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Can we get a mass test on a weekend; or simply later in the day?

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Cael Autumn
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2014-02-06 01:52:23 UTC
As the title says, people who have normal day jobs in NA can't make it to mass tests. Could we have one or two on a saturday or simply a bit later in the day perhaps?

Thanks!
Glockshna Quant
Versatility Production Corporation' LLC
#2 - 2014-02-06 04:42:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Glockshna Quant
Cael Autumn wrote:
As the title says, people who have normal day jobs in NA can't make it to mass tests. Could we have one or two on a saturday or simply a bit later in the day perhaps?

Thanks!


Problem with this is that the devs also have normal day jobs with normal day job schedules. You may think "Oh well then they would agree!" but no, in fact part of that day job is running mass tests. And they do this during their work day, which doesn't happen to be on a weekend.

Long story and sarcasm aside, if you have a normal life you probably don't get to go to mass tests too often. sadface.avi
Cael Autumn
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-02-06 13:08:21 UTC
Glockshna Quant wrote:
Cael Autumn wrote:
As the title says, people who have normal day jobs in NA can't make it to mass tests. Could we have one or two on a saturday or simply a bit later in the day perhaps?

Thanks!


Problem with this is that the devs also have normal day jobs with normal day job schedules. You may think "Oh well then they would agree!" but no, in fact part of that day job is running mass tests. And they do this during their work day, which doesn't happen to be on a weekend.

Long story and sarcasm aside, if you have a normal life you probably don't get to go to mass tests too often. sadface.avi



The thing is, a masstest could most likely be run remotely. It's just organizing a group of people on the test server with incentive, using dev tools to entertain them, and then analyzing the aftermath.
CCP Paradox
#4 - 2014-02-06 14:03:42 UTC
Cael Autumn wrote:
Glockshna Quant wrote:
Cael Autumn wrote:
As the title says, people who have normal day jobs in NA can't make it to mass tests. Could we have one or two on a saturday or simply a bit later in the day perhaps?

Thanks!


Problem with this is that the devs also have normal day jobs with normal day job schedules. You may think "Oh well then they would agree!" but no, in fact part of that day job is running mass tests. And they do this during their work day, which doesn't happen to be on a weekend.

Long story and sarcasm aside, if you have a normal life you probably don't get to go to mass tests too often. sadface.avi



The thing is, a masstest could most likely be run remotely. It's just organizing a group of people on the test server with incentive, using dev tools to entertain them, and then analyzing the aftermath.



It's also live analysis, we pretty much need to be in the office together co-coordinating the effort and then talking to each other when things come up. The timing is up to the devs who need to run the mass test, they could do it out of hours, but many people have children, wives, and lives after normal working hours.

tl;dr, we run on EVE time (UTC) - and 9 out of 10 tests will always be between 5pm - 8pm.

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