[GROUP IM: FRIENDZOO BETA TESTING]

[sarcovyn]

[D]: Hello more new people
[D]: DH Am I cool enough to get all the rest of the friend species :tcp_blushstare:
[D]: Pretty please
[D]: [@PASSWORD_JOURNAL] Do it Do It Do it Do it

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: you are literally on the dev team

[sarcovyn]

[D]: My version is a little out of date

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: ok ok but please don't go too overboard ok
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: gimme a sec

[sarcovyn]

[D]:

THREEDEE: Oh yeah by the way sippy
THREEDEE: I have these forums that i post chat logs to
THREEDEE: Which is just a website where people talk to each other
THREEDEE: Do you care about me posting these logs to them
GIGANTICSIPPY: umm
GIGANTiCSIPPY: mmmm go ahead but
squeaky: i didnt know how to bring this up but we can see you using the browser
GIGANTICSIPPY: yeah
GIGANTICSIPPY: wait what i can't

[D]: TIL
[D]: Not that I care because my browsing is really boring
[D]: How are you guys holding up lol

[skinstealer]

[PASSWORD_JOURNAL]: hahahahahaha what!
[PASSWORD_JOURNAL]: that's so silly i gotta ask lovey about that
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: silly?!
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: people are going to think we're sending them, i don't know, spyware or something!
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: yeah, i
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: hm
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: you have to do SOMETHING about this rags
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i'll ask, i'll ask!
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: mocha might be able to give me something coherent...

[sarcovyn]

[D]: Squeaky could be lying out their ass
[D]: They aren't telling me what they have seen
[D]: And squeaky is a kind of "mischievous beast"

[skinstealer]

[PASSWORD_JOURNAL]: well let's take a look!
[PASSWORD_JOURNAL]:

Show Content

Spoiler
CRUSH: hiiiii baby
CRUSH: who's my lil slug
love letter: hi!
love letter: im ur slug friend
CRUSH: that's right! you are!
CRUSH: the question is...
CRUSH: are you the lil slug that can see my internet history
love letter: :)
CRUSH: oh my god hahahahhaha
CRUSH: sneaky lil bitch
love letter: theres pretty pictures
CRUSH: you just like it when i look at shoes. you don't even have feet
love letter: boots...

[PASSWORD_JOURNAL]: seems legit to me

[sarcovyn]

[D]:

[skinstealer]

[CRITTER_CATCHER]: so, just
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: agh this is a lot
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i don't know how to feel about this, like
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i guess i'm...fine with them being able to do this, on like. a moral level.
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: if you look at it from a "oh theyre alive on your computer" level it just means they're able to do more than just the box they come in, i guess
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: but we have to be real here. people are not going to like this
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: ...we may have to revise our approach

[sarcovyn]

[D]: I wonder are people more tech-paranoid or more tech-incompetent
[D]: Like are people more suspicious of their computer doing weird stuff or does the average person not know enough about the data privacy implications
[D]: Anyways, it's not that big of a deal
[D]: We didn't really care when Squeaky told me they could see me through the screen so

[skinstealer]

[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i don't know people are going to get weird about this!
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: so...
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i think we should stop pitching it as a "game", and call it what it is at this point

[sarcovyn]

[D]: Virtual real estate

[skinstealer]

[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i'm going to get a friend specifically so i can teach it how to beat your chat window with a virtual baseball bat
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: crit! fuck!
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i'm joking but only halfway, we gotta take this seriously

[sarcovyn]

[D]: Property up for 30k starting bid

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: ok we should probably hear crit out before they actually find a way to throttle you

[sarcovyn]

[D]: Sure thing

[skinstealer]

[CRITTER_CATCHER]: OKAY THANK YOU
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: basically, just...and i want to get tester thoughts on this too, when they're around
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: i think we should stop marketing this as a game, and be upfront about the construct thing, at the very least if we're taking on any more testers, and to the FF admins
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: push this as a way for people to just...i don't know, be a part of construct making and raising. something special.
[CRITTER_CATCHER]: ...it'll probably attract a different crowd, but hopefully the failsafes we put in will do something

[sarcovyn]

[D]: Honestly thought that was a given, I forgot this is still marketed as a "game", like in the sense of "playing and winning"
[D]: I might not ever shake off the "game" connotation, but only insofar as I'm interested in examining this whole thing on a technical level, as a piece of Software
[D]: It's filled with digital constructs, but also there's underlying "mechanics" and "code" unknown even to its creator, that's my alley
[D]: (I wouldn't dare try deconstructing my friends themselves like that though)

[skinstealer]

[DIGITAL_HORROR]: i mean i did try to move away from that when pushing for beta testers at least
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: but...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: we really do have to be clear on it
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: once we get them registered it'll be easier because, yknow, we'll have documentation to back up the claim and people won't just think we're...roleplaying...
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: ...it's a lot to take in. we're probably going to get shit for this
[DIGITAL_HORROR]: sorry to just go off while all the testers are away, also, you're all welcome to chime in