AGDQ 2014 Donation Incentives Thread

2013-12-09 08:43:19 pm

Not sure this is the right thread to put this, but last marathon, wasn't there a "cutest couple" incentive? I could be wrong, but regardless, I'd love to see it brought back again. Grin

It proved to be most amusing, haha~

UraniumAnchor

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UraniumAnchor: 2013-12-10 05:31:35 am

2013-12-10 05:31:04 am

Not a walrus

Couple of quick donation incentives for Deus Ex:

Challenges -
"A Bomb!" - let the famous conversation play, this is literally just not skipping a conversation and only adds about 30-45 seconds (didn't time it but I know it's reasonably short)
Gunther's Killphrase - somewhat amusing conversation, takes about a minute detour in one level to go get it and requires a particular choice earlier on in the run that means I have one less upgrade canister later

And an update on the endings, even the longest one (Ascension) only adds five minutes, but it does have one risky room that can randomly kill me with electricity if it decides to be a dick so I'll be using a quicksave there if that one wins. Most of the added time is because it requires the most running around of the three. Illuminati is somewhere in the middle.

Playing on Realistic *might* be a donation incentive but all it really does it make me more likely to die to random gunfire (it's entirely possible to die to a lucky headshot from random grunts, especially the ones with sniper rifles) so I'm not a big fan of that one. I'll let you know closer to the event if I think it should be an option.

Couple of quick donation incentives for Deus Ex:

Challenges -
"A Bomb!" - let the famous conversation play, this is literally just not skipping a conversation and only adds about 30-45 seconds (didn't time it but I know it's reasonably short)
Gunther's Killphrase - somewhat amusing conversation, takes about a minute detour in one level to go get it and requires a particular choice earlier on in the run that means I have one less upgrade canister later

And an update on the endings, even the longest one (Ascension) only adds five minutes, but it does have one risky room that can randomly kill me with electricity if it decides to be a dick so I'll be using a quicksave there if that one wins. Most of the added time is because it requires the most running around of the three. Illuminati is somewhere in the middle.

Playing on Realistic *might* be a donation incentive but all it really does it make me more likely to die to random gunfire (it's entirely possible to die to a lucky headshot from random grunts, especially the ones with sniper rifles) so I'm not a big fan of that one. I'll let you know closer to the event if I think it should be an option.

George

2013-12-10 11:22:01 am

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was lumped in with Tony Hawk's American Wasteland on the schedule as a donation incentive and the timeslot was expanded, but it's never been listed as a bonus game. Food for you thought.

mikwuyma

2013-12-10 02:42:37 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

tjp7154: ? It's in the first post, is there something I'm missing? I haven't put anything in the tracker yet, but I should be starting on that next week. Maybe I'm missing something?

Danielle: That incentive was amusing, but from the donation tracking side it's actually an incredible pain in the ass to have open-ended donation incentives like that, because you have to add a choice for each new couple. I'm going to have to veto.

UA: You don't have to play on realistic, especially since Deus Ex has a good amount of donation incentives already.

George: That should be fixed now.

Vulajin

2013-12-10 02:50:17 pm

Hey Mike, just double checking that you didn't miss my post right before Tjp's post on page 5.

RoboSparkle

2013-12-11 05:44:31 am

Magical. Flying. Bathtub

Quote from RoboSparkle:

Metal Gear Solid: Doesn't look like Slade's posted here yet, but if he's up for preparing a save file then I definitely propose Tuxedo Snake as an incentive (technically this will give him the Stealth and Bandana as well but I'm sure he won't use them in the run Wink

). I would also suggest a save/kill Meryl bidding war but on Extreme mode with skips I'm not convinced that this is actually possible for a human.

So I know that Slade hasn't posted here himself but a few days ago he did a practice run on stream on Extreme mode with the Tuxedo rescuing Meryl and clocked in at 1:20:18 with a couple of unlucky deaths (that includes credits which you need to sit through to get your score, the game was completed at 1:11:50) so I'm assuming that means he's happy to include both of these and ready to get below estimate even with marathon luck on the glitches!

mikwuyma

2013-12-11 07:14:15 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

Vulajin: Whoops, that should be fixed.

Robosparkle: Added both of those incentives.

IrregularJinny

2013-12-12 07:02:49 pm

Infinite Combo

Bonus games, being games that ppl donate for to be in the marathon?
I was gonna suggest X3 Low but I wont even be there in time for MMX block :(((((

Breakdown

2013-12-12 07:54:27 pm

Haters gonna hate

Mr Domino: The numbers on his back (0-9, top and bottom).

Not a huge draw by any stretch, but could be fun little bid war. Also, I am NOT offering character selection choices to the donors. Mr. Domino has far and away the most WTF ending, so block appropriate.

I'm really not sure if the cutscenes for Shinobi Legions should have a dollar amount attached to them. On the off chance it doesn't get met, it'd make the game look very out of place in the AwfulGDQ block if they weren't included.

mikwuyma

2013-12-13 12:49:17 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

Jinny: We already have enough bonus games.

Breakdown: Mr. Domino sounds good.

About Shinobi Legions, if that's how you feel then we can either set the bar pretty low or not have the incentive. I'd rather do the former rather than latter.

Kotti

2013-12-13 03:51:48 pm

Blood Money has a bunch of easter eggs and glitches that I can show, one of which can be done during the run. I think I showed most of the good easter eggs at SRG3 but none of the glitches.

mikwuyma

2013-12-13 03:58:49 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

Should I just label it easter egg and glitch showcase?

Kotti

2013-12-13 04:21:07 pm

Something like that, whatever you wanna call it I guess. The glitches include stuff like grabbing a human shield using a coin and throwing people out of bounds through an invisible hole in the floor.

mikwuyma

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mikwuyma: 2013-12-17 09:11:15 pm

2013-12-17 09:00:43 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lc9wcybvoxtkvhr/donation%20incentive%20targets.xlsx

Okay I've priced the donation incentives. Before you post about them, please read the notes below.

-I tried to scale the donation goals on three factors, how popular the game is, how long the game is, and how late the game is during the marathon. That's why the first day incentives are so much lower than all of the others, there's only so much time before the games. That's also why some games closer to the end of the marathon have relatively low goals, because they're either shorter or more on the obscure side.

-If the goals seem high, consider it this way. Donation goals raised about 70k the last AGDQ, and AGDQ donation totals have tripled each year. While I don't expect the amount we raise to triple this year, I do expect it to at least be higher than 2013. Also, donation goals have become a much bigger donation driver recently than it has in past years.

-If the goals seem low, then I guess I'm just following tradition? Honestly, it's really hard to predict what good goals are that won't be smashed super fast. We want goals that will be hit, but at the same time, aren't all completely smashed by Wednesday or so (that seriously happened AGDQ 2013) Anyway, in past marathons (and I doubt this marathon will be an exception), we've made up donation incentives on the spot because of games people demand (or I guess game, in Die Hard's case :P) or people just think of things while at the marathon.

-I just copy pasted these out of the spreadsheet, so forgive the lack of formatting

Bonus games:

The majority of these will be played during setup blocks, though there are a couple of exceptions, like Tony Hawk 3 being played right after American Wasteland.

Monday:

Actraiser 2 $1,000.00

Tuesday: Super Mario Land 2 $2,500.00

Wednesday:

X-men mutant apocalypse $2,000.00
Donkey Kong 64 $6,400.00

Awful Games:

Sonic 06 $6,000.00
E.T. $1,000.00

Thursday:

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim $5,000.00 (maybe this should be higher because skyrim is popular?)
Mystery Game $5,000.00

Friday:

Tony Hawk 3 $5,000.00
Pokemon Snap $10,000.00

Saturday:

Luigi's Mansion $5,000.00
Minecraft $15,000.00

Bonus games total: $63,900.00

[Donation Goals

Sunday the 5th:

Crash Bandicoot - Stormy Access $350.00
Spyro: The biggest skip $500.00
Viewtiful Joe - Music Video $500.00
Super Monkey Ball 2 - Master mode race $500.00
IWBTG - Playing Gaiden $1,500.00

Monday the 6th:

Ducktales Remastered - Singing the theme song $500.00
Ducktales remastered - Extreme difficulty $750.00
Darkwing Duck - low%? $750.00
Kendo Rage - higher difficulty + roll call $600.00
Power Shovel - Voice clips $600.00
Sonic R - cosplay and singing $1,000.00
Mega Man 2 - Difficult mode (Rockman 2) $2,000.00
Yoshi's Island - Glitched run $2,500.00
Deus Ex - "A Bomb!" and Gunther's Killphrase $1,000.00 (500 each)
Duke Nukem 3D - Glitch exhibition $1,500.00
Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment - Secret map, "Go 2 it" $2,000.00
Halo 2 - Legendary run $3,000.00

Tuesday the 7th

Metal Gear Solid - Tuxedo Snake $1,500.00
Streemerz - 16 bags of Cash $800.00
Bucky O'Hare - Hard mode $2,000.00
Castlevania: SoTN - Alucard any% run $3,000.00
Mega Man X - Shirtless Caleb Hart $1,500
Super Mario Bros. - Warps run $3,000.00
Super Mario Bros. - Small fire mario $1,000.00
Super Mario Bros. 3 - Warps run by Mitch $4,000.00
Super Mario World - Small Mario-only run $5,000.00
Zelda: A Link's Awakening - Glitched run $5,000.00
Zelda: Twilight Princess - All Dungeons $8,000.00

Wednesday the 8th

Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden - Singalong $2,000.00
Bastion - Setting Sail Coming Home duet $1,000.00
Star Wars: SNES - Star Wars gangsta rap $1,000.00
Secret of Mana - glitch exhibition $3,000.00
Donkey Kong Country - glitched warps run. $4,000.00
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Lost World levels $5,000.00
Donkey Kong Country 3 - Warpless run $4,000.00
Diddy Kong Racing - Glitched Text Storage $5,000.00
F-Zero X - Expansion cups $2,500.00
F-Zero GX – Very Hard $5,000.00
F-Zero GX – Deathborn 25 second head start $2,500.00

Thursday the 9th

Glover – Hamburger Helper costume $1,000.00
Glover – Hand Cam $1,000.00
Pac-Man 2 - Bonus animation frames $2,000.00
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Super Secret level $500.00
Contra – low% $1,500.00
Contra – shirtless% $1,500.00
Contra 3 – fire% $3,000.00
Ninja Gaiden 2 - sword-only $2,500.00
Hitman: Blood Money - Easter egg and Glitch exhibition. $3,000.00
VVVVVV - Donations for all trinkets $5,000.00
Half-Life - Hazard Course $6,000.00

Friday the 10th

I decided Zero Mission was better as a bid war, so it's not on this list.

Borderlands 2 - Team Cosplay $5,000.00
Borderlands 2 - Shooty McFace sidequest $4,000.00
Borderlands 2 - Space program $1,000.00
Antichamber - No escape key run. $1,000.00
Mr. Driller Drill Spirits - blindfolded bonus run $2,000.00
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - blindfolded $10,000.00
Super Punch-Out - blindfolded $5,000.00
Super Metroid – Spore Spawn race $5,000.00
Goldeneye - Play the Aztec/Egypt levels $5,000.00
Goldeneye - Multiplayer match $10,000.00

Saturday the 11th

Super Mario 64 - Hand cam $10,000.00
Chrono Trigger – new game + $10,000.00
Chrono Trigger – 100% $30,000.00

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lc9wcybvoxtkvhr/donation%20incentive%20targets.xlsx

Okay I've priced the donation incentives. Before you post about them, please read the notes below.

-I tried to scale the donation goals on three factors, how popular the game is, how long the game is, and how late the game is during the marathon. That's why the first day incentives are so much lower than all of the others, there's only so much time before the games. That's also why some games closer to the end of the marathon have relatively low goals, because they're either shorter or more on the obscure side.

-If the goals seem high, consider it this way. Donation goals raised about 70k the last AGDQ, and AGDQ donation totals have tripled each year. While I don't expect the amount we raise to triple this year, I do expect it to at least be higher than 2013. Also, donation goals have become a much bigger donation driver recently than it has in past years.

-If the goals seem low, then I guess I'm just following tradition? Honestly, it's really hard to predict what good goals are that won't be smashed super fast.  We want goals that will be hit, but at the same time, aren't all completely smashed by Wednesday or so (that seriously happened AGDQ 2013) Anyway, in past marathons (and I doubt this marathon will be an exception), we've made up donation incentives on the spot because of games people demand (or I guess game, in Die Hard's case :P) or people just think of things while at the marathon.

-I just copy pasted these out of the spreadsheet, so forgive the lack of formatting

[b]Bonus games[/b]:

The majority of these will be played during setup blocks, though there are a couple of exceptions, like Tony Hawk 3 being played right after American Wasteland.

[hidden]
Monday:

Actraiser 2	$1,000.00

Tuesday: Super Mario Land 2	$2,500.00

Wednesday:

X-men mutant apocalypse	$2,000.00
Donkey Kong 64	$6,400.00

Awful Games:

Sonic 06	$6,000.00
E.T.	$1,000.00

Thursday:

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim	$5,000.00 (maybe this should be higher because skyrim is popular?)
Mystery Game	$5,000.00

Friday:

Tony Hawk 3	$5,000.00
Pokemon Snap	$10,000.00

Saturday:

Luigi's Mansion	$5,000.00
Minecraft	$15,000.00
	
Bonus games total:	$63,900.00

[/hidden]

[b][Donation Goals[/b]

Sunday the 5th:

[hidden]Crash Bandicoot - Stormy Access	$350.00
Spyro: The biggest skip	$500.00
Viewtiful Joe - Music Video	$500.00
Super Monkey Ball 2 - Master mode race	$500.00
IWBTG - Playing Gaiden	$1,500.00
[/hidden]

Monday the 6th:

[hidden]Ducktales Remastered - Singing the theme song	$500.00
Ducktales remastered - Extreme difficulty	$750.00
Darkwing Duck - low%?	$750.00
Kendo Rage - higher difficulty + roll call	$600.00
Power Shovel - Voice clips	$600.00
Sonic R - cosplay and singing	$1,000.00
Mega Man 2 - Difficult mode (Rockman 2)	$2,000.00
Yoshi's Island - Glitched run	$2,500.00
Deus Ex - "A Bomb!" and Gunther's Killphrase	 $1,000.00 (500 each)
Duke Nukem 3D - Glitch exhibition	$1,500.00
Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment - Secret map, "Go 2 it"	$2,000.00
Halo 2 - Legendary run 	$3,000.00
[/hidden]

Tuesday the 7th

[hidden]Metal Gear Solid - Tuxedo Snake	$1,500.00
Streemerz - 16 bags of Cash	$800.00
Bucky O'Hare - Hard mode	$2,000.00
Castlevania: SoTN - Alucard any% run	$3,000.00
Mega Man X - Shirtless Caleb Hart $1,500
Super Mario Bros. - Warps run	$3,000.00
Super Mario Bros. - Small fire mario	$1,000.00
Super Mario Bros. 3 - Warps run by Mitch	$4,000.00
Super Mario World - Small Mario-only run	$5,000.00
Zelda: A Link's Awakening - Glitched run	$5,000.00
Zelda: Twilight Princess - All Dungeons	$8,000.00
[/hidden]

Wednesday the 8th

[hidden]Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden - Singalong	$2,000.00
Bastion - Setting Sail Coming Home duet	$1,000.00
Star Wars: SNES - Star Wars gangsta rap	$1,000.00
Secret of Mana - glitch exhibition	$3,000.00
Donkey Kong Country - glitched warps run.	$4,000.00
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Lost World levels	$5,000.00
Donkey Kong Country 3 - Warpless run	$4,000.00
Diddy Kong Racing - Glitched Text Storage	$5,000.00
F-Zero X - Expansion cups	$2,500.00
F-Zero GX – Very Hard	$5,000.00
F-Zero GX – Deathborn 25 second head start	$2,500.00
[/hidden]

Thursday the 9th

[hidden]Glover – Hamburger Helper costume	$1,000.00
Glover – Hand Cam	$1,000.00
Pac-Man 2 - Bonus animation frames	$2,000.00
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Super Secret level	$500.00
Contra – low%	$1,500.00
Contra – shirtless%	$1,500.00
Contra 3 – fire%	$3,000.00
Ninja Gaiden 2 - sword-only	$2,500.00
Hitman: Blood Money - Easter egg and Glitch exhibition.	$3,000.00
VVVVVV - Donations for all trinkets	$5,000.00
Half-Life - Hazard Course	$6,000.00
[/hidden]

Friday the 10th

I decided Zero Mission was better as a bid war, so it's not on this list.

[hidden]Borderlands 2 - Team Cosplay	$5,000.00
Borderlands 2 - Shooty McFace sidequest	$4,000.00
Borderlands 2 - Space program	$1,000.00
Antichamber - No escape key run.	$1,000.00
Mr. Driller Drill Spirits - blindfolded bonus run	$2,000.00
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - blindfolded	$10,000.00
Super Punch-Out - blindfolded	$5,000.00
Super Metroid – Spore Spawn race	$5,000.00
Goldeneye - Play the Aztec/Egypt levels	$5,000.00
Goldeneye - Multiplayer match	$10,000.00
[/hidden]

Saturday the 11th

[hidden]Super Mario 64 - Hand cam	$10,000.00
Chrono Trigger – new game +	$10,000.00
Chrono Trigger – 100%	$30,000.00
[/hidden]

zewing

2013-12-17 09:06:14 pm

just( •_•)>⌐■-■ ..... (⌐■_■)wing it

i thought there was gonna be a shirtless caleb donatoin incentive for the mmx race (not that it wont get met). at least that's what i though caleb said

Radman

2013-12-17 09:08:19 pm

For Fun! For GLORY!!

Doesn't sound low to me. Looks more like you stepped up your game this year. Tongue

And yay, you kept the theme song incentive for DuckTales even though I can't make it! Warm up your pipes, AGDQ! Cheesy

mikwuyma

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mikwuyma: 2013-12-17 09:11:40 pm

2013-12-17 09:08:52 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

Oh there probably was such an incentive, I can add it zewing.

EDIT: And done, I set it at 1.5k.

StingerPA

2013-12-17 09:17:51 pm

Everything looks like it's at a pretty good level. Nice work Mike.

Bismuth

2013-12-18 12:31:53 am

Worthless categories WR master

I'm kind of scared for minecraft at 15k but let's hope it stays in the tradition of every goal is met.

mike89

2013-12-18 12:39:38 am

SEGA Junkie

Damn those are some aggressive goals. Looks like Uyama believes in the million!

mikwuyma

2013-12-18 01:00:50 am

My feelings on The Demon Rush

Yeah they're aggressive goals, but it's hard to say whether they'll be met or not until the AGDQ starts.

Rudlak84

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Rudlak84: 2013-12-18 07:29:48 am

2013-12-18 07:29:21 am

Well, all donation incentives and bonus games clocking in at about 280k seems very reasnonable to me. Considering how much money AGDQ will raise this time (i believe in the million), they should all be met and there is still enough room for all the bid wars to get a lot of donations.

Like, seriously, if all incentives are met beforehand, i can see killing/saving the animals making 100k+ alone...that would be awesome.

KingDime

2013-12-19 05:27:15 pm

The "go 2 it" donation incentive is going to include a very short trick exposition. 3 IL tricks, should take about 2 minutes. And if thats too long, I could just shorten it to the Sedlo trick on map 12 which is basically a must-see.

mikwuyma

2013-12-19 06:59:20 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

Dime: Showing that off should be fine.

Miles

2013-12-20 07:55:00 pm

Apparently I forgot to post about the Fusion Suit in Prime. So, yeah, bid war between Fusion Suit and Regular Suit.