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this.

start putting out permanent updates and release em during the holidays.

Just finished testing the events with Kale. I think you guys are going to like it--it's a lot of fun :).

Right now we're planning on releasing it on Christmas day around 8 PM EST but that time could change significantly. The launch itself is not important so don't be too bummed if you miss it. It's just hard for us to schedule it since all of the involved people are away with family. Sorry we can't give an exact time.

I was going to let this be a surprise at the end of the week, but I'll reveal now that the things we've developed won't go away, although there's still good reason to play now (lots of new items, etc. won't be available later).

Merry Christmas!

So perm updates? Very hot. So the release is now on the 26th??

Sorry, I've been up so long I've got my dates confused. We'll release on the 25th around 8 PM EST. Same as originally planned/announced.

awesome!

14 people online at the moment. Waiting for the Event :D !

I hate doing this but at this point it looks like we may not be able to release tonight. I'm staying with family now who don't have any access to the internet (bandwidth caps on their satellite internet, they're in the middle of nowhere). I'm posting this from my phone right now and am trying to tether my computer.

If I can get it working at all we'll try releasing. If not it'll probably have to wait until tomorrow.

Hopefully this doesn't cause too many problems. Again, a release tonight is still possible but is looking very unlikely. I'll try to keep you updated.

edit: at this point we're planning on releasing on the 26th but not sure about the time, I haven't been able to contact Tig yet to work that out.

Per Chris Vimes (cbk1994)

Regarding Christmas updates:

They're done, but not on the main server yet.

I was supposed to have internet where I am right now, but apparently the family whose house I'm staying at reached their bandwidth cap (they have satellite internet) and it got shut off. I managed to tether to my phone right now but my latency is ridiculous and I keep getting disconnected since I'm in the middle of nowhere.

I've tried contacting Tig via IM and phone and can't reach him anywhere, so there's no way for me to get the updates out tonight (he's the only one who can do them).

At this point I'm guessing updates will be transferred some time tomorrow night (about 22 hours roughly).

If anyone has any questions I can try to answer them. Sorry about that, but I hope you'll find it's worth the wait.

I am guessing there is some sort of game ending bug on the server that Stefan needs to log on to fix like last time tight?

Looking forward to not enjoying the new updates. I really hope you can pull through and release something worth while. Maybe you can start to turn he server around. Good luck and keep up the hard work.

cbk we believe in you

Oh I didn't miss anything, are they up yet?

na

cool

I finally made it to reliable internet, now we're just cleaning up one bug and doing a final bout of testing. It should be on the server in an hour or so.