It's not the alogging itself that bothers me but rather the quality of the posts. I myself used to give Ethan quite a bit of grief even to the point of him calling me an autistic retard, but I always tried present information in my posts. I'd screenshot and archive tweets, or grab clips and youtube timestamps, present crowdfunding data on comics and then present that information to him for an answer or rebuttal. If other kiwis wish to alog Ethan, all I ask is that they put a little more effort into their posts when confronting him on a specific issue.
Personally I have nothing against Ethan and he has never done anything to me to warrant any hatred, I actually think he's quite the businessman and charismatic showman. As I've said previously, lately Ethan has made a number of wise decisions and overtures so my alogging has ceased due to having nothing of substance to criticize him for.
It's good to see you also noticed Preston's return to the Comicsgate sphere, I was considering doing write-ups on both streams but they are just a rehash of old information already present here on the farms. I guess I'll offer a quick summary of both videos to spare other kiwis from enduring Preston's presence.
Preston's first video
Last Week in #Comicsgate: Schism (S2E1) aired five days ago and begins with Preston talking about his return and a quick musing on the shaming he has received for his "sexuality". Preston then reports that his trademark battle with Antonio Malpica/Cridious is still going ahead and he will hopefully receive judgement very soon, tying into
@Mister Dongs post
above. Preston then goes on to efap a video of
Liam Gray sperging over
@NasserRabadi13's return to Comicsgate and then segues into the email Preston received from Liam attempting to negotiate for the personal information of the SWC Brothers and any evidence of Doug TenNapel conspiring to harm Liam's business, this email exchange can be found
at the end of the OP of Liam's thread. The efapping continues culminating with the famous "bring Ethan to me now" demand of Liam and the subsequent refund request of Xenotype by Ethan.
Preston's second video
Last Week in #Comicsgate: Replace-Simps aired two days ago and opens with Preston announcing
Liam Gray has left Comicsgate via spokesperson Micah Curtis, before dunking on Donal Delay/
@Fathead over customer complaints about not yet receiving Brutas the Badass. Preston then goes onto report of the lateness of Tales of the Stack and praising Tim Lim for the success of Kamen America 2. Next Shinobi Sasquatch is in Preston's sights as he reports on the artist's
update of pausing production on the late book to work on Graveyard Shift 3, he then takes pot shots at Red Rooster, Lady Alchemy and several other late Comicsgate books. After dunking on the late CG books Preston goes into Liam leaving Comicsgate and Micah's involvement with his departure before segueing into Micah's previously feud with Razorfist over collaborating with Vox Day, efapping Micah's appearance on a
previous Oz Arts stream then efapping Micah's video on Liam's channel. The next topic was
Nasser's video analyzing the feud between Micah and Ethan as a result of Micah attempting to sabotage Nasser and Vic King's campaign, which Preston watches offering commentary. After the Nasser efap, Preston then responds to a
similar video done by Jon Del Arroz/
@TheCosmicWarrior and screen-sharing some of Jons comments here on the farms, interestingly Preston goes into some of the disagreements he and Jon have been having lately. The disagreement with Jon continues as Preston reports on George Alexopoulos's appearance on Tim Pool for being shadow banned on Reddit which Jon claims he was also victim of. Lastly Preston goes into the collaboration between Dark Gift Comics and his ex-wife who are producing comic books together, Preston gives his opinion on the situation that they are attempting to leverage him as a possible marketing tool for the book.
All in all the videos contain very little information that isn't already weeks or even months old here on the farms. What is interesting however is why Preston has returned to his Last Week in Comicsgate series after a four month hiatus and why he recently privated or unlisted all his weekly writers streams. Preston's Last Week in Comicsgate series was by far his flag ship series generating regular weekly views of between 1.3K to 3K. His writers streams however (now privated) fail to generate over 100 views, proving that his drama videos were the best form of marketing he previously had at his disposal. His latest project
The White Lily Trade Paperback was last at 55% funded with a week remaining, however now with 10 hours to go has reached it's funding goal. I theorize this return of Prestons has less to do with "fighting the good fight" and is just his acceptance of the fact that his Last Week in Comicsgate series is the best tool for marketing his books he has available. The rehashing of months old news and producing two LWiC video's in the final week of funding as opposed to what was previously a once a week show lend credence to my theory.
Will Last Week in Comicsgate continue now that the White Lily TPB has funded? Will the series be able to continue now that Warcampaign, Liam Gray and TUG have largely divorced themselves from Comicsgate removing the majority of the drama and content the shows format relies on? The landscape of Comicsgate has shifted and changed greatly in 2020 and the drama of older creators might be hard to fill with new professional creators like Dan Fraga, Graham Nolan and Shave Davis.