Boswell wrote:You would never expect a TV show to release the Blu-ray box set before the TV airings, would you? Of course not, because it would destroy the ratings.
Not only ratings, but most of the time the filming hasn't all been done before the show starts.... maybe 4-5 episodes before the premiere. The unique thing about AIO is that they do all their 12 episodes before the first one airs. And I understand that concept. Except the urge to get the stuff out of their hands and into listeners hands... might be a little much.
While I haven't liked anything that has gone on with AIO since the first episode of album 51, I have to agree that giving out the digital version or even the hard copy before all the episodes have aired is... not kind, and somewhat annoying. Peachy is right. Spoilers all around. I don't have to listen to the episodes at all - I already know what they are about by coming on here. It's like when I watch Chuck. I'm three hours behind. The east coast gets everything before the west coast... guess who sees a new episode first?
But of course, no one can leave for two months and then come back - ha. That's ridiculous. Three hours is understandable, but annoying.
We get hints. Loads of hints! We get some sound clips *yes? IDK. I don't pay much attention anymore*. But that should be ALL we get before an episode airs on the radio. How do you think TV shows do it? Yeah. Give out two promos, give or take, maybe give out a clip or two... give out a few hints a month or so in advance, give the episode title... then the episode. The full season doesn't even come out until the next season has STARTED *unless the show doesn't come back. Then when everything else picks back up at the end of September* And TV shows thrive from that.
So, I'm with most of you.
And Boswell.... I like what you said. Even though, what Focus should do if the decision was to release one episode at a time... release it the day after it airs on the radio. While there is a season pass for tv shows, people get the episode the day after it airs. That means they watch it on their TV, or they get it the next day. Their choice. It would probably keep the spoilers down for us, and people would still get instant gratification... which to me is where this is all headed. We want everything NOW, not later. We don't want to wait a week or a month or even two months. We want it now! We don't want to wait once a week for an episode. We want to have already heard them. And to be honest... this philosophy is SO TRUE, but SO LAME!!!!!!!!!!! :/ And I wish we all could have patience, which has been thrown into this conversation.
*sigh* While I'm not a dedicated listener anymore, I can definitely stand by the choice that... things aren't exactly... in a word, balance.
I know it's been discussed before, but I don't think a poll has been made. 
I have really disliked it with the Green Ring Conspiracy - people here had listened to the entire thing and were discussing it in the spoiler ridden thread long before it aired. There has been no build up of suspense week by week, and for those of us who choose to listen when it airs, not much discussion. All those who've already heard know the answers to our speculations and have talked about the album in it's entirety already, so haven't really posted on the episode review threads. 
Maybe if enough people don't like it, FotF would switch back! Just like Officer Harley - only 20 people complained and he's been blacklisted for years! 
Normally, I'll have to wait week after week to listen. So I understand exactly what you mean 
They're doing it half right, by releasing the physical album after the episodes air, but the early download doesn't help much. (And are those a few of our members I see commenting on that page?)
