"drake_mccarty;c-16907373" wrote:
"Reksoh;c-16907336" wrote:
"Wulfsimmer;c-16907298" wrote:
SUPPOSEDLY, it didn't take any time away from that, they could've invested that time IN the packs.
lol they couldve invested the time into a lot of things. they could have spent it eating or hanging out at the bar, they could have spent it working out in the gym or taking care of their families. And if they chose any of those things we wouldnt even be here discussing it today.
Its free time. Since you support the game financially, you can complain about how they spend their work hours but you cant complain about what someone does on their own free time (well, you can, it would just make you look extremely entitled)
"drake_mccarty;c-16907333" wrote:
Unpopular opinion: just because something didn’t take resources away from regular development doesn’t mean it should be given a dedicated live stream like stuff that DOES utilize their development resources. Are we supposed to believe the stream isn’t built into their paid work day?? So yes, it did in a way take away from development but in no way that showing off an actual feature wouldn’t already do. Except this has no actual benefit to the game.
Yeah that 30 minutes once a month really adds up. By the time the year ends thats like the equivalent of one developer taking a whole sick day!
The snark wasn’t really necessary. I did start it out with unpopular opinion. A stream requires multiple people on and off screen doing different things. It’s a scheduled event not just some random 30 min stream. There is planning and probably some scripting that goes into them, do you think they just ad-lib everything? So when you break it down, yes the streams do take some back end work to even happen and for myself that time and effort could be better spent on game centered content and game centered streams compared to novelty passion projects that the majority of players won’t even use. Again, unpopular opinion but that’s my opinion.
I see no reason to think they are scripted. Half the time the developers don't even know what to talk about next, Kate usually directs everything. She probably does most of the prep for it too which falls into her scope of work because she isnt a developer. I also see no reason to think it would require multiple people or any great deal of time to set these streams up. These are very basic streams. You're allowed to have an unpopular opinion lol but saying it over and over doesnt protect it from criticism
