Paleo

1 hour ago, Aeoryi said:

This will be cool but whats the estimated downtime?

It's going to take somewhere between 2 and 4 hours, but might also take longer if there's some unexpected complications. I didn't want to give any concrete estimate because while we tested this all ahead of time, this is a huge step and we can't say for certain whether everything goes a smoothly as we want it to.

Danielle was on vacation last week so we weren't able to record an episode, @Nitpicking! We're both doing fine and you can expect an extra large episode today

9 hours ago, Oltux72 said:

Now, this may be a stupid question, but would you really cut gems intended to shine by themselves like we cut gems on Earth?

There actually was a lot of debate on the cut among us staff when we decided which shape a perfect gem should have. Some of us are on the side that they're likely to be perfectly spherical (or at least approximating a sphere with many facets), while others - including me - think they have more "realistic" interesting cuts like we have here on earth.

The internal crystal structure and purity probably plays a more significant role in determining the quality of the gem than the cut, but we do of course know that "better" cuts affect it as well - we just don't know what qualifies a good cut. I personally think it's got something to do with the cut "fitting" to the underlying crystal lattice.

There's probably a compelling argument to be made for it also being somewhat affected by perception, too. That is, a technically perfect (in an IRL sense) brilliant cut might be suitable for a perfect gem since people perceive it as beautiful and perfect.

Regarding your point about the gems shining themselves, an important distinction to make is between light and Light here (very unfortunate terminology xD). I don't think the cut is all that much about "trapping" rays of light inside the gem, they do glow after all. It's about containing the gaseous stuff inside them and the considerations for that are likely to be completely different than for the light they emit (or refract and reflect in the case of external light). So in that sense the cuts might indeed be completely different than on earth, but it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that the gems shine by themselves.

Thanks for pointing that out, @King of Herdaz! I forgot that they'd make it available to everyone. The article has been edited accordingly.

Thanks for pointing that out, @scm288! I've fixed the link.

@JoyBlu, your best bet is to back with two separate Kickstarter accounts. My understanding is that the leatherbound itself will not be available as an add-on (although this might look different in the final campaign, so stay tuned for the blog post on Brandon's site) and Kickstarter is designed such that one backer means one order. Pledging twice probably also will turn out cheaper than getting the $200 tier and then adding everything again as add-ons.

Hope that helps!

Thank you very much for pointing that out @ChickenLiberty! I'm not sure how I missed that the other two prizes were Stormlight Archive copies. I have amended the news post. We're very sorry for making that mistake.

13 hours ago, Enter a username said:

How do I join a signing while it's live?

Brandon will usually announce a stream on his social media accounts the day before. They've got a setup which allows them to stream to multiple platforms at once. You can catch him on his Twitter, his YouTube channel, his Twitch channel, or his Facebook profile.