I'm sorry if this was mentioned somewhere, but there's a lot of playtest information to sift through at this point.
How does Paizo intend on collecting feedback from the playtest once it's released in August? Will they be going by the forums here or will there be an official survey to fill out or something like that?
Me and my group plan to test it out when it's released, but it would be nice to know head of time how the thoughts and opinions are being collected.
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Jason discusses it in this presentation. (Disclaimer: I don't know where in the video he starts talking about this, and I may even have the wrong presentation! There have been several.)
As I recall, it's something like this. The playtest adventure is split into 7 segments. The "formal" playtest will give players 2 weeks to playtest each segment. For each segment, they'll advertise the aspects of the game they're most interested in hearing about. For each segment they'll also put out a detailed and structured survey for folks to complete, which will allow them to gather a lot of data quickly and in a more-organized and targeted fashion than through a bunch of disorganized forum posting. (It'll also help them hear from a wide range of players, including those who don't spend time on the forums or who may read through but don't want to wade into what can often be a pretty noisy environment here.)
Jason also says something to the effect of how he's read thousands and thousands of messageboard posts since the playtest was announced and that the messageboards are a great way to get information *in* to Paizo. But he adds that the boards haven't proved a good way for them to push information *out*—that if they comment in one thread it's quickly lost and not everyone sees the message or can find it for future reference. So they're planning to respond to feedback and give updates to how the playtest looks from their side through regular blog posts and video interviews, including previewing what they're planning to change as a result of playtest feedback.
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Awesome. Thank you for the info.