Quake Live gets designated day for updates
Quake Live forum administrator “marty” informed fans of the browser-based shooter that all planned updates will happen on Tuesdays going forward. A move to help players schedule ladder and other matches accordingly to avoid service interruptions and let players plan ahead of time.
Here’s what “marty” had to say:
“In an attempt to allow all of you a greater ability to plan your play schedules – particularly those of you running and playing in external events, ladders, leagues, etc. – we’re going to begin updating QUAKE LIVE exclusively on Tuesdays. This does not mean that every Tuesday we will have an update, just simply that if we do have an update planned, it will occur on a Tuesday. We’ll try to alert you the week before an update is planned both through the forums and through a Tweet. This does not include any emergency maintenance or patches that may be required, but those are very rare.”
This works great for all involved. The developers won’t be pressured to roll out updates as soon as possible. They can instead put it off until a Tuesday when players will be expecting it.
He also when on to mention an update that will be rolling out tomorrow.
“With this new policy now in place, we’d also like to let you know that we have a fairly large update planned for next Tuesday (July 14). We are currently planning to take the site down in the late morning (U.S. Central Time) and be down for 3-4 hours. As always, you can get instant site status notifications by following us on Twitter. We’ll post a complete list of changes, additions, and other information with the update.”
Plan accordingly guys. I’ll post what the updates were as soon as they release the info (probably tomorrow).
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