Twtich chat was wondering if they could find out from Twitch if this is the most subs ever for a channel that has never even streamed yet.
Amazing.
Amazing.
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Ex-GameTrailers staff announce new project EasyAllies
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Amazing!
Seems like they're bringing back Pop Fiction if we reach that goal. I can't believe they only want 20k for that.
Portugeezer
Gold Member
Beautiful
SunBroDave
Member
Yes reviews are back! Can't wait for that sweet sweet TrailerJones voice to shower me in beautiful golden criticism and analysis.
GalacticMouse
Member
A couple things on Kinda Funny...
- They have 5 staff (Greg, Colin, Nick, Tim, & Kevin)
- At least two of them seem to travel to every big convention. Travel isn't cheap and it's not necessarily a requirement for EzA's success.
- Most importantly, though...I don't think they've given the impression that they're struggling these days. They were definitely projecting a lot of fear a year ago when they left IGN since they didn't have that security anymore, but they've said a few times now that Patreon money is just a portion of their income and they're doing just fine and are very optimistic about their growth potential for the future.
What?? That's for Pop Fiction? That's one of my favourite shows of theirs, so hyped!
Huh, I figured it would be that Daily Damiani show he wanted to do before Defy canned him, but now we have the goal description, that's damn good.
Sounds like it.
What I meant was, if you want content like this, you're gonna have to support it directly in the future I think. Only the "big" sites like IGN and Gamespot will keep going. You're gonna see most people going the crowdfunding route because they have the fanbase that prefer their content over other things.
That sounds like bullshit, honestly. 60k a month and ads/sponsors is plenty of money to support 4-5 people.
You're right, and I shouldn't have phrased it that way as I know they're not exactly struggling, but I do remember Greg saying they couldn't add someone on staff for example. But honestly, I'm pretty much just guessing and have no idea how much it would cost to get them all on board full time. I hope it can happen though!
Not BS, but not very well informed.
They talked about this in the last few months, even Colin opened up to say that he can't lie about it, they are doing really well for themselves and doing even better than they did back on IGN.
it's in OP
4.5
Indeed, shame both cost so much to produce, plus they had an excellent graphics guy on staff then.
GlamFM
Banned
Herr Starr
Member
I was about to ask if anyone else was getting every mail about reaching goals in triplicate, but it sounds like I'm not alone. Kind of annoying.
Same thing happened to me, no clue why.
Cereal Enthusiast
Banned
Just realized they wrote "LAUNCHNG" at the end. Great gif.
I've got exactly 3 emails for every goal met so far.
Glad I'm not the only one. Thought I somehow pledged 3 times.
TheCowboyPoet
Member
Maybe the solution to LA being so pricy is that the whole gang just moves to Texas with Damiani.
Urgh, just looked at their schedule. Some of those are really awful for us Euros.
Can't be helped I guess.
Archives!
Patreon buckled!
Urgh, just looked at their schedule. Some of those are really awful for us Euros.
Can't be helped I guess.
Aye, but I'm fine with watching Twitch vods the day after
Herr Starr
Member
Urgh, just looked at their schedule. Some of those are really awful for us Euros.
Can't be helped I guess.
As long as they put it all up on YouTube, I can't complain. Makes it easier for me to watch at work anyway.
opticalmace
Member
Pledged. That was a no-brainer!
Urgh, just looked at their schedule. Some of those are really awful for us Euros.
At least they are not releasing the show in slow-downed PAL.
brotkasten
Member
GalacticMouse
Member
Yeah, I think they're hesitant to add a 6th staff but it seems more like they don't want to grow too quickly and aren't sure what that person would do. There's a lot of questions there about whether you want to hire on-camera talent or another producer/editor. If it's the talent, do you have enough manpower to edit the extra content? If it's a producer/editor, are you able to film enough content to keep your editors/producers busy/engaged?
To me, it seems like they'll bide their time until they can expand in a more visible way...like adding 2-3 staff at once and creating some new shows.That's just my take on their company and I have no idea how accurate it is...just sharing my two cents.
Back on topic...Just pledged my $5/month for EasyAllies and can't wait to see what they're able to do! Hopefully more groups like this coming into the Twitch/YouTube space means we'll get some more collaboration between them that we wouldn't have seen when they were at the big sites like IGN/GameTrailers/GameSpot/etc. I'd love to see Tim from Kinda Funny do something with Kyle from Easy Allies...I feel like they both have that deep love for Nintendo in common and they both reference GAF more than anyone else at their respective companies.
GlamFM
Banned
Kickstarter?
Sat down, looked at EZA, 12k. Went shower, got ready, came back and its at 15K! Great support for them so far. Hope they reach the 50K mark, as they should have a long and older following, therefore reaching to higher amount of people who can support them and aren't 12-18 year olds.
Urgh, just looked at their schedule. Some of those are really awful for us Euros.
Can't be helped I guess.
I think they've sensibly put their regular streaming schedule after when they would likely be finished from work if they do get other jobs. Hopefully we get some friendly time ones at some point though!
doctorblurg
Banned
Im sure they'll hit the 20k at the very least which is exciting cause I miss pop fiction a lot
Not nearly as fun if you don't participate.