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Maybe it's one of those things where you give it a name that implies something larger exists? If he calls it chapter 1, it makes people believe it's going to be a long story. The story isn't that long of course, but he's going the route of GRRM with his updates.
The WVM plot hierarchy is:
- Season
- Chapter
- Episode
- Beta/Chunk
- Episode
- Chapter
Conventionally, chapters are applied to text. Episodes are applied to TV/radio series. Chapters and episodes are usually analogous, but some writers will use one as a smaller piece of the other, as BD does here.
Betas were originally a substage of software development tests. Alpha tests used to be strictly in-house tests for functionality. Beta tests were for products that were close to complete, but with expectations of lingering bugs. Closed beta releases allowed select outsiders to participate in bug-hunting/UX scrutiny. Open betas generally allow anyone to access the product for preview and cleanup purposes. A lot of devs now just use "beta" as an excuse to leave bugs in an otherwise complete product just so they can publish it for sales. "Perpetual beta" status means any complaints about the purchased product can just be explained away as "oh, it's still a work in progress, it'll get fixed." BD seems to use the label as "next small portion of the story" but relies on the old connotation of the word to heavily imply that it means he's working hard on bugfixes from feedback even though years of his lack of progress show otherwise.
KiryuKazuma095
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George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of
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(2011–2019)Martin has been criticized by some of his readers for the long periods between books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, notably the six-year gap between the fourth volume, A Feast for Crows (2005), and the fifth volume, A Dance with Dragons (2011), and the fact that
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, the next volume in the series, hasn't been published since.
EclipseTheStars
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*enters psycho ex-gf mode*
i've noticed that in the last week, the sub-count for BD has gone from 3181 to 3176 back up to 3178, despite the fact you CAN NOT subscribe to him due to the Pause ... how are people subbing to him?
i've noticed that in the last week, the sub-count for BD has gone from 3181 to 3176 back up to 3178, despite the fact you CAN NOT subscribe to him due to the Pause ... how are people subbing to him?
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I assume you're trying to resub to him? It's your money, but after everything you've been posting here in the last few weeks and after how you were treated, despite the fact be apologized to you, which, I think was ONLY because of how public everything was. Based on your literal first hand shitty experience and the updates still aren't out yet... My only question is, why?
Isn't this akin to enabling? Why not resub after he proves to you that everything he told you was genuine, and he deserves you as a loyal patron? After what I've seen, I don't think he does.
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I'm kind of torn here. On one hand I'd be hard pressed to come up with any developer I think would deserve another patreon less than this asshat. However I kind of want Katie over on discord and patreon starting shit and fucking with the vibes. Since it's not my money I'm kind of leaning toward anarchy.
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I swear final touches in this dudes head is an entire update lol
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What's the problem? He's obviously talking about the final touches on his latest excuse post
Jimmy_Jam
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Yea I just need any fire excuse and I hit BINGO on my cardWhat's the problem? He's obviously talking about the final touches on his latest excuse post
kcaldw
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Prepare to be disappointed.
You see, he was so busy working on his excuse post, that he kept rewriting it, tweaking it, starting over, and nothing was good enough. So it's actually going to be an excuse post about not having a good excuse
This is the best he could do after all this time
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I swear final touches in this dudes head is an entire update lol
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EclipseTheStars
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oh, i agree completely, he doesn't deserve a patron "like me"
however, i re-subbed this summer exclusively to post updates for you guys in here, which, (not trying to chase clout) is quite obvious the fanfare in this thread has died down since my ban-hammer last week
i "like" the comradery in this thread for the entertainment value it achieves, i sub so that this thread does not die or go stale
EclipseTheStars
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i told ya guys when he said "tested yesterday, uploading soon" that it wouldn't be out for at LEAST 4 more days, seems much longer than that, but nobody expected it to be ready, also, this isn't the complete update
REMEMBER, this is just a chunk of 13, not even "the rest of it"
EclipseTheStars
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dude just got hit by the biggest piece of water on the face of the earth in like 20 years
and you put "fire" on your BINGO card ... come on *man
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Do not let him molest the update any further. The amount of touches he already did could actually register him as a serial molester at this point.
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This bingo hard started back in January when he started the 52/52 bs that last a month, natural disaster is top right and Any fire is bottom right
WhiteyG
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You're definitely closer than I am. I still need attacked by aliens and lost a hand in a lawnmower accident. Fingers crossed that he loses some fingers.