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Originally Posted by pstrickert
That's an interesting phrase -- "take advantage of." I hate to say it, but I think Markus has taken advantage of people in the best sense of the term . . . and the worst. Case in point: Eugene's post on the beta board. Three months have gone by with no reply from Markus. Why? Eugene has busted his butt to improve the news stories (and, to a lesser extent, the PbP) in OOTP -- all with little help from Markus. What does he get for it? Nothing. Markus just blows him off. It's hard not to feel insulted, even if Markus never meant to. (Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case.)
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No, my friend, what you are saying is a bit too harsh. I got a lot from Markus. I got a great baseball game for my efforts and the efforts of many Betas like you and others on the Beta Team. I never regret the time I spent the last three years working on the News and PBP. The time was well spent and worth it. Not tooting my own horn, but the game is better. However it could be much better with a little more direction and interest from Markus. Perhaps all of the various Beta Teams could also put forth the same argument for their favorite part of the game.
There is no way Markus can read everything on the forums, but you are correct when you say he could check the Beta Forum and respond more often. He has listened to me on several occasions. Markus surprised me with players stats like we had in V6.51 in the PBP right at the end of Beta. That was great and seemed to be added in a very short time. I just wish we could have written it and perfected before it went in to the game. My experience with Markus over the past three Betas is he quickly does things and doesn't perfect them as far as text is concerned. That's why I believe he could spend two weeks with with the Text Text and really hone in on the PBP, expand the Hard-Code PBP and really perfect the PBP.
Lack of response from Markus is frustrating. I don't understand why he can't reply to a question after three months on the Beta Forum. I can understand why he doesn't reply here on the other forums. It is just too much material to cover. I would rather him be spending time coding and dealing with the Beta Team.
Over the past six years I have asked Markus to post regular progress reports here on the forum and on the Beta Forums. A monthly report would be great. A three-month report would be acceptable and adequate, too.
Just please communicate more.