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With a (questionable) W from James Drake, how would you rate season 5 of Fishtank?

  • 1 Star — Absolute disaster. Unwatchable, boring, production fucked it up bad, the fish were lame

    Votes: 58 7.4%

  • 2 Stars — Pretty bad. Some funny moments, dragged, too many vibe repair days. Barely worth checking.

    Votes: 91 11.7%

  • 3 Stars — Average. Solid entertainment in spots, some good chaos and crashouts, but nothing special

    Votes: 177 22.7%

  • 4 Stars — Really good. Lots of hilarious moments, strong fish personalities, solid content and vibes

    Votes: 408 52.2%

  • 5 Stars — Peak Fishtank / Masterpiece. Non-stop insanity, legendary fish and production, pure chaos

    Votes: 47 6.0%
  • Total voters
    781
Akashic Retard said:
emails you have for the people that bought the thing?
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If this is actually them for real, its most likely an effort towards getting into a soundstage/warehouse for S3, that would cost a lot and even if S2 is a wilder success than S1 was. Moving into some proprietary space and building a set would still be in question for a potential S3. I think they want to develop as fast as possible.
 
Lots of interesting information from that wefund site.

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Maybe this is what Jet was referencing with his 'advancing the culture' tweet. Seems they want to springboard the success of Fishtank into not only more seasons, but their own rumble/youtube like platform called Fishnet(?).

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So their idea is to 'gamifying' watching streams. They're basically taking the ideas from any game with a battlepass which rewards players for playing each day and applying that to watching streams. Also I'd bet that the profile artwork they will likely end up being NFTs.

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This sounds like a nice feature, but highly depends on the producer not being a total wigger who's nodding off from 3 hours of sleep.

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More confirmation of Fishnet being a youtube like platform (where you can say nigger). Also season 1 revenue was $1.25M in 6 weeks so $2.5M is the goal for season 2 I guess.

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Not sure what they mean by 'experimental media production'.

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And yes, this isn't like a gofundme. You can make money back if they succeed.

I'm not interested in any of the 'gamifying' aspects personally but Sam has a pretty dedicated fanbase that probably is. Anyone who's played basically any popular game in the last decade knows people are willing to pay for the completely useless shit. Battlepasses have become the norm and people are more than willing to spend $20 on skins that do nothing and can't be exchanged from the account it was bought on - so I have no doubt that people will dish out money for badges and avatars, and there's also the fishtoys and whatever they add to future shows as well.

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$37.5 million though...
 

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This is probably net revenue, very impressive. There was an attempt to estimate what the project brought in after it ended and that estimate got to 1.25m as well, but did not expect 70k season pass holders, not even close to 70k. (Archive) Then its also impossible to estimate merch sales.
The project costs were also pretty high, Initial investment of 250k from Sam for Jet to run this thing (according to Jet in the shows ending "letting me hold 250k") a surprise hosting cost of an unaccounted for 30k, increasing the winner take from 10k to 35k(grand prize) + 20k(runner up). Its also debatable if Fishbucks were part of the original budget. Then of course the repairs to the property allegedly being 60k. Then there probably even more that's not been put out there.
They may have pulled in close to 2m all in all.
 
Charles Vincent Crumb said:
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This is probably net revenue, very impressive. There was an attempt to estimate what the project brought in after it ended and that estimate got to 1.25m as well, but did not expect 70k season pass holders, not even close to 70k. (Archive) Then its also impossible to estimate merch sales.
The project costs were also pretty high, Initial investment of 250k from Sam for Jet to run this thing (according to Jet in the shows ending "letting me hold 250k") a surprise hosting cost of an unaccounted for 30k, increasing the winner take from 10k to 35k(grand prize) + 20k(runner up). Its also debatable if Fishbucks were part of the original budget. Then of course the repairs to the property allegedly being 60k. Then there probably even more that's not been put out there.
They may have pulled in close to 2m all in all.
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Plus travel costs for every freeloader and contestant, and I don't know how much Jet, Ben, Tax, and the other backstage guys paid themselves too but they definitely didn't do it for free.
 
It's rare you are able to confidently say "This is the dumbest thing I'll do this year."
 
Reading the terms here, the return on investment is incredibly vague beyond a promise that you will get one... if Sam more or less sells the business.
How will I make a return on my investment, and when?

We’re not able to make lots of future projections, but we have big ambitions for the company.

If we have a successful exit in the future (like an IPO, merger, or acquisition) for more than that amount, you’ll see a return on your investment.
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So you'll probably never see that money again. Admittedly I'm tempted to throw the minimum amount into this anyway just for shits and giggles.

Edit: Actually checking out the page to invest there's a little more detail. If Fishtank becomes worth $50 million you are guaranteed stock in the company.
 
Alaric the Visigoth said:
No one has mentioned the fact that their making a video game now. What would the gameplay even be?
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It's been talked about here and there, it's basically the Sims like @DOUBLE_WHEEL said. You have to tightrope between upsetting the fish for views and not losing them prematurely.

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I remember she mentioned this in the tank, iirc the producers let her know he'd had a health scare and she decided to stay but was freaked out over it and could've decided to go home.
 
Ngl, the wefunder business plan looks pretty bad to me. I don't see scale and there is no exit strategy because nobody will touch Sam.

Overall, this feels more like supporting than investing.

Also lol at these predatory fees

For payments made by bank ACH, wires, or checks, Wefunder charges investors a transaction fee of 2%, with a minimum of $8 and a max of $100. For credit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, Wefunder charges a 5% fee, with a minimum of $8 and no maximum.
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rel=alternate said:
Ngl, the wefunder business plan looks pretty bad to me. I don't see scale and there is no exit strategy because nobody will touch Sam.
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it basically is just to support him but with the whole "I own stock" appeal that shows you did. You'll never profit off of it because I don't think dividends will be a thing and if they were it'd be pitiful amounts since the maximum for investment is 2,200, like 0.0052% of the company based on their 38 million evaluation. You can't really sell the stock either since no one will buy and I doubt they'll ever be publicly listed.

Basically it's just like with that one Disrupt channel that sold stock, it's just a fancy way of fundraising.
Punitive Castration said:
You have to tightrope between upsetting the fish for views and not losing them prematurely
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That sounds more fun compared to modern sims
 
Alaric the Visigoth said:
No one has mentioned the fact that their making a video game now. What would the gameplay even be?
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Trust me, when you fire this game up, your little fuckin nuts are gonna start quakin' buddy, your little nuts are gonna be quakin'. YEA YEAAAAAA, YEAAAAAAAAA. You're gonna shoot CUM, you're gonna shoot CUM, you're gonna shoot HOT CUM...EVERYWHERE. And that's a- that's a promise. That's a promise, folks. Thats a fuckin' promise right there. You're gonna shoot fuckin' hot jizz all over your computer, all over your mechanical keyboard and your Razer mouse. I swear to God that you will bust a nut...the first time you play. That's my money back guarantee. If you don't bust a nut the first time you play, message me.
 
Hiphopopotamus said:
Trust me, when you fire this game up, your little fuckin nuts are gonna start quakin' buddy, your little nuts are gonna be quakin'. YEA YEAAAAAA, YEAAAAAAAAA. You're gonna shoot CUM, you're gonna shoot CUM, you're gonna shoot HOT CUM...EVERYWHERE. And that's a- that's a promise. That's a promise, folks. Thats a fuckin' promise right there. You're gonna shoot fuckin' hot jizz all over your computer, all over your mechanical keyboard and your Razer mouse. I swear to God that you will bust a nut...the first time you play. That's my money back guarantee. If you don't bust a nut the first time you play, message me.
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Dude don't leak the new season of Rick and Morty
 
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