The CHIKARA Gang needs your help! (Pg. 7 Update!)

[Team Egypt]

Curious for those with the DVD already. Are the matches taken directly from the show DVD's? Like, the title screen before each match, does it say the show title or CHIKARA Sampler or whatever?

The menu screen is the same as regular shows menu screen but with Chikara Sampler across the top of the screen. It doesn't say the random shows names or anything. It just goes match to match straight through.Except for prematch promos if there was any.

[OmegaBR]

Just got my disc today. Great stuff.

As far as a custom art cover for the disc, my suggestion is to have new fans trying, or sampling, ice cream at a Baskin Robbins type establishment with Los Ice Creams behind the counter. Also, the ice cream in the bins inside the counter are designed to look like the faces and masks of various roster members featured on the disc (with scoops taken out of certain ones for effect.)

[shinedown]

Just got my disc today. Great stuff.

As far as a custom art cover for the disc, my suggestion is to have new fans trying, or sampling, ice cream at a Baskin Robbins type establishment with Los Ice Creams behind the counter. Also, the ice cream in the bins inside the counter are designed to look like the faces and masks of various roster members featured on the disc (with scoops taken out of certain ones for effect.)

that is the best idea ever. someone needs to make it happen

[CHIKARA_OFFICE]

CHIKARA fans...we're in the final week of our Sampler promotion! With over a thousand discs already ordered worldwide, we want to make one final push in these next few days to circulate the press release (below) to as many sites as humanly possible!

Particularly of interest right now are sites that cover international wrestling, or wrestling sites in other languages - anywhere they aren't currently talking about this offer. This promotion has really been a success for us thanks to your help in spreading the word, and we're turning to you once again for a last bit of help to close this out on a high note!
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CHIKARA Sampler DVD now available to fans worldwide!

"Without a doubt, CHIKARA is the most entertaining product in the world."
-Joe Babinsack of Wrestling Observer Online

Fans of professional wrestling are hearing more and more about CHIKARA - the Philadelphia based independent that is unlike anything else in the wrestling performance genre! Advancing the artform with fresh characters, new kinds of storytelling and a unique in-ring style, CHIKARA is fast becoming a favorite of serious fans and casual viewers alike. It's time for you to find out why!

"CHIKARA is lucha libre by the writers of LOST."
-Dr. Keith Lipinski of the The Dr. Keith Show

For just seven days (October 9th - October 16th), we're offering up a CHIKARA Sampler DVD to get you going for just $4.99, no matter where in the world you might live! Get 5 complete matches from 2009, along with some bonus features, delivered right to your apartment or underground dwelling! If you're wondering where to start with the world of CHIKARA, this Sampler disc will whet your appetite and get you into the thick of things!

“The most fun I’ve had at wrestling in forever.”
-Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com

To take advantage of this one-time offer, just visit our International Store here: http://www.chikarapro.com/Store2.shtml to place your order! And if you can't wait for your disc to arrive, there's plenty of CHIKARA content awaiting you online right now! Watch our latest (free) video podcast on YouTube right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svW9qruVcn8

Or check out the trailer for our July DVD release here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s5vlMuPs94

Or you can see us live at any of these upcoming events:

An Optimistic View of a Pessimistic World
10.17.2009 - Saturday Evening
Live @ The Palmer Center!
4100 Green Pond Rd.
in spacious Easton, PA!
The action starts @ 7:00 pm!

Cibernetico Increible
10.18.2009 - Sunday Afternoon
Live @ The (ECW) Arena!
7 W. Ritner St. (corner of Swanson!)
in clean South Philly, PA!
The action starts @ 4:00 pm!

Throwing Life's Instructions Away
11.21.2009 - Saturday Evening
Live @ The Palmer Center!
4100 Green Pond Rd.
in spacious Easton, PA!
The action starts @ 7:00 pm!

Three-Fisted Tales
11.22.2009 - Sunday Afternoon
Live @ The (ECW) Arena!
7 W. Ritner St. (corner of Swanson!)
in clean South Philly, PA!
The action starts @ 4:00 pm!

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[Animal_Boy]

Just got my disc today. Great stuff.

As far as a custom art cover for the disc, my suggestion is to have new fans trying, or sampling, ice cream at a Baskin Robbins type establishment with Los Ice Creams behind the counter. Also, the ice cream in the bins inside the counter are designed to look like the faces and masks of various roster members featured on the disc (with scoops taken out of certain ones for effect.)

That would be a awesome cover!
Be it for the sampler or for a future show dvd release.

[Wes2k8]

Its been 3 weeks and I still haven't gotten my DVD, is this strange, or normal? Anyways, I'm sure it is worth the wait. (Even if I paid the regular 20$ price it'd be worth it!)

[BronzeLynx]

They said a page or two back that as of last Tuesday, they were still not caught up on shipping all 700 of the US ones. I can only imagine if you live outside the US...

[Harry]

Turns out that my package got returned and Mike is reshipping it this week. I just moved to my new house last week, so I'm actually not all that surprised or put off.

[ColonyFan]

I bought a sampler DVD the first day they were available and then ordered Hiding in Plain Sight that Thursday. I emailed SMV to see if they could put the two orders together but they said they could not. Last week I recieved my HiPS DVD with a sampler DVD inside and then laster in the week I recieved a sampler DVD straight from Chikara. Strange, huh? I gave the extra sampler to a friend to open him up to the world of Chikara.

Thanks Chikara!

[CHIKARA_OFFICE]

As of today, all the Samplers have mailed. The domestic ones went out a while back, and all the international orders have hit the mail, the last batch left this morning. Depending on where you live in the world, you might get it this week, or you might not see it for a few weeks, but they are coming!

Thanks for your support!