http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/ Individual blog entries by cigproduction. en-us Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:40:49 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23288/


Today went pretty well. Kept on top of the bugs, found some major bugs… some bugs got fixed… over all good.

Working at Xfire is generally fun, Xfire QA is not as easy as everyone... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23288/ 0 740 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:54:14 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23286/


One of the QA guys decided to make his daily Popcorn run down the marketing row. Marketing claims that Popcorn lung, or yellow lung is rampant in their department. I think they’re... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23286/ 1 167 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:53:35 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23285/


Got more revisions of the client (anywhere between 200 to 600 file changes in a cycle), keyboard and mouse inputs look good. PHEW… With 900+ games supported, there’s no way we can... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23285/ 0 129 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:50:10 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23284/


Company Meeting Summary: Release coming up, events, birthdays, newly bundled game, thanks everyone.

Company meetings are actually fun, everyone gets in a room together, joke around... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23284/ 0 122 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:49:27 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23283/

What the screenshot system looks like from a testing point of view.

Company Meeting… BRB ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23283/ 0 148 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:48:10 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23282/


The fix for the keyboard problems are in, looks like Empires is fixed, but there are other issues now. Well more bugs, more time. Don’t worry, things should be looking good by the... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23282/ 0 109 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:46:59 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23281/


Got back, tired, sweating and possibly sick? LOL. So out of shape! Not worth the sandwich, that’s for sure.

Time to get back to testing. Just found out a fix for the WoW infoview... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23281/ 0 109 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:46:08 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23280/


OK, Lunch time. OK… I’m over-weight, there I said it… so, I decided I’m going to walk down to a sandwich shop 2 miles away… stay tuned for my possible death. ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23280/ 0 94 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:44:19 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23279/


OK, it’s testing time. The client changes a lot each week. In the 6 months I’ve been with Xfire every aspect of the client has been touched or at least looked at. This makes... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23279/ 0 149 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:43:47 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23278/


So now that we’re back from the store, and I have a ton of coke in me, it’s bathroom time. Why is this significant? Because of the bathroom from hell.

Here is the door:



Notic... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23278/ 0 98 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:43:05 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23277/


Time to head to the corner Greek market, whenever we walk into the place they look at us like we’re about to hold up the place. I’ve never seen someone question the validity of a 5... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23277/ 0 108 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:42:29 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23276/


Bug Summary: With XIG 2.0 enabled on Age of Empires III, XIG does not appear.

Bug: After adding ENABLE_MOUSE to the game.ini for Age of Empires III, and Scroll Lock X is... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23276/ 1 119 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:41:55 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23275/


OK, got it. This plan should work.


If you can’t read it… good! You’re probably a zombie!

Sure we’ll have to sacrifice a few people, but what’s new. I just hope that they’re... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23275/ 0 105 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:41:21 PDT http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23274/

My name is Marcel, and I am the QA Lead here at Xfire. I have just arrived at work, stairs, door, alarm, door, door, door, fridge, coke, and door. Boring, I know.

Since the QA group tends go... ]]> http://www.xfire.com/blog/cigproduction/23274/ 0 108 Over a year ago Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:40:49 PDT