CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT.

[futurologists]

CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT Hi, guys! We've received some concerns about waning momentum in the months before Season 2, so we decided to make this post to address them. As a side note, we encourage all players to come to us with any concerns they might have! We always appreciate getting feedback from a direct source. One of the suggestions was to reach the S1 conclusion sooner and open S2 earlier than originally planned. The completion of the current arc is necessary to bring us into Season 2 (it's all connected!) so we can't skip it, but we can attempt to speed it up a little. However, there's also the problem of December -- the holidays are difficult, and we can't re-open the game during them. We've tried to come up with a schedule that will work for everyone, though, which we've detailed below: OCTOBER 12: Return to Oska log. OCTOBER 19: Mission dossier drops. OCTOBER 21: A season finale plotting meme is posted. LATE OCTOBER: Endgame part I log. EARLY / MID NOVEMBER: Endgame part II log. NOVEMBER 18: The last HMD of Season 1 is posted. LATE NOVEMBER: A more concrete timeline from then until the opening of Season 2 will be posted. EARLY DECEMBER: Season 2 info pages go live. MID DECEMBER: Season 2 Test Drive Meme goes up. It will be game canon, but will not be required. This will allow for players who will be around to be able to start playing without a long wait, without making it required for players who might not be around. We understand this is not ideal for all players, but given the difficulties of the holiday season, it seemed the best compromise we could come up with without having to open S2 in February. EARLY JANUARY: Reserves for returning characters will be open for 72 hours, allowing all current players to ensure that no one else apps their character. Afterwards, applications will be open to returning players only for approx. 48 hours before opening to the general public. This is subject to change, but is the current guesstimate. EARLY / MID JANUARY: Apps will close and a CR meme will go up. A few days later, we will put up our first log of Season 2. If this schedule looks acceptable to you, the players, it's what we'll be going with. Don't hesitate to let us know your thoughts! We're posting this because we want to hear them.

Comments

[digiorno]

Honestly this proposed schedule worries me a bit more than the idea of the Season 1 finale heading into the end of November/first week of December. The reason for this is that there is a two-month gap in this proposed schedule between actual game events. That's a massive block of time that I feel would lead to a lot of waning interest and drops. That being said, there isn't much detail here about what the test drive will look like in mid December. No matter how engaging it is, it seems like asking a lot to rely on a test drive to keep interest alive until Season 2. I would personally prefer to stick with the tentative schedule that was proposed in the initial announcement to avoid this long period of essentially dead air.

[futurologists]

Hi, Anne! To address your concerns:

First of all, the season 1 finale was never actually going to be in the end of November or December; actually, the date for the final endgame log has not been changed at all! The original proposed schedule was to have the final log on November 11th, then to open the game again in February. Given the holidays and that we will be having to massively overhaul our information pages, this seemed realistic to us, but we have decided to attempt it in a smaller timespan in order to keep you guys waiting less!

Long story short, this is the shortest wait possible. The wait between the final log and the TDM is approximately one month, and given that the TDM is game canon, we feel that is the closest we can possibly get to including an actual log without upsetting others who might not be around for the holidays. We do understand your concerns and we hear you! However, we'd like to clarify, not just for you but for everyone, that there will have to be a wait between the Season 1 finale and the re-opening. Given the amount of work it takes to keep Futurology running and the amount of overhaul and, essentially, extra work that will be required to move us into Season 2, it is simply impossible for us to move into Season 2 while still running the game.

We're sorry if this was confusing or we were unclear about our previous schedule. Hopefully, this clarifies things a little bit, but please let us know if anything remains unclear.

[digiorno]

Gotcha! My apologies, I misunderstood that information when it first went up. Given that clarification, this does make sense to me, so thank you for taking the time to explain. It's unfortunate that there will be lag time, but there's a lot of work to be done so I do understand that it's unavoidable, and the gap being over the holidays is probably the best case scenario.

On a related note, and I understand if you guys don't have the answer just yet since you're spinning a lot of plates but I thought I'd ask: where in this timeline will more information be released regarding the specifics of season 2 reapps? It looks like late November/early December? Again, it's fine if that doesn't have a deadline yet. The reason I ask is because I've seen a few concerns regarding how extensive the changes will need to be from the first version of the application to the season 2 version, which may also be having an effect on motivation/momentum.

Thank you as always for your flexibility and open communication!

[futurologists]

No worries! We should have the updated application up with the rest of our information pages. Our estimate is that our pages will be live by early December, although our goal is to have them out as early as possible! So expect December but keep your eyes peeled. ;)

[digiorno]

Fantastic, thank you so much!