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Once upon time long ago, it was last Thursday probably, we were wondered with a half-forgotten kid's question: "Come on tell me tell me, tell me what our boys are made of?..." To tell the truth, we rephrased it to fit our mind: "What kidney our guys from the Testing Department are made of?" And to check on that we started an informal volleyball match among the sectors nicknamed as 'Module' versus 'Complex'.
It was evening and nothing to do: it was too late for testing "white box" or searching for equivalence classes, but it was quite the time to make fun with traditional American play, a "flying ball" (volleyball conventionally). Upon having prayed, the way should be, addressing all computer guru, Bill Gates there, the guys proceeded the battle.
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| One of the best volleyball players Aleex Kazakov is 217 cm tall. Do you think we are not tall enough? I bet we canl jump like he and even higher than the famous Russian player! |
Setting... passing... hitting... blocking... gripping - well, everything was we're used to. This way or... at least like that, they have been playing for 107 years in America or almost for 80 years in Russia. First-rate hitters hit from short and "through" passes, and second-rate hitters are addressed hard balls ... We shouldn't try teaching these guys, no judging them, we may only support them. By the way, a referee occupied his place and obviously on his proper height. Sometimes he let himself leaning against the wall, suck his whistle dreamily like a baby's dummy and think: "would Julio Velasco let them in to his team???".
No bothering, we can inform you about the first game score - 25:15, 'Complex' is leading. Well, don't feel vexed about it. Anyway 'Module' testers weren't even going to. They talked over so decided: "We'll get through this trouble!" - a tune's singing. So they got it and they played for fun. Everyone employed his part: one was a connecting player, someone other was a diagonal hitter, others did as central blocker or even a libero.
Let the starring sport commenter Nikolay Ozerov, if observing our players' jumps and antics, their hands waving and legs jerking, exclaim: "Well,.. no hockey like this we need!" But we may state with no hesitation: "Here we are,... let us, we do need!" Moreover, because the second game score was encouraging, look - 25:20. Even though it was in favor of "Complex" again.
Excitement getting hotter but nerves straining. The 'priority ambition' is: who will have the upper hand? And who is the best? Do you feel scent? ... Oh no, not the smell of perspiration! The sсent of the approaching victory!. 
Don't you think friendship won, as usual? Nothing at all! The complex approach to business or rather to the net has won. 15:10 was the score of the third game, which was carried out, accordingly to the tie-brake system. Three attempts: guess who was the winner?
So, pure Complex victory has shown that the testing part is a cool mix of programming errors, alpha- and beta- versions, pseudocodes, planning processors, utilities, stacks, interfaces and heaven knows what more else! To ensure, come to the next game. When? - you would ask. Thursday right after raining, as usual.Commenter Elena Petrova, making-debut.
P.S. Neither actual experts, connu of sport nor official commentary followers are recommended to read this joke-essay. Instead, they are advised subscribing for the "Soviet Sport" newspaper. Let them sleep like a log.
