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Reverend Joe
08-07-2005, 07:14
I have a couple suggestions for the EB team:
Now, this is not criticism, so don't take it so hard, but you do not seem to be keeping up with the Friday previews very well. I don't really mind, but it throws a lot of people off. It seems to me that making a preview on Friday is difficult to begin with, so I would like to suggest that the chosen "preview boy" do the preview by sunday or monday rather than Friday; that way, he can work on the preview over the weekend, and have time to relax and do a good job.
The other option, which I would not mind either, would be to scrap the weekly preview, and do one whenever you can. Both of these options could arguably limit the discussion (less time on weekdays), but if it is too difficult to keep up a friday preview, you really should consider your own options, and maybe just make everybody bite the bullet.
Divinus Arma
08-07-2005, 07:21
I just wish they would answer my silly little questions on music. ~:confused:
Reverend Joe
08-07-2005, 07:22
What the- you really DID follow me over!!!
*runs away screaming*
Atheist_Peace
08-07-2005, 07:30
Both of those things seem to be for the most part already being done...especially #1, its been more a "weekend preview" for a while...
I say both of them because the previews have become seemingly more random now-a-days, it doesnt really matter though. They are still working just as hard to get the beta out.
Reverend Joe
08-07-2005, 07:35
I undaerstand that it has become a de facto weekend preview, but if they made it official policy, it might ease up the pressure on the preview makers so they wouldn't have to apologise to everyone, and then still have to deal with people nagging them about the late previews. It is really just for clarification purposes- and to leave less room for complaints. ~D
Divinus Arma
08-07-2005, 07:56
What the- you really DID follow me over!!!
*runs away screaming*
I swear it was not intentional. I came over here first then I went to the backroom where I saw you say you were coming over here...
Oh forget it...
*Runs away screaming too*
Productivity
08-07-2005, 08:09
They never were officially Friday previews... They often came on Friday yes, but they were allways viewed as weekend previews.
I don't think they've ever stuck to the friday preview. lol
I anticipate the up coming excuse for the delay of the preview. IT's always the first thing mentioned. It's pretty funny.
Krusader
08-07-2005, 09:18
The preview was almost ready this saturday.
It could come up in 2 hours or 20, so check back, and I think you will enjoy this one too ~;)
And it's always been weekend previews, but the latest previews have been delayed as work continues on the MOD, yet some key people have also been on vacations, and it's not yet a week since the last preview.
Idomeneas
08-07-2005, 10:04
Let me put my advertise area experience in this. IMO since EB is not comming out any time soon, has to do something to tease and ''keep'' the interest of their (and future) fans. The frequent systematic previews is the best way. I think that the intention was indeed to be a friday preview not a weekend or monday one. But what means a friday weekly preview? It means that propably the 80% of the work for a faction must be complete so it is presentable. Afer somebody must write the text make screenshoots, upload stuff etc. Its surely to much work especially for one guy. I think the guys could upkeep the weekly pace cause by the time they did the previews they had some factios done or near end stage. Now we enter propably the ''not ready zone'' where these factions are not ready and propably cannot be over a week each time.
What i suggest is to break up the faction previews. Present individual units so you are not bound by the faction factor. Anyway you never show the full roaster. Weekly previews are very important right now if you care about having more fans. If not dont mind me. I mean you have a very foggy release date and plus you have other popular mod releases. Not saying the progress made, the exact cultures , a vague date of beta and delay by days or even week the preview you must admit that doesnt help with popularity. IMO you have many beautifull units made by seperate teams for each cultures. Show what you ve got. Yes its more messy maybe but even CA is doing that. I dont know what your thoughts are but i think time is critical.
I anticipate the up coming excuse for the delay of the preview. IT's always the first thing mentioned. It's pretty funny.They never were "Friday" previews, even when I was doing them. They were always weekend previews. I just tried to post them on Friday when I could.
"Excuse?" What is amusing are people who have this sense of entitlement. Morbidly amusing.
Steppe Merc
08-07-2005, 16:56
We don't have to do any sort of prievews. We don't even have to release our mod. That is something it is always good to rember when we are late with our dates, as well as the reason why we will never give a release date for the actual mod. ~;)
Idomeneas, we were doing that for a while, just having units as it was done. This way, more units are completed from one faction, in order to allow a more complete faction line up, as opposed to a sprinklining from all over the factions, as we used to do.
Teleklos Archelaou
08-07-2005, 17:24
Guys, the preview will be a really good one. We are just waiting on something else to really make it better -- it's got nothing to do with someone not getting work done or forgetting about it or anything like that at all. Our skinners and modellers (or both when it's the same person) are overtaxed and we are all going as fast as we can, but when something else is almost ready, but it means holding the preview off just a little longer, then we will probably do it.
It's not even noon on Sunday where I am yet, and we have every expectation of having it up at some point today still, but we can't promise anything ever really. Just cool down a bit, I know there is no way you can possibly be more anxious to see it as some of us are to actually get it out to you. So it won't be much longer at all till you see the words: Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans!, but you gotta hang on patiently just a bit more. ~D
Reverend Joe
08-07-2005, 18:58
It's not a matter of preview quality at all. I know the previews will be very good. What I am saying is, maybe you should reconsider the timing of the previews. It just seems like they are a lot of work for some already overworked people. Come to think of it, why not do bi-weekly previews? That way, you would be sure to have enough time to do them on time. Or, as I suggested, just don't even bother setting a timescale- do them whenever you feel you have time.
RandyKapp
08-07-2005, 19:34
I dont mind the timing of the previews, i just drop in here occasionaly to see if its updated.
It's a weekend preview, so it's suppose to Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. It's still Sunday, so they're are not late. Sometimes the preview did come on a Monday or Tuesday or later, but the previews are so nicely done, the extra days of wait are worth it.
Guys, the preview will be a really good one. We are just waiting on something else to really make it better -- it's got nothing to do with someone not getting work done or forgetting about it or anything like that at all. Our skinners and modellers (or both when it's the same person) are overtaxed and we are all going as fast as we can, but when something else is almost ready, but it means holding the preview off just a little longer, then we will probably do it.
It's not even noon on Sunday where I am yet, and we have every expectation of having it up at some point today still, but we can't promise anything ever really. Just cool down a bit, I know there is no way you can possibly be more anxious to see it as some of us are to actually get it out to you. So it won't be much longer at all till you see the words: Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans!, but you gotta hang on patiently just a bit more. ~D
euhm...do we still have to hang on or...
it's 23:22 here... ~:confused:
i disagree with the: show what you got, when you get it.
if that will be done now 3 people will be working their butts of to upload 35 random screenies.
follow 3 months of intense silence where here and there a picture will be uploaded. everyhtign will be compared to 'that day EB released 25%'..marketingwise.
dont show everything you got. and what you show shoudl be spread out.
23:45, and wiz lives in my timezone. or wil Aymar be our saint this time?
Steppe Merc
08-07-2005, 22:50
We haven't seen Wiz for a week or two, so I think it won't be him. But we do have plans, fear not.
well, to be honest, i dont 'fear' anything. take your time, release what you got.
now that the 'new' stuff is out of it, i'm still anxious to play it, but not jibbering to see the previeuw
Teleklos Archelaou
08-07-2005, 22:55
Sun's still way up in the sky on Sunday for me guys. ~D
One other thing about the preview. Whether we like it or not, it does push production a little faster and lights small fires under our tails over and over. :devil:
well..we ,eager anticipators, dont complain about pushed production ~;)
saulot333
08-15-2005, 22:32
well..we ,eager anticipators, dont complain about pushed production ~;)
Yep, we don't complain at all....cough*previewdelayedforgoodreasonsmethink*cough
I have more patience now ~;)
I hope the next preview will be a Thracian faction (Getae/Odrysian kingdom) or Armenia.
Aymar de Bois Mauri
08-15-2005, 23:54
Ok, guys. Due to 2 of our members having their PCs burning on them this week, the preview had to be delayed. Besides, we are having a lot of work now regarding the mod.
Please be patient, and to compensate you, let's show you which faction is coming your way...
http://img169.exs.cx/img169/5200/parthia6bg.jpg
King of Atlantis
08-16-2005, 00:49
PARTHIA!
or am I horribly wrong..
Yes! It's the Flying Lion Faction!
Teleklos Archelaou
08-16-2005, 01:15
Yes! It's the Flying Lion Faction!Or the "Talk to the Paw" Faction!!
pezhetairoi
08-16-2005, 01:33
I'm fine with the unexpectedness of the previews... there's the excitement of uncertainty. It's all part of being a good general... don't expect things to happen according to plan :-D
antiochus epiphanes
08-16-2005, 04:49
ooh! i know, rome?
im still ahhan over bactria
Little Legioner
08-16-2005, 09:23
Yay! :charge:
Oscar goes to Parthia!... Thank's for info Aymar :bow:
I can't wait to get my fix of pink pajama men :bow:
Steppe Merc
08-16-2005, 20:11
There will be no pink, purple or other neon colored pajama men in any faction.
saulot333
08-16-2005, 20:23
oh, COME ON! Give us our little neon pajama men! ;)
Ok, guys. Due to 2 of our members having their PCs burning on them this week, the preview had to be delayed.
I hope the 2 pc's are not really burned ~;) ~D
But seriously is it a harddisk crash (not funny to experience) or spyware trashing the systems or something else ?!
My favorite task is at my work is cleaning spyware from users pc's.... :furious3:
There will be no pink, purple or other neon colored pajama men in any faction.
*quits life*
Dux Corvanus
08-16-2005, 22:12
oh, COME ON! Give us our little neon pajama men! ;)
Serve yourself... ~;p
http://www.pajamamania.com/media/PJSPJSCPK.jpg
saulot333
08-16-2005, 23:12
Serve yourself... ~;p
http://www.pajamamania.com/media/PJSPJSCPK.jpg
I will wear this pajama for the rest of my life. I Hope that my beloved one don't mind...
That would be the coolest cavalry army ever. Rly.
antiochus epiphanes
08-17-2005, 04:42
wow, is that a historical reproduction of an eastern infantry uniform?
Mongoose
08-17-2005, 04:49
It was in RTW so it must be realistic!
CA Would NEVER put something unrealistic in RTW ~D
besides: It's on google. it has to be real ~:joker:
Big_John
08-19-2005, 02:12
Please be patient, and to compensate you, let's show you which faction is coming your way...
http://img169.exs.cx/img169/5200/parthia6bg.jpgconsidering the nature of the current preview, this isn't the parthian faction symbol at all. it's Reggie the game-mechanics leopard, isn't it?
Oh, oops. Yeah, you'll get them next. Unless people aren't interested in them anymore?
Haha, look at you now - fishing for compliments! :balloon2:
Naw, it seems people prefer the gameplay sorta stuff. We could do more of those instead. I mean, no one likes the Pa...err, yeah.
Steppe Merc
08-19-2005, 04:21
:gives Khelvan the evil eye: :inquisitive:
*agrees very, very strongly with Steppe Merc* :brood:
wolftrapper78
08-19-2005, 05:46
No, No. We still really care about the factions and which you guys decided to include or exclude or whatever.
P.S. Great work EB team. This seems, at times, unbelievable. :bow:
Serve yourself... ~;p
http://www.pajamamania.com/media/PJSPJSCPK.jpg
Hmmmmm nice texture,
Ooooooh so tempting....Goes of to find a suitable model.
Faenaris
08-19-2005, 17:16
Naw, it seems people prefer the gameplay sorta stuff. We could do more of those instead. I mean, no one likes the Pa...err, yeah.
MORE gameplay features? There are ... MORE? I ... I CAN'T ... must ...
*drops to the floor, his body spasming like a dead chicken*
Reverend Joe
08-21-2005, 04:22
Khe;van, after having seen what you did this week- 2 previews in 3 days- I would like to formally request that you close this thread into oblivion. :bow:
Khe;van, after having seen what you did this week- 2 previews in 3 days- I would like to formally request that you close this thread into oblivion. :bow:pwnd
Reverend Joe
08-21-2005, 04:34
pwnd
~:confused: Sorry- I am not online-literate- what is pwnd?
Mongoose
08-21-2005, 04:36
1t m3@nz j00 g0t 0wn3d j00 n00b
Big_John
08-21-2005, 04:39
i've said it before, and i'll say it again.. roflamocopter.
pahlavans look good. looks like EB is going to bring some serious atmosphere to rtw, which is something it sorely needs.
so, tomorrow we get to see the rome preview? :sweetheart:
p.s. meatwad, "pwnd" is the transitive verb of "pwnage".
1t m3@nz j00 g0t 0wn3d j00 n00b
If this means anything at all I would really like to hear about it. ~:)
Reverend Joe
08-21-2005, 04:40
1t m3@nz j00 g0t 0wn3d j00 n00b
:dizzy2: :help:
~D
~:confused: Sorry- I am not online-literate- what is pwnd?Translation:
I must say, my good man, jolly good battle, but it does appear as though I/we now have the upper hand!
1t m3@nz j00 g0t 0wn3d j00 n00bTranslation:
The passage in question is attempting to convey the sentiment that you have lost the battle, o highly uneducated one.
Reverend Joe
08-21-2005, 04:44
:bow:
Translation:
The passage in question is attempting to convey the sentiment that you have lost the battle, o highly uneducated one.
Ok, just got help from my little nephew who not only translated but is also going to make fun of me for the rest of his life ~:handball:
"1t m3@nz j00 g0t 0wn3d j00 n00b"
this translates to:
"It means you got owned you newbiee"
*going to kill myself now*
k
Mongoose
08-21-2005, 04:49
If this means anything at all I would really like to hear about it. ~:)
H@! j00 c@nt b3g1n t3h und3rst@nd t3h true p0w3r 0f m1 L33t sk1llz!!!1!!!!11!!!11
Playing RTW online for an hour has given me an understanding of "leet". I will translate what i just said:
"It means you were defeated you Newbie*"
*Semi-leet for "new player"
Playing RTW online for an hour has given me an understanding of "leet". I will translate what i just said:
"It means you were defeated you Newbie*"
*Semi-leet for "new player"
Have you been just a tad faster I would've avoided a century of family humilation.
k
The_Mark
08-21-2005, 10:54
Playing RTW online for an hour has given me an understanding of "leet".
Gah, I didn't realise it was so bad already.
there are 2 previeuws(gameplay, parthia), in 1 week....close this thread NOW!!
~;)
We must leave it open to gloat. And to revel in the pwnage.
We must leave it open to gloat. And to revel in the pwnage.
meatwad is eating dust:'preview missed' HA!
~:joker:
Reverend Joe
08-22-2005, 16:04
Frankly, I am amazed this thread is still open. It has lost its entire point... unless, of course, we don't see another preview for 3 weeks... ~D
Frankly, I am amazed this thread is still open. It has lost its entire point... unless, of course, we don't see another preview for 3 weeks... ~D
I think they are letting it open to show you how bad you were beaten. :charge:
:duel:
They are just evil ~D
k
Greek_fire19
08-22-2005, 22:45
The universe laughs heartily at thee
Reverend Joe
08-22-2005, 23:19
Geez... who do you think I am, Abokazee?
So what you stuped noobs think im too domb to see facts? EB IS NOT DOING PREVIWESIX!!!!!
:duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel:
:dizzy2: ~:eek: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3:
Geez... who do you think I am, Abokazee?
So what you stuped noobs think im too domb to see facts? EB IS NOT DOING PREVIWESIX!!!!!
:duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel:
:dizzy2: ~:eek: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3:
I wonder if they will be able to come out with the preview on time this week. To me they're just lazy ~;)
k
Yeah well, perhaps EB's just dead.
King of Atlantis
08-28-2005, 01:43
yeah, guess so.... ~;)
Seamus Fermanagh
08-28-2005, 01:44
Could someone please end this thread?
Locked, bolted, excised....
Seamus
Reverend Joe
08-28-2005, 02:43
NOOOOOO!!!
I thought this thread was dead! :furious3:
For god's sake, lock the damn thing!
King of Atlantis
08-28-2005, 02:48
I dont see a reason to lock, except people keep asking to lock...
If the mods really want to they will, and spamming to achieve a thread being locked isnt very productive.....
Reverend Joe
08-28-2005, 02:56
It needs to be locked because it has lost its point. It was a question, and that question has been answered, so now it's just spam.
On second thought, we still don't have a preview this week... :evilgrin:
It needs to be locked because it has lost its point. It was a question, and that question has been answered, so now it's just spam.
On second thought, we still don't have a preview this week... :evilgrin:
YES! Come tomorrow and this thread will be totally meaningfull again...Come on guys get on with it... ~:)
k
If we're going to have bitch-fests, we might as well provide an open place, rather than spreading them around.
Reverend Joe
08-28-2005, 03:46
Geez... I hope that was a joke. :embarassed:
Steppe Merc
08-28-2005, 04:04
Meatwad, I think it's just to prevent another similar thread popping up, which it often does when we release a bit late, nothing really personal. ~;)
Half joking, really. As Steppe Merc says, nothing personal, but you aren't the first to have said something like this, and won't be the last, so your thread might as well be the place for future comments like this to aggregate.
Reverend Joe
08-28-2005, 04:30
Wonderful. So I've inadvertantly posted the official EB complaint/garbage thread.
Oh, well... I've been known for worse. ~D
Meatwad, I think it's just to prevent another similar thread popping up, which it often does when we release a bit late, nothing really personal. ~;)
In my case it's totally personal. Whoever is responsible for the preview is lazy at the very least ~D
k
Dux Corvanus
08-28-2005, 11:06
Bitchfest!!! Wow!!! :charge:
But, where are the bitches? ~:confused:
Big_John
08-28-2005, 14:01
But, where are the bitches? ~:confused:call me when you find the bitches!
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