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Hey check it out the weekend is coming! Not sure what the plan is but I think the woman
is expecting me to venture outside or some nonsense. I thinking about tanning in front of
the monitor here at home though...
I finally wrapped up a deal with Computer Games magazine yesterday as a new perk for the Mercury system for new subscribers by the way. We're also working on getting the offer to existing subscribers in the next few weeks.
Hrm yea, breakfast sounds about right.
movie: Ya know, I've had more rewarding relationships... but at least I can keep telling the same jokes.
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I finally wrapped up a deal with Computer Games magazine yesterday as a new perk for the Mercury system for new subscribers by the way. We're also working on getting the offer to existing subscribers in the next few weeks.
Hrm yea, breakfast sounds about right.
movie: Ya know, I've had more rewarding relationships... but at least I can keep telling the same jokes.
However, there is another issue to address. NON-public demos, or private betas. Much like the stuff Blizzard does with their multiplayer private beta tests of upcoming games or what Westwood did through Fileplanet for Generals. (One would hope Westwood does plan on a public demo soon)
Now, obviously private betas will never be public, because well.. they are private. The publishers want to limit the # of people who get their software... controlled userbase, load tweaking blah blah etc.
So now then, these private betas/playtests/etc where the publisher wishes to limit exposure for one reason or another are a different beast. If a publisher or developer approaches me and says "Hey I'd like your subscribers to try out the beta of our new product" what would you do?
A - Take it
B - Take it, and attempt to somehow work in some of your non-paying members too.
C - Dont take it, tell the publisher the only playtests should be worldwide and they are dumb for even trying to do a limited beta.
D - Dont take it, dont give a reason.
To me, B seems like the best choice right now, but I'm hoping that you guys have some input on this? If Blizzard asked for mercury members to test world of warcraft or diablo3 or something?, who knows...
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