The beta team is amazingly loyal

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  • ChromeAngelChromeAngel Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 14Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    When V1 comes out well have to do a "tales from the trashcan" tread  <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
  • HBNayrHBNayr Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 930Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Scarface121+Oct. 20 2002,10:57--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Scarface121 @ Oct. 20 2002,10:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Carbon14+Oct. 20 2002,06:52--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Carbon14 @ Oct. 20 2002,06:52)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Not quite Jedi, there is a certain thing called Trojan. The software basically uses your computers power to do stuff for other people. This software ships with Kazaa, but not Kazaalite.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    u serious? whenever i run kazaa my computer always goes to crap and i cant play any games...maybe this is why, where can i get kazaa lite?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    *rolls eyes*

    You people are getting Trojan programs and Spy-ware (or Ad-ware, depending on which side of the argument you agree with) mixed up.  Kazaa runs no Trojans when it's running, but it does send information to Kazaa on what you are doing online when Kazaa is running, for marketing purposes.  It's all in the End User Liscense Agreement you clicked "I Agree" to.  Trojans are a whole other can of worms altogether, and usually malicious.

    And yes, the PT team is incredibly loyal.  And, most of the time, astoundingly mature.  Of course, each PT client might have some signature on it, so if it does get copied, the team would know who leaked it...

    -Ryan!


    "Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it."
    -- Amelia Earhart
  • GobyWanGobyWan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 234Members
    Big props to H'BNayr for spelling malicious right and for his excellent use of quotes. I would never have leaked the game, because that would only have hurt the developers and I like and respect the developers. I'm glad everyone else respects Flayra and Co. as well.

    Now give me names and addresses of people not using their playtest spots so I can <b>beat them until they cry</b>.

    ...Ahem.

    *The latter paragraph of this post was entirely in jest. The producers of this post do not condone beating people who are not taking advantage of something that other people would give all of their teeth and at least one internal organ to have, and would suggest that you not widely distribute a list of said inactive playtesters amongst the forumites, IRC users, gang members, jackbooted thugs etc.
  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I am currently an inactive playtester. Theres one for you. However, this is beyond my control. I cannot play any games online, and even IRC is a struggle to get working.
  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    If I leaked the game, then I'd have to play with all of you.  Ugh.  <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
  • PeregineDivePeregineDive Join Date: 2002-07-15 Member: 951Members
    lol Greedo...


          -PD
  • PeregineDivePeregineDive Join Date: 2002-07-15 Member: 951Members
    oh, and one thing about BFP and why it was leaked... damn Funimation, they told BFP dev team that they needed to stop or change everything, and thats when they made all new charcs... so somehow a leaked copy of BFP, near final, with all the DBZ charcs found its way onto the 'net

         -PD
  • GrendelGrendel All that is fear... Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 970Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, NS2 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--Freestyler+Oct. 20 2002,08:38--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Freestyler @ Oct. 20 2002,08:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->PLaytesters were very carefully choosen.  Only people who had proved themselves to be respectable, turstworthy peopler both on the forums and IRC got PT status...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Pimping a Linux server helps too...

    <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
  • GrendelGrendel All that is fear... Join Date: 2002-07-19 Member: 970Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, NS2 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--Haije+Oct. 20 2002,15:43--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Haije @ Oct. 20 2002,15:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Cyanide+Oct. 20 2002,14:46--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Cyanide @ Oct. 20 2002,14:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Heh, i still don't understand why people leak games, why do you WANT to play an unfinished product?  There is no fun in that, at all.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    OH COME ON! How can you say that when there's a <b>THOUSAND POST THREAD</b> named <i>"Tales from the frontlines"</i> stickied on the front page in which you and all the other PT's write about how much fun you've had?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh yes...

    As I recall, the build where the CC wouldn't reset was fun. 1 game per map then playing last man standing until the map changed unless Flayra or MonsE were about (generally busy doing other vital NS stuff). Yep. Lots of fun.

    Or the build where Lerks were virtually indestructible. Yep. Being a marine was a real hoot. Die. Respawn. Die. Respawn.

    Or perhaps the games when we changed the resource model at my behest and initially the resources were too slow. Yep. Having 20 playtesters cursing my existance was a REAL hoot.

    Or...

    Well, suffice to say that it's not all fun and frolics. Joining a server for 30 seconds, letting a debug run, dropping and reconnecting, then repeating for 2 or 3 hours isn't a laugh riot. We do these things so that when you chaps get NS for the first time, it will be unsullied joy. That's not to say that there isn't fun to be had, but there's actual work involved too. And it won't stop with release as a lot of the team will STILL be improving the game and adding to the experience after release.

    To all the people who deserved a PT spot and didn't get one, all I can say is, thank you for your patience. You'll be rewarded VERY shortly. Think of it like meeting a beautiful woman who you never have to see without make-up. The playtesters have seen that woman drunk as a skunk at 2am, throwing up into the toilet.

    I'll stop talking about dating now, before Fam starts to cry.

    <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
  • NecroNecro &lt;insert non-birthday-related title here&gt; Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1118Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Fam+Oct. 21 2002,15:15--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Fam @ Oct. 21 2002,15:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->I am currently an inactive playtester. Theres one for you. However, this is beyond my control. I cannot play any games online, and even IRC is a struggle to get working.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    not a first! coil has been doncing and not pting!

    keel them <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
  • GobyWanGobyWan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 234Members
    Fam: I know you can't playtest, I just have a not-entirely-serious grudge against anyone who just <b>isn't</b> playtesting, not people who can't playtest.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--Grendel+Oct. 22 2002,01:40--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Grendel @ Oct. 22 2002,01:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Having 20 playtesters cursing my existance was a REAL hoot.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    that happens EVERY playtest :P



    <!--EDIT|DOOManiac|Oct. 22 2002,11:10-->
  • InexorableInexorable Join Date: 2002-09-28 Member: 1360Members
    Understandable though, because apparently cursing Grendel is a real hoot.

    /curses Grendel

    Hey! They're right!
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    even if the beta was leaked, they would probly close down the servers, and just to #### us off i bet theyed punish us by holdin the release off to like januray 15th my Birthday... i go whaaaa
  • JedisarJedisar Join Date: 2002-03-03 Member: 264Awaiting Authorization
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Oct. 22 2002,11:10--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (DOOManiac @ Oct. 22 2002,11:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--Grendel+Oct. 22 2002,01:40--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Grendel @ Oct. 22 2002,01:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Having 20 playtesters cursing my existance was a REAL hoot.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    that happens EVERY playtest <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Even the non-PT's do that!  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
  • QuiglyQuigly Join Date: 2002-10-22 Member: 1569Members
    yeah, it's really all about respect like the second poster guy/girl said (sorry i don't know anyone yet <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo--> just ignore me). If you respect the team you don't want to #### them off
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin--Troy Rage+Oct. 22 2002,15:47--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Troy Rage @ Oct. 22 2002,15:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->even if the beta was leaked, they would probly close down the servers, and just to #### us off i bet theyed punish us by holdin the release off to like januray 15th my Birthday... i go whaaaa<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wha??

    Uh... why would they punish <b>us</b> for something a <b>PT</b> did, especially when they could nab him/her for violating the NDA.
  • Troy_RageTroy_Rage Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
    I dont know, im super tierd and its only 6:43, jeesus i wasnt thinking...but uhhh anyone know how close they are to finishing? o want a release date!
  • JediYoshiJediYoshi The Cupcake Boss Join Date: 2002-05-27 Member: 674Members
  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    We did have one time where there was a small problem with a "tester" (long story), Flayra quickly quelled the problem though, and no one in the public noticed, speedier than us Forum Mods!

    The other time, someone can running to us yelling that they found NS to download on BlueYonder. We dropped our game and came running to IRC to look. After some quick exchange, we finally got a link...to the NSTR2 <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

    So yes, we don't give it out, cause we would lose our PT status, which would just suck!
  • RhoadsToNowhereRhoadsToNowhere i r 8 Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 33Members
    Well, besides the fact that Flayra really did his homework in making the beta secure, and my sheer respect for the dev team keeps me from even thinking of leaking it, I think the fear of a former Marine calling me a n00b until I jump out a window overrides any benefit I would get for leaking the beta.  <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--RhoadsToNowhere+Oct. 22 2002,23:32--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (RhoadsToNowhere @ Oct. 22 2002,23:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->I think the fear of a former Marine calling me a n00b until I jump out a window overrides any benefit I would get for leaking the beta.  <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dunno about you, but he does this to me anyway.  q:  <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    me too. I think its part of his evil plot!
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