Is this week's UPF is open to all?

Just noticed it doesn't have the premium label... presume is it open to allow everyone to farewell Drew?

Yes, it looks like is going to stream on youtube as well. The description on there states its Drew's final farewell.

I'm sure it will be, would be weird for them to gate it off. And as @toysoldier83 mentioned there is a scheduled stream on YouTube.

Also wouldn't surprise me if this ends up being a switch stream as they don't appear to have one advertised yet.

I didn't notice that. That's cool, and makes sense considering it will be a big farewell to Drew.

It will also double up as A Farewell to Arms

Plus the thumbnail is a stack of folded t-shirts. That has significant importance if you are well aware of Drew's origin story.

@yesiamaduck said:

Jeff said during the Bombcast that there would be a Switch stream in addition to UPF on Friday.

Ah haven't heard the podcast yet

Strike what I said from the record.

Friday will be a Unprofessional Switch Drew release stream (Mario) Party feat. Zelda.

I hope it focuses on drew, they could watch some old clips play drew games, SHOW DREW ALL THE LOVE DAMMNIT!!!!

I just hope they fix the video issues. I haven't been able to watch any live streams for the last few months from the site anymore even at low settings cause it keeps pausing every few minutes or crashing. Don't have any issues with other sites like Amazon or Youtube at HD.

I hope Drew just talks about Formula 1 and flight simulators for two hours. A send-off, Drew-style!

@sagesebas: I don't think that's appropriate for friends or co-workers. Gratuitous use of his latest meme and maybe some wipes but that's it. These guys are more likely to have fun with his last day than punish him with a living mirror or this is your life style show.

You could always build your own drew playlist though at qlcrew.com

RIP chat cooldown

Drew himself said on the podcast that he's been looking for old clips to bring back and watch with the guys during the stream during one of the final mailbag questions asking what some of his favorite memories were.

@nodima: Ah, so it's a drew thing. That's different. Well maybe people will get what they want after all.

UPF is a compilation of Strut F highlights.

@dr_monocle: I will :blink(or :danscanlon) every 300 seconds.

We will all witness the last moments of White Man Blinking.

This one's gonna hurt.

@puchiko said:

http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/bug-reporting-33/video-problems-get-in-here-1768645/

make sure to use the report button when having issues.

@ripelivejam: ack, looks like its been merged into a new thread by @rorie

http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/bug-reporting-33/video-problems-including-rokuchromecastetc-get-in--1806787/#79

This UPF will also be the GDC show so I have to assume you should be ready for the Lang Zone

Drew is leaving :O oh jeez, been away from the site too long!. Any news on new west coast staff members?

So every time it bugs out I need to push the button? Don't really want to spam the button every 5 minutes. It seems to be a bandwith issue since they switched CDNs so how would I report that?

@puchiko: then post in the thread, man. they want to hear about the issues you're having, clearly. how else will it get fixed without clear feedback? posts like yours here tend to get lost in the noise.

@rorie @wcarle foe what it's worth.

There are indeed a couple of threads in Bug Reporting where we're collating feedback like this.

And yes, this will be a free UPF.

I was late to the party, so I was watching the stream of this week's UPF delayed on YouTube. Suddenly, my stream cuts out, and the video is no longer available. I guess it was just pulled down? How long does it normally take before the acrhived version shows up on the site? I'd really like to watch the last 15 minutes.

I noticed it disappeared and cut out on YouTube too.

It shouldn't be more than a couple of hours, usually.