Patreon Reward Changes & Updates - March 2019

Good morning patrons! 🌄 I've done a bit of Spring cleaning for the rewards tiers, pruning things that haven't been working and moving other things around. 

Patch Notes:

 ❤  Talk with Zep is now a Tier 3 reward, down from Tier 4, which is also open to all Twitch subscribers (as the min amount to pledge is the same). The Talk with Zep for February is a bit late due to personal reasons - we'll be having it THIS Thursday March 5, 6:30 GMT!  There will be another Talk later in March for this month.

 ❤  Patreon has informed me that raffles are no longer allowed as rewards on the service, due to gambling laws in some regions. As such, raffles have been removed. However, giveaways are going to be happening in the Discord server, so if you are a Tier IV+ Patreon, please go to the #vip-patreon text channelfor more info about that!  Discord link: https://discord.gg/kTckyry 

❤ Top tier patrons (Tier 7) will now always receive a Final Fantasy themed physical item gift for each month, rather than it being a raffle item. 

❤ The VIP Patreon discord text channels are still Tier IV+. 

❤  T shirts are NO LONGER being offered as Patreon rewards due to massive logistical issues with the local printing company that have prevented me from shipping them in a timely manner. Merch stores featuring the new logo are now open on Redbubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/ZeplaHQ/shop?asc=u) and Streamlabs (https://streamlabs.com/zeplahq/#/merch) . However, if you have not received your old-style shirt since they've been on backorder, please contact me directly and I will sort it for you. I will now *only* be sending old-style shirts to those who were pledged at the time when they were offered as rewards. 

❤ I'm looking into new rewards I can add to our tiers in the future (like merch store discounts if I can figure out how to do that), but for now just wanted to clean up things that are no longer allowed on the platform. If you have suggestions for new rewards, I'd love to hear them in our Talk with Zepla chat that is, as mentioned, THIS Thursday March 5, 6:30 GMT for Tier 3+ patrons and all Twitch subbers.

Thank you again for your continued support - you make it possible for me to continue doing the work I love, and I love you for that. Thanks guys and I'll see you on stream, or in our chat on Thursday. <3 <3