NCE Community team visits NCNC
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Arctic Man,
Posted on: 2008-07-09 15:13 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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The video is still going through some final polish and approvals, unfortunately.
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What GG said then? 
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The video is still going through some final polish and approvals, unfortunately.
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*Checks the date* So, would it be reasonable to assume that the video contains some kind of I13 tidbit, the announcement of which has been delayed?
Or maybe they're waiting to get back from Leipzig? (Admitedly this kinda depends who's there and who's not, but I suspect more are there than are here.)
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[i]Comon guys!, this is beginning to appear less about 'waiting for approval' and more about 'haven't got around to it yet'.
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[i]Comon guys!, this is beginning to appear less about 'waiting for approval' and more about 'haven't got around to it yet'.
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havent u realised yet mother. i either forgot to bring a camera and didnt buy one or lost it and now trying to use paintshop in a bit to make us think theyre working on something
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Comon guys!, this is beginning to appear less about 'waiting for approval' and more about 'haven't got around to it yet'.
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Actually, I think the approval part may be linked in some way to today
@Golden Girl
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Any chance we'll hear about your trip before I14?
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All of the really cool stuff we managed to get on video is now known (we had a few tidbits about I13 stuff, most notably the Day Jobs), so unfortunately the video is rather outdated now and I've not heard whether it will be released or not. We'll see if we can find time to have a look through and pull out some of the cooler stuff for a forum post instead.
Well I wouldn't mind seeing it anyway, outdated or not
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All of the really cool stuff we managed to get on video is now known (we had a few tidbits about I13 stuff, most notably the Day Jobs), so unfortunately the video is rather outdated now and I've not heard whether it will be released or not. We'll see if we can find time to have a look through and pull out some of the cooler stuff for a forum post instead.
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tbh thats really lame man, I was looking forward to that....
the main thing I want to see is the questions asked by us that you were going to ask the Devs on our behalf...or did that not make it into the video.
To be fair a lot of people we're kind of excited about this, what was the cause of such a massive delay, was it the fact that approval took ages or that more important things cropped up in the mean time?
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the main thing I want to see is the questions asked by us that you were going to ask the Devs on our behalf...
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I agree, and in particular the one asking for more direct dev communication over here, something a lot of players wanted (and most likely still want).
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All of the really cool stuff we managed to get on video is now known (we had a few tidbits about I13 stuff, most notably the Day Jobs), so unfortunately the video is rather outdated now and I've not heard whether it will be released or not. We'll see if we can find time to have a look through and pull out some of the cooler stuff for a forum post instead.
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So I'm sure that this was beyond your control.. but it really is a little poor and seems to me to be shooting yourselves in the foot regarding dev-EU player interaction.
i.e. you get a chance to bring the EU players some communication from the devs, you pretty-much advertise it as such (well a time-delay Q&A between us and them) and then really, really fail to deliver.
We really wouldn't have minded if you popped over there and raised a few points that had come up on the EU forums and brought back the news as a surprise (i.e. didn't advertise Q&A). But to tell us we're getting something and then not delivering doesn't seem that great...
It's at times like this that I do actually believe the US may get preferential treatment from the devs.
Like I say though, sure it was NCNC or headoffice blocking this rather than your good self.
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It's at times like this that I do actually believe the US may get preferential treatment from the devs.
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You only need to look at the post counts to see that. The US boards get weekly (most often even daily) replies from the devs in direct response to player posts. We're lucky to get monthly...
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It's at times like this that I do actually believe the US may get preferential treatment from the devs.
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You only need to look at the post counts to see that. The US boards get weekly (most often even daily) replies from the devs in direct response to player posts. We're lucky to get monthly...
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Though repeating what I said in the mission creator thread, I think that's more due to practical considerations than anything else:
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btw I don't really buy into any US-bias from the devs other than the simple fact that they live in the US and have limited time to interact with players - so obviously the players who are awake when they are may get superficially preferential treatment when it comes to forum interaction. Not really preferential as much as practical...
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My point is that even though I don't really buy into a US-bias for any other reasons than practical ones the behaviour here* makes me wonder.
* i.e. announcing this and getting our hopes up for a time-delayed EU to developer Q&A and then not delivering in preference to a global announcement - i.e. one which the US feel included in.
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For once I'll throw my voice in with the general Sturm und Drang. This whole thing has been disappointing.
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All of the really cool stuff we managed to get on video is now known (we had a few tidbits about I13 stuff, most notably the Day Jobs), so unfortunately the video is rather outdated now and I've not heard whether it will be released or not. We'll see if we can find time to have a look through and pull out some of the cooler stuff for a forum post instead.
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A smokescreen - the video really included shots of concept art and proposed content lists for I14 and I15, didn't it?
@Golden Girl
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Joking aside, I'm actually not interested in any future Issue Info, nor am I actually all that bothered about additional Issue 13 titbits over what is going to be released anyway... What I am interested in is replies to the questions that were posted by the community before the visit to NCNC.
I'm sure everyone who posted on this thread before the company visit would appreciate their questions answered by NCNC.
I think it's probably forbidden knowledge - the sort that would drive us insane if we were to learn about it.
@Golden Girl
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Joking aside, I'm actually not interested in any future Issue Info, nor am I actually all that bothered about additional Issue 13 titbits over what is going to be released anyway... What I am interested in is replies to the questions that were posted by the community before the visit to NCNC.
I'm sure everyone who posted on this thread before the company visit would appreciate their questions answered by NCNC.
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i argee on this. its sicking we get the bums rush from the devs all the time and would be nice to have at least some of our'll questions answered
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I think it's probably forbidden knowledge - the sort that would drive us insane if we were to learn about it.
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Clearly not an issue for anyone in these forums.
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It is - it's so forbidden, it'd drive even the insane crazy
@Golden Girl
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So was our questions/thoughts put across at all or did we waste our time believing we would get some form of interaction with the devs?
Last/ONLY time i remember having some sort of communication with them was when BaBs popped over end of last year during the takeover. While we all appreciate their hard work and time constraints, next to no communication with a large percentage of their paying customers (we are not a small % ok) is nowhere near good enough.
Its the only complaint most of us have reguarding them.
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The video is still going through some final polish and approvals, unfortunately.