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WotC_PeterS talks about his "aggresive playtest" (with Le Rouse, SKR, & Noonan)
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<blockquote data-quote="The_Furious_Puffin" data-source="post: 3950700" data-attributes="member: 11831"><p>I think Kaydark draws a very good point though - with M:TG they hire tournament winning players/constructors to assess rules mechanics and individual cards. I would not be a satisfactory replacement for these people, so doing the same testing with me (an 'average gamer') at the helm would not be as valuable. Nor are the designers suitable, as they are 'inside men'.</p><p></p><p>So the question is, are people of the sort who enjoy breaking rules systems, identified rules issues with 3/3.5 ed etc, as opposed to the people who currently write the rules or what I might call 'conventional gamers', being used to play test for edge cases specifically? This question was asked before and was responded to in a light hearted manner, but I do actually think it's a serious question, the song and dance that is made about it for M:TG illustrates both its importance and effectiveness in the mind of WOTC and others.</p><p></p><p>It's a reasonable question, and should expect a reasonable answer - especially when the same company pimps its capability in that exact area in a different business line in the same division.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The_Furious_Puffin, post: 3950700, member: 11831"] I think Kaydark draws a very good point though - with M:TG they hire tournament winning players/constructors to assess rules mechanics and individual cards. I would not be a satisfactory replacement for these people, so doing the same testing with me (an 'average gamer') at the helm would not be as valuable. Nor are the designers suitable, as they are 'inside men'. So the question is, are people of the sort who enjoy breaking rules systems, identified rules issues with 3/3.5 ed etc, as opposed to the people who currently write the rules or what I might call 'conventional gamers', being used to play test for edge cases specifically? This question was asked before and was responded to in a light hearted manner, but I do actually think it's a serious question, the song and dance that is made about it for M:TG illustrates both its importance and effectiveness in the mind of WOTC and others. It's a reasonable question, and should expect a reasonable answer - especially when the same company pimps its capability in that exact area in a different business line in the same division. [/QUOTE]
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