Dummy account & checking for bugs

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Zarkov
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Dummy account & checking for bugs

#1 Postby Zarkov » 17 Jan 2017, 07:49

When you report a bug, King Achilles occasionally says things like "could you check this again?" Randbot is rarely helpful in testing for bugs, and you rarely have a player waiting and willing to cooperate in this. So, I made a dummy account for this, named imnotarobot: https://triqqy.com/#/user/28289/profile

imnotarobot has been very helpful so far in checking things, but "playing" against him affects rankings and scores, and I feel a bit weird doing it: it feels like cheating. I know some people take rankings rather serious, so I even try to balance games I "win" and "lose" against him¹. But still. I guess I just dislike sock-puppets, but now and then, I need this one.

Is there a way to have a dummy playtest account like this not count for number of games won, ratings and the like?


¹ I'm up 2 to 1, currently. He's a sore loser, though.

king achilles
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Joined: 14 Jan 2016, 11:50

Re: Dummy account & checking for bugs

#2 Postby king achilles » 17 Jan 2017, 22:44

Your idea has been forwarded to the webmaster and he thinks it is a very interesting concept. He will look into it. Thank you.


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