- Aug 13, 2017
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If it comes to it. The best he can do is try to do a slow migration to another service.The problem with trying to leave Patreon is that the userbase (aka where deem gets his money from) is unlikely to move with him. It's almost a trap at this point because you can't leave without losing out on money. I know we're all pirates here and whatnot but this is a real concern for the developers and it's super shitty to see this happen. The only way I can think of is if Irredeemable made a completely clean version of the game and some super cool new user on this site (maybe some guy with the username Redeemed) sent out a mod that adds a bunch of sexy content to this totally clean game we all like to play for some reason even though all you do is go to work and go home.
Try to keep it hush hush. Make the first month or two $1 pledges for everyone, so the people at the highest tier doesn't feel fucked over and the people on the lower tier would have some incentive to join the bandwagon.
That way he might be able to get most of his pledges to migrate with minimal damage to his income.
Worst case scenario is Patreon finds out and puts the brakes on him immediately and he's kinda fucked if he hasn't spread word enough where his project is moving to.
Honestly it's really easy for me to say since it's not my livelihood on the line though. It must be a really hard thing to deal with for all them atm.