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Sorry we're late!

Hey all. Very sorry for the long delay between updates, but hastily moving to a new home was exhausting and we struggled to work on content over the course of it. (I also thought I'd lost my backup drive with all my Ep.10 work thus far but FEAR NOT, I FOUND IT THIS WEEKEND.)

While we've mostly finished our next Movie Night Mondays and are still working on Ep.10 of MSAGW, Blue made time this week to finish the highlights video for our April Q&A. It's a treat, so look for it at 1PM PS...

Ep.10 Update: We're Moving!

So, I'm sure you all noticed that the end of our April Fools video said ep.10 was coming May 2021 after I'd said here we planned on an April release. This is because, in a very quick sequence of events, we ended up needing to move to a new house. We weren't really expecting to move, so all this month we're packing, cleaning and fixing the yard, leaving me very little time or energy to work on the show.

For April, Blue will be working on our Q&A highlights video as well as the next M...

Ep.10 Update #2: By The Pool

This edit is similar to the last one, in that I had to superimpose multiple frames of a moving animation then isolate the "moving" portions and keep the rest still. (Also, surprise! Duo and Quatre play a large role again for the first time since ep.7!)

The original shot is a quick pan from left to right using still cells of Duo and Quatre while a news clip plays exposition in the background. Gundam Wing (and anime in general) does this often to give the feeling of movement without needi...

Ep.10 Update #1: Hungover Noin

Throughout April, you all will get some exclusive first looks at edits I'm working on for Ep.10. A lot of visual changes occur in our show, and if I do my job right, you won't notice them. So I'll be diving deeper into these edits to give you an idea of the work put into MSA:GW. First up is the animation you see here: Noin, holding two mugs of hot coffee, sporting sunglasses after binge drinking in Sowing Discord v.3.

Now, it looks like I just added sunglasses-- which are intentionally ...

Patreon Reward #1: Heero's Effin' Playlist

As a reward for passing 25 patrons (quite awhile ago, heh), here is the promised video of Heero singing.

This is our first Patreon-exclusive release, as everybody else won't be able to see it until April 1st. So please don't share this link! (Plus, I may need to alter some of the songs to avoid copyright bots for the official release.)

Enjoy. :)

Patreon Reward #1 (Finally) Incoming!

For those who've been with us for awhile, you'll remember our first goal reached meant our own Heero Yuy would record a song for you. Well, COVID happened and he was unable to really record for... basically a full year? When we brought him in to record for Ep.10 last week, we went ham recording various random songs in the booth for fun.

The final product is turning into a full 5-6min video that's mostly complete, and we'll be releasing it on Youtube on April Fools Day (ssshhh!). But you...

March 2021 Update

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a quick update on the status of Ep.10 of MSAGW, our coming website, and the return of Movie Night Mondays and Goku Time.

Barring any unforeseen schedule conflicts or problems, Ep.10 will be out in April. That is the goal we're sticking to. In a bizarre year where we've been sick, jobless and other things that kept us from recording, I can't guarantee a date until everything is recorded. But we want to have the next episode out in April ...

So we got COVID.

We had a death in the family in mid-January, and while traveling for the funeral, both Blue and Grey contracted COVID-19. That means we've been quarantined since. Good news, we have lots of free time to watch and write new content! Bad news? We can't record anymore until we've been cleared to venture out into the world again. Oh, and we can't taste anything. That too.

Monthly Q&A has been pushed to Saturday, Feb. 13th since Grey can't really talk at the mom...

First Monthly Q&A Tonight!

Just a reminder that our monthly Q&A session is beginning tonight on our Discord server. Grey and Blue will be answering any questions about anything for a short while at 7PM PST (it's late, we know, but it's the soonest we can get off work).

If you're unable to attend, don't worry! Ask any question you'd like answered in a comment on this post, and we'll answer. Can be about anything, related to the channel, us, alien technology, math problems, whatever. This is to...

Patreon Reward: Sowing Discord v.3 is live!

It was supposed to be a Christmas present, but recording schedules got screwy around the holidays. Sorry!

Thank you all for your input and support. We hope you enjoy our third installment of our goofy semi-canonical Discord shenanigans. There's even a hint for what will go down in Ep.10...!

Happy New Year, Cool Capers! We'll be back in January!

Merry Christmas from OPMeat!

Hey everyone! We want to wish you a Happy Holidays from all of us. It's been a rough year for everyone, but hopefully you all are able to spend the holidays with someone you love.

We'd planned on having the Sowing Discord YOU voted for ready for your Christmas present today, but one of our actors was unavailable to record their retakes in time, so the video is now 99% complete and waiting to be finished. Expect it in the next few days!

We was 2021 to be a much bigger year than 202...

Sowing Discord v.3 Releasing Soon!

Hey everyone. Here's an update for December.

The Patron-elected Sowing Discord topic, "Girls' Night", has been scripted, mostly recorded and is nearing completion. We can't pinpoint a date yet because some actors' schedules are hectic with the holidays, but we hope it will be released before Christmas.

Due to circumstances outside of our control, we won't be able to release our Christmas-themed Movie Night Mondays we'd planned for this year, but we've decided to r...

Nov. 2020 Update (Goku Time & Others)

Apologies for the late update, but we've been waiting for more news before jumping the gun. Now I feel we're ready to share our schedule going forward.

In case you haven't seen: Goku Time ep.1 was removed from Youtube again by Toei, this time with a copyright strike. For those unfamiliar with Youtube's process, three copyright strikes means a total removal of the channel. We've attempted multiple times to contact Toei but all those attempts have gone unanswered, and Youtube's policy giv...

MSAGW Ep.10 Update

Since most of you are here for MSAGW, I wanted to focus on ep.10 with this update. It's been since-- ohmyGod April-- since ep.9, so I'm sure you're antsy for more news. I thought I'd give you a little insight into how episodes are made and explain what the holdup is. Text dump incoming!

The way we make episodes follows a typical process, but it varies wildly depending on the content, timing and inspiration. In general, an abridged episode's timetable looks something ...

Sept. 2020 Update (Text Dump)

Now that we've reached 60 patrons and nearly $300 per month (before taxes and Patreon's cut), I thought now would be a good time to let you know what we're putting your contributions toward. We want to be as transparent as possible so you know it's money well spent.

What we've spent it on.

Firstly, since we publicly launched our Patreon one year ago, you all have contributed $1762.72!!!! THANK YOU so much. This has given us mor...

Goku Time Takedown Update

Just a quick post to update fans of Goku Time on the last couple days. For now, episode one is back up after being taken down for a couple days. Here's what happened:

Two days ago, Toei filed a copyright claim on our video. Judging by the claim, they seem to have thought it was an actual full episode of DBGT, rather than parody content using their work. We then wrote a dispute stating our rights to fair use and submitted it. By Youtube's rules, if the d...

August Update #5 - MSAGW

Final August update!

I'm sure you're all eagerly awaiting a release date for ep.10 of MSAGW. Unfortunately, I can't give you one yet. COVID-19 has impacted our ability to record some of our local actors, but we've been working with what we have and scripting for multiple episodes at once.

The current release order for MSAGW is as follows:

- Heero's singing video (Patreon reward #1)
- Sowing Discord v.3 (Patreon reward #2)
- Ep.10 of MSAGW

August Update #4 - Movie Night Mondays

Hey all! We're back from our family visit with fresh ideas and more to share.

For everyone who enjoyed our first Movie Night Monday, it's been quite a wait. We'd planned on these videos being shorter, easier content, but found that it actually takes quite a bit of time editing and scripting to make it as good as we want.

Since we released MNM: Resident Evil Degeneration, we actually started two more but put them on the backburner to focus on other...

Sowing Discord v.3 - Final Result!

Just a quick update to confirm the results of our second poll:

Relena's Girls Night is the winner!

We'll post updates as the video comes along. For now, it'll likely remain in its vague-scripting phase while we work on MSAGW and Goku Time. But a...

August Update #3 - Vacation Time!

Grey and Blue are off for the week to travel and see their new niece and visit family. And since we won't be working our day jobs, we'll have lots of time and energy to work on scripts and preliminary work for our next few videos.

Thanks to your contributions, we were able to buy parts to fix up our old PCs sitting in the garage and send them out to our family's house across the country. Because of you, we can easily create content while on vacation from work. So thank ...

Sowing Discord vol.3 - Poll #2

The reward for 50 patrons was a Sowing Discord video decided upon by you, our Patrons. So here we go!

From poll #1, it's become pretty clear that you guys are most interested in seeing characters outside the main pilots from MSAGW get the spotlight. So we're gonna skip the second round I'd had planned and jump straight to final voting!

Vote for your favorite idea and the winner will be scripted into a video. Voting ends Mon. Aug. 10th at 5PM PST.

Th...

August Update #2 - Goku Time

Today's update is for those who joined our Patreon after finding our premiere episode of Dragonball Abridged: Goku Time.

We're hard at work on ep.2 after seeing all the positive responses to ep.1. It's quickly becoming our most-watched video on Youtube, which is exciting!

As you can likely tell from the thumbnail placeholder (don't look too closely; I mocked it up in like 10min.) our retelling of GT will be getting right to the Baby Arc. Because what's an abridged...

Sowing Discord vol.3 - Poll #1

The reward for 50 patrons was a Sowing Discord video decided upon by you, our Patrons. So here we go!

This is the first of multiple rounds of voting that will help us decide what our next Sowing Discord video will be. This is not a final, decisive vote so much as a way for us to gauge interest in characters and get ideas. So vote for anyone you like, though please limit your votes to a handful of favorites; voting for all six options doesn't really help us lol....

August Update #1

Hey all. It's been a trip. This is going to be an information dump on where we've been and where we're going.

BUT FIRST: There will be no charge for Patrons on September 1st, 2020. We want to make up for time lost and don't feel right continuing to charge our Patrons when we've fallen behind on content. Charging will resume on October 1st.

THANK YOU for reaching 50 Patrons! As promised, we will make a new Sowing Discord video that you guys will de...

Patreon Benefits Update

Welcome, new patrons! And thank you to all of our older patrons for your continued support. We deeply appreciate it all, especially now when many of us are without a secure job.

Now that ep.9 is out and we're nearing 50 patrons & $250 of monthly contributions (seriously, thank you!) I'd like to reassess how we manage our Patreon and ask you what you'd like to see in return for your subscription.

We want to offer you something in return for your patronage while...

Episode 9 Released!

I'm sure you're all already subscribed and aware, but just in case: ep.9 of MSAGW released today! And it was a lot of fun for us reading your reactions in real time. We'll probably do more live premieres in the future.

So what did you think? Hope it was worth the wait!

Ep.9 Release Date Confirmed

The next episode of MSAGW is almost finished, and we've decided on a date and time to premiere it:

MONDAY, APRIL 27, @5PM PST!
https://youtu.be/2020-04-25 22:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Ep.9 Update (Out of Context Screenshots!)

So, in our discord (if you're not there already, join us!) I floated the idea of sharing completely out of context screenshots for coming episodes and you guys liked the idea. So I'm going to give a try today.

All of these are from scenes in episode nine of MSAGW, which--

*drumroll*

--should be out this weekend! I'm not completely sure if it'll be ready, so I'll give another update once I know for sure. But it's almost 2020-04-23 21:56:46 +0000 UTC View Post