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Housing release two will not happen till next week

Because I take a break from playing the mean boss once in a while and because we have an insane month or so of releases ahead of us and because this is a rare long weekend and people are going to need to take a few days off, the "R2" feature release will not be happening till next week.

However, it is pretty fucking awesome (and very nearly done). I'll ask everyone else if we can post a teaser image or two of some of the new design combos …

Posted 8 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Well, supposedly the Easter hunt will be turned off today, so at least one of them will work long enough to do that (which probably won't be long at all), regardless of it being a holiday in Canada.

    Edit: Okay, it was just announced in Live that the egg gathering is over.
    Posted 8 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just a question: Will all of the furniture in your test home become the non-upgraded version, if it's not already upgraded?

    I was just wondering because I have put so much work into my home, and I don't want it to get messed up. so I thought it would be a good idea to have all of the furniture and decorations go back to the non-upgraded version so everything is still in the same place.
    Posted 8 months ago by MRC101 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, the house and furnishings will be definitely completely wiped at some point when the R2 testing is done. I'm not sure if the way we've decorated in testing now will go away with the release of R2 testing, though. I would not be surprised if it did, since R2 will be testing the fundamental house design changes we can do.
    Posted 8 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are you saying that after R2 our decorations will go away again? Does that mean we'll waste credits or will the furniture be free again? Or do we keep our current decorations?
    Posted 8 months ago by Pickle Bob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Whatever happens, right now we are not using credits to upgrade our furniture (they are marked as costing credits, but they are not deducted from our total!).  So, we are not currently wasting credits.  But, based on Staff anouncements, we will almost certainly lose our current designs (why they are called "test houses") and we will probably have to purchase upgrades normally after that point.
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Will Upgarding the home streets and/or exteriors of our houses cost credits or imagination?  Or will it be like a street project involving Urth Blocks??? Or something else altogether?!
    Posted 8 months ago by ImagineIt Subscriber! | Permalink
  • One thing i'd love to see in the new furnishings system is the goldfish bowl that some of the Shimla Mirch houses have. I have the big fish tank but I think the little guy in the bowl is a lot cuter.
    Posted 8 months ago by Anthropocene Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nicodemus, based on descriptions by staff, both and yes.

    We'll use imagination to build and expand, we'll use Urth Blocks to solidify our landscapes and resources, and we'll use credits to upgrade furniture to non-free designs.
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay...it's next week....tapping foot on floor..... ;)

    (You know I could have said this yesterday...*snicker*)
    Posted 8 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, it seems stoot was in the office during easter:
    twitter.com/stewart/statuse...

    (Pigeons? Can you get easter eggs from those?)
    Posted 8 months ago by Vic Fontaine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, he was...I think he might be the one (or Jade) that pushed the button on the cy eye yesterday...they were both on about the time that twitter came out...(yea, like we didn't notice...)
    Posted 8 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pickle Bob: everything will continue to be free until we after the reset - we'll never take away anything you paid credits for
    Posted 8 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Always a good sign when Bees! is online and answering questions...
    Posted 8 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When the reset happens, will we loose some skills? :)
    Posted 8 months ago by lycan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lycan: no, it's just a reset of your new-style house
    Posted 8 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • nvm, question answered.
    Posted 8 months ago by Mablem Tiipot Subscriber! | Permalink
  •  Lycan, my understanding is that some skills will now be covered by character "upgrades" that can be "bought" with imagination. So yes.
    Posted 8 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lord Bacon-o: we wont be removing any skills you've learnt - some of the effects tied to the skill will be moved to upgrades
    Posted 8 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What shall happen with Better Learning then? It seems a prime candidate for having its effects moved to an upgrade. Will all the skills currently on the skills table remain there, then? If none will be removed?
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh right! Better learning is being converted to some upgrades. If you have the skills, you'll get the upgrades automatically. I think! (I'm not working on imagination, but that sounds right)

    If we take any skills away, you would be compensated in some way :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for clarifying :) I kinda figured about being compensated, so I was never too worried about 'losing' skills ;) I just like more precise details :P
    Posted 8 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks bees! :) Relieved feeew lol 
    Posted 8 months ago by lycan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice! (Although part of me was hoping to be compensated so I could made "reallocate" my imagination. Still, all is good.)
    Posted 8 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Even more prophetic than stoot being in the office on Easter, was eric being online last night!  

    He didn't push any buttons though.
    Posted 8 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is it here yet? Is it here yet? Is it here yet? Is it here yet? aaahhhhhh
    Posted 8 months ago by ☠ lala512 ☠ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I cannot contain myself, I've been practically peeing my pants waiting for R2...
    Posted 8 months ago by La Mariposa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It must be scary thing for the TS staff to be sitting down at their desks right now, knowing there are thousands of us tiny glitchen breathing down their necks waiting on R2 to drop. Eeeekkk!
    Posted 8 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They're probably just getting some more coffee at the moment, if they're even in the office yet (they stay up super late from what I've seen). It's only 8:40 am, after all!

    By 8:40 am my time, I'm just getting settled: booting up my computer, getting some water (I don't drink coffee), eating my breakfast yogurt, bringing up the programs I need to work after the computer is booted... checking sites I probably shouldn't (*cough*Glitch*cough*) while the programs come up... >.>

    Of course, this is all assuming they even went home last night.
    Posted 8 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It seems like this office does not work on an 8-5 time frame.  More like they work on a noon - whenever time frame, at best.

    I love that their work hours are random. :)
    Posted 8 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm doing what Little Miss Giggles is doing right now, only substitute tea for the water and a Cadburry cream egg for the yogurt.  But, see, we're on the West Coast of the Americas, like Tiny Speck is.  After talking to a couple of friends in India and New Zealand, I'm beginning to see why I keep missing certain people at login...

    I bet the odd and random hours are actually important for a global community!
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Excitement level goes up exponentially with every update!

    woot!
    Posted 8 months ago by Nurdstar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ahh, I love tea too. Though generally I have it later in the day.
    Posted 8 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What if R2 launches today right before my test? HOW WILL I CONCENTRATE KNOWING I COULD BE CUSTOMISING MY HOME STREET??
    Posted 8 months ago by La Mariposa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Merth- you don't look so well. you better take the day off. it might be contagious- better make it the week.
    Posted 8 months ago by bored no more Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @bored, I'm coming to you the next time I need some enabling :D
    Posted 8 months ago by MaryLiLamb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ok, I'm home and don't have to show up at work until Thursday morning, could someone push that button now pretty please???
    Posted 8 months ago by Granny Firefly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, I just pushed a button, but all it did was suddenly lower my seat.
    Posted 8 months ago by Carl Projectorinski Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @bored omg I wish. This would be a great week for strep throat or mono or AIDS or the cold or something.
    Posted 8 months ago by La Mariposa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Be careful what you wish for :/
    Posted 8 months ago by WeavingTheWeb Subscriber! | Permalink
  •  "....a great week for AIDS"????!!!!!    Bite your tongue, child.
    Posted 8 months ago by oscarette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • should the piggies in the neighborhood quarters be hog tied and released? Maybe its time to go on a tree killing spree in those quarters? Are they just going to disappear in a puff of smoke (say...could you really do that when you launch R2? create a puff of smoke to signal the change?..)? The chickens can go I don't care about the chickens, they're annoying but the butterflies and pigs and all that useful dead wood ought to be saved.
    Posted 8 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd wait on that kind of purge. We're still going to have the old houses until about a week after R2.
    Posted 8 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ah, didn't know that. I heard imagination was going to come a week after R2 but didn't know we could keep the old houses until then.

    One thing I'll miss is the level up screen announcement. Its so silly and campy but it gives a great feeling. I wonder if there is any way to continue to have that sort of announcement in the future? maybe for the transitions to new features? Something anyway.... Its fun to have a little "event" associated with changes in Ur. I enjoyed the New Years sparkles (despite that many people were hoping for a yeti) and really enjoyed the old beta transitions to End Of Test and End Of World phases. Its something to look forward to and to let go of at the same time.
    Posted 8 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There will still be levels, so there is probably (we hope?) still a kazoo for leveling.
    Posted 8 months ago by oscarette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So. many. bugs.

    But sooooon, soooooooooon
    Posted 8 months ago by Bees! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How soooooooooon? as in today soon or somtime this week soon?
    Also btw I don't mind bugs this is beta :D
    Posted 8 months ago by koolaroo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "But sooooon (tm),  soooooooooon (tm)"

    *ftfy
    Posted 8 months ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Teasing...."soooooon".....can we please develop another word  Bees!  Please, pretty please with buttercream icing and Bubble Tea on top.  Altho it works
    Posted 8 months ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just looked up "soon" in the dictionary.

    It means, " NOW!!!!"
    Posted 8 months ago by Coke Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *Hands Bees! some Glaid*

    (Glaid - Glitch version of Raid)
    Posted 8 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink