15K REACHED!
🕑 Added 2016-09-13 16:16:46 +0000 UTC Oh my god!Less than 24 hours (in fact about 1 minute before we hit it) after launching this Patreon, we hit the last goal I had for it. A pipe dream! Something I had put on with wishful thinking. A target to aim for over the next few weeks and months. Wow.
Thank you all so much for trusting me and believing in this project. With this much funding it's going to be possible to buy international tickets and hotels abroad to tell stories that happen around the world. It also allows us a greater budget when tackling stories domestically - something we'll be focusing on for the first couple of projects.
People keep telling me to calm down. That all this funding doesn't mean more work. Just better work. Better docs for you folks. I'm trying to remember that but as somebody who was plugged into the content churn for 5 years - producing multiple video productions a week - it's hard. Part of me wants to hop on a plane tomorrow and shoot some stuff. But there's a lot of important work to be done first. I hope you'll allow me to take my time and do this properly.
But that's not to say there isn't stuff in the pipeline for this week. I'll have details on our patron-only stream I'm organizing for tomorrow. I'll be putting up a post asking for questions for our first Q&A video. And we're recording the first episode of my op-ed show on Friday - which by the way I need help naming. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Loads coming down the pipeline but still lots of work to do to get the docs up and running. Thank you all so much for your support. It's tempting to try and use all this additional funding to turn the project into something it's not. To spend it all on expanding. My aim right now is to grow at a pace I can maintain, and focus on getting the first few docs out before looking at new horizons. I hope you folks trust me in that respect. It's a lot of responsibility, and I take it very seriously.
Now. Let's make some docs!
Danny
xxx
Comments
I think my favorite from this list is 'state of the game'
Name suggestion: On Point ...for obvious reasons. :)
Heh, I was totally thinking the same thing!
Daniel & Keeley
Haha! I aim to deliver!
Congratulation Danny. Its truly inspiring to see a fellow Irishman succeed in chasing his dreams. <3
Name suggestions: Five Asides.
Wendell Williston
Happy to support! I learned about you after Giant Bomb came back to CBS and you started showing up on there stuff. You were great on there stuff and I can't wait to see what you do here!
Hmmmm. Danny's O'pinions? Nah, that's too much. I can't wait to see what you come up with though!
In 2015, I worked at movie theater and Jesse Ventura threatened to break my neck over Star Wars tickets
Name the opinion show: Original Content, Please Don't Sue.
Randy Alderson
I am not really happy with these but here are my initial name thoughts: Start Screen; Half Button Press; Full Button Press; What Says Danny; The Games We Love; Gameversations; Campfire Games; Game State; State of the Game; Players Perspective Maybe one of these bad ideas can lead you to a good idea.
Write behind you mate (get it..??!)
Clay A Binkley
Can't wait, Danny!
Jonathan London
Congratulations, very excited to watch these documentaries.
Brian Johnston
Grats Danny! Can't wait to see the content. High expectations come from your portfolio, you've done great work as long as I've been watching over the years, from GS UK till now. Good luck, you've got a lot of love in this dysfunctional world we call the Internet, we got your back man. Cheers mate!
Anders Lønning
Av alle jeg hadde trodd jeg skulle treffe her ;) -AndyLonn
kaymackgee
Daaaahm Daniel, back at it again ... #WereHereToTakeOver
Kyle Castle
That's an awesome idea!
Sounds a little bit too... sexy. To me at least.
We are all so stoked for you Danny. Behind you 100%!
Daniel & Keeley
Hey Danny, So I know last night you said you didn’t want “the point v2.0” to be a subset of NoClip, and that’s awesome. Whatever you name it though, I hope that it will still be one of your core shows. If that’s true, then it might be smart branding to have a theme for those core shows, and I think console commands is a fantastic theme! With that in mind, I’d like to suggest “/Debug” - unpacking the successes and issues surrounding gaming and looking deep into the causes.
Daniel Nøss
Also, regarding the name, i would maybe play with the Noclip name... Opclip, Onclip, Fullclip and so on.
Daniel Nøss
Cool beans!
Josh in Tampa
Awesome Danny! You deserve it man. I know you're gonna kill it. Can't wait
Congratulations Danny. Can't wait to see your work... My only suggestion (request) is for video to go above the standard 1080p and have a 4K option, for those with over priced TVs :)
Point Blank!
Oh and good fucking luck to you.
Internal Journal GO TO 10 Rubber Keys!? The Scribble Tea Caddy
Adam D
Don't have suggestion but just wanted to say congrats. I'm one of those people you mentioned on streams that doesn't really do patreon but I have utter faith in you to deliver the goods. Cheers!
Hell Yeah! This roof can't hold Danny down! This is how much your fans adore you. Can't wait to see the next goal we break
Point of View/Viewpoint Have we pointed out all the "point" things yet? Talking Point Pinpoint Reappointed Point Break
Khetix
In my opinion, we're backing you because we trust in your dedication to do the work you've set out to do. Because we believe you to do so. So take your time and make the docs you've set out to make. We'll be here to watch them. :-) Good luck, dude! Ideas: if sticking with something point related, maybe standpoint. Oddly, I kind of like "Stand and Point" If not, "Games are Broken" or "Fully Complete" might be cool.
Laser Ramon
For a name suggestion: "Command Line"
Naming suggestion: Return to Mount Stupid : There and Back again
If you want to stick to a theme /w cheats/console commands, you could go with "black sheep wall" or "food for thought" from starcraft
I'm currently learning python, and I think the function "raw_input" made a cool sounding op-ed name. Congratulations on 15k, Danny! So pumped for these docs!
chris bradley
Checkpoint
Noclip
Cheers mate
Noclip
hahaha. Oh god if only I could call it that. I adore that word
That sounded funnier and less snarky in my head.
back under! someone trolled! btw, I don't know but are we supposed to receive an email about the discord thing? I never used it before so I am unaware.
Name suggestion: "What's the point?"
Noclip
That's pretty solid actually
Noclip
I used to have a vidblog thing called "Dear Dwyery" but it's a bit on the nose :D
Noclip
Working on it. Sorry for the delay!
Noclip
Oh that's really good....
chris bradley
Congrats, dont think I've got dischord yet and in settings it doesn't recognise me I'm on $5 tier but certainly no rush ;) you must be so pumped!
R.J. Nye
Congrats, Danny! You earned it, dude.
Name suggestion: "Counterpoint" ;)
Gaming Ombudsman - too heady?
Tohir Tillyaev
Name suggestions: "The Other Art" "My life in Polygons" "Quest Completed"
Zachary Atticus Turner
Call the op-ed piece Opposite The Editorial
Congratulations! Here are some terrible op-ed name suggestions: Down & Dirty with Danny O'Dwyer (this one is terrible) No Shit with No Clip (even worse) The O'Dwyer Inquirer (because puns) Debug On
Congratulations! I can't wait to see what you get to create! What about sticking with well-known source console commands for the op-ed show and call it 'thirdperson' - taking a step back to narrate what's going on in your gaming life
Noclip
Apologies mate, I've spent a good apprt of the past 24 hours trying to fix all that. Looks like most people are in but some didn't get their emails. Can you tell me - do you already have a discord account? Did you pledge at least $3 (I need to have it assigned to a tier, so that's the lowest it could go). If anyone else is having similar problems, reply here - I'll send the usernames to Patreon too.
As someone who's been pretty alienated by games coverage over the past few years, I really appreciate your work. I can't wait to see what stories you tell.
Congrats Danny! Just looking through a glossary of video game terms to see if any other would work for your op-ed show, but most are already used by something else or a little cheesy. At first I thought 'Experience Point' ;) or you could call it what a lot of games are now 'Open beta'. Also your series of international documentaries could be called 'fast travel'.
Noclip
Yea if the system I use doesn't work, I'll record it locally and stick it up as an unlisted YT video for you folks. Good call.
I got my pledge in today. Can't wait to see you work!
Noclip
Actually there was one VERY LARGE pledge which got amended for next month. So that total isn't what I've already gotten, it's what the current overall pledge limit is. So we're still good :)
Hannah C
I'm so happy for you Danny, this is going to be incredible.
Congrats! Call the show Game Aspect / The Perspective
Congratulations! I'm looking forward to your new show :)
Nick Zagaroli
Congratulations! I just found your work a few weeks ago, and then you announced you were leaving Gamespot :P Excited to see what's coming next!
Congrats!
Mathieu Charron
Congratuation! This shows that some people care and want nice things. And of course, as soon as you hit 15k, some people pulled out (back down to 14,400$) and that's why we can never have nice things.
Congrats Danny! So happy to help fund this project. Excited to see where this journey takes you.
Max
It should be called Danny's Space Jam
Christopher Martarano
Congrats Danny! I still haven't gotten my Discord email though :(
Mark Davis
Breath Danny :) Take the time you need. Your content is always top shelf stuff. Speaking for myself, I'll happily wait.
Congrats Danny! To keep with the console command theme, I thought maybe you could name the show "/give Opinion" or something like that lol. Can't wait to see the first doc!
Congrats Danny. I would absolutely love a doc one day on Geoff Crammond, his Formula 1 and Stunt car racer games form my introduction into video games.
Congrats Danny. I would absolutely love a doc one day on Geoff Crammond, his Formula 1 and Stunt car racer games form my introduction into video games.
Congratulations! I'm very excited to see how incredible your videos will be now that you can focus your time on them.
Congratulations! Exciting times ahead! :D
Gz, well deserved :-)
Congratulations Danny! I am too excited for this as well :) Hopefully we will finally see some actually good documentary coverage in this industry (Although I might suggest checking Extra Credits out as well; although they mainly focus on game development). Seriously now, as the name of the opinion piece show, might I suggest "The Question Mark"? No? Okay, I'll see myself out... :P
guffman
Nice one, Danny. Looking forward to all your endeavours!
Congrats, it's well deserved. Take your time and enjoy not being in the content churn anymore! :)
I would be happy with regular shows and streams with the docs coming monthly or every couple of months. Don't overwork yourself Danny out of some sense that you have to pay back your supporters, I don't think any of us want to see that.
Brendan Young
Woo congrats!
Congratulation Danny.
Ronny Barrier
Yeah Danny! So excited for you dude! In terms of name ideas for your show... How about Not Pointless? Fun callback while describing how we see games.
That is awesome. Congrats man! Are those patreon only streams going to be available afterward? I work a 9-5 with no computer access but I still want to see them. Thanks! And again, congrats on living the dream. There are a few of us that are living vicariously through you!
Chris Thorn
Congrats Danny. Set a goal for $1,000,000.00 if u hit it you have to come visit each of us
Congrats Danny! You definitely earned it!
Congrats, Danny! Can't wait to see what you have in store.
kyle disanjh
Congrats dude - looking forward to the stories you'll be able to tell with awesome people
Congrats, Danny! Quality over quantity any day of the week. We'll wait patiently for you to produce your best work!
Hassun
Maintaining the pace is definitely the objective here
Congrats man! Excited to see what your plans are for the first one or two stories :)
Cameron Abbott
Congratulations, Mr. O'Dwyer. There is no question about your capability to deliver. You take as much time as you need to produce the level of quality you feel something deserves. With how much I'm putting in, I'm getting so much more out. This is going to be an amazing journey, so thank you for letting us be a part of it. 😆😎😄
Cricket
Well done, Danny. This is something I've wanted to see happen for a long time, and i can't imagine anyone else doing it better :D
Congrats Danny! Well earned :)
David S
Congrats man, can't wait to see what you come up with!
Anders Lønning
"Clipping through Walls" has certain ring to it. You've earned it Danny, beat of luck
We all believe in you Danny. Now get to work! lol
Amy Gilroy
Congrats Danny! 😄 😄 you deserve every penny. I can't wait to see all the content and documentaries you're going to produce!
Evan Pilnick
Your doing something the games industry desperately needs. In depth, real, journalism and telling stories we should and deserve to hear. Looking forward to everything you do. Can't wait.
It's all well deserved Danny. Can't wait for the end product