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- | <fs x-small>MONTH 1, 2019< | + | <fs x-small>MAY 11, 2019< |
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- | **//Subhed seems like the way to go on this road trip to the stars// ** | + | **//Axanar fans fail to step up to pay for Alec Peters |
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- | DATELINE — Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet lorem ispum greek text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet lorem ispum greek text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet lorem ispum greek text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet lorem ispum greek text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet lorem ispum greek text. | + | **Did fans step up? **In a perfect world, by May 1 Alec Peters would’ve announced that //Axanar// fans had stepped up to pledge $4,000 a month to pay the rent and expenses for the warehouse he calls Ares Studios. |
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- | ===== [Headline 2] ===== | + | ===== Not Even Close ===== |
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- | < | + | **That didn’t happen**. Not even close. It took three months just to get halfway to the goal; Peters launched the effort January 18. |
- | [Closing Graf] | + | **Underperformance**. The campaign underperformed even conservative projections, |
- | {{page> | + | ==== 800-Patron Goal ==== |
+ | In his Patreon pitch video, Peters put out what he thought was an achievable goal: | ||
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+ | As of May 1, the number of patrons stood at only a fourth of what Peters hoped for. The average donation, however, was a more encouraging $9.67, signaling individuals’ enthusiasm but lacking more broad-based support. | ||
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+ | ===== Stay or Go? ===== | ||
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+ | Peters has [[: | ||
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+ | **We don’t want to move**. His Patreon pitch outlined a value proposition to prospective patrons Peters thought was worth at least the $4,000 a month to stay in the bigger warehouse. | ||
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+ | **We need to move**. That’s the message Peters sent on his YouTube show, //Reel Trek: //“We really think moving into the [[: | ||
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+ | ==== New Moving Date ==== | ||
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+ | **Are we moving? **His planned moving date of May 1 has come and gone and Peters hasn’t announced to donors how he’ll be spending their money. One [[: | ||
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+ | Now Peters claims he has until August 1 to decide but won’t confirm which warehouse gets the title "Ares Studios." | ||
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+ | ===== Why it Matters ===== | ||
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+ | As has become his M.O., Peters prefers opaqueness, keeping potentially bad news from donors for as long as he possibly can while distracting them with attractive visuals. | ||
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+ | * **What happened with OWC? | ||
+ | * **Can’t afford the rent**. He has continually claimed he can’t afford to keep paying out of his own pocket for the costlier warehouse. | ||
+ | * **Shiny objects**. He oversaw erecting the [[: | ||
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+ | ==== What Hasn’t Panned Out ==== | ||
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+ | On the first of every month, enough patrons cancel to set back fundraising progress for half the previous the month. At this point it doesn' | ||
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+ | ==== Not a Real Studio ==== | ||
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+ | Even Peters’ YouTube producer, John " | ||
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+ | === Studio Problems Highlighted === | ||
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+ | Peters' | ||
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+ | Peters also delivers the update while leaning on one of the stations on the U.S.S. Ares bridge, showing off a visible flaw in the construction of the set, as one piece is misaligned with another. {{: | ||
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+ | **Keywords**{{tag> |