Teknopathetic said:
Valve does everything Steam-wise by Pacific time. They always have and likely always will. If for some reason you thought they would stop for a split second you're out of your gourd.
My issue has nothing to do with Valve doing things pacific time, it has everything to do with not fulfilling their end of the agreement. If they had said "17th of September PST time" then i would have no problem. That is all i am saying.
They could release it at 1pm pacific time and it would still fulfill what they end of the deal. How are people failing to grasp this?
Joe Molotov said:
Most people only preordered the game (and had to pay the entire $45 up front) this early so they could get the TF2 Beta. If Valve didn't want people getting antsy, then they should have just said the TF2 Beta was releasing at 6pm PST or whenever. There's no reason they should keep the time a secret.
Exactly. All that i am asking for is for press releases to be accurate to every market. It is about time that Valve realise that a good proportion of their market runs on a different time. This needs to be acknowledged. I am all for internet distribution but there are some things that need to be improved for it to be wholly welcomed and adopted. Recognition of time differences is one of them.
pxleyes said:
Angry? No. I'm dumbfounded. As has been said multiple times, Valve is on the Pacific Coast and does thing on that time clock. The fact people are bitching about something that has been established for years is just crazy.
I don't know why people are turning it into an issue of "I don't get to play my beta." Yes you do, just not when you thought you would get to.
Are you really this ignorant or are you doing it on purpose?
It has NOTHING to do with Valve working on pacific time.
They could be working on their own metric time for all i care, so long as they take this in to account when making announcements over Steam.
If e-distribution such as Steam does not stop thinking so laterally then it will cause major growing pains. it is simple as that.
No one here is turning it in to an issue of "i don't get to play my beta" except for you. I know i will get to play it, but Valve said it would be on the 17th. If it is released at 6pm PST then it won't be on the 17th, therefore Valve have misinformed me. That is legal grounds for a refund. They have sold a product with a false description. False is false is false. Regardless of if it was intentional or not.
Quellex.... how are you playing this? You jammy git! Press account or something?
