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[Proposal] Dev Blog Timing
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Ethilia
Freelance Excavation and Resistance
#1 - 2011-11-08 05:19:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Ethilia
Currently, Dev Blogs seem to appear at random times when most US timezone and probably most EU timezone players are at work. This would be fine except for the fact that these Dev Blogs sometimes have massive effects within Eve almost immediately after they are posted. For instance, the PoS changes announced today (2011-11-08) resulted in ALL heavy water in high security space being bought up and relisted at 5-10x the previous price (from 20 pu to 100-200 pu) almost immediately. The massive advantage in timing for those players who can log on at any time has no justification. In addition, initial feedback from the community (which is all the Dev's probably read) is even more strongly biased toward hardcore gamers with far more time than the vast majority of players that pay to keep Eve running. Therefore, I propose one or all of the three:

1. Dev Blogs be announced a week ahead of release
2. Dev Blogs be released at a fixed time based on Peak User Time
3. Dev Blogs be released only on weekends and holidays


Objections:
1. CCP will share less info. w/ us if they are 'restricted' to posting Dev Blogs at certain times.

CCP's decision to share or not share information with us independent of how and when to share such information. It is a simple matter for CCP schedule Dev Blogs.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#2 - 2011-11-08 05:35:01 UTC
While I can kinda see your point about market uses, I don't really think we need that much limitations on when Devblogs can be released. And they DEFINITELY shouldn't be weekends only.

I think there should be a notification that shows up for everyone (another item that pops up, same as when someone likes a post you make), for those of us who don't always check the devblogs page. But I don't want us to restrict CCP trying to share information with us, that's just stupid, we've been doing our best to get them to share MORE information with us.
Zircon Dasher
#3 - 2011-11-08 06:01:34 UTC
mxzf wrote:
that's just stupid,



the important bit

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Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2011-11-08 06:21:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Drake Draconis
Ethilia wrote:
Currently, Dev Blogs seem to appear at random times when most US timezone and probably most EU timezone players are at work. This would be fine except for the fact that these Dev Blogs sometimes have massive effects within Eve almost immediately after they are posted. For instance, the PoS changes announced today (2011-11-08) resulted in ALL heavy water in high security space being bought up and relisted at 5-10x the previous price (from 20 pu to 100-200 pu) almost immediately. The massive advantage in timing for those players who can log on at any time has no justification. In addition, initial feedback from the community (which is all the Dev's probably read) is even more strongly biased toward hardcore gamers with far more time than the vast majority of players that pay to keep Eve running. Therefore, I propose

1. Dev Blogs be announced a week ahead of release
2. Dev Blogs be released at a fixed time based on Peak User Time
3. Dev Blogs be released only on weekends and holidays



1: Really?

"We will be annoucing a dev blog in a week on "Stuff" News at 11!

2: What about people who working during said fixed time?

3: What about people who work on weekends?

That has to be the most utterly pathetic troll I've seen yet.

The following phrase comes to mind - You snooze you loose.

Get over it.

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Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2011-11-08 06:45:00 UTC
Oh c'mon!!! We just went though damn near a year of players saying "we want more communication!! Shoot Jita statues!" And now that CCP is giving it to us, people STILL complain? CCP cant win for loosing.

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Sylar McIntyr
Perkone
Caldari State
#6 - 2011-11-08 09:26:40 UTC
Bad idea. Just continue with the current release timings.

Give everyone in the cluster a voice!
Emperor Salazar
Remote Soviet Industries
Insidious Empire
#7 - 2011-11-08 15:05:59 UTC
Jesus christ, nitpick much?

This is hardly something the CSM needs to worry about.
Jack Carrigan
Order of the Shadow
#8 - 2011-11-08 15:30:10 UTC
Ethilia wrote:
One steaming pile of horse ****.


Cry more?

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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#9 - 2011-11-08 18:02:38 UTC


While I wouldn't mind prior announcements about major dev blogs, I certainly don't feel the need to force that upon CCP. Your suggestion is fairly ridiculous, by the way. It comes across as,

Quote:
"my real life obligates prevent me from taking full advantage of information coming from CCP. I demand they meet my personal schedule...."


Here's a better suggestion: How about CCP releases dev blogs on the Dev's Work Time, and not on the dev's personal times. Given that CCP is a European Company, and while it has offices throughout the world, most of its developers are in Iceland, with a batch in the U.S. too. We will understand that implies dev blogs come out during the standard European and U.S. work week, and will try not to act like whiny selfish bitches, pouting because Dev's get evenings, weekends, and holidays away from EvE.
Velicitia
XS Tech
#10 - 2011-11-08 18:47:50 UTC
Gizznitt Malikite wrote:
... because Dev's get evenings, weekends, and holidays away from to play EvE.


FYP Blink

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Lucius Arcturus
Peoples Capitalist Liberation Front
#11 - 2011-11-09 08:36:26 UTC
Not something that CCP or the CSM needs to be concerned with. Dev blogs should be posted when they are ready to be posted.

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Smiling Menace
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2011-11-10 02:25:50 UTC
Another thread that I hope CCP totally ignore.

Totally disagree with the OP, agree with everyone else.

Fact of EVE life, someone will always be at a disadvantage due to TZ issues. Either put up with it or move to Iceland.