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[Ghost]

I've seen some play tests in my time. They're not as fun as you guys make 'em out to be. You bring in some people that have nothing to do with the making of the game and you sit them down and record everything about how they play, right on down to how they play (video camera in the testing room). If you're Valve-level you start to watch the testers' facial expressions and heatmap their activities on the UI and on the map they're playing on. Then come the post-testing interviews. Oh boy!

Unless it's one of those playtests where you just kick back and play the game studio-wide. Those are great.

[Chuckie]

Paul Inouye, on 13 January 2012 - 12:42 AM, said:

What was that? Sorry... little distracted... trying to decide which Mech to use in the playtest.

What are the choices....

[Win44]

Mason Grimm, on 13 January 2012 - 07:36 AM, said:

You could pitch it to them like this "You can have me here all day clicking refresh, consuming bandwidth, or you can release a picture of the play testing. Consider it a cost saving promotion".

Or something.

Haha, originally I was going to propose that we all band together and threaten to refresh crash the site, until a screenshot was posted. But then I thought it might be counterproductive

Edited by Win44, 13 January 2012 - 07:51 AM.

[pinsndneedles]

WANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNT!!!

Maybe this means beta is close?

[m0nk33]

Congratulations guys, you have officially "stirred the pot ." I hope playtesting goes well with few "hiccups" and I anticipate your next major information release.

YAY, THEY'RE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THE GAME RELEASE !!! /happydance

[McScwizzy]

Hopefully, we are still on track for this years release:)

[Kaemon]

"This is Mad Weasel moving out. Cover me or you're all fired.Over."
WHOOOOOSSSSHHH! *large explosion*
"Hula Girl, What's your sitrep?"
"Ummmm...I think I'm dead....no...pretty sure I'm dead"
"*sighs*...Banhammer, you still kickin?"
"Roger that...wait...what button cycles thermal vision again?"
"*sighs*"

I'll let you guys figure out who the call signs are.

/can't wait.

[CoffiNail]

You guys have a good mech battle, tell us who won and what mechs were choosen, all we ask... unless those mechs tend to be undisclosed, then you can decide if you will let us in on it or not.

[Fence]

Color me green that I don't work at Phirana...

[Bryan Ekman]

Ghost, on 13 January 2012 - 07:46 AM, said:

Unless it's one of those playtests where you just kick back and play the game studio-wide. Those are great.

This.

[CoffiNail]

Bryan Ekman, on 13 January 2012 - 10:58 AM, said:

This.

You win?
*edit* Wait... you were in game.. so even if you lose you win

Edited by CoffiNail, 13 January 2012 - 11:01 AM.

[Barantor]

Anxiously awaits the results of the play.....

[Adridos]

Bryan Ekman, on 13 January 2012 - 10:58 AM, said:

This.

Bryan? Can I ask for two things that reveal nothing, but just add to our theories on the game? Can you tell us if you won? This is just personal matter, but the second question is more interesting. How many released mechs were playing? Exact numbers if possible (i.e. 4 Jenners, 7 Hunchbacks, etc.), please. This will give us the number of the mechs participating in the battle we don't know about yet and would give us some insight on the situation while still adding more questions than answers.

Thank you.

Edited by Adridos, 13 January 2012 - 11:55 AM.

[Cyber Carns]

You got to admit tho, this has everyone on the edge of their seats waiting to see if they post anything on their play testing.
And to say the least, they got everyone's attention, heh

[CoffiNail]

DAMN LACK OF LIKES

Cyber Carns, on 13 January 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:

You got to admit tho, this has everyone on the edge of their seats waiting to see if they post anything on their play testing.
And to say the least, they got everyone's attention, heh

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[Bullet Magnet]

Forget pictures, I want some in-game video.

[Ghost]

I've got 20:1 odds that Garth dominated the field!

[Adridos]

He's a boss. Any employee with a bit of intelligence will leave him win.

*Waiting for Garth to post he lost to Paul*

[Helmer]

If you were suddenly transported to the PGI offices and were allowed to play in one 20 minute match , which of the announced mechs would you take and why?

Personally , I think I'd take the Hunchback . Even if it was an open field map and I had no chance of surviving . Just simply being able to fire that AC 20 and hear/feel it , would be enough to bring me to nerdgasim. It was either this or the Catapult to see how LRMs were implimented currently .

[Zanga]

Paul Inouye, on 13 January 2012 - 12:42 AM, said:

What was that? Sorry... little distracted... trying to decide which Mech to use in the playtest.

gg Paul. So how's the game look? *wink* *wink*