[cod] CoD:WAW... still nothing on linux front...

John Kennington jwkennington at gmail.com
Mon Dec 8 11:11:54 EST 2008


Has anyone thought about looking at this from a business perspective?  What
would happen if Treyarch actually did better than IW?

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Caleb Stephens <csteph9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow! Botched!  I was listening to I think last weeks Bashandslash round
> table, and one of the fellas said that he thought WaW would be dead if they
> just didn't get in the server redirect in by Christmas.  I'd tend to agree
> with that.
>
> The linux port is just as valuable IMO.  In that same roundtable, someone
> made the comment that the number of servers online was far lower than COD4s
> at the same time in the release schedule.  But nobody mentioned the Linux
> port not being out for WaW lol.  Had the linux bins been out, we probably
> would have had at least 5 servers up.  that's just one clan ... extrapolate
> that out ...
>
> What can we do as a community to influence IW to develop their servers on
> Linux as they test and develop COD6, and then have native Linux support
> right out of the gate? (and then they can perhaps work on the Windows port
> to be released a month or two after game launch?)
>
> Am I the only one that thinks this is a no-brainier?
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:51 AM, James Landi <jim at landi.net> wrote:
>
>> We (Jock, PSTjoker, Garetjax and myself) had Josh (the community manager
>> for Treyarch) last night (Bashandslash.com round table).  When asked about a
>> patch he said, not sure but I would guess after the holidays as everyone is
>> on vacation now or soon.
>>
>> We also brought up the linux bits and was told they are between Ryan and
>> Activision QA (ryan fixing things as Act finds bugs).  if you put 1 and 1
>> together you can see that it may take the 1.2 patch for the linux bits to be
>> released.  Thus after the new years.
>>
>> Again take this with a grain of salt, as it's not a so called official
>> word but a speculative response from someone at Treyarch NOT WORKING on the
>> game (code wise) so to speak.
>>
>> -Jim Landi
>> Rudedog
>> FPSadmin.com
>>
>> John Kennington wrote:
>>
>>> You see, that is the question.  If he patched to 1.2, then it will be
>>> delayed until after Jan 1.  If he didn't then ATVI is on vacation and the
>>> patch will not be released until they get back.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:31 AM, evolutioncrazy at gmail.com <mailto:
>>> evolutioncrazy at gmail.com> <evolutioncrazy at gmail.com <mailto:
>>> evolutioncrazy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    they can delay the 1.2 path to the 2015 ... I do not care...
>>>
>>>    I'm just waiting a linux dedicated binary :|
>>>
>>>    Did ryan ported directly the 1.2 so we will have to wait till the
>>>    1.2 will be officially released? :|
>>>
>>>    John Kennington ha scritto:
>>>
>>>        There is a rumor floating around, I saw it at pbbans, that
>>>        patch 1.2 has been delayed until after Jan 1, 09.  It seems
>>>        that everyone is taking vacation.  I wonder if they know what
>>>        they have done.
>>>
>>>        John
>>>
>>>        On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:24 AM, evolutioncrazy at gmail.com
>>>        <mailto:evolutioncrazy at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:evolutioncrazy at gmail.com
>>>        <mailto:evolutioncrazy at gmail.com>> <evolutioncrazy at gmail.com
>>>        <mailto:evolutioncrazy at gmail.com>
>>>        <mailto:evolutioncrazy at gmail.com
>>>        <mailto:evolutioncrazy at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>           What's the problem with the QA team?
>>>
>>>           wasn't the quality good enough? :(
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>        anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove
>>>        them down the stairs."
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