Flight Rising Discussion

[quote name="SpaceHeart" date="2018-06-18 13:11:45" ] Why would you need to have a weird schedule with Thundercrack? It doesn't make sense why you would need to. As much as I wish for Undel's recovery, setting Thundercrack's schedule at a weird time is unexplained other than "it's going to happen". I'm curious as to know just why is Thundercrack getting put on a weird schedule? [/quote] We understand this is a departure from how it's been for the past five years, but we have to put the rest of the team's health first. This means we have to move away from midnight (or 3 am) updates, announcements, and festival start/end times. We will keep the community up to date on the festivals as we work out our team's new work flow and needs. @SpaceHeart

[quote name="Aequorin" date="2018-06-18 13:29:10" ] [quote name="SpaceHeart" date="2018-06-18 13:11:45" ] Why would you need to have a weird schedule with Thundercrack? It doesn't make sense why you would need to. As much as I wish for Undel's recovery, setting Thundercrack's schedule at a weird time is unexplained other than "it's going to happen". I'm curious as to know just why is Thundercrack getting put on a weird schedule? [/quote] We understand this is a departure from how it's been for the past five years, but we have to put the rest of the team's health first. This means we have to move away from midnight (or 3 am) updates, announcements, and festival start/end times. We will keep the community up to date on the festivals as we work out our team's new work flow and needs. @SpaceHeart [/quote] What she said! To elaborate a lil' more: When the site first began, we implemented and kicked off holidays during the rollover period as a matter of technical necessity. We were a young site, and in case there were issues with the deployment, we wanted to make sure we utilized the already-scheduled maintenance to take care of it. As we've grown, the technical reason for deploying the holiday at rollover has become less necessary, as those processes have become more defined, more routine, and our site is that much more stable. That being said, implementing a holiday still requires manual work, and that work (as Aequorin mentioned) is being conducted at what amounts to 3:00am (EST) for most of our team. That's not a great time slot for those that don't normally work a night shift, so we are looking to bring the festivals into a more comfortable time period for our team to be present, engaged, and have a night's rest beforehand. While we certainly don't [i]mind[/i] launching the holidays at rollover, this is going to be a healthier move for us as a team to better support the site and Undel through her recovery.