[joncfc]

hiya chaps



if things go to plan, do you think the mod will be out this year?



cheers

[General Battuta]

I can't speak for Diaspora, but honestly, it's almost impossible to know these things from a dev standpoint.

You know exactly what you have to do, but you have no idea how long it'll take.

[-Norbert-]

I found it rather amousing for someone to ask about "something going to plan" in a BSG related forum.
Ask the Cylons about things going according to plan 

"... and they have a plan". And then they had another plan and another. And then they finally were as clueless as the Humans. Which enabled them to form an alliance with them.

[newman]

Batutta speaks the truth. We've given release dates before and that basically taught us not to give out release dates any more.
Well. We'll probably give you one once we're done with everything except beta testing. That way we can be sure that we'll deliver on the date specified.
I will say that you should check back often in the near future. Read into that what you will...
Also, caps lock. Don't do it

[Richard]

We'll see

[FraktuRe]

What newman is basically saying is, he has a completed copy of the game, but will withhold it until sufficient bribes are swung his way.

[Commander Zane]

Copy? You're saying an official disk being distributed?

[Sushi]

It'll be on the same DVD as Half Life 2: Episode 3 and Starcraft II.

[IronForge]

Asking for release dates on diaspora tends to provoke extreme rage, even if you ask nicely. I nearly got a one month ban. But yeah they do have a point, and its kinda still vaporware atm, maybe not so vapor-ish but lots of projects here just drop dead overnight. The only thing that will be really great to know is are they over the three quarter mark yet.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

See here is the whole problem.  We keep a countdown to release time going.  Every time someone asks when the release will be we hit the reset on the timer and it starts over. 

[newman]

Asking for release dates on diaspora tends to provoke extreme rage, even if you ask nicely.

As you can see there was no rage in this thread. Why? Because the author didn't find 20 slightly different ways of asking for a release date in a short amount of time. Not annoying us every 5 minutes with the same question that you claim is different because it's worded a bit differently does help.

[karajorma]

Asking for release dates on diaspora tends to provoke extreme rage, even if you ask nicely. I nearly got a one month ban.

Get in a car with some children. Drive somewhere. Put up with them asking "Are we there yet?" for a while. It really doesn't matter how nicely they ask you.

You were not banned simply for asking for a release date or an estimate. In fact IIRC you were not banned for asking at all. That's what got you your custom title. You were banned for telling the administration staff how to do their job on another part of the board after being flat out told not to tell the administrators how to do their job.

That said, there is little doubt that the reason why you were banned rather than simply warned was because of your habit of asking time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time for a release date, ETA or estimate of what percentage of the project was complete and then ignoring the (often very detailed) response explaining why we couldn't tell you.  

@joncfc, you might want to take a look at those links if you want to know in detail why we can't give you an ETA.

But yeah they do have a point, and its kinda still vaporware atm, maybe not so vapor-ish but lots of projects here just drop dead overnight. The only thing that will be really great to know is are they over the three quarter mark yet.

And here we go again. Have you still not learned your lesson?

[Commander Zane]

[Demitri]

Asking for release dates on diaspora tends to provoke extreme rage, even if you ask nicely. I nearly got a one month ban.

Get in a car with some children. Drive somewhere. Put up with them asking "Are we there yet?" for a while. It really doesn't matter how nicely they ask you.

You were not banned simply for asking for a release date or an estimate. In fact IIRC you were not banned for asking at all. That's what got you your custom title. You were banned for telling the administration staff how to do their job on another part of the board after being flat out told not to tell the administrators how to do their job.

That said, there is little doubt that the reason why you were banned rather than simply warned was because of your habit of asking time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time for a release date, ETA or estimate of what percentage of the project was complete and then ignoring the (often very detailed) response explaining why we couldn't tell you. 

@joncfc, you might want to take a look at those links if you want to know in detail why we can't give you an ETA.

But yeah they do have a point, and its kinda still vaporware atm, maybe not so vapor-ish but lots of projects here just drop dead overnight. The only thing that will be really great to know is are they over the three quarter mark yet.

And here we go again. Have you still not learned your lesson?

All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again

[FraktuRe]

I love it when kara lays the smack down.

[Revan]

[...]

That said, there is little doubt that the reason why you were banned rather than simply warned was because of your habit of asking time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time, after time for a release date, ETA or estimate of what percentage of the project was complete and then ignoring the (often very detailed) response explaining why we couldn't tell you.

[...]

This ask was also too much for me... and I asked too.

@Newman
Only beta testing is left to do? Sounds good.

[General Battuta]

No, no, NO, that's exactly the opposite of what he said! He said they would tell you when they were done with everything except beta testing!

Or was that the joke?

[Revan]

It was a Joke.

Read into that what you will...

[General Battuta]

Gotcha.

[Narvi]

It'll be on the same DVD as Half Life 2: Episode 3 and Starcraft II.

Starcraft II's supposed to be released this year.

This was your friendly neighborhood "kill the joke" of the week.