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Hey, not to alarm you or anything, but there is a (hopefully) strong possibility that I freeze payments for the next 6-12 months starting March (or April at the latest). THIS SHOULD NOT STOP DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS FOR ANYTHING (Games, comics, drawings, etc). Granted, all votes will be worth the same and all releases will be released at the same time, but other than that, speed and amount of releases shouldn't be affected. 


Payments should resume once I know that I can continue with such. This is more of a "legal" issue more than a personal one. I am fine and I'm not burned out. I am looking into the specifics of my options via those who have the expertise to say one way or the other. In the meantime... after the freeze, I would ask Canadians to stop being Patreons (you can be a follower, I just can't receive payments from you) for the time being. There's no surefire way of knowing if you are Canadian, so the best next thing is asking. If I manage to get this sorted out sooner, the freeze period might be shorter. 

Economically, I am fine. I have saved money for a while and can continue to commission/pay people for the time being.

For all people who have paid annually, sorry, I just got the notice recently, sorry about it. I am open to giving out refunds, but I am unsure how to start the process... never had to do it before. 


TLDR: I might freeze payment BUT everything should continue as normal.

Link to directory (I might pin this when/if the freeze happens):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/game-directory-58593011 

Comments

MassManic

What is this concerning Icarue? Is it a copyright claim on music? Or can you not disclose the matter?

icarue

I was told that better to not disclose (by my parents). But it's nothing of the sort. Is just that I can't accept payments from Canadians. So until I get more confirmation, work around or this changes (which should in 6-12 months) then freezing payments is easier.

Crystal Poxon

I'm really sorry to hear about this :( I won't ask any details cos I know legal stuff can be very weird about that kinda stuff. But since you said the issue is "only" payments from Canada, is there some other way for those of us from elsewhere to still offer support if you suspend payments here? I know you said you have savings, but it still can't be easy to have to worry about anywhere up to a full year with a big chunk of your income being completely cut off :( I'm sure I'm not alone in your supporters who want to offer help, especially during times like this where things must be extremely stressful for you

icarue

Not at the moment. I would have to check if any other platform lets me check where people are from. Otherwise, I can ask around if donations count as this sort of payment

Crystal Poxon

I can't speak for everyone, but if you make a post here or an @ subscriber thingy on discord if you find out about any ways of supporting you during the time you have to suspend Patreon, I'd be more than happy to continue sending monthly support regardless of whether there's "patron exclusives" or anything, I just wanna support devs I love

Connor Butters

what's your bank got against canadians?

MetabeeMDF

dang i hope this isnt a bad omen..

icarue

Hopefully not. But I don't think so. Its fine. Im not in trouble or anything.

brandi lane

I read something a month or two ago where Canada was making or trying to pass new laws and regulations against adult entertainment. I know you can't give any details. But can you tell me if i am close .OH i am from the usa

icarue

First I heard of it. But no, its not related to that. And if its only "trying" it will still have to pass a lot of processes and change what it is. Like another one being Bill C-11 which would make it really hard to be a content creator (in general), but after some review its not as bad (so I'm told).

Kiper

Oh no !! I only just joined to help support merchant mode (and more ), I hope ultimately you won’t have to freeze payments :(

icarue

I already did. Didn't it said in the top of the page? ... I didn't check it with incognito mode... Bummer. I'll add a note to the bio...