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Postcard Submissions

Whether you're a PenPals tier patron or not, you can submit your info here to be entered into the drawing for free ones every month! Some of the PenPals have also donated their cards, so definitely sign up.

Sending a bunch out from last month in the next couple days. Then I'll do the batch for this month as well.

Game Day Stream Poll

I'm going to set aside an entire stream to gaming! Figured I'd send it over to the Patrons to see what you would prefer seeing ^.^

I'll probably make good on this over the weekend or the start of next week. I plan to go to a sort of Ren fair this weekend in Poland and try streaming it, so look forward to that as well.

Secret VOD: EuroTrip 2021 Kicks Off!

I think I'll start putting these VODs into cold storage after we make vids out of them, sharing them here for all the patrons. Enjoy!

Story: I've really enjoyed Europe so far and while I have only spent a small amount of time here in Warsaw, I have a feeling that I'll really enjoy my time here. It's been a while since I've been in such a different culture & place. I've never set foot on this continent before and am getting similar positive feelings to those I felt stepping onto Asia...

Last Call: Postcard Submissions

I'm going to go out and buy a bunch of postcards before next week, so if you have not submitted your info, now's your chance!

Even if you aren't in the tier, a few of those people have donated their reward to a random community member. I also give out a bunch of free ones!

Last USA Gaming Stream

Story: Not much to say about this one. Just a short league stream to trial that 'Just One Game' concept. The idea is to hold myself to playing a single game of league, then allowing folks to keep the party going through sub goals. I think that this could be something I do again, for sure, I just did it at a random time without promoting the stream, so I didn't give it a good chance to work. Mark has been encouraging me to push subs a bit more and I think that gaming streams a...

VOD: Tuca & Bertie, Folding Ideas & Kanye

Part 2: https://youtu.be/eGZUHoo3UaA

Notes: Mike from PA v Hunter Avallone

Here ya go! Moved some of the topics we didn't get into, over to a new document. Thanks for the support!

Cursed VOD: APEX-Related Tech Problems

I'm not saying anything extra. Enjoy.

Notes: 7-1-2021

Just some show notes with links to everything we watched (and some stuff we didn't get around to finishing). I'm totally cool with YouTube, I just have to be more careful with watching YouTube content more. I don't often do the react stuff, so that's a good lesson to have learned.

Hope to do more of this in the future though, so look forward to that. If there was anything you liked or didn't like, let me know! Also, if you have feedback on the notes, I'd be happy to hear it. I figure th...

VOD: Crowder v H3H3 & Seder

Here ya go! We're making a summarized YouTube video, so I'm putting this one in the vault.

Story: Well this was a bit of a nightmare from my perspective. I didn't necessarily prep for the level of pushback that I got and mixed with fatigue and lack of sleep, the result was something I'm not happy with. I don't like spending time arguing with the chat about things and that's something echoed to me in feedback on past videos. So, I ended up approaching this as something I...

Last Call: Postcards, PoO & AMA

Any patron of any tier can fill this out to be entered in the drawing to win a postcard this month. A number of people in the Penpals tier have graciously donated theirs to the community, atop the ones I was already planning to give out.

I'm buying more postcards and recording PoO & AMA today. Probably putting those into one goofy, p...

VOD: Naruto Panel 1

Putting this old thing into the vault; there's an edited version out already!

Story: Man, this was a ride. I was super excited to do my very first panel and the behind-the-scenes for this was godlike. All of the panelists came together in a chat to suggest topics, discuss strategy, submit evidence, etc. They were all as hyped as I was and I think that shows in the performance. My main goal going into it was to have this be something that didn't get memed on as being awf...

Notes: Seder & H3H3 v Crowder

Here are the notes! Kept them short given the conversation length. If you disagreed with me today, that's totally cool. We aren't going to see eye to eye on everything, and if I didn't sway you over, then that's ok. Catch y'all tomorrow at 7am PT for Dylan & Rob Noerr v BigPapaFascist

VOD: Naruto Panel 2

Another addition to cold storage and another little story. Lmk if the stories are dumb!

Part 2: https://youtu.be/3EXIY8dqENE

Story: I was really stressed with behind-the-scenes work and was still reeling from feedback and other stuff related to the Wolff review. At the time, I couldn't get the costume I wanted and we ended up scheduling this talk the same week it...

Secret Video: Branding Bops

Just a quick peak at some goofy sample reels lining up. Figured I'd share ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Story: I'm editing together some examples of what I like in animations, colors, branding, etc. for my editor, (who's going to be adding EVEN MORE to videos) animation person, and branding artist. I didn't have headphones on initially and so I hadn't realized the music was going in the first video I put in. I proceeded to get carried away adjusting the timing of stuff and moving thing...

Secret VOD: Ahrelevant v Hugh Mungus Review

Just cleaning up the YouTube and putting this old guy into cold storage. We have an edited version out, so that'll live on. Part two and a story of my private thoughts below:

https://youtu.be/pKqFJOxOMc4  (Part 2)

Story: It was fun reviewing this though I distinctly remember being worried about levying criticisms against Ahrelevant. It isn't often that I watch his stuff for the sake of criti...

Secret VOD: Gaming - APEX

Next time I do this, we can hang if y'all want. Just drop by and if you're a VIP, we can do Discord. If we get the laptop goal hit, I can do this next weekend with y'all. Super thankful to all the patrons on here and the people donating to help. You guys have really changed my life

Notes: Criticism Corner - Vaush

As promised, here are my notes with all the images and stuff I went over. Enjoy!

Secret VOD: Birthday 2021

Thanks to everyone on here for their support the last year. It's been a tough one and all of you have really helped me to get through it.

Vault: Drawing Timelapse

I'm cleaning up the YouTube and as a part of that, some content is going into the vault FOREVER! I'll be posting those videos to the Patreon as their final resting place and giving the Noteworthy patrons some bang for their buck.

Looking forward to dropping the Star Wars Vaush video Thursday, so look forward to that for sure. I'm also cooking up a scripted video on some pretty serious & sad topics. It'll be completely unrelated to anything you've seen me discuss on stream, so hopefu...

Early Access: Vaush's Executive Order

Tacitae put extra work into this one to make it a banger, so hope that comes off in the final product. Really excited for the next chapter on the YouTube and trying to push videos that are more of an event. Thanks for your continued support and especially to the people who stopped by the last two streams- it's meant a lot.

The Patreon has grown a good bit the last week, so a warm welcome to the new people!

Just a reminder to scroll down to the Pos...