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Thanks again for your support folks. I've just passed the $1000 dollar mark. Which is roughly £500 after exchange, taxes and other fees. Thanks again for your generosity.

I'm trying to resist the urge to just take the plunge, hand in my notice and go full time. But I need to try and be patient. I worry about compromising on quality if I'm having to rush to stay afloat with rent & food. I'd like to make sure I'm financially safe before doing something as drastic as turning away from the salary on a job. But I'm eager to go full time. I have about seven episodes in the pipeline.

One possible alternative is Twitch.tv. I’ve recently been approved as a Twitch partner, which allows viewers to subscribe in exchange for various benefits. I’m not entirely sure how that works yet. But if the amount per month turns out to be significant, then I’ll rapidly adjust the value on goal 1 down. I aim to be fully transparent and keep you all informed on how things are looking.

And in other news, I’ve started work on the finale to Alien Isolation. It’s roughly 25% complete, and I’ll try and dedicate quite a lot of time to it over the next couple of weeks.

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Den308

looking forward to the finale! keep up the good work

Creasy

Soviet, please dont make any rush decisions. This is your life and personal finance are not to be fucked with. Double and triple check everything before trying this full time.

Flan

I believe Twitch subs don't get ads and they get emotes that you make for your channel, a sub badge, and they can talk if the chat is in sub mode. Anyway, don't rush your decision! Make absolutely sure you're financially stable off of Patreon alone before taking the dive.

Dave Kozijn

I believe twitch subs are monthly subs iirc. I've never subbed on Twitch and I see alot of streamers do youtube beside it. That said I'll give you my Twitchsub virginity if you set it up :D

Gimanel

If you'll stream at least once in a while and hopefully in EU timezones friendly hours I will definitely sub to you on twitch.

S J

Hey Womble! Big fan of your shit! You're a great entertainer and I really like your Alien Isolation videos, but really I think the charm that makes your other videos so funny are your interactions with cyanide, edberg, gambit and that really trashy chav girl and her boyfriend whose name escapes me. So unless they go full time as well, I don't think you should!

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Hey man, having been a freelance myself I'd say a couple of things: Leave it awhile and save up, having a big chunk of money to fall back on in case of emergancies is a real must. If you get sick or can't make a video for whatever reason, you need something you can live off for a bit that would be the same as "sick pay". Also secondly, understand all that bullshit that is tax, or get an accountant. You don't want to get stung with a big lump sum of tax to pay and nothing to pay it with. A second "tax" bank account that you put %20 into can help. Basically just keep doing what you do for a little bit and then when you think you've got yourself sorted, take the dive. Good luck!

Vishwanath Kaushik

Dear Soviet, I'd hate to be the negative type of person, but please please please be careful before committing anything. I am saying this because people on Patreon are committing to payments PER episode. So if you only do like 2-3 episodes a month, then they might be comfortable. But if you do go full time and start making more frequent videos, some people might not be able to financially support that (the irony!). So the may reduce/stop the Patreon support. These are genuine concerns (which I am sure you are aware off). If I can give you some further feedback in relation to Twitch, I subscribe to a person who has around 1500-1800 viewers per night and does part time work. He says that he just about breaks even (and can safe a modest amount per month). He's Dutch and doesn't really live in a big city, so that might be in his favour. Since you will only recently be starting out on Twitch (and depending on your personal status - finance, work, location), you will need to consider that as well. My suggestion is that you also open up a Paypal account and set up a donation link, I'm sure regular views who are unable to commit to Patreon would be happy to donate once in a while. Further, you may like to rely on a friend/university student/high school student who wants to get into video editing etc. I understand that your Bullshittery videos have a 'trademark' (text on screen etc), but I am sure these are transferable skills and relying on someone else to help you produce these videos will really help you. BUT, please get a solicitor to draft a decent agreement in your favour (i.e. copyright is assigned to you, etc). I am happy to do that for you as a well (I am a trainee solicitor). Please please please, take consider everything carefully before plunging into this. P.S. I am also indian (if the name hasn't given that away) and from Singapore. Hopefully anytime you need it, I can substitute in for Cyanide if he's unavailable. (I'm in London now) :P Best of luck and wish you all the success.

Alex

I think everyone would agree that you need to take time in this task of yours. This may take a year before you can go full time. Don't do this on impulse, do this when you feel comfortable and have ABSOLUTELY NO second thoughts about your decision. 1 video a month is fine by me instead of no videos. You and your gang is funny ass shit. keep it up man.

Darrius Montano

now that you're famous will cyanide hack your phone and leak your nudes? Revenge of the Fappening?