Just letting ya'll know that survey creation is underway, and that we could use your help to decide which pinups we select to include as additional stretch goals to the survey!
We've decided the top three from this poll will be included, so be sure to vote for your favorite!
The Periodic Pinups campaign has officially come to an end with survey's scheduled to come out next Monday on the 9th which will be due two weeks later on the 23rd!
A sincere thank you is in order to everyone who pledged as well as anyone who shared their suggestions. Support for our projects is what allows them to become reality, but critique is how we grow and improve our craft. Needless to say none of what we do would be possible without you guys! :3
Now on to competition winners;
Periodic Scrabble!
Congratulations to Farifaxleasee! Your clever entry of "Xenonnoerphs" (Xe, No, N, No, Er, P, Hs) was found to be the majority favorite with 40% of the votes! your entry had seven unique atomic symbols meaning you are due to receive an extra seven minipins to your order! Since we hadn't unlocked all of the minipins from your entry we will contact you over email to hash out the details ;>
Brains Brawn and Bod!
Artemis H is the winner with their wonderful fun fact about how copper is antimicrobial! We weren't the only ones who found this fact fun as you won with 45% of the vote! Your fun fact being about copper means you would have won a free Copper pinup with your order, but because Copper was not unlocked we will contact you over email to arrange a suitable replacement ;>
Today we have news shared at the end of this update that is very important to see for anyone that has pledged for this campaign or is interested in collecting the entire periodic table. If that sounds like you please don't miss it!
In addition to the news mentioned above we're also happy to announce that the polls for this campaign's competitions are now live! Our selected nominees standing a good chance to win free goodies in addition to their pledge :D
As a quick reminder the challenges were Periodic Scrabble and Brains, Brawn, and Bod
The goal of periodic scrabble was to create a funny phrase or wacky word using only the atomic symbols of the elementals featured in this campaign! It was not required that entries be in English or even correctly spelled, only that they be as fun as possible. The chosen nominees and their phrases are;
Ari the Madlad - "Ten tender techs!" (Te, N, Te, Nd, Er, Te, C, Hs) A title given to some of the elementals in this campaign by Ari because many of them are used in engineering.
Fairfaxleasee - "Xenonnoerphs" (Xe, No, N, No, Er, P, Hs) An impressively close spelling of "Xenomorphs", the main antagonist from the Alien franchise.
Kyle Walker - "Bnana cup!" (B, Na, Na, Cu, P) A close spelling of "Banana cup" which is presumably a cup full of bananas.
Sirius - "Catnap!" (C, At, Na, P) Defined as; "a short, light sleep; a doze" by Oxford Languages.
TheChaomancer - "Snog!" (Sn, Og) Defined as; "an act or spell of amorous kissing and caressing" by Oxford Languages.
The goal of Brains Brawn and Bod was to share a fun fact about one of the elements featured in this campaign! Additionally, all verifiable user-submitted facts will soon be added to the campaign page with credits to the user for their researching efforts. Though, the chosen nominees and their facts are;
Artemis H shares with us; "Ever since I learned it, I've been fascinated with the fact that copper is actually antimicrobial! From what i understand, this happens because enzymes on a bacterium's surface react with the copper, and form toxic radicals and things along those lines, leading to a vanishingly low survival rate over long periods of time!"
Fairfaxleasee shares with us; "Oganesson is classified as a noble gas but is (likely) solid at room temperature."
The Chaomancer shares with us; 'Sodium, an alkali metal, can be found in many numerous minerals as well as animals(humans included). Sodium is quite essential in fact for animals, both as a nutrient(Sodium Chloride, NaCl) as well as being a major cation in the ECF (extracellular fluid). It even aids in the firing of nerve impulses through the action potential.process. In conclusion, it's good to be a little salty now and then 😁'
Lastly, for the unfortunate news: While we have had a good deal of fun making this campaign, it has not seen as much traction as we had hoped to see. Having unlocked 5 of the 20 pinups, the Periodic Pinup series could last us into 2050 to complete the whole set of the periodic table. That is why as customer-first creators we want to let you know that as of this moment we do not plan to release future campaigns for this series. Meaning if you backed this campaign so that you could collect the entire periodic table, then I urge you to reconsider your pledge. We wanted to be completely and wholly transparent with you all and tell you that we don't know when or if this series will continue and that if it does we can't promise that it will be in the same matching style as this campaign. Thank you for your attention, and I'm sorry if you found this news disappointing.
We are only a day away from the Periodic Pinups official launch date on Valentines Day, tomorrow! To celebrate we have a couple things planned today, but most importantly Tokii and I would like to wish each and every one of you a lovely holiday <3
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Competition #1 - Periodic Scrabble! To compete in this competition, leave your entry in the comments below! The goal is to try and spell out something clever or funny using only the Atomic Symbols for the elements featured in this campaign.
(A helpful list; Ar, At, Au, B, C, Cl, Cr, Cu, Er, Hs, N, Na, Nd, Nh, No, Og, P, Sn, Te, Xe).
Later, Tokii and I will select a handful of the entries and let everyone vote for their favorite. Once voting has ended and a winner has been decided, they will receive a number of minipins for each unique element used in their entry or an equal number of suitable replacement minipins added to their order once the campaign has ended!
Note:
Acceptable entries must use only the atomic signs of elements featured in this campaign.
Acceptable entries must be between 1 and 3 words in length.
Acceptable entries don't necessarily need to be spelled correctly, but you'll have better chances of being selected for the poll the closer to correct they are.
Acceptable entries don't have to be in English, but an English translation would be greatly appreciated 😅
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Competition #2 - the Brains, Brawn, and the Bod! Additionally there will be one more competition, and to participate you'll need to share a fun fact in the comments below about one of the elements featured in this campaign!
The elements featured are; Argon, Astatine, Boron, Carbon, Chlorine, Chromium, Copper, Erbium, Gold, Hassium, Neodymium, Nihonium, Nitrogen, Nobelium, Oganesson, Phosphorus, Sodium, Tellurium, Tin, and Xenon :>
Later, Tokii and I will select our favorite fun facts and let everyone vote for their favorite. Once voting has ended and a winner has been decided, they will receive the correlating pinup to their fun fact or suitable replacement pinup added to their order once the campaign has ended!
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Acceptable facts must be about one of the elements featured in this campaign.
Acceptable facts must be verifiable (sources for your information would be greatly appreciated and Wiki is allowed).
Acceptable facts will eventually be listed on the campaign page with a special thanks to those who participated!
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Special Announcement - do you guys wanna hang out?
Lastly we've been working on a discord server to give us an opportunity to interact with you guys outside of our crowdfunding campaigns. It would be somewhere that we all could share memes, art, pet pics, or just hang out in a more casual setting where we can yap all we like without the need of making these formal announcements.
At the moment It's not quite ready for you yet, but we wanted to know if that's something you guys would be interested in, and if you had any kinds of suggestions for categories/channels you'd like to see in the server.
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Alrighty! That's all I've got for now, Stay adventurous, - Jacob and Tokii
Tokii here So, since we're doing UV printed pins, I was thinking it might be interesting to do more lightly detailed designs in the background of the mini pins. I didn't want to do this decision without your input- so a vote would greatly help! We'll make sure to update all the graphics before launch as well.
Each family of mini pins will have a different design, though not intense- I thought it might be nice to help make them a little more interesting to collect.
