Curse

Lishy · Oct 22, 2009, 04:46 AM // 04:46

I'm sure arenanet has a reason for their choices. Although complications probably happen around the office', so they refrain from telling us things.

And keep in mind, not everyone will go through the necessary steps after they receive acceptance email. Only those who're committed will go through the effort to send a mail. It's an easy task, but those who don't care, chances are, won't bother at this point.

Jensy · Oct 22, 2009, 04:54 AM // 04:54

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, I got one

Will email it all back when I'm not uh, at Disneyland.

Jenn · Oct 22, 2009, 04:58 AM // 04:58

Oh dear. I'm not loved enough by aNet

Enjoy everyone!

the last axiom · Oct 22, 2009, 05:11 AM // 05:11

I'm a little distressed that I'm only aware of one other PvP'er who got in, but I'm tryin' my best to keep the faith!

Falrow · Oct 22, 2009, 05:33 AM // 05:33

I got in, and all I'm interested in is PvP. One of the other people in my PvP guild also got in. We were both in Alpha so that might have been a factor in their decision.

Yawgmoth · Oct 22, 2009, 05:58 AM // 05:58

I had big hopes in this and thought I could countribute a lot and participate with dedication, but haven't got the mail. Shame. Big disappointment. I was really looking forward to this as testing stuff is just my thing and I'm doing that in GW since 2004 betas up till today.

dansamy · Oct 22, 2009, 06:04 AM // 06:04

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Originally Posted by Illfated Fat

Oh dear. I'm not loved enough by aNet

Enjoy everyone!

We'll cry and eat cake together, 'kay Jenn? They didn't ask me to come play either. :`(

Silent Treason · Oct 22, 2009, 08:09 AM // 08:09

This has got to be a joke.

Only -1- player from the remaining top PvP players was accepted? Is that a joke?

IMMORTAlMITCH · Oct 22, 2009, 08:09 AM // 08:09

Reading this thread makes me very skeptical about the whole thing, we'll see I guess, at least I'll have a heads up if it goes down the shitter being invited myself

i farm baddies · Oct 22, 2009, 08:40 AM // 08:40

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Originally Posted by IMMORTAlMITCH

Reading this thread makes me very skeptical about the whole thing, we'll see I guess, at least I'll have a heads up if it goes down the shitter being invited myself

atleast we can trust 1/200 people

Riot Narita · Oct 22, 2009, 08:55 AM // 08:55

I didn't apply. Those that did, and got in... congratulations, good luck, and please DO A GOOD JOB! :-D

refer · Oct 22, 2009, 09:11 AM // 09:11

NDA lol. I want to see hear some leaked updates, I know it will happen.

Enon · Oct 22, 2009, 09:22 AM // 09:22

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

We were looking for experienced, opinionated GW players. In general, we looked at how much play time people had accumulated, what formats they liked to play, and whether they showed knowledge in those formats.

Did you ever realize that some people tend to afk a lot? And that some people that have been playing this game for 4 years still suck when it comes to thinking for them selfs? I won't deny that looking at how much time someone has played gives you a certain indication of the player, but the way you describe it...

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

Communication skills = important; if we can't understand people, it's a challenge to incorporate feedback.

You picked out people that write without capital letters and type words such as 'bcuz' and 'moar'. Awesome communication skills right there!

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

If any invitees have specific or detailed questions about the instructions in the email, please contact me or Martin directly.

We will probably be able to help you understand what is required better than the public.

So they fit the requirements to join the Test Krewe, but they don't understand the e-mail they got? Oh my... the irony.

Very disappointed with the people that have been chosen. They left out so many experienced players that might have actually been able to do something meaningful. Your loss, Anet.

Fril Estelin · Oct 22, 2009, 10:14 AM // 10:14

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Originally Posted by Enon

Did you ever realize that some people tend to afk a lot? And that some people that have been playing this game for 4 years still suck when it comes to thinking for them selfs? I won't deny that looking at how much time someone has played gives you a certain indication of the player, but the way you describe it...

Did you think for a minute that they may be able to make the difference between afk and not?

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You picked out people that write without capital letters and type words such as 'bcuz' and 'moar'. Awesome communication skills right there!

Do you trust him when he says that? (do you even trust that he wrote his application like that, if he did???)

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So they fit the requirements to join the Test Krewe, but they don't understand the e-mail they got? Oh my... the irony.

Legal jargon?

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Very disappointed with the people that have been chosen. They left out so many experienced players that might have actually been able to do something meaningful. Your loss, Anet.

How many showed up on this thread out of the 200 lucky ones?

Silmar Alech · Oct 22, 2009, 10:25 AM // 10:25

We see quite some examples in this thread why someone should not be invited. There is probably no place for people who see the Test Crewe as an end-game extension for people who in fact ceased playing ("Not invited? Goodbye GW!")
There are also many disappointed posts who blame Arenanet - well, you wrote your own application, you are to blame yourself! You must not lie in such an application, but you had every freedom to present yourself in an appealing manner. There was actually a very good question in the application form we had to answer.

You might also ask if a Tester is a good one, if he blames the company for all he deems wrong instead of making constructive comments. If this comment is not regarded, well, this is something you have to accept. This happens for the rest of your life, everywhere, with everything.

There are obviously single strong opinions about how the skill structure should look like. The current one is considered "bad" or "broken by design" by some people who probably crave for a radical overhaul. That is certainly no task for the Test Crewe, and many such people are probably a burden in the team. The game is finished, the task is to constantly fine-tune skills or other things to make every profession equally attractive for new and old players instead.

Example: I don't play PvP myself apart from a bit AB and JQ, but as far as I see in the forums, some professions are nearly missing from GvG and HA. If I were to fine-tune PvP, I would try to bring them back in. That would be good task. But not rumbling about how broken the skill system since Nightfall is (which is not).

And, well, you are seeing this thing a bit too seriously. This is a game. The NDA is serious, and the Test Crewe is supposed to give serious feedback, but Guildwars is still a video game, and we all play it for fun and leisure, don't we?

JR · Oct 22, 2009, 11:00 AM // 11:00

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Originally Posted by IMMORTAlMITCH

Reading this thread makes me very skeptical about the whole thing, we'll see I guess, at least I'll have a heads up if it goes down the shitter being invited myself

I think it's a bit of a misconception that this is some giant focus group for feedback and discussion. A lot of what the LTK does will probably be fairly menial (though enjoyable) QA tasks, such as scouring new content for bugs or reproducing glitches. There will be a forum, but it's false to assume that everyone was invited for their nuanced knowledge and debating skills.