Hello ladies and gentlemen a lot has happened in the last three months here at squared media and in this video I’m going to be going over everything you need to know about our Rebrand and what’s in store for the future I’m Matthew bliven one of the animation Directors and as of this past January now the leader of the channel 2. January was a crazy month with our old boss and two of our most senior directors Sam and Thomas stepping away from the channel to pursue other careers in their lives outside of Minecraft animation but not To worry the rest of the team is still working hard on animations as we speak so we won’t be going anywhere anytime soon so let’s address the elephant in the room before anything else today why in the world are we changing our name after over a decade of being called Black plasma Studios well there’s not one definitive answer to that question but it’s really more the sum of multiple Parts concerning our future plans for the channel which I’ll summarize over the course of this video all the major topics will be time stamped below for you guys to navigate too easily as You’re watching along so first of all I’m happy to announce that our Discord server is now public again I left a link in the description for you you guys to join if you want discord’s the best way to connect with our community as well as the Director team and we’ll be hosting a Lot of fun community events in there for you guys to join in on so you should definitely go check it out and real quick while we’re on the topic of Discord servers there’s actually a second one that I should mention before we move on to other things with the Rebrands one of our focuses is to expand into more forms of media than just Minecraft animations this means more tutorials more fun videos and even expanding into different entertainment mediums such as video games and what better place to start with video games than with our own Minecraft server Project Avalon is our first server development project with all kinds of cool features while still being able to be played on vanilla Minecraft without any mods on Java Edition it’s an MMORPG server still in the alpha testing phase with mechanics such as combat classes with unique abilities a reworked Crafting and Gathering system extensive Dungeons and just a whole bunch more going for it if you’re interested in helping Alpha test the server the Avalon server Discord link is in the description there’s a play guide and information in there that’s important to read before you join so that’s why I Don’t include the IP in this video if you’re more of a lurker and don’t necessarily want to help play test the server that’s perfectly fine too we post a lot in announcements about like the development of the server and we also post some Dev logs about stuff that We’ve been doing behind the scenes so if you just want to hang out in there and stay there for that kind of stuff that’s that’s totally cool too you’ll find me playing on the Avalon Alpha a couple times a week myself so drop by and say Hi sometime anyways moving on I want to talk more about our new upload schedule we’re shifting away from our more seasonal summer and winter approach in favor of a more consistent schedule overall we’re also moving almost everything that isn’t a Mainline animation over to our community Channel which will now be called squared Community except for in a few special cases for instance I’ve been working on an updated Minecraft animation tutorial since the last one we posted was over six years ago now so we’ll be uploading that to the main Channel sometime over the summer stuff like bloopers and Behind the scenes will all be going on the community Channel unless we get a sponsor for them in the unlikely event that we do they’ll be going on the main Channel just because we don’t want to have to put the sponsor on our main animation video so those don’t have to Get interrupted for you guys so sponsors really like those mid video segments and we don’t like that we don’t like to interrupt our animations so that’s why we put them on our bloopers if we do get the opportunities and other than that the bloopers all the other stuff will be Going to the Community Channel from now on so if you aren’t subscribed to that squared Community head over there you should be able to find it pretty easily and yeah alrighty let’s talk a little bit about the future now what if we got cooking up here at squared media well Apart from the eight Standalone animation projects currently in production to cover the rest of the year and possibly more on the way too we’ve started production on a new series project as well it’ll be 3D animated in Minecraft of course but it won’t quite be along the same vein of songs of War Season one of this new series will run for 10 episodes and it’s actually a comedy series following the everyday lives of some high school Age characters with some pretty strong personality traits it makes for some pretty fun interactions I can’t say much more than that though since it’s still in the Pretty early stages of production and it’s not something that’ll be done until at least partway through 2024. that’s not the only Series in production either but that’s the one that’ll be coming along the soonest just know that we’ve got big things in the works we’ve also got some non-minecraft Productions in The works too but we’ll also keep those a secret until they’re completed since they may take well over a year or even two or three to complete since Productions take a very long time and are very expensive but yeah so we’ll be keeping those a secret for now but just Know we’ve got a whole lot going on speaking of animations being expensive we just reworked our patreon I’m kidding if you’re gonna pledge to our patreon please wait until we upload another animation again this month because I want us to earn your pledge if you’re going to pledge animations are very Expensive and we do actually lose money on a lot of animations that we make like I’ll just cite this right out king derp costed me well over five thousand dollars to make I haven’t even made three thousand dollars from that animation back yet so unless our animations are making tens of millions Of views we’re probably losing money on them so long story short we really do appreciate the stability that patreon brings us but we also don’t want to ask our fans for money so the best thing that you can do to help us is to get involved in the community and just share Videos around with your friends and that’s more than we can ask for anyways enough of being a sellout I know I’m just for the parts the one and only Lord Business but I’ve got two more things to talk about before I let you guys go and The first is actually a combination of a couple of really small things that I’ll go over super quickly our new website is in the works currently not up but it will be soon squaredmedia.org will have all the info that you need about everything so once we get that up and Running be sure to check it out as most of your general questions should be answered there we also have a new email mail at squaredmedia.org will be the best way to reach me as well as the rest of the director team for any business inquiries that you might have if you Want to reach me professionally to do a collab or something that is where to do so so admittedly you’ll probably be able to reach me faster through Discord Since I checked the email every day or every two days but I’m on Discord like basically 24 7 because that’s where we Work out of already and I have one last thing to say while I still have your attention our Channel as a whole has been pretty isolated from the broader Minecraft community over the years despite being the most subscribed to Minecraft animation Channel on YouTube we’ve been pretty secluded in terms of Interaction with the rest of the community I’m looking to change that from now on I’ll be looking to actively network with other large creators to combine cinematic storytelling that we bring to the table with the awesome content that other creators make to create something new and exciting for The Minecraft Community my commitment to all of you is that we will use this platform and our skills to keep telling great stories and to build up a positive and supporting Community around the game that we love as a final final announcement you’ll be happy to know That our next animation comes out this month later this month actually next time you’ll be seeing me here on the channel will be on the tutorial video that comes out this summer so I’ll see you guys then foreign Video Information
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Chapters: 0:15 Where have we been? 0:31 Why are we rebranding? 0:54 New Community Discord Server! 1:30 Introducing Avalon, our first Minecraft Server! 2:23 New Upload Schedule/Community Channel Update 3:34 What to expect in the coming months from us! 4:29 Patreon Rework 5:24 New Website, New Email 5:58 Our Commitment to You, The Viewer 6:40 Closing!
And no, Songs of War will not be getting a Season 2. Sorry folks!