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Easy Allies |EZOT| Good Vibes and Good Hype
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Of course. They said they exceeded every expectation. I believe they have another $3k~ or more in income from twitch subs as well. Plus around a hundred shirt orders when its all said and done. Huge success.
Napalm_Frank
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It certainly is a good amount of money to start things off. The only big problem I have in mind is that they don't really have their own location/studio where they can do all their work. Obviously invading Brandon's house 24/7 ain't gonna work and it's a bitch to move equipment from location to location all the time. 26k should easily be enough to have a few people full time if they so choose, new equipment/random bills and support a few shows made by people who are only part time.
If the stuff people murmur about the size of Twitch cut it'll probably end up being closer to 2k but that is still a very nice monthly boost if they can keep it up.
TheDarkKnight774
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It's a huge success to achieve that in a day.
And it greatly exceeded their hopes. Early in the stream Brandon mentioned they were hoping to get to $2300 so that they could get the equipment and could build from that.
They thought they did, but they didn't. BUCKLED.
TheDarkKnight774
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Yea. And I asked right when they started too!
Glad I got to watch it. Leaving work early was the correct call
PepperedHam
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Great stream. Watching them play Pokken pushed me over the edge to pick that up this week and play it with some friends. Actually, watching this whole stream just really made me wanna call my friends right up and have them over for some games.
Yup, so happy they're podcasting again from tomorrow!
New merch went up while I slept too.
Don Draper's Hat
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Napalm_Frank
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Patreon obvs slowed down but still crawling up a lil. Warms my heart.
wapplew
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It's going to climb a lot faster for that 2 days early Podcast exclusive!
Front door shady deal.
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Åesop
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Wtf seriously..? I wanted to watch the beginning.
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Åesop
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Did you manage to record it? :S
Could you let us know what happened? Could you sum it up? Also, what were their reactions to it being a huge success? Man, I really wanted to watch all that...
Updated the OP with some of the people who showed ups Twitters because it was all fun. Think some people showed up as guests while I was sleeping so not sure who those ones are!
They were still taking all the reaction in, think the most any of them had slept was 4 hours. They basically made a Monopoly board complete with photos using all the old phrases like Backdoor Shady Deals, $$Bud Light Blvd.$$ and Est Tut Mir Lane.
Also a dance party every $1k they made on the Patreon.
They were still taking all the reaction in, think the most any of them had slept was 4 hours. They basically made a Monopoly board complete with photos using all the old phrases like Backdoor Shady Deals, $$Bud Light Blvd.$$ and Est Tut Mir Lane.
Also a dance party every $1k they made on the Patreon.
Robottiimu2000
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Nice! Good stuff!
Not sure on the name though... but I don't get the reference.. so it's not aimed at me I guess.. Giving money on patreon anyway... can't wait to get back on my bosman routine..
Not sure on the name though... but I don't get the reference.. so it's not aimed at me I guess.. Giving money on patreon anyway... can't wait to get back on my bosman routine..
3,000 here, but I wouldn't expect any big movements now. maybe when the podcast goes up? Even that feels like a stretch.
No, the rush is over. That being said, there will still probably be a reasonable amount of stragglers sauntering in over the next week or so.
Napalm_Frank
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There won't be any huge leaps coming before they start getting their shows out and hopefully reach new audience. But personally I think just maintaining this kind of support for longer period of time would be a win.
Static Veins
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Nice to see another $1400 was pledged since I had to tap out and call it a night during the stream (gonna watch the last 5 hours archived right now!)
I remain cautiously optimistic that last $3600 to hit 30k will trickle in and stick once the 1st hits.
I remain cautiously optimistic that last $3600 to hit 30k will trickle in and stick once the 1st hits.
Lilalaunebaer
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Åesop;198876270 said:
It should have recorded up to the first time the stream crapped out (was using livestreamer).
So probably the first 3 hours or so. It could be possible that 20~ minutes or so after the first half hour is muted. Will see when i get home, at work right now.
I'm just happy the Patreon has reached the heights it actually has. While 30k would be amazing, getting that last 3600 seems like a stretch when you take into account that it needs to be sustained after the first month drop off, which will probably be a few thousand at least. The three 500 dollar patrons alone should be a drop of 1500, since I don't think those automatically repeat, what with them being meant for advertisers. But I'm hopeful that the Patreon can consistently sustain 20k, which is great
Die Squirrel Die
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Judging by their comments on the stream and the hints Brandon had been dropping during his pre-launch world tour, in a day they achieved what they had thought would take at least several weeks, if not months.
Looking at the goals they've already hit, we are pretty much back to where GT was before the shutdown and then some (a 2nd podcast and Damiani's new show) so it might be a good thing that they'll have a bit of time to figure out the stuff they are already committed to before they throw anymore on to the pile.
Looking at the goals they've already hit, we are pretty much back to where GT was before the shutdown and then some (a 2nd podcast and Damiani's new show) so it might be a good thing that they'll have a bit of time to figure out the stuff they are already committed to before they throw anymore on to the pile.
GlamFM
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The success of the Patreon will probably also attract potential sponsors.
There´s a lot of room for growth.
selfconfessedcynic
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Yup!
Though I personally don't see them getting-to and staying above 30k after the 1st (not until they actually have a cohesive and consistent schedule etc in motiion), I definitely harbour hopes that by the end of the year they can indeed have a new studio via income sources other than just Patreon.
A new studio that isn't Brandon Jones's house that is.
Tertullian
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How does initial Patreon funding usually go? With Kickstarters, you get the biggest burst of funding in the first 48 hours obviously, but money continues to trickle in and there's another burst at the very end, so that you get roughly as much money from the rest of the funding period as you got in the first 48 hours. Does Patreon funding in the first month have that kind of tail? Or is it pretty dead in the water after the first two days?
By the way, Hasney, Huber has a GAF profile as well, even though he hardly uses it: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=514805
Hopefully most of them have a nice rainny day fund to hold over till it gets going. They aren't dumb they can't rely on this till its been going for a few months.
Right now the patron should generate about 400k a year.
Add about another 100k a year from youtube money and what not.
Of the 500k take away around 20% for taxes. So they are left with 400k.
I would guess around another 100k in production, equipment and various expenses.
So 300k to pay 7 people. Would allow around a 40k a year salary.
Thats best case scenario with no benefits and assuming they don't have rent to pay.
Boom, ta. Done.
From my experience with it (mainly following Kinda Funny) I think after the first 48 hours it pretty much stops for the most part. But they could do what Kinda Funny did in January 2016 and hold another huge stream at or near the end of the month that is all about pimping the Patreon (maybe having banners on screen promoting it) and they can get another huge bump in money.
On top of that I just searched around a bit:
Ian: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=544530
Brad: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=556526
Got to watch the end of stream archived this morning. So happy for their success, and just by watching Brandon's interview on Kinda Funny you can see he was really expecting a lot less for the initial support, he was talking Retrospectives like in a very distant future.
Can't wait for their new podcast. We are back!!
Can't wait for their new podcast. We are back!!
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