"If you have questions for me specifically today, give me a shout on the forum (in a single thread, please)."
To keep the oncoming bombardment to one place, we can make it here....
So, Eurydice!
First question: Are you, in fact, trapped in the underworld because some twit couldn't keep his eyes forward?
Hopefully you DON'T take a page out of Nick's book when it comes to posting tweets.
Cryptic crap is annoying. >:C
Do you think that the snipes are the most gosh-darned adorable things you ever did see?
Do you think Basil will ever try to throw all those vials back at us?
Just posting to say welcome to the community, and thanks in advance for helping us out. (and also wading through the BS.) :p
Community management is something we really need, and something I was just discussing today. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I really didn't think we'd get this for many, many months.
I couldn't help but notice some additions to the forums right around the time of this announcement. Welcome to the community, indeed!
I've found most of those Tweets entertaining.
I have a real question I guess. When you aren't working, are you playing Spiral Knights? :P
Hey guys, thanks for the welcome. Here are some answers.
Q: First question: Are you, in fact, trapped in the underworld because some twit couldn't keep his eyes forward?
A: Yes, but I have internet access, and that's all anyone needs, right? Sunlight is so mainstream.
Q: Do you think that the snipes are the most gosh-darned adorable things you ever did see?
A: I want to squeeze them.
Q: Do you think Basil will ever try to throw all those vials back at us?
A: Basil is a paragon of forgiveness. You should fear the day he snaps.
Q: Just posting to say welcome to the community, and thanks in advance for helping us out. (and also wading through the BS.) :p
A: Thanks! I have been tempered in raw sewage by the internet and am at this point largely immune.
Q: Would you kiss Boswick?
A: I wouldn't dream of violating Boswick's personal boundaries!
Q: I have a real question I guess. When you aren't working, are you playing Spiral Knights? :P
A: I admit it: I take time out to eat and sleep and attend to personal hygiene. (So yes, I do play Spiral Knights, and will continue to do so!)
By the way, regarding the comments about tweets--I think we will have a mixture of the playful and the informational there. The goal is to have a professional, official feed without becoming robotic or dry.
I largely avoid facebawk and twatter unless there's some news that's really really big that I just have to see myself. I think having a devblog for everyone would be good. Just a "Developer Blogs" section on the forums with a thread for each dev. >)
Hmm. So, if you're going to be around the forums...
Any chance I can convince you to put up a "Frequently Suggested" sticky in the suggestions forum (probably a locked thread), with quick replies to the regularly-repeating stuff?
By replies, I mean like:
"This is working as intended",
"While minor tweaks may be made here, large overhauls won't",
"This is something we're developing towards, and have a plan on",
and
"This is something being chewed on; suggestions on this topic would be especially welcome.",
that kind of thing.
Eurydice, at what time approximately will the update happen?
ARE YOU REALLY AN OAK NYMPH or just a FEMALE?
yes eurydice i was wondering the same thing, when will the update come? is it tonight?
and please spoil the update to me... via my wiki talk page!
Dev blog request duly noted. There has been some talk of this before, and we'd like to consider it after our dust settles.
With regard to replies to feature suggestions: tricky issue, there. We certainly don't want to present you with a wall of silence. Yet similarly, we don't want to jerk players' expectations around. Things change constantly during development--priorities, schedules, feature mechanics, plans, even the idea that something is "working as intended" can change over time.
I'll actively seek out information for you. The compromise is that I won't say anything that could be seen to commit the devs to specific features, fixes, or timeframes without their signoff. If the devs themselves wish to comment and commit to things as they come up, they'll do that.
A repository of SK team comments could be set up on the Spiral Knights wiki similar to Puzzle Pirates' http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/The_List and http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/The_Anti-list and http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Category:Commonly_Discussed_Ideas. This would of course be with the disclaimer that just because something is included, doesn't mean it's written in stone.
Does that seem fair?
@DarthLOL: Please, I prefer the term "dryad."
Dear Eurydice,
Would you like to join me on a clockwork adventure to flirt with a lamp in an Arena?
@ Darth You rofl-ed my feathers xD
Eurydice, welcome to the community ^^ Nice to see the SK team expanding. Hope to see good things from you in the future.
The list and anti-list setups from YPP would, I think, work well and make a *lot* of people happy. Absolutely including me, yep.
It'd also slay a lot of "Oh god another ________ thread." Which I can only think would be useful in terms of your level-of-overwhelmed when browsing suggestions.
What a welcome day, happy trial by fire, Eurydice. >\
I suppose OOO decided to get her job trained right away with this new update, heck i'd like to think that's why the energy crafting cost was increased, else what would we getting mad for?
Baptism of fire aside, i know its not your fault though, but...people need someone to scream enough exemplatives that the filter would be having a field day. So...yeah, question.
Do you have a favourate armor set in the game? Also, why do you like that set?
Ah, excuse me then, but still, first thing she does after being introduced to the community is to end up tanking the backlash from the update.
Question about the armor set still stands though.
I wouldn't dream of violating Boswick's personal boundaries!
Not even if he put on his Lederhosen and danced around?
@Sick: Many thanks. :)
@Feynt: It's a coincidence that I started on release day, but this way I get to dive right in, right?
@Krakatoah: Yeah, this ain't my first rodeo. I don't mind tanking rough threads. Those happen, and the information we get from all of you is valuable.
Regarding armor, well, huh. My favorite changes around. For a while it was the jelly armor sets, because I could make "U JELLY?" jokes. It's based upon what makes me laugh.
The Angelic line is the best. Stylish dress and cute ponytail with a side of looking like Saber from Fate/Stay Night.
But anyway, I'm curious: how does the Three Rings staff deal with community opinion? I'm not very happy with the changes to crafting, and from the looks of it most people aren't. Will the players get an indication if anything is changing? I think the shock value of the update is what made people start frothing at the mouth. Nobody saw /that/ coming.
Didn`t think it was a coincidence that Eurydice joined today, thought they were expecting a rather chaotic reception of the new patch.
anyway, welcome Eurydice to this new adventure
how does the Three Rings staff deal with community opinion?
They usually take opinions, have a meeting then choose where to go from there.
Sort of example.
Just because there is a massive community outcry for something to change doesn't mean it will (though it has in the past), there may be an addendum to this update in another update that adds certain functions that aren't here now.
It usually takes a legitimate reason for something to change, a reasonable, logical one.
Like the one presented in that thread.
For the most part, player communication isn't the job of developers or Game Masters, but a community representative. Somebody who is the face on the dartboard of all players.
I use Boswick right now, but I'm sure there is a much uglier face to poke holes in with sharp needles.
But they do read posts, they take the time to discuss the concerns of players and they will sometimes change things to reflect this.
I don't recall Three Rings dealing with a hit THIS bad. On YPP, some updates made the vocal community froth at the mouth but they were a severe minority and for the most part, everything worked itself out. Bang! Howdy is limping atm, I don't really know anything about that other than people weren't too much of a fan of the playstyle. (I was though!). No clue about Whirled either. But yeah, this update takes the cake.
My question! Cake, or pie? And what kind?
I understand. You guys do much more about our opinions than it would seem, which is very good! I suppose the only thing to do if I disagree with the recent update is say something and ride it out.
@Satonakaja To determine player reaction and the effect of updates on the game, you look at player feedback in the venues such as the forums, and you look at player behavior in the game, both of them over time. Sometimes player feedback and player behavior contradict each other, and sometimes not, so it's essential to keep an eye on both.
You're quite correct about the shock value. Updates of this nature produce what we could call "emphatic initial responses." When possible, we want to tell the community what's coming down the road. Sometimes that simply won't be possible, though. An example of that would be when advance info would cause droves of people to exploit a mechanic that, once the release came, would allow them to accrue economy-wrecking amounts of energy/crowns/resources. (And people DO do this, sadly.)
@griffinbane: Oh, I've seen much worse. Almost no one has broken the forum guidelines! SK has solid citizens. :)
Cake or pie? You can't make me choose. Hand over those cookies, too.
Sorry it's taking me a while to answer here; I've got my head in the release thread, as you might imagine. Keep pinging with questions if you have them, and I'll make it back over here.
im just wondering what you think of my ideas, not to sound arrogant.
seems like the right place to ask
--edit-- top of page three if you dont wanan hunt for me
Rough First day it seems hahah, I feel your pain.
How does it feel to start on the day where the developers manage to, instead of make everyone happy with an Auction House, piss almost EVERYONE off by completely screwing it over?
Dear Eurydice
Were you and your colleague upset when you realized that children were learning to do business in this game?
Do you and your colleague felt happy when you found a way to do more business on children?
@Magnus: It's certainly giving my keyboard a workout! But less flippantly, it's all okay. People are telling us what they think. You know what would scare the heck out of me? Total apathy. (Not even an "I don't even care anymore" post--just utter silence.)
That could probably be arranged with a boycott!
Dear Eurydice,
Warm welcome to the team.
IMO you suck at your job. As a community manager all you do is make matters worse for players in concern. If your intent is to make the community hate you from the very start, you're not far from your goal.
I can see that you're trying to group things together, however you dont seem to have the capacity to process and categorize stuffs properly. (sorry to be rude, but in which part does "Voicing your dissatisfaction regarding to the crafting changes" resemble any part of the "feedback on our new awesome AH feature" thread? well that was what the titles basically say when you locked the threads at least).
Anyways hope you make a great addition to this soon-to-be-history game.
Duly noted, FaCubeltch. Thanks for taking the time to write. :)
Well, that was a bit uncalled for. If you really want to bash the community manager for trying to do their job after a fanbase-shattering update then perhaps it would be better for you to shut up and calm down. Do you think yelling at the admins like that is going to get anything changed?
Saton, hush.
If you tell the Hulk to sit in his corner while he's busy being raged about something, he's gonna be raged at you.
And Three Rings just turned the peaceful, mild mannered community into the Infraggable Bulk. It's his/her job to take a good amount of that heat.
If I could post a lolcat for you to eat, I would.
Good luck :P
Magnus: Maybe a few people should just take a break from the forums then, if they're going to explode on people who can't magic up an update that would make everything all Happy Snipe Land where everyone is content. The community has already fiercely provided an opinion: we can't expect a reaction immediately. And, just because Eurydice is expected to take some heat, it doesn't mean they should get a load of nasty vitriol.
Oh, and I've been using to use it somewhere, so I guess all I can tell you is take a break and, for now:
http://tinyurl.com/666np5v
what's all this then?
were these game breaking limitations implemented to purposely destroy the game while making as much cash as possible?
...(much like the job of the fed)
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Why, oh why is the key repeat bug still there?
Nice to have a name to go with the Twitter and Facebook updates - hopefully you take a page out of Nick's book when it comes to posting Tweets.