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Update Post!! November 4th, 2026 (Patreon rebuilding begins, monthly stream tomorrow!) (Patreon)

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2026-11-04 21:51:51
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Hey Patrons! It's first-update-of-the-month time.

We've been discussing it for quite a while, but it's finally here: the Per-Creation Patreon Apocalypse has arrived, but we're still standing, and what do you when you survive an apocalypse? You rebuild! That's what they do in all the stories, at least...

I've been in contact with Patreon support and they're currently going through the process of switching our page to subscription billing. I have a bit more info than I did in my post from a few days ago, so I can confirm that everything is going as planned at the moment: all tiers will be priced as they are now, and you all shouldn't be charged again till the first of next month, during which you should only be charged whatever the tier price is, no more multiples). (Also just to confirm for a few folks because I got some confused messages: last month was still a per-creation month so you all were still charged per song from last month on Nov. 1st (up to your monthly limit), but won't be next time around.)

That said, I've been giving a lot of thought to changing the tier and reward structure for the new format. Here are some of my current plans:

  • $1, $3, $5 tiers and their rewards will remain unchanged (in short: $1 news/updates, $3 early downloads, $5 request list).

  • I'm considering moving credits DOWN to $5 from $7 and giving $7 a different reward. I've also been contemplating swapping it with request list and moving that up to $7 (but letting anyone who is currently on the request list tier to stay on it as long as they are an active Patron at $5), but I'm still thinking about that one.

  • As you may know, I have a MASSIVE backlog of Acoustic Shorts to get to. I'm considering pausing this reward on the $10 tier (and higher) and replacing it with a different reward. For anyone that I owe acoustic shorts to: I am still obligated to getting you the amount of shorts that I owe you up to this point! Please feel free to count that up and send me a list if you'd like, and I'd also have no problem if you felt like swapping some in or out down the line as well. In addition to this, I'm considering live streaming some of my acoustic short recording sessions to do something a bit extra for you all, though I have to test just how functional my DAW and streaming software get along (based on my current Twitch streams with the song guessing game, I think it should be fine).

  • I have no plans currently to change the $15 tier reward, however with acoustics paused I can remove the Patron limit from this tier and the $10 one.

  • $25 tier reward will remain the same but I'd like to offer something else on top of the current medley inclusion reward since medleys are a rare occurrence.

  • I also have to revamp our front page here (honestly I don't think I've done it in years!), but I'm waiting for the subscription switch to actually take place first (same goes for doing any advertising, still waiting on the switch)

That's most of my current thoughts. The biggest problem I'm running into (that you might have guessed) is I'm not quite sure what to do for new rewards, so if you all have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to let me know!

I'd like to talk about this more during the stream tomorrow (for those who can't make it, you can always leave a comment here), so I'm going to start a little bit earlier than usual. We'll start around 3:30 PM US Eastern time (November 5th). As usual, we'll also be picking the next song from the request list to go on the to-do list, and my additional handpicked request list choice will be posted in the recap shortly after the stream ends.

Ok, all that was really important so I wanted to start the post with it, but the to-do list is still very important!

  • Next: Main Table (Devil's Crush)

  • 2nd: Mario Kart Medley

  • TBA: Stage 1 (Jewel Master)

  • Collab songs (all TBA): The Synapse, His World, Baladium's Drive, Memories of You

  • TBA: 3DS Medley

  • Side-Quests 4

I couldn't quite squeeze it in last month (I was close!), so Main Table from Devil's Crush will be next up, followed by the Mario Kart Medley. The order for the rest will be TBD as we move through the month (I'm once again hopeful to have all these collab songs done and out before the year ends!).

Aside from picking a couple of big timers to go out of the year with in December and possibly another Winter Special, my main focus is getting most if not all of these to-do list songs done and out before 2027 so we can have a mostly fresh start to the year (minus Side-Quests which should be ready a little bit later).

I believe that's all for now! Again, thank you all for your support over the years, Patreon has really thrown us the hardest curveball it possibly could, but I'm determined to handle this as optimistically as possible and rebuild even better than we were previously.

I'll see you again tomorrow for our monthly stream! 🙂


TL;DR: Lets of changes coming to the GaMetal Patreon, I suggest you at least read the first section here, it's a bit much to condense into a TL;DR! Stream tomorrow at 3:30 PM US Eastern. Devil's Crush up next followed by Mario Kart Medley. Thank you for all of your support!

PS: One last quick thing, I recorded the next Deconstructed video (X vs. Zero) and just have to edit it together, will be up tomorrow!

Comments

novabear0

i feel like having credits and request list in the $5 tier is ideal ngl (biased somewhat as an existing $5 patron lol) as for a new $7 reward... hmmmmmm... iunno. if downloadable music stems arent included with the deconstructed videos, though, maybe those could be a reward going forward?

Eli Marable

I was hoping to increase my pledge to balance out the lack of multiples, so unlocking the $10 and $15 tiers sounds great to me!

Avarik

I kinda lost track of the amount of acoustics I'm owed, but then again I don't mind too much, I'll come up with a new list if I can think of something :D Still, a wild change...maybe it's time to get a $50 reward that gives people all 3 music choices to be featured in the patreon request list?

Kanji Kitagawa Sanada

Why not have the higher tiers get a higher priority for song, have another tier to request an entire acoustic song, another tier that lets you pick 6 songs a month, or another tier to request a medley for a video game franchise with decisions over which songs to go into a medley, another tier to request a collaboration with another Youtuber for a song or two or another tier that lets you collaborate on a song with a Patreon member? Just spitballing some random ideas on the fly

Kanji Kitagawa Sanada

More inspiration struck after I had more time to think. Why not make $7 tier come with tabs of the songs with gear and setup used for recording? I would pay more for tabs. Maybe also add videos on your stories about your experience with the franchise/song like how long you have played that game, where you first heard it, etc.

Starblax

Coming back to this a few days later, I personally would really like to pay you more for the opportunity to vote on flash polls again. Flash polls are how we got some really cool and necessary GaMetals and they've kinda gone away. Relying on the random picker to help get more widespread audiences songs they want hasn't been super fruitful this year specifically and even if I don't always like the top choices on a ballot or popular requests in the comments myself, it does mean that stuff like Zanza sticking around 10 years past its sell by date becomes inevitable. I think keeping Halloween + Winter available for all patrons and request battles for the general public alongside a higher tier where people can vote on less specific polls with either just songs from request lists, songs you want, fun themed polls, or ballot songs or whatever it may be would be a really good rotation where everyone benefits. It's also really appealing for a lot of people I think and I personally would be enthusiastic to bump my tier up to 7 or 10 dollars to vote on semi-regular flash polls (I think my quarterly idea from the stream was probably a fair time estimate). Maybe for a lower tier incentive, a patreon exclusive ballot that runs alongside the public one? Considering it can be difficult to get ballot songs done as is, I'm not sure this one's a real winner but maybe worth considering. Something for more infrequent but consistent full acoustic covers would also be nice but that's really not something I'm chomping at the bit for.