Patch delayed

"Krueger;c-17524481" wrote:

"jeepjeepcat;c-17524382" wrote:
I'm glad it's patch day, I was disappointed it was delayed, but since it seems it was the blackout Tuesday thing I totally understand, I just wish they'd be more transparent/actually give explanations. It would have saved a lot of annoyance. As I said in my earlier post, the delay was not the issue, I'm sure most people would have understood if they actually gave an explanation, (especially given that it was likely blackout Tuesday) However their woeful communication with the community means a lot of people weren't prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. Until they actually do communicate properly (via the official forums would be nice) things like this will continue to happen. Standing with Black Lives Matter is awesome, but it would have been more awesome if they'd just acknowledged that was what they were doing to begin with.

I agree more communication is always better, and they had a good reason for delaying the patch. But even if they didn't have a great reason, a lot of the early reactions were uncalled for. Most of us are adults here, we should all have the maturity to handle a 24 hour delay.

More communication would have been better. I have no problem with the reason for the delay, but I must admit my first guess for the reason was technical issues. I heard about protests in the news but it didn't even occur to me that a multinational would put a release for paying customers on hold to show their support for this cause. They should have specified the reason in the announcement of the delay.

That being said, it is just a game. Lives of real people are more important than games. So I am OK with this decision.