Hi all! We expect many of you are locked away at home, or wishing that you were. We just hope you and your families are safe and well. It would be good to speak to you. So we are squeezing in a bonus live stream this month - and are actually aiming to do it tomorrow over on the ERB2 YouTube channel. It will be accessible to everyone including non-patrons.
We are planning to start it at about 1.30pm PT tomorrow (Friday 27th March)
UPDATE: IT IS LIKELY THE STREAM WILL ...
2020-03-27 02:06:27 +0000 UTC
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Lloyd is hosting a bonus writers chat session tomorrow at 4pm PT (Friday 27th March) over on the ERB Discord server in the #concepts-and-spoilers channel.
All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join. If you are unable to attend we will pin a message in the channel for you to read through at a later time.
Talk soon!
2020-03-27 02:06:15 +0000 UTC
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Hope your weekend is going as well as it can be in these rather testing times. As we promised yesterday, here is another demo for your ears. This was put together ahead of recording the final audio track for Cleopatra vs Monroe.
Lloyd has offered up some brief thoughts on the battle...
"When writing we will generally do a mixture of writing on our own and writing together as a group. Its a melting pot of ideas. For this particular battle, I remember writing my parts most...
2020-03-23 01:38:24 +0000 UTC
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Here is a early demo from the Elvis vs Jackson battle. We had a basic idea of the structure of the verses. But, a lot of the writing was still unfinished. Here are a few words from Lloyd about it:
"This was one of the first battles I can recall which we really pieced together a little at a time. We had a ton of things going on at the time, but knew we had to have the track ready to go in order to track Bentley's vocals down in Texas, so the time frame was very tight. Pete would send...
2020-03-22 01:47:47 +0000 UTC
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We hope you are all coping with the crazy world we find ourselves in right now. Los Angeles is in effective lockdown at the moment. We are sure many of you are having to cope with huge changes to your day to day to life too. If you're not, count yourselves lucky.
Lloyd has been locked away in his man cave. He wanted to record some lyrics to describe the current coronavirus situation from his own perspective (you can listen above) and he is inviting any of you lovely patrons to hel...
2020-03-20 23:29:56 +0000 UTC
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Just a quick reminder we are doing a video live stream today at 3.00pm PT (that's pretty darn soon!) All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join live. You just to click on the stream link above. You can watch on mobile or computer.
Note: If you can't join live you can watch a full replay of the stream shortly after it concludes.
2020-03-19 21:49:24 +0000 UTC
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Many moons ago over on the Discord server we set patrons the task of writing a whole Flash In The Pan Hip Hop Conflict Of Nowadays from scratch.
Pete & Lloyd recently recorded a demo of the battle, but they want some feedback from you all as they feel it might need tweaking up a little. You can either leave your thoughts in the comments below...
OR... at 3PM PDT - TODAY (Thursday 12th March) we are holding a writers chat over on the Disc...
2020-03-12 19:09:31 +0000 UTC
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We can now confirm the dates & times of the next Discord Chat & Video Live Stream.
Discord Chat @ 3pm PT on Thursday 12th March
Video Live Stream @ 3pm PT on Thursday 19th March
Both of these events are open to Writer and Director tier patrons.
Hopefully you can join us for one or both of them. If you can't be there; we'll pin a message in the concepts-and-spoilers channel so you can read back through the chat. And you wi...
2020-03-10 23:07:00 +0000 UTC
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We love polls. It's been so useful getting feedback from you all on here.
In the previous makethisbattle poll Queen Elizabeth II vs Betty White topped the votes with 26% of the vote; with GLaDOS Vs Rick Sanchez in 2nd place with 20%.
Let's see what you all think of this new batch of submissions. Vote below!
PS You can read what Lloyd thought about these matches at:
2020-03-09 22:40:38 +0000 UTC
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Apologies for the delay in getting you feedback on the recent MTB submissions. Rather than wait any longer I have asked EpicLLOYD to step into the frame and provide feedback on the match-ups. [Pete is still very much embroiled in 'imminent baby birth mode'!]
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Tom Cruise vs Jackie Chan [submitted by Mortal]
This is really interesting. I like both of these characters and both are worthy of a battle. I love that they are...
2020-03-09 22:40:33 +0000 UTC
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Lloyd has been invited to guest on a live online show called 'Live From the 8th Dimension' later today and by the sounds of it - it'll be rather bizarre. It starts today at 6pm PT and will last about an hour. Not sure what to expect - but Lloyd's excited!
To watch the show you just need to go to the link below at 6pm today:
https://www.caffeine.tv/8thdimension
2020-03-06 00:43:14 +0000 UTC
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We can now announce the results of last months quiz!
It was a very, very, very close run affair.
There were actually three patrons who all achieved the same highest score - Kafokasdia, Bantha117 and Zachary Woolard.
As Zachary Woolard was the highest finishing Director tier patron he will be receiving the autographed ORG CHART that featured in the Musk vs Zuckerberg video.
But, who won the THANOS MASK?! The tiebreaker question comes into play, w...
2020-03-05 17:05:28 +0000 UTC
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Our Most Wanted process continues!
Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas for opponents for John F Kennedy. There were lots of cool and quirky ideas, but we have managed to narrow it down to a final five. Don't cry too hard, if you idea didn't make it! :)
All patrons can vote below and we will be also running a separate poll over on the YouTube community page to see what the wider fan-base think about these options.
Many of you came...
2020-03-02 22:44:22 +0000 UTC
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In the last round of "Most Wanted" we asked you to vote on ideas for opponents for Pablo Escobar to face in a future battle. On the Patreon and YouTube polls the most popular suggestion was Willy Wonka with over 40% of the vote. We have been discussing the match-up a lot this past week. Its a great idea. Two big characters. Lots of fun potential. Its now officially on the table with a whole bunch of other ideas. One day it might happen.
But, we now want to ask you all ...
2020-02-27 02:54:02 +0000 UTC
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We are holding the next writers chat over on the Discord tomorrow!
1pm PT on Monday 24th February [in the concepts-and-spoilers channel]
It is open to all Writer and Director tier patrons - both Pete and Lloyd will be there.
Hope you can join us. Sorry for the short notice but Pete's baby is due very, very soon, so we had to try to squeeze the chat session in before that little bundle of joy squeezes out.
2020-02-23 22:04:03 +0000 UTC
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Pete has put together a green (and blue! - ed) screen cut of the "Joker vs Pennywise" battle. In this video you will see the raw content we captured - with all the editing magic stripped away.
When we filmed the footage, Javi actually directed the special FX sequences remotely from Spain using Facetime. We live in such a wonderful technological age! For the big 'deadlights' shot he ended up creating a 3D model out of Lloyd's mouth using 18 still photos plus a whole bu...
2020-02-19 01:40:29 +0000 UTC
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Earlier today Pete & Lloyd hosted a video stream and we allowed access to patrons and non patrons. This bonus live stream is now available for you to watch back. If you head over to the Crowdcast link below - you can check it out.
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/erbstream
Thank you to everyone who joined us live. It was a lot of fun.
2020-02-17 20:13:46 +0000 UTC
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We've just posted up a little video on ERB2 to give a quick update to the wider fanbase about what we are up to and also let them see the "Henry VIII vs Hillary Clinton" battle - that you special folk all saw earlier this month.
You can watch the update video here: https://youtu.be/kLBSi6i6AkY
We also just want to remind you that on Monday Feb 17th, Pete & Lloyd are doing a bonus video live stream th...
2020-02-15 20:58:01 +0000 UTC
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A lot happens behind the scenes at ERB that you guys sometimes don't hear about. Often it's for the best! :) Back in late 2018 (jeez, that seems a while ago in a strange way) we actually recorded and filmed the "Musk vs Zuckerberg" battle to a completely different beat to the one that ended up in the final video.
The reason why we changed the track was that we weren't able to make a deal with the beat producer and time was quickly running out. So, we scrambled to find an ...
2020-02-13 22:47:23 +0000 UTC
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New makethisbattle! New poll!
In the previous round Zorro vs Robin Hood squeaked its way to victory with 28% of the vote; with Giacomo Casanova vs Hugh Hefner close behind in 2nd place with 27%.
You can read what Peter thought of this new round of match-ups at the following link:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/33913023
But, lets see what you all think ...
2020-02-10 19:15:37 +0000 UTC
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Hear ye., hear ye, this session of #MakeThisBattle shall begin. I’m going to try to go full No-Google on this one folks. That’s right. No phones, no cheating, only the knowledge I possess about the matchups suggested. I learn quickly, but I know very little
- nice peter
Here we go…
Florence Nightingale vs Hippocrates [submitted by Foxdoc]
Fun, but I don’t know why. I have obviously heard the name Flor...
2020-02-10 19:15:30 +0000 UTC
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Hola! We have narrowed down all your suggestions for opponents for PABLO ESCOBAR and its now time to vote for your favourite from five that we've selected.
We will also be running a poll over on the YouTube community page to see what the wider fanbase think about these options.
No idea yet if Escobar will feature in a future battle, but he is someone both Pete & Lloyd are very interested in. So, lets see how the polling goes. :) This whole 'Most Wanted...
2020-02-07 21:03:39 +0000 UTC
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The next video live stream with Pete & Lloyd is now confirmed.
Sunday 9th February @ 12pm PT [Los Angeles]
All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join us. (If you can't watch live then you'll be able to watch a replay shortly after it concludes)
If you missed the last live stream - the guys were joined by Rob Rico - you can watch a replay here: https://www.patreon.com...
2020-02-07 04:09:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the "Battle That Never Was"... Henry VIII vs Hillary Clinton.
[This video is for Patron eyes only. No sharing to the wider fanbase or there will be trouble]
Here’s a little backstory, from what I can remember, which is not everything…
It was sometime in Oct/Nov 2011. Lloyd had just quit his job at a theater to work full time on ERB; we got a larger crew, some new producers, the whole machine had got bigger.
2020-02-06 23:30:44 +0000 UTC
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Thank you to everyone who entered last months quiz.
We can now reveal the two prize winners! :)
The overall winner was... Homokóra! Who wins the 'Quentin Tarantino' sign that was featured in the 'Spielberg vs Hitchcock' battle along with an autographed lyric sheet. Well done!!! You scored 17 outta 21 questions correct. A monster score.
Each month we are also gonna give away a special prize to the highest placed Director tier patron - so well done to... SwanSong! You w...
2020-02-05 18:11:48 +0000 UTC
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Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas and then voted on the opponents we selected for the recent #mostwanted poll on potential Taylor Swift match-ups.
On the Patreon poll he most popular suggestion was Dolly Parton with 37% of the vote. Over on our YouTube community page poll we had over 120k people vote and the most popular suggestion was Kim Kardashian with 34% of the vote. Johnny Cash also polled strongly.
We are gonn...
2020-02-02 18:15:45 +0000 UTC
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Howdy patrons! Hope you all have had a great start to the year. This month has flown by. Lloyd was over in England for a week performing a couple of improv shows and having a few light beers with HeadMonk, whilst Pete was making a raft of changes to the studio setup back in LA. We have all been researching all sorts of characters - there's a lot of ideas on the table for future S6 videos. And we will need your help in the coming months, whether it be prompting us with suggestions, voting on i...
2020-01-30 16:31:08 +0000 UTC
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As we announced a couple of days ago, we are trialling a new polling process called 'Most Wanted'. We asked you all to submit suggestions for who would be the best opponent for TAYLOR SWIFT in a future rap battle. We got 60+ suggestions and we've picked out five for you to vote on below.
We are gonna put this poll up on the community page on our YouTube channel for the wider fan base to vote on, but we also wanted to see what our lovely patrons thought specificall...
2020-01-28 00:51:14 +0000 UTC
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We can now confirm the next writers room chat on the Discord server will take place on:
Thursday 30th January @ 12pm PT [Los Angeles]
All writer and director tier patrons are invited to join the conversation.
Pete, Lloyd and special guest Zach Sherwin will be chatting to you all in the '#concepts-and-spoilers' channel. The session usually lasts about an hour.
Hopefully you can join us there. If you can't chat live we will pin the first message...
2020-01-27 17:17:42 +0000 UTC
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All patrons were invited to join a live stream with Peter & Lloyd on Sunday but now you can watch it back in your leisure. We had a special guest join us too - Rob Rico aka Che Guevara.
To watch the replay of the stream just click the link above. If you have any issues watching the stream live or on replay do let us know in the comments or you can email erbpatreon@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone who joined us live. :)
2020-01-26 20:21:26 +0000 UTC
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