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i would do live playtesting of sl for...

i would do live playtesting of sl for ...

free
14 (13.1%)

l$
11 (10.3%)

us$
11 (10.3%)

a nice dinner
8 (7.5%)

a chance to hang out with ll staffers
10 (9.3%)

free/discounted tier for life
11 (10.3%)

free/discounted land
10 (9.3%)

free content tool (photoshop, sound, animation, etc.)
10 (9.3%)

fame
10 (9.3%)

pie!
12 (11.2%)

Total votes: 107
StoneSelf Karuna
His Grace
Join date: 13 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,955
04-16-2005 12:25
... pie!

what else?

live playtesting is where ll watches while you do what you usually do when you use the ui in sl.
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Lianne Marten
Cheese Baron
Join date: 6 May 2004
Posts: 2,192
04-16-2005 12:27
Cheese, duh.
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Cross Lament
Loose-brained Vixen
Join date: 20 Mar 2004
Posts: 1,115
04-16-2005 12:46
Aren't we already? ;)
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Roberta Dalek
Probably trouble
Join date: 21 Oct 2004
Posts: 1,174
04-16-2005 14:25
Chocolate
Baba Yamamoto
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Join date: 26 May 2003
Posts: 1,024
04-16-2005 14:56
I would do it for free, or any other option listed ;0
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Icon Serpentine
punk in drublic
Join date: 13 Nov 2003
Posts: 858
04-16-2005 15:03
we already have the opportunity to do this...

A: before every major release

and

B: everytime we log in to the current version


Cheers. :)
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Jillian Callahan
Rotary-winged Neko Girl
Join date: 24 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,766
04-16-2005 15:05
I was going to post something constructive here, but I couldn't stop laughing at Icon's forum av. :D
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Olmy Seraph
Valued Member
Join date: 1 Nov 2004
Posts: 502
04-16-2005 15:27
From: Icon Serpentine
we already have the opportunity to do this...
A: before every major release
and
B: everytime we log in to the current version


"Live playtesting" means that users play the game while usability experts observe them. It is different from a preview or public beta test, where users do their thing at home and report bugs. Designers and developers have some expectation of how you will use the product, and while you may not think to file a bug because you have to drag 50 items from a box of textures into your inventory one at a time, a good usability test would identify that as a problem to be fixed.

I have used live usability testing when developing software, and it's the only way to know if your UI works before releasing it to the masses. Many, many software/hardware developers use this approach. Anyone who doesn't is either ignorant, arrogant, or just doesn't care about creating a quality product. If LL isn't already doing live usability testing, I hope it's only because they are ignorant, because that's the easiest one to fix.
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Olmy Seraph
Valued Member
Join date: 1 Nov 2004
Posts: 502
missing option
04-16-2005 15:30
You forgot the standard testing swag: T-shirt!
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StoneSelf Karuna
His Grace
Join date: 13 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,955
04-16-2005 18:38
From: Olmy Seraph
You forgot the standard testing swag: T-shirt!

ok... next survey... ll chotskies will be one of the choices
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Roberta Dalek
Probably trouble
Join date: 21 Oct 2004
Posts: 1,174
04-16-2005 18:49
From: Olmy Seraph
"Live playtesting" means that users play the game while usability experts observe them. It is different from a preview or public beta test, where users do their thing at home and report bugs. Designers and developers have some expectation of how you will use the product, and while you may not think to file a bug because you have to drag 50 items from a box of textures into your inventory one at a time, a good usability test would identify that as a problem to be fixed.



TSO has a test city - Test Center - where the residents go about their business like in any other. The only difference is that they are generally a release ahead of the other cities.
StoneSelf Karuna
His Grace
Join date: 13 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,955
04-16-2005 19:13
From: Roberta Dalek
TSO has a test city - Test Center - where the residents go about their business like in any other. The only difference is that they are generally a release ahead of the other cities.

seeing what people do at the computer is different than only seeing the result of what they are doing at their computer.
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