Questions

Didn't Black Six say that Luthier was answering the questions tonight?? I hope the 3 questions Luthier answered in his post isn't it!

[ATAG_Dutch]

BlackSix posted this at 10.19am UK time;

'Friday Update will be in 1-2 hours, Q&A will be in 8-10 hours today.'

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

BlackSix posted this at 10.19am UK time;

'Friday Update will be in 1-2 hours, Q&A will be in 8-10 hours today.'

so he's a little late then...

[Mysticpuma]

Lots of questions to answer...gonna take a while

Black Six, can you nudge Luthier, he did say he would be back.

[Storm of When]

Perhaps he`s doing what they do where I work, they wait till we`ve alll gone home on a Friday before emailing all the staff with the bad news.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Despite others thinking different I do honestly understand that he may have not been expecting so many questions, that said it would have taken 10 seconds to say sorry guys too many questions to go through tonight I will answer them next week, thats all it takes IMHO.

Sure. I don't even particularly care what the answers are (apart from SLI) since I think future progression is already clear: one more patch and probably a sequel.

I just can't understand Luthier's approach unless he simply doesn't view this forum as being at all important (very possible). But even then, why antagonise the situation? It isn't logical.

[Feathered_IV]

I know what you mean. It's more that it's so indicative of his way of half doing things. Sad to say, but I think the series deserves a better project leader than that.

As noted above above, even the simplest statement of intent turns into a mini-fiasco (for example, answering questions).

It is the mis-match between reality and spiel that is the most jarring, and it's still ongoing. No real comprehension or sense of the scale of the disappointment/disaster, just a quick nod and move quickly along to the next luke-warm hype statement. People cna deal with less-than-perfect, or even rubbish, if the people producing it are candid.

There appears to be very little coherence from one week to the next, and certainly no sense of structured project management. I get the impression of lurching from one mini-crisis to the next. A Readme for a beta patch?...another eddying mini drama all of its own.

You do wonder if there is enough competency at certain levels to put air in the tyres of an average family saloon car. And even then you'd want to check the pressure is what they say it is. And if it was done at all.

When the minor stuff seems such a struggle, no wonder the major stuff doesn't get a look-in (i.e. game-play, a BoB, weather etc)

I'm left with a sense of 'their-own-worst-enemies'. The level of self-harm inflicted seems immense and growing all the time...

[planespotter]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

I know what you mean. It's more that it's so indicative of his way of half doing things. Sad to say, but I think the series deserves a better project leader than that.

Agree. This just someone who doesn't give a care anymore. It is work of a couple of hours (most of which I assume B6 does) to group and answer the questions - when you group there are probably only about 10 or 15 most asked ones.

I think maybe he was surprised (even for this project) how annoyed people were about his news and knows no matter what is said now, there is no going back. The team clear lacks self awareness saying 'no doubt you will agree we have supported this game more than any other developer would'. So if he actually read the feedback, it might shake his self image a bit, also because the feedback was identical here, on simhq and on sukhoi - 10% people positive, 20% don't care, 70% annoyed.

I keep checking to see if answers are posted, now it is three days instead of 'tonight'.

So the new question is: when are you going to answer the questions!!