Blog Pushed Back This Week

[Lee Hammock]

Hey all!

We're not going to be releasing the blog until Thursday or Friday this week in order to coincide with some other work we're going to be doing on the website.

[Giorgo]

Thanks for the heads up, appreciate it. Can you make the next blog half text and half video by any chance? :)

[Pax Areks]

Well, that sucks but I bet it will be worth it =)

[Alexander_Damocles]

Goblins in the server room again?

[Dazyk]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pax Areks]

!!!!

[Nihimon]

Lee Hammock wrote:

... some other work we're going to be doing on the website.

Alpha Forums!

[Nightdrifter]

Thanks for the heads up Lee.

[Ravenlute]

Alright, I can handle it. I swear.

[Pax Shane Gifford]

Will it be the official announcement for the date of Alpha release? :D

[DeciusBrutus]

"Hey all, we're going to be late with the update this week"

"Tell us what the update this week is!"

[Pax Dysc]

Thanks for letting us know. /waits patiently

[AvenaOats]

End of April was the Milestone date for hitting alpha status. A nice written summary of that and so on would be more than interesting. Vids can wait if they take longer to produce. Though announcing alpha with a nice vid could work. :)

[Nihimon]

AvenaOats wrote:

End of April was the Milestone date for hitting alpha status.

I tried very hard not to read it that concretely :)

Nihimon (Alpha and higher pledges...has "closed alpha" started?) wrote:

Ryan Dancey wrote:

Alpha will probably not start until the very end of April.

Woot! Alpha might start as soon as May!

[T7V Avari]

So many dead Pandas...so many dead Pandas...

[AvenaOats]

Well status change even if not actionable change is still cause to crack open the bubbly!

@Avari: Might have to move onto Red Pandas (equally cute) when you run out of the regular sort (b&w) Pandas, at this rate.

[T7V Avari]

They will all be red soon ;)

[Being]

T7V Avari wrote:

They will all be red soon ;)

...the horror... the horror...

[Banesama]

Would be nice for Alpha to start soon for those that have the Alpha package, however I don't mind if GW pushes things back a little bit if they are not quite ready for Alpha and eventually EE release. Better to have a short delay than to put something out before game is ready.

[Pax Sentath]

It is ready when it is ready.

I'm perfectly happy to wait a bit for the stars to align, so they can do a dramatic reveal.

[Ryan Dancey]

We're working on the Guild Landrush promotion blog. Alpha info will start being discussed once we get the Land Rush back on-line.

[Tyncale]

Ryan, you are the master of managing expectations.

*sound of balloon deflating*

Just kidding, landrush is cool too!

[Nihimon]

Ryan Dancey wrote:

We're working on the Guild Landrush promotion blog. Alpha info will start being discussed once we get the Land Rush back on-line.

I figured it would be the reverse. Can't say I'm disappointed though. The release of the map and discussing the relative merits of various Land Rush Settlements has created a lot of excitement. I have a lot of questions about how the Land Rush will work :)

[Kazz Signsoul]

*post not wholly relevant to topic*

anyone else get this image in their head when looking at locations / names for settlements?

[T7V Wexel Daventry]

Avari! Put the the panda down....ew, I didn't mean like that. No more pandas have to die! Go look at the map instead so you can find where the panda population has been decimated and that will be our new home sadly.

[T7V Wexel Daventry]

Kazz Signsoul wrote:

*post not wholly relevant to topic*

anyone else get this image in their head when looking at locations / names for settlements?

Yes! That is exactly what I think of. Got to love Wash and Firefly.

[Gedichtewicht]

T7V Wexel Daventry wrote:

Kazz Signsoul wrote:

*post not wholly relevant to topic*

anyone else get this image in their head when looking at locations / names for settlements?

Yes! That is exactly what I think of. Got to love Wash and Firefly.

aye!

On topic: still patient

[Elken Krimm]

Well THIS little Browncoat has no patience. Frothing...at...mouth Clawing...at...brain. Grrrr, Arrrrgh!

[Ryan Dancey]

I can give you an Alpha update, but it's not worth a blog and all the surrounding social activity. The team is working really hard to scope and finish the current milestone. This is an "integration" milestone where a lot of stuff that they have been working on individually now has to connect to the systems other people have been working on too. We have to build some infrastructure which isn't sexy - like a tool to create user accounts, etc. When we get all that interconnection to a stable point and when we have enough of the infrastructure ready to enable people to play we'll be able to predict when Alpha will start, and not before. It is a matter of weeks, not months, but right now I can't tell you which week.

[Nymerias]

Kazz Signsoul wrote:

*post not wholly relevant to topic*

anyone else get this image in their head when looking at locations / names for settlements?

1000 times yes.

[Giorgo]

Ryan Dancey wrote:

I can give you an Alpha update, but it's not worth a blog and all the surrounding social activity...

Looks like Nihimon got his Alpha update after all. :)

[Lam]

The minor details are the hardest because they seem minor and have not been properly story boarded until needed. Then the complexity behind the curtain is revealed. Ryan please remember: "No wine before its time". Yes I want this to happen, but getting access too son is not really access.

Patience. Bread (or cake or soufflé) too soon out of oven is not really bread and is no longer dough -- just a mess!

[Pinosaur]

Ryan Dancey wrote:

I can give you an Alpha update, but it's not worth a blog and all the surrounding social activity. The team is working really hard to scope and finish the current milestone. This is an "integration" milestone where a lot of stuff that they have been working on individually now has to connect to the systems other people have been working on too. We have to build some infrastructure which isn't sexy - like a tool to create user accounts, etc. When we get all that interconnection to a stable point and when we have enough of the infrastructure ready to enable people to play we'll be able to predict when Alpha will start, and not before. It is a matter of weeks, not months, but right now I can't tell you which week.

*Cartoon with adult language , wtf minors, do not click.*

But this is the team connecting all the things ;p

[Ravenlute]

Are we there yet?

[Wurner]

Ryan Dancey wrote:

I can give you an Alpha update, but it's not worth a blog and all the surrounding social activity. The team is working really hard to scope and finish the current milestone. This is an "integration" milestone where a lot of stuff that they have been working on individually now has to connect to the systems other people have been working on too. We have to build some infrastructure which isn't sexy - like a tool to create user accounts, etc. When we get all that interconnection to a stable point and when we have enough of the infrastructure ready to enable people to play we'll be able to predict when Alpha will start, and not before. It is a matter of weeks, not months, but right now I can't tell you which week.

If the polish milestone was "Kielbasa", this 'unsexy but necessary side dish' could perhaps be called "Sauerkraut"?

[Pax Areks]

*claps hands*

Today is an exciting day!! Can't wait for the Blog!

[Banesama]

Pax Areks wrote:

*claps hands*

Today is an exciting day!! Can't wait for the Blog!

Ditto

[T7V Avari]

It's like Christmas. Who's been naughty, who's been nice?

[Dazyk]

Well, if we measure in terms of pandas....

[Bigmancheatle]

LMAO Avari

[Nihimon]

Yeah, I'm hoping for some exciting news - just not too exciting...

[Pax Areks]

@Nihimon - Hate to bother you, but can I borrow some coffee ;)

[Nihimon]

Sure. Come and take it :)

[Jazzlvraz]

Nihimon wrote:

Come and take it

I pray this doesn't become the motto of the River Kingdoms.

[Nihimon]

It seemed an appropriate response. I understood what Areks was saying quite clearly.

[Pax Areks]

What? I just want some coffee. =)

[Nightdrifter]

Jazzlvraz wrote:

Nihimon wrote:

Come and take it

I pray this doesn't become the motto of the River Kingdoms.

"You have what you hold". Nowhere have I seen it stated that this River Freedom doesn't apply to coffee.

[Pax Charlie George]

Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?

[Nightdrifter]

Pax Charlie George wrote:

Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?

No.

Escape from reality.

[Being]

Reality is overrated. Nerfed, back in '74.