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View Poll Results: Well... have you?
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Yes, several times...
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Yes, but only once...
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Beta? What's that?
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I've only beta tested games which included Bananas...
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May 12, 2003, 11:21
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Deity
Local Time: 03:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 11,112
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Have you ever been a beta-tester, for a game?
...and no, I'm not talking about some free game, that's always a beta and can be downloaded by anyone anyway... (or beta's you have downloaded some way or another  )
I'm talking about the more expensive games, like RoN or something... have you ever been an official beta-tester for a such game?
I have only been a beta-tester once... that was Battle Isle 4, but I never got it working anyway, so there wasn't much to test... 
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May 12, 2003, 12:10
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Warlord
Local Time: 02:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: On vacation in Sunny lands
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several banana games, yes.... 
Seriously, only some betagames where there was no need to sign up for it....but you still had to pay for the full version so....
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May 12, 2003, 12:15
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Warlord
Local Time: 02:17
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Mostly back in the pre-Internet days. These days, only if the game REALLY interests me.
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May 12, 2003, 12:15
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Deity
Local Time: 01:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
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Nope But if anyone needs a tester I lost my lob last week  I have lots of time to spare
Please 
-Jam
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May 12, 2003, 14:08
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Emperor
Local Time: 03:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Sweden
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Nope, never.
Carolus
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May 12, 2003, 14:10
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King
Local Time: 20:17
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: of less than all that I see
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closest thing to beta testing for me was playing an online mud in beta-testing mode  I did help uncover a lot of bugs in the game code though 
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May 12, 2003, 16:07
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Prince
Local Time: 19:17
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
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No, i haven't. I'm not sure I'd want to...
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May 12, 2003, 18:23
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Prince
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I won a RoN beta CD, but it won't load on my crappy PC.
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May 12, 2003, 18:36
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Emperor
Local Time: 17:17
Local Date: November 1, 2010
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Location: I live amongst the Red Sox Nation
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no, but i wish i could have tested a few games out before i bought them lol
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May 12, 2003, 23:09
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Deity
Local Time: 03:17
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Location: Republic of Flanders
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Nope, no real aspiration either.
Maybe I'll do it for the candle-bre game
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May 13, 2003, 05:24
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Deity
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Location: Enthusiastic member of Apolyton
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Yes, right now, for The Frozen Throne.
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May 13, 2003, 06:06
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Deity
Local Time: 01:17
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
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Send us a copy Spikie - don't you want a second opinion...
-Jam
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May 13, 2003, 06:26
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Deity
Local Time: 02:17
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You can easily get hold of the installer for the beta...........what is harder to get is a cd key to enable you to play on Blizzard's beta server.
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May 13, 2003, 07:14
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Emperor
Local Time: 03:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
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I have never done any beta testing. However I don't miss any either as beta versions are buggy and you can't play them as you wish, because you need to file some beta testing report. I sure enjoy playing the release distro more.
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May 13, 2003, 07:17
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Emperor
Local Time: 03:17
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Send us a copy Spikie - don't you want a second opinion...
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WoA seems to be quite desperate.
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May 13, 2003, 07:24
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Local Time: 12:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
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Location: Skanky Father
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I would prefer being payed to beta test rather than the usual paying them to beta test.
At least with the first when your game crashes you can feel pleased that you found a bug to report. These is no positive when a game you bought crashes though.
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May 13, 2003, 11:46
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Deity
Local Time: 04:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
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Yeah, and a few times. Most fun for annoying people who are expecting the game .
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May 13, 2003, 21:05
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King
Local Time: 20:17
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Hope College
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Only the Sims Online and I had to pay to be apart of that. What a piece of crap that was. Never worked. I submitted multiple bug things to check on why I could not connect but they never seemed to solve the problem. I soon lost interest/
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May 14, 2003, 02:24
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Prince
Local Time: 04:17
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Mingapulco
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I live in wrong location for beta testing...
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