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Originally Posted by Comedian2004
Yeah, basically it was saying if you pre-buy, you could be put on the few remaining spots for the beta team. So, it looked to me they were just trying to pad the pocket by throwing the beta bite out there at you.
The past versions of the programs, IMHO, (no one take it personally), was not beta tested very well. There are too many simple mistakes, like spelling errors, and something that should have been caught by just a casually user. The limitations on RBIS, or the 25 career limitation, the program bombing out when you generate a report file and put in too many days. Those are things that should have NEVER gotten past beta.
Being a programmer myself, and also a beta tester for other software, including MS, I thought that I would be a good beta tester. Plus the fact that I spent hundreds of hours writing a 3rd party program and also would be one that would be writing 3rd party programs for the new version. So, I would not only be able to test the program, but also test the data on how it could be used with 3rd party software, from a programmers standpoint.
As far as the cost of the program, big deal. Considering what new software costs, this one is still cheap. I can clean viruses off one computer to pay for it. It is sort of a tradition to give beta testers a free copy of the program (if they contribute), but I really could care less about that.
I have bought 5 and 6 and 6.5, and I am pretty sure I bought 4, but e-license said I did not, I was just not involved with the program with 5 and much as I was with 6, and even then, it was way after I purchased it that I started getting into it. Look back at the date when my thread was created for my program. (It may not be this thread)
He also posted a thread in the OT forum on the top forum users and was basing beta on that too. Basing it on how many messages you post in the off topic forum? I don't get that. Why not scroll back and look at the bugs I reported with 6 and 6.5 (and how I even solved some of them)
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Pat yourself on the back just a little more...
Just because you wrote a utility for this game doesn't make you bigger than this community. There are a lot of people around that have been here since version 1, 2 and 3, report bugs just as often or more frequently then you and don't campaign for a spot on the beta team.
As a utility writer myself (Wallman utility with OOTP3 and 4, look it up), I understand the time you have spent writing this utility and the recognition you want from it. Believe me, I understand. Just be modest about it and maybe you will be recognized for it.
Just my
