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Creator/content update
🕑 Added 2019-10-01 04:00:06 +0000 UTCHey, everyone!
First and foremost! September's custom audios have been delayed and I am incredibly sorry for that. The month has been busy and stressful, and while that isn't an excuse, please know that I haven't just been throwing my time away - I just legitimately haven't had time to finish them. I am going to try my absolute best to get them out to you by mid-week next week. The time/stress issue brings me to my next point.
Secondly, thank you ALL for being so patient with me over the past couple of months. Many of you know that my best friend/roommate had several strokes back in July and for about a month and a half I was dividing my time between work and visiting him. He's living with family now and continues to make progress, which is amazing! However, I've been struggling not only with the impact of my best friend going through a major trauma but also the financial impact of losing his contributions to the household. To make a long story short, my living situation will be changing shortly. I'm moving back in with family temporarily while I figure out what I'm doing, and that's going to impact my recording/play schedule starting sometime in October (likely the early middle part of the month - originally it was the end of September so I'm very grateful to have been given some leeway.) I've been trying to record in order to have a backlog to post on Reddit/Patreon while I'm living with family, and I plan to do everyone's custom audios for October before the middle of the month. However, I am removing the play parties and NSFW phone calls from the tiers - I don't want to promise them and not be able to deliver. These may be reinstated later once my living situation is stable again.
I'm also reconfiguring Patreon tiers to better reflect what I'm able to do not only because of my living situation, but in general. Patreon is a huge part of my life and financial stability, but it's also a second job. I have a day job, friends, family, other obligations, etc. and I need to be realistic about what I can achieve even working my absolute hardest to get everything done. I want to be able to complete the projects I've promised people in a timely manner instead of constantly asking for patience and delivering things late because I've taken on too much.
Some of the major changes will be:
- No guaranteed play parties or NSFW phone calls
- $25 tier will now receive a monthly 5 minute audio
- Monthly custom audios for the $50 tier will be reduced from 15-20 minutes to 10-15 minutes
- Early access to Reddit audios
- Reduced price for commissions
Please do me a favor and review the changes - there are other changes that I think some folks will be excited about. The big thing I want you to know is that these changes will go into effect tomorrow, October 1st. Everything promised for September will still be given if you haven't received it yet. I want everyone who supports me to know what they're getting and not to feel like I made these changes surreptitiously or in an effort to scam you out of money.
I want each and every one of you who support me through Patreon to know that if you decide to unpledge or pledge to a lower tier, there will be no hard feelings. That's true now and will always be true in the future. I've been a patron of other peoples' work. I know that sometimes financial priorities change. You will always be welcome on my server, my subreddit, etc., regardless of your Patreon status.
You have all been incredibly supportive me of and it's a huge reason why I'm able to mentally and emotionally make it through this upheaval. I am so grateful to all of you who have reached out to me privately to ask how I'm doing, to let me know that you're here for me, to give me leeway on projects, and to just offer your support. I'm grateful to everyone who has chatted with me in vc, who has talked to me through text on the server, who has left an emote on my comments. I see them all and even though I'm not the greatest at responding in a timely manner, I appreciate every single show of support and it helps refill my bucket. You're all amazing and I L-bomb you precious nerds.
Edited to add: This was originally posted on my Discord as I believe most of you are there already, but if you're not and didn't see this message until you were already charged for October, please let me know! We can definitely work it out. <3
Comments
Take care of you first...we'll still be here! Creating any kind of art requires the right state of mind...yours more than most. :) Hope things improve soon!
