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Release 52 QA Testing Raffle Winners

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  1. Attenwood

    Attenwood Portalarian Emeritus Dev Emeritus

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    Release 52 QA Testing Raffle Winners

    Thank you to everyone who joined us during the latest round of QA Server testing for the launch of Release 52! We are incredibly thankful for the community's contribution in helping our team test new content and make sure every Release launches as smoothly as possible!

    The following prizes have been randomly drawn and delivered to the QA contributors below!

    @Grimbone - Bug Sprayer w/ Emote
    @Paladin Michael - Insect Leg Table
    @BishopFaulken - Butterfly Chair
    @Anvar - Corpion Chair
    @brogan - Antennae Hat
    @margaritte - Antennae Hat
    @Servant King - Antennae Hat
    @Grimace- Antennae Hat
    @Sean Silverfoot - Ant Cloak
    @curt - Ant Cloak
    @Silberfarn - Ant Cloak
    @Vladamir Begemot - Ant Cloak
    @Dargalin - Insect Painting Set
    @Atlara Skeuferyl - Insect Painting Set
    @Rowell - Insect Painting Set
    @Bayard - Insect Painting Set
    @Boof - 5 Gold Crowns Testing Reward
    @Cassandra Corax - 5 Gold Crowns Testing Reward
    @Jaesun - 5 Gold Crowns Testing Reward
    @Traveller13 - 5 Gold Crowns Testing Reward
    @Belladonna Rose - Ant Farm
    @licemeat - Ant Farm
    @Manerd - Ant Farm
    @Feeyo - Ant Farm


    Thank you EVERYONE, again, for contributing to another fantastic release!

    Want to participate for a chance to win prizes in the next release?

    Participation Instructions
    Each release we will randomly reward 4 of each of the following rewards (one prize per player):
    • 5 Gold Crowns
    • Ant Farm
    • Antennae
    • Bug Cloak
    • Set of Bug Paintings
    In order to qualify you must meet the following requirements:
    • Install the QA version of the game
    • Login and play on QA for at least 4 hours per release
    • Report at least 1 bug in the QA section of the forums
      • Note that players will only be submitted for the lottery once per QA cycle. Continued bug reporting will not count toward additional submissions into the lottery.
      • If raffle winners are discovered to have been using multiple forum accounts to increase their lottery chances, ALL accounts will be exempted from the lottery drawing for that QA cycle.
    Thanks, Avatars!
     
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    Congrats to all the winners!
     
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    Grats everyone!
     
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    Nice! Be happy to add it to the wall of cloaks!
     
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    congrats to the winners
     
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    Honest question:

    What’s the difference between those who post bug reports in the QA testing for two weeks before it’s pushed and those who post bug reports for the current release? Both accomplish the same result - an active participant engaging the development team about an issue in the game.

    For the amount of bugs we encounter in current releases vs. bugs reported in pre release it seems like an asinine reward system.

    As I think about it, there is no incentive for me to report a bug.

    Perhaps @Berek @DarkStarr @Lexie you should reconsider what pool of participants are rewarded.

    Do, getting back to the first question, what is the difference for posting bugs and receiving rewards? Both benefit the community
     
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    I guess having a bug fixed isn't incentive enough to report it.
     
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  11. Alley Oop

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    the difference is that the people spending time on qa are actually sacrificing potential character advancement. they're spending those hours playing characters forked off of live and deleted when qa ends, so they get no progess for that time.
     
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    This. Its to encourage players to sacrifice their time to specificly look for new bugs on the Qa build before it ships to launch, and wooooot a Corpion chair for me :D
     
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    Thanks so much! the paintings are absolutely awesome, I hung them in pride of place as soon as I received them!
     
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