Nightmares.. · DIGIT-ARC

I am professionally a Games tester..Currently i am testing a very scary game

my problem is that I have been getting nightmares about the game

.The reason i think is not because the game is so scary but i think the work pressure is getting to my head..I m the best performing member of my team and probably the pressure to mantain myself is pi$$ing me off...wht should I do

drink warm milk+honey before sleeping

since u are no longer a student. u can afford to sleep 8 hrs a day...do it

go for a run in the open every morning..treadmills just don't cut it.

gymming is also a gr8 stress buster, but you should get some outdoor air, which i dont think u do

take a break....do Vipassana
[5 people 3 of them not known to the others said the same thing - it works and in pretty much the same way]

get some life !
Don't bend too much, or life many lol you

btw which game is this too much scary tag, please PM me.

Sorry T159..due to NDA i cannot disclose the name...I disclose the name..and somebody from my organization knows it... i will be jobless in no time..BTW it is for the world's 2nd largest publisher..and it's releasing within 3 months..and please don't start guessing..I can't afford people guessing and posting in forums..

slugger said:
drink warm milk+honey before sleeping

since u are no longer a student. u can afford to sleep 8 hrs a day...do it

go for a run in the open every morning..treadmills just don't cut it.

gymming is also a gr8 stress buster, but you should get some outdoor air, which i dont think u do

take a break....do Vipassana
[5 people 3 of them not known to the others said the same thing - it works and in pretty much the same way]

I will start drinking Honey+milk..

confused!! said:
I will start drinking Honey+milk..

thats nice

but the runnin and vipassana thingy are even more effecive

Is the game so good!? Wow! Superb! Wen is it releasing? Can we get to see the demo soon? BTW, are you imagining your marriage already to be so scared?

K as you wish, but we are not spam bots

I wanna be game tester.. gimmi some contacts..

Hey which company? And how did you get in? What are your qualifications? Details? I ve been waiting for such a job.

now he'll forget his old nightmare and get a new nightmare of answerin all ur queries

haha,the grass is always greener over the other side of the hedge.

watch porn and masturbate before sleeping to replace your nightmares with sweet dreams

btw when u mean nightmares do you mean that u 'see' the game running in your sleep or do u get scary dreams that wake u up?

me think his nightmare is that he is stuck in the first level itself and not able to complete it to go to the next level

d00d use GOD mode to test the game

slugger said:
me think his nightmare is that he is stuck in the first level itself and not able to complete it to go to the next level

d00d use GOD mode to test the game

chesss said:
watch porn and masturbate before sleeping to replace your nightmares with sweet dreams

chesss said:
btw when u mean nightmares do you mean that u 'see' the game running in your sleep or do u get scary dreams that wake u up?

i see games running...and the game characters in my life

slugger said:
me think his nightmare is that he is stuck in the first level itself and not able to complete it to go to the next level

d00d use GOD mode to test the game

Geting stuck is not my problem...there is always the debug menu to help you out..As i said i am seeing the characters in my real life..for ex..it's an aliens based game..i dream that aliens attck the world and i am the only saviour..

Ok oK i know its little over the top but thats what i am exactly seeing..

amitava82 said:
I wanna be game tester.. gimmi some contacts..

Pathik said:
Hey which company? And how did you get in? What are your qualifications? Details? I ve been waiting for such a job.

Seriously its not as enjoyable job as it seems..ok u get good money..life seems kind of cool...but really when you try to screw a single game for 7 hrs a day for 3 months u really will begin to get nightmares

game testing is cool job for ppl who like playing games like me, but i think when you do it as a profession you do not enjoy it as much as you would if you were playing for fun.
anyways since when do you get these dreams?
are you worried that they come or are you not getting proper sleep because they come?

if there is some thing bothering me then before sleeping i start making my own dream and make consious effort to keep it moving as long as i can, and then i do not remember a thing the next morning.

if you belive in god pray to him and sleep.

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Pathik said:
Hey which company? And how did you get in? What are your qualifications? Details? I ve been waiting for such a job.

+1
I too require this info

Although I'm aiming for the game Programming job but Testing ain't gonna hurt either so lemme have it. The Details!

he he he..he was asking solution abt his nightmares and he got lotsa qs about his job

you ppl all are not really into solving his problems :evil:

@OP : drink some good brand beer(no hot!) and sleep.do it for a week .your dreams cannot come again!

yea,get drunk often!

confused!! said:
Sorry T159..due to NDA i cannot disclose the name...I disclose the name..and somebody from my organization knows it... i will be jobless in no time..BTW it is for the world's 2nd largest publisher..and it's releasing within 3 months..and please don't start guessing..I can't afford people guessing and posting in forum..

Is the studio Ubisoft?
Is it Prince of Persia 4,Farcry 2 or Splinter Cell:Conviction?
Atleast mention the first letter of it's title please...

Hey lot of people here are asking about my organization...It's VMC(World's largest game testing company)..part of Volt imformation science..A fortune 1000 company with annual revenue more than 3 Billion $.I willl disclose the name within 3 months as the game is releasing in 3 months..

Pathik said:
Hey which company? And how did you get in? What are your qualifications? Details? I ve been waiting for such a job.

I am a Btech...i am working here in Hyderabad

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confused!! said:
Hey lot of people here are asking about my organization...It's VMC(World's largest game testing company)..part of Volt imformation science..A fortune 1000 company with annual revenue more than 3 Billion $.I willl disclose the name within 3 months as the game is releasing in 3 months..

May i dare to ask ur annual income ..?

praka123 said:
you ppl all are not really into solving his problems @OP : drink some good brand beer(no hot!) and sleep.do it for a week .your dreams cannot come again!

The_Devil_Himself said:
yea,get drunk often!

Good solution..but the problem is i dont drink..

^toh ? shuroo maadi

adi007 said:
May i dare to ask ur annual income ..?

Its 2.8 PA..its not a lot..but as they provide cab facility and also fooding..i actually end up with a good saving..and also as the Industry is very nascent in India one can expect a good career growth...

praka123 said:
^toh ? shuroo maadi

and if the game comes out to be a big flop and you to test it 7 hours a day then you will come to know how good job is that

btw do morning walk...........

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Ease up, fellas. The guy needs to loosen up, not have more pressure put on him. I mean badgering him for info about the game or about getting a job like his.

I know what it's like when you make a living doing something you like doing. Other people tend to think you're such a lucky s.o.b. you shouldn't have a care in the world. But it's not quite like that. Sure, it's better than working at something you don't like, but it's not the same as doing it at your own pace, when and where you like it.

Confused!!, learn to take it easy. Consciously relax. Develop other interests and mix with other people who have nothing to do with the kind of work you do. Make sure you get enough sleep - this is very important.

So what if you lose your position as top dog in your team? It's not the end of the world. Get your life together first and you can regain that position later.

^^yes that why I am taking 2 hrs off my work everyday to play volleyboll..

Good decision but a bit of Divine intervention won't hurt either, just at max 30 mins or at min 15 mins do some "pooja", like Hanuman Chalisa, Hanuman Aarti, Sankatmochan etc. Try to learn the 3 Maha mantras of Hindu religion OR skip it all if ya ain't Hindu or just too Cool to do so. Also try to reinvigorate some of your lost passions like Music, Instrument playing, Biking whatever.

@confused: another solution is REIKI .the results depends upon whether you believe on holistics though.

praka123 said:
^toh ? shuroo maadi

confused said:

Means Shuroo karo

starting with Vipassana...

confused!! said:
starting with Vipassana...

good thing you decided to do it

10 days of doing the course and they say you come out as a totally changed/relaxed person

I think my problem is thay have put me into night shifts...Thats why these problems are occuring

Ididnt had any exp of Night shifts...suddenly due to Client's request they have put me into Night shifts..

We over here are the creatures of the night(Insomniacs) and welcome it. Don't play at stretch for long, take breaks after every 30-40 mins plus if you're alone sing a song or shout as it has been scientifically proven to combat fear and anxiety. What about my earlier mentioned tips? I once had same problem like yours due to too much gaming but nothing can deter a calm mind so meditate....

will be mediating...

confused!! said:
will be mediating...

With who? Mediator?

Isn't that his job?

If you get home by 10, tune to AXN ... enjoy the whacky shows ... relax. When I feel stressed out, I watch Top Gear videos

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Well for me the ultimate stress buster is an episode of "The Simpsons", no matter how much down I'm feeling or pissed off, one "Dow!" or "Hey you little.." is all it takes to get LMAO.

Sorry for bumping an old thread but the game that I was talking abt has finally released with unbelievable review....I am now free to talk abt it now...welll the game is Dead Space. feeling very proud to be associated with the game...read the ratings and review of all the major critic here...*www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/deadspace?q=dead space

ohh..lemme see it

EDIT:
I remember its The Thing + Alien mash up. I kinda like to play this game.

^^its gud..u tested it..if any bugs are found we know whom to catch

( i am also in QA

)

^

^^whr shud be open bugs ? In test director or HP Quality Center

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anyways how much hours u put for testing ?
wats the team size,developer team size etc etc ?

Btw what system u ran it on ?

And guess what your nightmares will be soon shared but atleast not by me

So after watching few gameplay trailers and reading reviews, I hav come to a coherent conclusion:
The Thing + Alien + Doom 3

It will be fun to blast these necromorphs

I was missing such a game.

Btw can you provide me the soundtrack list, the song in trailer etc.

esumitkumar said:
^^whr shud be open bugs ? In test director or HP Quality Center .

anyways how much hours u put for testing ?
wats the team size,developer team size etc etc ?

173 hrs per month/per tester
our team size here was 32...PC development team was in Australia,Console was from Redmond...i believe total testers were around 60 and developers

T159 said:
Btw what system u ran it on ?

And guess what your nightmares will be soon shared but atleast not by me

So after watching few gameplay trailers and reading reviews, I hav come to a coherent conclusion:
The Thing + Alien + Doom 3

It will be fun to blast these necromorphs I was missing such a game.

Btw can you provide me the soundtrack list, the song in trailer etc.

PC was ran on various graphics cards ..both Nvidia and ATI..low end to high end..
I was assigned to PC and PS3

Sound track list ..I dont know right now...My dvd is on the way..may after that i will be able to answer

Stop testing the game :razz:

^^
ya.......he is behaving like a child.........hmm..afraid of even playing a computer game....its a shame

^^R2K ..do u know K is a 13 yrs old kid...and testing a horrible game and having nightmares is not a shame....just consider urself in his position...playing the same level again and again ......and it crashes anytime ..some functionality not working etc etc ..just imagine i say to u watch a horror show for 10000 times for 8 hours everyday and then it crashes thousand times in between .....and u have to file a report and all things to developers and then again rewatch it..what will be ur condition after 10000 hours ???

its not a bloody damn joke ...its gud he shared his prob and u ppl are making fun of him

...its gud now his testing his over ...

and K... life is not like that...once ur in the job .then only u will understand..u dont understand how hard the money is to earn !!! its very easy to get everything by itself cuz ur living wid parents....... once ur out in this world ..then u will see..how hard its just to search for lunch and eat it when ur away from ur home and alone !

Peace...

Like I have tested Oblivion more than the devs........lolol

^^ So Mr.Toughie, wouldnt you be scared playing this game, alone and in the dar?

^^Nope......

Lol, I am a soon-to-be Satanist and still you think that I am afraid of playing a game in a dark room ?

^^k is soon to be a satanist..so how many ghosts and devils have u met till now ?
(now even no psychiatrist in the world can save this kid)

^^lol...u being sarcastic or what ?

And BTW, do a research on what Satanism means.....I think you know it roughly but you dont know what it is completely.

For me, its 'freedom'.

Dude, all I can say now, since I missed the thread earlier, is WOW. AWSSOME JOB.

esumitkumar said:
^^R2K ..do u know K is a 13 yrs old kid...and testing a horrible game and having nightmares is not a shame....just consider urself in his position...playing the same level again and again ......and it crashes anytime ..some functionality not working etc etc ..just imagine i say to u watch a horror show for 10000 times for 8 hours everyday and then it crashes thousand times in between .....and u have to file a report and all things to developers and then again rewatch it..what will be ur condition after 10000 hours ???

its not a bloody damn joke ...its gud he shared his prob and u ppl are making fun of him ...its gud now his testing his over ...

and K... life is not like that...once ur in the job .then only u will understand..u dont understand how hard the money is to earn !!! its very easy to get everything by itself cuz ur living wid parents....... once ur out in this world ..then u will see..how hard its just to search for lunch and eat it when ur away from ur home and alone !

Peace...

but he just have to test it.....errors are rectified by the developers....right?

^^a job always sucks

^^
i think it would be fun to have such job.......and he might be having other guys also playing together with him.......and playing games in the company of ur friends is always fun........

but he just have to test it.....errors are rectified by the developers....right?

hahaha..thats right but not the whole part ...thats what even common junta thinks abt testing..testing is not only just test and report ? do u even know how an IT project works ? do u know functional testing,regression testing,equivalence level testing,boundary testing,negative testing,test cases making, test strategy, bug reporting, Test traceablity matrix, Business analysis,requirements,source reqts sheet,JIRA,test director,quick test pro etc etc ?????

first know the things then comment....

@ K..aka Paranj our bhatka hua kid

ya i was being sarcastic..now from wiki

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism

Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and context. The word, in basic context, can refer to the worship of the Christian devil, thus being a Christian denomination [1], the Occult/Ritual Magic, and the left hand path belief system founded by Anton LaVey.[2] It is often the practice of any given Satanist not to refer to themselves with a hyphenated prefix. Each "type" of Satanist will usually refer to themselves only as Satanists.

Now it means u r converting to Anti Christianism (sarcasm here too)...By name u seems to be Hindu ...bhaag le bacche warna tumhare CM Modi bahut peetenge tujhe ..

OMFG the song in trailer is by Sigur Ros, wondered why it felt familiar.
*www.last.fm/music/Sigur+Rós/_/Untitled+7?autostart