rustic blade
There have been a lot of great updates coming out of SMG in the past few months. A lot of enjoyable features, but also a lot of bugs. So many of these bugs could be caught before they're released by giving people access to the game before release. I know there are a lot of members of the community who happily volunteer their time for testing, but from what I hear, they play test features, not updates. Perhaps updates should be added to this list of things they have access to, in order to see if there are any issues that need to be addressed before full release.
The consistency of updates coming out with game breaking bugs has been concerning. It's caused tournaments to have to be delayed, the ability to play ranked to be risky, and the loss of players who can't play the game they enjoy. I think a solution such as the one I've provided to become necessary. I'd love to hear input, other ideas, and reasons for why this would not work.