I follow this title loosely and I think it could be fun, really dunno just yet but I am turned off by this article. Some may think this is stupid of me but seeing their room full of beta testers being a bunch of 10 year old children....rubbed me the wrong way and made me think of a kiddie game and shoddy testing with trying to market to children.

I am almost 30 and I guess if I saw a room full of adult gamers beta testing the game and knowing the game was being made for adult gamers then I would feel a lot better then seeing a room full of children ><

Straight from the article:

"New testers came to the studio when Hi-Rez first announced its Tour & Play Program, an initiative geared toward Georgia-based schools, universities, technical colleges, and clubs, with the aim of exposing budding video game creators and enthusiasts to the development process to help cultivate Georgia's gaming industry. Last week we hosted a group of kids from a computer camp based at Emory University; prior to that we had folks from the State of Georgia's Economic Development office - even the Commissioner himself."

The colored text is mine and added for emphasis. I suspect the pics are from that event, which is a very nice event and a good way to reach out to the community.

Ahh my bad, I admit that the article was a bit long and dry at times and so I skipped over parts. I retract my previous statement and kudos to them for hosting a community event. I feel like a dumb ass now :P

No worries....I just figured there might be more to the story when I read your comments. :)