Hola patrons! As we near the end of January, I just wanted to give you all an update as to where we stand with all things ERB. (I'll be aiming to post this sort of update at least once per month as we progress through 2023)
Last month myself (HeadMonk) and Peter & Lloyd discussed potential ways we could work on battles in 2023, so it was more efficient. Rather than work on one match-up at a time, we have decided to work on a number of matchup ideas, slowly without ...
2023-01-30 16:01:28 +0000 UTC
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Today's scheduled live stream will be starting at 12pm PT [Los Angeles]
That's less than 15 minutes away (at the time of posting this message)
To tune in live click the video link above or use this link...
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jan2023
If you can't watch live - you can watch a full replay later.
2023-01-19 19:48:28 +0000 UTC
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Hola patrons! We hope your January is going well.
We want to confirm that the first ERB video live stream of 2023 will occur this week...
Thursday 19th January at 12pm PT [Los Angeles]
We will post a link to the stream on Patreon approximately 15 mins before it begins.
Hope to see some of you join us live. If not - you can watch a full replay later.
You can work out what time 12pm PT is in your time zone head to:
2023-01-16 22:20:19 +0000 UTC
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Hola! We have seven new matchups, all submitted by patrons, that we'd like you to vote on just to see what you all think about them. Lots of historical characters in this batch of ideas. You can only vote for one matchup. So choose wisely. :)
Rewind Time! In the last round of MTB "Sun Wukong vs Kratos" stomped to victory with a sizable 30% of the vote. It was very close for 2nd place with "King Midas v Medusa" on 16%, "Satan vs Loki" on 14% an...
2022-12-20 23:14:52 +0000 UTC
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Well good day to you, dear reader! It's Nice Peter here. It feels like it’s been too long since I did some MTB feedback, or maybe it’s just right. Either way, welcome to another hot, sizzling edition of… Make This Battle! I’m ready for it, let’s dive in.
Oliver Cromwell vs Robert E. Lee [submitted by Pedro Wagner]
Robert E Lee can suck a bag of dirty turtle dicks, we might as well get that out of the way. He killed American sold...
2022-12-20 23:14:42 +0000 UTC
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We can now confirm our next Discord Chat Session with patrons will be held tomorrow - Tuesday 20th December - at 2pm PT (Los Angeles). It will be held in the #concepts-and-spoilers channel on the ERB Discord server.
We will post up a recap on Wednesday here on this Patreon page of the main topics discussed for those of you unable to attend the session live.
[If you want to join the server you can do so by going ...
2022-12-19 22:38:44 +0000 UTC
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Yesterday Nice Peter hosted a video live stream for all patrons. If you want to watch the replay click the link below - it's the only way to get a full overview of what was discussed.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/75960497
But, we know some of you prefer to just read a recap of the main topics that were discussed so here is a rundown of the key things. Peter kicked off the stream playing on his pi...
2022-12-16 19:50:45 +0000 UTC
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Today's video live stream is starting shortly - at 10am PT (Los Angeles)
To watch live click the play button above. Or you can use this link...
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/dec2022/
If you can't watch live you will be able to watch an archived replay later.
2022-12-15 17:42:56 +0000 UTC
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Hola patrons!
We can now confirm the next date for a Patreon video live stream which on this occasion will be hosted by Nice Peter. Here's the date / time for your diary...
Thursday 15th December @ 10am PT (Los Angeles)
We will post up a link to the video stream about 30 minutes before it begins.
If you can't watch live you can watch a full replay which will be available to view anytime after the stream concludes.
To work out what time ...
2022-12-13 20:59:41 +0000 UTC
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Lloyd hosted a live stream available to all patrons yesterday. You can watch the full replay by going to this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-live-74993782
But I'm aware some of you prefer to just get a recap of what was said. So here's a brief run down of the main things that were spoken about. (I do recommend you check out the full video to get a more complete insight)
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2022-11-23 18:38:28 +0000 UTC
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Today's live stream is starting very soon. At 2.30pm PST.
Click the link to watch! See you soon.
2022-11-22 22:23:13 +0000 UTC
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Apologies for the rather short notice but there is going to be a video live stream for all patrons tomorrow - Tuesday 22nd Nov at 2.30pm PST. With Thanksgiving later this week we thought it best to try to do one now rather than wait.
Less than 24 hours to wait. :) We will post up a link to the live stream here on the Patreon page about 10+ minutes before the live stream begins.
To work out what time 2.30pm PST is in your own time zone go to: 2022-11-22 01:21:00 +0000 UTC
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You know the drill. Seven matchups. One vote each. Pick your favorite!!
Rewind Time! In the last round of MTB "Merlin & Arthur vs Rick & Morty" had a magical victory with 38% of the vote. It's not a match-up I had ever seen before but it's clearly got potential. In 2nd place was "Hercule Poirot vs Shaggy Rogers ft. Columbo" with 27%. That's pretty strong approval for a detective based battle.
2022-11-21 23:21:38 +0000 UTC
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We have another batch of #makethisbattle feedback for you! The theme was "Gods & Monsters" and there was a bountiful supply of ideas that matched the theme. Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas.
Let's see what EpicLLOYD thought about seven of them...
The Predator vs The Witcher [submitted by GlenOck, theformerprez, Crabcakes125]
You know I’m down with The Predator. The Predator is rad. The Predator is Ep...
2022-11-21 23:21:25 +0000 UTC
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Just wanted to give you a heads up that Lloyd is hosting a live stream TODAY over on the ERB2 YouTube channel at 3pm PST. (There will be prizes to be won)
http://www.youtube.com/erb2
We hope some of you lovely patrons can tune in. :)
To check what time 3pm PST is in your timezone goto:https://time...
2022-11-20 18:29:04 +0000 UTC
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Hola! We can now announce the winners of the most recent quiz! Thank you to everyone who entered this time. We know the quizzes are designed to be rather tricky but despite that we hope you enjoy them.
Let's get straight down to the prize winners shall we...
The overall highest scorer was Cheske! Well done to you sir! You win the "Ghost Of Christmas Future outfit" from the "Scrooge vs Trump" battle.
In second place was CooperTaunt who wins Lara's c...
2022-11-16 18:32:15 +0000 UTC
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Following on from the two demos we shared with you last week, here is a third demo from the writing sessions for the latest battle.
In this one we had settled on the basic structure for Indiana's first verse but we were primarily testing out a whole batch of alternative lines for Lara Croft's first verse. Ultimately none of the lyrics would make it into the final track.
We'll have another demo for you soon. :)
Here are the words so you can follow along...
LARA CROFT - ...
2022-11-05 18:06:52 +0000 UTC
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Happy Halloween patrons!
To mark the occasion we have a brand new quiz for you - with some cool ERB memorabilia as prizes... including the outfit of the "Ghost of Christmas Future" - from the Trump vs Scrooge battle. (see photo above)
To enter the quiz just head to the link below. The majority of the questions are multiple choice. They are designed to be tricky questions and you don't usually need to get too many correct to be in the hunt for prizes. :)
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2022-10-31 23:50:36 +0000 UTC
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Happy Halloween-Eve... is that a thing? If not, I guess it is now. :) Following on from the demo we posted up a few days ago, we have another Indiana vs Lara demo for your ears. This one was further into the writing process.
You'll see a whole chunk of Indy's first verse was now properly coming together. Likewise some key concepts from Lara's first verse had now been written. But, both verses would see future rewriting.
The only lyrics that survived this version of Indy's second v...
2022-10-30 14:40:12 +0000 UTC
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Hola patrons! The latest battle was written over the course of many months and the rewriting was very extensive. So, today I've got a very early demo of "Indiana Jones vs Lara Croft" for your ears.
I'm currently going through old emails and documents and will be compiling more unused lyrics and should have more demos to show you next week.
But this is one of the earliest demos, with a totally different beat. Most of the lyrics ended up being cut, but you'll definitely hear a...
2022-10-28 12:05:44 +0000 UTC
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Hello patrons!! We are slowly recovering from the many late nights in the lead up to the latest battle. Hope you all enjoyed the battle! :)
If you haven't already watched it, please check out the behind the scenes video for the new battle - you can find it over on the ERB2 YouTube channel.
Also, we know most of you listen to ERB on YouTube or audio streaming sites but if you go to this link you can download the actual audio file for the new battle.
This is for patrons only. ...
2022-10-27 16:01:42 +0000 UTC
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Just a very quick message to let you know the new battle will be going live very soon. Sorry its took so long today, but we have had to clamber over many dangerous rocks and leap over vast caverns to get things right! An arduous adventure. But hopefully we've got some treasure that'll you enjoy. :)
We are now making final checks and hope to send the battle and behind the scenes video live on our YouTube channels in the next 15-20 minutes. So get ready!
Thanks as always for being h...
2022-10-26 01:32:29 +0000 UTC
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Its upload day patrons! Pete & Lloyd are making final tweaks to the "Indiana Jones vs Lara Croft" video right now and are waiting for some big video renders to complete. Never a fun wait. Fingers crossed the battle will be released later today!!
We know some of you love hearing early audio, so if you want to listen to the battle click the play button above! Or if you want to wait for the video then definitely don't click it! ;) Hope you enjoy it folks.
We are also openin...
2022-10-25 20:04:05 +0000 UTC
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You know the drill. Seven matchups. One vote each. Hop to it people! :)
Rewind Time! In the last round of MTB "Galileo vs Nostradamus" foretold its win with an impressive 39% of the vote. In 2nd place was"Jim Carrey vs Charlie Chaplin" with 20% and not far behind in 3rd place was "Bob Dylan vs Kurt Cobain" with 17%.
2022-10-22 21:34:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Hope you are doing well and counting down the days and hours until the new battles is released. Not long now!! Here we have the latest MakeThisBattle feedback! The theme this time around was "Cartoon & Anime.
EpicLLOYD is your host so let's see what he thought of seven patron ideas...
Hercule Poirot vs Shaggy Rogers ft. Columbo [submitted by FoxDoc & thomasspaine]
Ahh a battle of the whacky inspectors. I get it ...
2022-10-22 21:33:55 +0000 UTC
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We are holding a live stream for all patrons TODAY at 1pm PT (Los Angeles time)
That is less than an hour away. Check https://time.is/ to work out your time zone.
As always the stream will be via a "Crowdcast" link and will last about an hour.
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/october2022
If you can't watch live then...
2022-10-21 19:13:02 +0000 UTC
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Howdee patrons! Hope you are warm and well. Let's get straight to it shall we and answer a few questions you all may have...
When is the new ERB video coming out?!
We are aiming for Tuesday October 25th. Which is actually the anniversary of the first ever Tomb Raider game back in 1996. So, that is pretty sweet. There is as ever, always a chance it comes out a day earlier or a day later. But right now everything looks on course to be finished in time...
2022-10-17 22:22:57 +0000 UTC
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Here is a link to watch Peter and Lloyd appear with Big E and Kofi Kingston on the Arena gameshow over on the UpUpDwnDwn YouTube channel. It goes live in a few minutes time. Enjoy. :)
2022-09-28 17:56:37 +0000 UTC
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A few weeks ago Peter and Lloyd were invited to appear on G4TV, on a game show called "Arena". They were each paired with WWE Wrestlers Big E and Kofi Kingston. The show is hosted by Austin Creed, aka Xavier Woods.
The full video will be uploaded tomorrow (Wednesday 28th September) at 11am PT / 2pm ET on the UpUpDownDown Youtube page. So, to watch just head over to
2022-09-27 21:57:32 +0000 UTC
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We have seven new patron match-up suggestions. Which one do you like best? Vote for your favorite! :)
Rewind Time! In the last round of MTB "Frida Kahlo vs Coco Chanel" sneaked the victory with 27% with "Sitting Bull vs Ramesses II" a short step behind in 2nd place with 26%. That was a close one!! Both match-ups have great potential. Back in 3rd place was "Benito Mussolini vs Fidel Castro" with 16%.
2022-09-26 14:23:14 +0000 UTC
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