Jimbodiah Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Seeing as their site still announces the release of 1.0 and nothing since then... Is Squad still in business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, Jimbodiah said: Seeing as their site still announces the release of 1.0 and nothing since then... Is Squad still in business? You're joking, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/forum/11-announcements/ http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/forum/66-the-daily-kerbal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaarst Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 7 minutes ago, Jimbodiah said: Seeing as their site still announces the release of 1.0 and nothing since then... Is Squad still in business? Devnote Tuesdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
problemecium Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Nope. SQUAD is dead and the developers have taken an indefinite vacation from KSP development. Nothing whatsoever has been done on KSP. Oh, except for all that stuff in the weekly devnotes and SQUADCasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snark Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 And all the frequent individual posts from Squad developers here in the forums, responding to individual players' questions and comments, indicating that the devs are not only working full-steam ahead (no pun intended) on the next release, but are also taking the time to actively listen and respond to their users on a daily basis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbodiah Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Maybe put some life back into their site then? Who are the devs here then, I don't see any in the member info column, so how do I know if I'm talking to a 13 year old in a basement or to a Dev? Edited January 17, 2016 by Jimbodiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarStreak2109 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snark Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Jimbodiah said: Maybe put some life back into their site then? What are you talking about? "Their site"? Who do you think runs this website, NASA? This site is teeming with life, there are multiple posts here every day, there's a dedicated "Daily Kerbal" forum that has updates from Squad every single day. What more do you want? 7 minutes ago, Jimbodiah said: Who are the devs then, I don't see any in the member info column, so how do I know if I'm talking to a 13 year old in a basement or to a Dev? The way you tell is that under the poster's name, instead of saying "Members" like it does for you or me, it says "SQUAD staff" in bright orange. Here's an example. They tend to post when a technical question comes up in their area of ownership, where the community isn't already answering the question for them. Thus, for example, NathanKell shows up quite a lot in discussions of heat mechanics, aerodynamics, that sort of thing. RoverDude in discussions about mining, ISRU, or the science lab. Arsonide for contracts. Porkjet for spaceplane parts. Edited January 17, 2016 by Snark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbodiah Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Snark: "Forum" is not "Site". Check the normal site, it announces 1.0 as just released. If I check under announcements here on the forum there is not much activity and the devblogs list some kind of x-mas poster give-away, so no activity there for the last month. RoverDude and Nathan are official Squad employees? Don;t get me wrong, but forum moderators does not mean Squad the company to me. A lot of game forums are run by volunteers/players that have nothing to do with the game itself. Edited January 17, 2016 by Jimbodiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr6150x Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) You can check the Daily Kerbal subforum to check out the dev Dev-Note Tuesday's for information about what's going on. Every week there is an update, and each day something special like modding Mondays or squad cast on thursday. Edited January 17, 2016 by Jr6150x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 11 minutes ago, Jimbodiah said: Snark: "Forum" is not "Site". Check the normal site, it announces 1.0 as just released. If I check under announcements here on the forum there is not much activity and the devblogs list some kind of x-mas poster give-away, so no activity there for the last month. RoverDude and Nathan are official Squad employees? Don;t get me wrong, but forum moderators does not mean Squad the company to me. A lot of game forums are run by volunteers/players that have nothing to do with the game itself. The forum is directly accessible from the kerbalspaceprogram.com landing page. If that is not an indication that this is the “official” forum and not some fansite, then I don’t know what is. Going from said landing page to the forum leads you to the forum main page. The very first category of posts says “Announcements” and has the subtitle News and general ramblings from the KSP Team The second category of posts says “The Daily Kerbal” and has as subtitle “Daily updates from Squad about the Kerbal universe” While it is arguable that “from the KSP Team” does not necessarily means “Squad,” I’d like to see the reasoning why at this point “Squad” would not be “Squad?” Postings in Announcements are either made by “Squad” or by people who are tagged with Squad Staff. All posts in The Daily Kerbal are made by “Squad” With this in mind: Where would one get the impression that this is not the official site, but an independent fan site? How much further does Squad need to go to make this the “official” site, aside from linking to it straight from the landing page of the KSP website and referring to it as “our forum?” Why would, on the official KSP site, people listed as “Squad” and “Squad Staff” not be Squad employees or representatives, but 13 year old script kiddies in their moms basement? Mind you, this site clearly distinguishes between “moderators” and “staff” and we’re talking about staff, not moderators. The Daily Kerbal is updated... well, mostly daily (except for the weekends). How is that “not much activity?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketbuilder Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Kerbart said: snip AND Just scroll to the bottom of the website. Backwards ninja. Edited January 17, 2016 by rocketbuilder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotaru Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) On the main KSP home page, if you scroll down a ways, all the dev notes, news about 1.0.5 and upcoming 1.1, Twitter and Facebook updates, etc. are linked there. As long as you remember to scroll down, even a cursory glance at that page will tell you KSP is still under active development. Edited January 17, 2016 by Hotaru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shirt Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Jimbodiah, just scroll to the bottom of the main site page. Latest news is listed there and updates daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Search-fu has failed that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbodiah Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Look I think you are not getting what I mean with "site". I mean site as in the static www content you get when you go to KSP, the page that has the 1.0 announcement. The forum is official, I did not say that, but as a lot of official game forums are not run by the actual devs, As per your point 2: As I spent a lot of time on other game forums where mods were just regular users that had been there for a long time and got appointed to official status without being employed etc. Hence "Squad Staff" could just be joe-schmoe who is a cool guy and got appointed that title to keep some order on the forums in his free time. As per 3. I don't come there as when I did there was not much to see and just the same people chatting over some coffee as all the other topics. Apparently I stepped on some toes of Squad groupies... I will refrain from posting here in the future. It's not my business that their site (not forum dangit!) is outdated and gives the impression the game is getting stale. And I won't even go to asking about any info regarding 1.1, as that is a banning offense for some reason. Edited January 17, 2016 by Jimbodiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 5 minutes ago, rocketbuilder said: And on the website, click community and scroll to the bottom. BANG! The Daily Kerbal. And when one scrolls a bit further down on the main page.. KSP NEWS (most recent entry: January 13, 2016). Bazinga! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketbuilder Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 2 minutes ago, Jimbodiah said: snip Just scroll down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanKell Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 59 minutes ago, Jimbodiah said: Maybe put some life back into their site then? Who are the devs here then, I don't see any in the member info column, so how do I know if I'm talking to a 13 year old in a basement or to a Dev? How did you get in my basement!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 SQUAD groupies, he calls us. Then leaves in a huff. And this guy's post count is at nearly 600. Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethon Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Lol. I do miss having an active community manager. Rowsdower was always here, constantly posting, and a very approachable, friendly, funny person. We're less without him or someone like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybert Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 8 minutes ago, NathanKell said: How did you get in my basement!? Vanamonde let us in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbodiah Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 25 minutes ago, NathanKell said: How did you get in my basement!? More like a RO dungeon gheghe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcirish3 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Kerbart said: Postings in Announcements are either made by “Squad” or by people who are tagged with Squad Staff. By the way Squad Staff does indicate Squad employees, Volunteer moderators have moderator under their name like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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