"Good lord! Enough! We'll just give more to everyone who has 100 or less (or something like that). Reset is so soon anyway …
Posted 5 months ago by stoot barfield | Permalink "
Oh noooooooooo. Lmao. Well my point was that I've heard LAUNCH would be "soon" since I joined about 3 months ago and... well, we all know "soon" means "IT COULD BE ANYTIME," lol, but it might be forever.
"At least 6 weeks" includes: 7 weeks from now, 7 years from now, and forever from now.
"(we're 98% sure there will only be one more reset, and it won't happen for at least 6 weeks)"
So, another 4 weeks until reset, and then a final run through bug-squashing marathon (another 4-6 weeks minimum, so people can reach a reasonably high level), then a couple weeks for hype and launch would be somewhere around… Late October, or November.
Launch is suppose to happen within a few days after the reset (if there does end up being only one more reset)
I remember reading the thread that the quote that I posted came from...I just can't find the original thread (I really hate trying to search for things...always end up with a kajillion hits no matter how I word it...UGH!!!)
I can hardly wait for launch...but, then again, I'm kinda hopin' that it won't happen so soon.
Reasons being are:
I really want to be able to play anytime I feel like it without having to wait for it to open and yet, otoh, I love beta-ing this awesome, awesome game :D
I just assumed that "Launch" and "reset" were different events and that a deletion of character data would happen at both (since it's a given it will happen at Launch). There are still some pretty major flaws in the game mechanics that need to be fixed, adjusted, then rebalanced. That being said I suppose they could simply start inviting more people into the beta to see how the lower level adjustments are working while those of us who've been in for a while test the higher level stuff.
Cerulean, yes. I think mostly for connivence for TS then any sort of "let's give the betas a leg up!" I assume they'd just rather not have everything come slamming at once.
just read stoot's responses more carefully and found this little nugget:
"And there is zero chance of 24/7 operation before launch (unless you meant literally just 24 hours a day for a full week — we've done one of those in the past and will do another before launch). "
I wonder if they are still planning a full week. also wonder if my coffeepot and computer could handle the strain.
I had read "this summer" or "September" as release estimates. I hope it's not a forever-more-distant release date. I'm now too invested in this game, this community, to wait much longer than that.
Early fall would mean.... no sleep for me on weekends. Because there's lots I'd want to do, and I'm teaching an advanced legal research class in the fall. Which means big busy at work.
It's fun to talk about the launch, but I don't care when it really happens. I'm playing now, and I'll play differently when the launch comes. I'll apply what I've learned.... It's all good.
The launch will happen when the staff feels that they're ready to launch. I'm sure that they have certain goals, and will launch when those goals have been met. Launching before they're ready would potentially be calamitous, and that's not what we want, right? In the mean time, let's think of more things to do with very, very stinky cheese. Floor wax? Dessert topping?
And yes...I had to search it (coz I'd heard it but couldn't place it) - Memorable quotes for Plan 9 From Outer Space
Criswell: Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. You are interested in the unknown... the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you, the full story of what happened on that fateful day. We are bringing you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimony, of the miserable souls, who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, the places. My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts of grave robbers from outer space?