Tacticians ? Hardcore Testers ? Free entrance to an early Alpha test

[BenJohn]

Hello from a Secret Indie Team (I don't know if I'm allowed to give the name) working on the Next Level of the Tactical Kind,

We are currently on a OVER MEGA HYPER SECRET Project and we are searching "Hardcore" testers.
By Hardcore I mean that it will not be beautiful, a lot will be missing (it’s a True Alpha), we will ask feedbacks to any participants (and really want it), it will be focus on very specific parts, Which means that you will know in advance what we would like you to Test.

There is currently 1 Dozen of places available.

You are Obviously going to ask me “But about What is it?”.
Competitive Antiquity Tactical Turn based. It want to be advanced tactic BUT with a real focus to give Youth the opportunity to discover the kind by respecting their beginner levels.
If you really want to participate to the New Era of the Tactic you are to the right place.

The First Test will only be focus on specific aspect of the battles, You will only fight against Yourself (no opponents) and will be short (1 or 2 hours). It’s extremely Targeted. But all those who participate to the First will have access to every other (Except if ban), and a Great bonus Gift (At least For the 12 First).

We will really listen you on these aspects But we will not talk about what is not include in the Test.
Obviously it’s under NDA and no one is allowed to Stream it.

When do it start ? It should be within 1 month max but with Indies we are never sure.

We can not be here everydays so no worries if We don’t reply instantly.

I hope I’m clear and wish you the Best.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

If you're looking for exposure, I'd strongly suggest getting in touch with the editor-in-chief of the site, Nick Calandra.

 

[BenJohn]

If you're looking for exposure, I'd strongly suggest getting in touch with the editor-in-chief of the site, Nick Calandra.

Thank you very much but currently I'm really NOT looking for exposure. I Reall want True Gamer to test precise aspect. Any Participant will be listened but it will be very focus. I know there are some Hub where we can ask members to test but usually they are all Dev and considering what I looking for, it will not match.

Still thank you very much

 

[Gordon_4]

Begone, bot and take your charlatan ways with you.

 

[Mister Mumbler]

Begone, bot and take your charlatan ways with you.

 

[BenJohn]

I'm not completly sure to understand ? You think I want exposure ? I guarranty you that Today I'm not in position to "expose" and no one never try to get advertisment this way (I even not gave the name, I can not do less to show you my sincerity).

Or maybe you don't think that I want True Gamers to Test what I mentioned above, and don't think I will really listen them ? It would simply take 1 invitation to verify it (I don't think a 1 hour test within a Month is a huge risk).

I guarranty to any one who will participate (as long as they don't get ban) that we will literraly execute what the majority of the tester will have approved (Still concerning the targeted apsect of the Alpha).

 

[CriticalGaming]

There are no "True gamers" here. You are barking up the wrong tree.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

I'm not completly sure to understand ? You think I want exposure ? I guarranty you that Today I'm not in position to "expose" and no one never try to get advertisment this way (I even not gave the name, I can not do less to show you my sincerity).

Or maybe you don't think that I want True Gamers to Test what I mentioned above, and don't think I will really listen them ? It would simply take 1 invitation to verify it (I don't think a 1 hour test within a Month is a huge risk).

I guarranty to any one who will participate (as long as they don't get ban) that we will literraly execute what the majority of the tester will have approved (Still concerning the targeted apsect of the Alpha).

Sorry, just a couple of quick questions...

1
Someone gives you a calfskin wallet for your birthday. How do you react?

• A) I wouldn't accept it.

• B) Say, "Thank you for the wallet!"

• C) I would appreciate it.

2
Your little boy shows you his butterfly collection, plus the killing jar. What do you say?

• A) "Oh, lovely!"

• B) "That's nice, but why don't you keep the killing jar for yourself?"

• C) Nothing. I take my boy to the doctor.

3
You're watching television. Suddenly you spot a wasp crawling on your arm. How do you react?

• A) I scream, then grab the closest object to me (which happens to be a can of sunscreen) and beat the hell out of it.

• B) I swat it away.

• C) I kill it.

4
You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl or guy. You show it to your husband/wife, who likes it so much, he/she hangs it on your bedroom wall. The girl/guy is lying on a bearskin rug.

• A) I wouldn't allow that.

• B) I would take it down.

• C) Huh?

5
While walking along in desert sand, you suddenly look down and see a tortoise crawling toward you. You reach down and flip it over onto its back. The tortoise lies there, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over, but it cannot do so without your help. You are not helping. Why?

• A) What do you mean, I'm not helping?

• B) What is a tortoise?

• C) I don't know why I would flip the turtle over in the first place.

6
Describe in single words only the good things that come to mind about your mother.

• A) Warm voice, cookies.

• B) Music. Love. Summer. Sun. Books. Movies. Friends. Laughter.

• C) My mother....I'll tell you about my mother.

7
React to this: You become pregnant by a man who runs off with your best friend. You decide to get an abortion.

• A) I would never have an abortion.

• B) What do you think I do with my boyfriend?

• C) OK, I think there's a first time for everything.

8
React to this: You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. The entree consists of boiled dog stuffed with rice. The raw oysters are less acceptable to you than a dish of boiled dog.

• A) Disgusting!

• B) I wouldn't eat boiled dog!

• C) Not true.

 

[Mister Mumbler]

Sorry, just a couple of quick questions...

1
Someone gives you a calfskin wallet for your birthday. How do you react?

• A) I wouldn't accept it.

• B) Say, "Thank you for the wallet!"

• C) I would appreciate it.

2
Your little boy shows you his butterfly collection, plus the killing jar. What do you say?

• A) "Oh, lovely!"

• B) "That's nice, but why don't you keep the killing jar for yourself?"

• C) Nothing. I take my boy to the doctor.

3
You're watching television. Suddenly you spot a wasp crawling on your arm. How do you react?

• A) I scream, then grab the closest object to me (which happens to be a can of sunscreen) and beat the hell out of it.

• B) I swat it away.

• C) I kill it.

4
You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl or guy. You show it to your husband/wife, who likes it so much, he/she hangs it on your bedroom wall. The girl/guy is lying on a bearskin rug.

• A) I wouldn't allow that.

• B) I would take it down.

• C) Huh?

5
While walking along in desert sand, you suddenly look down and see a tortoise crawling toward you. You reach down and flip it over onto its back. The tortoise lies there, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over, but it cannot do so without your help. You are not helping. Why?

• A) What do you mean, I'm not helping?

• B) What is a tortoise?

• C) I don't know why I would flip the turtle over in the first place.

6
Describe in single words only the good things that come to mind about your mother.

• A) Warm voice, cookies.

• B) Music. Love. Summer. Sun. Books. Movies. Friends. Laughter.

• C) My mother....I'll tell you about my mother.

7
React to this: You become pregnant by a man who runs off with your best friend. You decide to get an abortion.

• A) I would never have an abortion.

• B) What do you think I do with my boyfriend?

• C) OK, I think there's a first time for everything.

8
React to this: You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. The entree consists of boiled dog stuffed with rice. The raw oysters are less acceptable to you than a dish of boiled dog.

• A) Disgusting!

• B) I wouldn't eat boiled dog!

• C) Not true.

 

[BenJohn]

There are no "True gamers" here. You are barking up the wrong tree.

Don't missunderstand By "True Gamer" I simply mean "not a Dev". Still Thank for your help

For the others I wish you a Nice Day

 

[EvilRoy]

Man you gotta adjust your approach to finding alpha testers because this whole thing reads like a scam. If this came through my email it would get auto sorted into my spam folder.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Dang it, skipper, you gave the game away!

 

[BenJohn]

Please tell me, How much people do you think I expect to find here to participate to the Alpha ? I'm going to tell it to you: 2 MAX (Yes two) And if I don't find any no worries It's ok. Because it seems that you completly forget something important, It's part of my Job.

Then if you don't want to participate (I perfectly understand it), what are you doing on this Thread ?

Thank you,
I wish you a Nice Day

 

[Drathnoxis]

Then if you don't want to participate (I perfectly understand it), what are you doing on this Thread ?

What else?

 

[EvilRoy]

Then if you don't want to participate (I perfectly understand it), what are you doing on this Thread ?

Uh, mocking you. Clearly.

That said, if you want some honest advice about this whole thing I've got some.

The first thing is that I have no idea what a "Competitive Antiquity Tactical Turn based" is. If I had to guess I would assume you're referring to a board game like chess, which is a game that hails from antiquity, is tactical, competitive and turn based, and can be played against yourself. So I think you're making a classical grid based boardgame. But I had to guess at that, and if I have to guess at what a new game even is after having been asked to test it then we aren't starting from good place.

The second is just overall presentation. The communication here is pretty horrible, you have random formatting and very strange turns if phrase littered throughout your post. What does "new era of the tactic" even mean? Reading your post as a whole I basically understand what you're trying to say, but when I think about doing this test my immediate reaction is fear that this is how the alpha test instructions will be written and I'll spend more time trying to figure out what to do than testing the game. I appreciate communication with English as a second language is tough, but you'll get higher quality candidates either by asking in your first language or by hiring a translator to write some form letters you can reuse.

 

[Elvis Starburst]

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Damn, you basically beat me to all of this. If this guy wasn't directly responding to us with quotes I'd have assumed this was some weird bot written by someone in, like... Nigeria or something. It's like someone did a few classes of "buzzwords & you!" and threw em at this thread. I barely know what this is about or why I should even be interested (Or if it's legit to begin with. "BenJohn?" Really? Even as a username thing that sounds... so sketchy)

 

[Elijin]

"Haha, it's funny to laugh and mock people who struggle with the English language!"

Stay classy, guys.

 

[Mister Mumbler]

"Haha, it's funny to laugh and mock people who struggle with the English language!"

Stay classy, guys.

So, on the one hand it is quite a bit mean-spirited (which, par for the course around here if we're being honest), but one the other, I mean...this whole thing is a little weird, innit? The whole 'secret squirrel' thing going on (I'm still unclear on the exact nature of the game itself), combined with this forum's previous infestation with bots (I was lurking in the shadows, but still saw the shenanigans that went down) just leaves this whole thing feeling...off?

 

[Elvis Starburst]

So, on the one hand it is quite a bit mean-spirited (which, par for the course around here if we're being honest), but one the other, I mean...this whole thing is a little weird, innit? The whole 'secret squirrel' thing going on (I'm still unclear on the exact nature of the game itself), combined with this forum's previous infestation with bots (I was lurking in the shadows, but still saw the shenanigans that went down) just leaves this whole thing feeling...off?

It feels very off. If there was even a hint of this sounding legit I'd be a little more chill about believing it or not. But when it sounds like "If this came through my email it would get auto sorted into my spam folder" as EvilRoy put it... like, dude, it doesn't sound legit, not even a tiny bit. That's not a language barrier thing, that's just a common sense thing

 

[BenJohn]

Thank you to show me your support I appreciate it. Wish you the Best.

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