https://creatures.wiki/Early_Adoption_Program?action=history&feed=atom&Early Adoption Program - Revision history2024-03-28T13:16:40ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.1https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=52928&oldid=prevScoobyGambit at 09:41, 3 July 20172017-07-03T09:41:17Z<p></p>
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</table>ScoobyGambithttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11662&oldid=prevGreenReaper at 19:38, 2 June 20052005-06-02T19:38:34Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Unfortunately, Mindscape discovered that it is far easier to release a game early when it has already been released elsewhere. Like most heavily-anticipated games, [[Creatures 2]] was not close to release quality at the point at which the EAP was scheduled to start, and therefore the program was pushed back - eventually to a point where those in the program got their copies after the game was made generally available. In the end, most recieved their copies several weeks '''after''' the release date, leading some to dub it the ''Late'' Adoption Program.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Unfortunately, Mindscape discovered that it is far easier to release a game early when it has already been released elsewhere. Like most heavily-anticipated games, [[Creatures 2]] was not close to release quality at the point at which the EAP was scheduled to start, and therefore the program was pushed back - eventually to a point where those in the program got their copies after the game was made generally available. In the end, most recieved their copies several weeks '''after''' the release date, leading some to dub it the ''Late'' Adoption Program.</div></td></tr>
</table>GreenReaperhttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11661&oldid=prevGreenReaper: Add categories2005-04-07T02:44:45Z<p>Add categories</p>
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</table>GreenReaperhttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11660&oldid=prevGreenReaper at 15:46, 24 March 20052005-03-24T15:46:48Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''(Am I bitter that I wasn't part of the EAP? Heck yeah; I should have been part of it in June, the very latest the EAP should have shipped. I was promised no less by Cyberlife. And on an equally personal note, it bothered me no end that Mindscape didn't have the decency to get my site's URL right, much less to ever correct it.)'' -- [[LummoxJR]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''(Am I bitter that I wasn't part of the EAP? Heck yeah; I should have been part of it in June, the very latest the EAP should have shipped. I was promised no less by Cyberlife. And on an equally personal note, it bothered me no end that Mindscape didn't have the decency to get my site's URL right, much less to ever correct it.)'' -- [[LummoxJR]]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ultimately, the second EAP probably achieved nothing but erosion of the goodwill in the community, although given <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that </del>[[Creatures 2]] contained significant flaws upon release some loss of goodwill would have been inevitable. The program was not repeated for [[Creatures 3]] or subsequent updates to [[Creatures 2]]; instead, a smaller number of users were selected as a private beta-testing group.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ultimately, the second EAP probably achieved nothing but erosion of the goodwill in the community, although given <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">many of the people involved believed </ins>[[Creatures 2]] contained significant flaws upon release<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>some loss of goodwill would have been inevitable. The program was not repeated for [[Creatures 3]] or subsequent updates to [[Creatures 2]]; instead, a smaller number of users were selected as a private beta-testing group.</div></td></tr>
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</table>GreenReaperhttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11659&oldid=prevGreenReaper: make it clear that the second one was the problem2005-03-24T15:46:12Z<p>make it clear that the second one was the problem</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://web.archive.org/web/19980207160757/http://www.e3.net/e3/mindscape/51497.html Announcement for the initial Early Adoption Program] (archived)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://web.archive.org/web/19980207160757/http://www.e3.net/e3/mindscape/51497.html Announcement for the initial Early Adoption Program] (archived)</div></td></tr>
</table>GreenReaperhttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11658&oldid=prevGreenReaper at 01:01, 27 January 20052005-01-27T01:01:07Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Unfortunately, Mindscape discovered that it is far easier to release a game early when it has already been released elsewhere. Like most heavily-anticipated games, [[Creatures 2]] was not close to release quality at the point at which the EAP was scheduled to start, and therefore the program was pushed back - eventually to a point where those in the program got their copies after the game was made generally available. In the end, most recieved their copies several weeks '''after''' the release date, leading some to dub it the ''Late'' Adoption Program.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Unfortunately, Mindscape discovered that it is far easier to release a game early when it has already been released elsewhere. Like most heavily-anticipated games, [[Creatures 2]] was not close to release quality at the point at which the EAP was scheduled to start, and therefore the program was pushed back - eventually to a point where those in the program got their copies after the game was made generally available. In the end, most recieved their copies several weeks '''after''' the release date, leading some to dub it the ''Late'' Adoption Program.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
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</table>GreenReaperhttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11657&oldid=prevGreenReaper: /* External links */2005-01-27T00:59:55Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">External links</span></span></p>
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</table>GreenReaperhttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11656&oldid=prevGreenReaper at 00:47, 19 January 20052005-01-19T00:47:40Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''(Am I bitter that I wasn't part of the EAP? Heck yeah; I should have been part of it in June, the very latest the EAP should have shipped. I was promised no less by Cyberlife. And on an equally personal note, it bothered me no end that Mindscape didn't have the decency to get my site's URL right, much less to ever correct it.)'' -- [[LummoxJR]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''(Am I bitter that I wasn't part of the EAP? Heck yeah; I should have been part of it in June, the very latest the EAP should have shipped. I was promised no less by Cyberlife. And on an equally personal note, it bothered me no end that Mindscape didn't have the decency to get my site's URL right, much less to ever correct it.)'' -- [[LummoxJR]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ultimately, the EAP probably achieved nothing but erosion of the goodwill in the community, although given that [[Creatures 2]] contained significant flaws upon release some loss of goodwill would have been inevitable. The program was not repeated for [[Creatures 3]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ultimately, the EAP probably achieved nothing but erosion of the goodwill in the community, although given that [[Creatures 2]] contained significant flaws upon release some loss of goodwill would have been inevitable. The program was not repeated for [[Creatures 3]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or subsequent updates to [[Creatures 2]]; instead, a smaller number of users were selected as a private beta-testing group</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>GreenReaperhttps://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Early_Adoption_Program&diff=11655&oldid=prevGreenReaper at 00:45, 19 January 20052005-01-19T00:45:29Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Early Adoption Program''' originated in a promotion by [[Mindscape]], who gave away 250 copies of [[Creatures]] prior to its official US release in July 1997 (''see [[history]]''). This program was revamped for [[Creatures 2]], the idea being that the 75 members of the EAP would recieve two free advance copies of the game, two [[norndoll]]s and a mystery gift, in exchange for writing reports on the game. The program was scheduled to begin in July 1998. <br />
<br />
Unfortunately, Mindscape discovered that it is far easier to release a game early when it has already been released elsewhere. Like most heavily-anticipated games, [[Creatures 2]] was not close to release quality at the point at which the EAP was scheduled to start, and therefore the program was pushed back - eventually to a point where those in the program got their copies after the game was made generally available. In the end, most recieved their copies several weeks '''after''' the release date, leading some to dub it the ''Late'' Adoption Program.<br />
<br />
Many in the [[Creatures Community]] also felt bitter about ''not'' being selected for the EAP:<br />
<br />
:''The crux of the problem was that early user feedback was needed, just like in any game, to identify bugs and weaknesses. But Mindscape, which ran the "Early" Adoption Program, didn't choose people to involve until a week after C2 had already been shipped. Worse yet, they selected almost none of the people that Cyberlife guaranteed outright would have an early copy of the game.''<br />
<br />
:''(Am I bitter that I wasn't part of the EAP? Heck yeah; I should have been part of it in June, the very latest the EAP should have shipped. I was promised no less by Cyberlife. And on an equally personal note, it bothered me no end that Mindscape didn't have the decency to get my site's URL right, much less to ever correct it.)'' -- [[LummoxJR]]<br />
<br />
Ultimately, the EAP probably achieved nothing but erosion of the goodwill in the community, although given that [[Creatures 2]] contained significant flaws upon release some loss of goodwill would have been inevitable. The program was not repeated for [[Creatures 3]].<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/19980207160757/http://www.e3.net/e3/mindscape/51497.html Announcement for the initial Early Adoption Program]</div>GreenReaper