eytanz
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I didn't think it's necessary to post this here but several people asked me to beta test their holds recently and I've had to refuse all of them. I'm flattered, but I also lack access to a computer that has DROD installed on it until the second week of August, so I can't help with beta testing for a while.


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gamer_extreme_101
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Why not just switch the Beta-Test setting to "No" while you're gone? Just as effective, IMO.

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eytanz
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Um,

Because:

A - I'm stupid.

B - I haven't really been following the forum with as much attention as I should have, because I only check it once every few days.

C - I'm stupid.

D - I wanted to explain to the people whose beta tests I declined over the past few days why.

E - I'm stupid.


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rowrow
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gamer_extreme_101 wrote:
Why not just switch the Beta-Test setting to "No" while you're gone? Just as effective, IMO.

I don't know. Maybe he is stupid.


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SbCl3
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He is one of the developers, right?

Generally, people that know C++ and know it well aren't stupid.

I think its more of a short attention span or unawareness than stupidity.

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Um...rowrow was only saying that because Eytan accused himself of being stupid...no less than 3 times. I guess rowrow should have added a smiley to show he was being sarcastic.

And Eytan was a level designer, not a programming developer...at least for JtRH. He certainly does programming on his own time, for EyAngband if nothing else.

(I think he worked on some of the sprites too, but don't quote me on that.)

Game on,

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eytanz
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As Onieromancer says, I was a level designer in JtRH - I didn't touch a line of code. And I don't know C++ - when I do program, I so in C.

(As for sprites - I made some tiny manipulations to some of them, but nothing that involved actual drawing. The only graphic where I did something other than just change the color balance is the ortho square, where the original version was too thin and easy to miss so I made it thicker).

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