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Is there somewhere you describe your job (or may you do it here ?) ? I though about doing that years ago since I find nice bug exploits in many games but really felt like games of today are just arts, storyline, music, and just a little bit of gameplay were bugs don't matter.

I got my start as a game tester by chance. I was playing a lot of games for a specific company years ago and they started sending me emails asking me to test some of their newest ventures. in the beginning the games I was testing were non-profit. but eventually i branched out to other game companies via active forum postings on some of their current games and was invited to test their upcoming games as well. from their i got hooked into some of the Alein Ware promo beta keys from various different companies that all want to reach a wider range of gamer audience. After that I was contacted via email from certain gaming entities to be a paid tester for their subsidiaries. So for me it was pure luck. 

Other ways to get into the testing for money gig is by frequenting gameing sites to see what new games are on the horizon, and see if any are local to your area. Some game developers will advertise job opportunities at Gaming Conventions, but usually only for those that already live in the area where the company is or to those that have a willingness to relocate to their offices. This is probably your best bet. There are certain gaming hubs like Seatle WA. 

Or in the case of TT2, at some point this games developers are going to have to flesh out its worker base to accomidate the demands of a Live MMO industry. at that point they will be looking to hire people for coding, or website management, etc. They would be more likely to hire someone local to them (Ukraine). Not that I am saying the Dev's will just hire you (or anyone else for that matter) with no experience. This is simply a reference point for how some people manage to make a living testing games.

I have also been told that game companies are more willing to hire someone with experience in multiple games because if you have more knowledge of other games and how they work you can give better feedback as a well rounded tester.

I hope this helps in some way. I am under contract and am not at liberty to give specifics about the companies/subsidiaries I work for, nor can I name any of the current paid games I am testing, without violating my NDA (non-disclosure agreement). I can't even tell you how much I make to give you an estimate of your own possible earnmings to see if it would be comparable to your own current wages.

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