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This is the Minecraft creator podcast.

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This is a new episode that I just recorded
this week, I wanted to actually push out

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the one that I had planned because I feel
this is important to discuss and it builds

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on last fortnight's episode about burnout.

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Pixlriffs is a large content creator
on YouTube, and this episode is mainly

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focused around him, but also a wider
discussion that we can have with

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a decision that he made recently.

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As of today, which is the 9th of
August for me, Pixlriffs has decided

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to close down his Patreon and all
of the associated tiers with that.

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Now that includes a server that
he's been running for several years

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called the Pixlrift, a Minecraft
server that's got a lot of members.

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At the moment, it looks like about 130+
players, so it's quite busy and it's

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become too much for him to maintain.

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Now, I want the larger discussion
with this because I've seen this

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pattern repeat with others as well.

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Xisuma, or Xisumavoid, a couple of
years ago now closed down his Discord.

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He still has his Patreon running,
but he closed down his Discord to

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non-patrons to make it more manageable.

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So only paying access whereas
previously it was open to all and

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had hidden channels for patrons.

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Now this decision was made as he was
growing to help cope with demand, instead

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of just having a constant spam of messages
that you'd get with a small number of

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patrons and potentially infinitely large
number of free people, joining the server,

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being a fantastic part of the community,
but generating a lot of discussion.

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It just makes it hard to keep up
with if you're also creating content.

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Pixlriffs has done
something similar today.

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He's not only closing down the Minecraft
server, but he's closing down the

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whole Patreon, closing down the tiers
as he feels like he can't keep up

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with it, and he's had to reject a
number of offers as a result of this.

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Let me read part of this
snippet that he is written out.

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And I quote,  I plan to close down
my Patreon campaign by the end of

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this year, this would include the
closure of the Pixlrift, the server.

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We will continue to run the server in
1.17 until the Minecraft 1.18 update

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is released, at which point the current
world will be made available for download

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and the server will close indefinitely.

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The decision has not been made lightly.

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And he wants to stress, that it's not
the actions of a certain person, it's

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just overwhelming amount of pressure
from everything that's coming at

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him as a growing, really successful
(and well-deserved success) creator.

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Now, Pixlriffs is the creator
of the Minecraft Survival Guide.

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He's also the voice of
the Hermitcraft Recap.

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He plays on the Empires SMP now
this year that you might've been

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watching with others like fWhip.

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He also commentated the Hermitcraft
Raiders or Twitch Raiders stream

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that was happening recently.

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And he's a co-host with Joel Duggan
on The Spawn Chunks podcast, which

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is a fantastic, amazing Minecraft
podcast that I would recommend you

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listen to, mainly aimed at players
rather than creators like this one.

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Going back to burnout like the last
episode, we need to be careful that

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we don't overburden ourselves and
these creators, I wholeheartedly

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support their decisions they've made.

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I think it's the right decision.

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I think maybe at some point I might have
to make similar decisions, unfortunately.

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At the moment I'm small enough
that I can be active in my Discord

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server to a certain degree.

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At one point, it's going to get that...

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if you as a creator grow too big, and you
have too much coming in from all sides...

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other creators, other viewers, maybe
brands - that kind of thing as well,

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which he has, Pixlriffs has had a few
brand deals, so that makes sense too.

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There comes a point where you need
to figure out, even if you're a

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full-timer on content creation, you
need to figure out where your time is

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spent and what you focus your time on.

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And I'm saying this podcast
and all the podcast episodes

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kind of for myself as well.

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I want to go back and listen to this,
and the advice that I'd give is to

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again, make sure that what you're doing
is sustainable as Plastic Scot said

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last fortnight in the previous episode.

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And by that, it means constantly
evaluate that even if the decisions

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you've made in the past, like to
launch Patreon are still sustainable.

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As things are changing, as the situation
is changing, you might grow to the

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point where you need to change your
mind and do things that are better

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for your physical and mental health.

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And I think that's really important.

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What do you think?

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Let me know.

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I hope you found this discussion useful.

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I'm really looking forward to
seeing your feedback and your

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comments and your thoughts on this.

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Hopefully you support their
decision, just like I am.

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I'm Leiger Gaming my link to
my channel is in the show notes

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and I'll catch you next time.