Pogo Beta Program: Trick or Treat?

[holly222]

Well, I did it, well see if they cancel my account when they snoop in it.........lol

[lvdust72]

Just make to read the agreement for those of you signing up....I was gonna use my husbands non-pogo name and sign up until I read this  "you further agree that notwithstanding any damages that you might incur for any reason whatsoever, the entire liability of EA and any of its affiliates under any provision of this Agreement and your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to Fifty U.S. Dollars ($50). The foregoing limitations, exclusions and disclaimers shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, even if any remedy fails of its essential purposes. " 

I can't replace my computer due to thier games killing it for 50 bucks.   I quit reading after that.  Just beware and good luck if our forum gets someone accepted!! O0

[bratsbemykids]

i saw the invite under my name but i am afraid to sign it cause i am afraid they might audit my account?  do you think this a way of luring us in, those who get badges in the non traditional ways, lol???   :-\

[bobby]

i signed up yesterday and now i'm an official beta tester O0 joy!

[SaintHiρρo]

i signed up yesterday and now i'm an official beta tester O0 joy!

WTG. I'm still waiting

[Country Lady]

They closed the beta tester sign up.  :-[
Here's what they had to say

We've done it! Thanks to players like you we've collected enough applicants to get the Pogo™ Beta Test Program started. Unfortunately this means we had to close down the registration process but don't fret, we'll open up registration every 3-4 months so stay tuned and look for the invitations!

Thanks for your support!

The Pogo Team
btw, the pogo beta tester invite showed up on the home page.  I signed on as a club member, so it wasn't just for non club members.

[Snarechick]

I signed up earlier today, looks as though I just made it before they closed it down.  I'm an auto queen...so we shall see.

It also showed up for me while signed in as a Club Pogo member.

[STEPHNMARVIN]

So Bobby are you saying that they have already replied to you and accepted you?   :o  :o If so then that is the fastest that I have ever seen them reply.

[bobby]

i got an email saying that i had been accepted and just to wait because they are checking over all the application and notifying people day by day so it shouldn't even be 2 weeks i got an email in about 48 hours

[bobblehead]

I sign up on tuesday. Am still waiting to see :o O0

[isew]

i signed up yesterday and now i'm an official beta tester O0 joy!

so if your an official beta tester, just what does that mean?   :-\

[Barbara]

It means that when a new game comes out you get to play it and report back to Pogo about your experience.  You get to tell them if there are any bugs in the game and basically, test drive it.  You submit your java log and then wait for Pogo to read it and yank you right out of the lineup for auto use.  I don't believe that Pogo goes around and just bans people for auto use.  I do believe that if you flagrantly waste their time and hand them the exact information they would need to bust you, they probably will do just that.

[isew]

.  I don't believe that Pogo goes around and just bans people for auto use.  I do believe that if you flagrantly waste their time and hand them the exact information they would need to bust you, they probably will do just that.

I would have to agree with you on this....makes sense to me!  thanks, Barbara!   O0

btw, I love the pig with the lollipop...how cute!

[Barbara]

Thanks, I made it in honor of the person who came to chat and asked me if Max was my "Sugar Daddy" and if I had to work to support myself or if Max supported me.  I still have a cramped eyebrow from arching it when she did that?  By the way Badge Hog, it is the first of the month and those Cheetos ain't free.

[RC]

It means that when a new game comes out you get to play it and report back to Pogo about your experience.  You get to tell them if there are any bugs in the game and basically, test drive it.  You submit your java log and then wait for Pogo to read it and yank you right out of the lineup for auto use.  I don't believe that Pogo goes around and just bans people for auto use.  I do believe that if you flagrantly waste their time and hand them the exact information they would need to bust you, they probably will do just that.

I have a question, or questions.. I've heard on here about the java logs before, now I'm not exactly computer illiterate, nor am I any kind of computer genius, but I must admit I don't know much about these java logs. Now if you were to submit a java log to Pogo, or to anyone for that matter, are you able to see this log before you send it? Is it something where you could look it over and see the programs for the autos listed? Would it not be possible to go into a log and delete certain information? And another thing- isn't there any way to clear out and delete information on your java logs.. like clearing your cache, only this being your java cache (for, lets say, you clear them out and then go play Pogo games in order to submit a "clean" log)? Again, I don't really have clue as to how they work, but I would think with all the hackers and computer geniuses out there, someone must know a way to get around the java log thing, shouldn't they?

[Barbara]

Just disable your java log and never send it to Pogo.  Go to IE>tools>internet options> advanced and scroll down to where the java is.  You will see the box.

[burning_bright25]

the info in your java log only has info about the current game you have loaded, and yes you can clear it, so if you were testing a pogo game and that was the only game you loaded, then that is all the info they would see.  but you probably wouldnt want to clear it, they wouldnt have any info then LOL
the java logs has such things as moves made, time loaded, token amounts, token payouts stuff like that...here i will show you what mine says..at the moment
i'm pretty sure theres no crucial info about me in there.....it just shows the game info.  if i'm wrong bout any of that someone please correct me!


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[RC]

Well, I would never send my logs to Pogo, nor have any need to..  I'm not a beta tester and didn't apply to be one. I did check, and I don't have my logs enabled and I guess I never have. But that is for Microsoft VM right? I use the Sun java mostly, and I have actually gone into their control panel and noticed I don't have logging enabled there either. I think I figured why bother having all that info stored somewhere when I probably would never use it and wouldn't want it taking up space. Sometimes when I'm clearing cache and temp files, I do go in there and clear java files as well just for the heck of it.

I have seen those logs before though, I guess I used to have them in the past, but as you can see by what burning posted, there is a lot of useless info in there, and that happens every time you use something with java, which nowadays is quite often.. so that is a bunch of stuff that I wouldn't want possibly using memory space or slowing the comp down, or whatever else it could do. Seems like a waste for the normal computer user, and probably more suited for the techies to use and have a need for.

[burning_bright25]

Mine is from sun java, i have the msvm but sun seems to work better for me.

[RC]

Mine is from sun java, i have the msvm but sun seems to work better for me.

Yeah, sorry, I realized that.. when I said if it was Micorsoft's VM, I was referring to Barbara's instructions on disabling the logging, through the internet explorer's tools. But, yeah, I use Sun also and have experienced problems, especially in Pogo, when trying to use the MS VM, the games get all choppy and the sound is horrible.. don't know why that is. And because of that, I don't get that "fast loading technology".. but I used to have that, where the game puts something in the downloaded objects folder so that it's easier to load the next time you play.. but I can't use that anymore, I'm not quite sure when that transition took place, perhaps when I got a newer computer and went to Windows XP, I don't know.