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Originally posted by RJO_

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Originally posted by severius

It all comes down to... how long ago you registered, previous mmo experience, and computer specs.  Note about the specs, having the biggest and baddest does not get you into a beta any faster than having a mid range 2-3 year old system.  Most fo the time they want a wide variety of system specs/hardware configs to try and account for as many system oriented bugs as possible.

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You would think they'd want a wide variety of systems - but by all accounts it is upper tier systems that have made or broken someone getting into beta to this point.
I think Beta 3, starting any day now will mark the first opening of the gates to a wider range of system requirements...

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Well you see system specs are the later things a developer worries about. They already know their graphics engine is designed to run on several year old machines, to prevent the hassle of their unoptimized game, they only allow high end machines at first so anyone playing will be able to run the game well. There's a lot of things more important like actually having a good game. It's not until later and near completion, when they've been continually refining the graphics will they invite slower machines to help test the graphics and make it more streamline/efficient.

Im pretty sure I see the bottom of the barrel there yes ROFL

Hopefully tomorrow or so :( (I'm not actually in - but I have a gamesday code so I'm hoping)

June 30th 2007 for me when I applied and have the CE preorder and awaiting beta and early access.

Originally posted by Stellos

6 months is that all?!  and you think you deserve in after only 6 months?  Give me a break.  This is WAR!  This is the biggest MMO release in history.  Shoot I've been in there for a year and a half and never got a shot.

LOL

Biggest MMO release in history

Once again people like you over hyping games just to be let down once it goes live. I can't wait to see all the whining about WAR once it releases. I am gonna sit back with a beer and just laugh.

Originally posted by khartman2005

Originally posted by Stellos

6 months is that all?!  and you think you deserve in after only 6 months?  Give me a break.  This is WAR!  This is the biggest MMO release in history.  Shoot I've been in there for a year and a half and never got a shot.

 

LOL

 

Biggest MMO release in history

 

Once again people like you over hyping games just to be let down once it goes live. I can't wait to see all the whining about WAR once it releases. I am gonna sit back with a beer and just laugh.

Well of course there's gonna be people whining about WAR once it goes live.  There are always gonna be people whinin' about the release of a game they've been waiting for forever.  Same goes for people who are disappointed by the release of a book or a movie they have been waiting years for...  The way I see it, there are a lot of people who have to complain about something... Either that, or people are just unhappy that games don't come with cookie and milk dispensers....

Originally posted by khartman2005

Originally posted by Stellos

6 months is that all?!  and you think you deserve in after only 6 months?  Give me a break.  This is WAR!  This is the biggest MMO release in history.  Shoot I've been in there for a year and a half and never got a shot.

 

LOL

 

Biggest MMO release in history

 

Once again people like you over hyping games just to be let down once it goes live. I can't wait to see all the whining about WAR once it releases. I am gonna sit back with a beer and just laugh.

I honestly think the Anit-War Whiners whine more than War fans hype the game.

The only people that will whine are going to be the people that didn't look into any information about the game and had misconceptions about something. Not to mentiont that NDA drop will clear most of the baseless whining ahead of the release.  

As for the biggest launch? It will certainly be up there. I mean a release in China, Russia, EU, Oceanic, and NA...how is it not going to be big? 750k beta applicants-hows it not going to be big again?

But really it will be people like you trying to make a bigger deal out of game issues people have then they really are.

So sit back and watch the forums all you want getting drunk and wallowing in self pity. I and hundreds of thousands of other people will be online cracking skulls and having fun.

I know full well that a game on day 01 cannot possibly have all the features of a game with 4 years of life and a expansion but I also know in a very heavy pvp game to wait 6 months will make it alot harder then to deal with life in release of a new mmo

OP, according to warhammeronline's beta ticker, 762,013 ppl has applied for beta so far. Of course everyone can't get an invite.

I applied in June 07, and got my invite for the EU beta 2 months later.

Originally posted by ghoul31

I would rather wait until open beta. That way the game will be finished. I don't want to play a buggy unfinished game. If I wanted to do that I would play AOC

 

And this is why you should never, never ever get into any beta for any game.  You simply want a chance to play the game before release.  where those of us that actually try to improve the game tend to get picked for beta's more often then others.  You don't want to beta test, you want to take a test drive.

Originally posted by bloodsage

Originally posted by ghoul31

I would rather wait until open beta. That way the game will be finished. I don't want to play a buggy unfinished game. If I wanted to do that I would play AOC

 

 

And this is why you should never, never ever get into any beta for any game.  You simply want a chance to play the game before release.  where those of us that actually try to improve the game tend to get picked for beta's more often then others.  You don't want to beta test, you want to take a test drive.

On the flip side you should thank him for stating he would rather wait until Open. He isn't trying to take your beta spot and not much will change in 1 month from Open Beta testers. So in the end, Open Beta will basically be your free glimpse of the game.

Originally posted by ghoul31

I would rather wait until open beta. That way the game will be finished. I don't want to play a buggy unfinished game. If I wanted to do that I would play AOC

 

This is the kind of person that has no business in beta.  Nothing against this poster, but beta testing is not about PLAYING the game, its about TESTING the game.  That way when the game goes live, if the developers and the testers did their parts the players will spend more time playing than posting about the problems on forums like these :)

With that said there has to be BOTH sides working, working together.  The testers doing everything they can to find and report the smallest of bugs to the largest of exploits.  Then the developers have to take that information and fix those issues. 

I've been signed up for well over a year now I'm pretty sure. Still no sign of getting in...

Anyone have any idea when they'l begin the Open beta? Cant be too far off... I'd even pay for a crappy fileplanet subcsription just to get an early taste of the game, im anxious to find out if we've finally got the brilliant MMO were all wanting, rather than Age of Potential.

But that said i'm having alot of fun in Middle Earth right now :)