Update 07/09 - Half-Life Teaser, New Patreon Tier and the Crisis of the Swedish Kronas Value in the Global Economy

Hey there everyone! 

SpeakerD here, comin' at you from HELL and HIGHWATER to bring you this special patreon update! Alfabusa is taking care of a very angry baby today so I am bringing you the news this evening.

First; the production news, of course!!

Zero Viscosity has been skippin' along just fine, but sadly, has hit a slight delay. Tragically, we don't think we'll be able to release it this month. It COULD happen! But...is unlikely. Rest assured, all of us Ogre Poppenangers (???) are working hard to bring it to you ASAP. I've seen whats finished as of now though, and lemme tell you, it's very impressive. Wait until you see our intro...

For now though, we will share the short little clip up above which, OH BOY, even has AUDIO this time. How novel!

Also, new audiolog is of course coming along, this time starring Marckus as he goes pubbing with some of his weirdo friends. Bullying ensues.

We're currently recording lines for it and, honestly, a BIT behind schedule on this one as well due to just a lot of stuff happening this month, a lot of vacations and a lot of WELL...

Let's move onto the most pressing news on this update. 

It's been a bit of a tough month for Ogre Poppenang sadly.
Thanks to the current energy crisis in Sweden, as well as the war, the Swedish Krona's conversion rate to USD hasn't faired so well.
Given that many members of the team (including yours truely) are American, this has lead to a weird situation where payouts are high...but actually paying our US crew has gotten far more difficult.

So how on EARTH are we going to boost ourselves up? Well, for starters, your incredible support has helped more than you know. You guys have done fantastically, and we are unfathomably grateful for everything you guys have done and are doing to keep us grooving! To that end, our first move is adding some boons to Patreon and Youtube Membership! This'll hopefully incentivize more people, while also stirring a bit more excitement in this, our happiest of homes....

To start, all 1 dollar+ Patrons will be eligible to enter into a monthly 'Send Your OC To Hell Contest'!

Here is how it works.

Every month, starting next week, we will make a post asking you to write a fun prompt and description focusing on an original character of your making. 

What the prompt is, its themes and whatnot, can vary from month to month. 

You all, our lovely patrons, will be able to comment on that post for your entry!

We will give more details when the day comes, of course.

At the end of the month, we will choose a winner both on Patreon and YouTube Membership, and then we will have our illustrators draw your character, rendering them in our unique style, that they could be placed alongside Big-D and his family seamlessly.

But not only that!

For when your character has been drawn, they will also be drawn being SENT TO HELL by Karl!!!

I know what you're thinking. I have intimate knowledge of all living organisms. 

"Hell!" you cry "I've always wanted to go there!". 

Well now my friends, you can. You're welcome.

And just to clarify; that is TWO drawings for the price of one!

In addition to this once-in-a-month-time brimstone getaway, we're creating another limited tier for our highest rollers. 

For those willing to donate their live-savings to Alfabusa's comedy death factory, we will give you a special place in the credits of our videos with a drawn avatar representing YOU or a character of yours!

While your character won't be sent to hell, they will have a VERY special place in our credits, tattooing whatever video is released that month permanently with your visage, an avatar, much like those appearing in our audiolog content, and it shall remain in every video from that point 'til you decide to retire your pledge for whatever reason.

We might evolve this tier further and incentivize you to stay in as well.

If you'd like your avatar redrawn for future episodes, for instance, we will likely allow that as well, so you don't feel you're being misrepresented at any given time.

This tier will, naturally, be higher than all the others, looking at $60. Since it demands more work, we're putting it a bit higher up. We're also putting a cap on how many can be in this tier at any given time. We are having the cap be significantly higher at 40 people starting off, as we do not think 40 people will sign up for this. But if it does happen, hey, oh lord, that's absolutely fantastic, a LOT of work sure, but let's go, we can do it, just give us some time.

In the coming months, we're planning on introducing a few other, new measures to increase our general financial state. We just need to sit and think for a bit. 

But these are the quickest ones to present to you all and some of the most fun! Rest assured, despite this current snag, Ogre Poppenang continues to punch above it's weight. We couldn't do this without you all, and we remain incredible grateful.

Thank you for now. We shall meet again.

Until next time, have a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!