renegade_dewitt
Member
Couldn't agree more with you! That part where Brandon starts to review the new Avengers trailer and turns to his dog....man! Good work that! Pure passion that!
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Ex-GameTrailers staff announce new project EasyAllies
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Couldn't agree more with you! That part where Brandon starts to review the new Avengers trailer and turns to his dog....man! Good work that! Pure passion that!
Dropping the news like this actually lets the word of mouth spread and the news build up over time, and they have a 12 hour livestream planned for the middle of the day anyways which is probably the best thing they could do for visibility.
renegade_dewitt
Member
You can also bet that most of the gaming news sites will pick this news up in the morning and broadcast it to the world, so there is that advantage as well....
TheCowboyPoet
Member
Ok? My point is that there's a ton of people on the eastern timezones of NA who aren't even aware of this, it's a high population area between the US and Canada, so their Patreon should grow even more come tomorrow morning.
renegade_dewitt
Member
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Building the hype! Getting in front of the gaming news cycle. Like it
renegade_dewitt
Member
So: just passed the 5k mark (and their goal is $6k/month). Damn! Wonder what will happen to the marker if it passes the $6k mark before the morning?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Then they match to Ian's show at the $8k tier
katsubento
Member
Yes, I really miss GT Time the most.
Stilton Disco
Member
Hurrah! Tossed some cash their way, missed those charismatic yanks so! Really hope they can do the full E3 coverage this year too, it just wouldn't be the same without them.
Them doing a second podcast sounds awesome too, hope that happens.
Them doing a second podcast sounds awesome too, hope that happens.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Makes me happy to know that I wasn't the only one that wants this.
I hope it works out. Believe! We live in a world where Shenmue 3 is a reality!
Good luck to you guys!
That's not their final goal. On patreon, once a goal is met, it moves onto the next goal.
They have goals up to $50,000 setup:
Subscriber Song - $200 per month
The New Couch - $800 per month
Production Equipment - $1,000 per month
A Respectable Gaming PC - $2,000 per month
Mike Huber’s New Show - $4,000 per month
The Return of our D & D Adventure - $6,000 per month
Ian Hinck’s New Show - $8,000 per month
A Second Podcast - $10,000 per month
Reviews Reborn - $15,000 per month
Michael Damiani’s New Show - $20,000 per month
The Return of Retrospectives - $30,000 per month
A New Stage - $50,000 per month
Barajas_201
Member
Oh yes please! It would be even sweeter if they actually do corrections on the last GT Time.
EDIT: Also, I hope the new podcast is called EZ Time (or alike).
EasyAllies rolls off the tongue at least.
KZXcellent
Member
EZA works at least.
CaptainGyro
Banned
man who gives a shit about the name really. the names of shows have been dumb for awhile now
How many people are involved in this? The Kotaku post shows 7 and that's insane. What kind of startup personality driven video group thinks they can support 7 salaries? Giant Bomb has 8 and they are approaching 10 years old and owned by a large corporation.
Maybe it will be a side passion project for some % of those involved, but it's hard to imagine the sort of youtube homegrown thing being lucrative enough on one channel to support so many people.
Maybe it will be a side passion project for some % of those involved, but it's hard to imagine the sort of youtube homegrown thing being lucrative enough on one channel to support so many people.
wapplew
Member
So new podcast call Easy Allies pod cast, how original.
It is a side project. At least at the beginning.
It is a side project. At least at the beginning.
Alex_Mexico
Member
I hope they reach the Retrospectives Patreon stretch goal. My favorite part of GT.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Well they're already at $5,000+ per month from Patreon alone. Very soon they'll be able to sustain themselves from Easy Allies alone I predict.
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Deleted member 465307
Unconfirmed Member
Hmm...anyone have guesses for how high this Patreon will eventually reach? I'm guessing that, after the initial week or month of growth, it'll have hit 10k for sure and 15k probably. I'm a little uncertain about 20k, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
Does anyone have any idea of what "A New Stage" is supposed to mean? Are they saying they'll change where they film or that the endeavor (given that it's the last goal) will reach a new level? If it's the former, I guess the money is just going towards renting out a space.
I think you're being a bit optimistic. Even ignoring fees, this would have to pay for 7 people to live in LA and cover all their game- and production-related expenses. Maybe if they hit their final goal and go beyond it that's easy to imagine, but 5k*12 is quite far away from what I see as enough to be sustainable. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
Does anyone have any idea of what "A New Stage" is supposed to mean? Are they saying they'll change where they film or that the endeavor (given that it's the last goal) will reach a new level? If it's the former, I guess the money is just going towards renting out a space.
I think you're being a bit optimistic. Even ignoring fees, this would have to pay for 7 people to live in LA and cover all their game- and production-related expenses. Maybe if they hit their final goal and go beyond it that's easy to imagine, but 5k*12 is quite far away from what I see as enough to be sustainable. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
Orthogonal
Member
The announcement said it is a part time thing for everyone. It will be a sode project unless it can grow large enough to support fullime salaries.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Wish I had the time to listen to their podcasts but the bombcasts already eat all my podcast time.
I it for 5$, possibly 10 later on depending on how certain things work out for me.
Now that would be original!
I it for 5$, possibly 10 later on depending on how certain things work out for me.
Should have called it #$#^"$₩/÷/&(£=÷
Now that would be original!
It's only been 3 hours in the middle of the night and it's already at $6K. Forget a month, I think it will easily get to your $10-15K prediction by the end of the day.
renegade_dewitt
Member
My bet? 22k per month by the end of today.
CaptainGyro
Banned
a new studio
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
It's still depressing to me that those guys had no real success on Youtube while videos of people watching other videos get 100.000+ views. That's just fucked up.
I disagree. The names of the shows like Huber Hype, GT Time, Mandatory Update, and all of them were really good. GameTrailers was a good name.
renegade_dewitt
Member
Real life can be totally unfair at times. You just gotta accept it at times and just keep moving forward.
I think they got in too late and there was a split with the audience between YT and GT sites. You can't even find all the videos they did on YouTube.
Static Veins
Member
Just woke up to the great news, and I have but two words:
ALL. IN.
ALL. IN.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Pledged, excited to see them coming back in a format in which even small contributions from thousands and thousands of fans can keep running. Hopefully the Patreon keeps on growing.
Acquiescence
Member
The boys are back in town! I wish nothing but success for them with this new endeavour.
No Matt Blair though. Not a single mention of him anywhere. Seems like quite an omission after everybody else came back.
No Matt Blair though. Not a single mention of him anywhere. Seems like quite an omission after everybody else came back.
uomoartificiale
Member
Kyle dropped on the twitch chat and said that Matt has other plans (he said other "purposes", carreer switch?) but that he has been super supportive during this time of transition.
somecrazymember
Banned
Great news! I'll only pledge if The Final Bosman makes a return though 
I think there will be a weekly podcast which is free. If you patreon, you get it a few days early. They will also be streaming on twitch for free. But you can become a sub.
The patreon is raising money for further 'podcasts/shows' which need to be produced.
$6k! D&D is back!
Bosman doesn't want the pressure of Patreon for his own show, so he's doing that separately.
Great news! I'll only pledge if The Final Bosman makes a return though
Bosman doesn't want the pressure of Patreon for his own show, so he's doing that separately.
The tiers explain themselves (equipment/projects) and they need to make a living from this so of course they need money. They had a salary before, now they need to rely on Patreon and other sources of funding to live. Can't do this stuff for free like kids in their basements.
CaptainGyro
Banned
I wasn't talking about those shows in particular, just podcasts in general.I don't see anything particularly great about the ones you listed though
I still say who gives a shit what the name is it's like complaing about the name of a potato chip that you like