Telltale Games

Traz · 07/07/2009, 03:43 am

All right all Start Guessing.

Here is a handy dandy World Clock DooHicky so you don't have to think of all that time zone stuff while making your guess.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Please Post all Guess's in Pacific time zone: UTC/GMT -8 hours.
Reason being is that is were Telltale is at.

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My Guess.

My way of thinking is that Telltale wants to get the game to our British Pirates today as promised (Sorry Aussies).

So taking into account for British Summer Time.
(British Summer Time is a strange time warping effect that happens over England. I have looked into it and have come to the conclusion it has something to do with something called a Tardis and a person known as The Doctor. I tried to look into it more but I keep getting this thing saying Tourchwood Classified. There is another theory of what British Summer Time is link to follow.)
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/united-kingdom-bst.html

I am thinking from 13:00 Standard Time would be about the latest they will release it being that for the British gamers it would be 9 at night and still respectably the 7th.

Now that was thinking the latest they would come out with it today.

The earliest would be 6 AM Standard Time. But it would be more realisitc if it was 9 AM Standard Time. Both of these times work out great for Europe and not just England with their "The Doctor" Summer time thing.

So split the difference and Boom!

My Guess is 7:30 AM Standard Time.

Aractus · 07/07/2009, 03:46 am

there's only 15 mins left to release it before it's July 8 in NZ.

Dangerzone · 07/07/2009, 03:48 am

the strong bad and sam and max games always popped up around 12:00 noon here, which is about 9:00AM in SF

So my guess is 9:15AM

Traz · 07/07/2009, 03:49 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aractus

there's only 15 mins left to release it before it's July 8 in NZ.

They don't count! (sorry)

Serves them right for living in the future and never once giving me the Winning Lotto Numbers.

Wile_E · 07/07/2009, 03:52 am

The suspense is killing me! I just woke up early this morning, and still no monkey island!

Threepwood4Life · 07/07/2009, 04:03 am

I'd say 5pm GMT in UK as thats when Sam & Max always use to appear.

el_rezzo · 07/07/2009, 04:04 am

I'd say 10 mins after I go to bed

Never should have bothered waiting to download it as soon as it gets released.

RapScallion · 07/07/2009, 04:05 am

Hmmm I want to play tales of Monkey Island!!! it's 13:00 hear in Scotland so... 5am UTC, that right?

I would have thought the sensible thing to do would be to release it at 00:01 UTC today so that everywhere in the world will get a chance to download on the actual release date.

Feel sorry for NZ and Oz and probs Japan too if there's been folk up all day waitin to download this.

Largo LaGrande · 07/07/2009, 04:10 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Traz

All right all Start Guessing.

Please Post all Guess's in Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -8 hours.
Reason being is that is were Telltale is at.

That makes no sense (maybe its just the way you worded it) How can "Standard Time" be GMT-8 hours?

Standard Time IS UTC/GMT

If you're talking about Pacific Time, then that would be GMT/UTC-7 hours, or BST (British Summer Time)-8 Hours

So, your guess should be in Pacific Time, if that's the timezone telltale are in. But its 7 hours behind stadard time, not 8.

My guess is 10am Pacific/5pm Standard/6pm BST

LateGeorge360 · 07/07/2009, 04:11 am

Is it already available to the download?

Cause I've preoredered but I can't download it now. :/

Largo LaGrande · 07/07/2009, 04:13 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by RapScallion

Hmmm I want to play tales of Monkey Island!!! it's 13:00 hear in Scotland so... 5am UTC, that right?

No, UTC is BST-1hr, or GMT. So 1pm in Scotland = 12pm UTC

But why would telltale work on UTC if they're based on the West Coast of the US? Its currently 5:15am over there, so you were right about the time, just not the zone

el_rezzo · 07/07/2009, 04:13 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by RapScallion

I would have thought the sensible thing to do would be to release it at 00:01 UTC today so that everywhere in the world will get a chance to download on the actual release date.

I assumed they would release it at 12:01AM 7 July in each timezone so as to ease the load on the servers, that way they can let it out bit by bit and any technical questions could be handled over a larger period of time. By dropping the game throughout the world at the same time the servers will take a hit and if there are any bugs they will get a huge amount of complaints all at the same time.

Thespis · 07/07/2009, 04:16 am

The team has stated that they don't want to flip the switch until they are in the office just in case they have to fix things or provide tech support.

They are based in California, so it will be another few hours.

Traz · 07/07/2009, 04:20 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Largo LaGrande

That makes no sense (maybe its just the way you worded it) How can "Standard Time" be GMT-8 hours?

Standard Time IS UTC/GMT

If you're talking about Pacific Time, then that would be GMT/UTC-7 hours, or BST (British Summer Time)-8 Hours

So, your guess should be in Pacific Time, if that's the timezone telltale are in. But its 7 hours behind stadard time, not 8.

My guess is 10am Pacific/5pm Standard/6pm BST

My Bad it is fixed now. teehee

Largo LaGrande · 07/07/2009, 04:22 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by RapScallion

I would have thought the sensible thing to do would be to release it at 00:01 UTC today so that everywhere in the world will get a chance to download on the actual release date.

How would that work? Example 00:01 UTC 7th July =

17:01 Western US 6th July
20:01 Eastern US 6th July
01:01 UK 7th July
10:01 Queenstown, AUS 7th July

So everyone West of Greenwich would get it on the 6th, and everyone East would get in on the 7th

Anyway who cares, I'm just eager to play it

demnim · 07/07/2009, 04:23 am

Here is another Japanese who wants to cry

i will, unfortunately, have to play tomorrow.

TestType · 07/07/2009, 04:23 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thespis

The team has stated that they don't want to flip the switch until they are in the office just in case they have to fix things or provide tech support.

They are based in California, so it will be another few hours.

According to this we have at least another 3-5 hours of waiting. It's 5 am in California now.

RapScallion · 07/07/2009, 04:25 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Largo LaGrande

But why would telltale work on UTC if they're based on the West Coast of the US?

Sorry Largo was a bit confused there, thought UTC was the acronym for western US time.... dunno what it would stand for though!

Hmm godd point by Thespis, I suppose wanting to be at work incase of support issues is a good reason.... what am I saying, this is MONKEY ISLAND! They should have stayed at work all night!

taumel · 07/07/2009, 04:28 am

If we're lucky then i would say in about 3.5 hours at 9am PST. If we aren't then it could take another two or three hours, so i would expect it beeing release something in between, a little bit closer to 9am than to 12am.

Largo LaGrande · 07/07/2009, 04:29 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by RapScallion

Sorry Largo was a bit confused there, thought UTC was the acronym for western US time.... dunno what it would stand for though!

No worries, it stands for Universally Coordinated Time, its mostly used by the Military/Airline Industry, so no matter whereabouts in the world you are, you're working to the same time. I only know cos i'm a pilot and it can get mighty confusing working out flight times (especially when I used to fly out in NZ and we file all flight plans in UTC which was 12hrs behind NZ local time!) It would be a hell of a lot more confusing though if we worked off individual time zones!

So in theory they could release it at say 00:01 UTC which is 00:01 UTC in every part of the world, but it would never be the same local time everywhere

07/07/2009, 03:43 am	#1
Traz Fights like a Cow Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 34	Guess the release time! All right all Start Guessing. Here is a handy dandy World Clock DooHicky so you don't have to think of all that time zone stuff while making your guess. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ Please Post all Guess's in Pacific time zone: UTC/GMT -8 hours. Reason being is that is were Telltale is at. __________________________________________________ _ My Guess. My way of thinking is that Telltale wants to get the game to our British Pirates today as promised (Sorry Aussies). So taking into account for British Summer Time. (British Summer Time is a strange time warping effect that happens over England. I have looked into it and have come to the conclusion it has something to do with something called a Tardis and a person known as The Doctor. I tried to look into it more but I keep getting this thing saying Tourchwood Classified. There is another theory of what British Summer Time is link to follow.) http://www.timeanddate.com/time/united-kingdom-bst.html I am thinking from 13:00 Standard Time would be about the latest they will release it being that for the British gamers it would be 9 at night and still respectably the 7th. Now that was thinking the latest they would come out with it today. The earliest would be 6 AM Standard Time. But it would be more realisitc if it was 9 AM Standard Time. Both of these times work out great for Europe and not just England with their "The Doctor" Summer time thing. So split the difference and Boom! My Guess is 7:30 AM Standard Time. Last edited by Traz; 07/07/2009 at 04:21 am.

07/07/2009, 03:48 am	#3
Dangerzone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,048	the strong bad and sam and max games always popped up around 12:00 noon here, which is about 9:00AM in SF So my guess is 9:15AM __________________ iI'll bet you planned on reading this to gain an obscure revelation about something arbitrary... but no, there is never anything interesting in the fine print... other than big words

07/07/2009, 04:03 am	#6
Threepwood4Life Largos Lackie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Yorkshire, UK Posts: 251	I'd say 5pm GMT in UK as thats when Sam & Max always use to appear. __________________ I will now attempt a Rum Barrel, Keel Haul, Alpha Monkey combination...........Once I find a diving board of course!!!! thedailygamepad.com

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07/07/2009, 03:46 am	#2
Aractus Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canberra Posts: 69	there's only 15 mins left to release it before it's July 8 in NZ.

07/07/2009, 03:52 am	#5
Wile_E Starfleet Ensign Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 26	The suspense is killing me! I just woke up early this morning, and still no monkey island!

07/07/2009, 04:04 am	#7
el_rezzo Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Geelong, VIC Australia Posts: 17	I'd say 10 mins after I go to bed Never should have bothered waiting to download it as soon as it gets released.

07/07/2009, 04:05 am	#8
RapScallion man of low moral fibre Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 10	Hmmm I want to play tales of Monkey Island!!! it's 13:00 hear in Scotland so... 5am UTC, that right? I would have thought the sensible thing to do would be to release it at 00:01 UTC today so that everywhere in the world will get a chance to download on the actual release date. Feel sorry for NZ and Oz and probs Japan too if there's been folk up all day waitin to download this.

07/07/2009, 04:11 am	#10
LateGeorge360 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 15	Is it already available to the download? Cause I've preoredered but I can't download it now. :/

07/07/2009, 04:16 am	#13
Thespis OUTATIME Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 389	The team has stated that they don't want to flip the switch until they are in the office just in case they have to fix things or provide tech support. They are based in California, so it will be another few hours.

07/07/2009, 04:23 am	#16
demnim Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7	Here is another Japanese who wants to cry i will, unfortunately, have to play tomorrow.

07/07/2009, 04:28 am	#19
taumel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,654	If we're lucky then i would say in about 3.5 hours at 9am PST. If we aren't then it could take another two or three hours, so i would expect it beeing release something in between, a little bit closer to 9am than to 12am.