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Academy students,vvvvvvvvvvvv (that was my cat's contribution)
Thank you so much for such positive feedback regarding our 13th Hunger Games. We hope it was worth the wait!

I wanted to give you a small update regarding the next. At the moment, there is no estimate date for the 14th Games just yet. I really, really want to get it out before SOTR releases, but it is a bit unlikely. Hopefully shortly after, at the very least.

Unfortunately, I am still very shaken about what happened to my mother, it has affected my mental health and consequent motivation (more so, my ability to focus - I am very motivated to work on this project, but I often feel down / have writer's block due to bad thoughts and can't get anything done. I'm working on it, though! But due to this, at this moment production is still going slowly.

Thank you once again for bearing with me. It makes me very happy to see so many people excited for our videos, and I need that happiness especially at this moment of my life. It is also great that SOTR is coming out soon! What are you the most excited for regarding the movie?

I will update you again soon once we have more progress!

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 175

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Academy students,
The wait is finally over. And I can't thank you all enough for bearing with me.

I apologize for not updating you all in a while. In my last post, I mentioned some family issues, the truth is that my mother fell ill very suddenly in the end of last year and sadly passed away this February. It was very unexpected and as you can imagine, very life changing, in a bad way. Even excluding the grief factor, there was a lot to take care of in the last few months, and I simply was unable to work on the video.

I have been healing bit by bit and with it, working on the video whenever I could. Today, it is finally done. It is almost two hours long, which also contributed to the long wait. Normally I will try to aim for 45 min / 1h videos, but a year like the 13th deserved this spotlight, and I hope you will agree with me. As I mentioned before, it is one of mine and Barr's favorite years.

Please enjoy, and I hope you are all doing well. I do not expect the next videos to take this long again, but I know better than to make promises for now. I will start working on it right away, and hopefully we will be back on a more regular schedule. I will also be more regular in replying to all of your comments again.

Thank you all 🧡

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 113

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13th update: first of all, it's still coming, don't worry 🥹 we would never give up on this project, it's very dear to us. But exactly because of this, we want it to have the best quality we can give it.

I was sick for the entire November and sadly it affected my voice, so I could not record anything 🥲 but I am starting to feel better and we are doing good progress now. We are trying our best to have the video out this month still or at least early January, but I cannot promise on a date with the state of my life right now - many uncertainties and family issues that could require my full attention at any time, limiting the time I can dedicate to the video. I am really sorry for this, I know it really sucks to have to wait this long.

On the other hand, be prepared for a +1h long video once it is out 👀 hope you are all doing well, and take care 🫶

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13th Update: Sorry everyone, we do not have a set upload date yet, sadly it is taking longer than expected to finish it. 🥺 But I wanted to write a post here to reassure you that we haven't given up on the videos! It will come as soon as possible. We will also be going through our comments soon to reply to the ones we haven't had the chance yet. Hope you are all doing well, and once more, thank you so much for waiting.

1 year ago | [YT] | 154

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13th Update: Sadly this video will take a little bit longer, I am sorry! But I promise you the wait will be worth it, this is one of our personal favorite years.

My boyfriend recently got a new job (he does the script proof reading and the audio editing for the videos) with a difficult schedule to which we are still adapting to, he hasn't had much free time to help me during this adaptation. Additionally, my family is coming to visit me next week, and I won't have much access to my computer. I will be working on the scripts of future videos in the meanwhile, to hopefully reduce the waiting time between the next few videos. Thank you so much for understanding and I hope you are all having a great week 🫶

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 145

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Two weeks after upload, did you predict the victor of the 12th Games? What were your thoughts on the mutts? 👀

Also a small update on the 13th: I cannot promise a specific date just yet, but it will definitely not come during this month. Doing my best to have it out in September. This video will be even longer than usual as there are a lot of background to talk about, with mentions of past Hunger Games victors. It it also Snow's turn to be evaluated. The script has about 6 pages of background and pre-game stages, compared to the usual 3. Don't worry, there will be chapters active so you can skip it easily if it uninterests you - but I highly recommend watching everything so that you are updated with all the Panem Academy lore :)

Hope you're all doing well!

1 year ago | [YT] | 131

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Finally coming here with good news! It's here! 🥳

I know I shouldn't keep apologizing for the delay with something that is very time consuming and that I can only do on my limited free time - but we truly appreciate you all for waiting, and for still watching our videos despite the time between uploads. When we started writing these stories, we always dreamed of sharing these characters and arenas with others, and you all make that a reality. We are super grateful for each of you!

We hope you enjoy the new video, please let us know your thoughts! 🫶
Now I'll be on my way to start working on the 13th asap... 🏃

1 year ago | [YT] | 53

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It really sucks to have to make an extra update after the "final update", but I wanted to let you all know that we are having trouble with the rendering - the video is already fully done, but the rendering has made it crash in the middle of it three times so far 🥲 my best guess is my laptop not handling heavy use so many hours in a row, so I am going to turn it off while I go to work and try again when I am back. Hopefully it will work out then - really sorry for yet another delay!

1 year ago | [YT] | 109

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Final 12th Games update! The video is pretty much done, just needs some minor adjustments and the reviewing, which I will do tomorrow morning. I will render it then, which can take a couple of hours. It will definitely be out tomorrow, likely at night but hopefully sooner, if it renders fast 🙏 we are excited to share it!

1 year ago | [YT] | 111

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12th Games update: I wanted to clarify that the video is still coming this month, likely this weekend. A lot has happened these past two months including an important work deadline, but it is coming very soon and we will make extra effort to still have the 13th out within next month. The next video will be around 42 minutes long - please keep in mind that we have no editors whatsoever and we do everything by ourselves while juggling full time jobs so it is really hard to predict an exact time when a video will be done 🥹 which is why I initially thought I could have it ready by early July - apologies for the further delay. Especially now that our videos have tripled in size, I am still trying to figure out how long it takes to do everything 🙏

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