Beta testers

[Dale]

From Steam:

Image removed out of respect for Maniac.  Apologies to Maniac.

[DrazharLn]

I'm glad that Maniac is on the beta tester list.

[Buster's Uncle]

  Ditto.

Impressed that I know half those guys.

Just pinged Maniac on Skype...

[6:08:00 PM] bustersuncle: Dale has outed you as in the BE beta.  http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=8714.new#new

[Dale]

I'm glad that Maniac is on the beta tester list.

He hasn't played in over 2 weeks.  For a beta tester, that's a VERY bad sign!

[Buster's Uncle]

He's racked up the second-most time, so maybe he was at it for a while...

[Dale]

Not quite.  The top section shows who's playing now, the middle section shows who's played in the last 2 weeks (last week hours / total hours) and the bottom section shows who hasn't played in the last 2 weeks (total hours).

So he's quite a way off the top runners.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm saying it isn't proof he didn't like it - evidence, certainly, not proof.

Of course if he HAD liked it and had a couple months, he'd have over four times the hours on, depending on RL time constraints, so yeah; not a good sign, but we can't be sure until the NDA's expire and/or we see BE for ourselves...

[Spaced Cowboy]

All said. most of those names are familiar to the "regulars."  Friwiborn is Nikolai.

Colonel Mustard... Sid Himself?

[Geo]

I didn't know there was a public list of beta participants on Steam.

[Maniac]

There is no public beta tester list. This is just Dale being an ass and showing his friends list that he accumulated over the years due to his past beta testing experience. That friends list just got a little shorter of course.

[Buster's Uncle]

Hey buddy.  I assume you can't say anything else?  Y'know, about a game you've tried?

[Maniac]

The official company line when questioned about being a tester is "sorry, I cannot discuss it". Unlike Dale I do not wish to burn my bridges with Firaxis, so I'll stick to that company line.

[Maniac]

Or in other words "Game? What game?"

[Buster's Uncle]

I hear you.

Or rather, I don't.  I'm hard of hearing.  What?


Also?  Be nice.   Please.

[Dale]

Don't blame me because 2K forgot to mark the user list private.  Not my problem.

Unlike Dale I do not wish to burn my bridges with Firaxis, so I'll stick to that company line.

BTW, I didn't "burn my bridges with Firaxis".  2K saw my plans as competitive and so as not to cause problems for Firaxis I pulled out.