No I dont. I know they are volunteers, but they have a job to do in this game to. There are ten or more AvA staff members. We shouldnt have to wait seven fricking hours for one of them to fix it. You are new to the AvA so Ill let you on a little hint. Theis happens EVERY time theres an update or new tour. What do you think would happen if the MAs were unflyable for seven hours? I think HTC needs to get a more people on the staff that arent in the central times zone, maybe a brit or two.
Some misconceptions here, perhaps.
First, we receive no advance notice of updates. Yesterday's caught us by surprise, as all updates do. HTC typically implements updates during the middle of the working day, which makes perfect sense. However, with the possible exception of Panzzer of Finland, the implementation also occurs in the middle of our working days. Unless we simply stop working in the middle of the day - as I did today, for example - we can't fix things until the evening.
Second, much as we enjoy our AH virtual companions, we also enjoy our families. This means that most of us won't be able to sit down and take half an hour to set things right in AvA until sometime in the evening.
Third, there are six of us: Fork, Soda, Slash, Duke, Panzzer and me. Not ten or more. Not that having ten or more would make much of a difference; there is going to be lag time between discovery of a problem and being able to set aside some time to fix it.
Fourth, can we be real here? People couldn't log into AvA for Seven Whole Hours. Life as we know it did not end.
Finally - and this is important - this is not our job. This is our hobby. We adjust settings, instead of flying and fighting, not because we relish the colossal egomaniacal power trip of being an AvA staffer, but because we like the AvA and we want to help it live long and prosper. Fork and Soda, in particular, have gone way beyond reasonable expectations over the past few months in order to make your gaming experience more enjoyable. So please pardon us if sometimes we are irritated to hear accusations that we are lazy, biased snobs. It got really old a long time ago.
- oldman
