Vasquez Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 (edited) Greetings, So, I'm not aware if this is already a thing, but if not, then I think its needed. With the recent patch, several players reported problems. I noticed on the Bug Report sub-forum, and it looks like its generally @NobodyLTU who test the technical problems. I think that it would be nice to remove some of the work, by creating a Beta team, which purpose is to test out bugs and new updates, on a beta server. Beta testers could be average players, not from the admin team, who maybe have past experience with how the engine work etc. They could make reports and videos, and relay it to the admin team, who could take actions from there, but saving them the time it take to re-create a problem and check for bugs. Hope you like my suggestion, please add your two cent and tell me what you like/dislike. For: 10 Against: 0 For/Against is based on the replies made to the suggestion thread and not on likes Edited December 30, 2018 by Vasquez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serthon Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 I think this is a good idea for finding bugs, but at times, development asks the staff team for testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasquez Posted December 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, Serthon said: I think this is a good idea for finding bugs, but at times, development asks the staff team for testing. The idea is to take the smaller burdens from the staff team and put it over on the beta testers. Main development would most likely still be done by the staff team, but as you mentioned, things such as bugs could be handled by beta testers, thus giving staff team more time to focus on bigger and more important things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denni Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 +1. Good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BantaMan Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 +1 Lessen the load from the staff members by making a separate team for beta testing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attacking Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 +1 less problem for players and more fun for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoza Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 +1 for the idea -1 with an understanding of the requirement and money needed on the developer / owner perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flucifial Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Supports or above are usually the ones who test bigger new updates. Not all can be tested with the staff team, so I wouldn't mind a team of testers who spend time to write reports of issues before implementing updates into the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verydoge12 Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 +1 hell yes a gmod community I used to play on has this and people are getting changes they actually want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiroq Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 I think is is really required. Because while the new update today is good and the new weight system CAN be beneficial but things like radio having 10 volume while shotguns having 1 volume and so on makes no sense. Or for example how a bag can fit more than you can carry yourself. Systems like this should be released for "players" so that they can play and give feedback and then changes can be made to adjust for the balance. And doing this on a test server with 20-30 people who are given unlimited resources to test everything properly would help the server a lot and would eliminate a lot of issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juvante Mathews Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 +1 good Idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSplashy Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 +1, it should lessen the load off the Development team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teca Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoza Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 +1 Would love to be part of a beta team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Pegorino Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Id be willing to help out as much as i can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzy Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_Smokerson Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallinByNature Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 We have a testing server and staff do ample testing. If you're interested in helping testing, consider joining the support team, but there are other duties as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
