Right: the inner circle has been asked to help with the game, making it ever more appealing to the inner circle. I revisit my initial post over and over and see how it's playing out exactly as I said it would, the more I hear. Were complete outsiders brought in to be play testers as well for this round? People with fresh eyes whose feedback will represent the vast majority of the actual end user rather than the comparatively small group who are posting on this forum? Was the balance of play testers (uninformed novices vs. knowledgeable & experienced) skewed to represent that ratio?deaconivory wrote:It's worth noting that the latest group of people invited by JL to be playtesters came from these very forums
We know the answer. And unfortunately it's going to be because it makes SENSE from one standpoint, to ask those most motivated about the game to donate their time to be play testers vs. going out and trying to find Joe and Jane Gamer to be a play tester. On the other hand, well I tried to make a point earlier about how unapproachable the game currently is and how important it's going to be to observe some non Forum Fan (perhaps neutral enough a term now, to not get in the way of the discussion?) play testers and learn from how befuddled they are.
Oh my goodness, was I in the running to be a play tester, and without my having even any desire to be one? And apparently I wasn't chosen... I'm positively overcome with despair.deaconivory wrote:In the end if you are the least bit interested in why those individuals were chosen over you
Nope. It was much more than that. The nasty thing about cognitive dissonance is that it makes it so we can't see things we don't want to see. After so much time and work it can't be easy to encounter criticism on the project. I totally understand. Far easier to see a comment as easily falling into a few bug fixes which "will be fixed with the next release" and move on.hairlessOrphan wrote:You had two complaints: too much stealthing, not enough Strategic layer info.
If verbosity is a crime then I stand guilty as charged . The problem of course isn't that I took too many words to say it, anyways; The real issue is that I was critical and stood by what I wrote despite all attempts to knock me down, which is a crime whose punishment is to have my character attacked so that my content can hopefully be ignored by those who wish to ignore it.hairlessOrphan wrote:It took you like 8,000 words to say it. Don't be too proud, man.