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so1337

Member
Oct 28, 2017
3,480
How are the podcasts? I loved Invisible Walls back when it was Shane Satterfield and Marcus Beer, and they actually discussed new games (critically and in depth) for the majority of each show.

For me it went into a gradual but continuous decline after Satterfield left until it hit its worst when it changed to GT Time. I wasn't a fan of all the fluff that Kyle Bosman brought to the show like the betting stuff; I just want a podcast that talks about games and doesn't waste my time.

So needless to say I never bothered with Allies after GT disappeared. Is the Podcast just like GT Time, or have things changed?
It is a 100% like GT Time, warts and all.
 

Holundrian

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,175
Hmm :/ I don't know if it's just me but I don't really want any new hires tbh. A lot of the charm of EA comes from the fact that they all know each other and have been friends for years. Bringing in somebody new could mess with the dynamic a bit I feel. I'm happy with what we've got I guess, I don't really see the need to hire anybody else.

You seem to think about on camera talent only. The need already has been there for while in them being bottlenecked by lack of editors and other personnel to bring certain type of content or simply up the frequency of already established content. Well tbf need is probably not quite correct to say for me here but it's def a want of them stated in various Q and A of maybe having more editors or a business focused person on board.
 

Colfari

#TeamThierry
Member
Nov 13, 2017
3,682
Germany
Great to hear, congrats to them. Hopefully it will stay this way, will probably up my pledge as well. New Final Bosman episodes would be fantastic.
 

Renmyra

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
681
User Warned: Unnecessary Hostility.
Come off it, are you saying that for every industry that's entirely dominated by white men that no people of colour or women would be as good?
There are structural systems that favour certain groups and they're not going to be destroyed by ignoring it, so absolutely they should hire one of the many POC or women or both that would be able to do the job just as well.
Imagine it the other way around and maybe you'll understand how fucking stupid you sound.
 

Apex88

Member
Jan 15, 2018
1,428
Anyone have the back story on Damiani joining Easy Allies?

I know he was part of Gametrailers but wasn't part of the group when they launched their Patreon. A few weeks/months later he became a full time member after moving cross country (I believe) to join 'em.

These days he's such an integral part, both on camera and behind the scenes, it's hard to imagine him not being part of Easy Allies.

BTW, I know the group have to look after every dollar they raise. But it would be cool to see them travel further afield. IE, a handful going to TGS, a week of coverage from the show floor, studio visits, out and about in Tokyo etc. Obviously they'd need to make plenty of content to justify the cost.
 

DinoPulse

Member
May 25, 2018
2,168
A drop of about 1.5k happens every end of the month though when the payments go trough/dont go trough, so please dont expect it just yet. Its a great milestone but we're not there yet.
Don't give up yet, we might be able to call this permanent if we keep it up lol

Besides, the fact that it happened around E3 time and was a miracle too Is proof
 

Kingpin Rogers

HILF
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
7,459
You seem to think about on camera talent only. The need already has been there for while in them being bottlenecked by lack of editors and other personnel to bring certain type of content or simply up the frequency of already established content. Well tbf need is probably not quite correct to say for me here but it's def a want of them stated in various Q and A of maybe having more editors or a business focused person on board.
Yeah, that's very true. I didn't really stop to think about more off camera hires.
 

DinoPulse

Member
May 25, 2018
2,168
I hope Sophie will visit the guys at the new place often.
Me too. Some people are not conviced Sophie will move with them to the Studio, but given her newly found popularity from our surprising love of her EZA companionship, I wouldn't be surprised if they were able to bring her along so she didn't feel forgotten.
 

DinoPulse

Member
May 25, 2018
2,168
Hey fellow allies fans, The allies are gonna need our help to keep this suistainable!
Any and all new and preexisting patrons can help by giving money or increasing their pledge to the patreon if they want as these Beauty bois deserve to keep this Studio.
Any amount would help get our favorite Beauty bois to a suistainable 51K or even 52K.

They Deserve this!

Let's rally as many EZA fans new and old who are either new patrons or current patrons to gift our very favorite allies a permanently suistainable studio!
Who's with me?
Also, telling everyone on Twitter somehow would be greatly appreciated

Come on guys! We can do it!

It would be nice for this to be suistainable for once.

Don't worry, you don't have to if you don't want to, but it would be greatly appreciated from an Easy Allies fan at heart.
 

Heid

Member
Jan 7, 2018
1,808
Dude what.

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I was a little bummed that their patreon didn't even break 49K after E3. This is mad.

Me too. Some people are not conviced Sophie will move with them to the Studio, but given her newly found popularity from our surprising love of her EZA companionship, I wouldn't be surprised if they were able to bring her along so she didn't feel forgotten.

:s I mean it's really upto the Jones and Amanda. We still might get out Sophie tax if Cup of Jones is still filmed at home.
 
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Luckett_X

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,412
Leeds, UK
It's honestly time for the Final Bosman successor after Box Peek is out to keep them at a studio level.

Happy for them and it's well deserved, still not going to sub until it stops being 9 white men. It's 2018, come on, maybe prioritise that over a studio.

German Efficiency has been on a couple of streams and is the personal trainer of Jones and Brad, so if you did decide to get over such a weird hangup, donate knowing you're also funding a non-white guy directly too if thats whats important to you.
 

takriel

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
10,221
Kyle, I know you're reading this. You should, nay, must create another Final Bosman show. Many people are waiting for it, myself included.
 

Hibiki

The Wise Ones
Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,105
Omg yes! They've beem close for a bit now. Someone must have sponsored them because they were at 7200+ with $48,000 just a couple nights ago. I really hope they keep it cause I've been wanting to see them move into a studio since they started.

Congrats, Allies!
 

DinoPulse

Member
May 25, 2018
2,168
Kyle, I know you're reading this. You should, nay, must create another Final Bosman show. Many people are waiting for it, myself included.
and there's proof via a poll about what ResetEra Easy Allies fans want to see for a new show, and we unanimously said no to Box Peek in favor of a Final Bosman Spiritual succesor.

If we can make this studio goal suistainable, please make this happen!

I miss the days of Final Bosman and when you and Huber's shows could crossover via bonus bits in the end of each of your respective shows' episodes!
 
Oct 25, 2017
26,560
Imagine it the other way around and maybe you'll understand how fucking stupid you sound.
Eh ... that's not how that works.

I know some people get defensive at the mention of diversity, but that doesn't mean you should pretend that it's a non issue because you want to presume it's just a coincidence the game industry mostly hires white guys simply because they hire "the best".
 
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Venom.

Member
Oct 26, 2017
424
London
Whilst i'm not a regular watcher of the Easy Allies I love that they keep their Patreon pledges public. By doing a Patreon a person or entity is asking for money, so why be secretive when you get it? Easy Allies sharing this makes you more trusting of them. It might also be that being public with it will generate interest from other people who will then want to be part of the success story, as seemed to be the case for some people with Star Citizen. So a big thumbs up to Easy Allies.
 

Hasney

One Winged Slayer
The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
18,657
Kyle, I know you're reading this. You should, nay, must create another Final Bosman show. Many people are waiting for it, myself included.

and there's proof via a poll about what ResetEra Easy Allies fans want to see for a new show, and we unanimously said no to Box Peek in favor of a Final Bosman Spiritual succesor.

If we can make this studio goal suistainable, please make this happen!

I miss the days of Final Bosman and when you and Huber's shows could crossover via bonus bits in the end of each of your respective shows' episodes!

But Bosman doesn't want to do it and the show will not be good if his hearts not in it.

And I don't think anyone said no to Box Peek in favour of Final Bosman. That question was not asked or you would still have me yelling for Box Peek even now.
 
Oct 26, 2017
3,946
Woooooow awesome. People really want the return of bits. Hopefully it will hold and they continue to gain patrons, I think 8k+ would be a healthy number of patrons. Need to convert more subscribers to $1 patrons somehow.
 

Dabi3

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
1,552
Really happy for them. They make terrific and varied content.
 

Deleted member 5593

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,635
Pretty sure Kyle already told people in the EZA $20 Patron Q&A why he's not longer doing A Final Bosman. tl;dr was it took way too much out of him sucking the enjoyment out of it and didn't want to be beholden on Patrons to deliver something each week.

He still provides his insights during the EZA podcast and frame trap so I'd much rather he stay happy.
 

Kneefoil

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,454
Anyone have the back story on Damiani joining Easy Allies?

I know he was part of Gametrailers but wasn't part of the group when they launched their Patreon. A few weeks/months later he became a full time member after moving cross country (I believe) to join 'em.

These days he's such an integral part, both on camera and behind the scenes, it's hard to imagine him not being part of Easy Allies.

BTW, I know the group have to look after every dollar they raise. But it would be cool to see them travel further afield. IE, a handful going to TGS, a week of coverage from the show floor, studio visits, out and about in Tokyo etc. Obviously they'd need to make plenty of content to justify the cost.
Damiani was part of EZA from the start, but we saw less of him back then because he lived far away due to of his job (at Funimation, IIRC). I'm not sure if his original plan was to just doing Game Sleuth from afar, but after EZA reached the Game Sleuth tier a lot quicker than any of them had anticipated, Damiani soon realized that he had underestimated how much work producing the show would be. Not long after, he moved back to LA and began working for Easy Allies full-time.
 

TheDarkKnight

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,546
Damiani was part of EZA from the start, but we saw less of him back then because he lived far away due to of his job (at Funimation, IIRC). I'm not sure if his original plan was to just doing Game Sleuth from afar, but after EZA reached the Game Sleuth tier a lot quicker than any of them had anticipated, Damiani soon realized that he had underestimated how much work producing the show would be. Not long after, he moved back to LA and began working for Easy Allies full-time.
This is from memory from but before GT was shutdown Jones was in the process to bring Damiani back to GT
 

Hasney

One Winged Slayer
The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
18,657
This is from memory from but before GT was shutdown Jones was in the process to bring Damiani back to GT

I don't believe so. Damiani moved to Texas and was going to work on GT stuff like Pop Fiction from there, but after his move was all confirmed and everything like that, Defy let him go.
 

TheDarkKnight

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,546
I don't believe so. Damiani moved to Texas and was going to work on GT stuff like Pop Fiction from there, but after his move was all confirmed and everything like that, Defy let him go.
I remember early day EZA Jones mentioning he was working to get damiani back and that's why he was asked to be part of EZA.

Now I don't know if it meant he'd be traveling back or anything for those GT plans
 
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LewieP

Member
Oct 26, 2017
18,108
Pretty sure Kyle already told people in the EZA $20 Patron Q&A why he's not longer doing A Final Bosman. tl;dr was it took way too much out of him sucking the enjoyment out of it and didn't want to be beholden on Patrons to deliver something each week.

He still provides his insights during the EZA podcast and frame trap so I'd much rather he stay happy.
He has also talked during some streams about maybe doing something like a next Final Bosman. I reckon he is conflicted, but I could see something happen if they get a studio.

Honestly, where the allies are at now, I'd love to see a similar show, but Kyle rely more on the rest of the allies. Lots of the best bits from Vintage Final Bosman involved the other people, but now they really know that people want them to show their personalities.

I don't think just doing the same thing again would be the best idea. But something similar, with Kyle being more like a producer, and the rest of the allies making up an ensemble cast could be cool. That way if there was a certain week that he didn't have something, he could get something out of one of the other allies.
 
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Oct 27, 2017
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and there's proof via a poll about what ResetEra Easy Allies fans want to see for a new show, and we unanimously said no to Box Peek in favor of a Final Bosman Spiritual succesor.

If we can make this studio goal suistainable, please make this happen!

I miss the days of Final Bosman and when you and Huber's shows could crossover via bonus bits in the end of each of your respective shows' episodes!
What? Noone said no to Box Peek. Don't do this.

Also, Kyle already explained he doesn't wanna do another Final Bosman. Accept it
 

LewieP

Member
Oct 26, 2017
18,108
For my part I didn't totally love the first episode of box peek, but I like the concept in theory, so I am intrigued to see where it's going, and I think it's cool that Kyle is trying something creative that's different to what he's done before.

Edit: and he is obviously committed to it, and should see it through.
 

mute

▲ Legend ▲
Member
Oct 25, 2017
25,128
If anything, what you should be asking for is more Bosman v. Wozniak in VR now

Also yay @ 50k. Hope it sticks.
 
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