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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 5435216" data-attributes="member: 20239">Again, "well in advance" of what? An arbitrary release date? That might be the norm for publishing dead tree materials where the product needs time to make its way through distribution channels so that it can be available at all retail outlets on the day of release. But that doesn't necessarily translate to online publishing. As long as there is a steady stream of content (and I see no evidence that WotC isn't planning on having a steady stream of content) why does it matter if article X is posted 4 days earlier than expected while article Y is postponed for 2 days beyond the original deadline?Agreed. Delaying a release because it was not ready on time is bad. I hope you will agree that releasing a flawed product on time is worse. I don't see any evidence that either of those is the case here. WotC are changing how they communicate the schedule of releases to their customers. I don't see any announcement saying that they are changing how they handle the supervision of writers and projects internally.They also don't have a year's backlog of material ready in January. And while print magazines may have some content started or outlined a few months in advance, most of that content won't be finished until it's actually being prepared for the current month's release. The difference between online publication and dead tree publication is that once an item transitions from started/outlined to finished for online publication, there is no need to hold it for weeks before publishing it. You can publish it as soon as it is done.It seems to me that WotC recently announced that they were no longer going to be posting online content updates on a specific day of the week at a specific time of day because online distribution makes an arbitrary release schedule like that unnecessary and in some cases counterproductive. What in that particular announcement leads you to believe that they are not planning to have...1. New content each month?2. Announcements about upcoming content?3. A continuous revenue stream?</blockquote>

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