The drum has been spun, and the March member drive and community raffle is officially over. Congrats to all the winners!
For those who missed our live drawing on Discord: I bought a raffle drum off Amazon, sat in front of a camera, and attempted to conduct a legitimate drawing while also narrating it out loud to an audience who could see exactly how improvised the whole thing was. It went fine. Probably.
There was drama! A disqualified ticket came up, twice—including once for the grand prize—which extended the suspense considerably and was not planned. One ticket holder named Joe somehow pulled two winning tickets in the same tier. The whole thing wrapped in 20 minutes, which I'm choosing to count as a win.
You bought 160 tickets. A lot of you didn’t stop there—you subscribed. Monthly, yearly, Sticker Club, Founding Level, and more. Some of you already had subscriptions and bought tickets anyway, which, honestly, I didn't see coming. Because of you all, March turned into something. Thank you.
The winners
GRAND PRIZE Planet Nude Field Kit — Congrats to Ed!
TIER 2 Sticker Club year + merch of choice — Congrats to Andy · Thurman · Ralph
TIER 3 Merch of choice — Congrats to Lily · Andrei · Randy · Stu · Danny
TIER 4 Sticker pack — Congrats to Larry · Rick · Han · Quin · Matthew · Joe(x2) · Clinton · Brian · Phillip
Winners, check your email. If nothing showed up, reach out and I’ll make it right.
I also want to say this: the Discord community made this event actually feel like an event. People watching live, reacting in real time, being part of the draw as it happened; that’s just not something you get from an email blast. We’re going to keep doing things like this. If you want to be in the room when they happen, come join us on Discord.
One last thing: I’m not necessarily ready to call this raffle thing a tradition just yet. But I did buy the drum. It’s just sitting here, taking up space. Looking at me.
Of course, subscriptions are open year-round if you want to support Planet Nude without waiting for the annual chaos. That support is what makes everything else possible. So thank you again, and thank you once more for all who keep this drum-a-turnin’.
And with all of this said and done, I’ll now stop harassing you about subscribing until September. Fair?
— Evan 🪐
(P.S. If you really want to see exactly how the sausage gets made, the drawing is below.)