History Main / ScheduleSlip

[[LogicalExtreme Extreme cases]] of schedule slip may result in an OrphanedSeries. FillerStrips are often used to cover for short (or even long) breaks in a series which is otherwise moving on schedule. On the bright side, this can help alleviate ArchivePanic caused by date of first publication. The fact that so many webcomics adopted a "MWF Schedule" for their updates (meaning Monday-Wednesday-Friday) and then quickly fell into chronic slips led to the schedule being jokingly redubbed the "Maybe-Whenever-Forget it schedule."

!!Examples

* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': BFDI - which used to release on a monthly basis - began showing signs of Schedule Slip in its second season, as it deviated from this schedule. It then went on an unplanned hiatus after its fifth episode, lasting 1127 days before IDFB 1 was released. A side-effect of this hiatus was that BFDI fans began watching other, smaller object shows, which helped grow the WebAnimation/ObjectShows Community.

Many times, the Schedule Slip is caused by a CreatorBreakdown or something happening in real life. Often when this happens, the creator will mention that something has happened in real life that's prevented them from working on it.

''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland' ': BFDI - which used to release on a monthly basis - began showing signs of Schedule Slip in its second season, as it deviated from this schedule. It then went on an unplanned hiatus after its fifth episode, lasting 1127 days before IDFB 1 was released. A side-effect of this hiatus was that BFDI fans began watching other, smaller object shows, which helped grow the WebAnimation/ObjectShows Community.

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* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': After posting episodes once or twice per month from May to October 2020, the twelfth episode wasn’t released until March 2021, over five months later.

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Many webcomics are haphazardly written and posted, especially since the majority are written part-time as a hobby. Unless an author is careful to maintain a StripBuffer, scheduling conflicts can result in strips being released late, from hours or days to months or (in a few notorious cases) years.

* ScheduleSlip/{{Other}}

* ScheduleSlip/{{Fanfic}}

* ScheduleSlip/{{Exceptions}}

As the non-webcomic examples of this phenomenon very much prove, even professional comic and manga creators are not immune from this, it's just more noticeable with webcomics due to do the medium's properties. This also flows into {{Machinima}} and other works under the WebOriginal umbrella, as well as FanWorks.

->''I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.''
-->--'''Creator/DouglasAdams'''

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[[caption-width-right:345:[[HypocriticalHumor Posted on a Tuesday.]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:346:[[HypocriticalHumor Posted on a Tuesday.]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:225:[[HypocriticalHumor Posted on a Tuesday.]]]]

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-->-- Creator/DouglasAdams

Many times, the ScheduleSlip is caused by a CreatorBreakdown or something happening in real life. Often when this happens, the creator will mention that something has happened in real life that's prevented them from working on it.

* ScheduleSlip/LetsPlay

[[caption-width-right:225:[[HypocriticalHumor Posted on a Tuesday, no less.]]]]

-->-- DouglasAdams

As the non-webcomic examples of this phenomenon very much prove, even professional comic and manga creators are not immune from this, it's just more noticeable with webcomics due to do the medium's properties. This also flows into Machnima and WebOriginal, as well as FanWorks.

One of the biggest problems with webcomics is that many are haphazardly written and posted, especially since the majority are written part-time as a hobby. Unless an author is careful to maintain a StripBuffer, scheduling conflicts can result in strips being released late, from hours or days to months or (in a few notorious cases) years.