Friday intermission 81 + Merch tier clarification (Patreon)

Hello, happy friday~

I apologize if this post might seem kind of long, but it explains why I made the merch tier change.

Someone brought it to my attention that the way the merch tier worked was nice, the way they'd automatically get something in the mail every other month. Now, with the system where you need to manually buy the merch package, I realize it might be a hassle to remember to do this. 

I never fully explained my reasoning for making the change in the first place. I'll explain it here:

1.  Compared to other merch tier models, this one was confusing. Most people equate one payment to one set of merch being received.

2. The merch felt like it wasn't worth $12. Ideally I wanted the tier to be $10, and it felt odd that some people were paying $24 or $36 between periods of time where they would not be receiving anything at all. Of course you are welcome to pay what you feel it's worth, but to me, continuing the merch tier in this way would have meant that people interested in these merch sets would be confused by the price point and pledge system and maybe lose interest.

3. You can't change the price of a tier once it's been published without completely deleting the tier, and waiting for everyone to cancel their pledges and sign up again under the new price point.

So, I have not completely deleted the merch tier, it's just "unpublished" for now, which means that everyone wishing to continue the way it's always been can still continue to do so. It's just that you will now be receiving things less frequently, once every 3 months. I may bring back the merch tier at a cheaper price in the future as well.

I really, really, really thank all of you so much for the extremely generous amount of support you guys have given me over the years. The amount of work for doing a merch tier every 2 months was getting to be stifling to the rest of the things I wanted to do, and to be honest I have not felt well at all in the past 3 months. Hopefully this new system isn't too much of a hassle for people interested in taking advantage of the cheaper price.

Because of the sudden change of model halfway through the merch season, I'll be putting up the new set of summer merch in July alongside the spring one, which will still be available for another month. Everyone still deciding to pay for the $12 tier for the beginning of July will be receiving it, unless you live outside of the US.

And as for the regular intermission stuff,

The weekly creative stream will again be happening at 8pm central time today on Twitch! I hope to see you there~

And that's about it for now huh

Thanks a bunch and hope you have a nice weekend!