Author Topic: Blackshirts are now in! (Former signup thread)  (Read 7853 times)

Offline x4000

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Blackshirts are now in! (Former signup thread)
« on: June 01, 2015, 11:03:58 pm »
The yellowshirts are in, and we've got about 6 weeks left before launch.  I'm bringing in a new wave of testers every Friday or Monday come hell or high water.  In other words, I will try for Friday so that you have the weekend to test, but if things go awry then I will push back to the Monday night after.

On average, at the moment I will be looking for 11 folks per week, although for the yellowshirts I did 23.  As of the time of this writing we have 78 people on the list to be testers who have not yet been sent keys, and 72 people who have.  We're hopefully looking at a July 10th release, and new folks are still signing up for testing all the time (and VERY welcome to do so in the thread for that), so weekly waves are pretty well unavoidable if I still want to have people in waves (which I do want) and not have a bunch of people who volunteered miss out on the beta (which I don't want).  We certainly can use every pair of eyes we can get, and every configuration of computer, and every style of thinking, every mix of past gaming experience, and so on.

If we wind up with too many volunteers for a given week, then I'll either pick randomly from that list and then roll the extras over to the next week, or else I'll just do a larger wave that week, at my discretion based on what I think is best for the game based on its current state.  Nothing personal either direction on that, and if you get pushed back one week I'll make extra sure you are in the next week.

If for some reason you have specific scheduling constraints and you need to be in this week (or sooner even) if you're to take part, then just let me know (you can PM me to make sure I don't miss it) and I'll get you in sooner.  I'd rather have folks like that outside of a normal wave than miss their input all together.

Thanks everybody!


The following folks should now have PMs from me with a key:
Rekka
Taravassal
doctorfrog
Chthon
LordStryker
MishTheFish
ghgl090
kokonut
qrter
dersquatch
DrGonzo
Valectar
Parmenides
Tormodino
greywolf1991
EvilMonk3y
Chriamon
AlgaeNymph
Vinco
Orelius
Jerebaldo1
rallythelegions
Teal_Blue
Tolc
Gwmngilfen

If you don't, please let me know!
« Last Edit: June 15, 2015, 11:07:31 pm by x4000 »
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Offline Rekka

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2015, 03:15:08 am »
Hello Chris. If I can be in the 5th june wave that would be awesome. Quiet week-end in perspective for me so I'll have time to play. ;)

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2015, 10:30:46 am »
Hello Chris. If I can be in the 5th june wave that would be awesome. Quiet week-end in perspective for me so I'll have time to play. ;)

Added you as a blackshirt!
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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2015, 11:00:37 am »
Hello! I'm interested.

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2015, 11:05:29 am »
Well...I don't mind, but any Italians in here might go a bit wide-eyed: Blackshirts.
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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2015, 11:33:22 am »
Hello! I could do some beta test this weekend~

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2015, 10:40:24 pm »
Hello,

Is there a way to know what wave I'm in? I think you signed me up a few weeks ago, and I have been checking my PM every few days since  ;D

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2015, 11:41:05 pm »
Is this thread more for people who are on the list and would like to claim a color or for people who aren't on the list at all yet?

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2015, 07:14:17 pm »
This is slightly confusing - I just signed up in the general 'Apply for beta test' thread, but then I also see this thread..?


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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2015, 11:47:06 pm »
Hello,

Is there a way to know what wave I'm in? I think you signed me up a few weeks ago, and I have been checking my PM every few days since  ;D

If you didn't specify a wave, Chris is likely holding you back until a later wave. If you want a specific wave or time, ask! :)

Is this thread more for people who are on the list and would like to claim a color or for people who aren't on the list at all yet?

I believe it is for both. I am under the impression that the if you post here, Chris files you into the Blackshirt wave, whereas if you post elsewhere you are filed under "Any Wave".

This is slightly confusing - I just signed up in the general 'Apply for beta test' thread, but then I also see this thread..?

It is a bit confusing for sure. I'll need Chris to verify what I said above to Thisismyusername, but from what I've seen so far it feels pretty accurate.
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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2015, 03:19:36 am »
If it's still possible to signup, I'd like to. Wave not terribly important, but I do have a three day weekend coming up.  ;D

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2015, 03:03:37 pm »
Already in the other thread, so not sure if this post is redundant or not. Still interested though.

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2015, 06:08:28 pm »
If it's not too late I'd like to sign up for this week! A weekend of a new Arcen game sounds great!

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2015, 01:30:14 am »
Thanks for the clarification, Dominus. If there's room for me, I'd love to be in the blackshirt wave. I'm just finishing classes for the year so it's perfect timing!

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Re: Signup thread for beta wave of June 5th (or 8th maybe). Blackshirts!
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2015, 03:08:05 pm »
Just fyi, I look good in black :)