Checkmate in 3 moves - I have failed.

[Michael Morris]

About 2 hours ago I got chewed out over a project at work that is running months overdue and I have to work 14 hours at it or more (if I physically can) to try to get it completely wrapped up by weeks end or I may lose my job.

There are no longer enough hours between now and Friday free to complete what must be completed before I can convert the boards. I have failed everyone here, starting with Russ and working down to the newest member. I am a total and complete embarrassment to the staff.

The countdown was entirely my idea and posted without consulting anyone. I want to make that absolutely clear to everyone - no one knew I was going to announce the countdown until I did, and no one approved of it on the staff. I put the pressure on myself intentionally and at the time thought I could meet the deadline. However work on the on the clock project has revealed numerous critical bugs in the system. Though these have been corrected I cannot in good conscience move ENWorld onto any system unless I *know* it is stable.

I will work on the conversion through the weekend and tentatively push the conversion off one more weekend. My apologies to everyone but that is the best I can do

 

[Jdvn1]

Seriously? Not a big deal. Take all the time on ENW2 that you need--you work really hard around here, all behind the scenes, and you'll get no disappointment from me, only gratitude.

I wanted to be a paying community supporter here because I'm appreciative of how this site is run, and you've been an integral part of that. ENW2? That's icing on the cake for me. Thank you for ENW1.

 

[Umbran]

My apologies to everyone but that is the best I can do

Life sometimes intervenes, that is the way of things, and there's no shame in that. It is damned important to keep priorities straight, so you do what you have to.

The dev site looks awesome. Folks will forget the delays when they see it in action, have no fear.

 

[Piratecat]

Goodness, don't beat yourself up over this. Bugs ALWAYS creep in. I'd much rather have them identified than launch with a buggy site.

Do your work at work. Be proud of yourself, because we're proud of you for identifying this and letting us know. And we'll get this up.

Kevin

 

[Dog Moon]

Although if you didn't have a job, then you would have a lot more time to work on Enworld.

No, but seriously, I don't consider not being able to meet the deadline as a failure. Things happen. That's what life is about. Heck, if someone should feel pain, it would be those who blame you for this, not you. I've seen numerous posts where you get frustrated when people expect much of you without much, if any, appreciation. While I personally don't know how much work would go into something like EN2, I'm betting it's a whole lot.

I can't imagine anyone being angry at being forced to wait one more week, but I guess there probably are people like that. I, however, am not one of them.

Good luck with work!

 

[Graf]

Seriously, we give you trouble, but you're doing a fantastic job on the site.
You've failed nobody.

Work comes first.

Please try to take good care of yourself and eat veggies.
(I'm serious, when life goes pear-shaped eating well makes a load of difference).

 

[Mark]

Well, if each member was kind enough to offer you half a minute to finish, and you take that cumulatively, that's about three extra weeks. Please, add 21 days to the countdown.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Honestly my greater concern is that our enthusiasm for seeing EN World 2 launch was in part responsible for the delays in your real-world work project.

Do what you need in order to take care of yourself first. Finish your work for your paying job, take some time to recharge and reintroduce yourself to your family, if needed. Once that's done then see about getting EN World 2 launched. We'll still be here.

 

[WhatGravitas]

Please try to take good care of yourself and eat veggies.
(I'm serious, when life goes pear-shaped eating well makes a load of difference).

And the occasional fruit. And get something you really want to eat. This makes you happy, so you can do your work well on your job.

Tinker with ENWorld when you have time. We're happy that you are here at all!

Cheers, LT.

 

[freyar]

I'm just going to echo what everyone else has said so far --- you do a great job on EN World with little thanks, and you certainly haven't been a failure! Take care of your job and deal with the conversion when you have a chance.