What is the point of the dev streams?

[NovaBlue]

I watched a few of them and they are awful. Any question asked by chat gets a very vague answer or no answer at all and then they have some noob playing the game who misses every shot. They should talk about the game, it's current state, what they are up to and planing to do, otherwise no point calling it a dev stream. It Is nothing but awful gameplay and zero information.

[Rookie-31st]

Well, most streams are like that because people tend to ask same or very similar questions and simply flood a chat making it harder for streamers to see most or the best questions. EW however answers a lot of questions in chat, Phil is usually there for this purpose. Best streams to watch are those before or right after major release where they present new features or DLC.

[Nite69]

You can turn them off in the store product settings of steam, I did

[cbrrrman]

Live Streams ?

Dev's means Developers last I knew.
And I don't think Dev's are Streaming the game or playing that live ?

Reality ?

Member / subscriber donations
...so the Hosts can play games and get paid by youtube and its users / subscribers.
Likely how they make a living wage while living in Mom and Dads basement. Lol

besides that... to entertain people and make them feel as if they are somebody or belong to something that has a supposed purpose.

Tho' I've no idea what that is... a sense of belonging ?

I do not participate... as it's just a game... for me.

[saphire jinn]

myself, i enjoy them, i get good info from them.

[cbrrrman]

Originally posted by saphire jinn:

myself, i enjoy them, i get good info from them.

do you subscribe and tip the LS hosts ?
What good info do you obtain ?

Curious as the Live Streaming has not been helpful to me in anyway whatsover.

Checking out youtube and various hosts... seems to net better learning - info results.
...at least for me.

Idle chit chat offers little beside maybe a sense of belonging.

The 4099 hours of my COTW personal playtime has also been helpful to me.

Besides already understanding the basics of real life hunting / shooting...
live and learn... has been my motto and learning curve for this game.
The game's bugs... have made it more challenging to say the least.

Its not real life hunting / shooting... It's a video game... close enough but no cigar.

Now if only the Dev's would fix the bugs that have plagued this game for way too long.
Not the visual boogers... the bugs that hamper the " in game " hunting experience.

[saphire jinn]

no, i dont subscibe or tip them, they have paychecks just like you or i do. i get info all the time, status of the gambok release, what fixes they are working on, the over all feeling of how they think. i learned they have no idea as to the next map, thats info, there is allot you can learn.
yes they are not giving briefings on their daily activities. you or i wouldnt do that either. or pining themselves down to promises they cant keep.
so what?, take what info and intel you can gather. yeah its all light and lame and not a kubrick film, but i am happy they are offering something, and yes as you said, its a feeling of belonging.
but i have faith in them, its a small crew, 13 people, so half would be actual devs,
learned that.
see you at camp.

[PicSoul]

Originally posted by cbrrrman:

Live Streams ?

Dev's means Developers last I knew.
And I don't think Dev's are Streaming the game or playing that live ?

The devs stream CoTW every Tuesday at 16:00 CET and Classic on Thursday at the same time.

They show upcoming content and answer questions. Maybe not every question and often times the questions get missed but they do answer some and sometimes give away prizes.

You can watch the live stream either on Twitch [www.twitch.tv] or Mixer [mixer.com].

[saphire jinn]

thanks Pic