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[iceblast]

basically beta testing wkoa

@ kaploon i sent you an email to both the hotmail one didnt work but i hope the gmail one does

[The Witch King of Angmar]

Originally Posted by Kostia Kaploon

QA means Quality Assurance. (That is the technical term for software testers)

I didnt realy understand your second question.

Sorry Kostia, I misspelled alot of words in it. What I meant by the second question is, if we emailed you and said we were interested in testing it would we get acess to the beta?

Thanks

[Darvin]

Don't mistake beta testing for QA testing. They're very different things. While beta testing is often casual, usually relying on masses of people to undercover any issues, QA testing is far more intensive, usually focusing on breaking the game by any means necessary, then reproducing the effects that caused the breakdown to identify one source. Having never done QA testing, I can't speak to protocols, but usually the last you actually do is play the game as it's meant to be played.

[The Witch King of Angmar]

What do you mean by breaking the game? Do you need to do this to look for specific issues?

[Kostia Kaploon]

Originally Posted by The Witch King of Angmar

Sorry Kostia, I misspelled alot of words in it. What I meant by the second question is, if we emailed you and said we were interested in testing it would we get acess to the beta?

Thanks

There is no guarantee about beta testing. Right now we are only looking for QA testers - people who will work with the devs from the inside. In the future when we will be looking for beta testers, there may be some preference for people that applied for the QA position but didn't make it.

Note when applying that previous experience with other games in development or closed betas is not required but it is a big bonus. So if you don't have previous experience try to give us a reason why to take you over someone with experience.

Originally Posted by The Witch King of Angmar

What do you mean by breaking the game? Do you need to do this to look for specific issues?

Yes. The purpose of QA testing is locating all the bugs of the game.
Kost.

[iceblast]

what is breaking the game snapping the disc and trying to work it again? (joke)

hmm what like? trying to mistreat the software and see what happens?

:O I only paticulary wanted to beta test

[Kostia Kaploon]

Originally Posted by iceblast

what is breaking the game snapping the disc and trying to work it again? (joke)

hmm what like? trying to mistreat the software and see what happens?

:O I only paticulary wanted to beta test

A simple example of trying to "break the game": If the mission tells you to go left, you go right and see if that makes a problem.

Of course actual tests are more complicated.

kost.

[iceblast]

i wouldnt mind doing that sounds interesting and i wouldnt mind doing those sort of stuff? for free as well what a bonus

[Kostia Kaploon]

Originally Posted by iceblast

that wouldnt be too hard im interested but i think im a little confused i mean like would be play skirmish and missions see what happens if we are not suppose to go off bounds?

Ever heard about punctuation marks? just kidding, but you will need to rewrite that question for me to understand any of what that says.

[The Witch King of Angmar]

Originally Posted by Kostia Kaploon

Ever heard about punctuation marks? just kidding, but you will need to rewrite that question for me to understand any of what that says.

I understand exactly what he means. He means will you try to do things that aren't supposed happen in a certain part of the game (ex: try to run off the map) and see the result. If this is what a QA tester is like, I could definitly do it. Often when I'd get bored in BFME or console games I'd use different characters in diffirent scenarios and see if they could extend the limits of the game or go somewhere which is not available until later in the game. I've also seen alot of custom maps and identified bugs such as unit pictures not comming up or clicking on a unit and a build button comming up and so forth.