Re: CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS

From: "Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>

Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

MadCentral wrote in message
<19981105085319.18367.00004234@ng-fa1.aol.com>...
>>>I thought it about time I placed a valid subject into the boiling pot
after
>reading a few comments earlier about this subject.<<
>>>Prime example - Madhouse (sorry steve) they have been playtesting
dungeon
>here in the uk and now its seems this playtest is coming to an end. If
this
>is the case then why is there a need to have a US platest now the game is
>being launched over there? Is'nt all playtesting complete?<<
>
>Not at all.  Haven't you ever licensed a game?  It's important to make
sure you
>don't suffer from your own lack-of-knowledge on the system.  We *always*
run a
>playtest on a new game... its not fair for players to come into the game
and
>suffer from mistakes you make due to unfamiliarity with the system.

Couldn't agree more on that one, Steve.

>>>So back to my original comment. Who likes paying for playtest?<<
>
>Nobody *likes* paying for anything... but I could give you rather a lot
of
>people who are quite happy paying for a *good* playtest.

Of course, as Devil's Advocate here, you can't really be sure that what
you are offering them *is* going to be a *good* playtest until you get
going on it. Bugs are always there, hidden, lurking, awaiting their chance
to destroy your data. What might look like a well-tested game can fall
apart quickly under the right (wrong) circumstances.

If you can guarantee a *good* playtest, then it doesn't really need
playtesting.

References

CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS
"Warrior Games - News" <warrior@zen.co.uk>
Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS
"Warrior Games - News" <warrior@zen.co.uk>
Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: CHARGING FOR PLAYTESTS
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000