I know, right?
I suggested earlier that he could hire a copywriter, a coder and a CGI artist for $1,000 each and he'd be churning out chapters like nobody's business and would probably be up to several thousand patrons by now.
Some people here gave him the benefit of doubt when it came to hiring and managing a team of people, and sure, I agree, managing a team is difficult, and if you don't outsource to anyone, you don't have to deal with it.
And that's perfectly fine.
But then gumdrop said that he did have a team and he's been having problems with it. So it's no longer excusable. I mean, you can find a lot of freelancers who would do a lot for a thousand bucks per month (or per release).
But the way, it opens up another possibility regarding why he's hiding his revenue on Patreon. He doesn't want his team members to see how much he's earning, so he's shortchanging them. But that would mean he only hired them back in April.