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6th November 2008, 16:04
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How to get into.....
.....becoming a computer games tester?
Anyone work in this industry who can help me?
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6th November 2008, 16:06
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not a clu pay is dismal though iirc
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6th November 2008, 16:07
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It's a shit job mate. I have heard about people doing it and it's really boring. Just have to play the game again and again for shit pay.
EA games is very local to me and i see adverts every so often.
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6th November 2008, 16:12
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My cousin used to work for EA, hated it
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6th November 2008, 16:13
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Most people get into "Quality Assurance" because they want to get into higher ranks within the studio, and that's the best way to do it. Testing games isn't really a good career if you ask me, it's at the bottom of the chain in terms of ranks within game development.
BTW, if you really want to get into it then your better off getting into a smaller studio. Places like EA/Ubisoft etc have employee's within the millions. Where as studios in america like Epic Games for exam only have around 60.
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6th November 2008, 16:20
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Trolley Boy of the Gaming World?
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6th November 2008, 16:22
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Peej is a games tester iirc
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6th November 2008, 16:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by -Jason-
.....becoming a computer games tester?
Anyone work in this industry who can help me?
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find developer sites, not as easy as you think for the money mind 
we have a game developer next door to where i work 14k a year they pay, but its nothing like buying a game and playing it.
Got to constantly play levels over and over and over again writing reports etc
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6th November 2008, 16:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tupps
Peej is a games tester iirc
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Thought he just spent his spare time doing it?
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6th November 2008, 16:34
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Originally Posted by fergie127
Thought he just spent his spare time doing it?
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He just spends his spare time playing xbox. It's not really the same thing
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6th November 2008, 16:54
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yeah I heard that being a games tester you get set a certain level or section of the game and you have to try every combination to see if it will glitch.
Wish EA did it properly, my fifa glitches loads.
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6th November 2008, 17:24
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one of the universitys offers a course in it
i think its down south southampton maybe
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6th November 2008, 17:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by swampy
one of the universitys offers a course in it
i think its down south southampton maybe
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Serious?
A degree is sitting around doing fuck all?
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6th November 2008, 17:29
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Originally Posted by djrem
Serious?
A degree is sitting around doing fuck all?
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You've just summed up my perfect life Rem
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6th November 2008, 17:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by -Jason-
.....becoming a computer games tester?
Anyone work in this industry who can help me?
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hey mate been there done it got the t shirt its ok but your get fed up of it i done it for ea games in chertsy if you want to apply go to the ea games web site they normally only take people on about feb time to test games coming out for the summer its not a perminate job tho , so i went to uni done a course an now im a computer consultent do everything to do with computers lol
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6th November 2008, 17:45
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guy at my work likes to do beta testing games on x box 360 and ps3
dont know how to do that though
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6th November 2008, 17:47
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plus i dout you would be able to be very picky about the games you test you will most likly have to test really dull games .. imagine having to play a dull game over and over again for hours on end ....
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6th November 2008, 17:57
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Quote:
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You've just summed up my perfect life Rem
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Toss off the guy to the right.
Welcome to the love triangle.
its not gay. its neccessary...
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