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What the hell Jagex?!? What. The. Hell. Why are you asking for random kids in Cambridge to test your update when you could, far more easily, just ask a few members on the forums? Why not just saunter down to the high level forum and ask? They would, obviously, be the most help testing ANY update. Just have them agree to a confidentiality agreement and there it you are. Done. And it could be done over the internet. Much easier. Instead, they do this.

 

 

 

*sigh* I wish they would ask us to test. Or at least the pmods (I'm not a pmod). They don't want us, obviously.

 

 

 

Ah, well. Now we know that their target group really IS 11-16.

 

 

 

It seems so.

 

 

 

Does it SAY players? No. It says "Jagex Games Studio, the Cambridge-based computer game developer, is looking for a number of 11- to 16-year-olds to test a new update to RuneScape, the worlds most popular free-to-play game." Not necessarily players. It may be IMPLIED but you can't infer anything when it comes to the business world. Furthermore, if they are players, they may be very inexperienced and young. I don't know about you, but I don't want an eleven year old F2P with a 789 skill total telling Jagex what he thinks of an update prior to release and when in a position that gives his opinion more weight.

 

 

 

Lol yeah we are gonna end up with kiddie content!

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Hmmmmm, sounds Big...

 

 

 

Too bad I live on the other side of Cambridge (sorta) -.-

 

 

 

Plus game vouchers? :?

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I hope that the kids who play RS in their offices give them good feedback.

 

 

 

Hopefully Jagex will finally go, "Oh..."

 

 

 

Someone needs to go in there with a screen capturing program on a USB and maybe take some footage for all us people not in England. :D

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What the hell Jagex?!? What. The. Hell. Why are you asking for random kids in Cambridge to test your update when you could, far more easily, just ask a few members on the forums? Why not just saunter down to the high level forum and ask? They would, obviously, be the most help testing ANY update. Just have them agree to a confidentiality agreement and there it you are. Done. And it could be done over the internet. Much easier. Instead, they do this.

 

 

 

*sigh* I wish they would ask us to test. Or at least the pmods (I'm not a pmod). They don't want us, obviously.

 

 

 

Ah, well. Now we know that their target group really IS 11-16.

 

 

 

It seems so.

 

 

 

Does it SAY players? No. It says "Jagex Games Studio, the Cambridge-based computer game developer, is looking for a number of 11- to 16-year-olds to test a new update to RuneScape, the worlds most popular free-to-play game." Not necessarily players. It may be IMPLIED but you can't infer anything when it comes to the business world. Furthermore, if they are players, they may be very inexperienced and young. I don't know about you, but I don't want an eleven year old F2P with a 789 skill total telling Jagex what he thinks of an update prior to release and when in a position that gives his opinion more weight.

 

 

 

Lol yeah we are gonna end up with kiddie content!

 

 

 

 

 

Player moderators who are fun orb players got to test the kickabout game before it was released. So maybe Jagex is trying to actually make content that won't make you lose 300M if you logout or make monster not retaliate.

 

 

 

@Raven I'm sure if you apply to be a tester stuff like time played and levels will come into play when they choose who to accept (well I hope atleast).

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What the hell Jagex?!? What. The. Hell. Why are you asking for random kids in Cambridge to test your update when you could, far more easily, just ask a few members on the forums? Why not just saunter down to the high level forum and ask? They would, obviously, be the most help testing ANY update. Just have them agree to a confidentiality agreement and there it you are. Done. And it could be done over the internet. Much easier. Instead, they do this.

 

 

 

*sigh* I wish they would ask us to test. Or at least the pmods (I'm not a pmod). They don't want us, obviously.

 

 

 

Ah, well. Now we know that their target group really IS 11-16.

 

 

 

It seems so.

 

 

 

Does it SAY players? No. It says "Jagex Games Studio, the Cambridge-based computer game developer, is looking for a number of 11- to 16-year-olds to test a new update to RuneScape, the worlds most popular free-to-play game." Not necessarily players. It may be IMPLIED but you can't infer anything when it comes to the business world. Furthermore, if they are players, they may be very inexperienced and young. I don't know about you, but I don't want an eleven year old F2P with a 789 skill total telling Jagex what he thinks of an update prior to release and when in a position that gives his opinion more weight.

 

 

 

Lol yeah we are gonna end up with kiddie content!

 

 

 

 

 

Player moderators who are fun orb players got to test the kickabout game before it was released. So maybe Jagex is trying to actually make content that won't make you lose 300M if you logout or make monster not retaliate.

 

 

 

@Raven I'm sure if you apply to be a tester stuff like time played and levels will come into play when they choose who to accept (well I hope atleast).

 

 

 

They released a kickabout beta so everyone got to test it before it was done. I did. 'Show'd me not to waste my time, it's not my type of game.

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I don't know if it's been mentionned in the thread yet, but Jagex probably already have enough testers that are of working age.

 

 

 

This is a call to people they can't hire to test: kids and teens.

 

Just because they are looking for this demographic to test something doesn't mean that this is their target demographic. For those who wish that they asked them to test their updates, I'm pretty sure you could simply apply for a job in Cambridge and hope you get pick.

 

 

 

I don't know what the fuzz is with people being annoyed by their target demographic so much. I mean what do you want them to say? Would you want them to state : Our target demographic are young males ages 12 to 25 who are scared of girls, live with their parents and would rather play on the computer than hang out with friends on a friday night...

 

 

 

Just throw your insecurities out the window and enjoy the game.

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Player moderators who are fun orb players got to test the kickabout game before it was released. So maybe Jagex is trying to actually make content that won't make you lose 300M if you logout or make monster not retaliate.

 

 

 

I didn't know that. :)

 

 

 

In reality,JaGex just wants to throw the blame on these 11-16 year old testers when someone loses 350mil from a buggy update.

 

 

 

I lol'ed. What about mechscape?

 

 

 

I hope those lil kids know what they are doing...come to thinkof it I know quite a few 14 yr olds who know more about RS than me. Let's hope they get a lot of those.

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See I don't understand Jagex, I really REALLY don't. They get some random GOD DAMN kids to beta test an update instead of their actual GOD DAMN players who PLAY AND LOVE the game and will give feedback just as well probably even better.

 

 

 

They do open beta test for FunOrb why the **** not RuneScape?!!?!?!?

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See I don't understand Jagex, I really REALLY don't. They get some random GOD DAMN kids to beta test an update instead of their actual GOD DAMN players who PLAY AND LOVE the game and will give feedback just as well probably even better.

 

 

 

They do open beta test for FunOrb why the **** not RuneScape?!!?!?!?

 

 

 

They probably have lots of beta testers on the payroll. What they lack is the behavior of kids and mid teens and since they can't hire them...

 

 

 

I would bet that these kids who will show up for testing are established players and not some random kids. People are jumping to wrong conclusions a lot on these boards.

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See I don't understand Jagex, I really REALLY don't. They get some random GOD DAMN kids to beta test an update instead of their actual GOD DAMN players who PLAY AND LOVE the game and will give feedback just as well probably even better.

 

 

 

They do open beta test for FunOrb why the **** not RuneScape?!!?!?!?

 

 

 

They probably have lots of beta testers on the payroll. What they lack is the behavior of kids and mid teens and since they can't hire them...

 

 

 

I would bet that these kids who will show up for testing are established players and not some random kids. People are jumping to wrong conclusions a lot on these boards.

 

 

 

People also seem to be missing the fact these have to be LOCAL people.

 

 

 

This clearly implies it is something that cannot be tested over the net and has to be at jagex HG.

 

 

 

So its either:

 

 

 

Something very intricate and precise that needs supervision

 

 

 

Something physical (eg security key) and thus not usable over the net for testing means.

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Shows you who Jagex is designing the game for no matter what president BS writes in his clan chat. :-#

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Shows you who Jagex is designing the game for no matter what president BS writes in his clan chat. :-#

 

 

 

Accept that 2 posts or so above you there confirmation from RSOF that the age rnage the ad states atm is wrong and it was supposed to be 2 years higher, aka 13 - 18.

 

 

 

Equally as pointed out ten zillion times already the key about this is: You can't legally hire young teens.

 

Jagex QA team will be made up of adults, all minimum 18+ (probably nearer 20+)

 

 

 

A testing focus group allows them to work with the younger ages they can't hire.

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OMG 18 means I can go *freaks out*

 

 

 

I'm going to calculate how much a train to Cambridge will cost now. *drools*

 

I'm tempted to go but I'm 22 :(

 

 

 

I'll ask if I can go though lol :D

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Surely this is [/hype]...?

 

 

 

Ideally applicants would not be familiar with Runescape.

 

 

 

The purpose for their testers is probably something we couldn't even guess

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Wait, so MMG needs kids to come down and worship him in person? Suppose the kids worpshipping on on the Forums isn't enough.

 

 

 

Kinda sad. -.-

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Well Racheya if you go I demand pictures and insider info! :twisted:

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Wait, so MMG needs kids to come down and worship him in person? Suppose the kids worpshipping on on the Forums isn't enough.

 

 

 

Kinda sad. -.-

 

Err... no. They're asking for game testers :|

 

 

 

It's what companies do, make games and test them.

 

Well Racheya if you go I demand pictures and insider info! :twisted:

 

Trust me I would do :twisted: I are sekrit Tip.It ninja.

 

 

 

Although the chances of me going are pretty slim considering it'll take a 5 hour train to get there =/

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Wait, so MMG needs kids to come down and worship him in person? Suppose the kids worpshipping on on the Forums isn't enough.

 

 

 

Kinda sad. -.-

 

Err... no. They're asking for game testers :|

 

 

 

It's what companies do, make games and test them.

 

Well Racheya if you go I demand pictures and insider info! :twisted:

 

Trust me I would do :twisted: I are sekrit Tip.It ninja.

 

 

 

Although the chances of me going are pretty slim considering it'll take a 5 hour train to get there =/

 

 

 

I was kidding, but on a serious note, you just know they're asking for someone to suicide bomb them over the removal of old wild, unbalanced trades, etc.

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*explodes* Wow that would be amazing, it's perfect for me! I live not too far from Cambridge, I'm 16, I'll be applying for University there, and the experience would really help my application.

 

 

 

Wow.

 

Do it. DO IT!

 

 

 

If I could I'd travel to Cambridge. It's literally HOURS away but I would ;(

 

You think? I might send in an email then. I mean, it would be quite nice to actually find out what working there would be like.

 

 

 

EDIT: Just for confirmation, do you guys think this would be a good idea?

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