Well, I've already privately replied to Whizzard and apparently
successfully divined his intent. The beta testers are a service for
those who believe they will not have an appropriate group of beta-
testers or those who need a schedule like that to keep themselves
moving :^) The use of the 'officially-sanctioned' testers would not
be mandatory, just a useful service for those who feel they need it.
In other words, if you think you have good beta-testers, by all means
use them. If not, here's a guaranteed-not-to-screw-up-the-competition
testing crew.
|> Either make X very large, or change the orders to "Do as complete a
|> job beta-testing the game as possible."
.....within the limits of testing ten games within two weeks' time.
|> You mean voting begins at the end of May and continues til the end of
|> September? Sounds way too long. But, of course, many people are
|> off-net during the summer (I assume that's why you chose those dates.)
|> Problematic.
I think the 'voting in September' works reasonably well, although the
timing of the start *might* perhaps be moved up to August 15th-ish, to
catch all the new/returning students with time on their hands the first
week or two of classes (or imagined time on their hands ;-) at least
until classes catch up with them).
Would a month and a half of playing/voting be enough time, you think?
Mike Phillips, msphil@aardvark.cc.wm.edu