Why does luthier even bother?

[Catseye]

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

I suggest 1C asks the community for beta testers and pick out 300 or so for a closed beta. Then sets up a closed beta server and give the testers a t-shirt and a mug or something and mention them in the "thank you" text in the game.

This happened to me in the past when I was part of the outside Beta team for Falcon 4 and also for Flanker. Got a great T-shirt from the Flanker Guys and credit in the published book.