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[Spedfrom]

But the book is not Cassandra's and it is not Varric's. The Divine gave it to Cassandra when she made her Right Hand of the Divine. So the contents of the book may even contain more that what we think.

DA3 should shed more light on this. After all, Leliana was holding it close to her at the end of DA2 as if it still was of importance, even though Cassandra was left exasperated after interrogating Varric and not finding Hawke's whereabouts.

[Daerog]

It's probably just a book that has various notes from various sources about significant events in the Dragon Age and connecting information, such as Kirkwall's connection to the growing tension within the Circle that leads to a world war.

Cassandra just wanting to get info from a primary source rather than second or third hand from the book.

Edit: After all, there was Shale and Morrigan in that book. As it did come from the Divine to Cassandra, it was probably put together by Chantry scholars who organized news and information that came their way and Cassandra went to get clearer information.

Modifié par DaerogTheDhampir, 28 janvier 2013 - 11:28 .

[Steppenwolf]

That book can't be too important considering Cassandra stabs a dagger through it.

[rapscallioness]

thats1evildude wrote...

legbamel wrote...

It's funny, I always thought the book in DA2 was Varric's, a published version of his tale that the Chantry had found and was questioning due to the excessively epic nature of it, like the way he "tells" the intro.

I assumed the same, and I'm not convinced it's Hawke's journal based on a symbol.

Plus, why would Hawke create stylized illustrations of his companions for his journal? 

Cuz Hawke likes to draw? Idk. Like I said maybe it's just fashion. Journals w/Seeker symbols on them are all the rage in Thedas.

Why were talking abt this again? Oh, yeah, cuz we don't have anything else to talk abt.

[nightscrawl]

BasilKarlo wrote...

That book can't be too important considering Cassandra stabs a dagger through it.

[Ilidan_DA]

About Book:

In Dragon Age II we can see Cassandra holding a book with the mark of Chantry. The same book we see in your movie. What is this book? A Diary? Chant of Light?

It's a Chantry tome that we haven't illuminated any further. Significant, but undisclosed. It's the same book she has in Dragon Age II. (Answer credited to Mike Laidlaw, Creative Director - BioWare).

From.

Modifié par Wiedzmin182009, 29 janvier 2013 - 05:34 .

[Allan Schumacher]

Looks like we should have a sprint review on Friday unless something comes up.

[ElitePinecone]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Looks like we should have a sprint review on Friday unless something comes up.

Thanks for the update, Allan.

[ElitePinecone]

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Modifié par ElitePinecone, 29 janvier 2013 - 10:13 .

[Scroll]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Looks like we should have a sprint review on Friday unless something comes up.

Awesome!

Allan, this is you on Twitter? https://twitter.com/AllanSchumacher 

ElitePinecone, maybe you should update the first page with Allans Twitter handle?

[Herky]

...what does a sprint review signify? Are announcements made? 

[nightcobra]

Herky wrote...

...what does a sprint review signify? Are announcements made? 

When a sprint or an iteration ends, the time comes to demonstrate the working software as per the stories and requirements committed originally.

This is usually done in what is called a Sprint Review Meeting. During the Sprint Review Meeting,  the team demonstrates working software corresponding to project backlog items they have completed in a given sprint.The focus of sprint review is on working software. Powerpoints, speeches, lectures and other diagrams/ presentations are not allowed.

In fact overall, the meeting is kept very informal. and typically, like the Sprint Planning Meeting, last only about 01 hour per week of sprint work planned. The teams attention, selection of practices and processes is all done with regards to faster delivery of working software.

For instance, since the teams focus is on delivering working software, all the arrangements [arranging room, projector, getting the environment ready etc.] are done by the Scrum Master.Product owner, The Whole Team and Scrum Master, all attend the Sprint Review Meeting.

This is done to ensure that people who have developed the software are there to answer any questions the product owner has and for product owner team [customers, stakeholders, product owners] to see what is coming up from development team.

This also improves the communication in the team, with each team member further strengthening the teams understanding of the product and product owner expectations. The team would typically demonstrate each code it has written either through GUI, mock objects or through API calls. The product owner team can give better feedback after seeing something working rather than on abstract IT diagrams. The teams are looking forward for the following feedback in the sprint review meeting:

• Whether they completed enough requirements
• Whether they completed requirements quite early
• Whether they understood the requirements and translated them to working features well enough

This feedback helps the team and product owner to plan better for the next sprint. The team [together] and product owner both take back points for themselves too. For instance, product owner sees if some more requirements need to be added/ edited/ deleted for next sprints and also for the team to see if they need to do better to understand or complete more requirements.

After the sprint review is over, the date for next sprint review is announced and the team moves to Sprint Retrospective.

Modifié par nightcobra8928, 29 janvier 2013 - 12:34 .

[Herky]

Cool summary!
But sprint review doesn't necessarily mean anything for us then, other than maybe seeing a few tweets from the developers?

[ElitePinecone]

^ Yes, that (very comprehensively) describes it.

For DA3, past sprint reviews have been accompanied by cryptic tweeting from everyone and anyone in the room at the time, most often Mark Darrah or Mike Laidlaw. They have a bunch of presentations from various departments and teams, so there's usually some interesting tidbits there (you can see some of the very early ones in this thread's first post). Occasionally they've even posted a 'screenshot' of something incredibly blurry, or some other kind of enigmatic picture.

It's really just a light-hearted few hours of merciless teasing by the devs (and, of course, sekrit serious work that we don't see), and a glimpse at how the project is shaping up overall.

[ElitePinecone]

Scr0ll wrote...

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Looks like we should have a sprint review on Friday unless something comes up.

Awesome!

Allan, this is you on Twitter? https://twitter.com/AllanSchumacher 

ElitePinecone, maybe you should update the first page with Allans Twitter handle?

I can't believe it wasn't there before!

Also added Jos Hendricks and Patrick Weekes, since they also recently came on to the DA team from Mass Effect. 

[Allan Schumacher]

...what does a sprint review signify? Are announcements made?

Sprint Review is mostly a day where the devs troll the fan base by leaving exceptionally vague comments about what they see about what people were working on.

It's fun!

[rapscallioness]

Wiedzmin182009 wrote...

About Book:

In Dragon Age II we can see Cassandra holding a book with the mark of Chantry. The same book we see in your movie. What is this book? A Diary? Chant of Light?

It's a Chantry tome that we haven't illuminated any further. Significant, but undisclosed. It's the same book she has in Dragon Age II. (Answer credited to Mike Laidlaw, Creative Director - BioWare).

From.

ah. Thnx Wiedzmin!

And kudos @Spedfrom! You hit the nail on the head.

[rapscallioness]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

...what does a sprint review signify? Are announcements made?

Sprint Review is mostly a day where the devs troll the fan base by leaving exceptionally vague comments about what they see about what people were working on.

It's fun!

yay! fun is good.

[Ilidan_DA]

rapscallioness wrote...

ah. Thnx Wiedzmin!

At your service

[The Elder King]

ElitePinecone wrote...



I can't believe it wasn't there before!

Also added Jos Hendricks and Patrick Weekes, since they also recently came on to the DA team from Mass Effect. 

Didn't know that Patrick joined the DA team. That's a good news.

[Pascal219]

Dumb question, but what is ''sprint review day''?

[nightcobra]

Pascal219 wrote...

Dumb question, but what is ''sprint review day''?

see my previous post 

[serenai]

Andre Santos
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Josh Stiksma
@AndreSandToast Hah, awesome. The whole Blackmarsh was fun to work on. Hmmmm... I would have to say: DEFINITELY. #DA3


Not DA3 related, but..
Ray Muzyka
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[Fast Jimmy]

hhh89 wrote...

ElitePinecone wrote...



I can't believe it wasn't there before!

Also added Jos Hendricks and Patrick Weekes, since they also recently came on to the DA team from Mass Effect. 

Didn't know that Patrick joined the DA team. That's a good news.

That is AMAZING news. Weekes had some of the best ME3 story content in the game. Maybe the trilogy. Interested to see what he does with the DA team. 

Modifié par Fast Jimmy, 29 janvier 2013 - 08:42 .

[Steppenwolf]

Looks like auto-correct got you there, Jimmy.