Sign up to Betatest Civ3:Conquests

[bullen]

Originally posted by ChaotikVisions
Don't listen to them, if you sign up you get a live-in midget who repeats ads in a high pitched voice 24/7. You don't want to sign up for this beta.

I knew it...

I thank god every day for helping me not to submit that reg... it was hard but god and jesus helped me thru it....

HALELULIA

[bullen]

or not

[JimMac]

A request to anyone who makes the grade and gets to beta test Civ3:Conquests.

Argue, push, persuade, cajole Breakaway/Firaxis to implement as an option, a 'proper' turn based method of play for multiplayer.

(Warpstorm,>you in for it?? )

[kring]

According to www.civ3.com:

Thanks to everyone who applied for the Civ®-Conquests Beta!
All applicants will be notified shortly if they have been accepted.
To date, we have received over 8,000 applications!

Bolding emphasis added by me.

[WarpStorm]

Good point JimMac. I'll make sure I mention it.

[Spiffor]

8000 applications means that we individually have a little chance to get chosen, but a chance nonetheless. If they are to take several hundreds of beta testers, it means we'll each have about between 2.5 and 10% chance to be taken.
I sure hope I belong to the Ones

Wait and see for June 2nd.

[WarpStorm]

Plus the selection won't be totally random.

[Jon Shafer]

How do they pick between 8000 people in a week?

[GodKing]

They pick out of 8000 easily.
First, half of the people probably didn't fill in all the information. Bye bye.
Second, of those that did, many probably have the same type of machine. They will be grouped together, and many of them will not get it. (better to have a semi unique machine but not so unique that it is considered odd).
Third, they will organize those into catagories that they want to have tested. for example, pentium 3 machines at 700 mgz may get 1 tester, anthalon machines at 1200 mhz get 2 testers, so on and so forth. Match and fit.
Fourth, review the applications for those whos are matched to see if there is anything that says "stay away from this person" such as a known non-disclosure breaker or employee of a competador.
Now you are down to having 250 of the 300 positions filled. Now you just pick and choose based on other catagories that you want, 65+ year old women, or bald men, or whatever (ya, I know, I know )

All this of course is speculation on my part. But it makes sence now, doesn't it. It is roughly the same procedure I used when I was highering people for concrete crews.

[WarpStorm]

Plus the screeners lurk in these forums and know some people they want (and don't want).

[MattH]

Thanks, God. So does this mean leaving out my videocard driver information has taken me off the list of possibles?

[Wittlich]

It is a distinct possibility MattH.

I believe this is why they (BreakAway Games) wanted so much information concerning our computers - hell, if you didn't feel like digging a little to find out the required information, how much digging will you do as a Beta Tester?

I believe it was a very smart move on their part.

[MattH]

Yeah, I suppose you're right. It seems I was too trusting when it came to that innocolus statment 'All fields marked by a star are required'. I'll be happy to sell them my soul just as soon as I'm a beta-tester, but before that they don't need to know what driver my soundcard uses .

[Jon Shafer]

June 2nd has come and passed.

Congrats to all those who were selected.

[kring]

It is still June 2nd in parts of the world.

According to a post at CivFanatics, some people have received notices:

The Beta test: I'm IN!!!! thread link:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54954

Congratulations to those who have made it.