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<blockquote data-quote="Actionball" data-source="post: 11702" data-attributes="member: 527"><p>I would kill to be a beta tester, if for no reason then I would not feel so impotent when the blatantly obvious bugs make the release. </p><p></p><p>Not going to pay for that though, I mean seriously at what point do you draw the line...free is one thing but PAY to do work is a bit beyond.</p><p></p><p>Of course 99% of beta testers never submit a bug report, they just want early access and game companies know this. Maybe if they did a fairly open beta and based on the quality of submitted reports would whittle down the pool of candidates invited to test in the future it would be a winning formula. If you don't put in any work you don't get in again. </p><p></p><p>Test is work, ask anyone who does it for real, it isn't playing video games all day for a paycheck.</p><p></p><p>There is a limit to what most players can contribute though. Look at the Black Hole gate problem. Dunno about anyone else but the last time I played BH in real life was the year it was released, in some Vegas craphole where I had to play on a stool I was so little...so my memory of specific game rules is a bit hazy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Actionball, post: 11702, member: 527"] I would kill to be a beta tester, if for no reason then I would not feel so impotent when the blatantly obvious bugs make the release. Not going to pay for that though, I mean seriously at what point do you draw the line...free is one thing but PAY to do work is a bit beyond. Of course 99% of beta testers never submit a bug report, they just want early access and game companies know this. Maybe if they did a fairly open beta and based on the quality of submitted reports would whittle down the pool of candidates invited to test in the future it would be a winning formula. If you don't put in any work you don't get in again. Test is work, ask anyone who does it for real, it isn't playing video games all day for a paycheck. There is a limit to what most players can contribute though. Look at the Black Hole gate problem. Dunno about anyone else but the last time I played BH in real life was the year it was released, in some Vegas craphole where I had to play on a stool I was so little...so my memory of specific game rules is a bit hazy :) [/QUOTE]
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