Concerned about Yoshi-P

[Onidemon]

All I got from the OP was a sincere concern for the general well being of Yoshi and crew.

I'm sure he is sincere but his concern is not justified. He will live and the rest of the team will too.... unless they get hit by a bus or something.

[Travesty]

All I got from the OP was a sincere concern for the general well being of Yoshi and crew.

Sincerity does not preclude ridiculousness.

[Belial]

Last but not least, has the development team had trouble keeping up with the pace of patches, since we've been getting a large patch every two or three months over the past year?

Yeah, it's been really difficult. It's probably been most difficult on me because when I start going, I never use breaks, just keep going. We've gotten a lot of worried comments from players saying, "You're going to burn out," but actually, we're doing pretty well. Because it had a lot of content in it, the last patch was tough for a lot of the planners, but a lot of them also came to us and said that they wanted to come in on Saturdays and Sundays because they want to release as much content to the players as possible. We want to get that out because we know the players are looking forward to it, so we didn't really mind coming in on weekends to get things done.

The biggest thing to keep in mind was that it wasn't me telling the team to do extra work; it was the team coming to me and asking for extra work, to make things better for the players, and that made a big impact on me. Yes, because of that extra work, there were people who got a little burned out, but we got through the patch, and a lot of those people are on little short vacations resting up for the next patch.

The schedule that we've laid out is what we're working to meet, and we've had it laid out for a long time, far in advance. That schedule has been made to meet the abilities of our development team, so it's not like we're doing something that's beyond that schedule. Meeting it has not been as difficult as a lot of people have thought, so we're not getting burned out -- this is pretty much what we had planned. So far we've been able to meet this schedule with a lot of success. So don't worry too much about us -- we're making it.

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[CrystalObsidian]

Wow such a simple thoughtful post brought on so much negativity.. that's to be expected on here I guess : /

I liked the idea of a simple care package, or us all spamming their emails with super pretty eCards (or whatever those are called). Maybe if there's artists, we can make a thread and post a bunch of drawings for the devs.
(or spam their emails with them) :P

[Dragon]

I liked the idea of a simple care package, or us all spamming their emails with super pretty eCards (or whatever those are called). Maybe if there's artists, we can make a thread and post a bunch of drawings for the devs.
(or spam their emails with them) :P

I very seriously doubt "spamming" their emails would be a good idea. It could be misconstrued as an attack on their email server or worse, and could likely even cause their network security people some unneeded grief. I'd suggest either the first or third option if you really want to do something

[Kam]

its not our fault the game was released 3 years too early. Its an SE issue, let them fix is as they see fit.

[CrystalObsidian]

I very seriously doubt "spamming" their emails would be a good idea. It could be misconstrued as an attack on their email server or worse, and could likely even cause their network security people some unneeded grief. I'd suggest either the first or third option if you really want to do something

*shrugs* just a suggestion, and I'm assuming very few people on here would participate in emailing them some fun things if we really did that. Though yeah, I do like the making-a-special-thread-for-them type thing better.

[Shipp]

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Since the guy you're responding to was responding to me, I figured I'd chime in. This is absolutely the truth. I didn't feel I was a slave to the system. I felt like I was working hard to save up money. I didn't complain even once, and the last day of one of my 30 day stretches was Christmas Eve, and I showed up with a Santa hat and a smile to work. By the end of my shift my hair was pretty screwed up from the hat, and I was sweating pretty hard, but it was all okay when we closed the store and sat in the stockroom eating stuff that we all brought for the Xmas party. I actually had fun, imagine that.

If you're working a job you absolutely cannot stand, then I agree, those long stretches can be a pain. I've been irritated after 6 days or so at certain jobs, but it largely depends on where you work and how you decide to approach the situation. If your coworkers are complete asshats and drama starters, then yes, obviously you're going to hate even working one full day. However, that's a rarity from my experience. I'm unemployed at the moment after I had surgery earlier this year and I miss working. Nothing around here is hiring, though I expect that will change next month with seasonal jobs. I have enough experience to far outclass menial cashier jobs, though if that's what I can get, I'll take it at this point.

People really need to be taught from a young age about work ethic. It needs to be instilled into people. I get so tired of listening to friends complain about their jobs when I've stated numerous times to then, "Then quit and put in a good word for me."

[Dragon]

Since the guy you're responding to was responding to me, I figured I'd chime in. This is absolutely the truth. I didn't feel I was a slave to the system. I felt like I was working hard to save up money. I didn't complain even once, and the last day of one of my 30 day stretches was Christmas Eve, and I showed up with a Santa hat and a smile to work. By the end of my shift my hair was pretty screwed up from the hat, and I was sweating pretty hard, but it was all okay when we closed the store and sat in the stockroom eating stuff that we all brought for the Xmas party. I actually had fun, imagine that.

If you're working a job you absolutely cannot stand, then I agree, those long stretches can be a pain. I've been irritated after 6 days or so at certain jobs, but it largely depends on where you work and how you decide to approach the situation. If your coworkers are complete asshats and drama starters, then yes, obviously you're going to hate even working one full day. However, that's a rarity from my experience. I'm unemployed at the moment after I had surgery earlier this year and I miss working. Nothing around here is hiring, though I expect that will change next month with seasonal jobs. I have enough experience to far outclass menial cashier jobs, though if that's what I can get, I'll take it at this point.

People really need to be taught from a young age about work ethic. It needs to be instilled into people. I get so tired of listening to friends complain about their jobs when I've stated numerous times to then, "Then quit and put in a good word for me."

Absolutely.

I don't think people should be working those long hours, and I find it ridiculous. The problem is, the state system isn't helping. The more regulations, the dodgier these corporations get and the more excuses they earn to not hire those worthy of such jobs. I do think it's wrong and immoral that companies fire and hire in certain ways and charge for certain services, but the key to that is never the state system: it is through boycotts and competition, the kind of things that can't be dodged.

I've worked in various manners ever since I was a mere kid, even ran a business before (even if it was in a limited capacity). Not to mention that it's in my bloodline too as part of my family used to own most of Georgia post-slavery.

At the end of the day, unless someone is literally forcing you into doing something, it is not slavery nor evil - and since one's value is relative when compared with any commodity, it is the person's own duty to prove he's worthy for what he wants.

Edit: anyways, I'm done. I've said my peace, anything further will just be repeating myself and going further off-topic.

[Baccanale]

Greetings, everyone!

Unfortunately, it seems that this thread has gone far beyond the subject of FINAL FANTASY XIV, which means that this thread will now have to be closed. Thank you for your participation, and I wish you all the best of luck.