I volunteer! I have several servers and one that is dedicated to "Testing". I have a number of Admins that play frequently and report all bugs and errors they find in Forums on our site. The Admin Forums are hidden to regular users, just in case you are looking for them. I myself enjoy Debugging Software. I am a software developer by day. During my spare time I try to Beta test games that I might be interested in. I have been playing CS and running servers since 1999. I have done as much Beta testing as I could for CS when the Beta's were out.
I would even setup a site with forums for this purpose. Where we could discuss the latest issues and bugs. I know I sound kind of anxious, but I get a real kick out of finding bugs... I think this is a great idea that Valve has overlooked lately. They have gotten better with the patch releases and the stability but we all know how easy it is for them to inadvertently mess everything up! This would definitely give them an advance warning on possible problems that they may have missed and save "the Masses" from a lot of grief. Mike ParaDOX Munoz www.paradisesgarage.com -----Original Message----- From: Mike Donahue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [hlds] Time for the creation of a server beta group? Sorry if this has been raised before - but would it help the community if Valve established a small (20-50) group of server owners for pretests of updates under "real-world" conditions? I'm not sure if it would be possible to do so, i.e., server-only updates without client updates, or issues from clients hopping from beta to real servers - but I don't know enough about the actual programming ramifications. I know there are people on this list willing to give their time/energy to vetting out updates so that the larger masses are less impacted by them. Anyway, just a thought. Mike _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
