How Can I Make My Dream Career A Reality????

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Just above this thread is one just like this one and

2)   you would have to bribe the right people.   lol

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Your best bet to get into testing would be to do the following (Disclaimer: this might not work):

1) Do a few weeks of Work Experience when it opens up again.

2) Find out the name of the company which Lionhead contracts as their contract testers.

3) Get into that company.

4) Show your uber 1337 testing skills.

5) Hope that they decide to employ you.

If this doesn't work then it's not my fault.

coomdoom:

Your best bet to get into testing would be to do the following (Disclaimer: this might not work):

1) Do a few weeks of Work Experience when it opens up again.

2) Find out the name of the company which Lionhead contracts as their contract testers.

3) Get into that company.

4) Show your uber 1337 testing skills.

5) Hope that they decide to employ you.

If this doesn't work then it's not my fault.

You forgot:
6) Commit suicide once you figure out testing is a terrible, terrible job with atrocious pay and serves no purpose other than aspiring Devs trying to inject themselves into the industry.

Let's tell you about some features:
Long hours running into the same tree at different angles!
Falling off the world for no reason.!
Reaching complete game pitfalls with no way to proceed for no reason!
Missing triggers casing endless aggravation trying to get the NPC to recognize your quest item!
Crashes and lost data galore!
Overwhelming balance issues in which your preferred method of play is not just hard, it's impossible!
Suicide cult membership cards, first month free!
Programmers that try and fix the same bug 15 times but fail, leaving you stuck in the exact same place every build!


Trust me, unless you want to study to become a game designer and have intuition on how to improve a game, the only way you'll get upward mobility, being a tester is a terrible job. I meaaaaan... tester is an awesome job, you should test for the companies, best job ever with no drawbacks just sign this lifetime contract in blood if you will...

In all seriousness, if you really want to after my list of "features" you can usually apply quite easily for a tester (especially QA) position in most companies, it requires an eye for detail, a lot of patience, and organization (so you know what you did, reproduce the bug, and file it properly).

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You want your dream career to beta test games?

You do that you'll be on food stamps, yet it is a skill to have a taste about what makes a game a one, and then push forward and make the Game Industry as a Idealist a career.

Also be careful about what companies you're trying to Beta Test for, or what WEBSITES you're registering on because 95% of them scam your money.

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PKTHUND3RBALL:

How Can I Make My Dream Career A Reality????

 

Do you not realise how BORING it is?

And FRUSTRATING it is?

Lannuu:

PKTHUND3RBALL:

How Can I Make My Dream Career A Reality????

 

Do you not realise how BORING it is?

And FRUSTRATING it is?

You've got a point but isn't that the case with any job?  I bet someone mentioned that to Obama; 'Sir, running a country all day for four years that has to get boring don't you think?'  Very likely not the same kind of responsibility but you see where I'm going with this...

Testing is for sure a steppingstone to get to grips with (the realities of) video game development.

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but you have to play the same level again and again and again and again till you drop dead or form a union there is little pay and few prospects from that point on id say avoid it you want to play games for a living play them as a hobby instead beacose you will be sick to death of them when you get home trust me tho if you can make friends with sombody in market research that will be allot of fun

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Lannuu:

PKTHUND3RBALL:

How Can I Make My Dream Career A Reality????

 

Do you not realise how BORING it is?

And FRUSTRATING it is?

CAPS LOCK FTW!!

lol spam?

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Officially retired from Xbox 360 Gaming as of July 28, 2009