It's been asked where all the money goes from the monthly donations, which is a completely fair question. While I can't account for every single dollar, here's the plain and simple explanation for a lot of it: my cost of living. My YouTube revenue is really a shadow of what it was because of ContentID and my constant struggle with the appeals process cutting monetization off at the legs. It's been very difficult trying to stay afloat ever since my departure from Springboard Media, which was a pretty sweet deal.



It's important to note that this has nothing to do with my departure from TGWTG; it has more to do with my issues with YouTube monetization combined with my relatively poor release schedule. It makes for a low number of ad impressions that don't pay much. True, a lot of that is my fault; I pour a lot of effort into each review to make them as perfect as I can. Quality matters to me, but my turnaround suffers massively for it.



Back in the older days, I think I was turning around a lot more but I wasn't putting out a polished product. Of course, a lot of people will say that's where I went wrong. Whereas previously I had riffs, SWAT, reviews, etc, now I focus almost exclusively on a review schedule. Things are a lot slower. And that's why I'm going to schedule my time better, to turn around that kind of varied content that made the site even more awesome back in the day.



Bottom line is, I created the Patreon essentially because my primary source of income had withered up on me. You guys are really supporting me now, and so I mean what I say when I tell you that without you, there is no show. The money's not going into a vault of gold coins I go swimming around in. I haven't forgotten you guys. I'm very angry at myself for ever delaying your rewards, even if it was in favor of working on reviews. It's why I've instituted "Patreon Day" every week in my work schedule. You deserve to be rewarded.



Anyway, I am also improving the recording setup here in terms of equipment, set design, etc. Part of that is going into my search for an editor, but I think you're right in that you need a more informed outline of the stuff I've been spending it on. So, I will be showing you more detail on the cool stuff I'm doing with the donation money! I think you'll be pretty excited about it, and I hope you'll be proud of how seriously I'm taking the responsibility of spending it. If you ask anybody who knows me, I'm always trying to spend it responsibly.