Testers
From Valve Developer Community
This page lists everyone who is interested in testing upcoming mods and maps. If you want to volunteer, please add yourself to the bottom of this list. Please use the same style as the others.
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The list
| Name | Areas of interest | ||
| Lpmikeboy | Lpmikeboy@Gmail.com (mailto:Lpmikeboy@Gmail.com) | Any Orange Box or Gmod level or Mod | |
| JAG | rcrus2@hotmail.com (mailto:rcrus2@hotmail.com) | Map testing for CS:S. | |
| Aleksandr Suhard | soswow@gmail.com (mailto:soswow@gmail.com) | Any modifications, maps, everything anyhow connected with Portal. | |
| Ross "Oz" Mills | little_oz_@hotmail.com (mailto:little_oz_@hotmail.com) | Single-player modifications or maps. | |
| Mathew Kercher | matmangk@yahoo.com (mailto:matmangk@yahoo.com) | Single-player mods or maps. | |
| Cheyenne DeLoach | cheyenne@deloach.com (mailto:cheyenne@deloach.com) | Single-player mods especially, but will also do multiplayer. | |
| Ciaran Daly | genoc1de@gamerarmy.com (mailto:genoc1de@gamerarmy.com) | Anything. | |
| Morton Atkins | morton_john_atkins@msn.com (mailto:morton_john_atkins@msn.com) | Anything cool, Halo, Metal Gear Solid (remakes of old games, or cool new stuff). | |
| Leland Booher | lelandb@insightbb.com (mailto:lelandb@insightbb.com) | Absolutely anything. | |
| Muffinssi | joni.meu@gmail.com (mailto:joni.meu@gmail.com) | Single/Multiplayer mods or maps etc. | |
| James Wilson | jlwilson@mediator88.aquiss.com (mailto:jlwilson@mediator88.aquiss.com) | My particular areas of interest are FPS and Racing, however I enjoy well made games of any genre. I will be available to accurately and concisely report back and evaluate any tested material. Look forward to working with you! | |
| Laura Davidson | laura_davidson_52@hotmail.com (mailto:laura_davidson_52@hotmail.com) | Anything and everything. Any single-player mods & new maps for any game. | |
| Chad Whiting | captainmillar@hotmail.co.uk (mailto:captainmillar@hotmail.co.uk) | Single- and multiplayer mods. | |
| Andrew Rowsevear | andrewrosevear@gmail.com (mailto:andrewrosevear@gmail.com) | Anything cool, Halo, Metal Gear Solid (remakes of old games, or cool new stuff). | |
| Robbie Groenewoudt | dutchmega@gmail.com (mailto:dutchmega@gmail.com) | Multiplayer mods. | |
| Matvei Stefarov | fragmer@gmail.com (mailto:fragmer@gmail.com) | Any single-player mods & new maps for CS/HLDM/HL2DM. | |
| Daniel Baldwin | locotwistedbastard@hotmail.co.uk (mailto:locotwistedbastard@hotmail.co.uk) | Single-player mods & new multiplayer maps for Half-Life 2 Deathmatch. | |
| Ryan Langevin | junks@mappersnation.com (mailto:junks@mappersnation.com) | Maps for DOD:Source & CS:Source. | |
| Fredrik Jonsson | fredrik.jonsson@asci.se (mailto:fredrik.jonsson@asci.se) | Everything from Source-based games, mods and maps to Dedicated Server scripts and applications. | |
| Thijs Krijger | vonihi@gmail.com (mailto:vonihi@gmail.com) | Single player mods for Half-Life & Half-Life2. | |
| Beau Severson | wingedbeaux@gmail.com (mailto:wingedbeaux@gmail.com) | Mainly team-based combat mods but also single-player story driven mods and "odd" mods (Gmod, exite, etc). | |
| Artem Herasymchuk | artemh@gmail.com (mailto:artemh@gmail.com) | Anything, including mods (for Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2), maps, etc. | |
| Nic Haghighatian | mpnk3y@gmail.com (mailto:mpnk3y@gmail.com) | Multiplayer mods for Half-Life 2. | |
| Grayson Deitering | grayjamn@gmail.com (mailto:grayjamn@gmail.com) | Multiplayer mods for Half-Life 2. | |
| Jamie Lea | lea.jamie@gmail.com (mailto:lea.jamie@gmail.com) | Anything! Not just FPS, love outside the box stuff. Love to playtest, will spend ridiculous time on it. I prefer single player, will do multiplayer though of course. I'm a level designer. | |
| Chandrashekhar Kamthe | chandarkamthe@hotmail.com (mailto:chandarkamthe@hotmail.com) | Interested in playtesting both single- and multiplayer,a noob 3D modeler. | |
| Stephen Swires | stephen.swires@gmail.com (mailto:stephen.swires@gmail.com) | MP or SP. With MP I love to see something fresh. I'm a programmer (and skinner to a certain extent) and I also have basic knowledge of modeling and mapping. | |
| Brad 'Sρεсτяυм' Carr | spectrum7331@gmail.com (mailto:spectrum7331@gmail.com) | SP/MP mods. Has basic understanding of mapping and level design. References available upon request. Currently testing for two Source mods, Hostile Intent: Phoenix Rising (http://hiprmod.net) and Warcry (http://www.warcrymod.com/). | |
| namrog84 | namrog187@gmail.com (mailto:namrog187@gmail.com) | MP or SP. Interested in most everything. I'll give everything a fair chance. I have a little experience in programming and 3d modeling. | |
| Brandon Jones | reacher@geekfestival.com (mailto:reacher@geekfestival.com) | MP or SP. | |
| Robert Obermeier | obbi89@googlemail.com (mailto:obbi89@googlemail.com) | MP or SP, mods and anything else. | |
| dre west | cp_fir3fly711@hotmail.com (mailto:cp_fir3fly711@hotmail.com) | single-player and something kinda different but FPS is fine... need ideas for my mod. squad-based would be good. | |
| killergarcia | freedomfightergarcia@gmail.com (mailto:freedomfightergarcia@gmail.com) | Single-player and multiplayer mods, I have intermediate mapping skills. | |
| Matt Pigram | camper_joe@hotmail.com (mailto:camper_joe@hotmail.com) | Single- or multiplayer mod for any Source game. I also have a basic understanding of modeling and mapping and skinning to a certain extent. | |
| neomosh | cs_selo@yahoo.com (mailto:cs_selo@yahoo.com) | Any mods, single- or multiplayer. | |
| Steven Tolnai | stork66@gmail.com (mailto:stork66@gmail.com) | Mods, maps, and basic programming. I am a beginner, but determined to learn and expand on what I already know. | |
| John Kerr | kerr.cares@gmail.com (mailto:kerr.cares@gmail.com) | Anything anyone wants, I'll help out on if I can. | |
| Morton Atkins | morton_john_atkins@msn.com (mailto:morton_john_atkins@msn.com) | Anything cool, Halo, Metal Gear Solid (remakes of old games, or cool new stuff). | |
| Andrew Rosevear | andrewrosevar@googlemail.com (mailto:andrewrosevar@googlemail.com) | I mainly play multiplayer FPS, and single-player anything, from Puzzle Quest to TimeSplitters. | |
| Roozbeh Madanipour | roozbeh7@hotmail.com (mailto:roozbeh7@hotmail.com) | I am a game designer, also working on a single-player mod of Half-Life 2, if you need game testing, or willing to play test I'm up for it. | |
| Coert Chambers | coertchambers@openvalvetech.net (mailto:coertchambers@openvalvetech.net) | I'm interested in anything you have to toss over. I'm VAR for Business and Consumer IT. Consumer based clients, are for majority, gamers. | |
| Gaspar Quaresma | gasparnq@hotmail.com (mailto:gasparnq@hotmail.com) | SDK user and CS: Source abuser. Please please please! Let me test anything. While I play games (and in real life), I am always attentive to details so I think I would be a good tester. | |
| Mike Burke | mikeburke14_74@hotmail.com (mailto:mikeburke14_74@hotmail.com) | Everything from Source based games, mods and maps to Dedicated Server scripts and applications. | |
| Kurt Smith | ultitaria@aol.com (mailto:ultitaria@aol.com) | All. | |
| Eric Hull | ehull82@yahoo.com (mailto:ehull82@yahoo.com) | All. | |
| Marine | tomrleighton@ygmail.com (mailto:tomrleighton@ygmail.com) | All. Very good at thinking outside the box in terms of bugs. | |
| Mikuláš Ditě | rullaf@gmail.com (mailto:rullaf@gmail.com) | Single-player mods, maps for any Source-engine game/mod. | |
| Michael Brandon | williumbobcole@hotmail.co.uk (mailto:williumbobcole@hotmail.co.uk) | Both single-player and multiplayer mods, full games, maps, any new concepts for mods etc. I have a knack for finding unthinkable bugs... don't know much about SDK, but have experimented with the source engine enough to know what it should and shouldn't do. | |
| Trevor Slocum | tslocum@gmail.com (mailto:tslocum@gmail.com) | Mainly multiplayer mods using the source engine are my particular interest, however I am willing to also test single player mods. I am currently working on a mod of my own, and therefore have some knowledge of the source SDK. | |
| Akos Toth | dxmiamme@gmail.com (mailto:dxmiamme@gmail.com) | Definitely yes for multiplayer mods, but if you can come up with something unique (see: Portal), then I'll be glad to test your SP mod. | |
| Daniel Spruce | therkid@hotmail.com (mailto:therkid@hotmail.com) | Any hl/hl2 mods or maps, i can test on 3 computers running different hardware so you can find any machine specific bugs. | |
| Greg Moroney | sierraoscar@bmail.ie (mailto:sierraoscar@bmail.ie) | All. | |
| Josh Linares | fittiyen@yahoo.com (mailto:fittiyen@yahoo.com) | Willing to test anything that the source engine runs. No experience in anyting (includes spelling) but willing to learn anything (excludes spelling). Particular interest in Level and game design. | |
| Thomas Scrace | t.scrace@gmail.com (mailto:t.scrace@gmail.com) | Most experience with single player mods. I'm probably not the best person for multiplayer stuff. | |
| Jonathan Hall | eyelessgrae@gmail.com (mailto:eyelessgrae@gmail.com) | Any (read: ToS Legal) modification for the Source engine, be it Multiplayer, Single Player, mapping, textures, sound, etc. I'm familiar with mapping with the Source engine, and have been playing games & mods on it for 3 years. I also produce and engineer music, and have been for 5 years. | |
| Daniel Jones | cthlyte@gmail.com (mailto:cthlyte@gmail.com) | I have completed a DODS map and am working on a few more. Willing to learn. Can playtest a lot and will get into it I am mostly multiplayer. | |
| Nathan Fast | xolamee@gmail.com (mailto:xolamee@gmail.com) | Anything portals related would be fun to test. | |
| Jason Hornbeck | pin960@gmail.com (mailto:pin960@gmail.com) | Testing any single or multiplayer maps or mods. | |
| Christian Chiasson | amarettobartender@hotmail.com (mailto:amarettobartender@hotmail.com) | Available to test any single or multiplayer mods as well as CS:S maps. | |
| Aviv Modai | salmon7@walla.com (mailto:salmon7@walla.com) | Anything single-player; just make sure it isn't heavy on a PC that runs HL2 on medium. | |
| Ryan McNeil | raan@tampabay.rr.com (mailto:raan@tampabay.rr.com) | Anything single-player and not too graphics intensive; within the capacity of a GeForce 5200FX 128 MB card. | |
| Petr Drab | pedro.czech@gmail.com (mailto:pedro.czech@gmail.com) | Will test anything {sp/mp games, linux ds too} | |
| David Garner | solnet.hl2@gmail.com (mailto:solnet.hl2@gmail.com) | Willing to test anything halflife 2 deathmatch also server available for use | |
| Pedro Moreira | luma.bugreport@gmail.com (mailto:luma.bugreport@gmail.com) | Will test any single or multiplayer maps or mods, tools and apps. | |
| Alun Davey | alundavey@gmail.com (mailto:alundavey@gmail.com) | Willing to test anything and everything. | |
| William Brittendall | fmsmoothie@gmail.com (mailto:fmsmoothie@gmail.com) | Anything and everything, especially Team Fortress 2 related. | |
| Dale Watson | dwatson27@hotmail.com (mailto:dwatson27@hotmail.com) | Anything | |
| Evan Ketchum | evan8sk@gmail.com (mailto:evan8sk@gmail.com) | Anything, but I loved Portal, and enjoy quirky and innovative games. | |
| Guy Montag | sir.montag@gmail.com (mailto:sir.montag@gmail.com) | Counter-Strike: Source maps, TF2 maps, Portal maps, and any other multi / single player mod. | |
| Kevin Liu | kevink2046@hotmail.com (mailto:kevink2046@hotmail.com) | Love to play anything new and exciting, single or multi-player. | |
| Sten André Knutsen | darkeye92@gmail.com (mailto:darkeye92@gmail.com) | Will playtest Half-Life 2 singleplayer mods. | |
| Nathan Carns | nathancarns@yahoo.com (mailto:nathancarns@yahoo.com) | I have almost every game by valve and would like to help with the future projects. | |
| Shameem Ahmed | shameem66@hotmail.com (mailto:shameem66@hotmail.com) | any singleplayer mod (like for HL2, EP1, EP2, EP3:-), Portal etc.) | |
| Tyler Foster | tylerdrunkenboy@gmail.com (mailto:tylerdrunkenboy@gmail.com) | I would like to playtest multiplayer mods or any Portal mods. I will write up a review if needed. | |
| codos | codos_001@hotmail.com (mailto:codos_001@hotmail.com) | I would love to play test any game and are making a game myself. Mapping freak <3. oh and i have allmost EVERY SOURCE GAME, css,hl:s,hl:s deathmatch,hl2, hl2 deathmatch, ep1,ep2,gmod,tf2,portal.... everything.. thats good <3 | |
| Turokzelda | turokzelda@yahoo.com (mailto:turokzelda@yahoo.com) | i will play/test any mod, map, model, prop, tool, swep,or any thing u can think of for any Orange Box game, Garry's Mod,CS:S doesnt matter how good it is =) | |
| Quinn FCT | rizchan77@gmail.com (mailto:rizchan77@gmail.com) | Any and all, my friend. Any and all. | |
| Robin Bogaards | Robincb@gmail.com (mailto:Robincb@gmail.com) | I will test anything cool for the games that i have (The orange box + Gmod) | |
| tOuche | weirdone4evr@gmail.com (mailto:weirdone4evr@gmail.com) | Portal; mods or maps, I'm pretty good at finding bugs, e-eggs, ninja solutions, etc. | |
| isellion | isellion@gmail.com (mailto:isellion@gmail.com) | I'd love to help test anything that you are working. I've got the Orange Box, and Gmod at the moment. | |
| Renegade | cgh0187@gmail.com (mailto:cgh0187@gmail.com) | I will test any TF2 multiplayer and racing maps/mods/whatever. | |
| Jhero | mrcarrot@gmail.com (mailto:mrcarrot@gmail.com) | I will test anything you ask. | |
| Thebeanie | linus@fixedstars.com.au (mailto:linus@fixedstars.com.au) | Any source mod or map. I have the Orange Box, HL2:DM, CS:S, GMod, and many, many SP and MP mods. | |
| Thix | Inteikke@hotmail.com (mailto:Inteikke@hotmail.com) | Anything. | |
| gyarfi | gyarfi@gmail.com (mailto:gyarfi@gmail.com) | Portal mods/maps, HL2/EP1/EP2 mods. |
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See also
- Valve's GDC talks for a discussion of good playtesting practices.
