@warzan I’ve been wanting to increase the amount of my subscription for a while now.

I can’t spend my gaming budget anywhere else for a physical product as my government has made it clear that all online orders are for essential items only – they don’t want the staff of the Post system and courier services unnecessarily exposed – and unfortunately gaming products don’t fall within that definition, even though they relate to mental health…. Plus my grey mountain is quite tall 😉

Thus I have some spare cash that I would like to spend with worthwhile organisations, especially those that have helped me and the community greatly over the years.

In recent Weekenders, your tone of voice makes it obvious that things are not as good as they once were.  And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realise that OTT’s other revenue streams are probably declining as well.

If OTT were funded via Patreon, I think you’d find that a number of people would have gone to a higher tier by now.  Since I think you started Backstage before Patreon was a thing, all we are really asking you to do is give the community some of the functionality that Patreon has.

Let us worry about how much we can individually afford.

You don’t have the data to make any sort of call on that.

I really don’t understand the reluctance to do what the community (ie your customers) are wanting you to do.

I’d much rather send my money your way than spend NZ $100 on a GW Virtual Gift Certificate to get an extra $10.

It would help me, and I think a lot of the community, if the monetary stresses on you lot were reduced.