SovietWomble

DayZ Standalone video - week #1

So it's the end of the first week for this new type of video I'm working on. And so far I'm having lots of fun. I've written most of the script, which is about 8 chapters long and roughly 10 thousand words. And I've recording my lines for 3/8 of it, which is being shown to my ZF clan mates as a sort of internal editing process to improve it as much as possible and get their ideas.

So far the run time for these 3 chapters is about 20 minutes, so this is absolutely going to be the longest vi...

Random The Culling Bullshittery (part 1)

The first part of The Culling bullshittery. I hope you like it :)

I have more than enough footage for a part 2 in the near future.

Apologies for the lower quality in the footage. This is because Shadowplay doesn't seem to want to record The Culling games, so I had to rely on OBS a lot. And that quality is awful sometimes.

Also if you're currently viewing in Germany, you may find it blocked due to the sampling of Whitney Houston. If that's a case, let me know and I'll h...

Patreon double-charge error & bullshittery status update

Good morning folks. I'm afraid there's been a bit of a whoopsie with Patreon.

I've been contacted by Heather, a representative of the site, who tells me that last month has effectively double-charged you all. This is because at the start of the month I released CSGO bullshittery part 5 as 'per video', but then switched to 'per month' for Fishing Planet and Outlast. This created two billing events, one for the video and one for the entire month (see here 2016-04-06 08:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post

March 2016 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Welcome to Mount Massive - Outlast (part 1)

Hey there folks. Here's the first part of a horror playthrough for "Outlast". Done in a similar manner to Alien Isolation, still heavily edited but with emphasis put on a linear adventure and exploring the game's narrative. I rather like these :) They're quite fun to make between bullshitteries. Sort of like heavily-edited Let's Plays.

Sorry for the delay in getting this done. This was ready Monday but I kept having render errors in Sony Vegas which should be resolved now.  Thank you ...

Random Fishing Planet Bullshittery

Just a quickie episode as I continue working on Outlast. 

We only really tried this for 30 minutes. So there's limited comedy to be taken from that. But I hope you like it. I aim to complete the full 18 minute next episode by next weekend :)

Would you prefer monthly instead of per video?

Hmmm... I've got a bit of a dilemma and I'm pondering how to resolve it.

This week I unpacked the archived footage for the next Arma bullshittery, did some basic editing for Fishing Planet & Farming Simulator. And for a full horror episode of Outlast. And I quickly spotted a problem. The length of many of the videos I have to work on is drastically different. 

Normally I'd just go "no problem" and put the short footage back into st...

Random CSGO Bullshittery (part 5)

The 5th part of Random CSGO Bullshittery. I hope you enjoy.

This was made in one week between Monday to Friday. Though the runtime is more like the original DayZ episodes at around 7 minutes. As opposed to the longer 10+ minute episodes that normally take a couple of weeks.  

Let me know what you think. And thanks for your continued support.

Will start the next episode on Monday. I'll have a browse through the hard drive and let you know what it'll be.

Love,<...

Progress Update - Next bullshittery episode

Hey there folks! So with Space Engineers bullshittery last weekend, I was hoping to finish Random CSGO Bullshittery part 5 this weekend to show that these can be done on a weekly basis.

Having worked on it Monday to Friday, the editing is all done and the first render is complete. There are quite a few mistakes however (it all becomes much more obvious post-rendering). So tomorrow I'll start correcting the bugs and hope to have it polished and ready for you tomorrow af...

Random Space Engineers Bullshittery (part 2)

Here you go folks, Random Space Engineers Bullshittery (part 2). 

So this one took quite a while to put together, as I kept putting it to one side until ZF explored the planet mechanics. We took a bit of a break from it. And I also really  wanted to include some exploration of the game-play elements such as the creative mode battles and the new jump drive mechanics. Space Engineers is one of the finer examples of early access games currently on steam and I do...

Teaser #2 - Space Engineers & progress update

Quick update from me. Random Space Engineers bullshittery (part 2) is hovering on about 90% complete.  I felt it necessary to go back and re-do some of the text animations, as is often the case. 

It has a run time of approximately 16 minutes, with about 4 minutes left to polish. I'm very much hoping to finish tomorrow and release it to you all.

In the mean time, another scene from it - 2016-02-23 23:17:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Teaser #1 - Random Space Engineers Bullshittery (part 2)

Work on the next bullshittery episode continues :) Currently cutting and editing scenes together, mostly without the text. 

Estimated 20% done. Will keep you updated :)

Full time now wooooo!

So on Friday I finished my last day at the office.  And I am now a Youtuber full time. Thank you very much for making it happen!  I'll certainly release videos much faster, stream more consistently, fix the Patreon reward tiers and interact with you sexy people so much more! Thank you very much :)

I plan to do an announcement video soon for everyone else. But as my valued suppo...

Full time in 9 days! Thank you!!

Hey there folks. Sorry, I couldn't post here earlier. For some reason it doesn't let me access Patreon from the office.

Today I was able to reveal that I'd given in my notice at the software development studio where I currently work.  So from the 12th of February, I'll be working on making Youtube videos for you full time. Registering as a sole trader under the company name "SovietWomble Ltd" (*snort*).

I can't thank you enough for this! I'm extremely...

January Update - Plan is still a go

Apologies for going quiet these last few weeks after New Years. I can assure everyone that my plan is absolutely still going ahead - https://www.patreon.com/posts/going-full-time-3769623

But I can't tell you anything due to contractual agreements. I'll reveal all soon :) Rest assured that in February I'm going to go VERY active! Thank you very much for making this happen. I'm hugely appreciative a...

Random CS:GO Bullshittery (part 4)

Good afternoon folks. I've finished the next bullshittery episode. 

It's a game called Counterstrike: Global Offensive. It's an asymmetrical first-person shooter game, in which the objective is to either plant a bomb at a set location, or to stop the other team from doing that. 

To be honest I don't think it'll catch on. It lacks elements such as dolphin-diving and floating weapon pickups, etc.

Random Rust Bullshittery (part 2)

Here's some more Rust bullshittery. Enjoy folks :)

Also, please feel free to join us on our Rust server. It's called The Rusty Gusset. Just search for it on the server browser and jump right in. The ZF guys are running around on it.

December 11th Update

Hey there folks! Patreon have just sent out a message saying they think they've fixed the incorrect total bug that's been a major pain these last few weeks. Previously the total read $1,948.51, and emails were going out saying I'd met my full time and four-legged friend goals. But that wasn't the case unfortunately. It should now show $1,389. 

Is it okay for everyone on their browsers?

In other news, last weekend I was supposed to put some work into&n...

Going full time from February 2016

Hey there folks,

As you probably know, Patreon is being weird again. And it's incorrectly telling some users that I've met another goal. Though that's not quite correct, I'm pleased to say that I'm planning to go full time from February 2016.

Currently (between rent, taxes, utility bills, etc) I'm having to spend about $2254 on monthly living expenses. So this is the rough target to reach in order to keep renting/living where I am at the moment.<...

Patreon Goal false alarm

Hey there folks, urgent thing:

Some of you may be getting emails explaining how I've just hit a Patreon goal. I'm afraid it's a false alarm. Something appears to be going weird with Patreon.

About a week ago, Patreon sent round an update to say that they have changed the way the calculated amount is being displayed. Previously, payments that had bounced were still being shown, and the 5% cut from Patreon was not being represented. As a result, the $1,500 total drop...