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<fs smaller>**PROGRESS** At press time, here's how the Ares Studio Patreon was performing.</fs> <fs x-small>//Data/Patreon//</fs>

<fs x-small>FEBRUARY 15, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 2 MIN READ</wrap></fs>

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====== Marathon or Sprint? Examining the Ares Studio Patreon ======

**//'Patreon's a marathon, not a sprint!' Claim Axanar Supporters//**
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Axanar supporters complain they are [[face>groups/258982371228800/permalink/592302661230101/|not happy]] with **AxaMonitor**'s reporting about the progress of Axanar producer Alec Peters' attempt via Patreon to get fans to pay the rent for his Georgia warehouse.

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===== Criticizing Coverage =====

"Patreon's a marathon, not a sprint!" [[face>groups/258982371228800/permalink/592302661230101/?comment_id=592593651201002&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D|they claim]] — the idea that examining a couple days' data isn't enough to fairly analyze how well the campaign is going.

Fair enough, so now that we have nearly a month's worth of data, how well has AxaMonitor been reporting the Patreon's progress?

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<fs smaller>**PROJECTED DONATIONS** on January 28 proved rosier than the data gathered by today. A take of nearly $2,000 was revised to about $1,600, where the campaign now stands.</fs>
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<WRAP>//**__‘Ares Studios is indeed running a marathon, not a sprint. But it doesn't look like they're winning it.’__**// <wrap indent>//— AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza//</wrap></WRAP>

==== AxaMonitor's Reporting ====

  * **January 28**: We report a [[patreon_progress|disturbing trend]] — growth in patrons was heading in the wrong direction, sliding into single digits, while donation growth was flattening.
  * **February 9**: After the Patreon grinds to zero, we report [[pokey_patreon|sluggish growth]] isn't likely to garner enough funds to keep the current warehouse. Peters announces he's moving to a smaller facility.
  * **February 11**: Several encouraging upswings [[spurring_donations|don't really improve]] the trend line.

===== Marathon Data =====

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<fs smaller>**CURRENT DATA** shows no signs of any change in the trends, projecting the campaign's take by April 1, just a month before the move, looks like it'll hover around $2,500, about 63 percent of Peters' $4,000 goal.</fs>

Marathon? While the data demonstrates Ares Studios is indeed running a marathon, it looks like isn't going to win one. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}

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