last i checked they're still charging money for entertaining content.
unless that policy has changed, we're going on now 2 weeks and if this week doesnt shape up with TNT and UPF, it'll be 3 weeks, which is 1 month of mebership with nothing new since the wednesday half-thrown-together show back on July 3 that was actually up to par with the last few years they built the site's fanbase on.
$4.95 a month for content < thats the issue
the 2 new pieces of content, patricks...whatever thats called which wasnt a Scoop nor a EB, was boring and not what i want from him and now this trackmania DLC is the the other piece. and the bombcast didnt even have rorie for whatever reason.
if Jeff aint "into video games" anymore then he needs to get people in who are, he looked at it as "a job" when his dad was in the hospital for a year and kept making content and putting on the show he asks money for(TNTs/UPFs/ect...), so did Patrick when his dad actually died.
when i pay for XBL, it doesnt get to just go offline for 3 weeks and tell me "im not really into providing what you originally signed up for" and its the same exact price for a GB membership as XBL. and they already used up the "first week back" when we then found out they already knew about it a week before hand..okay fine, now were in the 2nd week, no monday vid, no mailbox, no scoops, no jartime...
1 trailer for an obscure game and this QL with a bunch of out of place crude sexual humor which ive never heard any of them use not once in the last 2-3 years, and jeff not even doing his own style, coupled with neither Vinny nor Brad actually providing anything by asking questions or making comments to keep the QL going, just dead air and jeff acting completely un-jeff like
next week is the last friday of the month. aka the last day of (normally)schedualed premium content.
is their automated billing system going to "take a few weeks off" from charing us come August 1st, or better yet, pro-rate into next month, since even if there is a UPF this week and next, its still just 2 episodes with no scoops or jar times, even if that final week is back on schedual, thats 1 week of premium content. for a month's membership.
do i get to tell GB that my friend just died and i want a month of free premium access since im not really feeling like paying them?
any other subscription based service goes out for 3 weeks, you get pro-rated for those weeks. and im sure they're all still collecting checks from CBSi these last 3 weeks as well, if everything was availible, like every other gaming site then you can give me the "someone died, give them a break for not producing new content"
Angry Joe hasnt made any new content in almost the same length of time as BG has, till finally that Civ5 video, but guess what, Angry Joe doesnt charge me money for that content so theres no expectations and no reason for me to get mad at him, just wishing he would put out more stuff so i can be entertanied.
same goes for Gametrailers and their entire lineup of shows, all of which paid respects to Ryan in each of their shows, TotalBuiscit and any other people who make gaming content.
so to quote
you, i too normally let things slide, but when you go into peoples pockets, there is no more "GB community is like a family", as long as that fee is attached its a business. soon as thats changed, then you take as long as you want to make content, this aint no different than Kickstarter, if Tim Shafter or Brad Muir or anyone else at DoubleFine died tomorrow, those backers arent going to change their already built frustration for lact of promised content.
that what this rant is about, its got nothing to do with being incesitive towards ryan's passing or how long it takes someone to grive over it.
