Who are you?

What's the Patreon for?

No, what is the Patreon FOR? Can you itemize this?

Crapshots , our weird mini-sketches

, our weird mini-sketches The Panalysts , a British-style panel show where four people argue to solve the world’s least-important problems

, a British-style panel show where four people argue to solve the world’s least-important problems CheckPoint , our weekly video gaming news and commentary show

, our video gaming news and commentary show Our extensive programming calendar of LoadingReadyRun Streams , with some manner of live entertainment every day of the week

, with some manner of live entertainment TapTapConcede , our fun and friendly Magic: The Gathering podcast/vidcast

, our fun and friendly Magic: The Gathering podcast/vidcast North 100 , our Magic: The Gathering podcast/vidcast focussing on the popular Canadian Highlander format

, our Magic: The Gathering podcast/vidcast focussing on the popular Canadian Highlander format Sidewalk Slam , a podcast/vidcast that looks at the narratives and storylines in professional wrestling

, a podcast/vidcast that looks at the narratives and storylines in professional wrestling commodoreHUSTLE , our ongoing sitcom, now built-in to each episode of LoadingReadyLIVE

, our ongoing sitcom, now built-in to each episode of LoadingReadyLIVE Qwerpline , an "improvised" radio morning show from the town of Nsburg

, an "improvised" radio morning show from the town of Nsburg Mail Time , a series where we open your amazing fan mail

, a series where we open your amazing fan mail plus various other videos and vlogs and whatever else we think you'd enjoy!

I have some pressing questions.

Anything else?

We are LoadingReadyRun and we've been making internet comedy since 2003. Sketch comedy, podcasts, shorts, live streams…We want to make you laugh!So far we've done that with: Friday Nights The Panalysts , the Crapshots LoadingReadyLIVE , and previously: Temple of the Lava Bears Strip Search for Penny Arcade Tabletop Deathmatch for Cards Against Humanity , and the Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser in support of Child's Play Briefly, it's for us, to keep us doing what we do:Since we started crowdfunding, we've been overwhelmed by the support of our fans. Being able to support ourselves directly from our viewers, without having to charge a fee, without having to chase contracts… is amazing!Not that won't work with third parties anymore - we love that work too - but at the end of the day we want to only be beholden to ourselves, and to our fans.That's tricky because the honest answer is "this Patreon—combined with our Twitch.tv subscriptions—allow us to pursue the creative endeavours we think will best entertain you and excite us, and that could beCurrently included in that long list of projects we've been producing:We thought you might. What's up?A: We are exploring options to continue making more episodes ofSorry we can't be more forthcoming just yet.A: We get this question a lot and our first response is "Thank you for wanting to support us!"The second response is "it's honestly up to you"... we get a slightly better percentage through Patreon, but you get the chat emotes on Twitch... totally your call - we're just thrilled you're here.A: Nope! Patreon is a huge and integral part of our funding, and the vast majority of our funding comes from Viewers Like You™, but we'll still do occasional contract or sponsorship work, and if we come up with a new project that has a scope requiring additional funding, we could run a campaign just for that project (an example of this is).A: No. We don't want to gate our content. Everything we make will still be free to watch or listen to. We want you to support us because you enjoy our work and want to support us.A: There's, like, SO many of us.Seriously though, you're helping pay for 13 full or part-time employees and several more part-time contractors, plus the other artists and creatives we pull in for various projects. We're already thankful that you've even read this far. Our goal is pay more people, so we can make more content.The dream is for everyone to work here full-time. You're helping the dream happen.A: There did! It turns out, however, those Goals didn't make sense for how we operate.If we try to invent new things - to add new Goals - at achievable milestones, we'll quickly hit capacity for what we're capable of producing and we won't be able to experiment with new ideas. And our previous most-upper level Goals were things like "hire people"... which is still what would happen anyway. We're still trying to approach our work by the rule "Get to 80%", with a long-term sustainability viewpoint, so we don't burn ourselves out. That extra 20% is so that we have time to do wild-and-weird things likeA: That wasn't a question, but I'm glad we agree.Only this:You're the reason we've been able to make it far, and you're why we keep doing it.You're pretty great :)