HEJ.

Earndil here with an unscheduled post-

I am so fuckingv stressed guys. The entire production chat is stressed. We are stressed like a metal beam holding up an entire concrete building like a comedy meatbone. BUT!

Chapter 6 should (hopefully) be releasing on Friday the 31st. There are some final pieces to complete, but oh god my colon hurts, we're so close to completing it and getting it out for you all.

AND YET.

Even though we are perilously close to completing our fell task, we are supremely worried about a number of factors. Namely that, as has been the case with Youtube and their foul metrics, analytics, and death cult hexes placed on us, we do worry immensely about reach. As you know, growing and broadening our fan base, roping new people in to enjoy our work, giving the video views, and possibly enticing people into joining the Patreon, is what we have to do to survive.

We are, at the end of the day, happy to produce media for you all to consume, and that goal has not changed. The unfortunate and annoying reality, though, is that we have been enduring a number of financial issues (as per usual, this business is hard) that are making things difficult, to put it lightly. Odds are we'll have to do yet another State of the Ogre video in the latter months of the year, just so we can try to keep our people employed. In what feels like an irksome twist of fate, making a yearly "Call to Action" video is what provides the company with just enough of a nudge to ensure we don't collapse, and that thought really sucks!

What does this mean I am asking, you may ask me in return? Only the barest possible request: Please share this upcoming episode around, as you lovely people tend to do. We will not be slacking this week either, between working on the next audiolog, the final touches on EP6, and other considerations, we will also be doing our best to hype and advertise. It's been 500+ days, and I can hear Garrot and Alfa withering audibly as I say that, since our last mainline episode release, and we have something to show for it, but man. That stings. Please, do your best to share it around when the time comes, help us hype and excite, it is all we can ask, and we'll be right there with you.

I have audio composition to do still for the next audiolog, and another Patreon post, and as much advertising as I can reasonably do without annoying people. BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'LL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN FRIDAY!!!!

HOPEFULLY!!!!!!!!

Until next time, we hope you have a poppeng rest of your day!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Earndil

Until next time, have a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!