OFFICE HOURS VOL II: Ask DC Universe Your Questions Every Tuesday Night!

[Applejack]

@patterson65.37405

I also saw a photo of Tara Strong, Harley Quinn’s voice in the movie, and just thought of something: Wouldn’t she make a great live-action Harley Quinn?

Oh, absolutely! How fun would it be to see her disguised in a Harley cosplay at a con?

[Reaganfan78]

Hello Oracle​,
You don’t mind me calling you Oracle? If you do I apologize I’ll go back to Applejack, kind of started calling Moderators by their character’s name like @MAN.OF.STEEL Superman.
The only thing is if I call @Alec.Holland Swamp Thing, that’s sound kind of mean.
Maybe I’ll go back calling Moderators by their regular username.

[Applejack]

@KM_726

Hi @Applejack,

What would you say was your first introduction to the world of comics?

This could possibly be, The secret origins of @Applejack !!!

Funny you should ask that, I was just reading over the Roll Call topic and read my response to that less than an hour ago.

I moved around a lot as a kid and my brother was my main babysitter. He’d take me to arcades and comic shops after school and I loved the foil X-Men trading cards, especially Rogue and Storm. The arcade game too, of course. He collected comics like Ninja High School, Spawn, and Batman that I would sneak. Being interested in games and comics is how I met new friends and it all just kind of snowballed from there

I don’t think you’ve shared your own origin story, what got you into the world of comics? Or maybe just DC in general?

[Applejack]

When worlds collide!!

[Applejack]

@DocAtlas

my fajitas (with filet mignon that’s been drowning in tequila for a couple of days)

You, friend, really know how to sell a good time! It isn’t entirely foreign for folks from the DC Community to meet up- it’s definitely happened on more than one occasion. I say keep dreaming it into reality

[Applejack]

@KookieSuperApe

Hi AJ,

My question for the week:

Why do some types of errors take longer to correct than others?

Over the last month, I’ve submitted multiple errors to the DCUI: Submit All Comic Book Errors HERE! thread. They’ve generally fallen into three categories:

1. Issues out of place on series pages.
2. Issues with incorrect titles, misattributed writer credits, or incorrect publication dates.
3. Missing issues that need to be added to the service.

(We’ll set the missing issues aside for now, since I know that’s a longer, more involved process to correct.)

As of this writing, all of the issues that I’ve reported that were out-of-place on their series’ pages have been corrected (yay! ), while none of the incorrect titles, misattributed writer credits, and incorrect publication dates have been (huh? ). Since all of my reports were made over the same time span, why would this be the case? What’s different about incorrect titles and publication dates that’s prevented them from being corrected while the out-of-order issues already have been?

(Oh, and since I know I’ve garnered a bit of a reputation for being impatient, I’d like to state that this question stems not from any impatience on my part, but merely a desire to learn more about DCUI’s inner workings and behind-the-scenes processes. )

You’re too sweet Kookie, thank you for clarifying the deep curiosity as the source- though impatience isn’t all bad, either! I saw an interesting Tik Tok recently about how we can channel certain feelings into others (anxiety > excitement, anger > passion) . We say a lot that fans that take the time to complain are our most passionate. Anyway, I do appreciate your effort to explain. But also know that we trust your heart is in the right place, we’ve all been around the block a few times together

Okay, first! For Publication Date errors, my understanding that is a deeper issue with the backend metadata, rather than a “fix one at a time” matter; as in, it’s a system issue that has to be fixed that is more complex than my understanding can convey. I just know that it’s not a typo, it’s being generated by tech.

As for 1-3, I just opened up ye olde spreadsheet to see what reasoning might be behind certain errors. If you can provide me specific issues I can tell you exactly what the reasoning is, but for some:

1. Issues out of place on series page - everything I looked for reported as “out of place” on the series page is noted as fixed.

2. Misattributed writers- this is most likely because the information impacts many more services than DC Universe Infinite, so a larger effort needs to be made to ensure all services are updating in parity.

3. This looks like it’s awaiting another level of approval from higher ups- I’m sure once these traps have been run a few more times, the coordinator who is looking at these errors will be granted more trust to make these calls, but for now I think they’re still getting their stability and want to make sure with the higher-ups.

Hope this clears things up!

[Applejack]

@Vroom

Well, to paraphrase Nelson Muntz, “Gotta pinch something!”

“Touché…”

[Applejack]

@Reaganfan78

Hello Oracle​,
I was thinking, in the filter list at the comic section on DC Universe Infinite app where it mention writers and artists, can you guys please add editor to the list. I’m always a fan of editors, I see them as a director of movies or shows. Thankyou.

Hey that’s interesting, I’m sure the publishing team would appreciate that! What editors are you most interested in?

[Applejack]

@ajm08g

After another week of adventures ajm08g arrives once again…

Oh. Hey there Applejack!

Hope that you have had another good week with all the things.

Live footage of ajm! Lookit that smile

@ajm08g

First order… How did those updates go that were mentioned to take place in March? Did those updates also happen to include something with our reading history. I noticed one day it showed one of the books I read recently, but now seems to have disappeared entirely.

The last word I got, the devices were almost 100% rolled out. We’re aiming to post the release notes tomorrow. It looks like most of the work done was behind-the-scenes improvements to a lot of the errors reported on the launch of DCUI.

HOWEVER…
The Comics History disappearing is disturbing. What device is that one? Is that still happening?

My particular section on my laptop is called “Dive Back In”, I don’t have a History I’m wondering if it’s different per device.

@ajm08g

Second order of business… Happened to see a new badge appear as a notification.

I didn’t realize I had been around that long in getting “Your New Headquarters.”

And, last but not least… I also happened to get a notification for this right here as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aFVllP9mYk

I even recognized a few faces in it as well.
@AlexanderKnox @Vroom @Mae @TheCosmicMoth @Jay_Kay

Will also see about flying into the discussion this week as well.

Oooooh yes, that has been an initiative I’ve been working on for about 2 months! It’s been a lot of work, but I’m really happy to see so many new faces joining Looking forward to seeing you in the discussion!

[ReepDaggle]

Aha! I was there for that!

plays foghorn in celebration

[Applejack]

@Jay_Kay

Huh, I saw the video but I didn’t realize I’m now kinda sorta famous! I’ll try not to let it get to my head.

Why not?

[ReepDaggle]

swan dives into treasure chest full of doughnuts

[Applejack]

@Mae

@ajm08g

And, last but not least… I also happened to get a notification for this right here as well.

@Razzzcat! Harley’s Crew is now Internet Famous!

This cat perfectly summarizes the “internet famous” vibe.

[Reaganfan78]

Scott Peterson, Dennis O’Neil. The only two I can think of. But there’s so many great editors in DC both in the past and present that help make sure we read a great stories in any comic series.

[ReepDaggle]

[Applejack]

@Vroom

@Applejack/fellow Transmet fan, have you seen this:

If so, what do you think of him? I don’t have Spider yet, but he’s on the 'ol DC Direct want list, along with their figures from The Authority and Planetary.

I haven’t!! Truth be told I’ rather prefer Spider in his full suit getup, but I do dig the accessories he comes with here, and the sculpt/expressions look pretty good. And I guess this way we get all the cool tattoo detail work.

Side note, I recently took my friend to vision therapy and those glasses are legit!! They’re used to help people build their eye muscles. I just thought they were a cool-looking accessory.

[Applejack]

@Mae

Money, Money, Money

[Applejack]

@Razzzcat

Please enjoy, Applejack! It’s clearly a 70s kinda night.

I live here now

[ReepDaggle]

@Applejack

Disco is back, baby!

[Applejack]

@Mae

@Razzzcat

I wanna listen to ABBA now, of course!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkLLcIKhJ64

Someone may have beat me to this already, but this one’s gotta be dedicated to our resident DJ:

Abba - Thank You For The Music