Hello everyone, today I'd first like to share an important
update regarding Dunsparce and Grandpas release schedule and
then I'll go over some changes to the Patreon offerings.
Dunsparce and Grandpa is making the unfortunate but necessary
decision to reduce the podcast release schedule to every other
week as opposed to weekly. You may have noticed that the
weekly release schedule has become increasingly inconsistent
as of lately, and the majority of reasons why have been very
normal. Ordinary life.
Things like Highwind taking out the power or someone getting
sick or surprise work commitments or just having a bad
day and not being in the mood to play, which are all perfectly
valid and normal things to happen.
I know for myself personally and perhaps for Kira and the
players, when the release schedule gets like right on top
of the play sessions as it is currently, I start to become
stressed when we have to cancel play sessions for very normal
reasons because I don't want to let down you all the listeners,
even though I know that you're all very understanding.
It's just a difficult mental block that kind of compounds and
I tend to scramble to put things together or rush through
sessions that overall results in gameplay that I am less happy
with and puts unnecessary pressure on the players.
I think part of what makes the podcast so special is that it is
not mine or the players jobs or careers, but 5 friends at a
virtual table having fun playing a game.
And I think that the relaxed vibe is what makes the Krako
Pako so special and relatable. When the crunch starts because
of super ordinary life happenings.
I feel at least on my end as the DM, that the magic of the table
of friends just having fun begins to fade away as we
pressure ourselves to meet deadlines.
So starting May 2023 and moving forward, we will be releasing
our episodes of biweekly or every other Tuesday.
We sincerely appreciate your understanding as we strive to
keep the podcast true to its semi casual spirit and to keep
the role play as authentic, comfortable, and low stress as
possible. As a result, I think the group
of us will be happier and healthier, and the podcasts will
become more authentic as a result.
Of course, if we were full time role players like Critical Role
or Dimension 20 or other tables, we would avoid making dramatic
changes to release schedules. But again, I believe so much of
the creativity and authenticity of the Paco comes from the fact
that we really are just some friends playing a game.
Looking to share with whoever might be interested, so thank
you so much for understanding regarding the Patreon.
And as a reminder to all, Dunsaris and Grandpa will never
run ads in the content itself. For one, ads can just be
annoying. And 2:00 because of the source
material that we have modified for the gameplay.
Monetizing the content via ads enters kind of a foggy legal
area that we have no interest in exploring for several reasons,
one of which being, again, the campaign is not our full time
jobs. I'd like to remind everyone to
view the Patreon not as a pay gate to the content with main
releases serving as a free trial.
That's not how it is at all. Current patrons would tell you
that's not how it is. Rather, I would suggest its
primary function is to allow these excessively generous
listeners the ability to donate to the operations and
distribution of the podcast in order to keep it running and get
a little behind the scenes access as a result.
I say it every episode, but we all truly cannot thank the
patrons enough for their support.
It is what makes everything possible, and we are so
grateful. Because our release schedule is
changing, we've decided that it's reasonable to adjust what
happens on Patreon as well. Starting in the first week of
May, the Patreon tiers will reduce in cost from 5:10 and $25
down to three, seven and $20 respectively.
While post show discussions will naturally be less frequent, we
want to reduce the financial impact on our current generous
patrons giving their support, as well as help entice anyone who's
interested in the behind the scenes content to join for less
of a cost. Additionally, while we are
adjusting our release schedule, we are looking to maintain our
weekly play schedule as much as we can, allowing ourselves
somewhat of a release buffer so that we aren't playing the
session the day before it releases like we have been Also
giving Kira some breathing room as well for editing.
This ideally means that if everything goes according to
plan with these changes and we are able to get caught up with
regular sessions again in a few weeks, then episodes will likely
start being edited a good week or two before they are released.
We are looking to increase the value of patrons by offering
these edited episodes to all tiers of patrons a certain
amount of time before they are released on the main series.
The length of time is currently undecided and dependent on
editing schedule, but we want to try it out so we are planning on
it. Unedited episodes will continue
to be exclusive to Tier 3 patrons and will always be
uploaded right as they are played.
Since the regular releases will be spaced out an additional
week, we are expecting to increase the value of Tier 3
even more than it already has been as more unedited episodes
will populate before the main releases catch up.
I'd like to remind everyone that contributing to Patreon is
completely voluntary and the content on there will never go
away, so even if you're late to the party, there's oodles of
post show discussions and behind the scenes content you're able
to catch up on. If it's not realistic for you to
support in this way, please do not stress your finances to do
so, as just by listening and sharing the podcast with your
friends you are directly supporting this fun project of
ours and we truly cannot thank you.
Once again, I'd like to thank you so much for supporting us on
this journey and bearing with us as we make this big adjustment
in favor of our health and the quality of the podcast.
If you have any questions or comments or you just want to
come say hi to me or the players, please reach out to us
either on Twitter at Dunsparsecast or at the Calirex
Game Corner Discord server at discord dot GG slash calirex.
Calirex is spelled CALYREX. Thank you so much for joining us
on this journey, and we can't wait to share our next release
with you.