once again, i'm amused.
its all a matter of perspective. while i agree with certain points, the level of seriousness placed on this is just silly. its a *GAME*. yes i agree there is a level of quality that must be maintained. just the same, MISTAKES happen, and i have to again remind one of Microsoft, where these things do happen ALL THE TIME. what kind of experience at QA do these developers really have? shall we go ahead and EXECUTE them for making a mistake? feel fortunate that the fool that ran us over took us to the hospital. yes it was an accident that shouldn't have happened. perhaps closer attention should have been paid. but WHAT IS DONE IS DONE. after all, he could have LEFT US TO DIE IN THE STREET and hoped there were no witnesses. at least he's willing to take responsibility.
your metaphor that they backed over us is misplaced because that is an intentional act. Larian didn't INTEND for the patch to break something else. BIG difference.
we're all really just begging the question, and while i certainly agree that holding the developers responsible for breaking it in the first place is good in that one expects them to fix it, perhaps one might take the time to suggest that they not worry about rushing to find a patch because the said rush may cause another problem. Have you ever stopped to think that we are partly responsible for the problem because WE are the ones breathing down their necks about the problem in the first place and THEY are feeling a large amount of stress to get their labor of love fixed. yes. labor of love. they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't love what they did.
Oh by the way, all large corps aren't all they're cracked up to be. with many its more about politics and less about your skill or talent. well except your skill and talent at politics. which is true at least for the corporate entities i've worked at. those obviously aren't very big but are machining to be so, and the staff aren't doing it right. this isn't to say that i don't take responsibility for things that have happened to me. i do, before you go firing on me on that tangent. i'm being purely objective here. i'm simply pointing out that in certain cases, IT/QA positions like yours can and have gotten away with BSing their way past a mistake to get it corrected. I've seen it. its all about politics. hence the state of the world.
maybe Larian is trying TOO hard to please us and that is the root of the problem. if that is the case, part of me says: Larian, relax, and take the time necessary regardless of the malcontents of the world. and part of me says, people back off Larian and let them do their job. they are stressed enough already. Be willing to praise them for a job well done rather than focussing on the mistake. positive reinforcement will always work better than negative reinforcement. unfortunately as a society at large, for some reason we are always out for blood. what happened to compassion, forgiveness and love one another?
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