I was doing my best to keep the Archive Threads up to date, but in the end it just became too unwieldy.
Since you cannot directly copy/paste from post-to-post without losing text formatting, images, video, etc., I had to view individual posts (which had images/video/longer conversations) in Edit mode, then View as BBCode/Copy that/Paste into new post/Back out of Edit mode/Go to next post... all on a board which is somewhat laggy to begin with. It took on average about an hour on Saturday to update both Archive Threads during those slow weeks, but now that we're full steam ahead... it would become a second job just to maintain that.
Yeah, it's chattier here than usual, and it'll be up and down until release. But if everyone could make it an effort to keep it OT, and start new threads if you want to carry on longer discussions, it should sort itself out. Clearly the hype train... brakes for no one.
Hrungr - Why not do the reverse of what you have been doing?... post only the tweets in only the Archive Thread... and then, IF someone wants to discuss a tweet further, they can take whatever steps are needed to repeat that individual tweet in their post that initiates a discussion about it. That way, the tweets themselves won't get lost in a myriad of discussion and people who don't want to see inadvertent "discussion-related" spoilers can just confidently read the Twitter Archive thread to see all the tweets.
At one time I had considered that, but I don't know if making it kinda mandatory to follow two Twitter Threads (or four if we add the DA threads, six when the Secret IP goes live) is the answer either...
It's funny that in many ways the leak from almost 2 years ago still is our main source of info.
That and Shinobi leaking info here now and then, and I'm sure he is authorized to do that by Bioware themselves.
To be honest, GI haven't done a really informative article nor video yet. Everything they've released feels like discussions about the franchise in a very casual way instead of talking about the upcoming game with relevant facts. Really not much of substance.
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Yeah, I've been a little bummed about the lack of detail in video considering the amount of stuff we got from the GI article it's self. I mean Shinobi's bulletpoints of the article is a hell of an info dump.
I am assuming that's because they have next month pegged for actually showing off gameplay. Which I'd imagine has GI hands tied about what they can do for that on the site it's self atm.
Hrungr - Why not do the reverse of what you have been doing?... post only the tweets in only the Archive Thread... and then, IF someone wants to discuss a tweet further, they can take whatever steps are needed to repeat that individual tweet in their post that initiates a discussion about it. That way, the tweets themselves won't get lost in a myriad of discussion and people who don't want to see inadvertent "discussion-related" spoilers can just confidently read the Twitter Archive thread to see all the tweets.
At one time I had considered that, but I don't know if making it kinda mandatory to follow two Twitter Threads (or four if we add the DA threads, six when the Secret IP goes live) is the answer either...
For me, it would make things easier because I would basically just follow the Twitter Archive (or Tweets Only) thread and forego read through all the discussions about them. I'm an old fart who doesn't really use a cell phone, let alone follow anyone on Twitter myself, so having the thread is really a help... but having to wade through a ton of fan discussion at the same time is going to get pretty time consuming).
Post by Awkward Octopus on Nov 19, 2016 21:00:05 GMT
About the information release rate, my guess is this is an effort to prevent accidentally painting themselves into a corner, like I think they did with DAI.
They want to continue releasing a steady stream of information, but it's important to control the hype so that it's at a peak right when the game releases. That means that now they've started, they have to keep that trickle of information coming instead of a huge info dump and then little to nothing afterward. With DAI, I think they started releasing too much information too early, and so they had to keep releasing more and more so that the "hype level" wouldn't decrease before the game was even out.
This time, they're keeping the information slow and steady. We definitely get a new crumb every couple days, and I'm guessing it'll slowly snowball into larger crumbs the closer we get to release.
I prefer this method so far. Do I want to see more? Of course, I want to make an informed decision about my purchase, but I don't need to know everything right this second. And I definitely don't want to be in the situation of, say, releasing screenshots from nearly every zone in the game before I get a chance to discover and explore myself (DAI! *Shakes fist*)
Removing tweets from this thread will turn it into a flood haven, but one can say this thread already is very close to that. Maybe "archive thread" should be re-done into "news thread"? Any relevant non-leak info will go there, no discussion allowed (one may create a new thread for that). And keep this thread pinned but closed in that case.
Regardless of how you feel about Bioware's strategy, I think it's not unreasonable to have expected a real gameplay video to come out by now, and be somewhat put off by the fact that it'll be about two more weeks until we see one.
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At one time I had considered that, but I don't know if making it kinda mandatory to follow two Twitter Threads (or four if we add the DA threads, six when the Secret IP goes live) is the answer either...
For me, it would make things easier because I would basically just follow the Twitter Archive (or Tweets Only) thread and forego read through all the discussions about them. I'm an old fart who doesn't really use a cell phone, let alone follow anyone on Twitter myself, so having the thread is really a help... but having to wade through a ton of fan discussion at the same time is going to get pretty time consuming).
Removing tweets from this thread will turn it into a flood haven, but one can say this thread already is very close to that. Maybe "archive thread" should be re-done into "news thread"? Any relevant non-leak info will go there, no discussion allowed (one may create a new thread for that). And keep this thread pinned but closed in that case.
I was just thinking about the old BioWare forums where there was a button next to the thread which could click to show only the Dev Posts.
I wonder if there was a way to do something similar to that here. Have a way of being able to label your post as a Tweet (or relevant News, etc.), then have a "News Only" button next to the thread which would then display only those posts with that check...
For me, it would make things easier because I would basically just follow the Twitter Archive (or Tweets Only) thread and forego read through all the discussions about them. I'm an old fart who doesn't really use a cell phone, let alone follow anyone on Twitter myself, so having the thread is really a help... but having to wade through a ton of fan discussion at the same time is going to get pretty time consuming).
Removing tweets from this thread will turn it into a flood haven, but one can say this thread already is very close to that. Maybe "archive thread" should be re-done into "news thread"? Any relevant non-leak info will go there, no discussion allowed (one may create a new thread for that). And keep this thread pinned but closed in that case.
I was just thinking about the old BioWare forums where there was a button next to the thread which could click to show only the Dev Posts.
I wonder if there was a way to do something similar to that here. Have a way of being able to label your post as a Tweet (or relevant News, etc.), then have a "News Only" button next to the thread which would then display only those posts with that check...
That would work just fine for me! Hopefully, there can be something like that here.
I'm just afraid the scales will tip over and they reveal too much, because they're pressured by the small "outroar" from people moaning that bioware has been so reserved for so long.
Me myself is just fine with bioware holding it in. Give me 5min gameplay on dec. first and I'm good to go and ready for surprises in game. But that's just me.
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Hm... I can't be happy until I know more (from personal experience with DA:I's surprises).
Good luck with the 5mins.
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Regardless of how you feel about Bioware's strategy, I think it's not unreasonable to have expected a real gameplay video to come out by now, and be somewhat put off by the fact that it'll be about two more weeks until we see one.
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What did Edmonton give us at about 4+ months before DA:I game launch? I expect the same.
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netzpassivist @netzpassivist Maybe you could do sth. about the ME 2/3 DLC prices. Would like to play what I left out before but a lot of them cost 10 bucks :/
Ian S. Frazier @tibermoon Sorry, price points aren't something I control. They're worth the money, though, especially Shadow Broker and Citadel!
E.Len @elwinhlol Citadel is 100% worth the money, and that's coming from a cheapskate like me
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netzpassivist @netzpassivist Maybe you could do sth. about the ME 2/3 DLC prices. Would like to play what I left out before but a lot of them cost 10 bucks :/
Ian S. Frazier @tibermoon Sorry, price points aren't something I control. They're worth the money, though, especially Shadow Broker and Citadel!
E.Len @elwinhlol Citadel is 100% worth the money, and that's coming from a cheapskate like me
Ian S. Frazier @tibermoon Citadel & Shadow Broker are my 2 favorite DLCs of all time. (both made before I worked here, for the record)
Why would someone ask a dev to lower the price of the game? Jesus i swear, some people really turn their brains off before posting....
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Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. I sometimes go days and days without reading this thread and the posts with tweets are very easy to pick out of the discussion posts. If I want to read the discussion, I do. If I only want to see the tweets, they're easy enough to find and read only those.
Tweets about headcanon for characters in previous Mass Effect games (and the like discussions) should probably not be in the Andromeda twitter discussion though, I can agree with that.
That's just me though
I am eager to see some gameplay for MEA and Liams hair.
Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. I sometimes go days and days without reading this thread and the posts with tweets are very easy to pick out of the discussion posts. If I want to read the discussion, I do. If I only want to see the tweets, they're easy enough to find and read only those.
Tweets about headcanon for characters in previous Mass Effect games (and the like discussions) should probably not be in the Andromeda twitter discussion though, I can agree with that.
That's just me though
I am eager to see some gameplay for MEA and Liams hair.
Well, it is called "twitter discussion thread" after all, so there will be some discussion going on and not just the tweets
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Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. I sometimes go days and days without reading this thread and the posts with tweets are very easy to pick out of the discussion posts. If I want to read the discussion, I do. If I only want to see the tweets, they're easy enough to find and read only those.
Tweets about headcanon for characters in previous Mass Effect games (and the like discussions) should probably not be in the Andromeda twitter discussion though, I can agree with that.
That's just me though
I am eager to see some gameplay for MEA and Liams hair.
Well, it is called "twitter discussion thread" after all, so there will be some discussion going on and not just the tweets
Yes, but sometimes the "discussions" on some topics that come up go on far too long and could, in fact, be their own threads (or taken to PM when it's just a few people bickering back and forth). If people keep arguing discussing a topic for pages, they really should be forced to take it to another thread.
Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. I sometimes go days and days without reading this thread and the posts with tweets are very easy to pick out of the discussion posts. If I want to read the discussion, I do. If I only want to see the tweets, they're easy enough to find and read only those.
Tweets about headcanon for characters in previous Mass Effect games (and the like discussions) should probably not be in the Andromeda twitter discussion though, I can agree with that.
That's just me though
I am eager to see some gameplay for MEA and Liams hair.
,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸-(_MEA_)-,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸
Isn't he an older ex police officer? Should be bald, then, 'cause Bio can't do squat with hair.
But, hey, I can be surprised.
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