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Post by Daniel Everland on Jul 15, 2014 13:24:47 GMT 1
Weekly Test Hour
Introduction
As always we feel like it's important to thank you. We've gone through extensive tests on this server, and thus the launch of version 1.9 has been relatively smooth on live servers (so far!). This is largely due to your continuous support. For that the entire dev team thanks you!
With that said, one of the inherently downsides of US, which I get the impression most users agree with, is the size. Stress on servers create issues you would never have been able to detect on a server that isn't running into a whole lot of resistance. To do what's called a stress test on US we've decided to implement what we call Weekly Test Hour. We believe this will be beneficial to all parties as it will also cause a spike in traffic on US - something you've been begging for.
Technical Details
So how does this work? How are we going to make everyone play every at a specific time every single week? By specifying what time to do so! Check the time further down the post.
For this to work it's important we all have to join the same game every week. To make sure we don't play the same game every week, we're going to have a vote for which game to play every wednesday. This also gives you a chance to get more plays on your game. Additionally, whoever wins the poll will receive the  Game Of The Week badge! So how do we determine which games are going to be in the poll? That's simple! Simply send me a link to your game and it will be in next weeks poll. Once your game has won you the game of the week it will no longer be able to enter the competition.
Times
We're gonna do this every Wednesday at;
West Coast (PDT): 1 PM If none of these time zones covers your are, please use worldtimebuddy to convert it to your local time. |
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Post by Jatsu on Jul 15, 2014 14:35:41 GMT 1
Thank you for the heads up. Seems there will be plenty of time to test in between now and a month from now. Was there anything in patch 1.9 players and testers should be aware of?
If I may offer a suggestion, it may be beneficial to create a public news post on the server to maximize attention for the game you want to stress test. The reason being that not all players on the server visit the forum, so right off the bat you will have a sufficient amount of players being unaware of this event. An additional reason for this suggestion is due to the events on the BR and EU servers. Based on my observations, whenever a game is mentioned on the weekly content highlights, they receive a massive amount of plays and attention the following several days. Therefore, a news post would likely attract more attention to the game you want to perform your stress tests on.
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Post by Daniel Everland on Jul 15, 2014 14:53:03 GMT 1
Great suggestion, I'll look into it  |
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Post by Linkky on Jul 15, 2014 17:03:33 GMT 1
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Post by Rubix on Jul 15, 2014 20:55:42 GMT 1
I would like to enter my game, Sandbox Free Build in the poll.  (A place where you can relax, build and not be killed) < That rhymed.  |
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Post by De Lírios on Jul 15, 2014 21:25:21 GMT 1
Can I suggest a game that's not mine? I can see a plenty of games that deserves more attention and the owners aren't around to submit...
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Post by Linkky on Jul 15, 2014 21:57:09 GMT 1
I can see a plenty of games that deserves more attention and the owners aren't around to submit... That is why I submitted WestoGaMa. It didn't get too much attention. |
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Post by Codrew on Jul 15, 2014 22:49:59 GMT 1
Can I suggest a game that's not mine? I can see a plenty of games that deserves more attention and the owners aren't around to submit... That is why I submitted WestoGaMa. It didn't get too much attention. but that game is yours, so that is unrelated to De's question. |
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Post by Codrew on Jul 15, 2014 22:50:32 GMT 1
Does this have to be new games, or can it include games we have already published?
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Post by Daniel Everland on Jul 15, 2014 23:47:10 GMT 1
You can suggest any game you'd like, yours or not, new or old |
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Post by Therax on Jul 16, 2014 1:03:42 GMT 1
I would like to enter my game "Battlecon".
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Post by Linkky on Jul 16, 2014 1:45:20 GMT 1
That is why I submitted WestoGaMa. It didn't get too much attention. but that game is yours, so that is unrelated to De's question. Yes, but I was only saying that because of the second line he wrote. I could edit that so it wouldn't seem like it is unrelated to his question.
Edit:Done! |
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Post by GodCreator on Jul 16, 2014 2:10:11 GMT 1
The entire us server will play this one world? OR the entire community?
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Post by Linkky on Jul 16, 2014 2:43:46 GMT 1
So, I have to go to a party tomorrow...
Good thing that party is at 7:00 PM.
I can't wait to see who's game is first. ;P
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Post by swarm on Jul 16, 2014 3:41:31 GMT 1
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