Epic Invites Community Members to Playtest UT4

[m3ss]

I posted this message over at ProUnreal.com, but I wanted to share the good news with you all here at GlobalUnreal as well since many of you don't frequent ProU.

As some of you may have already heard, Epic Games is holding a community playtest at their studios in Raleigh, NC and have invited multiple members of the competitive community, mappers, and prototype developers to come playtest UT4 and provide them with feedback. I was fortunate enough to be invited along with hypno and xi0s (that I know of), and I believe TheWhiteDragon (from the BeyondUnreal podcasts) is also attending. I'm not sure if there are any other competitive players going, as Epic has chosen to allow each individual to decide whether or not to reveal their attendance. However, you can see the official announcement post where many of the attendees have posted already.

The event will take place the weekend of Sept. 5-7 and over the next month I'll be looking to get feedback and input from the community to bring with me. I think starting with a dedicated forum thread and then organizing some round table discussions with specific players and other attendees would be a good way to begin, but please feel free to give me suggestions.

With that said, I just want to thank everyone that supported/nominated me when Flak first came to the site, as I wouldn't be in this position without it. Hopefully we can make the most of this opportunity. Thanks!

[RickJames]

Congrats man, talked about this with sLY and we're both super excited to see this happening

He said "Guess who it is, he's the nicest, stand-up, most obvious choice for them to bring out. You'll probably get it on your first try". Me: "m3ss?"

[Banko]

Hopefully the event after this one will be bigger because I would not mind going at all.

[Lineage]

Ask if they'll let you stream that shit

[kE]

Nice to see you invited m3ss, would be great if you could give some input from caster/spectator point of view as well!

Having proper tools for casters would be great to get this game more views at twitch = more exposure = more noobs to pwn

[sn3p]

Nice m3ss, you're our eyes and ears. Keep us posted!

We need a dedicated server and UT4Stats

[Carras]

well done m3ss

[Lineage]

[detox]

I'm sure you'll have our best interests at heart. Don't let the entire UT99 community spanning over a decade down, no pressure.

[Monk]

That's awesome. Well deserved m8

[fuers]

congratz mate! keep us posted and tell them that we are excited to try out the new ut

[blade]

M3ss, my friend, you earned it. Enjoy and make the best of it!

[KillEmAll]

[Lineage]

KEA, I don't want to alarm you but..you make me tingle in certain places..

[PACO]

Grats m3ss, you deserve it. I trust whatever feedback you will give them. On a similar note, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a touch sad that no one from EPIC has reached out to me but c'est la vie.

[DREW-TANg]

so awesome, glad it's someone like you going

[m3ss]

Thanks! I'm really excited and hope I can do some good. They're likely going to be doing more of these in the future, so I'm sure there are still plenty of other people they would like to bring out.

[Sonic|^]

[blackout\\]

Congrats m3ss! Bring back 6 pack rockets!

[detox]

I'm sure m3ss will bring great feedback but quite frankly I am personally insulted that PACO wasn't in the list of invitees. It was a slap in the the face to the entire community and what it stands for. I just hope the direction of the game isn't jeopardized by this lapse in judgement.

[Sauron]

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[PACO]

[blade]

[Lineage]

PACO has his own stream channel*, too

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