IRC Q&A With Developers

[Feanux]

Thank you to everyone for showing up and supporting HoN! We had a great time and we will be having more events like this in the future!

The entire chatlog can be viewed here: http://pastebin.com/tez9GH54 (shout-out to Farm0z for the log)

If you'd like to talk about HoN more, go ahead and join the IRC network!
Network: irc.s2games.com (http://irc.s2games.com/) (Port 6667)
Channel: #HoN

You can download IRC Clients at http://www.mirc.com (http://www.mirc.com/) (windows) or http://www.xchat.org (http://www.xchat.org/) (multi-platform)

Thank you!

[Kaesetorte]

first page? :O

do i need to install a client or is there a way to just click a link ?

edit: Oh :D

[Yukari]

Gogogo!

Edit: Oh **** it's working

[Mazinkaiser]

wewt

[BlueHy]

First.....one word Nice

[Tripwyr]

Sounds great. This is why you've been ignoring me? Sheesh

[Meradanis]

That does sound very interesting indeed. :)

I'm a bit confused about the fact that you have to submit your questions in advance, maybe I'm missing the point here. Am I right to assume that everyone can join the IRC chat and follow the Q&A, but some kind of moderator is going to chose the people who are allowed to ask questions ? And since the people in the pool submitted their questions in advance, the moderator will basically know what they are going to ask ?

[fredster]

nice post the questions and answers here later

[TaySwiftblad]

yet another very useful move by s2!

[ProdigyLLM]

First Page

What do you consider an inappropiate question? Something that may compromise you?

[Red``]

Woot

[Rikomi]

The two questions I will be asking on friday:

In the near future, will you bring back Legion vs Hellbourne mode. Will you re-add the checkbox when creating a game that restricts hero selection to the side you are on.

and

Capture the flag. Do you think HoN will have this mode ever?

[McWonk]

I'll be there. first page.

[MacroReal]

Finally..

Its been some while since i wanted to thank s2 for doing a usefull thing for the community..

Thanks for answering our questions!

Edit: Not negative, but more a relief, that s2 is trying to communicate with community because lately hon is steadily getting pwned and people needs answer and a eta for the fix, but now we can get the answers we want. Hopefully..

[majkzor]

first page :scou:
nice, i'll be there!

[Aya]

Nice. :scou:

[Rordarok]

Nice.

[Doggan]

First Page

What do you consider an inappropiate question? Something that may compromise you?

Likely something along the lines of "Herp derp, why does S2 suck and make terrible decisions?"

[Pro_voke]

page 1 post see you there

[Archi]

Nice. :scou:
We'll be there also! :scou:

[twizzR]

First page trololo

Ill be there

[ItchyTits]

some1 ask about custom maps! im too lazy

[`Kai]

Oh, I have a question, how long it will take to make the game/servers stable ???

[Ir3]

First: Why MM is down again?
Second: Why dont u hire someone from "LoL" team? maybe he will be able to fix it
Third: What should i do for have a full refound of my 30$ since this game never work?

[Esylias]

why is no one from s2games team in chan on?

[DemKy]

question : WHERE IS MAP EDITOR

[HonStinks]

Are you going to post the questions+answers in a topic or do I need to go and idle in some IRC channel waiting for them while being subjected to some horrible anime discussions and attentionwhores advertising recent events in their lives?

[Stryker]

How about: Why aren't replays available anymore?

[cruzifax]

once again you fail with your atempt to interract with the community. you cant just have this ****ing session on quakenet? bullshit and fix your game..

[karma_2012]

would love to ask whats up with all the subliminal programming xD but no way they answer that. not even worth logging into my e-mail for.
guess the lantern infront of the vulcano is the best answer

[Gorb]

once again you fail with your atempt to interract with the community. you cant just have this ****ing session on quakenet? bullshit and fix your game..
What's wrong with another IRC server? Installing an IRC client isn't hard, you can even use Mibbit if you're feeling lazy :)

Mibbit (http://cbe002.chat.mibbit.com/).

[Feanux]

Please keep the questions constructive, ones like
why can't you fix the damn login servers already? or
why not develop new login servers? will be ignored.

[RyanW]

I will aiding in choosing the questions that you email Feanux in addition to moderating the IRC Q/A. The plan is to choose the best/most frequently asked questions out of the list that we have, and simply relay them live to the present developers. Users will be able to sit in and listen to the questions being answered, but there will not be any free time during it to comment. We may allow for more casual talk after the moderation if a few developers wish to stay longer. We'll keep you posted!

[Decency]

I just sent three in. I highly doubt anyone will ask the questions I asked, though they're relevant to the current metagame. I think that's a silly way of picking which questions to answer.

Hopefully I get picked, though. =o

[Donquix]

Please keep the questions constructive, ones like or will be ignored.

what about questions like "why do you ignore questions like "why can't you fix the damn login servers already?" and "why not develop new login servers?"?"

So many quotations and questions marks. so little time.

[Testingrani]

Hope the IRC Q&A goes well.

[`KaiZer]

Are you going to post the questions+answers in a topic or do I need to go and idle in some IRC channel waiting for them while being subjected to some horrible anime discussions and attentionwhores advertising recent events in their lives?

Obviously refering to shammysham

[PineGenie]

June 10th, at 5:30PM (UTC/GMT -4 hours)
I'm confused, isn't GMT UTC+1 in the summer?

[Eishun]

can someone explain briefly about this announcement
i really dont get it

so we submit our Question through e-mail?
and if our question is choosen, it will be announced at IRC?
someone care to explain?

[Schm0ftie]

question : WHERE IS MAP EDITOR

Map Editor is already implemented. Check your Heroes of Newerth folder
for "Editor.bat" and run it.

My Questions will be:

1. After the release of the Map Editor it did not receive any update
(at least non that was mentioned in any patch logs). Will there be
a update for it in the near future or even the final release (away from
beta! )?

2. We already had a answer by [S2]Fielding on the question.
What is about custom map support?
Fielding"]This is on our radar - sorry I didn't reply sooner

I don't have an ETA of anything, but there is some work yet needed to be done to allow our game servers to safely transition between custom multiplayer maps and the hon map (unloading certain resources etc). Basically, it's possible for modded maps to modify some core files that HoN also uses, and we need to do some extra safety-checks to make the servers switch between running a mod map or a hon map safely.

I won't say this is the highest priority right now - we've got some other stuff in the works - but it's definitely on our to-do list. We want to see these custom maps and such just as much as you guys do

Since this answer is more then 3 months ago is there any update on it?

[Avatar]

I'm confused, isn't GMT UTC+1 in the summer?
this:arma:

[Undutchable]

I'm confused, i might get this wrong but:

Why would you let people send in their questions first, and then Q&A trough a chat channel?

If you want live interaction, you go to a chat channel
If you want pre-sent questions, you ask them like this, and then answer them all in a thread so that everyone can read the answers

Just wondering, I appreciate the effort!

[EpicLose]

I'm confused, i might get this wrong but:

Why would you let people send in their questions first, and then Q&A trough a chat channel?

If you want live interaction, you go to a chat channel
If you want pre-sent questions, you ask them like this, and then answer them all in a thread so that everyone can read the answers

Just wondering, I appreciate the effort!

this :scout:

[Roaec]

1. After the release of the Map Editor it did not receive any update
(at least non that was mentioned in any patch logs). Will there be
a update for it in the near future or even the final release (away from
beta! )?

2. We already had a answer by [S2]Fielding on the question.
What is about custom map support?

Since this answer is more then 3 months ago is there any update on it?


s2games just dont care. indie company doesnt know how to lure in ppl huehue)) :mali:

[bigcracker]

since i cant get nmirc to to work i just gonna answer my one question here.

With more and more arena based games coming out and the very popular dota 2,how do you s2 plan to keep a high player count for your loyal fans to keep being able to play games and what do you plan to add to keep getting in new players?

[stony]

@S2Feanux: One advice from S2staff to S2staff: permatime.com is your friend to avoid confusion about timezones ;)

No HoN player here - so no question - just have fun and ignore the trolls :)



In our continuous effort to reach out to the HoN community, we will be hosting a Q/A on our official IRC Network. On Friday, June 10th, at 5:30PM (UTC/GMT -4 hours) – core developers from S2 Games will sit in a moderated chat and answer any questions you may have. In order to submit a question for consideration, please send an email with the subject line "IRC QA" to Feanux@s2games.com

Please follow these guidelines when emailing:


A maximum of 3 questions are allowed to be submitted per person.



You are not required to state your HoN account name in the email, but if you choose to do so, it will be posted along with your question.



Please name the subject of the email “IRC QA”.

Any questions that are inappropriate will be immediately discarded.

Depending on how many questions are submitted, we can’t guarantee that your specific questions will be selected for this Q/A. Below is the information for our IRC Network.

Network: irc.s2games.com (http://irc.s2games.com/) (Port 6667)
Channel: #HoNQA

You can download IRC Clients at http://www.mirc.com (http://www.mirc.com/) (windows) or http://www.xchat.org (http://www.xchat.org/) (multi-platform)

Thank you!

[Feanux]

@S2Feanux: One advice from S2staff to S2staff: permatime.com is your friend to avoid confusion about timezones ;)

No HoN player here - so no question - just have fun and ignore the trolls :)
Nice! Adding it to the main post right now, thanks.


I'm confused, isn't GMT UTC+1 in the summer?
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:00:00 AM clocks were turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 3:00:00 AM for DST, so since we're adding an hour we move closer to GMT (we're normally GMT -5), making it -4.

[Eishun]

From your computer's settings, we estimate that this permatime would be at 04:30 on Saturday, 11 Jun 2011 in your local time zone.

so i need to wake up at 4:30 AM :(

me sad...

[stony]

Nice! Adding it to the main post right now, thanks

Np :) I was tired of all the confusion with the timezones myself when I planned several events for Savage2.

Everyone (including me) had to calculate when the event was on their timezone PLUS all the crap with summer and winter-time (especially here in germany)

Until someone pointed me to that service. DAMNED now its so relaxing :)

[man_guy]

When or is S2 still considering to add mass spectating of currently ongoing games (tournament or otherwise, delayed of course)?

[FullBladder]

I hope someone asks the question:

"Are you aware that some of the S2 members post troll comments, which furthers encourages our community's troll-like behavior "

[Flaghill]

This thread has 50 posts and shows how much people think S2 is going to give real answers to any questions.

You had staff on honcast talk for hours. It doesn't matter if you dodge all the important questions. Just more PR BS so you can say things like improving communication and crap.

And no you shouldn't make a separate forum for threads you don't want to see. If its a bad thread people wont post in it. But i guess you don't want anything to hurt your ego on the front page of GD.

[Mystery_]

This thread has 50 posts and shows how much people think S2 is going to give real answers to any questions.

You had staff on honcast talk for hours. It doesn't matter if you dodge all the important questions. Just more PR BS so you can say things like improving communication and crap.

And no you shouldn't make a separate forum for threads you don't want to see. If its a bad thread people wont post in it. But i guess you don't want anything to hurt your ego on the front page of GD.

Unlike this guy, I am actually interested in hearing your answers Feanux. Emailed.

[Kaee]

We just got a letter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4kxlY2_nqo)

[Feanux]

I'm confused, i might get this wrong but:

Why would you let people send in their questions first, and then Q&A trough a chat channel?

If you want live interaction, you go to a chat channel
If you want pre-sent questions, you ask them like this, and then answer them all in a thread so that everyone can read the answers

Just wondering, I appreciate the effort!
We're going to prescreen some questions, then open it up at times for discussion; the problem we're going to have is trolls, it's going to be annoying, but we'll take all precautions for that and remove/suspend players who intend on doing so.

[Stewiecraft]

Success! It starts 5 minutes after I get home.

[DarklingggFJ]

Are the servers going to go down during this also?

[Rutt`Bapist]

Are the servers going to go down during this also?

Nono not during, they will already be down.. This will just be a LOOK OVER THERE distraction..

They aren't going to answer anything regarding the server stability, issues, or downtime.. Other then maybe answer ONE question and state something along the lines of, "There has been a number of isolated issues that occurred in a rare and inopportune frequency that was all in the past two months. These issues have been resolved and bullshitbullshitbullshit."

The questions they're going to ask are going to be unnecessary to the playing of the game like;

"ZOMG when are we getting match awards!?!?!?"

or

"So I totally made this super cool herpaderp map whens cans we plays its!?"

or

"ZOMG I WANT MOAR STUFFS IN TEH STOOREE" <-(lack of question)

This is just a PR move by S2 to save some face as a lot of players are either simply using HoN as a tool to satisfy their gaming needs while they wait for Dota2.. Or a lot of players have moved to LoL and suffered the less intricate graphics in substitution of RELIABLE game play.

If they really wanted to host a live chat they would let the questions be asked in a live matter, in which all persons in the chat would be squelched and one by one going down the list each person would be unsquelched in a manner to allow them to ask a question and if the person were to blatantly TROLL (and this does not mean ask a question like, "With recent server issues what have you done and what do you plan to do in the future to insure that the stability of the game reaches and maintains a level of satisfaction in the eyes of the every-day-player" (That is not a troll but a question S2 will dodge...)

If they troll kick em, if not do it all live, this "pre-screening" question routine seems like a good way for S2 to put on smiles and laughs about picking some unimportant questions as stated above.

:madm:

[Stewiecraft]

Nono not during, they will already be down.. This will just be a LOOK OVER THERE distraction..

They aren't going to answer anything regarding the server stability, issues, or downtime.. Other then maybe answer ONE question and state something along the lines of, "There has been a number of isolated issues that occurred in a rare and inopportune frequency that was all in the past two months. These issues have been resolved and bullshitbullshitbullshit."

The questions they're going to ask are going to be unnecessary to the playing of the game like;

"ZOMG when are we getting match awards!?!?!?"

or

"So I totally made this super cool herpaderp map whens cans we plays its!?"

or

"ZOMG I WANT MOAR STUFFS IN TEH STOOREE" <-(lack of question)

This is just a PR move by S2 to save some face as a lot of players are either simply using HoN as a tool to satisfy their gaming needs while they wait for Dota2.. Or a lot of players have moved to LoL and suffered the less intricate graphics in substitution of RELIABLE game play.

If they really wanted to host a live chat they would let the questions be asked in a live matter, in which all persons in the chat would be squelched and one by one going down the list each person would be unsquelched in a manner to allow them to ask a question and if the person were to blatantly TROLL (and this does not mean ask a question like, "With recent server issues what have you done and what do you plan to do in the future to insure that the stability of the game reaches and maintains a level of satisfaction in the eyes of the every-day-player" (That is not a troll but a question S2 will dodge...)

If they troll kick em, if not do it all live, this "pre-screening" question routine seems like a good way for S2 to put on smiles and laughs about picking some unimportant questions as stated above.

:madm:

Did you even read the S2Feanux post a efw posts above yours? It states that they want some prescreened questions but will open to discussion for a bit.

[Sell]

Omg it so close, so excited : 3

:scou: Sell

[SirVH]

The question everyone wants to know: is Silhouette goin to be nerfed or should we quit HoN right away?

[Mustekala]

Are you aware about bug that some MATCHMAKING games are recorded as PUBLIC GAMES?

[Ape3000]

We need custom servers with server-side mods like custom maps, custom heroes, and custom items.

[RyanW]

I suggest everyone try to log into the IRC a few hours early so you can make sure everything works properly. We have numerous checks on users who connect to make sure they are not deemed a "bot". If you are caught in the crossfire with our security measures, please PM me on these forums with your IRC Nick, the message you receive when you try to connect, and if possible your IP so I can sort out any bans set easily.

Info again:
irc.s2games.com (port 6667)
#HonQA

[Taumic]

stats not recorded, give me 10 mmr s2 now! i have waited till servers were up and running but you just spit in my face and laugh. 2 game and non recorded

[Rutt`Bapist]

Did you even read the S2Feanux post a efw posts above yours? It states that they want some prescreened questions but will open to discussion for a bit.

You honestly think they are going to answer any hard pressed questions about the recent problems with something OTHER then typical PR bullshit?

[Rutt`Bapist]

I suggest everyone try to log into the IRC a few hours early so you can make sure everything works properly. We have numerous checks on users who connect to make sure they are not deemed a "bot". If you are caught in the crossfire with our security measures, please PM me on these forums with your IRC Nick, the message you receive when you try to connect, and if possible your IP so I can sort out any bans set easily.

Info again:
irc.s2games.com (port 6667)
#HonQA


So not only is the game servers bugged but your IRC servers may be buggy.. Thats priceless.

[RyanW]

So not only is the game servers bugged but your IRC servers may be buggy.. Thats priceless.

Nothing I said stated the IRC server is buggy. We have security measures to prevent bot attacks. If you use mIRC for example, choose a nick, and then just spam info for your "Ident" and "Real Name", you will be flagged as a bot and not able to join.

An example of this Ryan is asdhia@IP * dahsisa. Believe it or not, many IRC users like to input things like this in order to save time for filling out fields. So to answer your question, nothing is buggy.

[Maurodax]

I'm curious, will S2 post the hole Q&A thingie on the forum aswell?
The reason as to why i'm asking is, i'm working the hole day but i would like to know what questions will be asked/answered and so on.

Now that i think about it, maybe my post is stupid.. S2 or someone on the forum usually do it, but i'd like a clarification (Did i spell that right?).

[RyanW]

Just a reminder the Q/A will be approximately 7 and a half hours from this post (5:30 PM EST for me). To connect, please join irc.s2games.com port 6667 and type /join #HoNQA. This channel will be moderated starting a hour before the event.

We have setup another channel at #QAChatter where you can chat live while the moderated Q/A is taking place. From this channel, we will choose users throughout the session to ask live questions to the developers. We suggest everyone connect at least a hour prior (especially people who have not used IRC before). Thanks!

[Ashlan]

i have a question , servers are down because all the people is at the Q/A IRC ? :D

[Ghidoran]

argh

[DemKy]

Cancel Q&A AND GO FIX THE GAME ?? MAYBE ?

[homghomg1]

can someone help me? i downloaded mIRC. i go to file-> select server and type irc.s2games.com but it doesn't work. im in the channel #HoNQA and there's like 3 people and they're telling me to go to http://www.vinthian.com/hon/ which looks like a virus

anyone give me some tips? im not familiar with IRC

[Hoser]

Just kidding.

[homghomg1]

^ i just did that and i got in a channel, but there doesn't seem to be any questions and answers, just people flaming getting kicked and no S2 staff speaking. has the QA begun yet?

[RAAWRR]

^did that and now im in a channel with some guy called mizor whos raging and kicking everyone out of the chan..

[Middag]

For anyone that doesn't want to download an IRC, use a web version:
http://webchat.quakenet.org/

Type in your nickname and then for the channel, type #honqa
Yeah, thats great and all but they are not hosting on quakenet.

[LKWpeter]

these questions are such a joke. just like s2 is

[Hoser]

^ i just did that and i got in a channel, but there doesn't seem to be any questions and answers, just people flaming getting kicked and no S2 staff speaking. has the QA begun yet?

That only works if they host they're channel through quakenet. They're hosting through their own server: irc.s2games.com (Port 6667)
Sorry, my bad.

[WalzY]

i got this, and then i asked a legitimate question about Ra and got banned by "@mizor" for absolutely no reason whatsoever. i was one of the few people not actually flaming and trying to ask a question. I didn't spam, I asked one question along the lines of why Ra wasn't balanced. I'm met with a ban? wth?

"* You were kicked from #honqa by mizor (nooob)" (this was a ban kick) - what kind of professionalism is this s2?

[RAAWRR]

Getrennt (Gegenseite hat den Socket geschlossen) (in english it says that the network closed the socket)

what am i doing wrong?

[homghomg1]

these questions are such a joke. just like s2 is
how did you get on it?

[LKWpeter]

Q1: When creating a new hero, how often do you go to "DREAM" and begin development based on what users have submitted? How much of hero creation is based upon what the programmers / designers want to see put into the game?

Q2: "Any new announcer sound packs in the makings?"

Q3: What made you decide on using Direct3D over OpenGL as the default renderer? Asked By: Gonx

Q4: When is Hellbringer going to get some legs? Sorry, had to ask. Asked By: Rofl_Cake

Just skip that whole show. its embarassing to watch these questions when hon is down over and over again

[DrRisan]

What am I reading? http://gyazo.com/6ac8dac45d4e97060a444fbdd57b7648.png

[Jonatan10]

I'm on #HoNQRelay and all I'm seeing is answers about Hellbringer legs and when new announcherpacks will arrive.. when HoN actually doesn't work. What is going on?

[sn00b`dogg]

Just LMAO

[BURNTpanda]

The two questions I will be asking on friday:

In the near future, will you bring back Legion vs Hellbourne mode. Will you re-add the checkbox when creating a game that restricts hero selection to the side you are on.

and

Capture the flag. Do you think HoN will have this mode ever?
Agreed. and let some russian hackers create OMG mode please. Its so fun.

[WalzY]

fail?

[RAAWRR]

would someone livestream his chatinterface got banned now even tho i didnt succesfully connect

[NoAiM]

Hope S2 will fix the issues soon. Cuz i am getting realyrealy f**cking scared of playing Amnesia... :'(

[homghomg1]

wow this is so frustrating, no one can tell me how to get on it? i know i'm pretty illiterate with this stuff, surely someone here who is reading knows whati need to do...

this is what i'm getting on icechat:

[08:03] ->> Attempting to connect to irc.s2games.com on port 6667
[08:03] ->> Connection Established
[08:03] ->> *** Error: All connections in use
[08:03] ->> Connection closed from irc.s2games.com
[08:03] ->> Attempting to re-connect to irc.s2games.com
[08:03] ->> Waiting 30 second(s) to re-connect - (1 tries)
[08:04] ->> Connect to a server first
[08:04] ->> Re-connecting after wait
[08:04] ->> Attempting to connect to irc.s2games.com on port 6667
[08:04] ->> Connection Established
[08:04] ->> *** Error: All connections in use
[08:04] ->> Connection closed from irc.s2games.com
[08:04] ->> Attempting to re-connect to irc.s2games.com
[08:04] ->> Waiting 30 second(s) to re-connect - (2 tries)

firewall is disabled so i dunno... any response from a moderator or S2 staff who can confirm it's working?

[Exci]

wow this is so frustrating, no one can tell me how to get on it? i know i'm pretty illiterate with this stuff, surely someone here who is reading knows whati need to do...

this is what i'm getting on icechat:

[08:03] ->> Attempting to connect to irc.s2games.com on port 6667
[08:03] ->> Connection Established
[08:03] ->> *** Error: All connections in use
[08:03] ->> Connection closed from irc.s2games.com
[08:03] ->> Attempting to re-connect to irc.s2games.com
[08:03] ->> Waiting 30 second(s) to re-connect - (1 tries)
[08:04] ->> Connect to a server first
[08:04] ->> Re-connecting after wait
[08:04] ->> Attempting to connect to irc.s2games.com on port 6667
[08:04] ->> Connection Established
[08:04] ->> *** Error: All connections in use
[08:04] ->> Connection closed from irc.s2games.com
[08:04] ->> Attempting to re-connect to irc.s2games.com
[08:04] ->> Waiting 30 second(s) to re-connect - (2 tries)

firewall is disabled so i dunno... any response from a moderator or S2 staff who can confirm it's working?
You wouldn't be able to get in the channel anyway:
-Global- #HonQA is now set to invite mode only. If you want to get info, please find someone in the channel who is willing to paste the log for you. Log pasting is not allowed in #QAChatter. Q/A is beginning now

[Jonatan10]

Seriously, this is embarrising.. I don't care about hellbringer legs or korean flag symbols..

Why bother if you're not gonna answer the real questions?

When will it all work?

[DemKy]

Seriously, this is embarrising.. I don't care about hellbringer legs or korean flag symbols..

Why bother if you're not gonna answer the real questions?

When will it all work?

Welcome sir, this is S2, they act like China
you wont have any "real question", only stuff about leg... femal alt avatar... Goblin monkey... next 9000 coins announcement... etc

[Caboose]

If anyone is trying to connect through the Verizon Wireless network (either using an application on your phone or by tethering), you should know that Verizon blocks IRC. I'm reading that people are able to bypass this restriction by using SSL, but it doesn't seem like S2's servers support SSL.

[error_exe]

cant connect...

Q1: When will breaky announcer come to newerth?
Q2: When will breaky announcer come to newerth?
Q3: When will breaky announcer come to newerth?


hopefully there will be a summary of this Q;A with most popular questions

[Munken``]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=278094
for everyone whos not on irc

[JJJJules]

Im so pissed... i thought the questions and answers would be recorded here.. so i didnt listen. Great!

[Munken``]

im recording them on my pastebin fyi

[ToxicMonkey]

No real questions being answered, except for some about the map editor and a few of the recent patch changes... Oh, and "TEA TIME", which is obviously a British Announcer Pack coming.

Why did I stay up for this? :\

[JJJJules]

im recording them on my pastebin fyi

THANKS! are they done or even close yet?

[Munken``]

they look pretty much done now

[JJJJules]

None of my questions have been answered..

[ToxicMonkey]

It's nearly over now.

It's nice to hear that they're working to get more newbie-friendly features at least...

[DarkLynx]

Really? you're holding a Q&A while the servers are offline? Nice way to create rage amongst the community ._.

[ToxicMonkey]

Really? you're holding a Q&A while the servers are offline? Nice way to create rage amongst the community ._.
The devs aren't in charge of keeping servers up. So it's rather irrelevant.

[Feanux]

Big thanks to everyone for showing up! I've updated the original post with the logs!

[Puro]

I lol'd, nothing of importance was answered.
I was at least HOPING, but nah..

I want to know when the new shop that Diva talked about on Honcast is being released, and when the secret shop is being put back into the game, but nooooooo let's rather answer questions like "WHY R THERR NO BS REMEJK?!?" or "WHY I KENT KEYBIND?!".

Way to go..

[JJJJules]

Well none of mine were answered. lols.

[Dafcee`]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=278193]

For the chatlogs for those who didn't have time to see the live Q&A!

[Partyparty]

I got 2 of my questions answered :D

Only sad thing about this Q/A was that Feanux said some staffmembers will stay in the channel to further chat with the community, but the only guy staying and chatting was Nigma. And for him it was 01:00 -01:30 AM.

I really appreciate what Nigma is doing for S2 and for us the community as a volunteer. Kinda disappointed of the others.

[LuckMuppet]

I lol'd, nothing of importance was answered.
I was at least HOPING, but nah..

why do you think the questions had to be submitted early for screening?

[RyanW]

why do you think the questions had to be submitted early for screening?

Half of the questions answered were received live from the IRC users watching. There wasn't any huge screening..

[Leet_Rider]

Thank you to everyone for showing up and supporting HoN!

People didn't show up because they support HoN, they showed up hoping for some useful information.

[korDen]

Not sure why my post was deleted.
Oh, well. At least I hope next Q&A will be better.

[NoAiM]

why is it everytime i log in i am disconnected from "chat server" But i cany play Tmm and i dont see how many that is online and none of my friends is showed in the list of online friends??
ANNOYING! This bollocks has been going on for more then 2 weeks now and i hope that u can manage to solove this server and overall HoN issue... We all payed 30 $ for this game and its pretty much your responebility to fix any incoming problem. Have a nice day and keep the spirit up/on.. W/e... Peace

[The_VOLGA]

Any chance of a CO OP mode like Last Stand from Dawn of War 2?

And also I am tired of these maps. Can we get a new map?

[Flaghill]

This thread has 50 posts and shows how much people think S2 is going to give real answers to any questions.

You had staff on honcast talk for hours. It doesn't matter if you dodge all the important questions. Just more PR BS so you can say things like improving communication and crap.

And no you shouldn't make a separate forum for threads you don't want to see. If its a bad thread people wont post in it. But i guess you don't want anything to hurt your ego on the front page of GD.

As predicted nothing important was said in the Q&A. But at least you some of you have common sense to do kongor changes and nerfs on OP heroes after deluded devs think they know it all and what they said is law.

[Robbo]

<@[S2]Deejay> Direct3D, in general, is easier to work with for doing more advanced things and usually leads the way in new features. We still wanted to make sure we had Linux and Mac support, so we try to keep our OpenGL renderer in feature parity with our D3D renderer.

This is where I stopped reading. I believe this translates to "We only knew Direct3D so we used it, even though OpenGL is cross platform, ahead of Direct3D, easier to use and simply the better choice."

OpenGL is known for being far easier to work with and has always been able to do everything Direct3D could do, often more things and better. If you tested your OpenGL renderer on windows it would probably run faster as well.

I suggest you educate yourselves. http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/01/Why-you-should-use-OpenGL-and-not-DirectX

Or at least give a real answer like "Our developers are more experienced with Direct3D so we used it instead and ported to OpenGL for Linux and Mac when we got the chance" <- most likely more truth in that.

[Gorb]

So you stopped reading the entire Q&A because of one answer that doesn't impact on any subsequent question at all?

If they find DX easier to work with, they find DX easier to work with. The blog you linked has a significant bias against DirectX, and while it makes many good points, as the first commenter pointed out - they're just two competing APIs. That blog promotes one of them, just like other articles and press events will promote DirectX.