@itmeJP and @staff , do y’all have to put up this every time it gets hard to schedule a show? Because I know from watching youtube vods and the classic mp3s that scheduling has always been a royal pain at best as it seems like trying to schedule monthly episodes was an issue and episodes that were only a few weeks or even the next week were something like when the stars aligned type occurrences. So if y’all have had to put up with this every single time then first, kudos to y’all for putting up with it and second, damn. Y’all got more patience than I do because I get annoyed just watching everyone else whine and complain.
I do try to post if a show has been cancelled.
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And that is much appreciated! 
However I (and i’m probably not the only one) do tend to check twitter more often than the website, and i do think a short tweet would kill 90% of the “OMG shows been cancelled” stuff 
True but only as a response to people asking on the day. It just seems like so much of people speculating could be cut down with an announcement tweet. shrug
but if the show was never planned on the schedule and/or events tab on twitch, That means there was no show on that day to begin with and such not a show to be officially canceled. If a show is already planned and than it gets canceled its usually put into the schedule/tweet.
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You got a point there 
However it does seem like most people go “oh blades are on sundays” and then just tuned in on the day rather than checking the schedule. But the fact that it is not on the schedule does not help with the “omg is it cancelled?” questions that appear every time a show misses two episodes. Which is why i suggested they be a bit more consistent on the official twitter with episode cancellations ect, rather than leave people to speculate.
maybe yes, but the shows are also supposed to be when they are planned, if they are not planned than there is no show. it might be shitty yes, and ofcourse it could use communication that there is no show but if the show was never planned than they can’t get cancelled either is what i was getting at.
edit; damn this is badly worded.
Could you be anymore condescending and passive aggressive? Are you JPs official spokesperson? Someone made a simple request for better communication. I see no reason to jump down their throat. JP has expressed concerns of losing followers/subscribers. If this recommendation can assist in retaining some of those potential losses why not consider it?
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If we could keep this civil please.
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Condescending implies that I think I’m better than everyone else. And what I think is that I am very tired of seeing the same complaints over and over, and regardless of any concessions that the cast, mods, and admins make, as soon as something new pops, everyone goes running for the torches and pitchforks over the exact same “issue”.
Because this “request” has been occuring on a repeated basis since the community started, and every time, it is addressed. Schedules are made more noticeable. News Announcement threads are made. A JP QandA thread that everyone asked for and only like five people have used is made. Ezines are constantly being complained about because they don’t come out the first of the month even though there would be nothing in them.
It’s the same thing over and over. And this community has existed for what? Five months? Six? Four? More than three because it popped up towards the end of Balance of Power.
And already everything is repeatable. And that’s just here. I can only imagine how bad it must’ve been on reddit.
And I’m not being passive aggressive. I’m not inviting people to attack me. I am honestly stating my opinion without the political correctness of being “y’all should just calm down” because that stage got passed way back when that I don’t even remember it existing.
Because the reality is that people aren’t happy that there’s community. Something goes wrong, they don’t to hear from the staff. They don’t want to hear about updates from Noor.
Know how I know? Because Noor literally posted something along the lines of “Guys, I have kept you up to date as can be done” and the response was basically “But you’re not JP so it doesn’t matter”.
That is passive aggressive. That is condescending. Because there are people working their butts off to keep us as satisfied as they can, and we just spit in their faces for it because they don’t do it how we want them to do it, or as soon as we want them to do it.
/endrant
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And I pay $20 a month for them and I feel like they’re worth the wait and the obvious labor of love that they are. And worth totally more than $20 but I’m poor so i’d like it if @AdamKoebel and @itmeJP kept them at $20. 
Also, towards the end of the month isn’t late. The month has to happen in order for the month to be covered. Unless you want May’s ezine to cover everything from April for some weird reason.
this has never been the case. EVER.
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We have been keeping everyone up to date as best we can on every available avenue sans direct e-mail or whispering everyone individually through Twitch. If you feel out of the loop please look in to these options:
The The Rollplay News Thread is being kept up-to-date as best as I or JP can keep Noor informed (lots of things change last minute)
The Schedule is updated regularly, sometimes multiple times a week, if a show isn’t there or says it’s canceled than it most likely is not happening that week
The Official Rollplay Twitter account, this is the best option for news as this gets updated faster than even the schedule and is easier to announce updated information this way as well.
The Twitch Events page is also great if you’re not sure if a show is happening that week or not as this is updated if it’s a done deal (unless something unforseen happens of course)
Other than that, all mods ( @ReginaldXIV @HellsCreso @NoorElBahrain @Tahkai11 @Gray_Mask @ZodiacVIII ) are extremely informed of the goings on about shows and other things going on with the channel. So do not hesitate to ask us in Twitch Chat, on the Discord (if you’re a sub) or here on the Community site through DMs.
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We are using the term month differently I think. The general use of month in this instance means 30ish days. If a Zine was 30+ days past due, I’d consider that a month late. Coming out a week into the new month (March 7th for the February Zine) wouldn’t be considered a month late.
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the thing here is that they’re released for people who paid in the month they come out - the april issue is meant to release at the end of april, etc. If it comes out a few days into May, it’s not “a month late” it’s a few days.
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Pertaining to the original topic of the thread
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I would like to point out as $20 dollar backer myself you should maybe just speak to your own opinions and views of the situation and not how others will feel.
I for one, do not share your concerns. In my own personal situation (which I do not expect others to share) am able to support RollPlay at $20 and see the zine as a bonus that will be posted when ready.
I only point this out to show how vastly different we think on the matter, and nothing more.
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I don’t think anybody is forcing anyone to pay anything. If you find something not worth paying for then don’t. You don’t need to go into details defending your feelings. Just stop paying and be happy!
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This thread got way outa’ hand sorry I didn’t hep that lol 
I was just worried as there was no official discussion about the cancelled Blades shows is all. Not even a peep from @Rollplay twitter and such, but if JP talked about it on stream, and there is a news thread I wasn’t aware of, awesome possum. I will hush.
Thanks Noor, Reginald.
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