Hey guys, long time no Patreon Post! If you’re not already in-the-know, I’ve been posting regular-ish project updates over on brutalmoose.com, so if you’re ever interested in knowing what I’m working on, I’ve been trying to be a little more transparent about my work over there.
If you’re unaware of my website, then you might also be confused about why I didn’t charge Patrons for a couple months, only to resume charges this month. Long story short, I was feeling really guilty about taking money from you guys during a time when my video/stream output rate was so slow. My initial plan was to close Patreon out entirely, but I’ve since readjusted my Patreon Plans thanks to some very kind and Passionate Patrons who reached out to me while I was considering closing up shop.
I’m keeping the Patreon around, but going forward I’m not going to be shy about pausing it occasionally. If I feel like I’m not delivering enough content to justify charging everybody, I’ll simply pause it for the month and make a quick announcement post. For a while I let Patreon weigh on me, because I really don’t like taking money that I feel I haven’t earned. But if I’m open to pausing it during months where I’m slower than usual, I’m hoping that pressure will subside and instead be replaced with a renewed drive to really earn that support.
So thank you all so much for sticking around! I’m so sorry for not posting announcements about this as I was doing it, I was pretty unsure about where I’d end up with Patreon and was too nervous to post an update here until I was sure about what I wanted to do. I’m happy with the current plan, though, and honestly I’m stoked to still have the Patreon credits at the end of my videos. My end card wouldn’t quite be the same without them!
Thanks again for sticking with me! I hope everyone is doing well, given the current state of the world. And again, be sure to check my website if you ever want some more updates from me! I like to post there because it doesn’t send out alerts when I make a post, and sometimes you just want to make a post without shoving it in everybody’s face at once, you know?
Also, I'm going to get back into the habit of posting my new videos here to Patreon. I stopped because I kind of felt like it might be an annoyance to people? But that's just me overthinking things again. Posting my work here is like half of the entire point of the website, so how did I manage to convince myself it was annoying? No clue.
Anyway how have you guys been? Watch any good TV lately? I'm currently watching Fargo for the first time... pretty good so far!
-ian