. . . . with a little randomness for good measureOriginally Posted by lolwarrior
. . . . with a little randomness for good measure
Never was like that. And if it was, then the QA would surely suck.
"Chavez is leading his people into better future, after ages of explotation they have something to be happy about. Positive thing is also that he suport good causes all over south america and world too a sign of true greatnes." -Ivio
"Yes, Stalin said the same thing." -Tufto
"I think I'm going insane. I can like FEEL each second and minute passing and it's making me go insane because like I could be building skills in those minutes instead of making a forum post or listening to music or g-chatting with a colleague. I can feel it in my brain and in my body. It's terrible.[...]Anyone else have this?" -EFT
"Only when I read your posts." -trajan
Having only experienced testers is just as bad as having only new players.
Depends on what level the beta is at and usually pro testers give MUCH better reports then do new players. I've seen all the "i can't play the game" bug reports I ever want to see
Sometimes the "I can't play the game" responses can be useful feedback for streamlining UI and such. A pro can't always tell you how clear a game's layout appears.
Yep, that explains how DF got its UI, getting all your feedback exclusivly from the hardcore is never good.
No it doesn't, DF got a shitty UI because the developer didn't care about it.
And given that Paradox said people were chosen based on their technical aspects, aka computer setups, I don't really understand the discussion. It's a hardware test, to see what works and doesn't.
Last edited by Heavenfall; 13-07-2012 at 09:21.
No it wasn't
This. I'm sorry you all can't get to experience the loveliness that is A Game of Dwarves just yet, but soon you all will be given the oportunityFact is that we only let in 3-4% of all applicants at this stage so don't feel singled out if you didn't get in already.
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You can always check out my reborn twitter attempt: @BjornB_pdx - it kind of sucks though. But sometimes there is interesting/useful info there
Have you been thinking about reading some AAR's, but you feel they are too long? Perhaps this will get you going:Mini AAR's based on Victoria 2? Go here! Guaranteed an entire story of global domination and colonization in the dark corners of the world in 5 minutes! Snack sized!
Wow! That implies there is only a hand full of testers this first round (as in maybe a dozen) or there were a ton that applied for the position. . . . (But more testers will be added later.)
Either way – I like the way this is shaping up. It should mean a very good Beta phase and in the end will mean a much better game.
It was actually a quite large amount of applicants, the beta is small however. Larger than a dozen, but small
You can always check out my reborn twitter attempt: @BjornB_pdx - it kind of sucks though. But sometimes there is interesting/useful info there
Have you been thinking about reading some AAR's, but you feel they are too long? Perhaps this will get you going:Mini AAR's based on Victoria 2? Go here! Guaranteed an entire story of global domination and colonization in the dark corners of the world in 5 minutes! Snack sized!
Haha, this is a great example that I'll need to remember for the future.
Why would he care? The core playerbase is familiar with the UI and doesn't raise much of a fuss because they know how to use it and are willing to help those who aren't as good with it. If no one could even figure out how to play then he might have done something about it. At this point though there are enough tutorials that anyone can get into it even in its current state.
Last edited by steveman0; 04-09-2012 at 22:29.
Why would he care that the UI is shitty? I think that question answers itself.
Entitled much?
I have programmed multiple open source programs that get used by a couple of thousand people and one also got packaged for archlinux.
I have done Skyrim Mods and some for other games but I don't go into forums and tell people to accept me into a beta because I am the ubar master hacker...
That's quite some attitude and you should lose it
He wouldn't get very many donations if no one played the game.
Doesent help to complain, but having been around for years and registered a tons of games and never got into a beta before on a signup except through a contest leaves me disapointed but not angry. If they pick their testers based on hardware, then I guess its useless to have a high end computer because it will run anything.
"Slan's Special Award in Alexspeed's Victoria 2 AAR Contest For The Best AAR Style"
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The Livestream Channel itself
Devs are devs for a reason as well. What testers and devs consider bugs can be vastly differentEntitled much?
I have programmed multiple open source programs that get used by a couple of thousand people and one also got packaged for archlinux.
I have done Skyrim Mods and some for other games but I don't go into forums and tell people to accept me into a beta because I am the ubar master hacker...
That's quite some attitude and you should lose it
Most Professional/Internal Testing programs have the testers write down a description of the bug and then the tester would look for a match in a bug database to make sure they are not erroneously duplicating a know report. Then the report gets classified by the Game designers, programmers and producer by severity or even rejected as 'Not a Bug' (it will stay in the Database though so as to avoid re-reporting). I'm familiar with a three tier classification system, 'A' Bugs generally crash the game or make it impossible to play (like not being able to trigger the ending of a stage in the campaign), 'B' bugs greatly diminish player experience without destroying it all together (like not getting the reward from a side-quest) and 'C' bugs and very minor things (misspelled words in the Chinese localization).Devs are devs for a reason as well. What testers and devs consider bugs can be vastly different
I pity you.
Current AARs': "Lion of the North"
In such a case, you should really address that in the e-mail. Especially if you foresee later BETA phases that require more people.
The reason why most productions don't do this 'declined e-mail' stuff is because they put your application on file in case they need to use it later.
We call them errors, warnings and notices.
And gentlemen, remember to compile C with the -Werror flag. Makes better code.
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Ulm plays Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods as Someone (ongoing), Victoria 2: Heart of Darkness as Austria (finished), March of the Eagles as Russia (finished)
Winner of: Hats.
Glory for Ulm A Flagland AAR (ended)
Winner of: Europa Univeralis: The Musical, Cities in Motion DLC: Ulm, AARtist of the Month (June 2011), ● (Royal Dutch Cheese of Anti-Frognessship), ● (Swedish Meatball of Volvo and Björn Borg), ● (Cyan Blue Cookie of Awesomeness), ● (Lord Strange Cookie of British Awesomeness), ACA 2010 Q4: EU Comedy, ● (Paradox Cookie), WritAAR of the Week (2011-01-30), "Best everything, ever" award, ● (Irish Shamrock Cookie) and being in this signature.
Failure for Württemberg A Flagland Victoria 2: A House Divided Beta mini-AAR (finished)
Winner of: Having my name attached to it.
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