Why does luthier even bother?

[robtek]

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

So you complain about how we can dare to raise critics on a beta patch because you think we don't understand the word "beta"? Well the word "patch" is also inside this, dear friends!
And patch in my opinion means that an existing thing is made better.
I just don't understand why formerly working things need to be destroyed for placing new features - this is just not what I expect to be a "patch" - beta or not. Maybe we just need a new name for it. midnight try-out or something like that...

And that, liebe Zwiebacksäge, tells us exactly that you haven't understood the "beta"-thingy.

[mustang137]

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

So you complain about how we can dare to raise critics on a beta patch because you think we don't understand the word "beta"? Well the word "patch" is also inside this, dear friends!
And patch in my opinion means that an existing thing is made better.
I just don't understand why formerly working things need to be destroyed for placing new features - this is just not what I expect to be a "patch" - beta or not. Maybe we just need a new name for it. midnight try-out or something like that...

[6S.Manu]

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

So you complain about how we can dare to raise critics on a beta patch because you think we don't understand the word "beta"? Well the word "patch" is also inside this, dear friends!
And patch in my opinion means that an existing thing is made better.
I just don't understand why formerly working things need to be destroyed for placing new features - this is just not what I expect to be a "patch" - beta or not. Maybe we just need a new name for it. midnight try-out or something like that...

I see your point. It's a thing that I stated long time ago.

Here we are not testing a "patch". We are testing a new version of the game.

So we should not call it "Beta-Patch" but "CoD Version X - Beta".

When the game will be finished (speaking about contents) then we'll be provided with real patches.


Look at the ugly thing called "Red Orchestra 2": the game is complete but is a mess (so many bugs!) and I'm really mad at it, because without the bugs it would be enjoyable. This game needs patches.

Instead I don't care about CoD's bugs since IMO it's still a unplayable game (and infact I'm not actually playing with it). This game needs to be finished.

[ElAurens]

In this case the workd BETA supercedes the word patch.

And as some of us suspected, most of you do not understand this.

[Davy TASB]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

In this case the workd BETA supercedes the word patch.

And as some of us suspected, most of you do not understand this.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

So you complain about how we can dare to raise critics on a beta patch because you think we don't understand the word "beta"?

Correct!

Just replace 'raise critics on' with 'whine about finding a bug in' and you will be 100% correct!

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

Well the word "patch" is also inside this, dear friends!

So?

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

And patch in my opinion means that an existing thing is made better.

In your opinion, but clearly not everyone opinion.

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

I just don't understand why formerly working things need to be destroyed for placing new features - this is just not what I expect to be a "patch" - beta or not.

Because you clearly do not understand the interactions of software changes.. As in how a fix hear can sometimes break something there, or how a coding mistake itself can break something. They are only human, hence the whole concept behind 'beta' testing

Originally Posted by zwiebacksaege

Maybe we just need a new name for it. midnight try-out or something like that...

Nope, just need people understand the meaning of the current word 'beta' in that it means try-out

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by robtek

And that, liebe Zwiebacksäge, tells us exactly that you haven't understood the "beta"-thingy.

+1

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by mustang137

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rotfl

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by 6S.Manu

So we should not call it "Beta-Patch" but "CoD Version X - Beta".

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

In this case the workd BETA supercedes the word patch.

And as some of us suspected, most of you do not understand this.

Bingo!