[Reminder] Are you ready to cry again? (2° Wave of Alpha invites tomorrow, 3 dec.)

[EinSoFZ]

It may sound mean, but it's probably a blessing in disguise that unqualified people get in. Sometimes people who aren't quite bright or have awful computers manage to find bugs in interesting ways when they get bored and aren't doing "proper" testing.

[Shougun]

There's really not much point in blaming SE.

Blame the D00DS who claim they can play 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when they actually have a full time job.
Blame the D00DS who claim they have a beast rig when they're in fact playing on a 10 year old laptop.
Blame the D00DS Who say they want to test the game to make it better but really don't give a damn about gathering in X place or doing Y thing.
Blame the D00DS Who get their invite and then barely play at all.
Blame the D00DS Who lied through their teeth and got in.

It happens.

But hey, some legit people get in too.

* Wipes tears from eyes* I.. Blame that dood >.>;

Lets all hold hands and and flood the thread till we are without tears or Dec. 5th.. lol :P


(Oh and Congrats who got in!)

It may sound mean, but it's probably a blessing in disguise that unqualified people get in. Sometimes people who aren't quite bright or have awful computers manage to find bugs in interesting ways when they get bored and aren't doing "proper" testing.

I.. no .. why.. lol

I've had enough alpha testing experience to call it a semi-job >.>. The noob better not be rated higher then those who really know how to make that retarded sequence that crashes the servers XD

I bet its all hardware and IP though - their alpha is pretty bugless so I hear, they need to test hardware really.

[Faiyez]

It may sound mean, but it's probably a blessing in disguise that unqualified people get in. Sometimes people who aren't quite bright or have awful computers manage to find bugs in interesting ways when they get bored and aren't doing "proper" testing.

People with low spec PC's don't represent me.

If it's a problem that wouldn't show up on a proper current gaming PC, than I don't care about it.

I would rather have proper testers with proper hardware.

[Nix]

I would rather have proper testers with proper hardware.

If the pc selected can run the game - it's proper hardware.
It's important that the testing-base is varied to pick up on all problems.

If you say you don't care about problems that may affect others then it's probably a good that you did not get selected for testing. :/

[Reinheart]

Well next batch of invites seems to be going out on 12/5 JST so we'll see... was sent out 12/3 (PST) midnight for this round. The one before that was sent out on 11/26 at 1AM so I am guessing it should be around same time for 12/5.

Rane already posted it earlier with same info but from JP twitter
https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_JP

ちなみに今後の同時接続率にもよりますが、次回のαテスター増員は12/5を予定しています
Also for the future, it will depend on rate of simulaneous connection but we are planning to increase the amount of alpha testers on 12/5.

[Twiddle]

There's really not much point in blaming SE.

Blame the D00DS who claim they can play 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when they actually have a full time job.
Blame the D00DS who claim they have a beast rig when they're in fact playing on a 10 year old laptop.
Blame the D00DS Who say they want to test the game to make it better but really don't give a damn about gathering in X place or doing Y thing.
Blame the D00DS Who get their invite and then barely play at all.
Blame the D00DS Who lied through their teeth and got in.

It happens.

But hey, some legit people get in too.

What if i told you, that all that matter is pressing the submit button... and after that it's a dice roll?!
I got an email from my XI ls leader, who lives in UK last week, she chose the top answer to every question with no thought. And she's in the alpha right now! Mind you she had forgotten she even applied...

[Faiyez]

If the pc selected can run the game - it's proper hardware.

No it's not.

There are minimum requirements drawn out and the alpha application also states you have to meet the minimum specs.

If you say you don't care about problems that may affect others then it's probably a good that you did not get selected for testing. :/

He was talking about people with "awful computers". By all means take that as "below minimum specs", which means he's talking about people that are not abiding by SE's guidelines to be in this test.

And here you are, saying that those people are probably more deserving. Way to show that your opinion about me is more valid than a RNG.

[NefarioCall]

What if i told you, that all that matter is pressing the submit button... and after that it's a dice roll?!
I got an email from my XI ls leader, who lives in UK last week, he chose the top answer to every question with no thought. And he's in the alpha right now! Mind you he had forgotten he even applied...

Well ... DAMN.

[Nix]

No it's not.

There are minimum requirements drawn out and the alpha application also states you have to meet the minimum specs.




He was talking about people with "awful computers". By all means take that as "below minimum specs", which means he's talking about people that are not abiding by SE's guidelines to be in this test.

And here you are, saying that those people are probably more deserving. Way to show that your opinion about me is more valid than a RNG.

From day one all you've done is clutch at straws and cry because you haven't been selected, even going as far as to submit a ticket because you weren't picked. You need to knock off this entitlement crap.

I can guarantee that if you were picked you would be quiet about these issues, but as it stands you weren't picked and now you're (again) throwing your toys out the pram.

Computers below minimum specs won't be picked (what's the point in picking a machine that can't run it?) Lower end PCs however that can run it can also be classed as awful. Being able to run the game on minimum is still being able to run the game. So again, clutching at straws because you didn't get an invite.

[Velhart]

I would rather have proper testers with proper hardware.

Define proper hardware. The point of Alpha is to stress test their servers and see if both lowest spec PC's to highest spec PC's can handle the graphical and latency conditions of the game. Not everyone who buys this game will have a nice PC to play it on. You have to test playing this game in as many scenarios as possible. It wouldn't be fair to the low spec PC player if he had to deal with bugs created from not testing the game with their type of hardware.

Also, I don't believe the alpha applications include incompatible hardware/software options.