Release update, pleeease?

[MB.Pelicans]

Anyone play Adam Ryland's wrestling and MMA games from Grey Dog? I would love to see Markus do a developer's diary like he does... I mean its only a paragraph or two a day that talks about the previous day's work. It would be awesome to see markus adopt this idea as well

[NCBeachBum]

Originally Posted by fantom1979

I shouldn't do this, but I am going to release a screenshot that I found on the OOTP servers....

That brings back some memories.

[Comedian2004]

Actually, sometimes the update is given when the update is NOT ready, think back to the 1st one we got this year.

Originally Posted by silvam14

Ok, I'll bite.

In my years of playing OOTP, I have realized that an update will be given when an update is ready.

[Comedian2004]

Wow, the mail was bigger back in those days, look at the size of that envelope. I would hate to be that mail delivery guy!

Originally Posted by MB.Pelicans

ThaNK God that's not how the game looks now....

[fantom1979]

Everyone at OOTP must be in lock down mode. I haven't seen a post from Markus in almost 2 weeks.

[88gibson]

I guess that's a good sign.
I dont like games rushed since we know about 2k baseball games and ect,but a update keeps us excited and not like some sucker who just bought the brooklyn bridge.Hey i thought i had a great deal there for a 100 bucks.lol

[kq76]

Originally Posted by satchel

If this post were titled "How about a release update?" would it have gotten 1000+ views by now? If I were a moderator, I would have stepped in and renamed this puppy in a heartbeat.

Happy? I changed it yesterday.

If you think something should be changed, you can always report the thread and make the request. Reporting doesn't have to be just for pointing out warnable or spamming posts. The mods discussed this awhile back and a number of us gladly agreed to handle these other types of requests. There's no guarantee the request will be implemented, but if one of those mods agrees with it they will do it. Just try not to go too trigger happy with it.

[mculberson1973]

Now I understand, nothing is set in stone. But for those of us who have already paid for the product, I think some kind of update is in order. Just "In the Spring" isn't good enough. Any other game release can be narrowed down to a more specific time period at this point.

Even if you give us a two week window that would be nice. Opening day is tomorrow and still we have no update.

I don't think it's too much to ask to narrow it down to a two week period, say something like May 1st-May 14th, or something like that.

You have my money. And I don't think it's too much to ask when we will be getting the product we've paid for.

And I'm not asking to rush either, just give us a time period other than "Spring". That's just b.s.. After developing the game for as long as you have, you should have an idea by now of when it might be release.

Thanks from a loyal customer.

[deadringer]

Originally Posted by mculberson1973

Now I understand, nothing is set in stone. But for those of us who have already paid for the product, I think some kind of update is in order. Just "In the Spring" isn't good enough. Any other game release can be narrowed down to a more specific time period at this point.

Even if you give us a two week window that would be nice. Opening day is tomorrow and still we have no update.

I don't think it's too much to ask to narrow it down to a two week period, say something like May 1st-May 14th, or something like that.

You have my money. And I don't think it's too much to ask when we will be getting the product we've paid for.

And I'm not asking to rush either, just give us a time period other than "Spring". That's just b.s.. After developing the game for as long as you have, you should have an idea by now of when it might be release.

Thanks from a loyal customer.

The problem here is that it's safer to stay quiet than to set a release date. There's no way for them to win. They announce a release date today and people will bitch because it's not soon enough. If something happens and they miss the date, people bitch. Now people are bitching because they don't know the release date.

People act like they're trying to keep something from you. Believe me, they want it out as soon as possible and they want people to be happy. Let them work and let us testers test and it will all come out in the end.

I also hate the argument that they should give you release date because you've already paid. Did you have a release date when you paid? Did they say spring? If that wasn't good enough you shouldn't have paid.

Just try and be patient I think you'll like what you get in the end, even if it doesn't come out on opening day.

[balzini]

Originally Posted by deadringer

Just try and be patient I think you'll like what you get in the end, even if it doesn't come out on opening day.

I like to hear that

[DavidM]

Originally Posted by mculberson1973

Now I understand, nothing is set in stone. But for those of us who have already paid for the product, I think some kind of update is in order. Just "In the Spring" isn't good enough. Any other game release can be narrowed down to a more specific time period at this point.

Thanks from a loyal customer.

Any other game?
Most games don't have precise release dates these days (until they are very close, and retailers want to know); a precise release date means absolutely nothing.

You must not buy a lot of computer games.

[The Wolf]

They said "Spring." There's a whole lot of Spring left. Reasonably, nobody should start getting antsy until about June 1st.

[Afino]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

They said "Spring." There's a whole lot of Spring left. Reasonably, nobody should start getting antsy until about June 1st.

Yep. I've said it time and again, that was my original thought (June 1st release date) when they said "Spring".

I can always HOPE it's earlier, but I don't count on it.


Markus himself has come out and said that the game will likely be out BEFORE June. That's all we've heard before or since.

[eborix]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

They said "Spring." There's a whole lot of Spring left. Reasonably, nobody should start getting antsy until about June 1st.

I started getting antsy in January. But I have never been a very patient person.

[Tony M]

See Small Update here for an update.

This thread has run its course now an update has been given.