We actually pulled from that thread and the official announcement thread for the questions you hear them addressing. This was while more questions were being pulled live from the UStream chat.
50 questions.....and 3 answers.
I would like to see this too but it sort of negates the live interaction aspect of it. Maybe a hybrid of 20 or so prepared questions to bypass repeated questions on the same topic or questions that have been asked and answered already in past dev chats. This would also help with questions that just can't be answered at the time. Then maybe leave the last 15-20 minutes on just UStream questions as follow up to what's been discussed in case something needs more explaining or they misunderstood a player's question.
I'm willing to give up the live interaction aspect of it, if it means we get several minutes less of discussion about whether they can or cannot talk about something, and several minutes more of things they can actually talk about.
There are bound to be unique questions in UStream based on the information Cal et al share with us in the dev chat even if it's just asking for clarification on something.
The live video attempts were good in that they allowed us to see that they are real people. That make a big difference.
Definitely. I would rather have them see the questions up front and just get a short 3-second "we can't talk about that" when the questions are asked on camera, than 30 seconds of them whispering behind hands or exchanging glances.
Shelra, this is a good point. However, my posts concern the actual management of time during the Q&A. It is certainly common sense that they can't or shouldn't share everything with us. It's just that too much time is spent laughing, whispering, dragging out asnwers, turning off the mike, etc. that could have been used answering other questions. All of this is expected when you do Q&A live, which is why suggestions are being made on how to management that wasted time.
Thank you Unified. I focused on the spoken word and meanings, although this was not done in a professional manner (I won't pick out every nuance of it; quite obvious there was no rehearsal, too much bantering, clothing very casual, albeit, her boots are very much of the biker's realm to which one may conceive them to be hot! ;p) - Perhaps this to be a first attempt of a directoral debut? I shall defer to your subject matter just for this moment and totally agree, although it can also be seen as charming, endearing - human. Two sides to every coin. However, I stand, still, with my first/main comment.
My guess, and I don't like this one bit, is that whatever EA division UO is in these days splits functions. The UO team we know crates content, another team handles customer service for all of the games under that division.
That was a shocker for me too, but if you think about it... consider the people who clean the toilets, They aren't in that dept. either. Doesn't mean they can't interact, just someone else is in charge of that group, same as the GM's (probably just one of the several customer service groups. If you're supporting dozens of games, it stands to reason that a Game "Master" would not be well acquainted with all games to our satisfaction. It's an incentive to become good in all, to become a senior GM
I do believe I know who recorded this, if it's the same great lady who records videos of in-game events (her footage of my event was used in the "dev diary" video), and she's one of the unsung heroes of UO, and of Stratics.Excellent work to all and stratics who took time to put this up.
Exactly so and yes you a right! and Watchertoo would probably yell at me if I told you it was her
I agree. It's yet another example of how the big corporate structure doesn't quite understand MMORPGs.
