Petr here. Many of you listening to the show don't know me personally.
In fact, some of you who are listening to this episode right now have
never had any contact with me at all, not even online, and that
fact boggles my mind. Those who do know me have seen the struggle,
exhaustion, anxiety, and tears that have gone into crafting the story. It
is a process that happened despite major surgery, the diagnosis of yet another chronic
illness, and a near constant stream of artistic projections. But those aren't the
only hurdles, oh no. Despite all odds, this podcast came into being
amidst the raging dumpster fire that is twenty twenty. Even as I taught myself
how to mix an edit audio, even as I reached out to reviewers,
connected with podcasting groups, struggled to get advertisers. The list goes on and
on and on. If the podcast needed something, I taught myself how to
do that thing in the limited amount of time we had, and I did
it. It's not a perfect system. Some episodes have obvious flaws because of
it, but I had to learn to accept the story as is and let
it go. I never expected this podcast to reach as many people, countries
and continents as it has. It is both humbling and encouraging, and I
cannot overstate how grateful I am to each and every single one of you.
Putting this show together as a one person production team while combating multiple chronic illnesses
has been incredibly taxing, which is why initially I wrote the show to last
only two seasons, but many of you have requested a third season, and
now it shall be so. I will be working with input from our Patreon
supporters in the coming months to help shape where season three will go. If
you'd like to contribute, now is the time. While you're waiting for the
next season, the stick Shift Incorporated storyline will continue developing a scalar visits other
podcasts like Microphones and Monsters, Dungeons and Pop and possibly more. But if
you'd like to say in where we go next, Patreon is the place to
be. Plus, we aren't billing patrons for the months of November and December
this year, so it's literally never been a cheaper time to join us either.
Speaking of money, everything we make goes directly to our incredible actors.
Every single last drop well I mean, some of those drops are eaten by
online banks because international transfer fees and exchange rates and whatnot, But most of
it goes to them, and I'm able to do that for a few reasons.
Our music was generously donated by my brother, My spouse contributed pro bono
voice work for season two, and I don't keep any of the show's funds
for myself because I'm committed to doing everything within my power to pay my actors
a living wage. If that's something you'd like to support, you know what
to do. Www dot patreon dot com slash mics and monsters. That's patreon
dot com slash mics and monsters.