T:V Beta testing

[57th]cneal
03-24-2005, 04:23 PM
Who was responsible for starting the public beta testing a few months before release? Why was it decided to start beta testing a few months before release?

As I recall, beta testing should be 1/2 of the development cycle. Someone from IG or VUG can please tell us this.

Thanks

akiracy
03-24-2005, 04:30 PM
no one from ig or vug is gonna post here

ZenTseTse
03-24-2005, 04:33 PM
technically speaking, the open beta was more of a demo.

the closed beta process had gone on for a considerable time prior to that, and there was also considerable internal testing that they had.

but all that is moot.

[57th]cneal
03-24-2005, 04:51 PM
How exactly is pulling people for a week of gameplay considered testing to see that the game works and is bugfree and especially when it's on their machines.

_killbot
03-24-2005, 05:39 PM
No, Beta 3 and 4 were all closed beta testing. I believe 02 was the E3 build.

Remember how everyone at Tribal Wars got beta discs?

You should know this...

[57th]cneal
03-24-2005, 05:56 PM
That was still only a few months before the public beta. Why didn't the people attending geek lan do the proper beta testing?