[Spooky Angel]

has anyone got the email yet?

[Tiffany Castillo]

It would be cool to get selected but if I don't that's fine too. The 26th will be here soon enough.

[Causon-Chambers]

Yeah would be really great privilege to actually get in this beta ,fingers crossed eh I am curious to know how they will choose and how many places there actually is

[WYatt REed]

I'll be pretty happy if I get it.

[Hannah Whitlock]

A more on-topic question; will Bethesda be contacting their beta testers to make sure they're actually testing and not just playing the DLC early? I can imagine many people who are chosen might see it as an opportunity to play it through sooner rather than debug the expansion. I wonder how Beth will police it.

Bethesda is releasing a public beta with requirements based on how and how much you play the game. They aren't looking for professional testers, Q&A people, debuggers, etc.

They are looking for normal, regular, average joe Skyrim players on the 360 (the base design platform) and they are releasing the entire content in the beta itself because THEY WANT PEOPLE TO PLAY IT! The best way most all bugs in Skyrim have been found is by reports from the community, through this forum, after PLAYING the game, not "testing for bugs". All the patches and updates to the game have included fixes for bugs found by numerous thousands of people playing through the game in an infinite variety of ways. THAT is why they want lots of normal gamers to play through it, because it's the fastest, most unbiased, most intensive, and most efficient way to find bugs in an already finished product.

Why people don't understand this concept......I have no idea.

[Cesar Gomez]

Even if someone did get a key, are they even allowed to tell anyone?

[sas]

Even if someone did get a key, are they even allowed to tell anyone?

I believe they are allowed to tell, but they can't release ANY info about it.

[Rachel Hall]

Bethesda is releasing a public beta with requirements based on how and how much you play the game. They aren't looking for professional testers, Q&A people, debuggers, etc.

They are looking for normal, regular, average joe Skyrim players on the 360 (the base design platform) and they are releasing the entire content in the beta itself because THEY WANT PEOPLE TO PLAY IT! The best way most all bugs in Skyrim have been found is by reports from the community, through this forum, after PLAYING the game, not "testing for bugs". All the patches and updates to the game have included fixes for bugs found by numerous thousands of people playing through the game in an infinite variety of ways. THAT is why they want lots of normal gamers to play through it, because it's the fastest, most unbiased, most intensive, and most efficient way to find bugs in an already finished product.

Why people don't understand this concept......I have no idea.

They want want people to find bugs and report them. You act like playing the game and bug testing are two different things. QA testers play through the game multiple times, reporting bugs. They don't go around dropping plates on different terrains to see what happens.

[xx_Jess_xx]

I believe they are allowed to tell, but they can't release ANY info about it.

Oh

[pinar]

has anyone got the email yet?

Next week, mate. Patience is a virtue.

[sam]

I hope I am picked.

[Nikki Morse]

My guess is they watch the forums and see what people say so that if they just doing it to get the dlc for free they wont pick them.

I doubt they would. It isn't hard for people to lie you know and say they are doing it to test it.

[Amy Siebenhaar]

That is a lot of manual, slow work. I would be surprised if they take forum information into account at all.

[electro_fantics]

Can't wait!
Hopefully get picked and share some feedback!

[C.L.U.T.C.H]

I'd rather get a beta keymail than a letter to hogwarts.

[chirsty aggas]

Bethesda is releasing a public beta with requirements based on how and how much you play the game. They aren't looking for professional testers, Q&A people, debuggers, etc.

They are looking for normal, regular, average joe Skyrim players on the 360 (the base design platform) and they are releasing the entire content in the beta itself because THEY WANT PEOPLE TO PLAY IT! The best way most all bugs in Skyrim have been found is by reports from the community, through this forum, after PLAYING the game, not "testing for bugs". All the patches and updates to the game have included fixes for bugs found by numerous thousands of people playing through the game in an infinite variety of ways. THAT is why they want lots of normal gamers to play through it, because it's the fastest, most unbiased, most intensive, and most efficient way to find bugs in an already finished product.

Why people don't understand this concept......I have no idea.

You Sir, gain +1 interwebz!


Brava!

[Far'ed K.G.h.m]

Do we get a denial message if we do not get chosen? It would be nice to know so we don't keep hoping after it is all sent out.

[Zoe Ratcliffe]

Nope.

If you are not chosen, I would think that the crushing silence in your "Inbox" would be news enough.

[Abel Vazquez]

Not if you don't know when they are being sent, or if they do multiple sets of invites.

[SiLa]

No.

You will not get an e-mail telling you that you were denied.

That would be pretty cruel for most of the kids on these Forums who just joined. Funny, yet still so cruel.

[Rebekah Rebekah Nicole]

No.

You will not get an e-mail telling you that you were denied.

That would be pretty cruel for most of the kids on these Forums who just joined. Funny, yet still so cruel.

I would laugh so much if 200 threads popped up with Layman's complaining about not getting accepted.

[Zoe Ratcliffe]

hey when u sign up for the public beta what are the chances of actually getting selected? im afraid i did it to late. cause when i seen the twitter feed i did it right away... but as it turns out i needed to be a forum user and i wasnt at the time.. ive since made an account and re applied am i screwed or do i have a shot

We don't know. As so many people have entered chances for anyone are very, very slim.

[Alex Blacke]

I would laugh so much if 200 threads popped up with Layman's complaining about not getting accepted.

This. It will truly show how many people joined just for the beta. Edit: I'd gloat. Even if I didn't get in I'd pretend I had to see their reactions.

[michael danso]

This. It will truly show how many people joined just for the beta. Edit: I'd gloat. Even if I didn't get in I'd pretend I had to see their reactions.

Haha this is brilliant.

Also I'm sure this has been said a thousand times before, but I'm counting on Tuesday, since they said next week and I have a feeling the 1.6 patch will be coming the same day.

[Alycia Leann grace]

Haha this is brilliant.

Also I'm sure this has been said a thousand times before, but I'm counting on Tuesday, since they said next week and I have a feeling the 1.6 patch will be coming the same day.

That's exactly my theory too. I hope Gstaff makes a thread to say they have been sent out so we definitely know whether we got in or not. I assume he will so it should be fine.