Very short development update

[Timberwolf]

when is the banjo patch install coming?

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

We're not being kept in the dark. There have been regular updates.

The problem is that the regular update process goes something like this:

Luthier: Update!

Rabble: Luthier, you are the greatest!

2 hours later

Rabble: Luthier, why didn't you mention X.

4 hours later

Rabble: Luthier didn't mention X because they don't realize it's a problem.

6 hours later

Rabble: Luthier didn't mention X because they don't know how to fix it.

12 hours later

Rabble: Luthier didn't mention X because he doesn't respect us!!

16 hours later

Rabble: Luthier, you suck!!!!

24 hours later:

Rabble: Luther, when are you going to give us an update???

Well, the updates are not that regular, not that i mind however, if there's nothing new to say (eg, when something is complete) or there are changes to announce (say for example, the roadmap is revised because they decide to fix things in a different sequence) there is nothing to announce in an update apart from what we got today ("we're working on such and such, things are progressing this way, thanks").

However, the rest of the post is actually a pretty accurate take on things and i couldn't help but laugh a bit while reading it.

Despite the fact that i don't necessarily agree with a lot of what you usually say, mostly how you say it actually, on the forums in general, this post is the best and most accurate summary of 1st page posts during the past few months.

[BMCha]

I'm pretty sure that by "regular" he meant "usual", not "regularly scheduled".

EDIT: As I'm not entirely sure whether the two responses below interpreted this post correctly, I was referring to the sentence in the quote above me that reads "the regular update process goes something like this:". Blackdog's "the updates are not that regular" indicates that he interpreted the word in the usage of scheduling. I was simply trying to clear that up by bringing the other usage to attention. (the one I believe was intended)

Personally I have a neutral but optimistic view of the current state of the game and the updates, though like many others I'd be happier if communication would improve. I do not, however, painstakingly go through each word of any update trying to glean extra information and go around making assumptions based on that.

[AndyJWest]

Originally Posted by BMCha

I'm pretty sure that by "regular" he meant "usual", not "regularly scheduled".

He might have meant "regularly scheduled". Halley's comet is regularly scheduled to come around every 76 years...

I think Luthier probably meant exactly what he said. Which was very little, other than that CloD was still being worked on. That's good enough for me.

[David Hayward]

The fact that you are trying to parse what I meant by "regular" is EXACTLY why the Luthier updates turn into such a disaster. It was a joke. "Regular" means nothing. Don't try to parse every word that Luthier posts. Every Luthier post can be summed up by 6 words: "we are still working on it".

[ptisinge]

Thanks for the update, and keep the good mood and the humour indeed, I really don't know how you do: when I read these forums and see some of the finest breed of obsessive trolls that seem to live her perpetually, all the inspiration I get is a giant sigh and facepalm. It's worse than witnessing drivers' behaviour at peak hour in Sydney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs56Mr9iFqQ

Luthier is still playing fishing simulator....

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

The fact that you are trying to parse what I meant by "regular" is EXACTLY why the Luthier updates turn into such a disaster. It was a joke. "Regular" means nothing. Don't try to parse every word that Luthier posts. Every Luthier post can be summed up by 6 words: "we are still working on it".

lol u r starting to sound like his biographer

[WTE_Galway]

lol ... good post Luther

I demandzzz my banjo goodness now.

If i don't get banjo goodness right now I will register 6 new accounts in 6 shiny new names and post from each complaining about how I bought this game expecting banjo and was sorely disappointed and saddened.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

We're not being kept in the dark. There have been regular updates.

The problem is that the regular update process goes something like this:

Luthier: Update!

Rabble: Luthier, you are the greatest!

2 hours later

Rabble: Luthier, why didn't you mention X.

4 hours later

Rabble: Luthier didn't mention X because they don't realize it's a problem.

6 hours later

Rabble: Luthier didn't mention X because they don't know how to fix it.

12 hours later

Rabble: Luthier didn't mention X because he doesn't respect us!!

16 hours later

Rabble: Luthier, you suck!!!!

24 hours later:

Rabble: Luther, when are you going to give us an update???

Yes.

I guess very soon luthier will start reading only every 10th or 20th page of such threads as I started to do since Saturday.

Luthier, beware, here is the forums mood update for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faxW0GcyyDo

btw. could we have daily devs mood updates in a locked thread? Say with title "How was this day at MG..."

ps. To those few actually interested in playing the game, check out regular live MP updates from Repka #3 by Sergey kvach in this channel. Guys have quite some fun almost every day http://en.justin.tv/dip78/videos