DAYZ Developer MINI Blog April 10th

[AnarchyBrownies 1383]

From twitter:

rocket2guns: all setup at base camp with my sat phone connection! just waiting on @mattbloomer to send me latest status report, then highest devblog ever

Edited April 13, 2013 by AnarchyBrownies

[pxxl 259]

I heard the hardest part about mountain climbing is shitting at high altitude..

[sav112g 114]

Seriously I think they should aim for a blog worth reading ever fourth Friday of the month! That way we gat weeks to chat about the stuff and chill.

Edited April 13, 2013 by sav112

[Serious Stan 202]

So in other words nothing has happend since march 8th?

[nox81 28]

"Famous"

I loled. I never understood why Youtubers get so much respect. They just... record their play... and often don't even do anything special or offer any insight. I really don't understand the draw that streamers and Youtubers attract. Just play the effing game. It's not like you have to call Jimmy down the street and get the gang together to go play stickball... just turn on your computer and play the game.

I can understand turning around and recording your time in DayZ, I really can. But what I cannot understand is how that translates into gaining clout in the gaming community and with developers. Cool! You managed to get people to play DayZ (debatable) by recording your own experience coupled with your weak personality that people think is hilarious for some reason. I'm willing to bet that a sizable portion of DayZ's following was also garnered through things like reddit discussions, forum discussions, traditional gaming media outlets, and just friends telling their friends about how awesome DayZ is.

Maybe I just don't get it. I never have seen reason to give Youtubers and streamers any additional respect than I would bestow upon the average joe. I get the attraction to recording your experience, and posting it. It's not that, it's the fact that people seemingly gain clout by doing so... vice just doing so.

Rant over.

I know where your coming from, but the reason they get the 'love' is because they do draw new players in and bring extra publicity to the game (from BI perspective) which makes them a good established platform to promote the SA. I myself made the desicion to get Dayz based of a well know (in the dayz community) bloggers vidoes and didnt regret it one bit, so thats essentially one future purchase of DayZ SA already via said video blogger.

Thats BI's understandable angle and good luck to the youtubers who get the attention because some of them put alot into it, sure not everyone likes them getting attention or their videos or their voice or whatever but hey, live and let live, they arent doing the game any harm so whats the problem.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

So in other words nothing has happend since march 8th?

Nope. In other words it's very technical and doesn't contain any pretty pictures.

[Blondedash 403]

Nope. In other words it's very technical and doesn't contain any pretty pictures.

like your new sig fraggle similar to mine helping people out with minimal effort ha.

[amazed 17]

rocket:

"all setup at base camp with my sat phone connection! just waiting on @mattbloomer to send me latest status report, then highest devblog ever"

source: https://twitter.com/...988535273644032

[St. Jimmy 1631]

Well I would think that what they gain from the pre-order would be well worth the pressure that is added to the release. I mean what 1 million people buy the pre-order and if they did it kickstarter style you know someone is going to spend like over 1000 dollars just to help the game come sooner. :P But either way I was just wondering. Thanks for the response.

Rocket has said that it would be better to sell alpha keys in bunches because they can't take many people at first so pre-order is already that way a big no. Also money really doesn't solve programming problems it's the people at the end that does it :P

[OrLoK 16188]

So in other words nothing has happend since march 8th?

Hello there

"Nothing" isn't the correct word IMHO. I doubt the team has been partying/sitting on their hands since R left for the misty mountains. They're always working, but perhaps on non fun stuff. Perhaps they all have to get their admin done/meetings etc?

Stuff that's not really relevant to the community.

Rgds

LoK

[liquidmind 320]

As I read between the lines, the main issue still is to maintain a stable and fast client-server-connection.

They make it right, people complain about them taking so long. they release early. hackers have an easy go. people complain about their lousy work.

But as today, saturday, is scheduled to be a "day off" for the everest-expedition, we'll probably know more soon.

[jostino 43]

Thanks for posting this.

[Powell (DayZ) 734]

Nope. In other words it's very technical and doesn't contain any pretty pictures.

my new sig

[Katana67 2907]

I know where your coming from, but the reason they get the 'love' is because they do draw new players in and bring extra publicity to the game (from BI perspective) which makes them a good established platform to promote the SA. I myself made the desicion to get Dayz based of a well know (in the dayz community) bloggers vidoes and didnt regret it one bit, so thats essentially one future purchase of DayZ SA already via said video blogger.

Thats BI's understandable angle and good luck to the youtubers who get the attention because some of them put alot into it, sure not everyone likes them getting attention or their videos or their voice or whatever but hey, live and let live, they arent doing the game any harm so whats the problem.

There's no problem with them promoting a game. I don't fault them for that, nor do I fault them for recording their experience and posting it on the internet. It's not an issue of them doing harm, it's merely preferential treatment for doing nothing special (while most act like jackasses, which is beside the point).

The issue is nicely summed up in a Braveheart quote, "... and the commoner who bleeds on the battlefield? Does he risk less?". It's all fine and dandy that they bring attention, but I don't think they should be granted special treatment for doing something that traditional news outlets and word-of-mouth does as well without receiving anything in return.

Nobody freaks out over a nameless marketing firm getting the word out about the hottest new product, they freak out over the product and the people making said product. Sure, you can offer the argument that Youtubers/streamers played a large part in making DayZ popular. I personally found out about DayZ through a Kotaku article last April. But I don't care who tells me, I care that it's a mod/game/whatever that I've been fantasizing about since I was ten. I'm not here saying "Thanks Kotaku! You should totally report on the Alpha for us! Talk to Rocket and Matt!".

Plus, I don't see the draw in it anyhow. Not that it's wrong, I just don't care for it (or 90% of the Youtubers/streamers themselves). It's an issue of putting the pussy on a pedestal, so to speak. Yes... I went there.

Edited April 13, 2013 by Katana67

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Just to put things in perspective the Youtubers that have been given early access keys make up a very small proportion of the total amount of keys handed out. The overwhelming majority of early access keys (which also means you don't have to buy the game) were given to "normal" players.

I'm not sure of the exact numbers but I think somewhere between 500 and 1000 early access keys have been issued. Around 30 of those were to peeps like me who help around the forums on here and Reddit and we are now testing. Some would obviously be BIS staff and people from the Arma community (map makers, modders ect.). I think less than 15 were given to Youtubers and the remaining keys were given to regular players.

[Katana67 2907]

True that.

I said what I said in reference to someone suggesting that Youtubers should take over the duties of the DevBlog, and all subsequent connotations of that.

Didn't mean to suggest that the average joe was getting shafted, just that I don't hold Youtubers in any high-regard (or low-regard)... that and I'm not prone to hero worship.

Edited April 13, 2013 by Katana67

[YZ250 248]

I think less than 15 were given to Youtubers .

15 Too many some may say

[DazTroyer 227]

True that.

I said what I said in reference to someone suggesting that Youtubers should take over the duties of the DevBlog, and all subsequent connotations of that.

Didn't mean to suggest that the average joe was getting shafted, just that I don't hold Youtubers in any high-regard (or low-regard)... that and I'm not prone to hero worship.

Jeez!!! You make one small suggestion that would give the community some footage of the standalone and it starts yet another topic to moan about.

This forum has become nothing more than a home for moaning windbags who think the world owes them something. We will all get the game when Rocket says so and no amount of childish stamping of feet will change that, grow up and get over it peeps.

[DazTroyer 227]

From twitter:

rocket2guns: all setup at base camp with my sat phone connection! just waiting on @mattbloomer to send me latest status report, then highest devblog ever

Well it's gotta be done, it's not everyday you can release a Dev Blog from Everest. :)

Edited April 14, 2013 by DazTroyer

[YZ250 248]

Jeez!!! You make one small suggestion that would give the community some footage of the standalone and it starts yet another topic to moan about.

This forum has become nothing more than a home for moaning windbags who think the world owes them something. We will all get the game when Rocket says so and no amount of childish stamping of feet will change that, grow up and get over it peeps.

Why do you spout the typical bullshit response "youll get it when Rocket says so" I doubt Rocket has the say in when this gets released, he is now just part of a Company, and has to adhere to whats in the best interest of the Company

[DazTroyer 227]

Rushes back to read interesting reply, goes back to his coffee and tea cake sadly disappointed.

[sav112g 114]

Wow the old "don’t moan" chess nut that has been produced time and time again, Serious yawn! I think its less a real moan and more a laugh with the in joke about its Fridays so its another blog right.

I think if anyone has an issue it’s with the fact a Blog was brought in to keep us interested and informed. Why a weekly one was suggested at the start everyone can attain was unprofessional when there was nothing to back it up. Simply put the community started thinking the developers must be organised to release information now or why suggest a weekly occurrence you know you cant fulfil. Yet it was done,

So this latest Mini Blog a mere morsel to stop the restless natives, I’d rather they said “Right the whole Blog every week was farcical we know now, so to stop the community getting disappointed week after week we will now give a days notice of any new news to be released to the community”

I too think Dean has less control over this game now, I think a developer woke up to the fact a mere side complement of one of their older games could be a nice money spinner. The whole December silent running by Dean suggests to me a huge transitional period was in swing if he liked it or not.

We just all hope for the same thing a Game that does not short change our enthusiasm for it. The game appeals to me for not being a kiddie consol shooter for a start and game you can play for hours on one life with real tension building. Having something to discuss would be great too.

[amazed 17]

With this many people playing DayZ and anticipating the SA you will always get moaning. You can't please all of the people all of the time. Once you realized that you see how fruitless it is to even try and change that. I can guarantee you should SA be released today there will be a group of people moaning. And there moans will go along of the lines of: "You released it too early because the game is not ready"

Anyway where was I? Ah yes breakfast!

[DazTroyer 227]

I'm not trying to change anyone or anything, it would just be nice to read something thing interesting rather than the same old bitching about the "weekly" dev blog or the game missing a deadline. Yes it was unrealistic to say weekly, yes it was one of Dean's open his mouth before his brain kicks in moments but some now seem to think he or Bohemia should now apologise to us?

Dean, Bohemia and the world owe you nothing. The DayZ mods you are enjoying are free, the standalone will likely be the same price as the Arma 3 alpha and we already get more updates than from any game i've followed. Seems to me, compared to the majority of devs out there we are already getting a bloody good deal.

Edited April 14, 2013 by DazTroyer

[Katana67 2907]

Jeez!!! You make one small suggestion that would give the community some footage of the standalone and it starts yet another topic to moan about.

This forum has become nothing more than a home for moaning windbags who think the world owes them something. We will all get the game when Rocket says so and no amount of childish stamping of feet will change that, grow up and get over it peeps.

Jeez! You make one counter argument in a mature and calm fashion in a public forum and get labeled as "moaning".

EDIT - I'm not convinced you read what I was trying to say either, because I wasn't referring to a lack of information at all. If anything, in arguing against Youtubers doing DevBlogs I'd be arguing against more information being released.

Edited April 14, 2013 by Katana67