So, uh...
That worked.
After hoping I might get at least close to the milestone of $1600 by sometime in December, we're just shy of $2300 in 36 hours. That means... jeez, I got more patrons in the last two days that in the last three years?!
I don't actually know what to say because these are the kinds of things human brains aren't built to process. It's overwhelming and humbling.
Two things in the immediate:
1) This means I don't have to job hunt or even freelance. WHAT?! OK! I guess that gives me some elbow room to do other things for the channel! In the short-term, my priority is getting the next Alt-Right Playbook up, but then I'll try to give some love to the BTS blog and the annotations. Also I owe y'all an update video.
2) THANK YOU! I feel like I don't know how to properly express gratitude for this. Honestly I'm still working on feeling anything other than disbelief. It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that I get to do the thing I love as a primary focus for the foreseeable future...? I mean, what? WHAT? But I know I have all of you to thank. All you new patrons, and all you existing ones who've stuck with me all this time, thank you all so incredibly much. Gonna make a bunch more videos now!
I'll be in touch soon. :D
-I
Comments (23)
Literally just discovered you through your first alt right playbook video, then your video on what art is, then your amazing analysis on gamer gate! After that I saw the future of innuendo studios vid and had to become a patron, even if I could only contribute a little bit! Please keep creating wonderful thoughtful content!
I'm glad to pitch in even if it's only a little. Please be careful though. I fear that some of these subscriptions might fade over time. My unsolicited advice? Try to be smart about this income. There's no guarantee it will be there for long. so keep that in mind as you plot your future. Also please keep doing the awesome stuff you've been up to all this time. That's why we're all here. Congratulations! You've earned it.
I'm so stoked that you hit your goal. It's brilliant that you get to do this —I'm happy to be part of making that possible.
"The Future Of Innuendo Studios" call to action short vid was what got me to sign up to Patreon at all, let alone pledge for the first time. You shouldn't have had to wait for 36 hours, that's about 24 too long. ;) Please keep delivering social commentary as well as media/game analysis, that's a killer mix, in more ways than one. It takes balls to do what you're doing, and that gets my support.
New patron here. Knowing someone has a Patreon and knowing someone needs help are different and the latter motivated me to chip in. I love game analysis and support anyone I can that has a smaller following. I only supported big names until Danny O’Dweyer said he’d rather people support lots of small people with a Little than him by a lot.
This is my first time supporting someone on Patreon, and haven't even watched all your videos actually; your angle on Video Games and culture is so different and well articulated, that I couldn't deal with the idea of you not doing this full time. Thank you for the hours you've put into your videos, and try not to feel like you must constantly deliver to us, we got you covered!
I was so happy to see the email alert that you reached your goal! A pleasant surprise, eh? Glad to be a patron with all these new friends!
I've been watching for a little while now, but because the videos were infrequent, the Patreon didn't even cross my mind. Your update was really useful (clearly)! In case you're wondering, I started watching when one of your videos made the rounds in the UK Smash community.
So, first - I'm glad the call to action went well. That being said, a word of caution. I don't know if you can or have the data to check, but make sure that the new patrons aren't "fair-weather friends" how pledge on impulse but then remove the pledge after a couple months.
I've never had a boost this big before, but in the smaller boosts I've had in the past, there's never been a big drop-off afterwards. There's always a steady trickle out as people cancel or lower pledges, but it's usually outweighed by the steady trickle in from new videos. Here's hoping! We're WELL PAST the self-sufficiency goal, so I can afford to lose a few if that happens.
<3 it's an honor to be supporting you
Hell yeah it worked! It's because you're great and we really love the work you do. Now don't go driving yourself crazy though, thinking you need to churn things out faster and risk burning out. We like you just the way you are.
you're trying to make me cryyyyyy
I'm happy you made your goal and then some! Now we can see what a less stressed Ian is capable of for video production. All the best!
Congratulations! Do you think it was the alt-right playbook that drew so many people in??
I'm curious about that myself.
Congrats dude! I'm so glad it worked out!
So glad that it went so well. Congrats!
Congratulations!
To celebrate, you should give us Ass Danced Off part II
Much love, man. You know how it works - try to account for potential donation drops in the next few months. Many will stay though if you continue to deliver your amazing content, and I hope you will. Hype! <3
In case you’re keeping score I heard about you from Eli Bosnick on twitter. Cheers!
i can only pledge a buck but it's more than you'd have ever gotten with youtube ads so I feel valued either way XD