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Hello critical hit fans, it is Steven Schleiker from AgerSpoilers.com. Someone asked via

Twitter the other day just how far ahead we are in our recordings. The answer, as of today,

is that we are 12 episodes ahead of this release. Then of course is going to change this

week when we record three or four more episodes to put into the vault until they're ready

to be released. Why are we recording so far in advance, you ask? Well dear listener, it's

twofold. First, we don't want to have massively long breaks between our recording sessions

this season, so all of the information and in-world events remain fresh in our minds.

Keeps the flow and the group dynamics going strong.

The other reason is that between mid-November and mid-January, everyone starts to scatter

to the four wins to take holiday vacations and breaks and family things and all sorts

of stuff. I don't know about you, but I want to make sure that we have plenty of episodes

ready for release during those time periods. My hope is that by the time we reach mid-November,

we will have enough episodes to carry us well into 2016.

So there you go, a little behind the scenes, and now you know.

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