Test Krewe notification sent!

havent used my scanner in ages , and looked at cord and at some point in time my cat broke it lol. time ot go by a new cord

gratz to all who got selected.

on a more sour note this thread is just turning into a "i'm better than you are" - "no you aren't" debate that i don't believe was the original intent. real classy.

I would have chosen the remaining top PvP players.

Just saying.

I too shall be heading down to the post office tomorrow

And then do what about PvE content?
And do they have a choice?

which is pretty much why every game i've ever alpha/beta'd been under or around an NDA, forbade you to acknowledge it, that was with unreleased material btw.. I imagine soon we'll have a full list of people who are test krewe recipients. now to just find the corruptible/gullible/affable ones.

Public test servers were just that. public. free beta testers are free beta testers, after release. although you still needed a current sub (if p2p) for access.

almost forgot. they had closed forums as well. so something like what is happening now, doesn't.

Gratz to those who made it in! I have a question for you..
Out of shire curiosity, ofcourse.
What did you write on your applications?
I found applying rather difficult as I could have gone on for hours and hours writting about all my experience with skills and how they've changed, current balance etc etc etc..
But in the end decided to go with something short and sweet, knowing that anet would have hundreds of these apps coming in and wouldnt have time to read it all.

So yeah.. I guess i'd like to know whether I shot myself in the foot! Were you guys long winded or brief? What kind of things did you talk about? Purely pvp or pve aswell? Details please!

Congrats to those who got accepted! I got an email too. (Along with two good friends, amazing as it is!)

"Well, it is good to be king" *Cough*

Congrats to all those who've been chosen!

Those who applied and were not chosen, sorry! I'd think its only fair to the community if we were told certain info about the selection process... what specifically was looked for, what wasn't wanted, how many people were chosen, etc. Any chance you guys think we'll actually get that info? I'm sure many qualified and top notch players applied, it would be a shame to see them jaded by no additional info, at least in my opinion.

I didn't bother applying because well, I am to lazy and I don't REALLY care, so I am not coming here to piss on people's parades because I didn't get in.
Still (*drinks a TON of water and unbuttons pants*) I was under the impression this was a PvP Kreve.
So why THESE people?

Congratulations to those who got in

*I'm looking at you Konig :3*

Hope y'all make it worth.

Wow I didnt get in...brb im gonna go tie a noose

Step 1 - Enter Old Ascalon.
Step 2 - Use Skill 1.
Step 3 - Did Skill 1 cause any problems? Use big vocabulary please.
Step 4 - Reenter Old Ascalon.
Step 5 - Use Skill 2.
Step 6 - Did Skill 2 cause any problems? Use big vocabulary please.

grats to all the new krewbies. have fun

welllll guess its a good thing I didnt get an email since I dont own a printer or a scanner...............and have no intentions of buying one.


gratz to the few, the proud .....wait-------yeah whatever, the chosen.

They chose at least one.

Shame i didn't get in, congrats on those who did though
I've noticed quite a few 'famous' names popping up...hmmm

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. We looked at what people wrote and looked to see whether they could convey their ideas and opinions in a clear, understandable way. Communication skills = important; if we can't understand people, it's a challenge to incorporate feedback. We looked to see whether potential volunteers had a clear understanding of the game and how everything interconnects, in terms of skills, in terms of balance, the meta, etc. We were looking for people who we thought (based on their statements) could give us quality feedback, whether that feedback was potentially supportive of development decisions or not. Of course, people who applied to the Test Krewe are fans of the game, but that doesn't mean all we wanted are folks who wouldn't question the development team's ideas. We were looking for people who wouldn't necessarily be universally supportive of everything we have planned, but who could also back up their opinions with explanations that showed a strong underlying knowledge of the game. At the end of the day, the goal of the Test Krewe members and the development team is the same: to improve the game.

Now, everyone who applied to the Test Krewe were giving us a sort of "sales pitch" on their ability to provide us with quality feedback, and we hope the applicants who "talked the talk" in their applications will be able to "walk the walk" when they actually come to volunteer their time with us.

There are approximately 200 members of the Test Krewe.

@Regina:

How is balancing for a deep gametype like GvG going to go? I know a lot of people are worried that underqualified people are going to be making poor decisions on it, so how do you plan on making final decisions for balancing in that aspect, when you potentially have not many people at all who know how GvG works, trying to help you balance GvG?

Thanks for that Regina. Out of curiosity, for those who were on the Hero Battles test team (LOL at how that wound up.....), was any preference given? Or if they were in it, did you look at their performance?