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I'm sure there is a way to express your opinion, like many others have, without being disrespectful.
DannyDanger
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Just don't watch easy update... No need to get all grumpy
Just took the time to watch the first podcast and Ian's first episode of his show, great just as expected!
I do hope Ian does his ManUps format him and guests just talk whatever comes to mind and do bizarre segments etc sometimes. I just really fell in love with the show's extremely casual, lengthy yet entertaining discussions.
I do hope Ian does his ManUps format him and guests just talk whatever comes to mind and do bizarre segments etc sometimes. I just really fell in love with the show's extremely casual, lengthy yet entertaining discussions.
Need help. Ive created soundcloud profile and made a plex account for my ps4. Ive added the soundcloud plugin to plex and am trying to listen to the eza podcast on ps4 but it doesn't allow me to listen without the plex app in use, i thought you could listen to soundcloud on ps4 as ingame music?
No, that's Spoitify only.
I swear there was a conversation going on somewhere in gaf that you could use soundcloud on ps4 as background music through plex
Man, no disrespect but I've never understood this attitude and don't think I ever will lol. Do you actually like the people or do you only give a shit about video games? Like, I get it, as an overarching common hobby video games are the reason we're all on this site to begin with and know about GT/EZA, but does everything they do have to be beholden to that alone? If I wanted games games games I'd go look at IGN or something. But I'm pledging to EZA and not IGN because I care more about the crew doing what they do as opposed to video games alone.
I am a fan of the GameTrailers crew and watched all of their content (Mandatory Update, GT Time, Huber Hype, Retrospectives, Top 10, Bosman Show, etc)... All of their content was about video games. I support their Patreon expecting that their content is about video games. Common sense. I would not go to IGN if EZA is about video games..
If I want to read the news, there's other podcasts that focus on that. I'll listen to that.
I agree.
With Ben's podcast coming, we honestly don't need MUNights style show, so want to see Ian go all out.
If it misses a bunch of times, trying things, so be it.
We're getting Tabletop back, nothing can phase me anyway.
Trust me. I'm a PhD
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I have never liked Ian's brand of humor, but there are people here and on Patreon who do, so let them enjoy his stuff. There is such a range of personalities on EZA that if you do not like one then just focus on the guys you do like.
Gun Animal
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Loved some of the ideas Ian is playing around with. Mandatory Update was one of my favorite internet content things and Ian is probably in my top ten favorite internet personalities so I'm really glad to have him back. A couple of notes tho:
1. those Snapchat-style clips are super unflattering at a low angle. Hold your phone higher up, Ian!
2. I'd rather have episodes less frequently if it meant longer episodes. I'd rather have a 20-minute long episode once a month than a 5 minute episode once a week, for example.
3. while I loved Ian's intro song it would be too long to play at the beginning of every episode. I'm sure he can figure out some way to shorten it tho.
1. those Snapchat-style clips are super unflattering at a low angle. Hold your phone higher up, Ian!
2. I'd rather have episodes less frequently if it meant longer episodes. I'd rather have a 20-minute long episode once a month than a 5 minute episode once a week, for example.
3. while I loved Ian's intro song it would be too long to play at the beginning of every episode. I'm sure he can figure out some way to shorten it tho.
Savinowned
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The youtube/patreon comments also show that there is a substantial group that would like more from his show as well, myself included.
Honestly looks much less substantial in the Patreon comments.
Back home from the vacation, finally a Patreon supporter, my first ever!
So... will there will be an RSS feed sometime for the podcast, or how will that work? Don't really care about video podcasts, I listen to stuff like this to handle the boredom of working or doing housework. To bad if I have to download it manually every week.
Ah well, great to see you back dudes! Bring on the videos! (preferably on Youtube, I don't care about twitch either)
So... will there will be an RSS feed sometime for the podcast, or how will that work? Don't really care about video podcasts, I listen to stuff like this to handle the boredom of working or doing housework. To bad if I have to download it manually every week.
Ah well, great to see you back dudes! Bring on the videos! (preferably on Youtube, I don't care about twitch either)
UmbraeCruxis
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Watched the first podcast, and it was so nice to see the guys working together again. Super hyped to add it to my weekly schedule now ^^
30yearsofhurt
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I know I sound like a broken record at this point but I wholeheartedly relate to this. They can do no wrong as long as we got TTA
Patreon comments are overwhelmingly positive regarding Ian show. So I guess the core audience who pledges likes whatever Ian does.
Yes, they're waiting on iTunes to authorise them and get their podcast feed up. That will be updated Fridays though, the early access Wednesday version will be a provate link on Soundcloud accessible through Patreon.
Wednesday
Herr Starr
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Think the picture showing off the stuff was posted early Wednesday so yeah. Like they said, no episode will look or sound like that, so even more to look forward to this week!
I think that's one of the benefits of doing this part-time and not having aspirations for it beyond gaming for us backers anyway. Will be interesting to see their Patreons though and see if it has a hit.
EDIT: Think some people are making too much of it anyway. Their regular output probably won't change, as we saw with GT on Defy. Any sort of collabarations will be sucky for people who like their output, though.
MultiJhonny
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Jones just tweeted that Cup Of Jones will be up Wednesday and then after this episode it will be posted Mondays!
I miss the days when I felt about the RT crew the way I feel about the EZA crew nowdays. They just kept growing and growing. I don't blame them for expanding their business but they alienated some of their biggest fans in the process. Hopefully the EZA crew stays true to their roots
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while still making as much money as they deserve
Roberto Larcos
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I think people fear that it will be a stepping stone to more. Also that Greg's not ruling anything out apparently.
MultiJhonny
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Taxes... and no it isn't. 3000 a month is only 36,000. They live in LA and that number is before taxes.
That is no where near full time.
Apparently the tax and living costs are stupidly high, plus no health, dental and all that crap.
Tax and other expenses really destroys that cushion. It's a start but def not as good as you may think.
Grayfox341
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The plan is to have the first episode of the new tabletop show up at noon (PST) on Wednesday. So yeah, Wednesday will be a little crazy.
Will it be exclusive for Patreons for a few days or is that the day it is uploaded to Youtube?
SUPER STACKED WEDNESDAY.
Like I said earlier, soooo damn glad I'll be working from home, especiallyw ith the group stream archive to watch too.
It'll be for everyone.
Dang, you guys don't need to release everything Wed. Feel free to release stuff through out the week.
Firstly assume the the continuous dropoff from their Patreon income (let's assume 5k) so it is down to 27k. I think this is a fair and good estimate.
Patreon takes a 5% cut. That's about $1350 off per month.
27 - 1.35 = about 25.5k .
Their yearly income is 25.5 * 12 = 306k
Significant sunk costs such as video games, equipment, etc. Let's assume the mics are 4* 200, sound mixer is 200, new furniture is 500, and other equipment is 200. A well equipped PC, perhaps VR ready too and with capture cards, will be about 1000 - 1500. Assume purchasing video games, without the support of publishers initially, is about $100 per month so about 1200. There may be other costs I am forgetting too.
Let's assume a nice round 5k for this year.
Assume Brandon needs to pay for additional electricity and heating bills for using his garage in excess of normal use in business hours. This could be very expensive. Let's assume 5k for now.
Let's assume Brandon and one other person are working full time. Let's assume, given the high wages costs of LA, the years of expereince they have gardened, and having a superior work - hours - leisure balance they position their salaries at $50,000 each (perhaps less for the first year). That's 100k for full time wages.
We than have another 7 people (if Don is joing part time) who are working for EZA in differing capacities and hours. Let's assume they put in 1/4 of the time that the full time employees each put in. This means wages of 12.5k each. Assuming everyone works the same hours (there will be nuances and different circumstances) and assuming Don will work as well, that's 7*12.5 = 90k
Wages = 190k
Then we have tax as others have pointed out. I am not familiar with US Tax law, but let's assume a 40% rate.
They may have to take out various types of health and work insurance packages that may be made mandatory by law. This will be another large chunk.
Add in trips to expos (such as E3) and trips to PAX (to host panels and visit their fans) which will include accommodation, tickets and insurance. This is slightly mitigated by the fact that they live in SA.
In summary, this is a very expensive business venture to support more than, at the most, 3 people at their current Patreon income.
Plus the fact in the beginning they have to invest back on equipment, which they already are.
DannyDanger
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Have you considered embezzling company funds for haircuts?
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