SF open beta testing.

erehwoN · 31st Jul 2001, 07:08 PM

I assume that most of you have heard about this, but if not, here it is directly from the horses mouth: StrikeForceCenter

Quote:

I've been doing some thinking this weekend and I plan to let everyone that got a site subsciption test all of our unofficial builds with us. Basically this means all of you will get an email with a link to download every new internal release we come out with. This will allow you guys to test each version and see what we are working on as well as help us find bugs and tweak every version. This also allows us to get more invovled with the community to make SF better for you guys. So everyone that supported us by getting a site subsciption will get to test each and every internal build. Then when we finally release the official new beta you will know what all we went through to get to that point. Just another thing our team is doing with the community to bring us all closer together. Everyone should get your first email this week and if you have not signed up for a site subsciption do so right now!

This also helps us combat internal leaks. By us doing this we really don't have to worry about the code getting out. We will already be sharing it with all of you that got a subscription. So many developers today try not to let code get out but it is impossible. So instead of us having to worry about it we will take this step and we think it will only make our releases better.

What do you guys think about that? It sure adds incentive to buy a subscription, but I think the idea of the subscription to a website is a little shady.

Mad_Dog · 31st Jul 2001, 07:15 PM

i've got more than enough stuff to do... and the idea of cluttering my HD and UT folder with even more clutter

, is not that attractive. same reason why i would never want to beta test INF. then it isnt play it's work. what else do you get with this subscription, and how much does it cost? also, someone is going to email this link to all their friends, and so on... there won't be any leaks cause it'll basically be public domain

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erehwoN · 31st Jul 2001, 07:20 PM

The subscription to the site is $15, but the SF 1.60 CD is "free"

. With the site subscription, you get "inside news" on what the team is working on, and the link to all of the releases a day before everyone else. And I guess there are some cool things on the CD that they didn't release, like in development pics of weapons and stuff. However, SF doesn't get any of the money, because, well, that would be illegal. Instead MGON gets it.

Ballistophobia · 31st Jul 2001, 07:21 PM

I would NEVER give money to Opti! Fuck him in his ear, fuck him to death!

erehwoN · 31st Jul 2001, 07:23 PM

Hehe Balli, still a little bitter? You had reason to though...

Mason · 31st Jul 2001, 07:29 PM

I paid for the 'subscription' and, aside from the CD(which was late, although 'we' got the llink to d/l SF 1.6 a day before everyone else), we haven't gotten anything else..this opportunity to 'test' new versions is the first thing that has been offered to the 'subscribers'. All in all, the whole subscription thing didn't come off as advertised.

Mad_Dog · 31st Jul 2001, 07:36 PM

it's probably highly disorganized... if the INF team ever does anything like that, i hope they think it through a hell of a lot before starting it. mason, what kinda extra stuff did you get?

Mason · 31st Jul 2001, 07:41 PM

Well, the disc itself contained the following:

SF v.1.6
18 User made maps
Guide for SF map design
Information on the SF 'characters'
SF wallpapers
Staff pictures(whoopte-frickin doo)
SF 'concept' art
Development screens
'Inside secrets'
SFC subscriber newsletter(still haven't seen one of these)

All in all, the CD is done pretty well..I have no problem with that, but the stuff we were supposed to get with the subscription..we haven't gotten as of yet. This 'beta' thing is the first I've heard, since the CD's release, of another 'perk' for having subscribed.

Ballistophobia · 31st Jul 2001, 07:46 PM

Yes, with reason. Opti is a fascist fuckface! Just cuz he "found" jesus, no other religion is meaningful to him. Talk about your religion, the whole topic is deleted. Say "Oh my god", the whole post is deleted. Fuck that bastard, boycott SF now! INF is where it's at anyways, I would gladly give the INF staff money...if I had any.

DENSRAW · 31st Jul 2001, 11:34 PM

Ballis: Dude, why am I censored and your not? It makes me sad. I want to cry.

Snake13 · 31st Jul 2001, 11:34 PM

HEH i think thats funny, Bali was a SF lackey the same time I was, now we are both on the INF forums

Donnellizer · 31st Jul 2001, 11:37 PM

It's a great secret Densraw, it was passed on to me by a wise man.

Too bad I can't pm you and tell you.

Ballistophobia · 31st Jul 2001, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Snake13
HEH i think thats funny, Bali was a SF lackey the same time I was, now we are both on the INF forums

LOL, that's cuz 1.60 = ass! INF foreva..or until something better comes along.

Dens, n00bs are censored, I can't help you.

DENSRAW · 31st Jul 2001, 11:41 PM

Hey! I've been here a long time, but I just don't post a lot.

Ballistophobia · 31st Jul 2001, 11:43 PM

It has nothing to do with how long you've been here, but rather witnessing something a while ago.

Either that or possessing some ruse against the boards.

DENSRAW · 31st Jul 2001, 11:44 PM

So it really is a secret!!! What did you witness?

Ballistophobia · 31st Jul 2001, 11:51 PM

Maybe if you edited your profile so people can send you PMs you might just find out.

DENSRAW · 31st Jul 2001, 11:53 PM

Ok you can send PM's now.

DeRailer · 1st Aug 2001, 12:28 AM

Holy POSTCOUNTS! <--- not censored.

perrin98 · 1st Aug 2001, 03:19 AM

I once let the secret out, fortunately nobody caught on...i wont make that mistake again.

31st Jul 2001, 07:15 PM	#2
Mad_Dog Voice Of Reason Join Date: Mar. 27th, 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 2,216	i've got more than enough stuff to do... and the idea of cluttering my HD and UT folder with even more clutter, is not that attractive. same reason why i would never want to beta test INF. then it isnt play it's work. what else do you get with this subscription, and how much does it cost? also, someone is going to email this link to all their friends, and so on... there won't be any leaks cause it'll basically be public domain. __________________ Aldous Huxley said that an intellectual was a person who had discovered something more interesting than sex. A civilized man, it might be said, is someone who has discovered something more satisfying than combat. -John Keegan, A History of Warfare

31st Jul 2001, 07:21 PM	#4
Ballistophobia Hedonistic Forum Panacea Join Date: Jul. 15th, 2000 Location: Middlesex, NJ USA Posts: 3,278	I would NEVER give money to Opti! F<b></b>uck him in his ear, f<b></b>uck him to death! __________________ WHO WILL COME CLEAN ALL THE RAVENOUS DEBRIS?

31st Jul 2001, 07:29 PM	#6
Mason Self appointed voice of reason Join Date: Dec. 14th, 2000 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,215	I paid for the 'subscription' and, aside from the CD(which was late, although 'we' got the llink to d/l SF 1.6 a day before everyone else), we haven't gotten anything else..this opportunity to 'test' new versions is the first thing that has been offered to the 'subscribers'. All in all, the whole subscription thing didn't come off as advertised. __________________ "I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason and intellect had intended for us to forgo their use"- Galileo --May the souls of all those who have lost their lives on 9-11-01 rest easy with the love and sorrow expressed by a largely mournful world.

31st Jul 2001, 07:36 PM	#7
Mad_Dog Voice Of Reason Join Date: Mar. 27th, 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 2,216	it's probably highly disorganized... if the INF team ever does anything like that, i hope they think it through a hell of a lot before starting it. mason, what kinda extra stuff did you get? __________________ Aldous Huxley said that an intellectual was a person who had discovered something more interesting than sex. A civilized man, it might be said, is someone who has discovered something more satisfying than combat. -John Keegan, A History of Warfare

31st Jul 2001, 07:41 PM	#8
Mason Self appointed voice of reason Join Date: Dec. 14th, 2000 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,215	Well, the disc itself contained the following: SF v.1.6 18 User made maps Guide for SF map design Information on the SF 'characters' SF wallpapers Staff pictures(whoopte-frickin doo) SF 'concept' art Development screens 'Inside secrets' SFC subscriber newsletter(still haven't seen one of these) All in all, the CD is done pretty well..I have no problem with that, but the stuff we were supposed to get with the subscription..we haven't gotten as of yet. This 'beta' thing is the first I've heard, since the CD's release, of another 'perk' for having subscribed. __________________ "I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason and intellect had intended for us to forgo their use"- Galileo --May the souls of all those who have lost their lives on 9-11-01 rest easy with the love and sorrow expressed by a largely mournful world.

31st Jul 2001, 07:20 PM	#3
erehwoN The Bass Ackwards BTL Join Date: May. 30th, 2001 Location: Wyoming, USA Posts: 1,711	The subscription to the site is $15, but the SF 1.60 CD is "free" . With the site subscription, you get "inside news" on what the team is working on, and the link to all of the releases a day before everyone else. And I guess there are some cool things on the CD that they didn't release, like in development pics of weapons and stuff. However, SF doesn't get any of the money, because, well, that would be illegal. Instead MGON gets it.

31st Jul 2001, 07:23 PM	#5
erehwoN The Bass Ackwards BTL Join Date: May. 30th, 2001 Location: Wyoming, USA Posts: 1,711	Hehe Balli, still a little bitter? You had reason to though...

31st Jul 2001, 07:46 PM	#9
Ballistophobia Hedonistic Forum Panacea Join Date: Jul. 15th, 2000 Location: Middlesex, NJ USA Posts: 3,278	Yes, with reason. Opti is a fascist f<b></b>uckface! Just cuz he "found" jesus, no other religion is meaningful to him. Talk about <i>your</i> religion, the whole topic is deleted. Say "Oh my god", the whole post is deleted. F<b></b>uck that bastard, boycott SF now! INF is where it's at anyways, I would gladly give the INF staff money...if I had any. __________________ WHO WILL COME CLEAN ALL THE RAVENOUS DEBRIS?

31st Jul 2001, 11:34 PM	#10
DENSRAW Grammaton Cleric Join Date: Dec. 21st, 2000 Posts: 1,229	Ballis: Dude, why am I censored and your not? It makes me sad. I want to cry. __________________ sorry thrash

31st Jul 2001, 11:34 PM	#11
Snake13 Sniper Join Date: Aug. 5th, 2000 Location: MA, USA Posts: 1,658	HEH i think thats funny, Bali was a SF lackey the same time I was, now we are both on the INF forums __________________ "To be prepared for war is the most effectual means of preserving peace." -George Washington

31st Jul 2001, 11:37 PM	#12
Donnellizer Fjæsing! Join Date: Jun. 17th, 2001 Location: Ocean Grove, NJ Posts: 2,247	It's a great secret Densraw, it was passed on to me by a wise man. Too bad I can't pm you and tell you. __________________

31st Jul 2001, 11:41 PM	#14
DENSRAW Grammaton Cleric Join Date: Dec. 21st, 2000 Posts: 1,229	Hey! I've been here a long time, but I just don't post a lot. __________________ sorry thrash

31st Jul 2001, 11:43 PM	#15
Ballistophobia Hedonistic Forum Panacea Join Date: Jul. 15th, 2000 Location: Middlesex, NJ USA Posts: 3,278	It has nothing to do with how long you've been here, but rather witnessing something a while ago. Either that or possessing some ruse against the boards. __________________ WHO WILL COME CLEAN ALL THE RAVENOUS DEBRIS?

31st Jul 2001, 11:44 PM	#16
DENSRAW Grammaton Cleric Join Date: Dec. 21st, 2000 Posts: 1,229	So it really is a secret!!! What did you witness? __________________ sorry thrash

31st Jul 2001, 11:51 PM	#17
Ballistophobia Hedonistic Forum Panacea Join Date: Jul. 15th, 2000 Location: Middlesex, NJ USA Posts: 3,278	Maybe if you edited your profile so people can send you PMs you might just find out. __________________ WHO WILL COME CLEAN ALL THE RAVENOUS DEBRIS?

31st Jul 2001, 11:53 PM	#18
DENSRAW Grammaton Cleric Join Date: Dec. 21st, 2000 Posts: 1,229	Ok you can send PM's now. __________________ sorry thrash

1st Aug 2001, 12:28 AM	#19
DeRailer insignificant Join Date: Mar. 15th, 2001 Location: singapore Posts: 2,784	Holy POSTCOUNTS! <--- not censored.

1st Aug 2001, 03:19 AM	#20
perrin98 Registered User Join Date: Aug. 17th, 2000 Posts: 630	I once let the secret out, fortunately nobody caught on...i wont make that mistake again. __________________ -LP

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