Social time must be 24hr time for 1.0

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by Quitch, July 26, 2014.

  1. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    Now I think I've been a pretty reasonable and patient member of the community, but for the love of all that is holy Uber, you simply must use 24hr time in the social panel.

    I speak for a sizable portion of the community when I say that we feel that without 24hr time in the clock, many players simply won't take your game seriously. If Uber can't figure out 24hr time, how can they balance an RTS? These people won't post, they'll just leave the community, pausing only to rate the game a zero on metacritic.

    This feature is essential to the success of this game. The lack of it is really causing me to lose faith in Uber and potentially DOOMING the game.

    I look forward to you rectifying this and posting a personal apology to me.
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  2. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    or they could make an option in settings.

    Americans live by 12hr time. It would be awkward for them to permanently switch it to 24hr for lots of people.
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  3. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    Why not just put it as option? :p

    PS: OMG I ninja'd :eek:
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  4. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    gr8 b8 m8 i r8 it an 8/8 plz don't h8 :D
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  5. temeter

    temeter Well-Known Member

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    Or they could just go with the times and switch to a reasonable system :p
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  6. wondible

    wondible Post Master General

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    You could probably even detect the system format. Although, that might have to be done three times, so an in-game setting could actually be cheaper from a development perspective.
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  7. matizpl

    matizpl Well-Known Member

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    I DISAGREE, Uber, for the love of all that is holy, please reconsider, the AM/PM system is critically important to the Release, a sacred graal. We really need to think 1.0 Release - Short Term vs Long Term, otherwise there will be Another G.W. thing. Uber, this was a bad idea. We need to include this in The List of Finishing Touches yet to be implemented. We also need to ask ourselves what defines thread hostility and most importantly, Does uber really hate backers? If we have 24h system being given out, whats the point of backing?
    Why an in game AM/PM time is more important now than later;
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    I hope you all understood how right I am and if my idea gets implemented, the game will for sure be a huge success! If not, you obviously have no clue how to make games and guess how many sales will you make? Zero.
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  8. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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  9. killerkiwijuice

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    i'm done
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  10. Abaddon1

    Abaddon1 Active Member

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    It took mere seconds to implement 24 hour time in FAF. Uber is just lazy/incompetent for not having this essential feature. :rolleyes:
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  11. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    A completely inappropriate troll, Quitch. Come on.
  12. Abaddon1

    Abaddon1 Active Member

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    Eh it seemed more like blatant satire of the forums the past few days than trolling.
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  13. mgmetal13

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    FINE UBER, I'm gonna make my own video game!!! With blackjack...and hookers....!!
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  14. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    He's literally lambasting everyone for being concerned about core features of the game. I appreciate satire in a very broad sense, but this is just.....too much. Tone it down a notch, Quitch.
  15. paulusss

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    24 hour system or the 12 hour AM/PM system seriously if you worry about these kind of things, or either don't understand 1 of the 2 then my verdict is simple......GO BACK TO SCHOOL! :p
  16. thepilot

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    What if they can't figure out 12hr time then?

    I fear that a 24hr clock will do more harm than good to the community. I've seen that happening in the past in some games I won't name.

    Also, Uber probably can't delay the release 3 weeks for implementing the 24hour clock.
    Their vision of the 24 hour clock is not that easy to do.

    It took them a week to implement the 14hr clock in the first place.
    Last edited: July 26, 2014
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  17. thepilot

    thepilot Well-Known Member

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    The clock inside FAF is displaying AM/PM correctly, so while trolling, you are actually arguing for me, not against :)
  18. BradNicholson

    BradNicholson Uber Employee Uber Alumni

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    It's probably bad that I couldn't tell if joking initially, right?
  19. Quitch

    Quitch Post Master General

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    The fate of the game is no joke, Brad.
  20. Col_Jessep

    Col_Jessep Moderator Alumni

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    I'll ask neutrino to change the time into a mix of hexadecimal and binary. That inconveniences everybody. Perfect compromise, right?
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