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Old 2012-04-27, 08:18 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
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It seems like the PS2 devs are pretty big on transparency. Lots of twitter posts and generally show us what's going on. With this in mind I am left wondering if this approach will be used in the beta. Will we be saddled with the usual N.D.A associated with game betas?, or will we be let off the leash and allowed to say post footage of the game on YouTube or post pictures.

What do you guys think?. IMHO leaving things relatively open would be good for the game, getting more exposure for it and leaving better avenues for feedback. Ie easier to show a bug with freely host video ( see it as it happens) as opposed to text and a screen shot.
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Old 2012-04-27, 08:54 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Yes there will be a standard NDA in place.
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Old 2012-04-27, 09:01 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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It is best if there is an NDA in place so the devs/PR can release the information that they wish everyone to see. Since it is beta, there will certainly be a few glaring issues, and it would be best if those were not shown to the public as they will obviously be fixed by late beta/release.
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Old 2012-04-27, 09:17 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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Ok that seems fair I guess, soe has to protect its brand. Though it's not like what I proposed would not have limitations. There would be some legal devices in place to protect does interests. Perhaps such posting as I devised would be limited to a set forum with access only to beta testers.

I've done a few closed betas before so I know the drill. Though most that I have done haven't really had issues that were all that glaring. One more thing of note, companies like say stardock have been using the model I suggested with some good results. Seems to keep the community interested and gives them a sense of being apart of the design process.

Anyways just an idea. Thanks for your responses.
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There will of course be an NDA. Transparency can be a good thing, and those guys have done a great job of providing you guys with what's going on. The unfortunate side of Beta is many people make their purchasing/play decisions based on what they see (You can only make one first impression) so we want to ensure those impressions are polished content.
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Old 2012-04-27, 09:49 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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Straight from the horses mouth, couldn't have asked for a better response. Thanks for the info radar.

Just to clarify, didn't suggest there would no no NDA, just a less restrictive one.

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This is the last VIP post in this thread.   Old 2012-04-27, 09:50 AM   [Ignore Me] #7
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So very true; that first impression is critical. The best thing you could do is have a reasonably polished beta and not rush it. It'll cause a lot of buzz (NDA or no, people will still talk to friends, family, coworkers, and leak sites will always exist). You want them saying good things about how fun the game is and the quality of the experience and how they're really helping with polish and balancing and feel - not suffering through horrendous bugs and missing gameplay elements.

We have D3 and other things to occupy us; it's better that you make that great first impression to players than rush beta out the door. I may be insane not asking for beta immediately, but I want PS2 to be successful more than anything else. Its better to put it out when its ready in spite of my own crazed desire to play it.

You wow'd us all with the GDC footage, winning over countless skeptics. Beta's an opportunity to do that again AND get valuable player feedback on the experience. If we have to wait, so be it. I've been waiting over half a decade, I can wait a few more months or years.
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Old 2012-04-27, 11:50 AM   [Ignore Me] #8
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yeah, there is no beta without nda.
and it´s a must. i participated in many closed betas and on half of these games the early closed betas were nothing compared to the released game. and almost every beta sports some evil nasty gamebreaker bugs.
showing stuff like that to the public can really hurt the game.

but you know that our devs are very special, so if the nda doesn´t forbid capturing and saving footage, i see a good chance to get the permission to use certain things.
in other betas i never even tried to ask for things like that.
just make your videos, send them to the devs and ask for permission to post it.
there´s a fair chance you get your permission if the video is good enough and shows no bad bugs or too much unpolished stuff
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Old 2012-04-27, 11:58 AM   [Ignore Me] #9
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Originally Posted by Shogun View Post
yeah, there is no beta without nda.
and it´s a must. i participated in many closed betas and on half of these games the early closed betas were nothing compared to the released game. and almost every beta sports some evil nasty gamebreaker bugs.
showing stuff like that to the public can really hurt the game.

but you know that our devs are very special, so if the nda doesn´t forbid capturing and saving footage, i see a good chance to get the permission to use certain things.
in other betas i never even tried to ask for things like that.
just make your videos, send them to the devs and ask for permission to post it.
there´s a fair chance you get your permission if the video is good enough and shows no bad bugs or too much unpolished stuff
Pretty much what I ment with my post. Well after I back peddled on the "free the Info" original hippy idea I had. Note to self no posting before morning coffee.

But yea, didn't mean no NDA at all, just a less restrictive one, that's allows vid capture for bug reports and stuff. Didn't mean posted vid for just fun, moreso posting with bug crushing purpose.
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Old 2012-04-27, 01:05 PM   [Ignore Me] #10
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i am sure it will be allowed to capture stuff and send it to devs for easy bug-reproduction and -fixing.

and there will be an internal beta-forum where everything may be discussed.
so i think there´s nothing to worry about
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Old 2012-04-27, 01:24 PM   [Ignore Me] #11
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Originally Posted by Shogun View Post
i am sure it will be allowed to capture stuff and send it to devs for easy bug-reproduction and -fixing.

and there will be an internal beta-forum where everything may be discussed.
so i think there´s nothing to worry about
Yea nothing to worry about except getting a beta invite. ..... Attempts to placate various deities.

Yea not too worried, sure they will set things up well.

Dig ur username btw good book/Japanese political title
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Old 2012-04-27, 01:48 PM   [Ignore Me] #12
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It's rather a beta date impression and not about NDA, but you guys seems to work the sh... out of yourselves. TRay has 16+ hours workdays, Purrfectstorm tweets almost at EU scheduele etc... Get some sleep before you burn out!

Or beta is rather close and you have a close deadline... hm...
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Old 2012-04-27, 01:58 PM   [Ignore Me] #13
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The problem with NDA is that if they start off with evil things like (insert evil casualization feature here), we won't have a chance to organize a campaign against it until it's too late.
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Old 2012-04-27, 02:02 PM   [Ignore Me] #14
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Originally Posted by Stardouser View Post
The problem with NDA is that if they start off with evil things like (insert evil casualization feature here), we won't have a chance to organize a campaign against it until it's too late.
The official Beta forums will be for feedback.
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Old 2012-04-27, 02:03 PM   [Ignore Me] #15
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The official Beta forums will be for feedback.
No...I'm talking about closed beta, which not everyone gets into. Those who are not in it, won't find out about things and thus won't be able to join the crusade against anything.
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