Holy Shit! It's a new Status of the Site update! Lots to be covered, so sit back and be prepared for a fairly long read.

 

Where's the Nostalgia Critic?
   Red Sonja will be up this Tuesday (5/5/09), and all other Nostalgia Critics will be pushed back a week, due to the 'Surprise.'  The Surprise videos will start debuting within the next 2 weeks, but will not affect any future Nostalgia Critic release dates.  Could the surprise video be a new Melvin Sketch?  How about a video of Doug and his new computer, or how about a video of all of us on vacation?  Only we know the correct answer, but it will be awesome.  Oh, it's none of the previously mentioned items.

The Dreaded Forum Autoban:
    Anyone who has registered on the site in the past few weeks has experienced this, and I still haven't corrected or found out why our Dual Login bridge is decided to do this.  No, you didn't do anything wrong, so until I figure out how to have this fixed automatically, I'll have to take the tedious fix route.  If you get the you are banned from the forums message after registering please Email me through the Site Stuff/Contact menu.  Include your site username, and I'll remove the ban for you.  Sorry for any issues and inconveniences that this has caused.I think I may have just fixed the problem. Anyone who was banned try logging into the forums now. If it still says that you are banned, then please email me!

Talent Pickup:
    If you want to be picked up, or at least considered, please post your videos or articles in the Blog or Forum area.  It's the easiest way for me to notice you, and our 2 newest additions; Y Ruler of Time and JewWario were found via the forums.  Please don't email me with your ideas; show your work, or link me to your work. We will be holding some talent pickup competitions similar to the Nostalgia Chick search in the next few months.

The Arcade:
    Wow, it's been a bit since I last updated this area.  I plan on adding some new games over the course of the week, so be on the lookout.

Commenting Etiquette:
    I've been pretty lax lately on banning people who post flame and 'You suX0r' types of comments, but the ban hammer will be brought down on people who continue to post like morons in the comment area.  If you are going to criticize someone, you better have constructive criticism.  Any 'you should die' or 'OMG you R teh Suxs' type of comments will automatically cause you to lose your comment posting abilities, and potentially result in you being permanently banned from the site. Direct attacks on featured members and/or other site users will also result in the above consequences.  Consider this a warning.

Video Game Talent Stockpile:
    Well we plan to launch a few new sites in the coming months, each of which are dedicated to a specific topic.  Blistered Thumbs will be our video gaming channel, and if all goes well, it'll be up and running by late June/early July.  After Blistered Thumbs is launched all the video gaming talent will be moved to that site, and a stockpile of another genre of producers will begin.  We have a lot planned for the coming months/years, and Year 2 of this company is going to have a lot of exciting shows and ideas launched, as well as a lot of new talent coming on board.  If you thought our first year was fun, well you haven't seen nothing yet!

TGWTG Talent in the Wild?
    Hopefully this summer will bring some of our talents first official Public Appearance(s) in a convention or two.  Nothing is set in stone yet, but some ...may be at Wizard World Chicago this summer.  Once again, nothing is confirmed yet.

T-Shirt Sales:
    Within the next 2-3 weeks we should finally have the T-Shirts going to print.  The people who donated $100 or more as well as the artists who designed the winning shirts will be the first to get the shirts.  We hope to have the T-Shirts on sale a few weeks after that happens.

Possible DVDs:
    There is a chance that DVDs for Ask ThatGuy, Bum Reviews, and Sketches/Specials could be for sale by Summer's end, although nothing is 100%; and to answer a common question.  No we unfortunately can't make DVDs of Nostalgia Critic reviews, although there are like 2 or 3 NC reviews that may make it onto another DVD. 

Street Fighter IV Contest Winners:
    Due to the chaos that we at TGWTG went through in April, I still have yet to send out the prizes to the 3 winners of the Ben vs Tom Street Fighter contest.  I hope to email the 3 winners in the next 2 days to confirm your shipping or email address.  Sorry for the delay!

Live Transmission Awesome:
    Will happen on May 16th.  Special guests and more to be announced soon!

 

That's all for tonight. 

Mike