Why the Hiatus'?

[oppp7]

It seems like almost every other thing online is on a hiatus or degenerated into sporatic updates. Here is a list of the things that I have seen have a hiatus or become sporatic recently: Order of the Stick, VG cats, Pure Pwnage, Snafu, Abridged Series, Homestar Runner, and Unforgotten Realms.
Some of them have excuses (Pure Pwnage is making a Tv series and one of the cast members died, Unforgotten Realms may be leaving the Escapist) but why are so many forsaking their updates?

 

[Neonbob]

Because they have lives outside of the internet.

Thaaat about sums it up.
Maybe the creators realized that they don't want to rely on a website to fund their futures, and have tried to go out and get jobs?
Maybe they have jobs, and have gotten busier in them?
Or maybe they're all getting together to form a sinister plot to destroy the world by using remote controlled giraffes.
I know the abridged DBZ series ran into some trouble, so that's their lack of activity sorted out.

 

[UAProxy]

Order of the Stick is far from on hiatus. The series started up again last month. As for VG Cats, well... That's Scott for you.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

I shall prevail, like always.

 

[Robert632]

have you ever heard of something called writer's block?

 

[oppp7]

Order of the Stick is far from on hiatus. The series started up again last month. As for VG Cats, well... That's Scott for you.

Ya, but it's sporatically updating (and a month ago counts as recent for recent hiatus').

 

[Skeleon]

...Unforgotten Realms may be leaving the Escapist...

Really?! That's the first time I hear about that!
How certain? Why? And when?

 

[fix-the-spade]

Some of them have excuses (Pure Pwnage is making a Tv series and one of the cast members died, Unforgotten Realms may be leaving the Escapist) but why are so many forsaking their updates?

Usually the money (or lack of) involved in creating something is no longer worth the effort and frustration. There is also the distinct possibility that the creators have simply become bored with what they are doing and have started seeking other avenues for their creativity.


Creative people do not like to be doing the same thing for their whole lives, never under estimate the desire for discovery over success.

 

[herr.Didi]

I want my PurePwnage back!!

 

[oppp7]

...Unforgotten Realms may be leaving the Escapist...

Really?! That's the first time I hear about that!
How certain? Why? And when?

http://www.urealms.com/forums/index.php?topic=12350.0
That should lead to a forum about it.

 

[UAProxy]

Ya, but it's sporatically updating (and a month ago counts as recent for recent hiatus').

Not particularly. Last update was about a week or two ago which is the average wait for Rich's schedule. And the hiatus was less a hiatus and more akin to the waiting period in between seasons of TV shows, letting him gather some material up for the next installment or perhaps taking a small vacation. There's nothing truly different going on with OOTS.

 

[Skeleon]

http://www.urealms.com/forums/index.php?topic=12350.0
That should lead to a forum about it.

Huh, thank you. That explains it a bit.
Mostly more unanswered questions, though.

Sounds like he cannot afford to keep doing this unless it starts carting in more money (i.e. DVD sales), though I might be wrong.
There's not a lot of information.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

The series started up again last month. As for VG Cats, well... That's Scott for you.

Ya, but it's sporatically updating (and a month ago counts as recent for recent hiatus').

if you really want, i could probly go smack him and tell him to get back to work, he doesn't live that far from me, i won't guarantee any results tho

 

[leviathanmisha]

I discovered that some of the guys on the Unforgotten Realms forum kinda have a hate of the Escapist...but please do note that the reason on why it's leaving the escapist is never given...

OT: I couldn't tell you why everything seems to be on hiatus, I'm still raging over the fact that I want another damn season of Vampire Knight, but that could take a while. Cause unlike Bleach and Naruto, they didn't go into any "filler" crap, something I am grateful for, but now we have to let the manga get ahead before we get anything...*sigh*