My horoscope
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Set down ground rules and proceed to make the necessary reforms. Not everyone will understand what you are trying to do but that shouldn`t concern you. Friendships will not be the same once you make the transition you are working toward.
Hmmmmm.
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Your show means a lot to a lot of people.
TWiT is to podcasting (thats the term Im sticking too) what water is to fish. I have subscribed to many unsubscribed to most... but TWiT remains a constant. (look at profile - part of the TWiT army)
If you want some grumpy old man to replace Dvorak give me a call... albiet Im not old (well not that old) full of opinions, (although I admit a bit of Apple fan...) but cynical as hell get out....
hold the auditions.. open it up... there is a pool of talent out there... have a guest speaker from your fans every week... eventually you will have a large enough pool of talent out there you can have a panel any old time.
TWiT Rules!!
Im a Sagi. too Dec 3, 1967
Let his blog rest
If so: could you help us understand what you're thinking, and why it sounds like you're leaning towards this decision? You gave us a hint, but not much else to go on. All other signs from previous shows sounded like things were going well. Sure your panel shifts from time to time but that's understandable, it's part of the nature of this budding medium. You just scored advertising, you just opened a store with gear, heck - you were just voted netcasting man of the year!
I hope we aren't placing too much pressure on you, as history has proven that those in the public eye can sometimes have troubles dealing with their positions - though you haven't really shown many other signs of that type of trouble. But... we just want to understand. We love TWiT, for better and for worse. But if you're really convinced that something needs to change, we would love to learn and understand with you.
Hope all is well Leo. Thanks for all the incredible work you've done for us so far.
In any case thank you for the years of you work.
I'm going to post here on the Vox Blog where there aren't 400 other comments and people behind them.
Here's the problem, as stated by Mr. Laporte himself.
"I gladly put in more time on the show than all the other TWiTs put together, but if the other TWiTs decide not to show there's not much I can do about it."
Those of you arguing about how everybody else is busy off doing their own thing, it's true. They are. Heck, as a new podcaster, I'm doing my own thing while listening to TWiT, and I'm sure that it would be seen that I'm merely "ripping off TWiT." Which I am very much trying to find my own way of doing things. But I'm not here to talk about me. People always want to do their own things. That's why we have so many podcasts on the TWiT network. If people were content with the status quo, we'd just have a seven hour long TWiT.
Besides, yea, so what if they are doing there own thing. They know it. We know it. Their stuff seems to be working. I personally prefer TWiT over dl.tv or Cranky Geeks but it's merely my own opinion.
The main issue is, there is nothing we can do about that. Mr. Laporte can try to get his friends to do the show weekly, but in the end it is up to them.
He even looks at his options.
"At this point I have a couple of choices. I could re-cast the show with people who will actually show up, but is it a TWiT without Patrick and John?"
I think what a lot of you are missing is that TWiT is not just an experience for the listener. Mr. Laporte and his fellow TWiTs have an entertainment stake in making it. It's really hinted here that the reason TWiT is fun is because his friends are there with him. Let us not forget that the pilot episode was just the core group, in a bar, hanging out like any of us would with our friends (except maybe the bar part for those of us who are underage).
So if the show wouldn't be as fun for Mr. Laporte with a different cast, and the current cast can no longer appear, perhaps it would be better for TWiT to be lain to rest, instead of dying slowly and painfully in what could be more Flame Raids that I have seen in the occasional past episode.
Now, perhaps I've completely missed the point of Mr. Laporte's comments, and I will admit it is very possible. One can never read the tone of an online message. It's all guesswork.
Signed,
A Listener of TWiT since the single digit episodes
and a New Podcaster inspired by TWiT and other Podcasts/Netcasts ( ;p ) like it.
Another loyal Twit listener since numero uno. (which wasn't even called Twit then).
Best of luck.