New Release delayed?

jkthomsen9 · October 13th, 2016, 02:44 PM

I am hoping this dose not go negative right away. Did I miss something or was there supposed to be a update early this week? I have a game this weekend and I would like to not be looking for the update multiple times a day. Can we please get an update? Imminent, next week or the trademarked "soon"?

Viking2054 · October 13th, 2016, 03:09 PM

I believe it was supposed to be late this week... maybe Friday. But time tables occasionally slip and it could be next week.

Of course the sarcastic side of me likes to point out that we never actually get to 'next week' let alone early or late next week.

davidp · October 13th, 2016, 03:10 PM

The update BJ mentioned last week is a "news update" not a new Realm Works release. I can definitely say there will not be a Realm Works release this week (since I'm the one who does the builds...)

AEIOU · October 13th, 2016, 04:58 PM

Thanks for the clarification. I was expecting a new build this week too.

rob · October 13th, 2016, 05:25 PM

A big *NEWS* announcement was promised for tomorrow. We're reviewing it now, so it looks like it should go out on time.

The problem is that the developers think of new product releases as "updates" to the product, while the marketing-focused staff think of "news items" as "updates". So the word "update" becomes very confusing, as we've regularly used it in both forms in the past.

A short while back, I recognized this and we decided that the term "update" would be reserved for NEWS updates only. All product releases should henceforth avoid using the term "update". So the confusion should diminish as we start being more careful with our word choice to avoid ambiguity. But that confusion will still continue for a little while until everyone settles into using - and reading - the more consistent terminology we're adopting.

P.S. We strive to put out big product releases for Realm Works at the START of the week. This avoids users running into problems just hours before their weekend game starts. Conversely, news items tend to go out around the weekend, since more users tend to see the information when we do that.

daplunk · October 13th, 2016, 05:31 PM

Hate living in the future. It's tomorrow already here

EightBitz · October 14th, 2016, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by daplunk

Hate living in the future. It's tomorrow already here

It's gonna be the future soon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BmK8PYm504

Aaron · October 14th, 2016, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EightBitz

It's gonna be the future soon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BmK8PYm504

Thanks for sharing that, I'm familiar with Jonathon Coulton, but hadn't heard that one before.

EightBitz · October 14th, 2016, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron

Thanks for sharing that, I'm familiar with Jonathon Coulton, but hadn't heard that one before.

Code Monkey get up, get coffee
Code Monkey go to job.
Code Monkey have boring meeting
With boring manager Rob ...

I'm sure you're familiar with THAT one. >:-)

(Don't hate me, Rob.)

For everyone else: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_wd9Qf0IE

AEIOU · October 13th, 2016, 05:34 PM

Announcement is a good word for the news updates. But if I'd read that announcement last week was actually for an announcement of an upcoming announcement I would have given you a bad time all week.... Because that's just silly. Spit it out and get back to making updates.

jkthomsen9 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 267 October 13th, 2016, 02:44 PM	I am hoping this dose not go negative right away. Did I miss something or was there supposed to be a update early this week? I have a game this weekend and I would like to not be looking for the update multiple times a day. Can we please get an update? Imminent, next week or the trademarked "soon"?
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Viking2054 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 295 October 13th, 2016, 03:09 PM	I believe it was supposed to be late this week... maybe Friday. But time tables occasionally slip and it could be next week. Of course the sarcastic side of me likes to point out that we never actually get to 'next week' let alone early or late next week.
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davidp Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,090 October 13th, 2016, 03:10 PM	The update BJ mentioned last week is a "news update" not a new Realm Works release. I can definitely say there will not be a Realm Works release this week (since I'm the one who does the builds...)
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AEIOU Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,147 October 13th, 2016, 04:58 PM	Thanks for the clarification. I was expecting a new build this week too.
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