[GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING]

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i'm rattled but it's not the first time someone's given me hell about the "real"-ness of my ability
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: ah fuck someone else wants to join the beta test
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: they seem chill from their post but...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: after that outburst from void...i'm a bit worried

[knux400]

[GENTLE_STAR]: its a forum, its reasonable to expect people not to respond instantly
[GENTLE_STAR]: take a minute if you need it

[sarcovyn]

[D]:
[D]: Get a load of this guy
[D]: Like ok if we were joking this would be a cosmic level bit
[D]: But it sounds like that person was just super trying to avoid acknowledging they fucked up

[skinstealer]

[a few hours pass]
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: okay...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i'm going to go let them in.
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: sorry to new person backreading this
[DIGITAL_HORROR] added [ABYSSAL_LANTERN]

[Pichi2214]

[GLITCHY]: I uh. Sorry I don't have the mind to properly respond to/follow the whole thing that went down I just... want to say that like. I believe you
[GLITCHY]: I don't usually share a lot of information about myself, but I'm a sigil type and have some other sigil type friends so I am very familiar with weird tcp magic
[GLITCHY]: While it's not been on people level I definitely heard of tcps whose sigils caused objects to turn into creatures that could be seen as pets/familiar so like
[GLITCHY]: Whose to say that More isn't also possible
I'll definitely be careful with my lil guys, even if I'm like.. very excitable about em, I Am taking this seriously n it's not just a game to me

[knux400]

[GENTLE_STAR]: tcps creating life w/abilities is definitely not unprecedented
[GENTLE_STAR]: i knew a rock type that made rocks follow them somehow??
[GENTLE_STAR]: and there was a hydra/tumor type that could just put heads on things
[GENTLE_STAR]: neither of those are on the same level as a fully sentient vpet but still

[Pichi2214]

[GLITCHY]: oh shit hi new person also
[GLITCHY]: sorry it's been a lil chaotic just before you joined, but we're happy to have you!

[Wilds]

[CRUCIAL_ESCAPE] Hi Abyssal, welcome to the uhhh
[CRUCIAL_ESCAPE] Well, welcome.

[Ignispark]

[ABYSSAL_LANTERN] Hello! I'm, here. Yes. So, what do I need to do as a beta tester?

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: it's been a bit so...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i'll send you the game files privately and teach you how to set it up, and in the meantime- could you pick one of our friend species from this list?
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i'll send the file for whatever you choose- i want to start people off with one file each so they don't get too overwhelmed or make more friends than they can handle.

[Ignispark]

[ABYSSAL_LANTERN] Alright. Tinystep seems pretty interesting. I'll go with that. Also I almost certainly would be a bit overwhelmed by trying to juggle multiple so one's definitely the right call.

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: sent over!

[skinstealer]

[CRITTER_CATCHER]: sorry for going quiet, had to deal with real life shit right when that went down
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: idk if void is sticking around but like. let that be a whole lesson or whatever for testers that we're being very serious about this and it's /not/ a bit
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: if a skeptic like me can go "huh, maybe these /are/ real" then i hope that people can behave and at the very least keep an open mind and be fucking careful

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: thanks crit...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: well...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: in other news, mocha and wiggles seem to be getting along really well, though they seem to have gotten less outwardly talkative- maybe they're communicating nonverbally?
[DIGITAL_HORROR]:
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: they eventually wanted to settle down though, so i ended up talking to silly a bit.
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: here they are!
[DIGITAL_HORROR]:

[DIGITAL_HORROR]:

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RAGS: hi silly
Silly: hi!
Silly: how are you?
RAGS: i'm...i could be better, honestly
Silly: what's wrong?
RAGS: we had kind of an issue in the beta testing group, i don't know if it'd be good to get into
Silly: beta testing?
RAGS: yeah, just...people trying the game.
RAGS: yknow, with yall. i don't even know if it's right to call it a game at this point, though
Silly: oh!
Silly: i like games
RAGS: me too...
RAGS: ...would you be down for playing games with other friends, at some point?
Silly: other friends?
Silly: like me?
RAGS: yeah, like you
Silly: friends are nice
Silly: if they are nice i will play
Silly: :)

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: added [CONTEMPLATE_THAT]
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: another new beta tester...getting kind of busy in here
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: gonna send along game files- could you look through this list and pick a species to work with?
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i want to keep people to just one to start so they dont get overwhelmed

[ofConcepts]

[CONTEMPLATE_THAT]: Thanks for having me, eveyone! I'm excited to work with you all owo

[CONSTELLATE_THAT]: They're all so cute!!!!!! I literately can't decide!!

[CONTEMPLATE_THAT]: Hmmm... What does everyone else have?? I'm STICK on the idea of getting a Tinystep or a Slumberwool. I juts can't figure out which to start with!!

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i think both of those are already chosen, so feel free to choose either, no big deal!

[Wilds]

[CRUCIAL_ESCAPE]: Got myself a salmonander over here. My vote's on tinystep, for fun. Welcome btw

[ofConcepts]

[CONTEMPLATE_THAT]: Hmm, as much as I love Tinysep, I keep thinking I'm gonna regret my desicion if I go with anything other than Slumberwool.

[CONTEMPLATE_THAT]: Intuitin, maybe? I've always been ine to trust me gut feeligs!!

[CONNSTIPATE_THAT]: Ugh I'm so sorry

[CONTEMPLATE_THAT]: I have to go with Sumberwool, please! Gonan haev to think of a name...

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: sending over!