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2012-08-24, 10:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Just finished the archive.
I was just wondering if there's a schedule for how often new comics are posted? I currently read other webcomics that update Daily, M/W/F, Weekly, and whenever the author gets around to putting up a new one and was just curious about how this one will fight into my checking now that I can't read 10 new (to me) OOTS comics a day any more.
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2012-08-24, 10:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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There is no schedule. This is a sensitive subject around here, due to an unfortunate tendency in the past for people to post demanding the next comic and yelling at the author for being lazy.
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2012-08-24, 10:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Suffice it to say that Rich has an unspecified chronic but non-fatal health condition (at least, he never said what it was when he first announced it, it's possible he's loosened up a bit since then, although he's still rather private as I understand) that makes it difficult to nigh-impossible to keep a schedule. Once-Twice a week is considered normal/above average, although conventions can torpedo that. There is going to be a "One OOTS a day for a
weeknine days" sometime this year, although when Rich is going to do this only he knows.Last edited by Squark; 2012-08-24 at 10:48 AM.
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2012-08-24, 11:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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In addition, the recent Kickstarter has probably put more on his plate than usual, so he now has a lot of side projects to keep track of.
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2012-08-24, 11:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks for the quick responses. I have my own chronic health issues so I know how that can wreck plans and schedules. Since I do read a bunch of webcomics I don't feel the need to try and pressure any of the authors to hurry up and update since I always have something with new updates to check and then over analyze on the comic's forum.
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2012-08-24, 11:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Welcome to this wondeful comic, then. The three answers above mine explain all that there is to be explained about the topic.
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2012-08-24, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-25, 05:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-25, 06:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Just to answer the question, right now the schedule seems to lie at "roughly every ten days". So it can be a week, but getting close to or above 14 days is also not unknown.
So the not-existing-schedule seems to be "once in a while" at the moment.
Discussing that (or the reasons for it) seems sensitive. If you want to you can just check in the forum when the threads for the latest new comics have been posted and you have an idea.Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Queen Cersei, King Joffrey, The Tickler, The Hound, Ser Amory, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling, Weese, Dunsen, Nale, Ser Gregor Clegane and Chiswyck: Winter is coming!
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2012-08-25, 07:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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well its getting close to the christmas season, he always picks up around then when he is trying to boost his sales. I actually have a theory he is going slow lately because he is building a buffer set so he can start rapid firing updates during the upcoming high sales period. he does use this to make a living after all, its marketing.
Originally Posted by theinsulabot;Originally Posted by Roland St. Jude;
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2012-08-25, 07:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2012-08-25, 07:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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that does sound like the giant. Well maybe writing out the dialogue or possibly even perish the thought, spending some time resting and/or taking care of kickstarter stuff before he voluntarily swamps himself in work.
Originally Posted by theinsulabot;Originally Posted by Roland St. Jude;
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2012-08-25, 08:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-29, 11:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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That said, even with comics that have regular update schedules and actually manage to stick to the, they're always best, in a way, right when you first discover them and do the archive binge. After that, even with comics that update daily, they never seem to come fast enough.
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2012-08-29, 11:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-29, 11:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-07, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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The truly sad and cruel truth is that some of us very users of this forum will actually die without ever having seen how this awesome story ends. That is why books > webcomics (or any type of periodic magazines).
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2012-09-07, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Right. No one ever died between the second and third book in a trilogy coming out.
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2012-09-07, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-07, 01:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Countless people have died since A Song of Ice and Fire started, countless people have died since The Order of the Stick started and countless others will die before any or both of them are done.
But what does it matter? If you die you do not care anymore and those close to you have (hopefully) different concerns than "Oh gawd, my sister/husband/childhood friend did not finish that webcomic before he got hit by that truck!"Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Queen Cersei, King Joffrey, The Tickler, The Hound, Ser Amory, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling, Weese, Dunsen, Nale, Ser Gregor Clegane and Chiswyck: Winter is coming!
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2012-09-07, 05:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Right... I'm sure that if at least these people could have seen how this comic ends before they died, they'd have been glad to die afterwards.
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2012-09-07, 05:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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maybe you will get lucky and it will turn out heaven has a wifi hotspot somewhere
Originally Posted by theinsulabot;Originally Posted by Roland St. Jude;
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2012-09-08, 04:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Queen Cersei, King Joffrey, The Tickler, The Hound, Ser Amory, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling, Weese, Dunsen, Nale, Ser Gregor Clegane and Chiswyck: Winter is coming!
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2012-09-08, 07:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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its seems nicer then assuming everyone I know are hellbound jerks
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Originally Posted by theinsulabot;Originally Posted by Roland St. Jude;
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2012-09-08, 06:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's completely random, but the average is 5-6 days per chapter. But Rich can get slower or faster than that anytime. Sometimes we get 1 strip every day for a week, and sometimes we have 1 month with no updates.
It seems lame, but when you think about it, one strip of OOTS has a lot more content than most webcomics have in their strips. So you are more os less getting the same content you get in most webcomics.
I'm pretty sure I'm seeing the end of OOTS in a couple years, probably before I turn 30. But some webcomics are so slow I think they won't ever end.Last edited by Ninja Dragon; 2012-09-08 at 06:47 PM.
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2012-09-14, 07:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Long webcomics aren't a problem for me. I still read the first webcomic (Sluggy Freelance) that I started reading not long after I first got the internet way back in ancient times. That one had its 15th birthday a couple weeks ago. I don't think any of the other webcomics I've started reading since are close to that.
They have to use dialup so the comic only loads partway before it times out.Last edited by Grape Starburst; 2012-09-14 at 07:34 PM.
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2012-09-14, 10:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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