scipioafricanus
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Post by scipioafricanus on Jul 6, 2018 22:08:05 GMT
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Cervantes
Off-Brand Transformable Robot
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Post by Cervantes on Jul 6, 2018 23:47:43 GMT
I was also going to post this. I've started reading the book and it's both funny and well written; especially as it's free, I see no reason for not downloading it.
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Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
Now With Extra Pulp!
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Jul 9, 2018 16:57:03 GMT
Currently reading this. I'll share my thoughts when I'm done, if you want.
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stratogustav
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Post by stratogustav on Jul 10, 2018 9:11:58 GMT
Thank you so much for the share.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Jul 22, 2018 21:09:12 GMT
I read through the book, front to back, a couple weeks ago now. Since I said I'd give my thoughts, I guess I'll do that now.
I don't want to be too hard on the book since I did get it for free, which feels a lot like a gift. You really shouldn't criticize gifts, imo. That being said, it's not particularly long or heavy on information.
There's a lot of "airing of grievances" and sarcastic insults for YouTube, WatchMojo, younger generations, and trolls who leave lame comments, but Mark's main message is: diversify and don't rely on social media as your primary income. Seems like solid advice to me. He points in the general direction of how he got there himself, but finer details are left up to the reader to discover for themself if they want to... from another source.
Glad to hear he's been lifting weights, though. He mentions it a couple times. I challenged him to a tag-team WHO DEFEATZ fight a few years ago and I'd hate for the mythical match to be one-sided...
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dschult3
CGR Undertow Groupie
The true heir to the Monado.
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Post by dschult3 on Jul 24, 2018 3:59:21 GMT
I read through the book, front to back, a couple weeks ago now. Since I said I'd give my thoughts, I guess I'll do that now. I don't want to be too hard on the book since I did get it for free, which feels a lot like a gift. You really shouldn't criticize gifts, imo. That being said, it's not particularly long or heavy on information. There's a lot of "airing of grievances" and sarcastic insults for YouTube, WatchMojo, younger generations, and trolls who leave lame comments, but Mark's main message is: diversify and don't rely on social media as your primary income. Seems like solid advice to me. He points in the general direction of how he got there himself, but finer details are left up to the reader to discover for themself if they want to... from another source. Glad to hear he's been lifting weights, though. He mentions it a couple times. I challenged him to a tag-team WHO DEFEATZ fight a few years ago and I'd hate for the mythical match to be one-sided... I love Mark and CGR. I just wish he could move on from his grievances, relax a bit, and get back to the classics...even if it is part time. If he was having fun again, and it wasn't a job, I think he would be happy as a clam. |
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Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
Now With Extra Pulp!
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Jul 26, 2018 17:00:00 GMT
I love Mark and CGR. I just wish he could move on from his grievances, relax a bit, and get back to the classics...even if it is part time. If he was having fun again, and it wasn't a job, I think he would be happy as a clam. Totally agree. |
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Jul 26, 2018 18:20:07 GMT
I read through the book, front to back, a couple weeks ago now. Since I said I'd give my thoughts, I guess I'll do that now. I don't want to be too hard on the book since I did get it for free, which feels a lot like a gift. You really shouldn't criticize gifts, imo. That being said, it's not particularly long or heavy on information. There's a lot of "airing of grievances" and sarcastic insults for YouTube, WatchMojo, younger generations, and trolls who leave lame comments, but Mark's main message is: diversify and don't rely on social media as your primary income. Seems like solid advice to me. He points in the general direction of how he got there himself, but finer details are left up to the reader to discover for themself if they want to... from another source. Glad to hear he's been lifting weights, though. He mentions it a couple times. I challenged him to a tag-team WHO DEFEATZ fight a few years ago and I'd hate for the mythical match to be one-sided... I love Mark and CGR. I just wish he could move on from his grievances, relax a bit, and get back to the classics...even if it is part time. If he was having fun again, and it wasn't a job, I think he would be happy as a clam. That's my main gripe from Mark III and IV. It's just not the same. |
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Post by teddykongcountry on Jul 26, 2018 18:23:33 GMT
Jeez, I don't even know what happened to Mark. Does he use a platform currently to share his work?
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dschult3
CGR Undertow Groupie
The true heir to the Monado.
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Post by dschult3 on Jul 26, 2018 19:18:30 GMT
Jeez, I don't even know what happened to Mark. Does he use a platform currently to share his work? He is on Amazon Prime. I like the episodes. They are much longer than the old ones. He has to have another job now, though. There is no way that this is paying for the electric bill. |
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Cervantes
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Post by Cervantes on Jul 26, 2018 21:52:12 GMT
Jeez, I don't even know what happened to Mark. Does he use a platform currently to share his work? He is on Amazon Prime. I like the episodes. They are much longer than the old ones. He has to have another job now, though. There is no way that this is paying for the electric bill. Don't forget he is also on Patreon (he uploads the episodes there), so it's not just the Amazon Prime revenue - besides whatever he is making on books, of course. |
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Post by teddykongcountry on Jul 27, 2018 1:31:53 GMT
So his content is still paywalled. Ugh. It'll be years before I feel financially stable enough to pay to watch him.
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Post by Imperial Khador on Jul 27, 2018 1:37:59 GMT
I mean, a $2 contribution for one month on Patron pretty much gets you access to the full back load of Amazon content. It is accessed via private Vimeo link, so the videos are also downloadable from Vimeo's site for local storage. So if you only wanted to support occasionally for a single month and catch up on the backlog, that still gets you a fair bit of content (there's several hours of episodes at this point).
It doesn't seem like much of a financial hit by itself, but I do know some folks who avoid signing up for Patreon for any reason, because they believe that if they start contributing to one artist they like, it will snowball to every artist they like and hundreds of dollars per month.
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Dan E. Kool
Walking Trash Can Robot
Now With Extra Pulp!
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Jul 29, 2018 17:30:33 GMT
Jeez, I don't even know what happened to Mark. Does he use a platform currently to share his work? He is on Amazon Prime. I like the episodes. They are much longer than the old ones. He has to have another job now, though. There is no way that this is paying for the electric bill. Is that true? Does he have a 9to5? My impression from the book was that he's making it happen with the shirts and book sales. |
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Cervantes
Off-Brand Transformable Robot
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Post by Cervantes on Jul 30, 2018 5:19:17 GMT
He is on Amazon Prime. I like the episodes. They are much longer than the old ones. He has to have another job now, though. There is no way that this is paying for the electric bill. Is that true? Does he have a 9to5? My impression from the book was that he's making it happen with the shirts and book sales. Me too. He still has more than 600 people on Patreon, so I think he still has enough revenue to keep CGR as his only job (always considering also whatever he is getting from Amazon Prime, books, t-shirts and the occasional Kickstarter campaign). He has said a few times that Prime and the books were more successful than he expected and we know his Kickstarted campaigns did well, so it's possible that CGR in general is still turning a profit. |
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