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Old May 20, 2003, 17:36   #1
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Sign up to Betatest Civ3:Conquests
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Old May 20, 2003, 19:09   #2
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Thank you for the information.

It is also on the Civ3.com site as well.
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Thanks for the link ! I've applied immediately
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I have also applied ... hopefully, I will get picked this time!
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cool...thanks....


im never on the civ.com site so for me this is new...

will sign upp directly
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Call me suspicious, but there's no indication of a privacy policy. I definitely do not want my data to be sold for marketing purposes. I already get too much spam.
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Old May 21, 2003, 14:23   #7
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Well I signed up, hopefull for once I can be a beta tester!
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Old May 21, 2003, 19:57   #8
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I have beta tested for this company and their previous game ( Emperor ) last year and you need not to worry for your data sold for marketing purposes etc, but should you not sign in, even better for us ( less competition)


... and since I mentioned it, those chosen should get ready for serious hard work. Break Away was not given this project by Firaxis because of their lazyness in their procedures.

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Old May 21, 2003, 21:15   #9
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Thunderfall posted this over at CivFanatics:

More Civ3: Conquest Beta Test Info
posted by Thunderfall at 3:56 PM

We received more info about the Civ3: Conquest beta test from Firaxis today:

Firaxis will be accepting several hundred players as part of our Civ Conquest closed beta program in June. Interested players must register between now and May 27th to be considered for the team. Participants who qualify must agree to the terms of the beta test program, including a non-disclosure agreement.

That's LOTS of beta testers!!! If you still haven't applied yet, what are you waiting for? There is a good chance that you might get in.

And here is a little Q&A about Firaxis's role in the development of the new expansion:

CivFanatics: Today BreakAway Games announced they are accepting beta test applications for the Civ3: Conquest expansion. Does this mean BreakAway Games is doing the expansion, not Firaxis?

Firaxis: We're working with Breakaway to develop Civ III:Conquests. We've worked with them successfully in the past on other games and some of the folks at Breakaway are former Micropose members who have worked on many of Sid's classic games, including Civilization. Partnering with them in the development of this expansion allows us to ramp up the development team so that we have sufficient manpower to make a top notch expansion for Civ III.

Thanks to Firaxis's Kelley Gilmore for the clarification!

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Originally posted by Jeff_ATARI


Whew! Never underestimate how quickly a motivated fan base can move...

The beta program will also be advertised on the Spring Civ newsletter* which is going out later this week. I don't envy the people charged with looking through the applications to pick candidates. (No use PM'ing me; I'm not involved in that process.) And for those who are asking: yes, you will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Good luck to all!

Best regards,
Jeff Foley
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Whaddya mean you're not signed up for the newsletter? You can subscribe to it at civ3.com.

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It looks like they are going for a lot of play testers.

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Old May 24, 2003, 10:37   #10
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Call me suspicious, but there's no indication of a privacy policy. I definitely do not want my data to be sold for marketing purposes. I already get too much spam.
totaly agree... when i was going to submit my reg i notest the same thing.

Im not giving away my personal info just like that.

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How does Firaxis (or whoever) select the betatesters? Is it random? Do you get a quiz or something?
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Old May 24, 2003, 11:59   #12
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Breakaway Games will be choosing the beta testers. As to selling privacy information, they need the information on your computer to help choose testers. The other information would be to ship your C3C CD if you are chosen. It is also used to come up with a diverse play group. Most companies prefer a mix of genders, ages, regional locations, etc.

One way that I monitor where I get Spam and regular postal junk mail is by adding a code in my address, and if I am suspicious, then I would also add a number after my name (Sr, Jr, I, II, etc). This way if I get email/postal junk mail with that code, then I know where it was sold.

From the sign up sheet:

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Your information will be used only by BreakAway Games.
I haven't received any spam after signing up.

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Old May 24, 2003, 13:15   #13
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totaly agree... when i was going to submit my reg i notest the same thing.

Im not giving away my personal info just like that.

I signed up and did not get any kind of spam as a result.
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Don't listen to them, if you sign up you get a live-in midget who repeats ads in a high pitched voice 24/7. You don't want to sign up for this beta.
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Don't listen to them, if you sign up you get a live-in midget who repeats ads in a high pitched voice 24/7. You don't want to sign up for this beta.
I knew it...

I thank god every day for helping me not to submit that reg... it was hard but god and jesus helped me thru it....

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A request to anyone who makes the grade and gets to beta test Civ3:Conquests.

Argue, push, persuade, cajole Breakaway/Firaxis to implement as an option, a 'proper' turn based method of play for multiplayer.

(Warpstorm,>you in for it?? )
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Old May 28, 2003, 18:51   #19
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According to www.civ3.com:

Thanks to everyone who applied for the Civ®-Conquests Beta!
All applicants will be notified shortly if they have been accepted.
To date, we have received over 8,000 applications!

Bolding emphasis added by me.
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Good point JimMac. I'll make sure I mention it.
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8000 applications means that we individually have a little chance to get chosen, but a chance nonetheless. If they are to take several hundreds of beta testers, it means we'll each have about between 2.5 and 10% chance to be taken.
I sure hope I belong to the Ones

Wait and see for June 2nd.
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Plus the selection won't be totally random.
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They pick out of 8000 easily.
First, half of the people probably didn't fill in all the information. Bye bye.
Second, of those that did, many probably have the same type of machine. They will be grouped together, and many of them will not get it. (better to have a semi unique machine but not so unique that it is considered odd).
Third, they will organize those into catagories that they want to have tested. for example, pentium 3 machines at 700 mgz may get 1 tester, anthalon machines at 1200 mhz get 2 testers, so on and so forth. Match and fit.
Fourth, review the applications for those whos are matched to see if there is anything that says "stay away from this person" such as a known non-disclosure breaker or employee of a competador.
Now you are down to having 250 of the 300 positions filled. Now you just pick and choose based on other catagories that you want, 65+ year old women, or bald men, or whatever (ya, I know, I know )

All this of course is speculation on my part. But it makes sence now, doesn't it. It is roughly the same procedure I used when I was highering people for concrete crews.
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Plus the screeners lurk in these forums and know some people they want (and don't want).
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Thanks, God. So does this mean leaving out my videocard driver information has taken me off the list of possibles?
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It is a distinct possibility MattH.

I believe this is why they (BreakAway Games) wanted so much information concerning our computers - hell, if you didn't feel like digging a little to find out the required information, how much digging will you do as a Beta Tester?

I believe it was a very smart move on their part.
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Yeah, I suppose you're right. It seems I was too trusting when it came to that innocolus statment 'All fields marked by a star are required'. I'll be happy to sell them my soul just as soon as I'm a beta-tester, but before that they don't need to know what driver my soundcard uses .
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June 2nd has come and passed.

Congrats to all those who were selected.
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It is still June 2nd in parts of the world.

According to a post at CivFanatics, some people have received notices:

The Beta test: I'm IN!!!! thread link:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showth...threadid=54954

Congratulations to those who have made it.

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