Goblins XIV: Clerical Omission.

[Hyena]

Maybe he just got bored?

[Starbuck_II]

I think he was kidnapped by Kore (who saw him as evil, like everyone Kore meets). Now Minmax and the goblins have to rescue him.

(Speaking about the Author)

[TheSummoner]

Nah, he just went on vacation. Unfortunately he let Scott Ramsoomair book the flight for him and he is currently stranded on an island. The good news is the island is more or less a tropical paradise. The bad? No internet.

[lonely_cubone]

We were also told no one was in the hospital. Thunt and Danielle have seemed like sensible people, it'd have to be a very specific range of sick to incapacitate without needing hospitalization.

I keep hearing this, but I don't remember anyone saying that no-one was in the hospital. This is what WearsHats quoted on the Goblins forum:

I know he's going to go public with at least this much information:

Although it is an emergency situation, nobody is dead or dying. As soon as the dust finishes settling, Tarol is going to post a blog and get back to work on the comic.

Also, if Thunt decided to stop working on the comic altogether, I can't imagine why Danielle would specifically say he was going to get back to work on it. Now that I think about it, "the dust finishes settling" kind of implies a one-time event that takes awhile to resolve, like a lawsuit, rather than a continuing problem like sickness. I'm probably reading too much into her wording, though.

Anyway, I hope Thunt and his family are okay, and I hope everything goes back to normal soon.

[AdmiralCheez]

Maybe they got lost in a sandstorm that has been going on for weeks.

Or maybe one of them was dusting, but found a spot that hadn't been dusted in centuries, causing a huge unending dust cloud to get kicked up, and he can't work on the comic because the dust will clog his computer's intake fans!


That would explain the "dust settling" phrase, at least. Even though it really doesn't.

[Bongos]

Maybe the poor guy is in jail awaiting trial?

[Traab]

Or maybe thunt blew his cover in the witness protection program, and now has to move to a safehouse where he will be able to continue updating the comic in secret.

[FatJose]

Or maybe thunt blew his cover in the witness protection program, and now has to move to a safehouse where he will be able to continue updating the comic in secret.

Maybe that's it. That would explain the almost identical webcomic starring misunderstood Imps created by a "K.Nock" that seemed to pop up recently and in the middle of a random fight between two Duegar. I can't believe what Cõr did to Pregaf.

Eh, probably a coincidence. Imps: The World In Their Point of View is still worth a read, though.

[Malimar]

From Thunt's Twitter:

A blog explaining what's happened with me will be posted tomorrow sometime and I'll be returning to work on Goblins.

Do we start taking bets on whether the post in question actually goes up tomorrow?

[The Glyphstone]

Over/Under at 5PM.

[satorian]

Unless you mean 5pm Vancouver time, I put in for over.

[Morquard]

Over/Under at 5PM.

You should specify a timezone.

5 pm GMT? Over
5 pm EDT? Over.
5 pm PDT? Hmm... yeah I'll go with over here too

So ... ok maybe you don't need timezone after all.

[The Glyphstone]

I meant EST, because sometimes I forget other time zones exist.

But let's go with 5PM Thunt Local Time, whatever that is.A week from tomorrow.

[satorian]

Thunt Local Time is PDT, GMT -7, or EDT -3. I vote under 5pm by that metric.

[Draconi Redfir]

i'm going to vote somewhere between eleven AM and one PM.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I'll put down 3 internet cookies for 1-3am the following day over.

[Divayth Fyr]

From Thunt's Twitter:

And once again something that definately should have been posted on the website itself goes on twitter.

Do we start taking bets on whether the post in question actually goes up tomorrow?

I'd say this week is an optimistic estimation...

[Yuki Akuma]

And once again something that definately should have been posted on the website itself goes on twitter.

There is a Twitter feed on the website.

[Morquard]

Which you have to a) look at b) remember to look at c) not ignore it because usually that is spammed full of irrelevant stuff that doesn't interest me.

[Divayth Fyr]

Which you have to a) look at b) remember to look at c) not ignore it because usually that is spammed full of irrelevant stuff that doesn't interest me.

d) some people complain it doesn't work for them.

Also, why even bother having a part of the site dedicated to a blog/news when you don't post stuff of such importance there? Why not replace it entirely with a huge box for a twitter feed?

[pikeamus]

d) some people complain it doesn't work for them.

Also, why even bother having a part of the site dedicated to a blog/news when you don't post stuff of such importance there? Why not replace it entirely with a huge box for a twitter feed?

Yeah, I can't see it at work due to our security settings (and I rarely read Web comics at home).

[Draconi Redfir]

d) some people complain it doesn't work for them.

Also, why even bother having a part of the site dedicated to a blog/news when you don't post stuff of such importance there? Why not replace it entirely with a huge box for a twitter feed?

maybe the dude doesn't like using a blog post spot for less then one sentance?

oir maybe he just wasn't able to get to a computer at the time.

[TheSummoner]

Eh, atleast we'll finally be getting the story. The fact that he'll be getting back to work also (hopefully) means that the worst is past.

[TheStranger]

maybe the dude doesn't like using a blog post spot for less then one sentance?

oir maybe he just wasn't able to get to a computer at the time.

It's a one-sentence announcement saying that there will be an announcement. If you miss it, you'll still see the blog post, you just won't spend a day anticipating it (until you see it on this thread). Twitter seems like a fine platform for making that announcement.

[Seerow]

I'll put my virtual money on no blog today, and the countdown clock getting a new update in 2 days saying "Blog post coming soon(tm)!"

[Petrocorus]

Sorry but what time zone are EDT, EST and PDT?

[Lord Torath]

EDT = Eastern Daylight Time = GMT- 3
EST = Eastern Standard Time = GMT -4
PDT = Pacific Daylight Time = GMT -7
(I think. Daylight Savings Time can throw me off a bit)

[Petrocorus]

EDT = Eastern Daylight Time = GMT- 3
EST = Eastern Standard Time = GMT -4
PDT = Pacific Daylight Time = GMT -7
(I think. Daylight Savings Time can throw me off a bit)

OK Thanks.
EDT is my time zone apparently.

[Gez]

If your forum location is accurate and up to date, your time zone is GMT +1 (and in summer time, GMT +2), not GMT -3.

EDT, EST, and PDT correspond to American time zones.

[Morquard]

So, if I'm not mistaken it is 5:04 EDT right now, and no Blog post.
He still has 2 hours, 56 minutes to beat the PDT threshold... :)