Automatic Test Approval System?

[Captain Gas]

According to someone else, in a Live Chat session, he asked about Test approvals with a surprising response from the representative saying they are installing an automatic Test Server approval system. I'm not trying to confirm anything yet, so does anyone know if this is true? And forgive me if this isn't in the correct forum.

[Platinum Pirate]

Seeing that Live Chat is no longer around, try getting their official response in writing through their email form. Ask them what the current status of this is. It's been 8 months since you heard about it so it would be nice if you can find that out.

As some of us long time testers have known, not too many are there. Both servers are usually quiet [just like this Helm]. They usually become Ideal when something new is released. And since that doesn't happen so often, new testers aren't really needed.

Granted, there are people who signed up years ago and have yet to receive any updates on whether they've been approved or not. Most just assume that they're on the waiting list. So what exactly is this automated system going to do? What exactly are they revealing by implementing one? Uhm, we last track so we'll let the computer sort it out and send a more timely response?

Do all these long time, dedicated, paying players have to sign up again? If true, a newcomer can waltz in while the old timer has to wait all over again. Are they planning to clean house too and remove all inactive test accounts with their automated system? I'm sure there are dead test pirate accounts that need to be removed. Would it be like some games have it whereby every 30 days the account is automatically deleted? Players are warned 5 days before the action is taken to log in while they can, or lose access? I support that measure.

Having test access is a privilege you earned and continue to earn by helping POTCO see certain problems as well as solutions like they do. Unlike them, testers readily think outside the box since they are not employed by Disney and thus have more liberties to spend a lot of time testing/ playing this game. POTCO needs those kinds of testers who regularly provide valuable feedback. An automated system wouldn't know the difference unless someone programs to tally the difference between good feedback versus bad feedback. Then it could decide if that tester deserves to stay as one.

So basically the point I'm raising is: Is POTCO creating an automated system to only approve who can have test access, or is POTCO going to have an automated system to approve and reject who has access? That's something worth finding out, don't you think?

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

I - uh - Signed up, and about 9 months later, I got around to trying to log on ( after I was banned, ) and it let me on. o_0

[J.T.]

lol - And, I did see somewhere that they have something set up to automatically approve or disapprove someone for test access. I'm not completely sure what it is, or what it does, but I know with it, it's likely you won't get a message back about getting test access. ( I believe it was also in a news page recently from the POTCO main site. )