[DEV question] Why cant we change Alpha application answers?

[Jennika]

You want to change your comp specs on your app because you didn't get an alpha invite? >.>

Lock this garbage.

[Tiago]

Is that what i said? I want to change the computer specifics in the application because i got a new system with better specs and i should be able to update it.

[ninesunz]

but why do you want to update your specs in an alpha invite?

[Elexia]

but why do you want to update your specs in an alpha invite?

The only reason to is you believe you'll get a better chance at an invite. Otherwise there's nothing stopping you from supplying your computer specs when you submit your report, because like on these forums, they ask basic questions about your hardware and ISP etc. That's the basic setup of any bug report form.

So if you updated, if you get an invite you simply just use your newest specs in a report, what you supplied on an application doesn't need to be changed.

[Shougun]

but why do you want to update your specs in an alpha invite?

I think he fears his old computer sucks monkies and his new one is better :P. But beyond the fact he wants better chances - why not? Why should someone not keep an accurate and update profile for SE to successfully pull the information and users they actually want to pull.

"To stop the cheaters" isnt adequate because the cheaters can cheat the first time, and no one knows the proper specs to get in so there isn't any real rigging of your application.

So if you updated, if you get an invite you simply just use your newest specs in a report, what you supplied on an application doesn't need to be changed.

But they may not want your new specs. If you can give an accurate representation of your system that is better for SE in the end. Otherwise they are testing things they dont care to test.

[Alhanelem]

That's kinda what i wanted to do anyways lol, test my current and old PC on the ARR Alpha!

They're supposed to be releasing a benchmark and character creator pretty soon.

In many game tests that I have participated in, there was the ability to update your application with your computer specs. Or sometimes you would just reupload a new dxdiag file. It really just depends on if, and how much, they are actually interested in your specs or not. In SE's case, all evidence points to it being quite a low priority, if one at all.

Blizzard is the only one i know to have done this, but that's because they let you set up a beta profile for any current or future beta that may or may not exist or be planned to exist for any of their products, rather than for a specific test they are actively conducting at a specific time.

[Shougun]

They're supposed to be releasing a benchmark and character creator pretty soon.

Oh man... *drools* - and we can save the created character for use in the release . Did they say if the manqote will be in the benchmark? I thought they were unsure if it would make it into beta - perhaps rumor mill talking..

quite off topic:
Hey random question but why haven't you created Yuke thread(race or puppetmaster)? Or if you have I never saw it XD. Continuing on that.. is Vivi a Yuke? (I'm a Yuke noob).

[Elexia]

The benchmark they didn't fully explain what each one would be, but good chance it would have all the races and genders, but the creator isn't until close to launch, which is a long ways off.

[Abriael]

Because people are liars.

Which is why serious testing applications require you to submit your dxdiag file, or even have an app that detects your hardware independently.

Also, if someone can lie now, he could lie about his hardware even when he submitted his application the first time.

You want to change your comp specs on your app because you didn't get an alpha invite? >.>

Lock this garbage.

Someone needs to learn to read.

[Alhanelem]

Oh man... *drools* - and we can save the created character for use in the release . Did they say if the manqote will be in the benchmark? I thought they were unsure if it would make it into beta - perhaps rumor mill talking..

quite off topic:
Hey random question but why haven't you created Yuke thread(race or puppetmaster)? Or if you have I never saw it XD. Continuing on that.. is Vivi a Yuke? (I'm a Yuke noob).

Because I don't usually fantasize much or engage in much wild speculation about future content, really that's all. Yukes are a race from the Crystal Chronicles spinoff series. Unless someone can tell me otherwise, I'm pretty sure Vivi is actually human, and they just did the darkened face thing to shroud the character in mystery.