Community Review
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Toiletprincess
The Eternal Dinosaur
Most of the Blocktopia events held are not Australia-friendly
Like on Saturday I have to get up early because I'm attending an event that's on in the early times of the morning for me whoopee X_X
Like on Saturday I have to get up early because I'm attending an event that's on in the early times of the morning for me whoopee X_X
zezmi
The noob himself
In the nearly 2 years I have been on Blocktopia there have been many 'discussions' regarding the meeting time, and changing it. The thing is, the meeting time has never changed, ever. In this conundrum there is no 'best way out', someone will be unhappy, one time worldwide can not be convenient to everyone. Meetings are fun, however, if you cannot attend them you may read the recap, if you wish to hear it ask Mikey or David.
(I think our problem is the sun, the sun really screwed us over in this whole' time-zone' crap, why not just get rid of the sun?)
(I think our problem is the sun, the sun really screwed us over in this whole' time-zone' crap, why not just get rid of the sun?)
I hate that, here's an event let's hope you don't have your laptop over heat or your connection to drop or feel the need to sleep (And people mocked me when my connection dropped last LMS event -.-)
Horrible
A pathetic creature of meat and bone.
There have been issues with meeting times since meetings first had a time. No matter what time the meetings are changed to, a good percentage of the community will be unhappy. Thankfully, meeting attendance isn't overly important - they're recapped and logged, and then posted on the forums for everyone to read/comment on.
Alternatively, we can have special additional meetings, set up when and for any topics that require everyone involved to be present.
Or we could have a bot replay the meeting at a second time with another logger present, so that people who couldn't be there the first time can listen/add to it without having to deal with recordings/whatnot. This runs into the same issue as recordings, but hopefully this is a bit more involved.
We've been down that road, tried that. Most recordings weren't downloaded more than a few times, if at all. The problem with a recording is that people don't feel involved, which means they don't participate and they can't contribute.
Alternatively, we can have special additional meetings, set up when and for any topics that require everyone involved to be present.
Or we could have a bot replay the meeting at a second time with another logger present, so that people who couldn't be there the first time can listen/add to it without having to deal with recordings/whatnot. This runs into the same issue as recordings, but hopefully this is a bit more involved.
Psycho
Insufficient Data
What about having a meeting for the other side of the world to test it out for once? I don't know the exact time that would be appropriate for them, but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt since there are meeting recaps that everyone can read. This test meeting could see how many people join in on the other side of the world and could keep them happy because at least you're trying to cater a meeting for them.
Jayfeather
Gay Magician
One person's dropped connection is not the fault of the whole, so meetings don't suddenly stop when 1 in 45 people can't connect.
Attending meetings are not even important, we have recaps that tell you what happened in a much more concise and less round about way
I listened to a bit of a recorded meeting once, it was a fancy meeting (100th or something). Beyond that, I haven't listened to or joined any meetings. The recordings are as said above, you feel left out. And the actual meetings are on a day and time that I'm almost always otherwise busy.
Fiestaguy
The man with 8 fingers.
Yeah but being there live gives you the feeling of interaction. Making fun with the other listeners in the TS chat. Sitting, waiting in the lobby, excited for the meeting channel to open up. It's an experience on it's own and definitely better than reading a small recap list.
The timezone is fine for me. Its just a meeting I mean really just read it when it gets posted on the forums. If you really want to make it then youll go to the meeting no matter what time zone.
Edit--
However mayhe if enough people want it changed then the meeting could be held at a different time during the summer? Just ideas here. I personally could care less
Edit--
However mayhe if enough people want it changed then the meeting could be held at a different time during the summer? Just ideas here. I personally could care less
Fiestaguy
The man with 8 fingers.
It's not that i can't come out of something i can prevent. It's because i'm to deliver all technical assets downstairs at 22:30, THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE MEETING DAMNIT. And then i can't join.
Horrible
A pathetic creature of meat and bone.
I know what you're saying, but most of the administration staff are European (actually, I think it might be all at this point), Yet they still often find the time to have a presence there.
As it is, the current time works reasonably well for everyone outside of asia, and everyone knows when it is. Changing the time will create weeks of people asking "when is the meeting?" or "did I miss the meeting?" and won't solve anything.
Any earlier and people in the US are still in work/school. Any later, and people in the UK are fast asleep.
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I'm sorry, but we simply can't schedule the whole community around one member's bedtime. That's not feasible, nor is it reasonable.
(PS - not all of us who prefer the current time are Americans.)
I'm referring to events not meetings.
Meetings since as far back as I remember have been at the time it is now. It was never changed because where it stood now was clearly the best time. In this time it is perfect for our largest playerbase (americans) and not too extremely late for europeans.
Having two meetings would be very redundant. If that were to happen, we would lose a large amount of people at meetings. Also, events would be very challenging to do for two groups of meetings.
To be frank, I doubt the meeting time will ever change because of a minority issue.
Having two meetings would be very redundant. If that were to happen, we would lose a large amount of people at meetings. Also, events would be very challenging to do for two groups of meetings.
To be frank, I doubt the meeting time will ever change because of a minority issue.
