This is sad but unfortunately I think this is just going to be the norm for the next few years as streaming services die a slow death.
HBO Max should in theory be able to make money from a show that was at one point the top new series in the US. At the time, David Jenkins said "This is what happens when a major media company invests in inclusive mainstream stories" (agree!) but unfortunately that major media company, like all streaming services, has a terrible business model that can't support that investment.
This is an interesting article about how streaming services are losing money and scrambling to make it back by trying to convince people to buy cheaper, ad-supported options or bundling with other streaming services. Unfortunately for them, I think that's like... all of the options? At some point they're just going to continue to lose money. Making shows is expensive and very few consumers are willing to pay more when they could just cancel and use a cheaper service (or, you know. 🏴☠️)
This is also a good article that was written after Shadow and Bone was cancelled by Netflix about whether it could be saved:
"The problem is that while saving shows used to be plausible, at times, the cost of Shadow and Bone combined with the fact that streaming services are really, really starting to cut back on spending means that this would be an extremely tough sell. WB Discovery’s Max is being lambasted for killing finished projects for tax breaks to chip into its massive debt. Disney Plus has done the same thing and has said they will cut back on things like expensive Marvel shows. Amazon Prime is mired in expensive creator deals going nowhere and throwing insane amounts of money at projects they are realizing are not panning out. Paramount Plus losing $500 million a year. NBC’s Peacock is losing $650 million a quarter."
TLDR; Streaming services have reached such a dire point financially that they have to cancel some of their most popular content (Marvel shows on Disney+???? These have seemingly been very successful; it's wild to read that they're "cutting back") in the desperate hope that a new season of something that's cheaper to make will get more attention.
What I gathered from these articles is that steaming services are dying a slow death and sadly, a lot of good shows are going to go with them.
Etho's setup picture and its lack of Decked Out deskmat
(or: how to send something to an isolated Canadian)
ft. Scar, Etho, Impulse, Gem
Scar: I was very disappointed he didn't have a Tango Decked Out deskmat. That's the only thing I was disappointed in with Etho's setup.
Etho: I did actually want to get one of those and I waited too long.
Impulse: Ohhh no.
Scar: You snooze, you lose, man. You snooze, you lose.
Impulse: Tango's gotta have extra. He'll be happy to send one to an undisclosed location for you to --
Gem: Oh yeah just give Tango your address.
Scar: Yeah, just send it to...send it to Canada, Moose Lane.
Impulse: (laughing) He's just gonna pick a mile marker on the road in the middle of nowhere and send Etho to it.
Etho: It's around the fifth maple tree.
Scar: (laughing) Fifth maple tree.
Etho: Next to the beaver dam.
Edit for Tango's input added to the vid:
Tango: Etho regrets not getting one? (jokingly:) Well, all he has to do is give me his address and I'll send it to him...
today's charity stream for the PCRF went so well!! we raised $7,674 and collectively did 99 requests with crumb alone doing 21 (!!!)
I'll be organising more art donation streams for Palestine on a weekly basis, and will be releasing more information in a day or two :) thank you to everyone who showed up!
Turns out in order to write a comic you need to WRITE! So yeah... I'm working on drafts of writing and planning the comic whilst still doing school stuff. Lol
Here is some fobo fanart! These are my current designs fr them and might change but still!
I have no clue how to draw foolish so I used his skin as a reference and a tiktok he did dancing lmfao
Pepito: I met apa Quackity :D He threw me a birthday party and I made him smile! [...] I saw him sleeping next to me when I pretended to sleep 0__0 He is very good dad, I hope to spend more time with him. [...] He looked sad, but I managed to make him not sad anymore :-D
Foolish: Normally, Quackity with Eggs is - is very bad. [Laughs]
Pepito: Well, he took care of me very very well :-D
Pepito tells Foolish about his first time meeting Quackity, and Foolish offers Pepito words of caution.
Foolish: [Reading Pepito's sign] "The time spent was good"?
Pepito: I had a great time :-D
Foolish: "Sang" [he pauses] "and composed a song for me."
Pepito: He threw me a birthday party and I made him smile I saw him sleeping next to me when I pretended to sleep 0__0 He is very good dad, I hope to spend more time with him. He looked sad, but I managed to make him not sad anymore :-D
Foolish: Normally, Quackity with Eggs is - is very bad [Laughs]
Pepito: Well, he took care of me very very well :-D
Foolish: Oh... [Laughs] Huh!
Pepito: [Unread sign] He sings very beautifully
Pepito: Well, um. Maybe Pepito- you- you can- You can work your heart?
[...]
Foolish: "Sanar"? Oh, maybe it's sanar, like - fix, sanar.
Pepito: Heal your heart? :-D
Foolish: Si! Or, no - So, Quackity - Quackity's corazon (heart).
[ Note: He's trying to say "Maybe you can heal Quackity's heart." ]
Foolish: Maybe you (can), Pepito. Maybe you can... [Laughs] BUT - but... Be careful - careful? Be careful. Sometimes - because - Quackity sometimes... Um... [He doesn't finish his thought]
Pepito: I'm going to take care of apa :-D Do not worry, Abuelo.
Fixed a major bug that was popping up in the new 'The Hunt' game type for today's Bloodborne Kart dev post!
I'll explain the bug in further detail below the cut, but now that the bug is fixed we have a fully playable game type, so check out a match!
The bug went like this: Randomly during gameplay during this game type, I found that some kart racers would seemingly forget how to drive and just ram into the nearest wall. Using a lot of debugging, I was able to narrow it down to 'the enemy I am targeting does not exist'
Loong story short I was able to detect when this 'brain dead' state happens & direct them to a new enemy target
This doesn't fix the source problem, (which is 'why are they targeting a null reference in the first place?') but it does address the issue, which is good enough for me!
Tango: "So I need to ask you. And I need you to not be Etho but be honest here."
Etho: "Oho."
Tango: "Okay? You know what that means. Be honest. Like, don't be polite."
Etho: "Uh huh."
Tango: "When you're running, I don't wanna talk, because I don't wanna be all, like, jibber-jabber in your video. So. Do you want -- ?"
Etho: "Oh no I'm fine with you talking."
Tango: "You sure?"
Etho: "Oh yeah!"
Tango: "Okay."
Etho: "Heckle me, even!"
Tango: "Okay! All right, then! Maybe!"
Etho: "This is my special Tango time, you know."