IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS - CHARGE PROCESS CHANGE (Patreon)

A couple things. This is an important announcement that affects how you get charged via Patreon so please don’t skip over it.

First off:

Patreon has invited us to their beta program where pledges get charged immediately after pledging rather than at the end of the month. Frankly I’m not sure why it wasn’t this way from the beginning. The bulk charge at the end of the month left creators vulnerable to people who would lower their pledge or just simply dropout at the end of the month, only to re-pledge or raise it back to a higher amount after the charge sweep has occurred. This tactic called “pledge jumping” was pretty obvious to me from the very beginning so I wasn’t surprised at all when it happened and it unfortunately happens pretty regularly.

But I want to make one thing clear. We are not opting in on this charging method because we’ve been having any sort of severe problem. This isn’t like a “hey-you-guys-keep-stealing-our-games-so-we’re-going-to-have-to-DRM-it” kind of punishment thing, not by a long shot. People want to peek in sometimes after they’ve pledged for a while and I totally understand that. We at AiD generally turned a blind eye to it with a chuckle and a sigh (but you can see how this isn't really fair to the people who are genuinely staying here for the beginning till end). We’ve been blessed with honest Patrons and we are very grateful for that. No, we’re implementing this change because… well, this is how it should have been to begin with, really. Patreon shouldn’t have burdened their creators to monitor pledge jumpers. It’s just another thing to worry about in the list of things that shouldn’t be a priority to the creator. In all honesty though, 99.9% of you won’t even notice this change, since if you’ve been here a while, you’ll just get charged at the end of the moth as usual. We could have just went ahead and opted in on the program without notifying you guys (and you probably wouldn't have noticed it) but I'm trying to keep our Patreon frank, down to Earth, and honest on all accounts. Hence why we decided to wait for this change till a fresh new month has arrived so it won't come as a shock to anyone. So starting from *June, once you pledge, you get charged immediately. Please be advised.

If anyone has a logical reason to oppose this move I’m all ears.. but chances are we're not gonna change our stance. I'd love to hear your opinion though if you do have one.

Second, we heard ya about the vote on shirts.

At this rate it seems like we’re gonna be making shirts for sure so we’ll make a few designs that you all can vote on as well. Very surprised theres a huge drinking glass request.

Anyways, thank you all for your time and I’ll see you in the post which will be in like 10 minutes.

*Oops sorry! I made a mistake and wrote July instead of June! Correct month is June!