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morf
2011-11-14, 08:55 PM
So T-Ray tweeted today that they have set a beta date.

http://twitter.com/#!/ps_tray (make sure to follow him while you're there, we get major info when he hits 1000)

However he didn't disclose what the date was.

Anyway, I'm guessing that they have had a date for some time, they just kept quiet about it until now. I can understand this because with this rabid fanbase, they would certainly be overwhelmed with fans demanding to know the date.

With that said I think I speak for all of us when I say:

:groovy:WE DEMAND TO KNOW THE DATE:groovy:

EDIT: T-Ray will release the date once he has 1000 followers on Twitter. Follow him now slackass!

Bags
2011-11-14, 09:12 PM
What a tease.

MgFalcon
2011-11-14, 09:15 PM
What a tease.

That's the second time I needed to quote you today...

morf
2011-11-14, 09:21 PM
I stand by my captivating title. I saw this tweet 9 hours ago on my lunch break. Anyone fooled by it clearly isn't following T-Ray on twitter and thus deserves the disappointment.

Get T-Ray to 1k and let's get some goodies people.

MgFalcon
2011-11-14, 09:24 PM
I stand by my captivating title. I saw this tweet 9 hours ago on my lunch break. Anyone fooled by it clearly isn't following T-Ray on twitter and thus deserves the disappointment.

Get T-Ray to 1k and let's get some goodies people.

He said at 600 now #Justsaying

CrystalViolet
2011-11-14, 09:25 PM
I also heard he's giving away Ferraris.

Firefly
2011-11-14, 09:30 PM
I just got a tweet alert from him. Apparently if he gets to 1k followers, he'll give us the date that marketing wants him to give us.


PS_TRay T Ray
@freektrain if I get to 1k i will give you the date that marketing wants me to give you

morf
2011-11-14, 09:35 PM
I just got a tweet alert from him. Apparently if he gets to 1k followers, he'll give us the date that marketing wants him to give us.

GET IT DONE PEOPLE.

kuch
2011-11-14, 09:43 PM
Ahhh I really did not want to make a Twitter account but it now seems I don't have a choice.

HELLFISH88
2011-11-14, 09:46 PM
I just got a tweet alert from him. Apparently if he gets to 1k followers, he'll give us the date that marketing wants him to give us.


OK now we are cooking with Gas. T-Ray know's how to motivate.

EASyEightyEight
2011-11-14, 09:51 PM
Knowing the date will actually make the wait all the more painful for one reason:

It doesn't bring it any closer to now :rolleyes:

Slepnair
2011-11-14, 09:51 PM
bah, time to make a few hundred accounts eh?

HELLFISH88
2011-11-14, 09:53 PM
bah, time to make a few hundred accounts eh?

I neither confirm or deny that this is happening but can confirm that it has been a valid tactic in past events.





;D

Firefly
2011-11-14, 09:55 PM
Call me old fashioned but I'm doing it the legit way. #integrity

kuch
2011-11-14, 09:56 PM
Damn I was only the 599th follower sorry vanu fanboys

Mastachief
2011-11-14, 09:58 PM
DIE Morf Die! (Joke, any resulting death from following objects such as piano's or anvils are purely co-incidental)

A date might help the current games population, conditions or beta entry would be nice as a U.S and Canada only BETA would suck ass and be a real own goal.

morf
2011-11-14, 10:12 PM
DIE Morf Die! (Joke, any resulting death from following objects such as piano's or anvils are purely co-incidental)


Notice that his tweet dropped minutes after I created this thread. Coincidence? I think not.

Where's your gratitude?

Firefly
2011-11-14, 10:18 PM
Notice that his tweet dropped minutes after I created this thread. Coincidence? I think not.

Where's your gratitude?
All I know is, I logged in and saw him say they had a release date. I tweeted and asked if it was legit. He replied with the quote I posted (I'm @freektrain).

SKYeXile
2011-11-14, 10:27 PM
you think they will go for a May 20th or 21st release with beta starting soon then?

Firefly
2011-11-14, 10:29 PM
That's what one of the working theories was when Mr.Smedley announced "something big" almost a year ago.

Only, for 2011.

HELLFISH88
2011-11-14, 10:30 PM
Call me old fashioned but I'm doing it the legit way. #integrity

You make a valid point but our PR Machine need's Ammunition. BETA Dates make's things tangible for people...which motivates them waaaayyyy more then just Screenshots.

xSquirtle
2011-11-14, 10:34 PM
So does anyone actually know how beta invites to vets are going to work?

Do I need to continue and maintain an active sub or what?

With myself being in college, I'm having to count every penny and wasting on a game I don't play anymore seems ridiculous.

Bruttal
2011-11-14, 10:38 PM
ill donate 200 bucks for beta invite ;)

SKYeXile
2011-11-14, 10:39 PM
So does anyone actually know how beta invites to vets are going to work?

Do I need to continue and maintain an active sub or what?

With myself being in college, I'm having to count every penny and wasting on a game I don't play anymore seems ridiculous.

they have said planetside subs will get first acces, SOE all access always gets into bets, im told...

Know the right people? :)

Firefly
2011-11-14, 10:50 PM
they have said planetside subs will get first acces
Have they? I've only heard the latest official word, which was something along the lines of "we will take care of loyal subscribers" or something very similar to that. Whilst one could intuit any number of things, it does not out-and-out specifically state "If you have a PS subscription in good standing/active PS sub/PS sub, you will get into beta". And considering the amount of erroneous or ill-timed information that's come out in the last year, I'm not willing to bet money.

The bottom line though, to the person who asked (was it xSquirtle? too lazy to scroll up), there has not been definitive word. Nothing concrete or absolutely clear. So nobody knows if it's a non-banned PS account, an active sub, or just having a PS account in general. My advice would be, maintain an active sub. That's about the only surefire way if one uses logic.

morf
2011-11-14, 10:54 PM
My 2 cents is that for load testing, they'll need the current PS subscriber base and then some. It might be small at first but eventually it has to be huge.

Plus the game is free, beta is marketing. The more, the merrier.

Sifer2
2011-11-14, 11:13 PM
you think they will go for a May 20th or 21st release with beta starting soon then?


Bah didn't you get the news? The game launched in March. lol

Hamma
2011-11-14, 11:17 PM
https://twitter.com/gamesyndicate/status/136271481037533185

https://twitter.com/#!/ps_tray/status/136275601626636288

:lol:

Zulthus
2011-11-14, 11:33 PM
Well, he didn't actually SAY Beta, so if that's not the case, most of you will be sorely disappointed. It could mean anything.

morf
2011-11-14, 11:35 PM
https://twitter.com/gamesyndicate/status/136271481037533185

https://twitter.com/#!/ps_tray/status/136275601626636288

:lol:

https://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#!/GameSyndicate/status/136276180214099968

xSquirtle
2011-11-14, 11:41 PM
https://twitter.com/gamesyndicate/status/136271481037533185

https://twitter.com/#!/ps_tray/status/136275601626636288

:lol:

:rofl:

If for what ever reason, that might be true. I think it might be a last ditch effort to pass higby in subscribers.

Pass a rumor around and get flooded.

morf
2011-11-15, 12:05 AM
News thread imo

Trolltaxi
2011-11-15, 12:59 AM
Burger is the new cookies - or cakes...

Cookies or cakes? Flame on! (The cake is a lie - we know, so I'm with cookies.)

FastAndFree
2011-11-15, 02:45 AM
I am equally thrilled and angered about new people tuning into T-Ray's tweet after hearing this.

Why does it make me angry?
Why didn't you do it when it was for the VS pics? No solidarity huh?
/rant

So is there a wild mass guess about the beta date yet?
We could start a betting pool :D

Fab
2011-11-15, 03:48 AM
I never subed to PS, but i swear i'll pay at least 5 mounth of premium! Plus i'll be a good boy, AND i'll advertise!

please take into beta...

Heaven
2011-11-15, 04:04 AM
Im 672 for tray, a long way off still. Lets all make fake accounts :P

FastAndFree
2011-11-15, 04:58 AM
If this was on the front page, we would have our Scythe pic in no time at all!

I mean beta date. Yes, beta date. Totally.

Hamma
2011-11-15, 06:21 AM
News thread imo

Not a news thread, T-Ray was just talking about what he has been all along.. VS stuff at 1000.

https://twitter.com/#!/PS_TRay/status/136311164949889024

SgtMAD
2011-11-15, 07:30 AM
you think they will go for a May 20th or 21st release with beta starting soon then?
thats been my theory for a while now.

turnips
2011-11-15, 08:14 AM
I like how T-Ray said this yesterday after someone asked him...


@PS_TRay So, 1k followers for you and you'll give us the PS2 beta date?



PS_TRay T Ray
@
@freektrain if I get to 1k i will give you the date that marketing wants me to give you



Now he's denying it? CMON T-RAY. Unless he's just saying he's not releasing the RELEASE date but the BETA date is still on?

basti
2011-11-15, 09:01 AM
Whats the fuss about a release date anyway? Its unimportant, in fact it is stupid to even think about it or set a release date in the first place.
Release is once the game is ready. And you dont know if it is ready till deep into beta.
The beta date is the only important one. Thats the date the devs have influence on.

Fab
2011-11-15, 09:49 AM
http://tof.canardpc.com/view/87385c30-53eb-44e4-8ec6-1dfc2ca496e1.jpg

Captain1nsaneo
2011-11-15, 11:40 AM
I will give the info marketing has allowed me2 give
info marketing has allowed me2 give
marketing has allowed

Did you all fail reading comprehension?

Hamma
2011-11-15, 12:09 PM
Supposedly earlier on beta was mentioned then the Tweet disappeared. I can't confirm that though, I didn't see it myself.

The Desert Fox
2011-11-15, 12:20 PM
I was 701, but he just lost 5 followers, WTF PEEEPL

morf
2011-11-15, 12:25 PM
Maybe we'll get a "launch date"

Only one way to find out.

Raymac
2011-11-15, 12:39 PM
I think he also said in one of his tweets that we would be disappointed in the beta date, which is kind of a hint that it is a long way off. I'm sure they have a schedule, and I think if the beta date was firm and soon they might have told us already. I'm beginning to wonder if we'll have beta before the next Fan Faire.

Seems the only thing we have confirmed at this time is that launch will be before the end of the world. (12/21/12)

Firefly
2011-11-15, 12:50 PM
I think the key word was "that marketing wants me to give" which is probably something vague and generally generic like "sometime in 2012". Which is why he said we'd be disappointed.

I'm tempted to make a witty quip about SOE marketing, and draw reference to their non-existent billing of Planetside. And how there can't possibly be a marketing department.

But I won't.

Because I'm choosing optimism this time around.

mbarrett
2011-11-16, 05:51 AM
Instead of everyone waiting for a beta date and yes as good as it sounds , we're getting planetside 2 , why don't you all play some other games to pass the time , like BF3 MW3 SKyrim and there is plenty of new games out there . The game i really wan't is planetside 2 but something tells me that we're not getting it anytime soon . Forget about planetside 2 and enjoy some other games and hey before you know it we get a ps2 beta invite

morf
2011-11-16, 10:50 AM
Instead of everyone waiting for a beta date and yes as good as it sounds , we're getting planetside 2 , why don't you all play some other games to pass the time , like BF3 MW3 SKyrim and there is plenty of new games out there . The game i really wan't is planetside 2 but something tells me that we're not getting it anytime soon . Forget about planetside 2 and enjoy some other games and hey before you know it we get a ps2 beta invite

There are other games?!? I never thought of this.

BRILLIANT!

FastAndFree
2011-11-16, 10:56 AM
I just realized what's going on here, we have been had!

They didn't say launch date, they said LUNCH DATE

Talek Krell
2011-11-16, 01:57 PM
They didn't say launch date, they said LUNCH DATEI could go for some lunch.

JuggernautO
2011-11-19, 08:52 PM
Tray is at 1K followers and still no beta date.

Firefly
2011-11-20, 01:00 AM
Tray is at 1K followers and still no beta date.
No shit.

Because he basically said he's not giving us the date, and apparently never did say that.

basti
2011-11-20, 01:22 AM
No shit.

Because he basically said he's not giving us the date, and apparently never did say that.

Indeed.

They obviously have a internal date, but thats as the name states, internal.

http://twitter.com/#!/PS_TRay/statuses/138122620536242177

The Desert Fox
2011-11-20, 08:51 AM
haha can't say I didn't see this one coming...