[MUD-Dev] Rewarding Beta Testers (There's Pricing Deal)

[David Kennerly]

Samurai Cat wrote:

> Beyond that, considering the number of people you really need to
> properly do a beta of a MMOG these days (never mind that they tend
> to ship full of bugs, each bug having usually been found and known
> of by large chunks of the beta testers), that's a *lot* of
> potential free lifetime accounts. And on top of that, IMHO, the
> vast majority of beta testers aren't worth such a reward - many of
> them are just looking for a free game to play 'til the next beta
> comes along, or info on the game so they have an advantage at
> release, etc.

And the game's developers do not necessarily get free lifetime
accounts.  If we can't be guaranteed one, then why should any
unassociated user?

David
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