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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Chaos Strikes Back (CSB) bugs?
Message-ID: <4785e824.71d0@apollo.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Dec 89 18:17:00 GMT
References: <10354@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> <10355@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> <926@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA
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In article <926@crash.cts.com> canada@crash.cts.com (Diane Barlow Close) writes:
>In article <10355@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> dyer@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jon Brode) writes:
>>BTW, is anyone from FTL listening? How do I get in touch with them to
>>send in bug/oddness reports?
>
>While it isn't strictly the same thing, I'm collecting CHAOS bug reports
>and reporting them to FTL (who is here in San Diego).  Why?  My husband was
>one of the play testers and spent many, many hours playing CHAOS and
>tracking down bugs.  We are both interested in seeing the kinds of things
>that play testers miss (perhaps it is due to just using *local* play
>testers, rather than a broader spectrum of people?).  If you want to call
>FTL yourself, report all bugs to ``Debbie'' at (619) 453-5711.  Or write
>FTL c/o Software Heaven, 6160 Lusk Blvd., San Diego ,CA (forgotten the zip,
>sorry).

I'm not connected with FTL in anyway; heck, I don't even own Chaos yet.
Just a gentle reminder, for sake of the good people at FTL, to please be
specific as possible.  I know if _I_ were at FTL, one of the following
hypothetical bugs would be ignored (exercise for the reader to guess which):

    "I played Chaos for 36 straight hours and then it crashed."

    "Thrown weapons don't work properly if you've just used stairs,
     and are still standing on the 'landing' when you throw.  First
     noticed it on the 2nd level, and it is repeatable."

(Not trying to insult anyone's intelligence, but I know from experience that
even intelligent people sometimes send in the most incredibly obtuse & useless
descriptions of their software problems.  Better too much verbage than too
little, in this case.)
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