EZX Digital

**EZX** is an annual weeklong anniversary celebration of Easy Allies. Throughout the week of March 21, a wide variety of bonus livestreams, new special features, premieres, and bonus perks are scheduled to celebrate EZA's anniversary with the community.

The EZA anniversary celebrations started out with the Easy Allies in Concert series. After two live concerts, they changed the format of the celebration to a live version of their trivia game show Mysterious Monsters and called it the Mysterious Monster Mash.

## EZX Digital 2020

**EZX Digital 2020** is the four-year anniversary celebration of Easy Allies and the first annual EZX Digital event.

The EZX event was originally planned as a four-hour community group stream for Sunday, March 22nd at the Hilton Anaheim where the Allies could play games together with members of the community. However, the live event had to be canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

EZX subsequently transformed into EZX Digital, a 6-day online event with daily 8+ hour streams from March 22nd to March 27th.

## EZX Digital '21

**EZX Digital '21** is the five-year anniversary celebration of Easy Allies and the second annual EZX Digital event.

Following EZA's fifth birthday, a five-day event was hosted on Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon starting on March 22, 2021. Each day featured extended bonus streams on top of their regular schedule, including the return of Weekly Hunts with Monster Hunter Rise, It Takes Two playthrough with Bloodworth and Jones, the first Hall of Greats Induction of 2021, and much more.

New show premieres during EZX Digital '21 included Achieve It Yourself! Season 3 and a brand new show hosted by Brandon Jones about meditation and mindfulness titled Mindful Games. An update was also provided on Mini-Game Champions, with the rest of the series set to premiere following the season finale of Achieve It Yourself. A new monthly segment titled Trash Babies was also announced alongside the soundtrack discussion series, Soundtrack Club.

Changes to the benefits on Patreon were also planned with additional features being added to their crowded-funding community. New t-shirts and posters were also added to their merchandise catalog thanks to the continuing relationship with Rooster Teeth. A fundraiser was hosted the whole week to produce even more content throughout the year. Progress was charted across Twitch subs, Patreon pledges, and PayPal donations, with special rewards being delivered when certain goals are met in the form of new special features and big event live-streams. By the end of EZX Digital '21, they surpassed their final $25,000 fundraising goal with a total of $26,358 raised for Easy Allies content and operations.

## EZX 2022

**EZX 2022** is the six-year anniversary celebration of Easy Allies and the third annual EZX event. It was officially announced in early March 2022 as a weeklong event with this EZX being the first to take place in The Studio. Planned events included an EZA fundraiser with fundraising goals, announcements and surprises. Among the major announcements included Brandon Jones retiring from Easy Allies and games journalism, Isla and Bloodworth being named new co-heads of Easy Allies, a new company rebrand, the return of Patreon goals, and Patreon reward tier changes.

Numerous fundraising goals were revealed and they raised more than $26,000 for their EZX fundraiser and reached over $34,000 per month on Patreon. Similar to EZX Digital '21, an EZX 2022 Bonus Tracker was posted on Patreon with continual updates planned as incentives get produced over the coming weeks.

## EZX 2023

**EZX 2023** is the seven-year anniversary celebration of Easy Allies and the fourth annual EZX event. The first change came to the Patreon Tiers following the survey feedback. To make them less confusing, they brought down the number of tiers down to 8 and improved the rewards in the tier list. They also announced the full schedule on Twitter ahead of the event.

On the first day of EZX '23, they posted the kickoff video that included all of the announcements, incentives, events, and fundraiser goals. In addition to the Patreon tier shakeup, updates included new shows and streams, the return of Huber Hype, fundraising incentives, and more.

## References

1. ↑ EZX Digital ‘21 - March 22 to March 26
2. ↑ EZX Digital '21 Merch!
3. ↑ EZX 2022 Bonus Tracker
4. ↑ Tiers Have Changed - The Great Patreon Shakeup!
5. ↑ EZX 2023 Schedule on Twitter
6. ↑ EZX Kickoff 2023 Announcement Video

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party

One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream • Third Year Anniversary Celebration
EZX Digital 2020 • EZX Digital '21 • EZX 2022 • EZX 2023