facetheslayer92
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Colin is laughing his way to the bank as we speak.
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Kinda Funny Community Thread | The Fire Rises, Brother!
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Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
No. Not until a member of KF or Colin himself comments on it.
Just because they are not saying it outright it's really not hard to see. It's obvious as day for me. Remember when they said there was no bad blood with IGN, then last week Greg on KFMS said there was bad blood with IGN?
Colin took a shot directly at them in his post today. What more do we need to see?
I agree - I liked the tone of this video. If this is the way it will be with him channeling his interest in a thoughtful way, I will definitely listen to the ones about history. I hope he takes a look at some American political history (I mean, pre-1990s and stuff). I find it fascinating to hear about
When did Greg say this? I remember him making a joke about it but don't remember anything that sounded real. What did he say?
BUNTING1243
Banned
gotta be close to his new bff
Did I miss something here? What shot?
Oh ok, thanks
I hope this happens and he writes that book on video game history he's mused about for a while
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Where?
Hmm I'm curious why. Hopefully all will be revealed. I would also like to hear a summary/timestamp of the IGN comment from the kfms last week.
Shouldn't be surprising given how opposing viewpoints are dogpiled by 20+ posts per day regulars who have nothing better to do. Then they're often banned if what they said derails a thread too much whether or not it's something actually offensive.
From Colin's Patreon page:
"This Patreon will help fund this vision, and without it, Colins Last Stand cannot be. YouTube ads are fine, but theyre also not going to pay the bills. I have no interest in selling you shit before videos and lining my content with shameless advertising. Your time is valuable, and theres no sense in wasting it. By supporting me here on Patreon, you can help fuel an independent attempt to add to the all-important conversations surrounding politics. You can help shepherd in a new appreciation for history. You can help create an ecosystem teeming with ideas."
Keep in mind the ads has been a point of contention among fans for months.
The KFMS one about Colin leaving. Greg said staying on Beyond for months after creating Kinda Funny created bad blood between them and IGN.
Edit: I found a reddit post talk about it https://www.reddit.com/r/kindafunny...anything_else_been_said_about_the_resentment/.
Couldn't find a timestamp yet.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Just because he was against the ads doesn't mean there is bad blood between him and the group
That's taking a shot at IGN? Whew that's some reaching there.
I mean, in all fairness, seems more like an attack on a business model not on the Kinda Funny guys. I also hate hearing about movement watches, blue apron or dollar shave club but I understand there is money to be made. It is what it is.
Icyflamez96
Member
join the movement bros
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I like how tim keeps saying he loves dollar shave club, whilst sporting a full beard
I think those kinds of ads are much less offensive if the content producers aren't making big money from a Patreon already. I listen to a couple podcasts where those ads are basically the only money they make and it's mostly just to help pay for equipment and traveling costs.
BoBoThunder
Member
He has got to keep his neard in check man!
Fair enough. He also mentioned he won't lock episodes behind paywall. It seems he is cashing in on what people hated about KF business model. You don't do that if everything is good and well. At first, I thought there was no resentment but the more I looked into it the clearer it became to me. The tweets, interview with Rubin, and today's patreon description there is no doubt on my mind that there is a little bad blood at least from Colin toward the group. But that's just obviously my opinion.
I was surprised when I started listening to KFG that there were ads considering they got YouTube ad money and a sizeable Patreon. Guess you never say no to potential revenue
Maintaining a beard is even more work than just shaving it all off. I keep a beard goatee and I need precision shaving around the areas I want to keep and then there's trimming to keep the beard from getting to long and getting lip hairs in your mouth lol.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Which is why I said it won't go away until they either say there is bad blood or say there isn't
Whoops my bad. I misread your post.
To be fair KF guys said there was no bad blood and Colin said I wish them success. I don't see them revealing more than that for the first few months. Colin said on Rubin there was fighting but didn't want to spill the beans.
Man, no kidding. He said on the Rubin Report that "it's not about the money" and that he was actually taking a fairly sizable hit on his salary by leaving KF, but after today...... seems to be doing pretty well for himself already. Almost 25k.
25k a fucking month.
That's 300,000 a year. So yeah, relatively sure he never saw anywhere near that kind of money in the gaming industry. Though he's going to have to make content to justify that kind of monthly donation, and I'm sure many will drop off within the first few months... But this is only the first day the Patreon is open, right? That's fucking crazy.
facetheslayer92
Member
It's been open six hours. My mind is blown.
Depends if people will stay past the first month or so. If he's not delivering content I can see it shrink.
Or he saw what people complained about at KF and made a counter to that.
He is averaging about $7 per patron which should go down eventually. Even so, I didn't see over $25K coming at all. I thought 15K-20K at most.
So a shot? because that's what I called it.
Good lord. How?
I guess I'm just blown away by the fact that someone who has covered video games for a living can just cross over into a completely unrelated field and still demand this kind of following.
Could probably put some of that money to use to get an editor to assist him and lower his workload.
Anyway, in regards to him moving -- it's prob for the best to distance himself from KF guys and activities for a while. It's a shitty side-effect of this whole situation and everyone prob saw this coming.
He'll probably have more opportunities and connections in LA, so that would probably be a good choice.
facetheslayer92
Member
As someone posted earlier, he seems to have struck some kind of nerve with the KF audience and his fanbase.
While KF and IGN people in general are not popular here on Gaf, they are pretty popular elsewhere. Colin has been in the industry for 10 years. In the gaming industry that's a lot. Add to that he has some niche opinions compared to the rest of gaming media and you will see that "marginalized" group of people latch into him.
Greg mentioned lasted KF Morning show that they might have rotating guests.
H.Cornerstone
Member
Infowars is a thing, so not sure I am shocked by anything at this point.
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
I agree with everything you said. It's currently a little past $26k/month, so there's plenty of money to go around to help out with the massive workload that is going to be expected of him.
tenderbrew
Member
Good for him.
Glad to see other people support diverse viewpoints even if GAF rarely does.
Glad to see other people support diverse viewpoints even if GAF rarely does.