Thanks for the hearty welcome!!!
To answer the question about beta testing/playing other games.
Well (knowing that I will be the odd one out after telling this....) I played the game that shall not be named for about 4.5 years (being a senior guide there) till March 2004. Furthermore I tested several of the \"mmorpg`s\" out there through beta or played them for a bit (AO, DAoC, Eve, SWG, CoH, lately WoW beta).
But as I am coming from pen and paper rpg`s and still enjoy those, I was always a bit disappointed by the \"r\"-part of those \"mmorpg`s\".
Watching the community here for a while now gives me the impression I could finally find a \"home\"....

Meketh