I think 7pm is a little late for a game update, but a game update is better than no update. That said, an update before gamer's come home from work would be ideal. Instead, users are coming home to play and have to wait to update in order to play. This is a somewhat poor user experience, but not the worst. Just worth noting.
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:38 PM, clad iron <[email protected]> wrote: > to agree with Kyle, i have talked to ppl that are outraged that they can't > play for more than a few min's before a crash. > as for the updating time, here in EST it's 9:35 PM. If this update was > coming about 5 hours earlier, it wouldn't be in a main stream time that > gamers play before bed. > this would also allow valve ruffly 5 hours or so to fix any problems that > arise from the update. > or atlest revert part of the patch back to fix the issue till they come in > on the next day. > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Kyle Sanderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > To be fair. The beta is only really gameplay related, nothing of any > > real significance is actually tested there. While I realize this is a > > server administration 'discussion' list, my client (TF2 in specific) > > is still completely borked from the April 14th engine update. I can't > > even play more then 20minutes without it crashing out. > > > > The testing model is non-existent or it's heavily flawed. It's 6 26PM > > 'real' time, the sun goes down in Seattle in little under two hours. > > It's being shipped right before the last person turns the light off in > > the office. That's what we're all complaining about. If there is an > > issue with the update tonight, it isn't going to be fixed. > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I seem to recall the beta being updated recently and containing several > > > yet-to-be-released additions, but I'm sure that doesn't matter to you. > > > There's obviously no satisfying you. > > > > > > Meanwhile, myself and what seems to be the rest of us are thankful that > > they > > > provided notice for today's update and that it's not late on Friday. > > There > > > have been plenty of Thursday updates where they fix issues the next > day. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John > > Marbury > > > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:06 PM > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Mandatory updates coming later today > > > > > > Too bad it takes Valve 2+ days to fix the bugs they add in every > update. > > > > > > Say, speaking of bugs in updates, wasn't that the point of the TF2 > beta? > > Or > > > I guess they just like to test things in production like all the 'cool' > > > software companies do. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Tony Paloma <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Good thing it's Thursday in Valve Land. > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [email protected] > > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John > > >> Marbury > > >> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 5:53 PM > > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Mandatory updates coming later today > > >> > > >> Well, I'm sure it's afternoon *somewhere!* I guess we should have > > >> expected the *usual* * > > >> > > >> hit-the-update-button-on-the-way-out-the-door-and-not-fix-anything-unt > > >> il-Mon > > >> day > > >> * routine. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Eric Smith <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > We're about 45 minutes from having it be released. > > >> > > > >> > -Eric > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > From: Eric Smith > > >> > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:02 AM > > >> > To: '[email protected]'; ' > [email protected] > > ' > > >> > Subject: Mandatory updates coming later today > > >> > > > >> > We're getting ready to release mandatory updates for TF2, CS:S, > > >> > DoD:S, and HL2:DM this afternoon. This is just a heads-up that > they're > > > coming. > > >> > > > >> > -Eric > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > >> > archives, please visit: > > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
