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brownsl wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 11:00 am In all seriousness, I would have thought we would have had some kind of update by now. I fear that the number of damaged decks is larger than he anticipated.

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 11:21 am Any update on that "Mystery III" deck? I am not a patron of his, so if these updates are within there, I won't be able to ready it

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 11:21 am Any update on that "Mystery III" deck? I am not a patron of his, so if these updates are within there, I won't be able to ready it

laitostarr777 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 11:21 am Any update on that "Mystery III" deck? I am not a patron of his, so if these updates are within there, I won't be able to ready it

Lotrek, Patreon wrote:.... At this point, I feel that I owe you all an apology: I know that I don't post as regularly as I should (or could) and of course the delay of the rewards is outrageous -even I myself am pissed off. The lack of regular updates is mainly due to the time I spend in printers and general in production which is draining my power and when I get back home I desperately need to relax. Sometimes, with all the fatigue of the day, just to write a simple update -although there can be a lot to share- looks like an unreal task. Don't forget that I'm not just a designer but I also take part in the production of the decks, meaning that I have to go from printer to printer, visit paper suppliers, supervise cutting and other various stages of the production, with all sorts of problems that may appear etc. Trust me, it's not easy at all, and there are times I wonder why the hell I am doing this.

But when I get results like the deck above or like the MYSTERY III that is currently under production, I say: "Ah, yes. That's why"!

As for the delays, these were really due to my perfectionism -which I'm not at all proud of- and has often led me to printing the same deck again and again until I realised that this is endless and I will never be 100% satisfied. Have I settled? No, I always try to get the best possible results and I continue being focused rather on what went wrong in order to fix it next time. However, there is a fine line between trying for the best and driving people crazy with multiple attempts to achieve "perfection". Such thing doesn't exist. It's an idea you have to pursue but you'll never get there. If you believe that you can really get there, you'll probably end up in a madhouse...

I am really sorry I made you wait for so long. Regarding the rest of the pending rewards, the waiting will be over soon, not because I'm really cured of my perfectionism but because during all these years I have finally settled on some printing methods and procedures that seem to have the best results with the least problems. There will always be some issues but lately, the rule is smooth production. This makes me very optimistic and I'd like you to rest assured that the endless waiting hell is left behind for good. I don't claim that I'll be super fast but all the pending rewards will be printed in very a reasonable timeframe. ....

zlexander wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 3:14 pm Seems like he went with replacing Black Patrons as the main reward for Y1 , I really wanted that deck but let see what he does with the error decks . The Blue Prism Oath deck looks really cool!

bdawg923 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 5:36 pm I get so confused with these updates because there are so many decks owed. So black Patrons for year 1 members is replacing which deck? On my list I got. Patrons (golden tier) and royal patrons. Also there's a royal silk patrons edition which I assume is separate

I hope kevork updates his list

The lack of regular updates is mainly due to the time I spend in printers and general in production which is draining my power and when I get back home I desperately need to relax. Sometimes, with all the fatigue of the day, just to write a simple update -although there can be a lot to share- looks like an unreal task

Honeybee wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 9:44 pm

The lack of regular updates is mainly due to the time I spend in printers and general in production which is draining my power and when I get back home I desperately need to relax. Sometimes, with all the fatigue of the day, just to write a simple update -although there can be a lot to share- looks like an unreal task

What a weak excuse - Lotrek is sounding like a wussy

bdawg923 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 5:36 pm I hope kevork updates his list

kevork wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 11:21 pmI come home and all I want to do is relax.

Disenchanted_11 wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 11:39 pm

kevork wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 11:21 pmI come home and all I want to do is relax.

That's what we all want after a hard day's work.

But I think what's being said is he's running a patreon, everything in it is the job.

I'm just a lurker here so I guess I don't have much of a voice in this. But seeing all this discussion never attracted me to join in the first place, and if I am a participant, I would be pissed as well.

shkorc wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 2:26 am How do you get tired supervising a cutter doing their job?

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 3:24 am

shkorc wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 2:26 am This whole Patreon thing turned out to be neither for him nor for his patreons a good thing.

Exactly. He should probably stop charging people money on patreon, deliver 4 years of rewards and, perhaps, start some other form of subscription for hardcore fans who don't mind waiting not for months, but for years.

kevork wrote: Done