Discussion about the Forthcoming Issues list

[doctorx]

It's worth noting, I think, that since December, only April had as many as four main-book updates. All other months have had three at most -- and now, the even weeklies and biweeklies are only trickling in. IOW, the deficit is growing, not receding.

I get that people retire, that artists sometimes act like artists, that there's a limited number of people with the particular skill and taste for this stuff, that you can only squeeze so much out of people, and that time is not infinitely extendable. I used to be in the publishing business, and I know that things sometimes go south -- sometimes for no reason, but sometimes for real reasons. But this is a lot of south, and we're now six months into it. It's not unreasonable to wonder WTH is going on.

Yeah seems like the site's winding down.

"What are we paying for" seems to be less and less of an unfair question.

[sneakybunny]

It's worth noting, I think, that since December, only April had as many as four main-book updates. All other months have had three at most -- and now, the even weeklies and biweeklies are only trickling in. IOW, the deficit is growing, not receding.

I get that people retire, that artists sometimes act like artists, that there's a limited number of people with the particular skill and taste for this stuff, that you can only squeeze so much out of people, and that time is not infinitely extendable. I used to be in the publishing business, and I know that things sometimes go south -- sometimes for no reason, but sometimes for real reasons. But this is a lot of south, and we're now six months into it. It's not unreasonable to wonder WTH is going on.

Yeah seems like the site's winding down.

"What are we paying for" seems to be less and less of an unfair question.

I think this boils down to two definitions of users of mcc. Those who are historic and have viewed everything, therefore looking at the latest updates for new content and therefore money well spent vs those who are new (<2 years old) who haven't used mcc as much and still working through backlogs of content. Those gaps are now diminishing which is where a lot of the questions arise, especially after the announcements of "this isn't a permanent issue, but one that will be fixed by giving additional content updates to ensure we hit the missed quota" - i understand Daphne's position, but also news is better than radio silence, we are people at the other end and we understand what she's dealing with. For me personally, a new update to SM would offer a mountain of new content and replayability that is well needed.