For the reason that I expressed previously in this thread?
Kind of. It isn’t specifically set for +7 days, but you are correct that I don’t make a new timer for every EOR.
It’s tied to the same value in the database that determines the actual end. The forum post is more manually managed which allows for human error, which is what happened this time.
The initial post has now been fixed btw.
Don’t take it personally. 
Your other comment was kind of assholish and I’m not against returning it to players when they pull that shit on me.
Claiming that “nobody cares” rubs me the wrong way given the time I put into this. I’ve had limited net access over the last few days and last night didn’t realize that I overlooked an unanswered thread. The players have every right to not care about my excuses, but it doesn’t mean I have to be a doormat either. I lost the energy to be nice all the time months ago.
Besides, something like that really should go in the questions forum. The staff will see that way faster than it being a random comment in a 6 week old thread. FWIW though, I appreciate you pointing out that the initial post here had bad info.
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I don’t see how stating a simple fact:
“meanwhile Pie is posting 8 part posts in the next rounds MW thread but won’t comment on what is happening this round.”
Is being “assholish” … you were making 8 parts posts for next rounds MW thread, and you were not commenting on what was happening this round.
And nobody did care … it seems I am the only one who noticed or cared MW was possibly ending 24 hours after it should… I didn’t say that to be an asshole… again, it was the simple truth.
But I definitely get how putting a lot of time in something only to have people be assholes to you is frustrating. I put a ton of time into this round, only to have the Dev ignore my PMs, refuse to answer a simple question “when is the galaxy ending” and then pretty much call me an asshole.
Lord_Pickle1d
MaceWindex:
Because Wednesday is amazing
What? You don’t have to comment on everything just for the sake of making a comment
What you got something against hump day. 
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I didn’t say it wasn’t accurate. You can be correct and still be an asshole. The part that makes it a dick move is assuming why I wasn’t responding, and claiming that it’s because I don’t care.
Unless you can read my mind and say for 100% that you know I don’t care, you cannot say “nobody did care” and claim it as any kind of truth. Posting that I don’t care is an asshole move. It’s my fault that you think that to begin with, and I accept that, but it doesn’t make it any less of an asshole thing to say.
Here’s the thing: since last Friday I haven’t had reliable net access or even access to my computer. This is why I wasn’t there for IC-Radio. It was supposed to happen without me and I still don’t know why it didn’t, because I have a thousand other things to catch up on.
I’m going to also be away this Thursday and Saturday because of more personal shit I have going on.
Again, I don’t expect the players to care about that. I have a job to do here and if I’m not here to do it things go wrong. I get it. This is why I don’t bother explaining why I’m away more lately or what else is going on in my life. I’m sure some of you might find it interesting but playing the sympathy card doesn’t produce a good game. In the end I have to keep my shit together no matter what.
That’s what makes your comment an asshole comment. It’s the entitlement. I’m up last night till 5am catching up as much as I can for IC because the dev process (another thing you guys have every right to not care about) is still broken and then I remember that I still need to catch up on chat and forums.
I accidentally overlooked it. It didn’t show up for me as “unread replies”. I’m not intentionally ignoring anybody, and I don’t even see your PMs. I’m not saying you didn’t send them, but I don’t see them.
It’s the “8 part post” thing that sells your comment as being snarky. The implied problem is that I’m being my usual wordy self (like I am now) for something that isn’t urgent but am actively not saying anything for something that is clearly urgent. WTF pie get your priorities together amirite?
Yeah, except I didn’t know this was a problem until after I turned off my computer, after I stayed up all night trying to catch up, after nearly 4 days of practically no access to the game.
My bad dude. Next time I’ll stay up till 6 am instead. Who needs sleep anyway right?
I’m glad we can sympathize with each other. It sucks doesn’t it?
Now just imagine that you’re playing IC for money that you count as part of your personal income so that you can afford to put time back into keeping your family on top. Unfortunately you miss a question from a teammate who is now pissed because they think you are actively ignoring them, and start throwing snarky comments at you and talking about how they’re the only one who cares about the family rank, despite the fact that you yourself have been putting in time trying to keep the family performing well for the past 13 months.
Do you see what I’m getting at?
I still don’t know what PMs I’m supposedly ignoring. I wasn’t refusing to answer a simple question, I was literally unable to.
That is, until this morning when I saw your comment and decided that I’m not in the mood to deal with the attitude that players are entitled to me being at their whim. At that point, yes, I purposefully didn’t answer your question because I’m not here to be your guys’ bitch.
In the end this is all my fuck up. The galaxy creation process allows for too much human error in the part that communicates the details to the players. That’s now higher on my list of priorities to address.
I understand why you are annoyed, and I truly do feel bad about it. But I’m not going to be a punching bag. If players can’t fathom the fact that we don’t have 24/7 personal support for a free game, and can’t even bother to post questions in the actual questions forum, then I have to accept that they’ll be disappointed and frustrated, as you were.
I apologize for not living up to your expectations, and for being an asshole. I don’t however, apologize for calling players on their shit.
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Dude, I think the personal problems you are going through are causing you to act this way, so I am just going to ignore most of this… it is amazing that one sentence “meanwhile Pie is making 8 part posts about next round” is somehow me being an asshole and using you as a punching bag. This is literally the first slightly negative thing I have ever said about you and I think all of this is undeserved.
If we are going to further analyze my two sentence comment that has triggered you so badly… the "I find it alarming that nobody else notices or cares… " part of my comment wasn’t even about you… it was about the entire community… the round was supposed to end today and nobody in the community noticed the 24 hour discrepancy. That was what I found alarming… my comment about your posting in MW 57 was just an afterthought.
Honestly I don’t see how
“I find it alarming that nobody else notices or cares… meanwhile Pie is posting 8 part posts in the next rounds MW thread but won’t comment on what is happening this round.”
warrants the attitude I am receiving from you. Yea I was annoyed… but instead of diffusing the situation you threw gasoline on the fire and just made it worse by being overdramatic and unprofessional.
I agree. This is why I said don’t take it personally. I really do mean that.
This happens once every few months, and is more about my own lack of conflict resolution skills than anything else. I’m aware of this, and am still not well equipped at handling it professionally. I’m getting better, but still pretty damned bad at it. And you’re right, the stuff I have going on in the background is probably making me more annoyed than usual.
This is on me. I’m overcommitted to IC, and get irrationally annoyed when people suggest that care isn’t there. This is why when somebody says something like “nobody else cares” that I overly focus on the part of the interpretation that suggests that I don’t care. It is technically a part of the statement but probably not the general intent of the comment.
This will die down. These things always do. It’s about this time in the process that I step away from IC and take a break for awhile. This thread has devolved pretty sharply and I take full responsibility for it.
It’s growing pains I think. It’s nothing against you guys but I really do understand how admins eventually distance themselves from their communities. Shit gets stressful.
Anyway, this has gotten pretty far off topic. I still think your snark was unnecessary, but I agree that I’m not doing us any favors by reacting how I did.
Time to move on. My bad everybody.
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