Updates?

[SpecOpWarrior]

I noticed that the Missions Depot has not been updated very recently...  

Are you updating?  Or doing this on purpose to stack up on more missions?

You got a crap lod of missions in both SP and MP sections..

just wondeing..

[Anmac]

I have hired some new reviewers but they don't seem to be as keen to review once they get the job.

*gets a stick and goes off to the staff room*

[Ex-RoNiN]

*hands baseball bat to Anmac*

Gotta do the job right, not pantsie campy stuff

[Kuro]

Hi,

as you might have noticed  ;D some new reviewers are really keen to do the work. But as long it is not possible to make a living as OFPEC Mission Reviewer (my dream job). I  can only review one or two missions a week because i want to play the mission three or four times to get a good review.

Greetings
Kuro

*Throws a baseball*

[SFG]

I squezed one off today, been really busy. Should get back in the groove soon.

[SpecOpWarrior]

Hmmm,

well it sure seems that your "18" and over staff members are'nt much diffrent from the "18" and under I would say

[macguba]

Spec Ops 9, I know you're frustrated that you can't review missions.    Why don't you do some beta testing?   It's actually more rewarding because you get some feedback from the author and a chance to improve the mission.    Makes it easier to get your own stuff tested too, though I know you mostly post MP missions which are a devil to get tested.

[dmakatra]

Spec Ops 9, I know you're frustrated that you can't review missions.    Why don't you do some beta testing?   It's actually more rewarding because you get some feedback from the author and a chance to improve the mission.    Makes it easier to get your own stuff tested too, though I know you mostly post MP missions which are a devil to get tested.

Its much more fun to review allready done missions. Cause u can be more evil ;D

[Anmac]

@ Spec Op 9

Gee, those sort of comments will get you on staff so fast.

Not.

 

[Ace]

I review a mission any time I can. (Not now due to login problems) but you have to keep in mind that to review a mission you must :

1. ) Start it up, View the intro, rate it there and then. Watch it again to make sure it doesn't act differantly and then re-consider your first rating.
2.)read the briefing full a few times. Check what mistakes are there.
3.)Look at weapon selection
4.)start the mission
5.)play it through once, complete it. (for a hard mission this could take a while remember!)
6.)play it again and try differant ways to complete it
7.)try it on cadet or veteran respectively
8.)do a first draft review check it for spelling and make sure you have mentioned everything you want to.
9.)finish it up
10.) proof-read

Not something that can be done 3 times a day! Even a half-assed review takes a while!

[SpecOpWarrior]

No no no...

I am not worrying about "mission reviewing" at OFPEC..

I do that stuff at ofp Arena



I am just saying that there are a few youngsters out there that want to do alot for this game.  Like me,  when I first got this game, I sent in 3 shit missions here because I "wanted" to submit something and support badly...

Besides it was funny to see the comments and stuff about the review...



And as for those MP missions I sent in...

They are horrible,

Battlefields Regeneration: when you died, you keep on dying

Lost Prayers: Laggy as all hell, and when you finally complete
                      the mission, you find out the god damn
                      helicopter door is set on "lock" inside the editor



If you could take both those missions OUT, that would be great, cause, sadly, I didnt BETA TEST..



"see how important it is people?"  

[dmakatra]

Besides it was funny to see the comments and stuff about the review...

lol @ spec op 9

Can u gimme da URL to op arena? And put out a good word for me so I can review too would ya ;D

[SpecOpWarrior]

Well to be honest we are like OFPEC...  besides I dont want to distact users from here to our site..I find it rude...as gay as that sounds, I do..

But I cant hand you a link yet...besides we are not planning on having many admins..only ahm and I..

[Kuro]

Hi,

to anyone who is interested: Some statistics about the Mission Depot. Yes we are fighting, we are testing we are reviewing. And we are faster than the authors again.
Statistic:
Since 1st of February we reviewed 14 SP Missions
Since 1st of February 8 SP missions were submitted
At the moment they are 32 SP Missions pending

This means, keeping this pace in June all missions are reviewed.

So i must say, lets take efforts May is possible.

Greetings Kuro (i try to keep my two missions a week average)

[Dinger]

As for the "18 rule": I don't know about OFPEC, but the OFP group I'm associated with (CoC), like OFPEC, is based in the UK, and has to respect the local child-labour laws, and those pertain to "volunteer" work as well.  It's a tricky issue, and many web teams try to err on the side of safety
As for review backlogs: Yes, it takes time.   How long does it take to make a mission in your spare time? If you're like me, it takes months.  How long does it take to play thoroughly a mission?  Then they've got to write a proper evaluation.
I'm impressed with the speed with which reviews have been coming out in the past month.