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Drew Scanlon launches Cloth Map (Patreon)
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Hello? This is Hailun!
Member
How does Giant Bomb feel about him basically working for himself along Giant Bomb and splitting his output?
MadLaughter
Member
He's no longer employed by Giant Bomb.
You're right.
In fact, I'm not gonna buy anything ever again.
I hate paying for people's vacations!
They're probably very happy for him. Why should Jeff care? Drew doesn't work there anymore. Jeff's business sense has always seemed very level headed. Why would they be vindictive at all?
Which is basically the same as any job.
Ninja Scooter
Member
He left GB two weeks ago.
IISANDERII
Member
Wow $23,000 per month?! I wonder what his expenditures are. Now I can see why Drew hopped on this
Ecto311
Member
Any job? Shiiiiiit get me any job then. I make a lot less than 60% of those numbers and I work a ton and a hard job at that.
On one hand it seems kinda crazy how much he gets for what he does. But on the other, he is providing something people want and they are willing to pay him monthly for it so you can't really say he doesn't deserve it.
I'm glad it has worked out great for both Danny and Drew and hope they will be able to do it for as long as they want to.
I think he meant the take home percentage is similar to any job (60% of your gross)
Hello? This is Hailun!
Member
Oh wait Drew not Dan. That's right.
DizzyCaffeine
Member
So just out of curiosity, but is there typically a drop off with the second month of Patreon?
StopMakingSense
Member
But it's business income, so he's just taxed on his cut after his business expenses. Given this is going to be a very expense-heavy enterprise, he's going to be able to utilize a much larger percent than 60%, most likely.
Also, he can save a lot on things like rent by declaring his home office as a business expense (different procedure if you are Self-Employed, don't need to itemize deductions to take it), so saying 60 percent of what's on the page is very misleading.
(This might be different if he incorporated, but I really doubt that would be the case.)
Ninja Scooter
Member
Cloth Taco
funkystudent
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Wrestling with Diabetes: The continued adventures of Dan Ryckert
GiantBomb is going to just be Jason and Brad taking turns taking naps on that couch before long I tell you.
ScientificPizza
Banned
what tho
dans already doing his own thing while working at giant bomb. unless he tries to make wrestling managing a full time career he ain't going anywhere
Really cool idea. Always enjoyed Drew's travelogues (ditto for SuperBestFriends and BunnyHop's Japan videos) and love the idea of him venturing into places most never think when it comes to games. There are bound to be endless interesting titbits from around the globe that will be fun to watch him explore, plus the various board games and their variants.
I wonder if this could be useful for developers (especially smaller ones) in bringing more cultures/histories/events or even just the current gaming zeitgeist in certain areas to their attention.
Also, where is THE RAID tier?
Dan follows WWE around, attending each recording and eating at the nearest Taco Bell afterwards. No reviews or commentary, we just see how long a man can survive on Taco Bell and Roman's push before he goes insane.
I wonder if this could be useful for developers (especially smaller ones) in bringing more cultures/histories/events or even just the current gaming zeitgeist in certain areas to their attention.
Also, where is THE RAID tier?
Dan follows WWE around, attending each recording and eating at the nearest Taco Bell afterwards. No reviews or commentary, we just see how long a man can survive on Taco Bell and Roman's push before he goes insane.
Granted, this might already be happening.
visiting every taco bell in the united states of america
J_ToSaveTheDay
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Go Drew Scanlon go! Best of luck to Drew and this new venture. I don't feel I can accurately conceive how this might turn out, but knowing Drew is at the center of it makes it more exciting than doubtful.
Got dat meme money.
Patreon's cut is 5% and the processing fees vary between 3-4%.
Patreon's cut is 5% and the processing fees vary between 3-4%.
Cookie Dough
Member
Not going to sub (yet), but I am happy for Drew. I still feel sad that he left GB, but I (like many) felt it was to do more of this stuff.
Drew said he loved working at GB, and I don't doubt that at all, but I can't help but feel that GB has been spinning its wheels a bit in recent years, especially in this area. There are interesting things to see that aren't in LA, Seattle or Boston. Was Drew and Patricks Iceland trip the last major non-US travel they did? I honestly don't know how well that did for them in terms of value for money, but I'm sure Drew had a big desire to do more of that kind of international coverage. But I'm just speculating.
Good luck, Drew.
Drew said he loved working at GB, and I don't doubt that at all, but I can't help but feel that GB has been spinning its wheels a bit in recent years, especially in this area. There are interesting things to see that aren't in LA, Seattle or Boston. Was Drew and Patricks Iceland trip the last major non-US travel they did? I honestly don't know how well that did for them in terms of value for money, but I'm sure Drew had a big desire to do more of that kind of international coverage. But I'm just speculating.
Good luck, Drew.
Imagine if it was Dan doing this.
Probably a small fraction. Patreon is great for single/small creators, and the numbers look impressive, but it doesn't really scale. One senior hire (Jeff, Vinny, Brad and Dan are all senior) would easily be $100k/year, including the cost of hire.
You're making six figures in games journalism? Boy did I fuck up my career planing bad lol.
jediyoshi
Member
The amount on the page is exactly what the creator is getting from Patreon.
Both SF and NYC have higher wages to compensate for their outrageous cost of living.
mere_immortal
Member
Only guessing but it's easier to imagine those numbers if rather than games journalists you think of their position as a senior manager at a major corporation.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Senior position, inclusive of tax and cost of hire (which can easily be an additional 30-50% of their salary taking into account all expenses like office space etc), yes, easily.
Hiring full time staff and running a business is very expensive.
SlickShoes
Member
Sounds amazing and I've subbed to his channel.
I am struggling to keep up with games podcasts though so keeping track of people going on their own now as well as the usual couple of websites worth of content is nearly impossible, I am sure there are loads of games personalities in the last few years that have moved on from sites I followed and I have just lost track of completely.
How do you guys manage to keep up with everything? Even at being subbed to 50 youtubes I have too much to keep tabs on.
I am struggling to keep up with games podcasts though so keeping track of people going on their own now as well as the usual couple of websites worth of content is nearly impossible, I am sure there are loads of games personalities in the last few years that have moved on from sites I followed and I have just lost track of completely.
How do you guys manage to keep up with everything? Even at being subbed to 50 youtubes I have too much to keep tabs on.
I'll get a bit suspicious if his choices of destinations happen to coincide with the F1 calendar, though
tamaster92
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Wow 15k
Go Drew!
Go Drew!
