$5 Tier Update
Added 2015-08-20 09:44:22 +0000 UTCTL;DR: Each series will take roughly seven weeks (six episodes + Lies), so EH topic votes will occur every seven weeks after the end of a series.
We've been releasing episodes on a weekly schedule for two series now (Zulu Empire and Justinian & Theodora), and we've learned a few things. Mainly, that we really like to talk about history! We initially planned to have each series take four weeks, but when Justinian and Theodora went for six weeks, well... let's just say David is a champion, and we learned some valuable lessons about "planning your time wisely."
In the end, our takeaway was this: if we want to have six episode series (and we do) but not kill our artists (and we don't), then we need to keep ourselves on a steady seven-week rotation. That lets us discuss some subjects in greater depth, fill in gaps with occasional one-offs for more obscure history, BUT it also means we'll be having fewer topic votes since each new series is now spaced seven weeks apart.
If you're donating at the $5 tier, we want you to know what you're getting, so the reward has now been updated to reflect the fact that votes will occur every seven weeks! You can also expect the votes to be more regular: we'll hold them after the end of every series, so you can help us decide what's coming up on the schedule... and sometimes tell us to do sequels, as in the case of Justinian and Theodora. ;)
Comments
That's so cool! Hope you enjoy the books!
Extra History
2015-08-21 02:17:01 +0000 UTCI'm all for this! I mean we voted in a second season of Justinian and Theodora it stands to reason the we want more details in the series. I personally have bought a book on Belisarius and on the Eastern Roman Empire so I'm very interested on how you cover the next "part" in the story.
Chris Spencer
2015-08-20 22:08:18 +0000 UTCAww! <3 Nevertheless, we like giving you stuff to show our appreciation for your support!
Extra History
2015-08-20 18:25:25 +0000 UTCIt depends on the art! Because we want to give the artists free reign with these, some of them will be integrated into the episodes while others might not fit into the story at a good place but would still make fantastic stand-alone art.
Extra History
2015-08-20 18:22:10 +0000 UTCYour support means a lot to us!
Extra History
2015-08-20 18:20:53 +0000 UTCHaha! We're looking at some things that may make the Lies episodes longer. ;) Glad you enjoy them!
Extra History
2015-08-20 18:13:36 +0000 UTCNo, that one is looking like it'll probably be three episodes, maaaybe four! So to fill in the extra weeks, we're going to do mini-series or one-off episodes (no Lies component). For example, a lot of people felt that the Justinian series started too quickly with not enough background, so we're thinking about going back and doing a "State of the Empire" episode to flesh that out.
Extra History
2015-08-20 18:12:03 +0000 UTCThat was my thought! We're running about as far ahead of ourselves as we want to be right now, with this month's recently voted series (Justinian and Theodora Part 2) slotted for the end of the year.
Extra History
2015-08-20 18:11:42 +0000 UTCWill topics like the Broad Street Pump have enough history to fill seven episodes?
GooGhoul
2015-08-20 17:23:44 +0000 UTCSeems perfectly reasonable. No point in voting on topics faster than they can be completed, that'd just result in the backlog of topics getting too long, and people getting frustrated because "Where's that thing I voted for?!"
Nessf
2015-08-20 14:34:26 +0000 UTCSounds good! I love that the series will run over more weeks so you guys can got that much more into detail. (If this also makes the Lies episodes longer, I am okay with this! :D)
FizzPlease
2015-08-20 10:23:19 +0000 UTCYou guys are doing awesome work, which is the most important thing for me.
Graham
2015-08-20 10:00:48 +0000 UTCSounds great! Can't wait until we hit $15,000 so you can commission some full page art! Will they just be a thing that we can download on the side, or will you integrate these works into one of the episodes?
Chase Denecke
2015-08-20 09:52:35 +0000 UTCno worries guys, I personally do not expect anything for my peldges in return, because I'm certain they are going to the right place
Richárd Nagyfi
2015-08-20 09:48:55 +0000 UTC
