So, I'm one of the chosen few. Read few thousand. Who gets to alpha test this new MMORPG game. For those who dont know what MMORPG is, it stands for "Massively multiplayer online role-playing game". Like World Of Warcraft, Eve online, Final Fantasy XI and such. Since I'm an alpha tester I'm not allowed to reveal any information about this game at the moment, so you have to figure it out yourself which MMORPG game I'm talking about.
Yesterday was supposed to have been our first playday, the gave us a 4 hour window to log in and test the game for bugs. First it took about 30 minutes to even be able to log in and create a character, then I got kicked out from the game because of server issues. Then it took about another 45 minutes before I was able to log back in again. I managed to stay in game for about 10 minutes this time. In these 10 minutes I had the time to go through a cutscene, kill a fish and go through another cutscene, and finally get dumped in a city. Then I got kicked off the game again. And another 30 minutes to try and log back on again. Was able to stay online for maybe another 5 minutes, managed to go to the other side of the town, basically I got lost while looking for a way out of the town. Got an error message, game crashed. Another 30-40 minutes of trying to log on, finally got on again. Trying to remember where I am and where I was going, game crashes again. Spent another 20 minutes to try and log in, said "Fuck this".
Went to the official alpha forum where I am supposed to be reporting bugs. Open the bug report, spending 15 minutes typing about the problem I've found so far. Submitting. After I submitted my bug report I get a message saying
"The dark hand of evil has reached from the depths of the Pit to cause an unexplainable error while registering your report, rendering all your efforts to naught. We humbly ask that you brave the journey back to the Bug Report Form and attempt once more to complete your noble quest."
Ok... So not only is the game bugged, which is understandable. but the bug report thingy is, well bugged as well. Decided I'm not going to spend another 15 minutes to try and submit another bug report. Browsing the forum for a bit, see that everyone has the same problem as I had. And alot of people complaining, which is understandable. If I cared enough I would also complain, I just wasted 4 hours staring at a login screen, fun times.
Then you have the internet white knights saying stuff like "Don't complain, its aplha, blah blah blah" As if they believe they will get special treatment from the gaming company if they "defend" them on an online forum. Umm hello... We are there to find bugs and report them, we are there to voice our opinion about this game and help to make it better. Not just accept everything that is wrong, and be thankful that we get the oportunity to stare on a login screen. Now if I owned a game company and ran a test like this, I would want the testers to voice their opinion about whats bad, so that we can fix the problem. I wouldnt want a bunch of suckups to say that everything is damn near divine (because this is what they think the game company want to hear).
So yeah, I'm glad to be a part of this and all, but its not all that cool. I refuse to act as if I have just won 50 million on the lottery. I will speak my mind, and if the game company really dont want my opinion, they can just remove me from the testing, and keep all the guys that say what they want to hear instead.
So all you internet white knights, take your e-stallion and go defend some e-princess or something and leave the real testing to us who have an opinion of our own. ok?
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So angry. If it's one thing I learned in all my days on the interwebs, is that as long as you can't get punched in the face, you can say whatever you want.
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Don't sweat it. You have people who care, people who care too much, people who don't care at all, and people who are just here for the cookies. And trust me, cookies? They taste great.