# Wanna be a beta tester?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 1, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826 "2002-07-01T14:06:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826/1 "2002-07-01T14:06:33Z")

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Sports Mogul, Inc. is looking for beta testers for Football Mogul 2003, which is due out by the start of the season. See [their website](http://www.sportsmogul.com/footballcd/index.htm) for details.

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826/2 "2002-07-01T16:28:20Z")

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I did beta testing for 2 years. The novelty wears off very quickly when you realize playing a buggy game that crashes all the time is your job and you have to do it.

Think twice before signing on the dotted line (or e-form, as it may)

No thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826/3 "2002-07-01T16:36:46Z")

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I got all excited…but it’s a sports game. Darn it.

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**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826/4 "2002-07-01T17:24:15Z")

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QA testing may wear off for some, but for others, it’s their calling in life. Rather than getting frustrated when it crashes again, I take a perverse glee in finding new ways to crash it.

Off I go to sign up right now, especially since I’ve been waiting for that game.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826/5 "2002-07-01T19:28:43Z")

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If it twernt a sports game, I might sign up. Rats…

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**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-beta-tester/116826/6 "2002-07-01T20:09:11Z")

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Ugh I remember helping to test CS-beta 1

\<BLARG\>