We did it!

"  i just hope a decent compensation is given. But yeah, well done guys. should have always been free "

Thats awesome. I did nothing to make this happen, but its good to see that Whiskey actually listens to its users.

Thanks, duders. 
I (and many others) are forever in your debt.

this makes me happy. support GB!

Lets never talk or do this again. Deal?

rawr

Whoa. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy that the boys got such an unexpected and copious of subscription sign ups!

" Lets never talk or do this again. Deal? "

Well good thing that is over.

This is totally how it should have gone down in the first place. Subscribes get something extra and shiny to lust for. Big ups to the guys listening to the community on this one. Big sites would just give the bird and say we need to learn to deal. 

Long time listener, first time mobile poster. TEST.

I would like to thank the 5k+ subscribers. *salutes*

Mission Accomplished.

Jeff says the new idea is the old idea but hidden. Basically for the subscribers they get the whole podcast, but the non-subscribers the entire second hour is silence.

This news pleases me, although I wonder if their still gonna make it a new format just to freshen things up?

Lovely. Almost brought tears to my eyes. And you know what? Since they handled this well, and realized their poor decision, I'm going to keep subscribing anyway, even though the Bombcast was the only real reason I subscribed. 
 
Thank  You, Giant Bomb!

I'm genuinely happy that members who have not subscribed will not miss out on the full Giant Bombcast experience. 
 
I wonder what the replacement perk for subscribers will be? Bet it'll be awesome, whatever it is.

"Since they handled this well, and realized their poor decision, I'm going to keep subscribing anyway, even though the Bombcast was the only real reason I subscribed.  Thank  You, Giant Bomb! "

I'm ecstatic this worked out for everyone!

If they get to 10k, 4 hour podcast. Make it happen Jeff.

Fantastic, this is awesome news.

Good news everyone!
 
(you read that in Farnsworths voice, right?)

This is awesome news. I come here for the bombcasts as i listen to it on the way to and from work as the length is perfect as I tend to get through a whole bombcast in a week of commuting so was ready to give up the bombcast as no way was I going to pay 5bucks a month for access to a podcast (there are alternatives out there) so this is great news.  
 
Sigh of relief all around. Great news. Amazing news... phew... thank god for that :)

Actually I did nothing. Good job subscribers! I'll help out when I get some money. 

I'm looking forward to the new thing. 
 
I like surprises.

I hope they address this issue in the next bombcast : / 
 
I hate it when people hate on GB - I'd hoped their hat-in-hand explanation of their decision on the whiskey podcast would be enough to stifle a lot of the backlash, but hey... Oh well - I was gonna sign up first thing anyway. 
 
Here's hoping for an archived video version of the bombcast for subscribers!

Now that the bombcast is staying whole, I think everything will fade over the next few days.  
 
Glad we saved it.

Woo! Go team!

I hope we get a Leigh Alexander shower cam. No audio, obv.

Have your say here...

Super gangsta

" We're the best around no one's ever gonna take us down "

Awesome. I don't mind the paying members getting exclusive content as long as we commoners get nothing taken away from us. 
 
Thanks to everybody who worked to make this happen.

Awesome and I didn't even have to lift a finger.

Huzzah!

OH YEAH!!!!!!

great choice BC crew. Disaster mostly averted.

So, the extortion worked. Good for me, I guess.

UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH
 
Also,as far as i heard,its going to be more Big Live Live Show Live! goofiness :D

"

So, the extortion worked. Good for me, I guess.

"

I actually let out an audible "Woohoo" when I read this story. I plan to sub as soon as I have a spare 40 quid anyway.

Thank you subscribers. 

well i am glad to see this topic is now put to rest forever and we can all continue enjoying the bombcast as it was intended.  

YES! Congrats, Giant Bomb, Subscribers and pretty much everyone else! :D

WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
On a more serious note: I really love how the GB crew (that includes WM) honestly cares about their userbase and knows how to listen to it. They know when to take into account relevant complaints and fix their so-call "wrong doings".
 
This is why GB is my favorite site on the internet in any category. Thank you everyone who is involved in making GB happen.