Kreic
patreon
Future of Patreon, and family emergency
🕑 Added 2021-03-10 20:59:39 +0000 UTC(sorry for the incoming text wall)
First of all, thank you to all of you for your continued support. There have been many things happening in the last days, sadly can't say they're good news.
No way around it, my parents are not doing well. they're not grave, but they could be way better. Mother had a surgery, and got pneumonia right then. Father cared for her, but had sleepless nights and a lot of stress. The surgery had complications, and then my mom wouldn't oxigenate well and she had to spend a week hospitalized before she was cleared to go home. She's doing better now, oxigenating well without a condenser. The situation had a heavy toll on my dad though, and he just tested positive for Covid 19. He's not well, he's fighting it and resting as he should. My brother can help, but I can't let them deal with this on their own. Yesterday I flew to stay with my parents and care for them.
So I'm currently in my parents house and will most likely stay here until April. I got my portable work equipment, so I might be able to still advance on the 3.0 update for the models before starting on Zeus 3.0. What I actually mean to say to all of you is thank you. The hospital bills aren't nearly as outrageous here as they're in the US, so I'm in no tight financial situation at all. Still, they were an unexpected substantial expense, and I was able to help as much as needed with the pledges you guys gave. Thanks to you I was able to help my parents so they wouldn't worry about a thing about the hospitalization, the supplies, or any tests we might need during these times. So thank you, thank you for help me care for the most important people in my life. I owe it to you.
Having said that, I thank all of you who have gotten a model either through patreon or the store. And because of that, I want to implement some overdue changes to my patreon to make things more fair. I will look further into it later, but I want to announce it now. I want to be clear and honest to those who just want the model, so they don't need to be continuously pledging without knowing when things will come out. That and the fact that the store can deliver free updates to all the models without the need to purchase them again, has taken me to the choice that the models will now be mainly distributed through the store, starting from the Zeus 3.0 update, I'll make it available though patreon too, but not as an exclusive. Because with the store, people pay a single and clear price for a model, and have access to all the upcoming updates it could have. So people who bought Zeus through the store will have access to the update too. I'm also looking into the option of making all the basic versions free to download, modify and share as people please. That way I could even have a special place in the VRChat world to feature the community works! Now the question remains about Patreon. I still plan to handle the discord and tech support as a patreon reward, but I'd be very interested on what you guys would like to get from patreon if these changes are implemented. Perhaps I'll open up some google form to ask around, but in the meantime please let me know in the comments or by @ing me on the discord or the #idea-contribution.
Once again, thank you all for your support, and for making it possible for me to help my parents. I'm alright, and Hopefully they will soon.
Comments
NicO
Sorry to hear, wishing your family strength and a speedy recovery .
Laklen
Take your time and focus on your family, we will be here when you're back. I hope they recover quickly and stay healthy. Much love to you and your family (Laklen#9827)
Hola Kreic. Lamento mucho la situación por la que estás pasando y empatizo contigo. Yo tuve que pasar problemas peores. Hace 2 semanas mi abuelo no aguantó su quimioterapia y hace una mi madre tampoco su hospitalización. Tuve que soportar el entierro de ambos. Mi padre aún está en UCI y soy el único que genera ingresos para poder pagar lo que necesite mi padre. Ten mucha fuerza y espero poder hablarnos algún día dentro de VRC u otra plataforma. Atentamente, Carlos de MC.
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️just take care of your family!! Thanks for everthing you've done Kreic!! (Tuzzoe#0001)
