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No Tuesday blog and what that means for Thursday...

virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
edited July 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
...anybody else notice that?
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    ...anybody else notice that?

    Is it doom?
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Well tuesday is not over yet as sometimes blogs come later in the day, but i only expect there to be two blogs about the next lock box, and they could come wednesday and thursday, or more likely both on wednesday.

    i dont think there is much more to say about the crafting.

    so i still expect 9.5 and the lockbox to come thursday. why, what were you thinking?
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,983 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    ...anybody else notice that?

    I also noticed that the live stream on friday is going to be highlighting new content. Its a safe bet to say that it probably won't be a review session for the Thursday update (pre-launch PR more likely for next week.)
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Wait about 40 more minutes.
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  • thutmosis85thutmosis85 Member Posts: 2,358 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Not sure what it's supposed to mean ... we already got plenty of "Crafting Blogs" ... => Wed -> "Redacted Lockbox - Blog" = Problem Solved
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    captainrevo1 wrote: »
    why, what were you thinking?

    That for a Lock Box on Thursday, we'd see the initial blog for it either today or tomorrow. There's the infoblog before it drops and the available blog when it drops.

    That there's more about the S9.5 R&D revamp that needs to be blogged about if it were actually coming on Thursday.

    With at least 2+ blogs missing, no blog today points to Thursday not being what some of the folks out there have been thinking it might be...

    ...while personally I've thought Thursday was too early for some of it anyway.

    Have to remember STLV is at the end of the month and they're going to want some pizazz/excitement going for that...

    ...that sort of thing.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    thutmosis85 wrote: »
    we already got plenty of "Crafting Blogs"

    There's plenty of things about the R&D, DOFF UI, etc that have no been covered by blogs. Just cause some of us have been keeping up with Tribble notes, hitting up Tribble, etc, etc, etc - doesn't mean they still don't need to present that information in a pseudo coherent form to the masses...
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    orangeitis wrote: »
    Wait about 40 more minutes.

    It was kind of odd, too - yesterday - there was the Key Sale blog and Key Sale link for the blog on the launcher, but there was no GNN announcement about the blog...
  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    It was kind of odd, too - yesterday - there was the Key Sale blog and Key Sale link for the blog on the launcher, but there was no GNN announcement about the blog...

    I would wait till the next hour ticks over to see if new info is released and, that's why I posted about the key sale ( in mock CM style ) yesterday, I felt all info weather you like it or not should be posted.
  • qjuniorqjunior Member Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    Is it doom?

    Is it ever anything else ? ;)
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    Is it doom?
    qjunior wrote: »
    Is it ever anything else ? ;)

    Not sure why you'd think it was a doom thread...
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    Not sure why you'd think it was a doom thread...

    I don't. I was just being cheeky.
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  • tucana66tucana66 Member Posts: 710 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    It must be "fun" to work at Cryptic, knowing what's happening, and seeing these discussions on their forum...
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    tucana66 wrote: »
    It must be "fun" to work at Cryptic, knowing what's happening, and seeing these discussions on their forum...

    Kind of makes it fun for us to, well some of us. I guess there are the folks out there would prefer it was Explicit Studios doing STO rather than Cryptic Studios. ;)
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I see one of two possibilities:

    Either the server hampsters are being swapped, or they are out of mugs.
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    I see one of two possibilities:

    Either the server hampsters are being swapped, or they are out of mugs.

    We're also out of coffee.
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  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    ...or they are out of mugs.

    Oh no.... not again!
    The last time they were out of mugs nothing happend for 10 Months!
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    We're also out of coffee.

    That is how I imagined The STO Server-team when "Cutting the Cord" went live...
    valenn1 wrote: »
    Oh no.... not again!
    The last time they were out of mugs nothing happend for 10 Months!

    Well... We're getting there.
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  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    edited July 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    That for a Lock Box on Thursday, we'd see the initial blog for it either today or tomorrow. There's the infoblog before it drops and the available blog when it drops.

    That there's more about the S9.5 R&D revamp that needs to be blogged about if it were actually coming on Thursday.

    With at least 2+ blogs missing, no blog today points to Thursday not being what some of the folks out there have been thinking it might be...

    ...while personally I've thought Thursday was too early for some of it anyway.

    Have to remember STLV is at the end of the month and they're going to want some pizazz/excitement going for that...

    ...that sort of thing.

    Smirk all-but-said in the latest episode of Priority One that 9.5 is dropping this week... specifically, he said "one more week of testing on Tribble before 'it' goes live." That was recorded last Thursday, so one week later...

    Of course, plans could change... but all signs are pointing to this Thursday, IMO. Plus, they could certainly hold things for AFTER the 9.5 launch.
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    Lack of something is not evidence for something else.

    Still I think 9.5 will probably be Tuesday. Major patches tend to come Tuesday, and they might be using Smirk's livestream Friday as a teaser.
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    drogyn1701 wrote: »
    Lack of something is not evidence for something else.

    Still I think 9.5 will probably be Tuesday. Major patches tend to come Tuesday, and they might be using Smirk's livestream Friday as a teaser.

    Smirk has a livestream?

    Hmm... probably in that... inconvenient timezone thingie... For me at least.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Smirk has a livestream?

    Hmm... probably in that... inconvenient timezone thingie... For me at least.

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/6004223-livestream-friday-returns!
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/6004223-livestream-friday-returns!

    Actually no... a somewhat convenient time... How long does it usually take? 5 mins? 10?
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
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  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Actually no... a somewhat convenient time... How long does it usually take? 5 mins? 10?

    Livestreams usually last at least an hour. Smirk will play through the game, give out prizes, answer questions (tons of REDACTED answers, obviously, but still)... it's cheap entertainment. :) Plus, if you are lucky enough to win some ZEN, well worth the time (haven't won yet, myself).
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  • whatinblueblazeswhatinblueblazes Member Posts: 200 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I had a similar thought at the lack of a blog today. Perhaps the lockbox on Thursday, followed by 9.5 next week?
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    whatinblueblazes wrote: »
    I had a similar thought at the lack of a blog today. Perhaps the lockbox on Thursday, followed by 9.5 next week?

    That's what I'm leaning toward, with the Lock Box on Thursday and along the lines of what drogyn1701 said with S9.5 dropping Tuesday, etc...
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    mhall85 wrote: »
    Livestreams usually last at least an hour. Smirk will play through the game, give out prizes, answer questions (tons of REDACTED answers, obviously, but still)... it's cheap entertainment. :) Plus, if you are lucky enough to win some ZEN, well worth the time (haven't won yet, myself).

    Never been good at watching "TV"... In the past 9 years, I can probably count on two hands the number of hours I've watched.

    And the Zen dosen't lure... Untill Cryptic has given me the 2000 Zen stipend they owe me, I won't spend any kind of resources on anything C-Store related.

    But Still... might try to watch it...
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    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    Is it doom?
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,983 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    virusdancer wrote: »
    That's what I'm leaning toward, with the Lock Box on Thursday and along the lines of what drogyn1701 said with S9.5 dropping Tuesday, etc...

    Take a look at the screenshot used for the friday livestream blog. Isn't that a Xindi bridge?

    I still can't see that as a retrospective look at what just came out. PR is basically a process of selling people on an idea and that's much harder to do when they have already been presented with the chance to buy into it or no.
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  • toivatoiva Member Posts: 3,276 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    About the absence of blogs this week:

    Yes, I find it odd. I still think 9.5 will unfortunetaly hit this thursday, but it could also come next tuesday. The latter option could explain a lack of blogs.

    But, as others have noticed, there's lately quite some incoherence when it comes to published blogs and corresponding forum threads. I would remind you of the very lacking Summer event blogs, there were only two this year. One generally about all of Risa and the other about the cruiser. Nothing about other rewards, specific dates of when what is and ceases to be available...

    And I'm not sure they even plan more crafting (and even less any Doffing) blogs. Yes, there wasn't much covered in the three (and one about Clusters disappearance) blogs on crafting, but going into more detail isn't in line with the Risian blogs.

    Overall I find communication lacking lately, be it on the forums (some shining exceptions being Taco as usual, Frost on bugs as usual and Callevista on one of his - seemingly - fortnight or so missions to comment on the costumes) or in the form of official blogs.



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