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Later and later for new comic posting
NotAClue
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Over the last few months comics and newsposts are appearing later and later. PA used to be pretty reliable in having a comic available by 10:00 EST. Right now it's 1:45 PM EST and still no comic or newspost.
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there must be an outbreak of something. PvP just had a bunch of people on their forums because he posted his comic a little late too.
If you want, I'll show you how I hacked the server so that it lets me see the comics for free.
If I am mistaken, go have kids anyway. At least then you won't have time to bitch and clog up the plumbing here with assclownery.
<<that wasn't directed at you Shogun, you just started down the road I was going towards. Getting/staying up until the wee hours when you are in/just out of college is one thing....things catch up to you after 10+ years of sleep deprived gaming addiction
Asking for my money back? Yeah, actually I wouldn't mind. I've purchased 4 books, 3 shirts, and clicked on countless advertisements.
You have a serious stick in your ass. Listen to yourself moron.
'Oh god the comic's not up, the comic's not up'
So what?
since this is a business, like you're putting it, maybe he shouldn't do any work after he clocks out at 5:00pm
Expect your comic around 9:00am PST and you won't be let down.
Douche bag.
Tycho never comes here, Gabe comes once in a great while, and Khoo shows up on occasion.
why do you want your money back? did they arrive late?
For us, it is a hobby. I don't get paid to read the comic. I don't clock in on Monday morning and race to meet my comic reading deadlines. Although that would be a sweet gig, if I could land it.
They have kept the faith ( and the schedule ) for how many years now?
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I have just deposited into your bank account a refund on your expenditures associated with viewing one comic (tardy).
Have a nice day.
Responsible whining is every citizen's duty. Only you can prevent flame wars!
There are some companies where people can show up later in the day, and still work 8 to 10 hours, and their companies are fine with that as long as the work they are supposed to do gets done.
The comic shows up before the end of monday, wednesday or friday it is on time. If the comic started showing up tuesday, thursday or saturday it would be late.
Unless the PA folks decided to change the schedule. Which is well within their rights.
I'm not one to complain about free product, but I was getting a little concerned about the timeliness as well. Not for myself, of course, they could hack in to my home computer, download my calendar and strategically plan the worst possible fucking time to post the comic, and I'd still be a fanatic.
But I know that for people with day jobs, like myself, the only time you really get to kick back and read the comic is during the 10-20 minute time before work really begins. You know, while the idiots are still figuring how to start the day's wildfires? Humans being creatures of habit, you tend to go to the same sites every morning as part of your routine. Should a person less fanatical than myself not find new material during this early morning time, they may break the habit of reading.
Fewer readers means fewer people who will get my PA-related jokes and conversation, and thus the concern.
I do have to hand it to their ability to get it done, though. Consistently pulling off a comic about current events is a lot more difficult than, say, Garfield. If you drew a comic about a hedonistic feline, you could theoretically crank out three strips on a Saturday morning and take the rest of the week off. If PA tried that, where would they be if Sony made a sudden public announcement at 4pm on some idle Tuesday?
Who checks sites manually these days? RSS feeds are lovely.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
They're quite professional in this regard. No promises have been made about when the comic goes up beyond some time on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
If the Monday comic goes up at 11pm on a Monday night, they've still done the job that's been promised.
To be fair, XKCD is near metronomic, but i'm not really trying to prove any point here. Gabe and Tycho seem to be doing well enough putting the comic and newspost up when they do, and i'm perfectly fine with waiting a bit if it's not up when i first check the site.
Thing is, they live in Seattle.
Which is like 3 hours behind EST.
So when you're all antsy and crying "OH MY GOD COMICS NOT UP AT 11 AM THIS IS RIDICULOUS!" then you've gotta remember:
It's 8AM for them.
Gabe has a kid, on top of this. I don't know if Tycho does, but I KNOW Gabe does. So it's not like he can just sit around and draw, then go play video games to inspire himself for the next update.
They both have kids, one of them's been sick lately, and anyone who really expects the comic to be up at 8:00am is incredibly selfish and entitled.
Exactly. Both of the guys have kids now, are married, and not only that, run a company that includes a million-dollar charity, a scholarship, and a 40,000+ convention. Gain some perspective.
Is the comic posted MWF? Then I'm happy.
I stopped reading PVP years ago, but I still check VGCats, and I was just thinking this exact thing.
PA has been consistantly on the ball and still gets laughs years after numerous other comics I treasured closed up shop. If a few years and children mean that sometimes, yes sometimes I have to wait to see the comic after work rather than before, I'll shed no tears. I'll still treasure my t-shirts and look forward to Childs Play each year, and relish in the delight that the forums heap upon me each day.
Yes, Penny Arcade is indeed a business, and it's one of few that I value the most.
I had imagined that the comics/newsposts were done prior to the fact and slowly released in the wild like the fledgling beasts they are by an autonomous overlord.
Considering they like to cover topical events/games, that might not be the best way to go about things.
Though I suppose they could make a backlog of less time-sensitive strips, then substitute in topical ones whenever they felt like it. Who knows, maybe they do have something like that going.
Now answer my question.
If Tycho shows up, then he brings wrath. :evil: