The thing is, some changes are server-side only, so they are faster. Transaction history is one of those. Other thigns involve a change to the client, like the ChangeMe performance fix, and those take longer. What we're doing now is throwing lots of the team at a few problems, rather than spreading everyone thinly. It's great that you have mentioned issues that are at the top of the list, snice that at least validates that we're working on the right things| Randra_Loqqet | tom aims his throws at marshmellow pillows |
| AmberRose | lol |
| Randra_Loqqet | they land soft |
| Teara | lol Randra |
| Beryl | lol Randra |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Teara | Good Idea Tom |
| Tom | In fact, I was thinknig of posting the list, so that everyone ni the community could see what e are (and are not) working on. Should we do that? |
| Beryl | that would answer soooo many questions |
| Tinksterl | oh yes |
| HYDRO | yes |
| Tinksterl | info is good, lol |
| Ponder | yes, please we like to know what you're working on |
| HYDRO | lol |
| Randra_Loqqet | people love to be informed of the progress |
| Beryl | I'd rather show up and ask you questions about your kids and sutom |
| Beryl | lo |
| Tom | OK. Give us a few more days to make sure that we can live up to our commitments, and then we'll post it. Just don't kill us if somethign slips a bit. :) |
| Tinksterl | hehehe |
| latinprince131 | 'HandUp |
| Alicia | lol, ok! |
| Randra_Loqqet | i think not knowing whats going on is worse than knowing about bugs, for most people |
| Tinksterl | i agree randra |
| Tom | Yes, that's fair Randra |
| Tom | Good pt |
| Alicia | Yes, we wanna know! |
| Randra_Loqqet | =) |
| AmberRose | yep totally agree randra |
| Tom | Hey, we're really flattered that you care so much!!!!! |
| Randra_Loqqet | =) we luv THERE! |
| Tinksterl | ditto |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Jenysis | 'yay |
| Tom | 'blush |
| Teara | here here |
| There_Community | HYDRO? |
| AmberRose | ohh YA!!!! |
| There_Community | Question |
| itismejs | 'givemic |
| HYDRO | 'HandDowntom did you ever see the videos i made lol |
| Teara | lol Hydro |
| Tom | Those were the bugy lag right? |
| HYDRO | yes :) |
| Tom | yep |
| Tom | Thanks for sending them along. |
| Tom | Really helpful. |
| HYDRO | ok cool |
| HYDRO | and what about the signs haveing a limit on them was that not suppose to be added ? |
| Tom | Hmm. |
| Tom | I know we had problems with signs inside of zones, but I think maybe I'm not following your question? |
| HYDRO | well like itismejs covers hoverboard park with those huge signs |
| itismejs | what???????? |
| HYDRO | shouldnt they return to his inventory |
| Teara | and the people that block the views |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| itismejs | i never did that? |
| itismejs | dont confuse jopy with me |
| Ponder | 'HandUp |
| Tom | Well, I'm not sure about the specific case you mentioned, but all signs are supposed to time out and return to MyThings. If they aren't, it's a bug |
| itismejs | i keep them on the sides |
| HYDRO | cause i have a sign out somewhere in the desert and its been a week and its still out there |
| itismejs | I would like a NO-NAME policy put in place for this chta |
| Tom | Hmm. Interesting. Would you mind contacting our supoprt team (use call for help) so we can track it down? Maybe it's a bug |
| HYDRO | ok will do |
| Tom | thanks! |
| Canuck | 'handup |
| There_Community | TEARA? |
| Ponder | hmm.. I just got voice-enabled and I never requestd it |
| Teara | 'HandDownThanks Tom for coming out |
| Tinksterl | i think we all did after pb3 |
| Beryl | wow, Ponder, I didn't know |
| There_Community | One sec, Ponder |
| Teara | I am so loving PB3 |
| Tom | Thanks! |
| Teara | it is exciting to find all the new places and such |
| Tom | go ahead |
| itismejs | :( |
| Teara | My question is...I have been waiting for 3 months for a friend to get into There he has all the requiremnts I have referred him as well as a few others |
| itismejs | 'handdown |
| Canuck | 'handup |
| Teara | He would be an asset to the There Community yet he is still waiting to hear word |
| Tom | Gosh, sounds like we goofed up! |
| Teara | He has applied 4 times |
| Teara | lol |
| Tom | e don't screen people based on their personality, since we don't know. |
| Beryl | 'HandUpheh |
| itismejs | 'handup |
| Teara | agreed |
| Tom | We're supposed tio rapidly invite people who are referred, since we assuem they are fiends and it'd be more fun if you could hang out togerther. |
| There_Community | 'nod |
| itismejs | has every1 asked 1 question? |
| Tom | Could you please send the email address of your friend directly to There_Comm unity@therein.com, and cc me tmelcher@the reinc.com? We'll either invite him tomorrow or tell you what's happening. |
| Tom | SOOO SORRY! |
| Teara | Thanks |
| itismejs | do we get seconds q is there time? |
| There_Community | One Sec ITISME |
| There_Community | You are next] |
| Teara | thanks tom OOO btw love having voice now too |
| itismejs | ok :) |
| Tom | Please spread the word to others in the beta test -- if you refer someone and s/he doesn't get invited, then something isn't working right and it's probably a bug |
| Tom | Great. Glad you like it! |
| Teara | Ok Thanks so much Tom |
| There_Community | ITISMEJS? |
| itismejs | ok well when i sit down my pants get messed up on my waist. do you see the pants kinda appear on my shirt and get streached out? |
| Tom | yep, I can see that |
| itismejs | is it going to be fixed? |
| Tom | To be hioenst, I don't know. If it's planned, it's below ChangeMe and House porches, and some other issues. :) |
| Tinksterl | 'HandUp |
| Tom | So sorry about the funny look, tho. Actually, I just thought it was a new fashion. :) |
| Beryl | lol |
| JoshMorrow | hehe |
| itismejs | :) ok |
| Jenysis | :) |
| There_Community | CANUCK? |
| itismejs | 'handdownn |
| Tom | hi! |
| Canuck | 'HandDownHi Tom, nice to meet you :) |
| itismejs | 'handdown |
| Tom | Thanks for your nice comments and supoprt Canuck! |
| Canuck | Oh your most welcome sir! |
| itismejs | hehe lol |
| Beryl | lol |
| Canuck | My question has to do with customer service and new members actually |
| itismejs | 'HandUp'HandDown`Blush |
| Canuck | With the added Info Huts and IER's being posted at them all day long, most of them are WAY out of the sight of new members. What plans have you got to lure/promote new members to visit those huts? |
| Tom | Well, it soudns as if we should move the huts! |
| Ponder | or the newbie spawning points? |
| Tom | Yes, or the newbie spawning points. |
| Canuck | Yes I agree, such as the Mirage, you cant even see it |
| Tom | Let me double back with the team and fnid out what's up. Thanks for the feedback. Really helpful! |
| Canuck | Thank you for listening :) |
| There_Community | BERYL? |
| Beryl | 'HandDownI have a question about duplicate accounts... it's not too hard to get one, and I wonder what There's official policy is on them if they find out an avatar has one... not that I do, or anything, but just curious. |
| Tom | Our policy is that it's supopsed to be 1 human to 1 avatar -- no duplicate accounts. This is meant to keep things fair while we have the 10,000T grant thing going on. |
| Alicia | 'nod |
| Beryl | 'nod |
| Tom | When we find someone who hasn't followed that rule, we get in touch with him/her and find out what's gouing on. sometimes it's flgrant cheating and we suspend that person, since they detract from the community. Sometimes the person didn't know, and they are OK with shuttnig down an avatar. Sometimes there are legitiamte reasons. |
| Tom | I guess w're just trying to apply copmmon sense. |
| Tom | When the beta test is over, this problem will go away too. |
| Beryl | yes |
| Tom | Hope that makes sense |
| Beryl | very much so, thank you :) |
| There_Community | TINKSTER? |
| Tom | thanks Canuck! |
| Canuck | Someone can have my seat to be fair, nice meeting ya Tom, take care everyone |
| Tinksterl | Yes, thank you...I had a question about the different skin tones in PB3 |
| There_Community | 'clap |
| Tinksterl | after the patch I received an email saying that problem had been fixed, but the skin tones still don't match up from before |
| Tinksterl | is this going to be fixed? |
| Tinksterl | 'HandDownoh wow |
| Tinksterl | hehhee...yes, yes it is |
| Tinksterl | Great, thank you! |
| Tom | Yes it is. We were embarassed because we thoght we had it licked, but we didn't. As far as I know, that particular fix is going out for tomorrow's session, snice it is goofnig up the work of so many of our talented designers. So please accept our apologies. when we found out about this, we scrambled fast. |
| Randra_Loqqet | :~) |
| Tom | Hoopefully we'll get it right this time! |
| Tinksterl | hehehe |
| There_Community | PONDER? |
| Jaysin | haha |
| Tom | OK. I'm ready!!! |
| Beryl | lol |
| There_Community | OPEN SEATS for the standers! :) |
| Virtual_Vikki | Weee |
| Tinksterl | lol, run vikki! |
| Tom | Yes, I saw that article too |
| Ponder | 'HandDownAnd now for something completely different... A couple weeks ago, I saw a scholoarly journal article from UPenn about legal systems in virtual worlds and MMORPGs... I wondered if you read it and what you thought, how it applied to There |
| Tom | Are you a lawyer?? |
| Tom | :) |
| Beryl | heh |
| Ponder | IANAL :) |
| Teara | wow Ponder u go girl |
| Tom | ? |
| Tom | I Am Not A Lawyer? |
| Teara | ty ponder |
| Ponder | for the rest of you, you can get it at papers.ssrn.com, abstract ID is 402860 |
| Ponder | yes :) |
| Jenysis | lol |
| Tinksterl | thanks ponder! |
| Beryl | you mean, no, Ponder |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tom | To be honest, I want to call the authors and see if they are interested in chatting with us. The field is quite murky to be honest. |
| Ponder | they used There.com as an example in several places |
| Tom | Yes, I know. |
| Tom | I recentlytaught a session of Larry Lessig's Law class at Stanford, and they raised a bunch of itneresting issues. |
| Ponder | "he who has the gold makes the rules" :) |
| Teara | lol |
| Tom | Rigth now w're trying to follow ther golden rule -- do unto others as you would have them do unto you." And crossing our fingers. |
| Tom | But seriously, I hope more lawyers get involved in the issues, since they aer fascaintign and highly relevant to There. |
| Virtual_Vikki | Hmm |
| Tom | Tell your law student friends we'd make a great case study!!! |
| itismejs | i g2g |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Virtual_Vikki | Perhaps someone should createa club for lawyers |
| There_Community | That would be GREAT! |
| Tom | Go ahead Vikki.. :) |
| Beryl | oh, liike we need lawyers to pool resources... lol |
| There_Community | JOSH? |
| Ponder | thank you Tom |
| JoshMorrow | Ok, this is yet another one of my ideas |
| JoshMorrow | 'HandDown |
| JoshMorrow | I think it would be very helful and quite interesting to have a virtual school in There. A place where fellow Thereians could get qualified to teach others different topics. |
| Tinksterl | 'HandUp |
| JoshMorrow | And could possibly get paid for this (in T$) |
| There_Community | Guys |
| There_Community | IF anyone wants to give up thir seat |
| There_Community | There are others waiting for them... |
| Tom | We'd love to supoprt that idea. Perhaps you coudl statr a Forum thread to gather input and ideas, and then be the first Dean? |
| JoshMorrow | :) |
| Virtual_Vikki | Ah there is one on the end |
| There_Community | Thanks ALicai |
| There_Community | Thanks guys |
| Alicia | no problem |
| JoshMorrow | Ok, thanks |
| There_Community | RANDRA? |
| Tom | We are offering Therebucks grants to support innoviatve new ideas. |
| Tom | Sure! |
| Randra_Loqqet | 'HandUp'HandDownjust a suggestion... |
| Randra_Loqqet | we get free items for leveling up .. shirts and such usually... how about for adept teacher, you give us those graduation caps that only the staff can buy ;) |
| Tom | Tha's a cool idea. |
| Randra_Loqqet | cool |
| Ponder | seat over here. |
| There_Community | Very Cool |
| JoshMorrow | :) |
| JoshMorrow | nice idea |
| Tom | Let me pass that along to There_Socializ er. She leads the skill reward design |
| Tom | Go ahead Randra |
| Teara | O just gave up mine |
| Randra_Loqqet | another Q.. |
| Teara | lol |
| Tom | Yes they were |
| Randra_Loqqet | iknow some of the skills were kinda of broken.. specifically merchant skills.. any plans to retroactively raise people's skills up that clearly should adept or master by now but are still at novice or neo? |
| Virtual_Vikki | 'HandUp |
| Tom | Hmm. I'm not aware of any plans, but it's a reasonable question. We certainly can track how long people have been developing and selling. |
| Randra_Loqqet | =) |
| Randra_Loqqet | cool |
| Tom | Let me ask. I do't know right now. |
| Randra_Loqqet | yea just curious |
| Tom | Hey, it's a fair question! |
| Tom | Thanks |
| Randra_Loqqet | =D |
| Meret | 'HandUp |
| There_Community | TINKSTER? |
| Virtual_Vikki | open chair on the end |
| Beryl | thanks, VV, I can see :) |
| There_Community | TINKSTER? |
| There_Community | Hey |
| Tom | hey |
| Virtual_Vikki | You need a sharp stick interaction thing |
| Teara | lol |
| Tom | ''rofl |
| Randra_Loqqet | lol |
| Virtual_Vikki | Oh |
| There_Community | VIVKI? question? |
| Virtual_Vikki | 'HandDown |
| CrystalShard | 'HandUp`poke would do too. |
| Virtual_Vikki | Ok so on a similar point |
| Virtual_Vikki | can we have a nother contest to design clothing for the rewards? |
| Tom | Sure! |
| Virtual_Vikki | Cool! |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tom | There_Comm unity puts those together |
| Tom | There_Comm unity, please come up with another contest! |
| Teara | lol |
| There_Community | YOU BET!!! |
| Virtual_Vikki | he he |
| Virtual_Vikki | thanx! |
| Tom | 'hearts |
| Beryl | rofl |
| Teara | awww |
| Meret | hehe |
| Randra_Loqqet | hehe |
| Virtual_Vikki | now thats what I call deligation of authority! |
| Beryl | oooh, Tom gives hearts! lol |
| There_Community | '''LOL |
| Tom | Yep, that's what they teach us at busniess school.... |
| Wildcat | 'handup |
| There_Community | MERET? |
| Tom | hi Meret! |
| Meret | 'HandDown |
| Meret | Hi Tom |
| Tom | Thanks again for the great PB2 events!!! |
| Tom | 'clap |
| Meret | First off let me say how nice it is to see the stages working |
| Tom | Yes!! |
| Tom | '''yay |
| There_Community | '''yay |
| Beryl | lol |
| Meret | Hehe |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Tom | One bug down! 2 million to go! |
| Jaysin | 'lol |
| Teara | 'HandUp'Clapwoot woot! |
| Beryl | *sigh* |
| Meret | Since this is called Sneak Preview, can you comment on your planned upgrades in the next few months |
| Tom | Sure |
| Virtual_Vikki | Weee! |
| Beryl | wow |
| Randra_Loqqet | oooo |
| Teara | omg |
| Tom | We plan to upgrade There about every 2 weeks from now on. We haev lots of fixes to get in, and a bunch of buigger things (like fixing ChangeMe) |
| Beryl | ''ya |
| Beryl | ''yay |
| Virtual_Vikki | Wee!!!! |
| Tom | Most of the fixes will be server-side, since downloading a new client is a pain. But some of the changes will involve a new client. |
| Randra_Loqqet | any plans to make the client auto-update, like blizzard style? |
| Xavena | 'handup |
| Tom | Yes, we plan to release an "auto-patcher" , but only for assets, not for the code. The code patcher is harder and will come later. |
| Randra_Loqqet | sweet. |
| Tom | In any case, we are still on track to launch in the third quarter, which is good (since usually software dates slip horribly...) |
| Meret | Thanks, like the 2 week schedules |
| Tom | keep your fingers crossed and please keep being so wonderfully patient! |
| Tinksterl | 'HandUp |
| There_Community | LATIN G AHEAD |
| Tom | Latin! |
| There_Community | Crystal is next |
| Tom | Btw have you been hearing about your problem with the buggies? |
| Randra_Loqqet | 'HandUp |
| CrystalShard | 'HandDown`HandUp |
| latinprince131 | was wondering in the future of there since weve been here from the begining will there be any benefits to that and if we cant staty in there what will happen to ur submissions? |
| Tom | Yes, there will be very clear benefits for peopel who have been so helpful and generous with their time. |
| Teara | woot woot |
| Tom | May I ask why you wouldn't be able to stay ni There? |
| Tom | Oh! |
| Tom | To be honest, we haven't completely figued that out. |
| latinprince131 | i was just wondering because if theregoes public and lets say they have to pay to log in some ppl wouldnt be able to maintain that bill and i was just curious what then? |
| Tom | Ahh. |
| Beryl | I want stock options! |
| Beryl | lol |
| latinprince131 | especially after they have invested |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Tom | Well, we havent' figured it out, but I can share our philsophy. |
| Tom | Peopel who take the trouble to invest in There and the community of There are very Special people. |
| latinprince131 | thank you lol |
| Tom | We know that now and I hope we Never Forget It. |
| There_Community | 'nod |
| Tom | So I don't know exactly what means in terms of policies, but I do not that's the core philosophy. |
| Tinksterl | here jeny |
| Jenysis | thanks |
| Tom | Seems to me we should be very grateful when people lend their creativity and energy to There. Yes, we haev to run a busniess, but part of that busniess is to nurture and cherish the creativity and enthusiasm of our most-loyal members. Relying purely on dollars and cents is an awfully short-sighted way to look at what we're trying to do. |
| Tinksterl | yw! |
| Teara | *thinks tso* |
| Tinksterl | rofl, teara |
| Beryl | *cough* *cough* |
| Tinksterl | 'handup |
| Tom | So, sorry if that sounds like CEO b_____t, but it's what I think |
| Beryl | lol |
| latinprince131 | 'HandDownlol i believe you lol |
| latinprince131 | thanks for the answer |
| Beryl | lol |
| There_Community | He says the same to all of us about you all |
| Tom | And, you just added another to do on our "better figuer out the answer to that before we start charging" list! |
| Tom | :) |
| latinprince131 | cool |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Beryl | STOCK OPTIONS, Tom :) |
| There_Community | CRYSTAL |
| CrystalShard | Phew. |
| Randra_Loqqet | lol B |
| Virtual_Vikki | Oh stock! |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tom | Hi Crystal! |
| CrystalShard | 'HandUp'HandDownWell, I need to pick one of 3 now,. :) |
| CrystalShard | Hiya. |
| CrystalShard | |
| CrystalShard | Ok, i'll go with the original: |
| CrystalShard | It seems that the forum layout design is pretty hard to use as it is.. are there any plans fo rmaking it abit more.. "standard"? |
| CrystalShard | A la phpbb style and so forth. |
| Tom | Frankly, the layout really is bad. |
| Tom | I find myself going blind.... |
| Beryl | 'nods |
| Tom | We are completing re-doing the Forums and turning on almost all of the std UBBThreads features that we turned off. That was my idea, and I was clearly wrong. 'blush |
| Teara | :O |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| CrystalShard | Great. :) |
| Tom | That change was feature completed today, so it should be rolling out in one of the incremental 2-week releases pretty soon. It enters into QA on Monday I think. |
| Tom | I can't wait!!!! |
| Meret | Super |
| CrystalShard | In fanything, having a search function would be useful. |
| Beryl | very nice :) |
| Beryl | ''yay |
| Jaysin | 'clap |
| Beryl | Lloyd has posted a search page on forums, if you can find it |
| Randra_Loqqet | search actually works now, if you type it in manually. |
| Jenysis | 'clap |
| CrystalShard | Thanks. |
| Jenysis | cool |
| Tom | Search is definitely in, along with email notification, navigation within threads, larger fonts, HTML supoprt, embedded URLs, etc |
| CrystalShard | I'll keep the rest of the Qs for next time. |
| Tom | OK, thanks |
| There_Community | WILDCAT? |
| Wildcat | thanks |
| Virtual_Vikki | 'HandUp |
| Teara | 'Clap |
| Wildcat | There have been a lot of posts about the pricing of radios and music |
| Wildcat | rented vs purchasing them. Do you have any plans on what the pricing will be? |
| Wildcat | 'handdown |
| Tom | Good question. We were not as clear as we should have been. As you know, the whole issue of charging for music online is tricky, and very much in flux, in general. |
| Tom | To be honest, I've asked the team to come up with variuos recommendat ions. |
| Tom | Weknow what we WANT to do with music, but we're scared of the legal issues. So right now we have a pretty limited offering. In the future, we'd love to figure out ways to make the jukeboxes much more powerful, and to let members choose how they want to use them. The pricing will depend on the choice. |
| Lady_Grace | 'back' |
| JoshMorrow | take my seat if you like |
| Wildcat | does it use streamcast through your servers? |
| Tom | All that said, there a re real costs for us (bandiwdth and licensign, for instance) so we need to walk carefully so we don't end up going bankrupt. |
| Tom | It uses shoutcast. |
| Wildcat | err, shoutcast sorry |
| Tom | np |
| Tom | :) |
| Tom | I hope that answered your question |
| Wildcat | if our clients connect directly to shoutcast, it doesn't use any ofyour bw right? |
| Wildcat | oh ok |
| Tom | That is correct. That's why we implemented this version first. But the architecture can supoprt all sorts of other possible connections, like the ability to broadcast your own music off your own PC to people who are within earshot. What would use our andwidth |
| Tom | Voice uses our bandwidth, for instance. |
| Wildcat | ah |
| Tom | So, we decided to start simple and low-cst, and learn what people really wanted and what they were willing to pay for. |
| Wildcat | are they accepting new members to test music? |
| Teara | WOOT WOOT |
| Teara | NOOOOOOOO |
| Tom | Yes, as far as I know, we have invited everyone ni the test who has bband and a fast CPU to test music and voice. |
| Wildcat | hmmm |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Randra_Loqqet | hm i havent got an invite yet |
| Tinksterl | me neither |
| Tom | If you weren't invited, please contact support |
| Wildcat | i dont think anyong but WOTR ppl have been invited |
| Teara | ok |
| TheShyOne | neither have i |
| Beryl | I wasn't invited |
| Tom | Hmm. |
| Lady_Grace | 'HandUp'Clap |
| Teara | I know a few people that have been chosen but not a lot |
| Tom | Originally it was only the WOTR people. Sounds like maybe we didn';t get to everyone. Hmm. Double hmm. |
| Wildcat | Thanks Tom. |
| Virtual_Vikki | I signed up a while back |
| Beryl | no, 'hmmm |
| Teara | I applied never heard back |
| Jaysin | I applied as well. |
| Tom | Triple hmm. |
| Randra_Loqqet | same. |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tom | Well guess what? |
| Tinksterl | 'yay |
| Randra_Loqqet | woo! |
| Teara | WOOT |
| Virtual_Vikki | ooh! |
| Beryl | ''yay |
| Wildcat | yay! |
| Virtual_Vikki | Me! |
| Teara | U ROCK TOM |
| Wildcat | lol |
| Tom | since you're here, we're writing down your nams and will invite you, and make sure you get invited |
| Tinksterl | woo hoo! |
| Jaysin | w00t |
| Xavena | Write me down too please |
| TheShyOne | YAY!!! |
| Beryl | 'woohoo |
| Tinksterl | rofl |
| Teara | lol Vikki |
| Virtual_Vikki | it is spelled with 2 k's |
| Randra_Loqqet | lol |
| Beryl | lol |
| Wildcat | whoa, bubbles! |
| Tom | Yep, we see yiou Vikki |
| Virtual_Vikki | h ehe |
| Beryl | how can you miss Vikki? |
| Beryl | rofl |
| Teara | 'flowers |
| Lady_Grace | write me down...I don't have the music streaming deal either lol |
| Tom | Pls tell your friengs that they should haev been invited. |
| Tom | Sounds like something fell thru the cracks |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Tom | Pls contact supoprt and tell them I sent ya. |
| Tom | :) |
| There_Community | OK |
| Tinksterl | lol, oh that'll be fun |
| Tinksterl | "tom said to call" |
| There_Community | XAVENA |
| There_Community | ? |
| Teara | lol |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Beryl | yeah, Tink |
| Beryl | lol |
| Xavena | 'handown |
| Xavena | 'handdown |
| Tinksterl | you GOTTA make that call! |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tinksterl | just cause you can! |
| Beryl | heh |
| Lady_Grace | woohoo theank you Tom |
| TheShyOne | 'Claplol |
| Tinksterl | oh yeah |
| TheShyOne | can we call now? |
| There_Community | Yes, TheShyOne |
| Xavena | Hoverbikes, are there any plans on adding features to make them unique somehow? like a 2 seater, or make them the fastest vehicle? Anything to make them have a niche of their own |
| Teara | woot woot |
| Xavena | Yay thank yo |
| Xavena | you |
| Beryl | (changeme) |
| Beryl | lol |
| Xavena | Excellent |
| Tom | Yes, Xavena, we plan to add more seats and varied speeds. That said, we're focused right now on the "universal" problems like lag or stage problems or ChangeMe, and then we'll get to the more "narrow" opportunities. |
| Tom | I think we'rll make more progress if we focus on just knock things off the list as fast as we can |
| There_Community | JAYSIN? a question? |
| Jaysin | 'handdown |
| Meret | 'HandUp |
| Jaysin | First, Thankx for comming in Tom to talk with us... its a pleasusre as always.. |
| Tom | Hey, no prob |
| Jaysin | My question is related to the "multiply account" question that came up befor, YOu said that "that will be solved" in Retail, and by i assume you ment something about limiting accnt to CC numbers or something, but A) what about family that say use 2 or 3 account for everyone--that might all be on 1 CCnumber for the family and B) would there be any discounts to "family packages" |
| Tom | Yes, families and groups of reidnds are different. |
| Tom | friends I meant to type |
| Teara | sweet!!! |
| Tinksterl | awesome |
| Tom | We think it's great wehn families and friends want to be in There together. We therefore are planning spcial deals for them, including discounts. |
| Beryl | ''yay |
| Tom | Now we won't have parental controls in place yet, so please be very careful and look after your kids. |
| Teara | indeed |
| Tom | But if you want to play together, then we want to support that big time. That's what There is all about -- finding friends and haing out and having fun. |
| Jaysin | Ah ok, well i am on the only one in my family that uses THERE right now, but i know 1 friend of mine his whole family does it like 4 people, and i didn't know if you would be locking things like 1 accnt per CCnumber which would be a problem for people in those situations |
| Tom | Yes, that's a fair question adn concern. |
| Tom | I don't know all fo the details, but I do know that we have special programs and "handling" in mind for families and friend-groups (like roomates or classmates) |
| Tom | So it's not just blood-based families |
| Tom | Families come in all kinds these days |
| Jaysin | kewl |
| Teara | lol |
| Beryl | heh |
| There_Community | TEARA? |
| Jaysin | very true, thnkx :) |
| Tinksterl | lol, 'yay |
| Teara | 'HandDownthnx |
| Tom | Teara? |
| Teara | Ok as a very dedicated consumer but not a design guru...we have all heard of the plans for Jobs in There.....any more details u can give us gossip queens? |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Teara | :) |
| Tom | Yes I can. |
| Teara | woot |
| TheShyOne | good question |
| Tinksterl | good question |
| Beryl | lol, good question |
| Beryl | rofl |
| Tom | (we love gossp queens and kings) |
| Tinksterl | woo hoo! i'm set! |
| HappyDude | lol |
| Randra_Loqqet | heheh |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| TheShyOne | lol |
| Beryl | lol |
| Jaysin | lol |
| Tom | The first group of jobs we enabled were for desingers, since those jobs had the most infrastructure. |
| Teara | `Blushawesome |
| Teara | woot |
| Tinksterl | yay |
| TheShyOne | "yay' |
| Teara | OMG |
| Tinksterl | coolies |
| HappyDude | awsome |
| TheShyOne | oh awesome |
| Jenysis | cool |
| Tinksterl | oh wow |
| Teara | great gossip material |
| Teara | *writes this down* |
| Xavena | sweet |
| Tinksterl | lol, no kidding, *making notes8 |
| Tinksterl | lol, teara...gmta |
| TheShyOne | ooooo |
| Teara | wow |
| Tom | there are a bunch more in the queue, most of which invovle server-side changes (which means they'll roll out faster). Inlcuding: shopkeeprs who can easily pay models and salespeople, event hosts who can actually make money, bartenders who can run a club and profit from selling drinks, racers who "go pro" and collect money for winning, league and division officials who get paid to run sports, mayor and community-lea der types who get a stipend and housing for | Tinksterl | awesome |
| HappyDude | sweet |
| Beryl | oh, dear god, There politician... :( |
| Tinksterl | yeah...lol |
| Tinksterl | sounds.....scary |
| Tom | Fashion designers who can get paid for advice( and not just for their clothes),. |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tom | Interior designers who can deocrate and get paid. |
| Teara | 'hmm |
| Beryl | feng sui There designers.... |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Tinksterl | feng there |
| Teara | U want us to form governments????? |
| Beryl | heh |
| Tom | I think I may hav forgotten a few, but that's a good start I hope |
| Teara | phew |
| Beryl | lol Teara |
| Teara | this is my utopia |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Tinksterl | oh, well that would be cool |
| Beryl | oooh, block parties |
| Beryl | ''yay |
| Tom | No, I don't think we need "government" in There. Think of it more like a neighborhood, where someone is into planning fun things to do for the 'hood and for benig the "social bee" of the neighborhood. |
| Jaysin | this is sorta of funcational anarchy right now its nice |
| Teara | ooo social bee |
| Teara | buzz buzz |
| Teara | lol |
| Randra_Loqqet | bzzzz |
| Beryl | lol |
| Tom | Exactly! |
| Teara | Ty Tom |
| Randra_Loqqet | beeswarm hoverboard required :P |
| Virtual_Vikki | he he |
| Tom | We take care of no stealing, and give people forecfields, and enforce the economy. |
| HappyDude | cool |
| Teara | ok cool |
| Tom | Tjhe "political" jobs are moer like the fun social director type role |
| Tom | The person who Likes to Give Great Parties |
| HappyDude | lmao |
| Teara | I would have had to start a militant gorilla group if there was a government |
| Tinksterl | rofl |
| Tom | ''lol |
| Tinksterl | sign me up for that |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Virtual_Vikki | The ThereJunta |
| Tinksterl | there guerillas |
| Teara | `Coy |
| Beryl | oh, god, VV |
| HappyDude | take refuge in the tiki forest ,, lol |
| Virtual_Vikki | There Banna Republic! |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Teara | LOL |
| There_Community | OK, GUYS...:) |
| Tinksterl | hide in the fog of the crater |
| Jaysin | stockpile paint guns, but then the THEREATF will come burn ya out |
| Jaysin | lol |
| Tom | yikes!! |
| Teara | too funny |
| Tom | ;cover ears |
| Beryl | lol with our paintguns |
| Tinksterl | behind the waterfall guys! |
| Beryl | heh |
| Tinksterl | rofl |
| Beryl | rofl |
| Tom | 'hide eyes |
| Tinksterl | i got my tommygun! |
| Beryl | lol Tom |
| HappyDude | ride around in boats snipein people lol |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| There_Community | VIKKI? |
| Tom | OK |
| Teara | Thank You Tom u answered my question beautifully |
| Virtual_Vikki | Oh |
| Virtual_Vikki | my turn? |
| Virtual_Vikki | 'HandDown |
| Tom | Vikki with two ks? |
| Virtual_Vikki | Ok I had another thought |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Virtual_Vikki | the other day I saw this graduation hat some new person had on |
| Virtual_Vikki | I know from asking anroud it is a staff item of some sorty |
| Virtual_Vikki | 2 things |
| Virtual_Vikki | what was it designed for and the other thing is could you use it as a reward for the teacher skill? |
| Randra_Loqqet | lol i suggested the same thing earlier =) |
| Tom | Randra alrady sugegsted that |
| Virtual_Vikki | oops? |
| Virtual_Vikki | Sorry |
| Tom | Great minds think alike! |
| Virtual_Vikki | i did not get in till later |
| Beryl | lol |
| Teara | woot woot |
| Tom | Two votes means we'll definitely look into it now! (only kidding Randra) |
| Xavena | 'handup |
| Randra_Loqqet | hehe |
| Tom | Good idea Vikki. |
| Tom | Thanks |
| There_Community | MERET? |
| Virtual_Vikki | 'HandUp'HandDown |
| Randra_Loqqet | whoa now my arm is gettin tired :P |
| Meret | Hi again Tom, |
| Tom | hi |
| There_Community | Time for a few more questions guys |
| There_Community | Do not wanna wear Tom out1 |
| Major_Havoc | 'handup'handdown |
| Xavena | 'handdown |
| Meret | I'm sure you are aware of the problems with dropping stuff in our houses and it returning like it is outside (this is also happening with the new lots btw) |
| Tom | Yep, we know about it |
| Meret | Any timeline to fix this |
| Major_Havoc | 'handup |
| Tom | Meret, I honestyl don't know. It's in an incremental update. We have the fix, and it's in QA I think |
| Major_Havoc | 'handown |
| Major_Havoc | 'handdown |
| Tom | In the meantime, we are processing returns on house rentals from memebrs who feel like they are not getting what they thought they were getting |
| Tom | It's clearyl a bug, and our fault, and we want to make suer people don't get stuck for the rent for something that doesn't work right. |
| Tom | We know that's a hassle, but i's the best we can do until we fix the bug. |
| Meret | 'HandDownI'm ok with my house in a sense, but it's hard to test the new lots like this |
| Tom | yes, it is definitely hard. Thanks so much for bearing with us! |
| Meret | Thanks |
| There_Community | MAJOR? |
| Randra_Loqqet | um.. my hands been up for 30 mins here :P |
| Major_Havoc | 'handupTurtle Beach sound cards and voice chat |
| There_Community | You are next Randra |
| Randra_Loqqet | kay |
| Randra_Loqqet | 'HandDowngotcha |
| There_Community | Some folks have not asked question yet :) |
| Major_Havoc | I was told by support that they were not supported , and no plans to support in the near future? |
| Major_Havoc | 'handdown |
| Tom | Hmm. Honestly, that's news to me. |
| Wildcat | 'handup |
| Virtual_Vikki | Is it getting foggy? |
| Major_Havoc | everything is great but Voice chat |
| Teara | yes Vikki |
| Virtual_Vikki | wierd |
| Tom | They are generally up to sped on those issues tho. |
| Major_Havoc | choppy incoming |
| Major_Havoc | 'smile |
| Major_Havoc | thanks |
| Tom | I will hage them double check. We can get stats on the nistalled base on variuos cards. We've been focusing our efforts on the ones with the biggest installed base, but I don't know where Turtle fits in. |
| There_Community | RANDRA? |
| Virtual_Vikki | oops! |
| Tom | Hmm. |
| Major_Havoc | came with a new Dell system, I would think they are popular |
| Tom | Yes, I would think we shoudl supoprt it too. |
| Major_Havoc | thank you. |
| Tom | I'l check |
| Randra_Loqqet | i have 2 quick Qs.. |
| Tom | Randra? |
| Randra_Loqqet | 1) any plans to make some of the beta items not in the final.. so we have some unique gear? |
| Virtual_Vikki | Wow! |
| Tom | Yes, we haev already released some things that will be truly uinique, like the 5 hoverbikes. |
| Randra_Loqqet | well i mean aside form paintjobs |
| Tom | there is actualyl a lot of stuff like that |
| There_Community | Try |
| Tom | No, we don't plant o do that. We've finalyl debugged it! |
| Tom | yes. |
| Randra_Loqqet | ok. this brings me to another Q.. the ATV buggy model, i know is part of the "army" package and not for public sale.. why not release it with a new skin so the normal users can buy it? its one of the coolest buggy models =) |
| Tom | Thasnks. the simple reason is that we haven't had time. No other reason than that. :) |
| Major_Havoc | says 'back |
| Randra_Loqqet | ah.. well.. maybe you can use the skin Jade made ;) |
| Major_Havoc | 'back |
| Randra_Loqqet | hehe |
| Randra_Loqqet | ah |
| Tom | It's not a skinning issue. It's really all about QA. |
| Tom | We put everything thru QA |
| Randra_Loqqet | ok. so do you see it as a possible item in the future we can purchase? |
| Randra_Loqqet | excellent |
| Tom | Yes, in the future you will be able to purchase the ATV, adn model it, and skin it |
| Virtual_Vikki | Weee!!!!! |
| Randra_Loqqet | woo! |
| Xavena | yay |
| Tinksterl | kewl! |
| Virtual_Vikki | thank you!!! |
| There_Community | 2 more Q's |
| TheShyOne | nice |
| Randra_Loqqet | thanks tom. |
| There_Community | HAPPYDUDE ? |
| HappyDude | 'HandUp'HandDownty |
| HappyDude | any info on the relative release date of there? |
| Xavena | good Q |
| Tom | Sure1 We're on track to release in Q3, which is what we've always said. No slip so far (he crosses his fingers...) |
| Beryl | lol |
| Virtual_Vikki | ha ha |
| Randra_Loqqet | hehe |
| Teara | lol |
| Jaysin | haha |
| TheShyOne | lol |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| HappyDude | thanks alot |
| There_Community | WILDCAT |
| There_Community | LAST QUESTION |
| There_Community | Sorry guys |
| Jenysis | lol |
| Wildcat | In some areas, ppl with SBLive cards still get the crackle and pops in the background. any timeline and the fix? |
| Wildcat | 'handdown |
| Tom | Gosh, I have absolutely no idea. 'blush |
| Virtual_Vikki | he he |
| TheShyOne | lol |
| Wildcat | its been posted a few times i believe |
| Tom | Have you asked customer supoprt?Yes, I'm hearing that we know about it, but no one here with me knows about it. |
| Tom | Maybe we shold create a forum that lists our plans by card and brand? Would that be helpful? |
| Wildcat | that would be great |
| Virtual_Vikki | Yeah! |
| Jenysis | yes |
| HappyDude | yes please |
| Tinksterl | oh yeah |
| Wildcat | Could you also creat a forum for "known issues"that would help us a lot |
| Xavena | I loved the list of bugs for PB3. It helped that I didn't have to write about the ones I found |
| Tom | OK. We'll create a list of known issues with sound and video cards, and our plans to supoprt the ones we don't now. |
| Tom | We'll also try to keep posting lists of known bugs |
| Wildcat | 'clap |
| Teara | 'Clap |
| There_Community | OK GUYS |
| There_Community | THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH! |
| Tom | It's SO GREAT that you guys are reading the Forums |
| Tom | !! |
| Tom | So, I think we're out of time |
| Tinksterl | lol |
| Beryl | reading and posting :) |
| Tinksterl | 'clap |
| Tom | Thanks VERY MUCH for coming by!!! |
| Tinksterl | 'clap |
| Tinksterl | 'clap |
| Tom | 'bow |
| Jaysin | Thanks A million tom |
| Randra_Loqqet | 'Clap'Clap'Claptnx tom! |
| Wildcat | '''blap |
| BigMike | tom |
| HappyDude | thanks for comming |
| Major_Havoc | 'clap |
| Tom | ''clap |
| HappyDude | =) |
| Wildcat | '''clap |
| Tinksterl | 'clap |
| Tom | 'wave |
| Tinksterl | 'clap |
| Jenysis | 'clap |
| Xavena | Thank YOU !! |
| BigMike | mayi speak with you in an IM |
| Jaysin | 'clap |
| Tom | Have fun ni There!!!!! |
| Meret | 'Clap'Clap'Clap'Clap |
| Beryl | 'clap |
| Virtual_Vikki | We have to it is hard to be depressed in There ; ) |
| Virtual_Vikki | he he |
| Tinksterl | did you buzz in or something, is that what that zappy stuff was? |
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