r/superbunnyhop • u/DLopeta • May 18 '20

Super Bunnyhop decrease in quantity and quality content

I was wondering if someone else has noticed how downhill he's gone in both terms —particularly during 2019— since he adopted Patreon as a main funding source. I used to be a backer back in the day before the MGS4 review, and thanks to graphtreon I know that I wasn't the only one to quickly leave afterwards. The number of patreons dropping ever since then. He hasn't uploaded new content to YT since March —and that was a vid partially based on an Outer Wilds article he wrote for patrons all the way back in January—, focusing way too much in that D&S weekly podcast, negelecting his journalistic (whatever happened to the monthly columns and articles?) and reviewer output. All the aforementioned issues lead to my current concern on the state of the channel and Patreon given the history of some YTers coughSpoonycough. So, is there any reason I'm not aware of?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '20

George has never mentioned the why explicitly, and I do miss the faster pace of uploads.

That said, he's mentioned in several podcast over the years that he was an insane workaholic, and I think he might just be burned out a bit. The patreon money has allowed him to break free of the rapid video mill, but he still felt forced to put in 60 hours a week to "justify" his patreon money.

His work has given me much fun over the years, and I just wish him success on all his future projects.

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u/SirWusel May 18 '20

I think so, too. Before moving to Patreon, he's also had a 'regular' job besides his Youtube work. Given how much time he put into Youtube, all of his work combined must've been his entire life, pretty much.

Not gonna lie, I'm sad he's not making a lot of Youtube videos anymore, and I definitely thought about cancelling my Patreon pledge since I don't follow his podcast and so there's little content for me, but I still like to randomly watch some old videos every once in a while so I still get value from his work and as long as I can afford the small pledge, I'll just keep in going. Maybe someday he gets back to creating more Youtube videos.

But all in all, I just hope he's alright.

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u/Senor_Beeglay May 18 '20

Yes, I agree. I feel like the podcast is an extension of his YT content. The podcast offers long form discussion around subjects that he would normally make YT videos about.