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Also worth mentioning, since people ask: I know it sounds idealistic, but my long-term plan is for CDR to be supported directly by readers, Lord willing, via my Patreon page. The sale of the Bee is basically subsidizing CDR in the short-term. I fully realize that a major reason the Bee and my webcomic, for that matter was able to blow up like it did was because of social media — Facebook in particular.

This is just how it goes when you make things for the internet: But the power that Facebook held over me as a content creator began to make me very uneasy. True crime fascinates me, and this is a comparison that often comes to mind: But then, if it does, they own you.

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You have to conform to their rules and their worldview, and jump through every hoop they put in front of you, if you want to remain a successful content creator. Facebook has the power to kill publishers, and they do, not only based on publishing techniques, but based on worldview. Just think about that. This takes us into the bigger and scarier picture, which is that Facebook and Google have a practical duopoly on information.

The web is where everyone gets information about everything, and they literally control what information the world sees. Suffice it to say, my worldview combined with my job description gives me a unique vantage point from which to view the current state of things.

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As a follower of Christ, I am primarily concerned with glorifying God, loving my neighbor, and spreading the gospel. Maybe the single biggest threat. It is tyranny over information. I am no conspiracy theorist; never have been. From where I sit, this danger is as clear as day. All of this is to say nothing about the long-term ramifications of the massive collection of personal data, or the incalculable intrapersonal effects social media is having on us.

I have come to a place where I no longer feel morally OK being a part of the Facebook and Google machine, and because of their surveillance-capitalism business models, just existing on their platforms makes me a paying customer. How does CDR grow without social media? The Bee has become something of a social phenomenon. When I launched it, I had a strong hunch that it would become popular, but I had no idea it would explode to the extent that it did. With that comes, of course, lots of attention. Believe me, I am super grateful for all the nice things people say about the Bee, all the event invitations, all the interview requests.

It makes me very uncomfortable, especially in person. As a general rule I never told people that I ran the Bee, but, you know, people find out. I never could get used to it. Running the Bee I was hesitant, for various reasons, to do the things necessary for it to continue growing to new levels. Even without the tour, it was a solid investment in my mind. I hope your situations have improved. Living in an RV must've been awful, and I'll make the generous assumption that whatever the other 21k went to, it wasn't frivolous.

Families are expensive, and I'd have a hard time putting a tour or fans' expectations before mine if put in the same situation.

I'll always be a fan, though I'm sure that reveals some masochistic tendencies in me. If you guys still feel like making music after this, I'd be first in line for a Patreon or to pick up whatever you drop on Bandcamp. I understand, life has a habit of getting in the way of passions. I got my CD, and I got hyped when Mario 3 came out. It's truly a shame to hear the reunion will never happen, but I don't bear any ill-will towards you both.

I hope whatever you guys do in the future, it turns out well and makes you guys happy. In truth, by this point I had a strong hunch the tour wouldn't happen. I'm not mad though. I understand that shit and life happens. I just wish it had gone better is all. While I am sad there will be no tour after all, I still want you to know I am a fan still and always will be.

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I loved your songs and will continue to support them as long as you make them. The LP of Devastation is one of the top played lists on my Ipod and always will be. You made mistakes and stepped up to admit them. Now, let's move on to the future.

I'll be there as you move forward, eager to see what comes next. You can count on me. I believe in you. As was stated about a month ago from my end- It's a shitty thing, but I know through our personal contact that you had little to nothing to do with the funds, and in the end Duane must be held accountable for what happened. It sucks, but it is what is it is. I still look forward to your personal work BrandO, but simply cannot keep putting my faith in the duo.

I do realize my 5 dollar backing is practically nothing, and I did infact receive my prize for it. But the fact that this has gone of for about 5 years and you've had to deal with it personally and quietly is bull shit, and every one should know. You've done the right thing here sir.

God is our strength and refuge

I got a notification saying that it was sent and never received it. Honestly I forgot about not ever getting it until this post. But that's not important. I'm still going to support and, if possible, wait patiently for another package that I never received and if I never receive it, that's okay too at this point I suppose. You have bigger things to take care of and I wish you all the best. Thanks for posting this, Brando. I want to hear both sides of the story. Better than letting it rot in boxes.

I appreciate the honesty and was what I wanted from the start.

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I can live with things going south and not getting the merch as long as you are open about it. All I wanted was the honesty on what is going on and getting some kind of closure to the situation. So if you already have the merch: Would it be possible for us to pay for shipping so we would at least receive the items?

Man, it's disappointing but I still love you guys. Around the time I donated, I had just graduated highschool and was losing sleep worrying whether or not I should switch my major in college to something completly different than what I had in mind, and now I'm graduated and working my first job in that field.

I wish the Telethon of Doom had been saved by someone, I remember that part of my life fondly. Woof I briefly mentioned this to you on Twitter a while ago, but videogame remixes have blown up an awful lot in recent years. I'm sure that plenty of people have you to thank for inspiring them, though, and pretty much pioneering the damn genre. If it weren't for you, Brent, and the early YouTube community in general, I probably wouldn't have this cool hobby now.

The internet has changed a lot too. SilvaGunner, which I'm a small part of, kind of feels like an attempt to fight back against the "upload regularly or we might not notify your subscribers" hell, it's a group of multiple people who regularly contribute shitposts and in-jokes and have fun learning chiptune together. I hope you weren't weirded out by that Mega Man 2 thing one of the people did a while ago, it was in tribute to you guys. Also, Let's Plays have always been a thing I remember watching HCBailly's playthrough of Final Fantasy 6 in , still check in on him occasionally , but they've gotten a massive following, and livestreams have become commonplace online thanks to them Anyone here remember tuning into the FF5 broadcasts on UStream?

Here's hoping you'll be able to work your way up from this crappy situation and keep making music, VGM-inspired or otherwise, as well as Animus and other things you're passionate about. Thanks Mom was amazing and pretty much restored my faith in you guys, but now who knows what will happen. Like other people on here have said, raising a kid is no joke. And I don't know much about the current status of the Flint water crisis I feel like I should I don't know how to end this comment so I'm just going to say that you two mean a lot to me and I wish it hadn't turned out like this.

I'll be following your progress on Animus, and I'll keep watching this space for anything new in the future. Honestly, I'm glad you decided to say something, at least. Considering you two have had your ups and downs in the past, none of what you wrote came like a huge surprise to me. Hell, even the case of the disappearing money just sounds like I'm aware of the current less-than-optimal living situation in Flint for the past few years, and I can totally understand that money has a tendency to go down the drain much faster than you can ever anticipate, especially if you're managing a family, and then the account is just It's disappointing, but it happens.

Being in Europe, I'm personally not too bothered about not seeing the tour happen, I was happy enough seeing the old music get remastered and new music being made, so in that regard, it's all good, y'know? I'm a little salty about not having received any physical rewards, but on the other hand, well I got the music all digitally, and as for the shirt, I'm a tubby bastard so chances are likely that it wouldn't even have fit me anyway. I do hope Duane shares his view on this as well, hopefully sooner than later, but all in all, I'll say; it stings a little, but I'll survive.

And I hope you guys do, too -- both personally and professionally. If this thing proves to be too big a deal for you two to ever consider working together again then I guess them's the breaks, but if that's really that, then I'm glad to have been around for the times where everything just clicked. Thanks for posting this. I know I've more or less completely fallen off with keeping up, but it's not a fault on your part. Life's weird, and shit happens. We do what we can. It's just the way of things, I guess. Disagreements and how the internet allows them to conflate into bigger and bigger shitstorms.

But we've weathered the storms, so far. You deserve to be able to pursue your passions, even if right now you can't be supported by them. I'm sorry Kickstarter people have been Kickstarter people about it. But like, the thing nobody seems to understand about Kickstarter is that it's an investment, not a purchase. And that there are an infinite number of ways that investments of all kinds can fail, both within and without the fault of the creator.

I just wish more people had that kind of responsible understanding of the platform they're using, instead of withholding expectation of every project being a guarantee of success if the number is met. Anyway, take care of yourself, love yourself, try to move forward as best you can, and always strive to be amazing.

I am sorry about that. Is there a possibility of me paying for the shipping for my stuff? Keep working on what you can, when you can. And even for how everything went down, once a wizard, always a wizard. It's been so long there's no disappointment to be had. Never got anything I backed, don't expect to either. Though I am saddened by this update, I am relieved to hear some kind of update. I had some hope that my merch would find me in Japan during the Telethon of Doom, it showed me out in the Atlantic.

Think it was the Canary Islands. I often worried that someone else would get it, or that it'd just get sent back because I'm no longer there I'm honestly happy that I was able to support something that I believed in. With how much time I spent memorizing Final Fantasy, it was worth it. Brando, thank you for eventually updating us.

It's probably one of the most emotional and nerve-wracking things, but there are those of us who are thankful for your honesty. I do hope you'll come back to creating more music in the future, but no pressure. I know I'd still really like to get my CDs and stuff. Best of luck with future endeavors Mr Brando and to Mr Duane too. I love you guys a lot, I'm really sad to hear this. I'm sorry you felt you had to put yourself in that position, but, I understand why you did it.

I'm just disappointed that, if this is true, Duane felt the need to take this money meant to kick start what could have been a life long career. Thank you Brando for updating us and trying to keep things afloat, good luck to you both in your lives. Only backers can post comments. Matthew Minix on April 2, Sounds good to me, thank you for trying. Good luck with whatever comes next!

Brandon Clayton on April 2, Honestly Brando, I appreciate the courage it took to come out an update everyone on what really happened. Tanner Simmons on April 2, I'm sorry to hear things didn't work out.

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