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I swear I'm not gonna spam all of these as Patreon notifications, but there is a relevant Patreon update in this one.

In short, I'm working on implementing a hybrid model that allows me to maintain a Patreon Early Access backlog so that ya'll still get that perk, but I also get to hop on timely zeitgeists for the sake of the health of the channel.

The problem with the Patreon Early Access thing is that enough people have hopped onto it to the point that the official release of each video is noticeably impacted. Anywhere from 50 to maybe even a couple hundred views don't end up happening because people already watched it on Patreon months ago. A victim of my own success, I guess lol. The other struggle comes when videos are delayed for months by this process.

At the end of the day, when certain games come out that are "perfect" for the channel, I really need to drop everything and cover them right away, publicly, because these are my chances to grow. If I don't grow, I die. Right now, Blue Prince is that game. So you'll continue to get Omori, Yakuza, FVNs, and whatever I play next, but for now Blue Prince is going to be exclusively a public series so that it has a strong launch. I hear it might be a long game? So it might start getting Patreon videos like 10 parts in or something, but for now we need that strong start. I'll behave similarly the next time a game that seems like Mars Vice or Riven comes out. It's a little hard to articulate when a game has that Keith's Channel rizz but I usually know it when I see it.

I'm also gonna try converting episode durations back to being shorter, so the part numbers on Patreon might stop matching the public releases, just like what happened when I made them longer in the first place. I'll try to fix it, but either way this period will pass and new content will be accurate again.

Back to work, thanks for the support.

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Syph

I’m proud of how far you’ve come and I have been enjoying your videos for many years. I don’t think at this point, that many of the people upset about the furry stuff make up a large amount of your viewership. If your reach is declining it could be due to a downward trend in let’s play content in general. Every game has its own niche fan base that will be interested in that series of videos, for example I was very into your morrowind and baldur’s gate videos. Maybe finding a more specific niche of games could retain even levels of impressions. For people like me that enjoy your opinions on games, we will be excited to see what you play even if it isn't a game we know about yet.

Calliope Rannis

Hope this all works well for you, good luck with the new pivot! <3

Kristine Harbek

I think this is a solid choice. I don't think Patreon needs to have EXCLUSIVE early access to EVERY single video game. I just care that I can watch it. I don't get salty if it goes straight to public. Assuming there is still other stuff that brings me here, besides my general desire to support. You could have a Let's Try patreon vote? Instead of voting for the huge games that takes months, maybe once a month we vote on something smaller. Either something that you can actually finish completely in 2-3 hours, and if not, just doing a Let's Try of a game. Then when you publish it, you can choose to play it more if you really loved it and/or it got very popular. (And if it's brand new game, you could still publish it immediately. The patreon benefit is the vote, not early access.) Also re furry thumbnails, it baffles me that people are annoyed. I don't have a strong furry interest (I'm happy it exists, but I don't seek it out). I don't watch the furry visual novels because I don't care much about visual novels, and am neutral on furry stuff. But I DO think the new thumbnails are much cuter and more interesting, and they show your identity. As a viewer for roughly 10 years, I just enjoy seeing you be you, and i like neat art. And it makes it stand out in my subscription page, and probably also in searches.

Allan Meyer

No harm in trying it to see what works. You can always adjust later.

YakaFirestorm

Hope the hybrid model helps grow the channel as well!

Adrian VanRassel

From someone that isn't interested in the Furry culture, I love the Furry persona's and artwork you have expressed in your thumbnails. I've been around since The Witness, and noticed the change, and I loved it a lot. I will always support you because you continue to do the things you love. I am fine with your decision on how you direct your channel, and will continue to support it for your benefit

Astrea Vallus

I personally didn't subscribe for early content. I subscribed to support you. Your success is my success given your rhetoric, beliefs, and charisma.

Kijikun

This is probably been suggested but maybe just have the early access be for when your covering older series like the many many Zelda games still left ;D