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Tech @which.net> <"Tech wrote in message <35B06309...@which.net>...
>MB wrote:
>
>> M. van Leeuwen wrote in message <6ohrh0$p...@news3.euro.net>...
>> >>Game Worlds Network is hiring a few more game reviewers.  Sorry, only
US
>> >>residents over the age of 18 need apply.
>> >
>> >I have to see the day that other ppl over the world can join in.
>> >I'm from Europe and anywhere you look its' US only.
>> >Great... NOT.
>>
>> <Snip>
>>
>> You will just have to look for a European mag i guess.  Really, I dont
think
>> the shipping costs to send you games would be worth it for the company.
The
>> ability to write proper sentences is not why they want people in the U.S.
>> only.
>
>  As it stands Europe has a faster growing market and is still the same
wealth
>of talent that took many of our guys out to the US.
>The question is why do US companies think it is reasonable to alienate
European
>market openers?
>Could it be that the gap between the Develpment teams and the Marketing
teams is
>so great that the Developers are out of touch with their market?  ;-)
>Seriously, with established Distribution channels in Europe I fail to see
why
>none-Euro Developers treat us with this apparent contempt.
>Would it be SO difficult or expensive to set up a channel to supply product
and
>glean feedback?
>What are the concerns?
>Tell us and let us apply our agile minds to the concerns.  I think we can
>satisfy all of them.
>As a Beta Tester I have 'discoevered' many major problmes the US testers
>missed.  It is not thier fault.  They don't always have the same mix of
product
>and software.
>Often the feedback I have given has been catalytic in finding the real root
>cause of a problme which had eluded the US guys.  The differences in set up
can
>sometimes cause a problme to manifest itself differently, and the
difference
>gives the clue as to the root problem.
>
>As for secrecy, are we to be less trusted?  How often have you met your US
>Testers personally?  Do your REALLY know them well enough to trust them?
>


Relax man!  Jeeez.  You are taking the fact that a small *not making a
profit* magazine is looking for US reviewers a little too far.  They make no
money, and cant afford to ship games over to Europe.
On your other items, I agree.  A beta tester is a beta tester.  It would
better serve a company to get the opinion and help from a broader base of
potential customers anyway.   Why some companies dont do that is probably a
financial decision more than anything.