chirinea (47495) on 7/13/2010 4:42 PM · Permalink · Report

Sicarius' work is usually worth the wait.

Patrick Bregger (301035) on 7/13/2010 4:49 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

[Q --start Unicorn Lynx wrote--]Yeah, well, that's the part I don't quite understand... Isn't it better first to submit the game itself, and then gradually add the other stuff? [/q] No, because then there is a big change that someone else will snatch it. At least for popular games. Also if you work on multiple titles at the same time it gets easier to manage.

I do it exactly the same way: holding my entry back until I am finished with everything related to it. Granted, I am usually a little bit faster :)

Sicarius (61518) on 7/13/2010 5:09 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

I'm working on the description right now (first paragraph is finished) - so it will be in the queue in an hour or two. Depending on how long this comment takes me.

If the contributor forgets - the 2 weeks go by and it's open again. But since I don't forget about the game, I keep the WIP alive. I know its frustrating for some of you - believe me: it's even more frustrating for me. I'm deeply annoyed that this year I can't seem to be able to add many of the entries in the timely manner you were accustomed to since I've joined the club. I really want to - that's why I open up the entries in the first place. I don't even block everything anymore (I completly ignored the new Sam & Max season e.g. which Patrick finally added) because of that whole dilemma.

Why I don't open them up after a week then, when I know I won't be able to get it done fast? Well, because by that time most of the information is already up. Before I even install the game, the covers are scanned in and uploading and such, I'm in the middle of the submitting the credits and everything. What takes me the longest currently are the screenshots and the description because - unlike some other contributors, I normally make it a habit out of actually playing a game I want to write a description for. And also unlike some contributors - I don't just submit shots from the first five minutes of the game...

So I am deeply sorry for the ordeal some of you have to go through because of me. But 1) in the end I deliver quality (besides some typos in the description) and 2) only a fraction of the games I add even interest people. If I wouldn't submit an almost complete entry in the first place, most of them would be stuck with only the basic info.

Of course one could now argue: "If that's the case, why don't you just wait until you're ready and start then?" Well, I do - that's why some entries keep pending even longer because I am very aware of which games people are waiting for. Alpha Protocol is neither the only nor the longest waiting WIP at the moment...and it WILL be in shortly. But for that to happen: please excuse me now.

And by the way: there's a thread were you can keep an eye on my WIP-list. It's convinently labeled "Too many big games missing"...

Don't get me started about the backlog of iPhone-games I still want to add (none blocked!)...

Sorry if this post sounds annoyed - like I said, I feel you and I'm angry at my self because of that.