Time for an update and a promise of sorts. As you can see, to the left there is now a Donation button. Allow me to explain why.
Last week I put up a poll - asking whether or not people wanted this blog to become dedicated to a specific aspect or to remain a general all-rounder with a variety of topics. The two votes and two comments on the last State of the Blog post made it clear - I should remain with a variety of topics.
However, I am still putting up a donation button and allow me to explain why.
I love reviewing things. I love opening product, seeing what I've pulled and I'd love to start regularly attending local Friday Night Magics and to make a regular series of Saturday posts reviewing the outcome of the night, what I pulled, what I drafted, deck-tech and the like. However, there is one thing that holds me back.
And it doesn't hold me back for FNM either. It prevents me from getting games to review, it prevents me from doing a lot of thing and in the long run this could hamper me. Money. Currently I am unemployed, hunting jobs but also having to put a lot of bills on slow burning arrangements which means that when I do get a job it'll bite me in the arse and I'll be paying back a lot over time.
So with that in mind...
I have decided to ask for Donations. But let's lay down some rules and make a promise to you, the Reader.
- 1) Donations will be used for content for the Blog and nothing more. This is not food money. This is not rent money. This is money to either attend events, purchase products to open/play and review or to contribute toward adding new features to the blog, such as getting a decent camera set up for video reviews, getting MTGO set up to play online and do deck tech there or to play specific games or review specific product as requested by the readers (You should be able to leave a message there!)
- 2) Nerdling Blog Posts will become more regular, constant and consistent. Donations will help to create a regular series (a FNM series, a MTGO series, a PC Game review series, a 'Loot Crate' review series) of posts that shall be put up on a set day, circumstances permitting. Should the donator wish they will be accredited and thanked (always thanked, seriously). And when the Nerdling does eventually find a new job and start working, blog quality and frequency will not suffer as a result.
- 3) Donations go toward whatever the donator requests. Completely in your control guys. You have the final say on what to watch, what to read, what to open and review. If this means I get stuck watching chick flicks for a month then so be it.
- 4) The Nerdling will spend donations wisely - he will find the best deals he can for sealed product or games and make the full use of every pound, penny and dollar donated his way to further the growth of the Blog.
- 5) Should The Legendary Nerdling grow into something big, get sponsors and get product etc. donated then the Nerdling will start to do things like Giveaways and raffles. The Nerdling will give back to those who have given to him.
There. Those are now my rules. I must follow them. And rest assured I will.
But let us give you a breakdown of costs so you understand.
What Does Everything Cost
Local FNM Standard - £6
Local FNM Draft - £13
Local Club Draft (Chaos Drafts, Block Drafts, Legendary Drafts etc) - £10
Local Game Day - £6
Local Pre-Release - £25
Cost of average PC Game - £40
Cost of average Indie PC Game - £10
Cost of Sealed Booster Box (online vendors) - £75 (not including postage)
Cost of Sealed Fat Pack (online vendors) - £35 (not including postage)
Cost of Booster Pack - £4
Cost of MTGO set up - $10
Cost of Digital Camera to record videos etc - £150ish (?)
Cost of watching a chick flick currently in cinemas - £7
As you can see, it adds up. I've been very fortunate in being able to trade for things until now - I hope you guys realise that, for this blog so far I've spent/traded for £275 worth of boxes, games and events. But now comes the hard slog.
Thank you all for reading so far. Please, feel free to donate if you can or want to and as always feel free to make suggestions about what you want me to watch, read, play or open to review for you and I shall try to do my very best to get it done for you.
But seriously...please don't send me to watch a month's worth of chick flicks. You think my suffering through Arrow is bad....
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