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November Q&A Going Live Soon!

Hello everyone, here's the link to tonight's Q&A livestream. As a reminder, it'll take place on November 30, 2018 at 7PM EST. If you can't make it, drop comments with questions you'd like me to answer, and if you can, I'll talk to you very soon.

Cheers!
Yong

Oh Snap, We Just Reached 500 Patrons!

So June 2018 has been a pretty crazy month for me. I got to attend E3 2018, say hi to fans, meet the likes of Hideo Kojima and Mike Pondsmith, reach 500k subscribers, and get my eyes and hands on some incredible games. And now, I learn we've reached 500 patrons?! I don't know if my heart can take any more this.

I'm truly blessed to have everyone here on board with me. I'm humbled beyond words that over 500 of you would go out of your way to show your support through contribution. I cannot than...

Thank you for 400K Subs!

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to let you guys know that our community hit 400K subs today! The past couple of months have been a wild ride of unprecedented growth, and I can't thank you all enough for being such dedicated supporters.

Your contributions in Patreon in particular have already been a huge help in making content production more efficient on my end. New PC renders videos twice as fast as my old one and doesn't stutter during editing, new chair means my back doesn't kill me after...

GOOD NEWS: Patreon is Rolling Back on Changes

Good news everyone!

After recent backlash against Patreon for proposing changes to how fees work without consulting with Creators and Patrons, they've decided to roll back on the proposed changes.

Here is everything you need to know:
https://twitter.com/Patreon/status/941005364882845696

If you ha...

ATTENTION: Patreon is Changing

Hello everyone,

In case you haven't heard, Patreon is making changes to the way it handles service fees, which will take effect on December 18th. Whereas before, Creators would pay for all fees on their end, moving forward, Patreon is changing it so that Patrons pay a portion of it.

Starting December 18th, Patrons will be charged an addition $0.35 + 2.9% of their pledge. Here's how that breaks down for my reward tiers: 

$1: +$0.38 = $1.38

$5: +$0.50 = $5.50<...

HEADS UP! End of the Month Q&A Livestream Tonight at 7PM EST!

As part of my Patreon rewards, I'm committed towards hosting a Q&A livestream session at the end of every month, and today happens to be one such occasion! So tune in to our Patreon tonight at 7PM EST and I hope to see you there! This is my first time doing this, so we will see how this goes and how much interest this reward garners. -Yong

Rewards Go Live!

As of today, ALL rewards will go live! Thank you everyone who has supported me on Patreon thus far. I was initially reluctant about doing this, but it's proved to be a great platform for me to interact with dedicated fans and vice versa. I hope to return your generosity in kind as I finally start to distribute rewards.

Discord has been great so far. Being able to chat with fans on a daily basis in one convenient place about games and other topics has been a ton of fun. I hope ...

Drafted Reward Tiers

Thank you very much for all the feedback. You've all been a huge help in formulating the best and most fair reward tiers possible. Using your feedback, I have streamlined and refined the reward tiers as follows:

$1 - (You’re Pretty Alright) - Access to Exclusive Patreon Communications + Monthly Q&A Livestreams
Gain access to exclusive updates and monthly Q&A livestreams that you won't find anywhere else. Also, replying to your Patreon comments and PM's ...

Preliminary Reward Tiers

Over the past few days, I've found that the general consensus is that you want tiered rewards as long as they don't influence content production. To that end, I've come up with a preliminary list to get your feedback on rewards and prices you like or don't like. I want to make sure the rewards and tiers look good before making them official.

Now, one of the suggestions I got was to only make three tiers of rewards, but I felt that would be counterproductive, as I want to offer as many opt...

Mission Accomplished :)

My Gift to Hideo Kojima

For those who don't know, this year, I will be attending E3 2017, and my hope is that I will be able to meet Hideo Kojima for the first time.  For the occasion, I decided to get him a gift.

I know he is a huge fan of the movie 2001, so I figured that the sculpture in the attached image would be perfect. If you have watched 2001, I'm sure you will recognize what it is.

Not only does it feel appropriate for some of the themes and visual elements in Death Stranding, I think it's also a...