What do i need to do do be a closed beta tester - The Hive Workshop

kaliger · 09-23-2007, 02:50 AM

simple as the title states if as i read ur beta team is full, then ill just sign up justincase som1 leaves or s spot is open. i am very dedicated to the prject but i cant donate because i dont have a credit card(i ahve the money) and i suck at world edit so i prtetty much am usless if thre is 1 way i can help it is bug finding. i'll put my endless hours of computer play time to good use as a beta tester (and i realy wanan play this map :) ) so what do i need to qualify/test? edit: oh and why is it that time i make a thread it always ends up with atleast 2 or more pages and ends up as a discussion about a feature or 2 i ask about? i wanna join the team in the only way i can that will be helpfull i play on my hi edge computer atleast 5 hours a day and if i get this map i will find every single problem there is to be found

Craka_J · 09-23-2007, 06:53 AM

The Closed Beta team is usually hard to get into at first. But we manage to either make room or kick useless people out for those who are truely dedicated to testing.

So here are the six TRUE things we honestly look for, and if you lie about it in your application, you won't be a participant in any other Closed Betas ever again. Eventually we'll find out if you're lying once we get the multiplayer servers up and all that.

The six things we look for are:

Dedication, Commitment, and loyalty to the Wc3:WoW Team and testing the beta.
Internet speed (How fast you download and upload files)
Activity (How much you're active around the forums, website, and on MSN or Xfire)
Maturity (If you're very immature, especially when speaking with members of the Wc3:WoW Team, we take that as a very unprofessional insult and affects you application negatively)
Experience (If you have experience with beta testing other games or popular maps or strong experience with the World Editor, this helps your application a lot. Eventually we find out this as well, pretty easily too.)
Contributions (If you've contributed some files or something special for Wc3:WoW, that too usually helps your application.)

If you fail at all of those, I really doubt you'll get in. Especially when the beta team is as cramped as it is now!
~Craka_J

Jombo1 · 09-23-2007, 07:59 AM

lol i really can't see how it can be a problem that people discuss things in threads, kaliger :S

kaliger · 09-23-2007, 08:13 PM

im sorry but kick me out untioll i send u a message because my comp just got busted yesterday (im on my moms comp) so i feel like total crap and i do have beta experiance ive betaed dragon fable and a game (that got shut down) named phylon

onisaiyan808 · 10-25-2007, 05:49 AM

I'm willing to join the Beta Testers group.

Av3n · 10-25-2007, 06:55 AM

Pm Cracka then, or send us a email.

Oh why do you want to become a beta tester?

-Av3n

Craka_J · 10-25-2007, 01:37 PM

Answer these three questions and include a brief or detailed description about yourself and why you want to beta test it:

1)Is your internet connection usually fast?
2)Do you download and upload large files (30mb-80mb) in about an hour and a half tops?
3)Will you report all bugs and suggestions that you've found while playing the beta to us at the forums or by emailing the Wc3:WoW Team?

~Craka_J

thisruoy · 10-27-2007, 01:17 PM

1) YES
2) YES
3) yes

Craka_J · 10-27-2007, 04:47 PM

Well how long does it usually download at? Thirty minutes? Fourty Five minutes? Less?
~Craka_J

Sluaghter · 10-27-2007, 08:19 PM

I also would like to Join.
For Two Reasons.
First is im a 3d animator/modeler
Second I have been looking for something like this for years
Oh and here are the answers to all those questions
1-Yes. Usually at around 3000-4000k
2-Yes. Around 30m-80m less than 10 minutes
3-And last but most importantly,Yes is a definate.

oh and just becuz im new to the forum doesnt mean that im new to the site.
i have been using this group since wc3sear.ch

Craka_J · 10-27-2007, 08:41 PM

You sound good for the job. Welcome to the list!
Also, can you show me some screenshots of your models/animations please?
~Craka_J

iron_warrior · 10-27-2007, 10:25 PM

Hey Sluaghter,

This is by no means obligatory in order to join as a modeler, but if you wanted you could check out the currently running modeling Mini-Contest...

Mini-Contest: Wc3:WoW Player-Models Competition

Sluaghter · 10-27-2007, 10:48 PM

sounds fun iron_warrior
oh and i gotta get them off my old computer got a new one yesterday

thisruoy · 10-28-2007, 08:18 AM

Can skin pretty okay(i hope)
internet speed fastest in Australia 24mb a second it says but usually 10 mbs around that
Pretty fast
Downloaded the Wow 300 meg update yesterday in 30 or so minutes ( was playing war 3 while dling)

Eleandor · 10-30-2007, 11:28 AM

it's 10 Mbp minute; that's 170 Kbps. Not extremelly fast though. You probably have a 24 megabit connection. playing games doesn't have a large influence as far as I know, because it's been optimised to require as little datatransfer as possible...

didn't know it was that easy to apply for the beta team, so here it goes:
1) my speed is very constant at most of the times.
2) Usually around 250 kbps, downloaded 1,4 gig in less than an hour a week ago. Top speed usually depends on the uploadspeed of the site...
3) that's what beta's are for, right?

I've got quite a lot of experience with WE; not good at jassing though (can read through a script, but it stays at reading usually). I'd like to betatest because: I don't want to wait for wc3WoW to go gold :). Also, if this is a way I can contribute to the project, I'd be glad to point out some bugs. Above that, I just like gaming.
I'm 17, that doesn't necessarily make me mature, but I don't think I act like a little whiny kid, so...