What's the difference between Kim and Terminator? Terminator really came back.
Over two (standard Earthling) weeks on and we are still waiting for these.I have been informed that both a State of the Universe Address (MindArk) and State of the Planet Address (Calypso) can be expected within the next 7 days.
Is anyone running a book on when either of these are going to arrive? My money would be on Monday 3rd February (I won't say which year).
I'll give a +rep to the closest guess to the release for either address.
What's the difference between Kim and Terminator? Terminator really came back.
How many MindArk employees does it take to change a light bulb?
None, no one is at work so the lights are always off.
How many Calypso Dev team employees does it take to change a light bulb?
Not sure, they won't respond to tell us!
What's the difference between Kim and Terminator? Terminator really came back.
I'd hate to be a developer responding after this kind of thread.
Basically I dont like to reward whining or temper tantrums, because it only causes more.
The developers are in a position now where any response will basically provoke a Pavlovian series of events. This is due to years of whining and years of developers actually responding and trying to make things better.
Now certain people are conditioned, like dogs, to think that barking loudly on this forum actually generates a response.
It doesnt. It just makes you noisy and annoying.
I have been informed that both a State of the Universe Address (MindArk) and State of the Planet Address (Calypso) can be expected within the next 7 days.
I'd hate to be a developer responding after this kind of thread.
Basically I dont like to reward whining or temper tantrums, because it only causes more.
The developers are in a position now where any response will basically provoke a Pavlovian series of events. This is due to years of whining and years of developers actually responding and trying to make things better.
Now certain people are conditioned, like dogs, to think that barking loudly on this forum actually generates a response.
It doesnt. It just makes you noisy and annoying.
Ah, okay. So when a developer makes a promise, and does not deliver upon this promise, we should all just sit and wait until he decides to deliver after all? Why would he deliver upon promises, when not delivering on these promises doesn't cause any feedback whatsoever?
Especially since the promise we received was only the promise, that we would be hearing promises for the new year.
It is now february. 1/12th of the year is over. It is sixteen days AFTER the day we were promised to hear more. How hard can it be to communicate anything, if nothing else, the apology "Hey, we won't do it this time, because we are too busy fixing X".
If this is not sufficient ground for negative responses, then what is? Any man who takes honor in his work would honor the things he has promised. He would also be quite capable distinguishing the whining from the grounded complaints.
And most stuff here, is very much a complaint with solid grounds.
...In short, the developer promised absolutely nothing....
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In short, the community has not encouraged any sort of communication at all. You all had a fit here, a person came to try to defuse the situation, and instead you all exploded like a bomb in his face. IMHO he should not come back here. Ever. Dev team should stick to putting out planned releases and cease interaction with this community of diaper wearing adults.
Who knows, maybe they wait until SUI is released...
The developer only offered insight here because the crowd was getting all in a tizzy fit. They didnt put out any sort of news release saying "Oh hey guys by the way expect our 2014 road map." In fact I wouldnt even consider it a promise at all. I would consider it Kim sharing some information which came across his desk from internal discussions.
In short, the developer promised absolutely nothing.
See above.
Basically the only argument here is that the developer promised something.
I see no such promise. All I see is the following scenario of demand, demand, demand:
Game Crowd: ARRRGH WE ARE FRUSTRATED WE WANT COMMUNICATION
Rep: Hold on guys, its coming.
Game Crowd: WE ARE GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT. ANYONE TAKE THE EXACT TIME, DATE, HOUR, MINUTE, AND SECOND? COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED
Rep: Shit, I should not have said anything. *backs away slowly*
Game Crowd: WE KNEW IT. NOW WE ARE TOTALLY JUSTIFIED IN ACTING LIKE SPOILED CHILDREN.
In short, the community has not encouraged any sort of communication at all. You all had a fit here, a person came to try to defuse the situation, and instead you all exploded like a bomb in his face. IMHO he should not come back here. Ever. Dev team should stick to putting out planned releases and cease interaction with this community of diaper wearing adults.
I'd hate to be a developer responding after this kind of thread.
Basically I dont like to reward whining or temper tantrums, because it only causes more.
The developers are in a position now where any response will basically provoke a Pavlovian series of events. This is due to years of whining and years of developers actually responding and trying to make things better.
Now certain people are conditioned, like dogs, to think that barking loudly on this forum actually generates a response.
It doesnt. It just makes you noisy and annoying.
Wow, it's February 2014. Still nothing. How do I neg rep MindArk? Is it that hard to write the State of the Universe address?
I'd hate to be a Player considering depositing or responding after this kind of thread.
Basically I dont like to reward incompetence or disrespect, because it only causes more.
The developers are in a position now where any response will basically provoke a belief that MA respects its customers and can be competent.
This is due to years of bugs, errors in contest scoring, and years of developers actually giving false statements such as taming. instead of trying to make things better.
Now certain people are conditioned, like dogs, to think that barking loudly on this forum actually is excessive negativity.
It is not. It just makes you aware and concerned.
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Here fixed that up for you.
When their company is going down under? Yes, yes it is.
Sorry, you're totally wrong on this one. Generating a reply after this community temper tantrum will provoke the following.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement
Want some backup for my assertations? Lets look at all the MA posts over the last 4 years where they have informed the populace. Is the populace happy and do they have faith? No. They are writing threads like this one. In fact, they are writing this thread.
Time to take off your hat, Professor.