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Jul 6, 2002, 4:15am

how u become a beta tester?

Jul 6, 2002, 11:56am

One of the programmers changes your account to have a beta flag turned on. They choose who is in beta, so there are no applications.
Roland used to say that asking to be in beta automatically disqualified you from that beta :)

-Agent1

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Jul 6, 2002, 2:47pm

But that's how I got on beta half the time ;P

-Joe

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Jul 8, 2002, 1:08am

You have to be on the inside with someone at AWC. It's really gay the way it
works... I'm going to take this space to whine and bitch about it. I believe
I'd make an execellent beta tester... I program in C++, VB, Java, PERL,
etc...I write my own bots ( I don't release any to the public), I have my
own world I can use for testing, and so on..... I was trying to be kind and
just wait for someone to notice me and add me to beta (as I was on the beta
for the 2.x versions i believe). After I got tired of waiting I sent off a
few nice e-mails to various people, yeilding no results....

Looks like a few other people are in the same boat.... We're headed down
Shit Creek, without a paddle. ;-)

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Jul 8, 2002, 3:03am

I think they have a pretty good beta team right now anyway...people like Ima
Genius, Mauz, Faber etc. I think they pick based on who shows up to the
tech talks, who is well known in the community (being a Cy award winner
helps :-P) and who helps the community. Maybe you should release some of
your bots and your chances of getting on beta should go up. :-) Young
Shamus hosts tech talks at the same time Roland did, I believe, so attend
some of them and show off your skills.

oh, and I think anyone who wanted to go onto a 2.x beta.. :-P

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Jul 8, 2002, 12:45pm

[View Quote] They can't just take your word for it that you'll be a good beta tester... As was suggested, try attending Tech Talks and being
generally helpful regarding "tech" questions.

> It's really gay the way it works...

I really don't understand how the "system" used for beta test additions can be homosexual.

> I'm going to take this space to whine and bitch about it. I believe
> I'd make an execellent beta tester... I program in C++, VB, Java, PERL,
> etc...I write my own bots ( I don't release any to the public), I have my
> own world I can use for testing, and so on.....

I'm sure there are many people who have similar activities.

> I was trying to be kind and just wait for someone to notice me and add me to beta (as I was on the beta
> for the 2.x versions i believe). After I got tired of waiting I sent off a few nice e-mails to various people, yeilding no
results....

Well while Roland was "in charge", he used to say anyone asking to be on the beta team would be automatically disqualified ;)

> Looks like a few other people are in the same boat.... We're headed down Shit Creek, without a paddle. ;-)

Not really... If the programmers have no idea who you are, they're not going to add you to a closed beta. This goes for all of those
people who come to Tech Talk and talk about useless crap hoping to get into beta, as well.

-Agent1

Jul 9, 2002, 9:55pm

Problem is that there isn't a lot of actual technical talk at the TechTalks
anymore :-(( E N Z O comes for a while and talks about the new features and
new worlds, etc, then he leaves to go do some stuff and the conversations
go wacko with even less techtalk lol. 9 9 9 stands in the shadows without
saying much, and Young Shamus seems to be happyer not doing the techtalks
at all. *wants the good old TechTalks*

KAH

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