The downfall of being a playtester
Wurmspawn
Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 19Members
Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 19Members
<div class="IPBDescription">You think you've got it bad...</div>Everyone wants to be a playtester, I did too, alot. I lucked out somehow. But believe me, it is not as cheery as you would come to think.
A while ago, I was mildly obsessed with NS. Thinking about it maybe 3 times a day, while I'm visiting the forums, trying to read every post and not miss everything, watching the IRC channel for more @ signs to appear, whatever. Typical case of flayritis. We all know the feeling i'm sure.
But then, playtesting status came along. Don't bother emailing/bribing/threatening/torturing Flayra it's not gonna work. He is too much of a nice guy to inflict this upon all of you.
At first it was going ok. Some interesting discussion, a funky little title under my name, something else to tell my friends and have them laugh at me for being such a geek.
But now, being told that there may be a playtest sometime soon. why, its unbearable. its not just flayritis anymore, its full-blown flay-cancer. its eating at my soul. every moment when i have access to a computer i have to check the forums, i reread every single post just to see if i missed anything the first time; scrutinize every map shot; waste more time in IRC...etc
when im away from computers im even worse, i dont have an outlet for it. its like when you were in 2nd grade and the bullies stole your favourite lunch kit and held it just above your reach and let you jump for it while they were laughing, and you were really hungry.
i'll be walking to school... i think, hmm how would lugheads react in this situation? small unit tactics... suddenly im formulating a battle plan, getting ready to order pedestrians from above to flank around parked cars and try to flush aliens into the killing zone
finally i get inside, ill be safe there, mundane walls and plaster no interesting layouts to be seen. but wait... would that be a good ceiling to stay cloaked on? what about that halway corner for some webs and a structure, would that water fountain be an adequate resource tower location?
im no longer safe even in my dreams. bast and hera aint got nothing on the freaky lighting and r_speeds in my head.
i can do nothing without being reminded of NS. normal life has ceased to exist. even now, sitting at the computer, i just spent 15 mins typing this, consumed by it... the anticipation is more than i can handle. i should be writing a 12 page paper thats worth 20% of my mark, but no... must do something NS related.
i am damned for being a playtester, i would not wish this cruel teasing fate upon any of you.
Flayra et al, please...
just gimme back my damn lunch box!
A while ago, I was mildly obsessed with NS. Thinking about it maybe 3 times a day, while I'm visiting the forums, trying to read every post and not miss everything, watching the IRC channel for more @ signs to appear, whatever. Typical case of flayritis. We all know the feeling i'm sure.
But then, playtesting status came along. Don't bother emailing/bribing/threatening/torturing Flayra it's not gonna work. He is too much of a nice guy to inflict this upon all of you.
At first it was going ok. Some interesting discussion, a funky little title under my name, something else to tell my friends and have them laugh at me for being such a geek.
But now, being told that there may be a playtest sometime soon. why, its unbearable. its not just flayritis anymore, its full-blown flay-cancer. its eating at my soul. every moment when i have access to a computer i have to check the forums, i reread every single post just to see if i missed anything the first time; scrutinize every map shot; waste more time in IRC...etc
when im away from computers im even worse, i dont have an outlet for it. its like when you were in 2nd grade and the bullies stole your favourite lunch kit and held it just above your reach and let you jump for it while they were laughing, and you were really hungry.
i'll be walking to school... i think, hmm how would lugheads react in this situation? small unit tactics... suddenly im formulating a battle plan, getting ready to order pedestrians from above to flank around parked cars and try to flush aliens into the killing zone
finally i get inside, ill be safe there, mundane walls and plaster no interesting layouts to be seen. but wait... would that be a good ceiling to stay cloaked on? what about that halway corner for some webs and a structure, would that water fountain be an adequate resource tower location?
im no longer safe even in my dreams. bast and hera aint got nothing on the freaky lighting and r_speeds in my head.
i can do nothing without being reminded of NS. normal life has ceased to exist. even now, sitting at the computer, i just spent 15 mins typing this, consumed by it... the anticipation is more than i can handle. i should be writing a 12 page paper thats worth 20% of my mark, but no... must do something NS related.
i am damned for being a playtester, i would not wish this cruel teasing fate upon any of you.
Flayra et al, please...
just gimme back my damn lunch box!
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Just think, once you finally get to play it, the pain will recede a bit. You'll be able to relax, because you'll be having fun. The suspense bubble will have burst. You'll be able to sleep again.
/me scoots closer to Wurm in hopes he can contract this "disease".
There there, everything will be ok ...
*Shifty Eyes*
You mean I'm not supposed to be doing this? It's what I did and almost still do for months now. But that's just 'cause I have no life. I've got plenty of games (JK2, Dungeon Siege soon, and EQ) to keep me occupied.
my internet didnt work this morning and i was all like...
omg why dont my crappy **** internet connection working?!
and for a while i thinked that i didn't were going to get play tonight. Well after checking back to my comp every 20minutes for like 2-3hour it worked <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> /me gets hapiiii!!!
now its just very very very enoying to wait for the tests to begin )8
Good laugh!
But, I somehow manage to hold myself back through fan-fiction, mapping, and running Selective Design. Mabye you could take up a productive hobby
/me huggles them all