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<blockquote data-quote="Kurtomatic" data-source="post: 5921459" data-attributes="member: 85486"><p>I agree that the OPTA is very much on par with EULA silliness. I'm as worried about it as any EULA as well. It's a speed bump which doesn't change much.</p><p></p><p>The real value of registering officially is participation in the formal testing surveys. It's in Wizards interests that groups playtest these rules, and if making that happen means they do not capture 100% of the players in those groups, that is an acceptable social overhead cost to getting as much feedback as possible. So I agree the RAW of the OPTA works against them (as well as presumably for them, in their evaluation), but I think they are counting on folks being practical about these things.</p><p></p><p>Does Blizzard really expect all 6 bajillion WoW players to actually read their patch EULAs, or just scroll and click through them? It's a farcical kabuki dance, sure, but it stops almost no one from accessing the intended game experience.</p><p></p><p>Paizo's open playtest was not burdened with this kind of crap, but it also wasn't open signup of very early design candidate testing of an entirely new edition of D&D. I just don't find the OPTA very surprising, given the unique status of this particular playtest program.</p><p></p><p>Now, the FAQ restrictions are a different kettle of fish, and I'm not sure what I think of those limitations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurtomatic, post: 5921459, member: 85486"] I agree that the OPTA is very much on par with EULA silliness. I'm as worried about it as any EULA as well. It's a speed bump which doesn't change much. The real value of registering officially is participation in the formal testing surveys. It's in Wizards interests that groups playtest these rules, and if making that happen means they do not capture 100% of the players in those groups, that is an acceptable social overhead cost to getting as much feedback as possible. So I agree the RAW of the OPTA works against them (as well as presumably for them, in their evaluation), but I think they are counting on folks being practical about these things. Does Blizzard really expect all 6 bajillion WoW players to actually read their patch EULAs, or just scroll and click through them? It's a farcical kabuki dance, sure, but it stops almost no one from accessing the intended game experience. Paizo's open playtest was not burdened with this kind of crap, but it also wasn't open signup of very early design candidate testing of an entirely new edition of D&D. I just don't find the OPTA very surprising, given the unique status of this particular playtest program. Now, the FAQ restrictions are a different kettle of fish, and I'm not sure what I think of those limitations. [/QUOTE]
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