Big announcement <3

Hey there! If you're reading this, it probably means you're a member of our community, a friend, or both. Over the past 9 months, we've built an amazing, positive community together that I'm excited to hang out with every time I click "start stream." In fact, I've come to love streaming more than anything else I've ever done.

With this in mind, I've thought about it deeply, and I'm happy to announce that starting today, I will be pushing for Twitch partnership and my dream of entertaining you all full-time - but I need your help!

One of the biggest things Twitch looks for when accepting a partnership application is not only the quality of the stream and its community, but also the numbers. So we need to show Twitch just how big and amazing the Bards are! The best way you can help is to watch the stream - whether you're active in chat, lurking, or just have the stream open somewhere, I need your support. Every person counts!

This push will also be amping up our schedule (which means more stream time)! Starting this Monday (May 30th), our new schedule will be Thursday through Monday from 5pm to 11pm PDT, with Tuesdays and Wednesdays off. This means I’ll be live 5 days a week, 6 hours a day, for a total of 30 hours per week. Our new schedule will also get us closer to the old one, which I know many of you missed over the past month.

In addition, we'll be holding some special events over the next couple of months:

-Saturday, June 11th, get ready for a night of silliness and salt - LOTS of salt! As a thank you for reaching our $300/month milestone on Gamewisp, I'll be playing Dark Souls for the first time, completely blind! I don't know what I'm doing, but that's the fun part, right? :D

-When we reach 2000 followers, I will be scheduling a special 12-16hr stream! There will be some special sub goals during the stream, as well as Steam gift card giveaways! Will it be a marathon of one RPG, or a collection of many? Only time will tell, and you'll get to decide!

-In early July, I will be holding my first ever SUB-ATHON! We'll start the stream at 3hrs, and every new sub or resub will add at least 10 minutes to the timer. Donations of $10 or more will also add at least 10 minutes to the timer. If we reach certain goals, there might even be some special shenanigans! This stream can go all the way up to 24hrs if we make it there!

-Sunday, July 17th is my birthday, and we'll be partying it up with a special stream, so get your dance moves ready!

We’re going in as hard as we can, and ramping up as we reach our end goal. If we're ready, I'd like to apply for partnership again at the end of June. And if we get it, we'll be partying even harder! The optimal result will be achieving partnership with Twitch, but in the meantime, your support from Gamewisp will still be helping me work towards going full-time. There are several exciting milestones leading up to our end goal of $1000/month, including a 12hr Vanille cosplay stream, dying my hair, and my first 24hr stream.

Lastly, I want to acknowledge that as I've worked things out over the past two months of instability, you've all been patient and understanding. My life was a little on the rockier end, and I can't thank you enough for your support. I'm in a much healthier mental state now. I'm excited to go on this journey and provide more content. This community means everything to me, and I literally could not be here without you all.

We have a ways to go, but I know together we can get there. Let's start this journey together!

-Spoonee