In case you've missed all of the fun with our internet this past week, let me catch you up...

Lil Sis and I got about 2 hours into last Sunday's Hytale stream before everything started going haywire: My upload speeds suddenly went from about 50 Mbps down just 1 or 2. For perspective, I need roughly 18 to 25 to stream right now.

So I called my ISP, and they did their best job at making it worse. It was the kind of phone call where you sit there stunned because you can't believe what you're being told.

It was the end result was the most staggering: Because my modem is supposedly showing them "everything was fine" on their end, they won't even send a Tech out until the 20th of August. 

Yes you read that correctly. They literally told me I'll be without usable service for a month. As a result, I've spent as much of this past week being a very squeaky wheel and doing everything I can to speed this up. Sadly every time I contact them in any way, it's another nightmare.

This all said, we have a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's a more stable and permanent solution than we've had in the past: Fiber.

Unfortunately for our current ISP, Comcast has continued to strengthen their network and improve services in our area. This has resulted in a greatly reduced cost and much better upload quality: Same download speed, 6X the upload speed, and a third of the price that I'm paying right now on a five year price lock. 

So that's an easy decision! And it's been made, but where does this leave us right now? 

Currently we're waiting to hear back on the exact install date for the new service, and I'll keep you all posted as things progress. As for our regular routine...

• Live streams are still cancelled until further notice. There's nothing I can do until we have our internet back to 100%
  
• YouTube release schedule is unaffected at this time! You'll still get your videos and sneak peeks!
  
• Meetings are still on as well! This includes our monthly member meetings as well as all meetings with the Agents of Chaos. 

For communication, please keep an eye both right here on the blog and in our Discord for developments. I'll be checking in to keep you all posted on everything!

Fam, I'm so sorry for all the internet issues these last couple of months, and I wish more of this was in my control. That said, the changes we need to fix this are coming.

As always, be ready to party when we get back on camera. We'll cook up something fun for that first live stream back. More to come on that as soon as we have some install dates and a real idea of when the live streams will be back.

With all my Love,

Jamie

That's right! It's your sneak peek at Episodes 24 and 25, just like the title said.

We believe in honesty here at Standard Damage Industries. No click bait here! Please enjoy watching our best moments...including me getting mauled by insects.

Again.

Here's your sneak peek at our next two upcoming Fallout episodes, which will premiere on YouTube next week. We hope you've been enjoying the new format and the laughs that go with it!

We have some announcements coming soon on our next game and next iteration of After Dark coming soon! Get ready for the next level!

Good Morning everyone! 

Here are your sneak peeks for Episodes 20 and 21 of Fallout! Please enjoy the chaos and comedy!

As I just did a great big post last week on some of the YouTube changes, there's not much news to share this week. That said, keep an eye open for announcements, including the next games we'll be bringing to the series. I won't give too much away yet, but if you haven't heard me talk about it much on stream, here's a big hint...

Our Star Wars fans are going to be really happy. 😁

Much love, Fam!  As always, more to come!

Hey Fam!  Let's try something new!

We love releasing the videos to you early, and wanted to kick things up a notch: Condensing the format to feature some of our best moments from the upcoming week's videos. In addition, uploading the full videos every week meant leaving them "member-exclusive" forever due to our website host's rules...making the blog look like a giant paywall.

Well, this takes care of both! Starting today, we'll be posting compilations of our best moments in place of posting our full videos each week. This will give you a more condensed and hilarious preview of what's coming up on the YouTube channel. With this new new format we can also do timed releases, meaning that members will get these as a sneak peek and then everyone can enjoy them a few days later.

As this is our conversion week, everyone gets to enjoy the sneek peek today. So please enjoy the highlights from next week's videos!

Then, starting this Friday (7/17), Members will get these as a sneek peak Friday mornings. The post will then be made available to everyone two days later on Sunday!

As we continue to pivot to more impactful on-demand content, expect this to continue to grow to become a highlight video of everything going on that week across all projects.

...but one thing at a time! 😁

Enjoy the sneak peek, Fam! If you have any thoughts drop them in the comments here!

With much love to all of you,

Jamie

Hello, Fam!

With many of our community projects moving ahead full steam, I've been thinking a lot how we communicate with everyone...

...and just how bad I've been at it. 😏

For the longest time, we were able to rely on the Live Streams to get information out. This left us a little spoiled whenever we needed to tell you all about something new or change a schedule because all I had to do was mention it several times on stream.

And that no longer works.

With all of the changes in the Livestreaming landscape, I have to change how we get the information out. And while I have a lot of plans here, I'm going to skip what's coming and focus on what's happening now...

• A Word On... - You're reading one of the biggest changes right now. Because there's been so much happening, I'll use these blog posts to get you the specifics of what's happening with a particular part of our community content whenever updates are available.
• YouTube - While our video release schedule on YouTube itself is still the same, we're starting to experiment with shorts to help promote. In addition, we'll start doing YouTube community posts this week.
• Discord - Not much new here for the moment, but I do want to mention that we'll continue to do announcements and general conversation there. There are imporvements coming, but I'll get more into that once we're there. 

Fam, I could not be more excited for what's coming. That said, what's coming won't mean anything if we don't give everyone a solid way to find out about it. That's what this will fix.

More to come, Fam! Stay tuned!

Jamie