Major channel announcement and Patreon changes (Patreon)

Hello, Patrons! This update is going to be a large one. TL;DR: FilmJoy has joined Nebula! We will be making this announcement public this Friday, November 11. 

A much longer explanation: The COVID era, and especially losing our Dallas house to the ice storm in 2021, was a lot to deal with, financially--and we are still trying to recover. Honestly, it was so much to deal with that the fact we got any content out at all is a miracle (a miracle absolutely-funded by the generosity of our supporters). I don’t need to tell anyone that it’s difficult out there right now.

This is a decision predicated on: adding more revenue streams to sustain FilmJoy as our full-time job. For the question I’m sure everyone is thinking: where should we support y’all? The answer is either platform is great for us! This Patreon will be maintained exactly as it always has. Editing streams are still around, the Discord isn’t going anywhere, Pretzels get their name in the credits, etc., etc.  The only thing that will be changing is the order in which we release videos and some Deep Dive rewards outlined below. First, Nebula! We’ve signed a deal with Nebula to go “Nebula First” meaning everything we release after Metroid will be a timed exclusive.

(Teara here, to talk about changes in detail) We've created this handy flowchart to outline our new video release process:

If your primary reason for joining Patreon was early access to videos, please don’t feel bad about cancelling Patreon to move to Nebula for continued earliest access. A Nebula + Curiosity Stream subscription is $14.79 per year if you use our sign up link so just a couple dollars more than a yearly Patreon sub.
curiositystream.com/filmjoy


If you want to move to Nebula but still get Discord access please message me on Discord and I'll get you set up manually.  imtearable#0001

If you are unfamiliar with Nebula, think of it like a curated version of YouTube. All the creators are invited to maintain quality and we are all part owners of the platform so we all get a share of the subscription revenue based on watch time. You can learn more here https://nebula.tv/faq

The future of Deep Dive is a little hazy at this time. Sam and Zoe have moved out of state and it makes filming very difficult. So, we’ve made the decision to remove Deep Dive perks from Patreon for now. We will still work on Deep Dive when we can, and when we do we will host voting and get all your lovely taco and pretzel names in the credits as we always have. But, we just don’t feel good about advertising perks like voting and credits on a show we can’t produce more than a few episodes of in a year. If we’ve let any of you down regarding Deep Dive please reach out to me and I’ll do my best to make it right:

Teara at Filmjoy dot tv

All of these changes will be implemented over the next couple of weeks. (Back to Mikey)

I think everything is about to become a lot smoother for us (which is extremely good for us after the trash fire of 2021). I’m excited to keep this community going and we will be here all night answering whatever questions you have.

Here's a link to a new cut of the Metriod MwM which contains our first ever sponsorship! We still will not be taking other kinds of sponsorships, sorry Nord VPN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0FY3SKA_s

Here’s to the future! Thank you all so much for all of the support over the years. I’m excited about what the new era will bring to our content. Take care and stay safe out there! News on upcoming episodes soon! In the mean time you can catch me on Desert Bus next week every day from Noon-6pm pacific time where we will be raising money for Child’s Play. https://desertbus.org/

-sincerely, teara & mikey aka teakey