Regarding Regarding Spoilers (Patreon)

Alright, probably shouldn't post to Patreon when I'm frustrated. Sorry if I called you a baby and said I hate you. I don't think you're a baby, I don't hate you.

TL;DR: the Spoiler jokes are over, you don't have to worry about spoilers.

Being a content creator is frustrating sometimes in a way that most people just kind of don't understand. I'd imagine most jobs are. I have no idea how frustrating it is when the espresso machine breaks at a coffee shop.

That said, a lot of the stress of creation comes from a need to pivot to new content fairly regularly. When Elden Ring first came out, interest was peaked, then it sloped down for a long time. Until the DLC was announced, then interest peaks, and slows down. DLC is released, interest peaks to an all-time high, but guess what- then begins to slope down.

The DLC is the final peak for Elden Ring. There won't be a second DLC to reignite interest. We are now only going to be sloping down, and that is concerning. I believe there's still plenty of gas in the tank, but there isn't another station we'll get to fill up at until Fromsoft announces another Souls-Adjacent game. Realistically? That's 2 years away. And I think that's an optimistic guess.

So in the interest of me continuing to be able to pay my rent, I need to be able to make content that isn't Elden Ring, much in the same way that I needed to make content that wasn't D&D. We can't stay still, we can't just make one kind of content, we need to make a variety.

I've expressed variations of this in videos, and am often met with "yeah, we'll watch whatever you make!" which is great. But it's also not an accurate assessment of where the audience is at. The fact is, most of you probably don't actually want to watch me play other games. That's ok, I don't blame you for it.

Nonetheless, its stressful when we try to play other games and that doesn't work. "Why is Phil upset about a 2 month old video flopping?" because it's scary. It's scary to think I won't be able to pivot or branch out. To be honest, it makes me very afraid.

Which is where the anger comes from. Not fair to any of you, and for that I'm genuinely sorry. My frustration is with a system that offers no sense of stability, and forces me to jump from one lily pad to the next, with no idea whether or not it will support my weight, or I'll simply sink and drown.

Eventually we will be trying new games again, but it won't happen in the near future, as things are still a little tight. I'm worried we won't be able to grow and they will just become tighter. But that's my problem, not yours. The spoiler jokes will not be in future videos, and I'm going to try to work on not getting as upset with the comments.

Except people who said Messmer's Orb is good BECAUSE NO IT THE F**K IS NOT. EVEN WHEN YOU CHARGE IT THE DAMAGE IS MIDDLING AT BEST FOR HOW LONG IT TAKES TO CAST, SO IF YOU DO THE FAST VERSION AND IT DOES LESS DAMAGE THAT'S WORSE. ALL THAT IS TO ASSUME THE BOSS LETS YOU FLY UP WITHOUT HITTING YOU WITH A STIFF BREEZE. I SAID I LOVED THE FLAME SERPENT, I'M NOT TRYING TO JUST HATE ON SPELLS, THAT ONE JUST ISN'T GOOD.