payments from a foreign company with coming out on: 18th - or whatever date it is for your region.

i believe that if they are declined, kickstarter has some system for trying again anyway. does anyone know anything about that?

edit ok just found this info;
Depending on your locale, Kickstarter/Amazon/Stripe will take up to 14 days to retry the charge (asking the backer to update their payment information along the way).

i just had the money go out from my account.

looks like there was some extra fee's involved which were taken by the bank for making a purchase in a foreign currency.

£1 automatic surcharge per transaction + 3% of whatever the transaction amount is.

a bit annoying - especially the 3% on my highest pledge amount :sad:

glad its been taken though.

i'm from the uk, and used my bank debit card.
anyone else have similar fee's?

Is the fee listed as "FGN PUR FEE 26.48"?

If so that's the fee they added onto my $1500 pledge, which i've just worked out is around 1.76%

yes, it was titled something different at my bank but it must be the equivalent. i probably should have done a little bit more research beforehand, but it doesn't really matter since i have no regrets about the amount i pledged, and would do the same again.

fat guy in the center is very unlikeable.

i was just playing lucky hit in shenmue 2 - the one with the move scroll prize on dragon street - and my marble actually got stuck between some of the nails!

the owner says something like ' oh dear, this board is very old, that one doesn't count' and it gives you another go.

i must have played thousands of games of lucky hit and this has never happened to me before.

i just had the money go out from my account.

looks like there was some extra fee's involved which were taken by the bank for making a purchase in a foreign currency.

£1 automatic surcharge per transaction + 3% of whatever the transaction amount is.

a bit annoying - especially the 3% on my highest pledge amount :sad:

glad its been taken though.

i'm from the uk, and used my bank debit card.
anyone else have similar fee's?

Not Baihu, I think it was when you had to learn a move.


if you have 'machine gun fist' equipped during the fight then Ryo will use that move to finish off Baihu after you do the Pause QTE, otherwise he uses the other default move. i can't remember what its called though.

edit
just found this video where the guy does all the possible finishers on baihu
https://youtu.be/T81xPouJmIA?t=2m9s

even if he has secured sufficient funds for the open world gameplay, i still think there should be at least a 6 month paypal campaign for people who missed out on the KS, and it also offers another opportunity to acquire those left over rewards. the extra funds can't possibly hurt. he might even reveal what the stretch goals are beyond 11 million.

those 'controversies' were completely irrational. when you pledge you actually get stuff (rewards) in return, so you are basically buying a product. its no more a scam than buying your shopping at the supermarket.

if they were asking for money to save shenmue without offering anything in return and they were secretly withholding the fact that they didn't actually need the money - THEN it would be a scam.
its as far from that as it could possibly be.

ok, so from what i can understand the actual 'controversy' was that certain 'idealists' dislike any project being on kickstarter that has an outside funding link with a big publisher - this goes against their 'ideals' of what kickstarter SHOULD be.

these idealist have a resentment against 'evil big publishers'. They want kickstarter to prove that games can be completely developed without any help from the big publishers - they have a kind of 'stick it to the man' philosophy.

What a stupid reason to try and sabotage the success of a much loved and desired project.

kickstarter is meant to 'kickstart' a project (not necessarily to completely fund it) and shenmue 3 was a very unlikely project that was a made a reality ONLY because of kickstarter.

shenmue 3 SHOULD be the finest jewel in the kickstarter crown but these weird idealists let their resentments of big publishers get in the way of their reasonable thought processes.

this is the biggest NON-controversy of all time.

it finally took this video to explain it , because all the previous articles by people promulgating the whole 'controversy' and 'scam' meme could not even coherently explain what it was that they found objectionable. turns out it was a bad and stupid reason.

wow, its getting there!

the tiger patch on the back needs to be little smaller.
the jeans around the buttocks are a little too loose, Ryo wears them tight!

are these animations taken from dead or alive?

can you create a really nice walking animation and put this model into unreal 4 ? (if its not already running in unreal).
i'd love to see him walking around nocon kid's HD locations or in the fields of the unreal 4 kite demo.

great work.

So what happens as you train up your moves? Increased power and/or speed?

yes

in shenmue 1 training moves increases their damage, and when they reach 'moderate' level evolves the form ( some moves but not all) making them faster to perform.

in shenmue 2 training moves just increases their damage output.

I never got into Lucky Hit much. I worked at them a few times before I found out about gambling at the $500 Big Or Small tables, but never played much. Is it worth it to play the $500 Lucky Hit board, to make a lot of money?

by far the easiest was to make money is to go to the 'Old Government Office Site' in kowloon which is down the steps just beyond 'three birds building'

there is a guy just to your right as you enter running a game of 'big and small/wai sik' max bet $1000

just keep betting $1000 and selecting 'wai sik'. keep restarting the console if you lose
to soft reset:
xbox - hold start and back together
dreamcast hold x,y,b,a and start together

i've made $100's of thousands doing this repeatedly. its a good way of gaining the money to buy the slot house tokens and get the certificates.

bump

don't forget about about this tweetathon tomorrow people.

if you want want Team Yu to autotweet on your behalf then you'll need to 'sign in with twitter' at the bottom of page of the following link.

http://teamyu.net/Shenmue.III?action=saveshenmuehd

if you haven't done so already you'll need to activate your autotweet.

then go back to the above link and at the bottom of the page there should be a text box that says;
'I hope SEGA releases Shenmue 1 & 2 on modern systems before Shenmue 3 comes out.'

you can edit the tweet if you like. then you just need to click 'save' which is right next to it. And thats it!

Almost very nearly maxed out Stab Armour, is there any notification or anything when you completely max out a move? Where are the VIrtual On toys? I got a few in those $25 boxes.


there is no on screen notification but when you look through your move list the text colour of the move is different (i think)

virtua on machines
- there is one hidden away down the side of a building in wise man quarter - go to where all the pawn shops are located in wise man quarter - there are some stairs and a ramp next to each other. at the bottom of the ramp/stairs go around it to an alley which goes around the side of the building. the machine is at the end.

-there is a also one on the 1st floor of thousand white building (kowloon) - near the knife shops and kung fu move shops - by the stairs.
- there is also one hidden away in the 'Electronics Emporium' in the lucky charm quarter. the shop is to the left as you go down the stairs from wise mens quarter.