I swear I am going to update even if I have to update with my freaking teeth. Aaaaargh. ''
— Amber Williams, Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures
Necro: This is The Necro Critic, saying: Merry Christmas, Happy New Year...
Devil: That was several months ago, you realize.
Necro: (Beat) Happy Epiphany!
Devil: Wrong.
Necro: Happy Candlemas!
Devil: That's February.
Necro: APRIL FOOLS!!!
Devil: (facepalm)
Devil: That was several months ago, you realize.
Necro: (Beat) Happy Epiphany!
Devil: Wrong.
Necro: Happy Candlemas!
Devil: That's February.
Necro: APRIL FOOLS!!!
Devil: (facepalm)
— The Necro Critic, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause review (which was posted in July)
Ack. Okay, the next page will be up on Tuesday night. Don't think of it as "slow", think of it as "dramatic tension"!
— Andrea L. Peterson, No Rest for the Wicked
Happy Fourth of July, everybody... as of filming this, anyway. Which means by my track record, it's probably January right now.
—Necro Critic in the introduction for his The Adventures of the American Rabbit review.
Two years [sic] in the future, huh? YEAH, THE VIDEO TOOK ABOUT THAT LONG, TOO.
—JesuOtaku's tagline for his Digimon Adventure 02 review.
This series began around 2005, stopped in 2008, and was supposed to continue again in February of this year as "Dark Knight: Boy Wonder". Still hasn't happened and I don't think it ever will.
—Linkara, reviewing All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder in April of 2011
After a year of waiting, Frank Miller's finally released enough issues of "The Goddamn Batman" to warrant another Longbox column! Apparently that kind of insanity takes time to cultivate (it ages like a fine wine).
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This monthly comic publishes about three issues a year. You can't rush this kind of quality, folks.
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This monthly comic publishes about three issues a year. You can't rush this kind of quality, folks.
—Protoclown
, also reviewing All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder
, also reviewing All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy WonderIt was in July when affairs reached this climax. It is now November, nearly December, & consequently a period of about four months has lapsed in the interim. We are not to suppose [...] that Miss Caroline has been standing for upwards a quarter of a year with her foot on the carriage-step.
— Charlotte Brontë's Caroline Vernon, making this Older Than Radio
Fan: Is Homestuck going to end on 6/12/13?
Andrew Hussie: The absolute best way for me to guarantee this won't happen is for me to say yes.
Andrew Hussie: The absolute best way for me to guarantee this won't happen is for me to say yes.
An update that actually occurred in a reasonable timeframe? What madness is this?
— Author's note for chapter 35 of Uninvited Guests
Boy is it ever Monday.
— Strong Bad, Strong Bad Email, Ghost. *
A whole brand new Cr@psule Monsters episode! And it only took five years! YEAH! NEW RECORD BABY!
(In episode 56, a clip from episode 4 is playing on one of the viewscreens.)
Dark Marik: Oh look, it's Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged! This episode has my favorite joke in it. Wait for it...
(Episode 4's ending plays, with text promising "new episodes every week!")
Dark Marik: Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
"We're a team made up entirely of freelance non-profit non-professional developers who can only spend so much time on this project. This project is but another responsibility next to our other stuff such as education, work, families, superhero alter-ego's etc. etc. We can't spend as much time on this game as we'd like to, and we work with a relatively small team, meaning that even a single member being unable to work due to other stuff has a huge impact. This all makes it very difficult to set exact release dates, and we don't want to post a date out of the blue only to disappoint later."
— Steven, Super Smash Flash 2 developer
Wow. Okay, so… What was supposed to be a one-month hiatus has stretched to 14 months and counting, and that is completely my fault.
— D.Z, co-author of Panthera
I know what you're thinking: LegendarySage is a supercharged asshole who'll take forever to make shit because Runes of Magic has taken over LegendarySage's life. That's right!
— Sentence-mixed Billy Mays in the YouTube Poop "HI BILLY MAYS HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHY LEGENDARYSAGE IS FAILING TO MAKE VIDEOS" by LegendarySage
Sectus: An-and they-and they claim they're gonna announce the release date for the PC version (of Resident Evil 6) soon, but I don't know when "soon" is.
: An-and they-and they claim they're gonna announce the release date for the PC version (of Resident Evil 6) soon, but I don't know when "soon" is.Omgarrett: It-it's soon in developer time, so that's like 3 years from now.
: It-it's soon in developer time, so that's like 3 years from now.Omgarrett: Or Blizzard Time.
Pearl: Did you hear? Ancho-V just delayed their new game until next year...
Marina: Wasn't it supposed to come out, like, four years ago?
"This comic updates every week except when it doesn't."
—Website decription for Dumb_RWBY.
Goku: (gets slugged by Perfect Cell) Ow! I quit! Gohan, go in and get 'em!
Gohan: What?!
Cell: NANI?!
Goku: In a year... (cue TO BE CONTINUED sign...)
Gohan: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Goes Super Saiyan 2, video keeps going)
Gohan: What?!
Cell: NANI?!
Goku: In a year... (cue TO BE CONTINUED sign...)
Gohan: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Goes Super Saiyan 2, video keeps going)
Dragon Ball Z Abridged, Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged Episode 3.5
"This is the tale of Teddy Teague,
Who could not wait to read his League.
With each new month, he would complain:
"Where's issue six? It's late again!""
Vexed and frustrated, he would write
Disgruntled letters filled with spite,
That called the authors work-shy fops
And threatened them with riding crops.
Grown vain on cash from Tinseltown,
This pair won't take this lying down!
And finding out where Teddy lives,
Go round and do him in with shivs.
In summary, our tale makes clear
That patience is a virtue, dear.
So gentle reader, know your place...
And don't get on our f***ing case."
Who could not wait to read his League.
With each new month, he would complain:
"Where's issue six? It's late again!""
Vexed and frustrated, he would write
Disgruntled letters filled with spite,
That called the authors work-shy fops
And threatened them with riding crops.
Grown vain on cash from Tinseltown,
This pair won't take this lying down!
And finding out where Teddy lives,
Go round and do him in with shivs.
In summary, our tale makes clear
That patience is a virtue, dear.
So gentle reader, know your place...
And don't get on our f***ing case."
Hello! It's me, the guy who does those videos! [Beat] Very occasionally.
Spread out across eighteen quintillion planets. It's so vast, (cue screenshot of an article titled "Would you play a game that takes 584 billion years to explore?") that by the time you finish exploring it all, I would have two new videos published.
...
...And they're still adding more stuff - in fact, I was so slow to get this video out that they put out another patch the other day.
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...And they're still adding more stuff - in fact, I was so slow to get this video out that they put out another patch the other day.
"Can we just hurry this up? I feel like I've been staring at this rifle for over a year!"
— D.I. Hector, Hector: Badge of Carnage, Episode 2, "Senseless Acts of Justice"*
When one hears of disastrous schedule slippage in a project, he imagines that a series of major calamities must have befallen it. Usually, however, the disaster is due to termites, not tornadoes, and the schedule has slipped imperceptibly but inexorably.
— The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
"And then he accidentally fell, and delayed Kingdom Hearts III to 2019."
"George R. R. Martin, please write, and write faster
You’re not going to get any younger, you know
Winter is coming, I’m growing impatient
And you’ve still got two more damn books left to go
So write, George, write like the wind!"
You’re not going to get any younger, you know
Winter is coming, I’m growing impatient
And you’ve still got two more damn books left to go
So write, George, write like the wind!"
— Paul and Storm, Write Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin)
I'd like to imagine that I'm the first person running an ongoing story on the internet who had to increase his update ratio because of his own inability to do something.
— Author's notes for Kingdoms Unknown, a Pokémon Conquest fanfic
, a Pokémon Conquest fanfic"'For the first time in four months! Jack posts a Star Impact update!' - Yellow"
