Hi Thomas. I personally think your far too kind in this. Yes I am greatful you have informed the community why Beta18 hasn't been released as announced previously. But asking the community whether they want it now unfinished or to wait I feel is unnecessary. You as the developer should do as you wish and what you need to do to satisfy yourself. I honestly believe this decision should be purely down to you, and agree that you should not release anything, any betas, any finished product or anything until you are as happy with it as you ar going to be. Yes people will mown and complain, but at the end of the day you create these games in your spair time, for your enjoyment as much if not more than to make money, so I think your satisfaction is key. I think you've given the community far too much freedom in saying what they want from this game etc, and believe it should be your project, and people will buy it when its ready, regardless of if they have had input into the game or not. Sorry for that rant, but this pandering to blind gamers too much gets on my nerves, mainstream developers wouldn't dream of asking their customers such a question and people still buy their games. Yes keep us up to date with progress, but no more. THanks RIchard
On 3/3/11, Lelia Struve <leliastr...@samobile.net> wrote: > I agree, and also I don't think there should be any hurry, bring it out > when you can. Remember this too, always have fun with what your doing. > Original message: >> Personally I'd rather wait till it's complete to your satisfaction and we >> have level two. >> We are the Knights who saaaaay...Ni! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:24 PM >> Subject: [Audyssey] Quick MOTA Announcement > > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> I know I told a lot of you that Mysteries of the Ancients beta 18 >>> would be done about the end of February. A lot of you have started >>> asking questions off list what is going on, why isn't the beta ready, >>> etc and I thought I'd make a quick public announcement explaining >>> where we stand on things. As so often happens with creating accessible >>> games as a side venture in our free time real life problems and >>> issues simply get in the way. This case is no different. > >>> Around a week ago my wife got really sick. We took her to the hospital >>> where they gave her some antibiotics, and strict orders to stay in bed >>> for seven to ten days until she felt well enough to get out of bed. >>> As a result I've had to take over all of the house hold duties such as >>> cooking, cleaning, and doing simple tasks like fetching my wife a >>> glass of water when she needs to take a pill etc. The end result of >>> all of this is absolutely no time to work on MOTA at all. So our beta >>> 18 release schedule is pretty much shot to pieces. > >>> So here is the thing. I could go ahead and release beta 18 now, as is, >>> but it isn't complete so to speak. Most of the upgrades are done, >>> level 1 has been updated, but we don't yet have level 2 added to the >>> demo. So it is really your choice if you want to wait a few days for >>> me to add level 2 to the game, when I have the time to do so, or if >>> you would rather just have the beta now without level 2. Any thoughts? > >>> Sincerely, >>> Thomas Ward >>> President of USA Games Interactive >>> http://www.usagamesinteractive.com > >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > -- > Lelia > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
