Technical Test "in a few days"

[Policenaut]

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/220213796185186305

[Otleaz]

So if "a couple weeks" was 4 or 5, should we expect a few days to be 6-7?

[HavokZzz]

So if "a couple weeks" was 4 or 5, should we expect a few days to be 6-7?

That's sound logic if I've ever seen it!

[archaonn]

Technical test isnt CB, meh. Prolly theyll do the test indoors.

[ChipMHazard]

I like how Smedley's reply didn't really answer why they opted for a survey instead of people uploading their dxdiags, which serves the same purpose.
Anywho... A few days could mean more than a week, but I'm guessing they mean within this week.

[Policenaut]

So if "a couple weeks" was 4 or 5, should we expect a few days to be 6-7?

I think we can expect this technical test to take place between the end of August to roughly about the end of time.

[Absentis]

So if "a couple weeks" was 4 or 5, should we expect a few days to be 6-7?

Apparently SOE time is around twice the amount of normal time. It's like Microsoft time only SOE time is more consistent.

[Xaine]

So if "a couple weeks" was 4 or 5, should we expect a few days to be 6-7?

This time next week, some of us will be getting in.

I love you all, and no offense.

But i'm a better tester and deserve to get in first.

I have ALL the hardware.

ALL OF IT.

[Soothsayer]

This time next week, some of us will be getting in.

I love you all, and no offense.

But i'm a better tester and deserve to get in first.

I have ALL the hardware.

ALL OF IT.

I took some of your hardware. You've now got most of the hardware.

[Nobel]

It would be incredibly enlightening if someone from SOE could clear up the language on what the Technical Test is. Does it include individuals who aren't at or related to SOE? Or is it still 100% Internal?

[Zulthus]

I took some of your hardware. You've now got most of the hardware.

And I took the rest. No beta for you.

[Sephirex]

This time next week, some of us will be getting in.

I love you all, and no offense.

But i'm a better tester and deserve to get in first.

I have ALL the hardware.

ALL OF IT.

^Made multiple accounts logging every computer known to man. :D

[Kayos]

Hopefully I get an email soon then :)

[duck]

I like how Smedley's reply didn't really answer why they opted for a survey instead of people uploading their dxdiags, which serves the same purpose.

LOL, I was thinking the same. I bet he didn't even read the question.

[Doxy]

few days could be this Friday aka a weekend beta event (Rift/TOR/GW2)
Can't wait.

[OnexBigxHebrew]

Technical test isnt CB, meh. Prolly theyll do the test indoors.

It has already been stated a lot that the tech test is external.

[ChipMHazard]

LOL, I was thinking the same. I bet he didn't even read the question.

Hehe aye he probably just saw "When is beta?" and gave the good old "soon" answer:D

[Sephirex]

few days could be this Friday aka a weekend beta event (Rift/TOR/GW2)
Can't wait.

Techinical test isn't Beta, it's Pre-Beta prep. If anything this pushes earliest Beta to next week.

[Exmortius]

iirc there was closed beta >> technical test >> open beta after that. the fact that technical test is within days means beta will probably be here very soon like maybe couple weeks. most likely when i start my vacation >< epic fails.

[Nobel]

It has already been stated a lot that the tech test is external.

Is that true? I dont recall that, any chance you could provide a source?

[ChipMHazard]

Radar did mention that it would be very tiny.

[Rivenshield]

ITT: People who have never worked in software development.

There is chronological time, and then there's development time. Development time moves at its own pace, much as work on a family farm does. There are no 9 to 5 shifts. It is not a factory. There is work to be done, and some of the work to be done you don't know about until you start to do it, and you work past sundown if that's what the work requires. Or over the weekend. And when you're done, you're done. Not until. Which drives city people, who are used to stoplights and factories and everything else working at regular predictable intervals, stark raving mad. And mind you, none of this has to do with what the farmer WANTS.

I'm not a Sony fanboi, but I *am* a senior level tech pubs guy and you flatlanders need to settle down and let the devs do their good work. For as long as they find it takes them.

[Zulthus]

Wish I could comment more on dates. I really do and we know how badly everyone is clamoring for this. As we've said Technical Beta will be first and very tiny just to make sure everything is working. It won't be a lengthy time period before we start bringing in folks in waves.

There ya go, don't get your hopes up. A very, very small amount of people might get in.

[exoteror]

Makes you wonder how they are going to do the technicial test.

Do they buy in the equipment and test it?
Do they use friends and family
Do they invite people into the closed beta?

If they invite people they do risk people going mad because the game won't run, but if they have to buy in the equipment to test it then thats pretty expencive.

*edit* just seen post above me :D

[SkilletSoup]

Technical test is not CB, nor is it a server load test.

Technical test is most likely a check of GFX drivers and other sys configs.

Before CB begins there will be a GFX Beta driver release from Nvidia for sure. That will be your clue "soon" is soon.

[Krawanan]

RadarX, we need you!

are you here to clear this up for us?

[ringring]

And think that Danica only just got her key for internal beta ...... it's still time to be patient.

[Jomo]

Technical test isnt CB, meh. Prolly theyll do the test indoors.

I think they'd be better off doing the technical test outdoors. See how the servers hold up against rain and all.

[zomg]

Someone needs to research past SOE date estimates and compare how they went.

Eg. "We will do thing X for game Y in couple of weeks", find out how long it actually took.

Calculate average.

Now you have your beta date!

[JustSaya]

Technical test is not CB, nor is it a server load test.

Technical test is most likely a check of GFX drivers and other sys configs.

Before CB begins there will be a GFX Beta driver release from Nvidia for sure. That will be your clue "soon" is soon.

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/46279

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:

Spec Ops: The Line
PlanetSide 2

;) Nothing much, but still.

[Crator]

"Soon!"

[SkilletSoup]

Oh already knew that. That was step 1 from Nvidia. Now SOE has to test that and report back. The good news is that Nvidia is very good at this, unlike whats that other companys name?

[Krawanan]

I think they'd be better off doing the technical test outdoors. See how the servers hold up against rain and all.

They ARE doing it outdoors, RadarX confirmed this multiple times.

But it will probably be a very tiny group of people

[Jomo]

They ARE doing it outdoors, RadarX confirmed this multiple times.

But it will probably be a very tiny group of people

Not sure if understanding my sarcasm about servers and rain...

[SergeantNubins]

The tech test takes palce before closed beta. I think some peoples definitions of different beta stages are a little off?

My understanding is..

Internal alpha -> internal beta -> tech tests -> closed beta -> open beta -> release.

RadarX said on another post earlier today that the tech tests would not take long and were done internally, its just checking that common hardware functions, it's like a sense check that their software is interracting with the main hardware drivers properly.

The original beta announcement from smedley also said the tech tests would take place before anyone external started in the beta.

[Sephirex]

So about a full year more and the game will go live.

:zzz:

[Mr DeCastellac]

So if "a couple weeks" was 4 or 5, should we expect a few days to be 6-7?

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/words_for_small_sets.png

Hey man, according to xkcd, he's right about the 'couple weeks'. A few days should be anywhere from 2 to 5.

[Hmr85]

Meh, I think the technical test will start next week with a first wave of invites the following.

[Sephirex]

Meh, I think the technical test will start next week with a first wave of invites the following.

My thoughts exactly.

[onewingedangel]

I wonder if they mean a "few days" idiomatically just like they meant "soon", "very soon", and "a couple weeks".

[ChipMHazard]

My thoughts exactly.

One can hope:D

[DirtyBird]

I asked in another thread that I thought originated here buts has been buried in another forum.

Has anyone been following the different types of betas and tests that have been mentioned by SOE?


External beta
Closed external beta
Internal beta
Technical Test
?
?

[Trafalgar]

I just figure they're working on Valve Time.

[DarkChiron]

I asked in another thread that I thought originated here buts has been buried in another forum.

Has anyone been following the different types of betas and tests that have been mentioned by SOE?


External beta
Closed external beta
Internal beta
Technical Test
?
?

Internal alpha -> internal beta -> tech tests -> closed beta -> open beta -> release.

That's it. After the tech tests SOE is inviting waves of players into the beta over time, until finally they just let everyone in.

[Broadside]

The test better not be this weekend. My girlfriend is dragging me to a freakin dinner theater >__>

[SKYeXile]

I just figure they're working on Valve Time.

This has always been my theory.

[Poser]

I just figure they're working on Valve Time.

"Soon"

Only five more years! :rolleyes:

[Broadside]

Also, source of a source of a source tells me Beta is planned for August 1st. Just sayin.

[infected]

technical test is to make sure they have video card drivers for this game to cover wide range of computers. then they will begin closed beta.

its just sad that this was supposed to be done weeks ago and closed beta has taken a back seat until it gets finished. perhaps if SOE wasn't so busy posting crap on twitter, they could have been more productive over the last month.

just saying... why does each employee get a twitter account? shouldnt they just have one ps2 twitter account and everyone else should get back to work.

[Policenaut]

technical test is to make sure they have video card drivers for this game to cover wide range of computers. then they will begin closed beta.

its just sad that this was supposed to be done weeks ago and closed beta has taken a back seat until it gets finished. perhaps if SOE wasn't so busy posting crap on twitter, they could have been more productive over the last month.

just saying... why does each employee get a twitter account? shouldnt they just have one ps2 twitter account and everyone else should get back to work.

Those are private twitter accounts. A company can't really bar their employees from creating them.

[infected]

Those are private twitter accounts. A company can't really bar their employees from creating them.

actually, they can. and no, they aren't. even if they technically are private twitter accounts, the SOE company could have standard work policy in place that prevents employees from using facebook, twitter, etc during work hours, or prohibit employees from publicly discussing work projects.

but... SOE is using these individual accounts to promote the game. they are using them to hand out beta keys and "answer questions". that doesn't sound like a situation where a company has its hands tied in how their employees use their personal twitter accounts. its a collaboration. its encouraged. its annoying.

[Broadside]

technical test is to make sure they have video card drivers for this game to cover wide range of computers. then they will begin closed beta.

its just sad that this was supposed to be done weeks ago and closed beta has taken a back seat until it gets finished. perhaps if SOE wasn't so busy posting crap on twitter, they could have been more productive over the last month.

just saying... why does each employee get a twitter account? shouldnt they just have one ps2 twitter account and everyone else should get back to work.

Yes, I'm sure the assistant art director sending out five tweets a day derailed EVERYTHING. How can we possibly get anything done in this day and age when we spend 30 seconds typing a message.

[infected]

Yes, I'm sure the assistant art director sending out five tweets a day derailed EVERYTHING. How can we possibly get anything done in this day and age when we spend 30 seconds typing a message.

they spend more time than that. maybe 30 seconds to post something, but dozens of posts a day? and what are they responding to? surely they read hundreds of texts. its all bs. its not productive to allow this in a work environment. but they allow it, all in the name of marketing. these days everything must be promoted through social media.

[Gonefshn]

All they are doing that is taking so long is making the game ready for the beta and polished enough to give us a good experience.

Have patience, they want to get it right so give them time lol.

[SniperSteve]

Weekend beta sounds nice..

[Turdicus]

they spend more time than that. maybe 30 seconds to post something, but dozens of posts a day? and what are they responding to? surely they read hundreds of texts. its all bs. its not productive to allow this in a work environment. but they allow it, all in the name of marketing. these days everything must be promoted through social media.

you're so....conservative. blech! :ugh:

[willaguy]

"All your hardware are now belong to us!"- PS2 devs

[Notser]

yeah, this is probably a weekend beta that will be used to test the systems and support staff. It will be awesome! :D

[Sephirex]

Also, source of a source of a source tells me Beta is planned for August 1st. Just sayin.

That doesn't make any sense given the "sooner than most people think" statement they keep giving.

[infected]

you're so....conservative. blech! :ugh:

not really. i just dislike social media. long before the corporate world jumped on the bandwagon and started milking it for likes and follows. now social media is even more of a joke because of this ridiculous practice.

i mean i dislike TV as well because of the 30% commercials. who doesn't? so we moved to the internet to watch tv. hulu anyone? hulu used to have very few commercial interruptions, very short. but then what happened? it got too popular (just like facebook) the advertisers got wise and followed us to the internet. now hulu is also at the 30% commercials. so? now i torrent my tv shows. and no, that doesn't make me a pirate because i want to watch my shows w/o commercial interruption. i still pay for cable tv, and i never buy crap they advertise on tv anyway, never have. never will...

[SystematicKillr]

I think this twitter message by Smed sums up if there will be external players in the Tech test:

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/220262606802391041

[fvdham]

There is no point in a hardware survey.
You can see hardware stats of gamers on the Steam website.

[OnexBigxHebrew]

not really. i just dislike social media. long before the corporate world jumped on the bandwagon and started milking it for likes and follows. now social media is even more of a joke because of this ridiculous practice.

i mean i dislike TV as well because of the 30% commercials. who doesn't? so we moved to the internet to watch tv. hulu anyone? hulu used to have very few commercial interruptions, very short. but then what happened? it got too popular (just like facebook) the advertisers got wise and followed us to the internet. now hulu is also at the 30% commercials. so? now i torrent my tv shows. and no, that doesn't make me a pirate because i want to watch my shows w/o commercial interruption. i still pay for cable tv, and i never buy crap they advertise on tv anyway, never have. never will...

Way to stick it to the man :rolleyes:

[Goku]

There is no point in a hardware survey.
You can see hardware stats of gamers on the Steam website.

They want to know your hardware. Not a breakdown of everyones in steam...

[Aurmanite]

i never buy crap they advertise on tv anyway, never have. never will...

So, you don't buy food or toilet paper?

I was going to joke about how you were a smelly, hungry man... but no input means no output. If you know what I'm sayin.

[Otleaz]

So, you don't buy food or toilet paper?

I was going to joke about how you were a smelly, hungry man... but no input means no output. If you know what I'm sayin.

He buys off-brand.

[infected]

So, you don't buy food or toilet paper?

I was going to joke about how you were a smelly, hungry man... but no input means no output. If you know what I'm sayin.

point being i do not need to be interrupted with advertisements daily to be reminded of what brands of products i should be buying.

do you turn on your tv to learn what tp or food you should be buying? or can you make up your own mind?!

[ringring]

Well, dear devs.

If you're going to invite me into your tech test email me the link now. I'll start downloading it straighaway and by the time you're ready it might have finished.

ty

[Broadside]

not really. i just dislike social media. long before the corporate world jumped on the bandwagon and started milking it for likes and follows. now social media is even more of a joke because of this ridiculous practice.

i mean i dislike TV as well because of the 30% commercials. who doesn't? so we moved to the internet to watch tv. hulu anyone? hulu used to have very few commercial interruptions, very short. but then what happened? it got too popular (just like facebook) the advertisers got wise and followed us to the internet. now hulu is also at the 30% commercials. so? now i torrent my tv shows. and no, that doesn't make me a pirate because i want to watch my shows w/o commercial interruption. i still pay for cable tv, and i never buy crap they advertise on tv anyway, never have. never will...

You know how you pay for that cable TV you don't watch or that internet you pirate your shows with? Money.

How do you get money? You get a job.

What kind of a job? whatever job you want. Could be a doctor, a lawyer, or maybe...I don't know...and advertising executive.

But if you were an ad executive, how would you do your job? You'd work out advertising contracts for clients with various cable networks to help them grow their own businesses so they can get their own money to pay for their own cable.

But what if nobody watches TV so they don't have to see your commercials? Well, we gotta still do our jobs. Might as well put the commercials on new media sites like Hulu. That way Hulu makes money so that they can get money to pay for their cable. We all gotta work some how.

But what if they start breaking the law and illegally downloading TV shows? Wait, you mean people will go through so much trouble to avoid 3-6 minutes of advertising that they will watch their favorite shows in a manner that takes money out of the pockets of everyone from the show's producers, to the networks, to the ad executives, to the support teams at Hulu that need that cash to support themselves? There are people in the world that are that selfish? Are McDonald's commercials that evil that they would completely subvert contributing to the direct funding of their favorite shows all to save a couple minutes of time? What a disgrace.

[Otleaz]

point being i do not need to be interrupted with advertisements daily to be reminded of what brands of products i should be buying.

do you turn on your tv to learn what tp or food you should be buying? or can you make up your own mind?!

Regardless of what you may think, the brain will unconsciously make notes, even if you only see it in the corner of your eye and aren't focusing on it. You can have preferences over things you don't even know exist due to this.

Anyways... screw commercials. Idgaf if they are losing money from me, I'm not sitting through their shitty commercials.

[Doxy]

point being i do not need to be interrupted with advertisements daily to be reminded of what brands of products i should be buying.

do you turn on your tv to learn what tp or food you should be buying? or can you make up your own mind?!

How any of this is related to Technical Test ?:D

[Goku]

This isn't about commercials. Please get back on topic.

[Sephirex]

What a elfish attitude to go through life with.

Actually made perfect sense spelled that way.

[SmallBird]

https://twitter.com/LemonKingi/status/220225902884294657

Technical test this week...?
It seems so.

[Bravix]

Annnnnd they ignore the mod and just keep going....

I wanna be in the technical test :( As a matter of fact, I wanna be in every PS2 test. Even the PS2 aids test. I'd do it for you Planetside 2, just let me be there for you :'(

lol

[SmallBird]

Annnnnd they ignore the mod and just keep going....

I wanna be in the technical test :( As a matter of fact, I wanna be in every PS2 test. Even the PS2 aids test. I'd do it for you Planetside 2, just let me be there for you :'(

lol

According to Smed... if you fill out that hardware survey, you have a good chance of getting into the tech test, which has a nice probability of happening on/by this Friday 7/6/12.

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/220262606802391041
https://twitter.com/LemonKingi/status/220225902884294657

[Sephirex]

According to Smed... if you fill out that hardware survey, you have a good chance of getting into the tech test, which has a nice

I don't see anything anywhere about a "good" chance.

[Xaine]

I don't see anything anywhere about a "good" chance.

Pretty much this.

You had my heart beating faster for a while there.

Come on, my old-ish computer. Get me into the test and i won't replace you.. as soon.. as i was planning to?

[GreatMazinkaise]

I don't see anything anywhere about a "good" chance.

Well if you don't, then it's a near-zero chance from the sound of it.

[Littleman]

I use the epic fail OS that is Vista.


Not that I have much choice. 7 refuses to upgrade, and I don't want to completely wipe my hard drive just yet just to get 7 on my PC.

Besides, after Planetside 2 releases, I'll be splurging on new hardware. Figure that's when all the holiday deals will be in full swing anyway.

[Sephirex]

Well if you don't, then it's a near-zero chance from the sound of it.

I'd say chances are completely unknown so people should stop projecting their hopes onto reality and getting these forums even more confused.

[fedhell]

I'd say chances are completely unknown so people should stop projecting their wishes onto reality and getting these forums even more confused.

They are not complete unknown. We can roughly calculate how many people have received beta keys / ps1 vets, and i remember highby saying somewhere that the tech test is only going to be a few hundred people. So roughly 50000 people trying to get in with roughly lets say 1000 people being selected, thats 1 in 50 shot, prolly more like 1 in 100. I just wanted to come in and add some perspective because earlier someone had made it sound like there was a 'good' chance when really its a longshot.

[Sephirex]

They are not complete unknown. We can roughly calculate how many people have received beta keys / ps1 vets, and i remember highby saying somewhere that the tech test is only going to be a few hundred people. So roughly 50000 people trying to get in with roughly lets say 1000 people being selected, thats 1 in 50 shot, prolly more like 1 in 100. I just wanted to come in and add some perspective because earlier someone had made it sound like there was a 'good' chance when really its a longshot.

I'll accept that logic. :thumbsup:
I just hate people coming to conclusions without looking at the facts.

[Sikee Atric]

Yeah, with the amount of people with priority access. I doubt we'll all be in within a month. Count yourself lucky if you get an early code.

I know I've completed the basic tickbox hardware survey and got a prio code, I'm more than happy at that, so I'll wait for things to develop.

[GreatMazinkaise]

I'll accept that logic. :thumbsup:
I just hate people coming to conclusions without looking at the facts.

The fact is that if you want in you should submit your specs. There's nothing controversial about that.

[Sikee Atric]

The fact is that if you want in you should submit your specs. There's nothing controversial about that.

In fact, I'd be shocked if they didn't want at least some info about tester specs. They gotta have a basic idea of your performance, before you start flagging bugs.

[Sephirex]

Yeah, with the amount of people with priority access. I doubt we'll all be in within a month. Count yourself lucky if you get an early code.

Depends I guess. What's the usual total accounts/accounts online ratio for an MMO? Assuming only 10-25% of Beta Testers with a key will be playing at any given time, they may need all those people.

[PvtHazard]

Hope to see what they end up testing. Is it only server testing so far?

[QuantumMechanic]

Given all the time it will take to set up canvas tents and waterproof tarps in the off-chance that it will rain in San Diego in the middle of summer during the outdoors technical test, and keeping in mind that tomorrow is a holiday...

I would be surprised if the technical test started before next week. Let's just hope they have purchased long enough power extension cords to reach from the electrical room out to the parking lot.

[SKYeXile]

There's only about 3k dedicated PS2 fans, but i doubt they would let that many in for a technical test.

[Trafalgar]

Didn't they originally say the technical test was going to be in-house?

[infected]

Didn't they originally say the technical test was going to be in-house?

indeed. glad i'm not the only one paying attention. for all the good it does though... they can say one thing and do another.

[QuantumMechanic]

The reason they had us fill out the hardware survey was so that they can get a good sample of a diverse set of hardware configurations to test the game on before they open the floodgates of closed beta. And to test server capacity. They need non-SOE players for both. But realistically only a single server full.

I don't recall them saying the technical test would be in-house only. They simply don't have the resources on hand (both hardward and human) to test what they want to.

[Krawanan]

Well, looks like some lucky bastards will be getting in by the end of this week ;)

[Zalmoxis]

Well, looks like some lucky bastards will be getting in by the end of this week ;)

Those are SOE employees, no outsider is going to be there unless he's with some sort of video channel ( such as Totalbiscuit) and he has been invited. Normal peeps won't play.

[Anderz]

Those are SOE employees, no outsider is going to be there unless he's with some sort of video channel ( such as Totalbiscuit) and he has been invited. Normal peeps won't play.

Smedley's followup tweet begs to differ:

If you want to play in our tech test or the beta my advice would be to make sure you do our hardware survey.
https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/220262606802391041

[cellinaire]

Wait. Did anyone mention of the latest producer's letter? No one?

And let's have a bit more patience, guys. Hopefully, we won't have to wait another 6+ months for the Beta.

[Flaropri]

Well, looks like some lucky bastards will be getting in by the end of this week ;)

I think you may be over-estimating the stability of the build. The more important thing is that by their own unspecific schedule they'll have closed beta after finished tech-testing (may take more than one weekend btw, pending what if any problems show up), and start inviting PS1 players and such.

[Kran De Loy]

I thought Kraw was referencing people getting into the Systems Testing as if they were getting into Beta.

CBT wont start until after the Devs have gotten to do enough Systems Tests.
This being July 4th holiday week in the states it's super unlikely that they'll be doing it this week. I also doubt that Systems testing will begin as early as this weekend, but that is more because I want the whole Dev team to have the holidays off so they can come back for the crunch and get the Systems Testing started on the 9th or 10th.

[Zidane]

I need my beta fix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Astrok]

The reason they had us fill out the hardware survey was so that they can get a good sample of a diverse set of hardware configurations to test the game on before they open the floodgates of closed beta. And to test server capacity. They need non-SOE players for both. But realistically only a single server full.

I don't recall them saying the technical test would be in-house only. They simply don't have the resources on hand (both hardward and human) to test what they want to.

Exactly.

The reason we did the survey is just for them to play with a few systems to try it out and see what works and what doesnt so they can deicide after a few tests what the requirements will be to play ps2.

after that they let people in to test the server stability and maybe find a few bugs (Closed beta) during closed beta they will increase player amounts (i assume they use downtimes a week to test things).the closed beta can take awhile befor they enter open beta.

[Sabot]

Oh, good lord... lordy lord. lordy lardy lord.

Speaking of commercials... I'm lovin' it! Or... Just do it! Basically... get the F on with it already!

[Sikee Atric]

Why are people rushing so much?

If you think about it, they added 30 days to PS1 accounts, with the message, "Players can hone their skills once more," so I doubt they'll be much activity on any beta before most of those 30 days expire. Put 14 days on the tech testing front and you get start to get towards the back end of July, when the PS1 free time will be beginning to run down. That's when I see the beginning of a Closed Beta phase. I got my CB prio access code, I can wait.

[Zalmoxis]

Smedley's followup tweet begs to differ:


https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/220262606802391041

That is a nice surprise, even though I will most likely not be invited to it :(

[Kran De Loy]

Why are people rushing so much?

The enthusiasm on this board of fans can be cooked into a rock, cut, crumbled, then cut some more and finally snorted.

[Lorgarn]

Why are people rushing so much?

This must be the most hilarious question to date. 8)

So obvious I'm not even going to answer it.

Oh, and also, Smedley's latest tweet was retweeted by several of the developers hinting towards its importance and/or eligibility.

[Sikee Atric]

It's an 'in general' question, more than specifically at PS2.

People would do so much better if they laid back a bit, stress and rushing is bad for you.... :)

[Karrade]

Your faction is the New Conglomerate. Bipolar much? :doh:

He's sensible, why waste your life being programmed what to buy by a television 'program' that you didn't sit down to watch in the first place. Commercials don't give you anything tangible to work with, just building an illusion around a perspective.

The more crap I can cut out of my day the happier I am. I play TR ;).

[Landtank]

He's sensible, why waste your life being programmed what to buy by a television 'program' that you didn't sit down to watch in the first place. Commercials don't give you anything tangible to work with, just building an illusion around a perspective.

The more crap I can cut out of my day the happier I am. I play TR ;).

Hmm this died, don't bring it up again. Either way, the TR is the second worst faction, behind the VS.

[killercam]

I really would love to see all this hate towards the developers go away its not doing anybody any good there giving us a totally free to play game with amazing graphics and a scale unheard of up until now. Even if it isn't a few weeks there has to be something else you raging nerds can play in the meantime. They're making sure the game is ready and i would wait as long as it take's to see this game fulfill the ambition that i know it can. So i know it stresses higby and the rest of the team to come on here constantly and always see this banter and that's not helping either so plz stop and wait patiently because it's gonna be great!!.

[Dart]

I really would love to see all this hate towards the developers go away its not doing anybody any good there giving us a totally free to play game with amazing graphics and a scale unheard of up until now. Even if it isn't a few weeks there has to be something else you raging nerds can play in the meantime. They're making sure the game is ready and i would wait as long as it take's to see this game fulfill the ambition that i know it can. So i know it stresses higby and the rest of the team to come on here constantly and always see this banter and that's not helping either so plz stop and wait patiently because it's gonna be great!!.

Great post. A technical test will likely be in house only. There was a reason Smed included "or the beta" in that tweet. Assume it's internal and you won't be disappointed when you discover it is. Beta is coming soon!!!

[Anderz]

I really would love to see all this hate towards the developers go away its not doing anybody any good there giving us a totally free to play game with amazing graphics and a scale unheard of up until now. Even if it isn't a few weeks there has to be something else you raging nerds can play in the meantime. They're making sure the game is ready and i would wait as long as it take's to see this game fulfill the ambition that i know it can. So i know it stresses higby and the rest of the team to come on here constantly and always see this banter and that's not helping either so plz stop and wait patiently because it's gonna be great!!.

It's not hate, it's just extreme anticipation!
This is merely the side effect of having a highly desirable product, and the developers would be doing something wrong if everyone wasn't reacting this way.

[Dart]

It's not hate, it's just extreme anticipation!
This is merely the side effect of having a highly desirable product, and the developers would be doing something wrong if everyone wasn't reacting this way.

And they'd be doing something wrong if they let it impact the final product in any way shape or form. So what's the point?

Just kick back, grab a beer and play something else for a few more sleeps.

[Maniox]

NC EMPIRE IS BEST EMPIRE

Yeah, what about this beta :3

[Dairian]

Can't take the anxiety.

[Exmortius]

i expect beta to go live after the 30 free days of ps1. beta will probably last a couple months and i won't be surprised if they try to go live a month or 2 before xmas with the actual live game. i'd say that would be a fair assessment of their current timeline. as badly as i wanna play this game it is more important for them to put out a polished product and not overly rush putting it out to the masses. the game is looking fantastic so far though. i'm just glad it appears we are finally nearing open beta where we can all get in.

[Krawanan]

I thought Kraw was referencing people getting into the Systems Testing as if they were getting into Beta.

CBT wont start until after the Devs have gotten to do enough Systems Tests.
This being July 4th holiday week in the states it's super unlikely that they'll be doing it this week. I also doubt that Systems testing will begin as early as this weekend, but that is more because I want the whole Dev team to have the holidays off so they can come back for the crunch and get the Systems Testing started on the 9th or 10th.

no i was not xD

i may be a private on these forums, but i know my shit :P

Smedley has clearlyy stated that external people will be let in in the tech pre-beta test

[bjorntju1]

Smedley has clearlyy stated that external people will be let in in the tech pre-beta test

Correct.

[demonicale]

It's been 9 years since the first Planetside, since that time we have bitched and complained that SOE wasn't looking out for us in regard to the game. We were right and they knew it.

They announced Planetside: Next, which was to be a graphical overhaul of the game and decided it would be feasible to make an actual sequel. The developers are now and will be directly involved with the community.

We have a month, maybe less, to play Planetside 2 and now that it is so close we are extra scrutinous to the wording of someone when they say something. We will get to play the game, but placing pressure on those who are trying to deliver it to us is only hurting ourselves. We have all said "I'll be there in a minute" and the people we said it to understood that it may take more than a minute for us to get there, but they knew we were coming. Please offer them that same curtiousy.

Most sensible thing to come out of this thread, now close the thread as people seem alittle too childish to even discuss beta.

[Goldeh]

So if "a couple weeks" was 4 or 5, should we expect a few days to be 6-7?

well a couple is 2.

saying Oh look they make a cute couple. it's 2.

So 2 weeks.

[onewingedangel]

Maybe that tweet about fireworks in Auraxis meant that they're starting the technical test tomorrow. It wouldn't make sense in any other way besides the beta process starting tomorrow and I don't see that happening until next week or longer seeing as the "couple weeks" was more than 2 and bugs inevitably happen.

[ArcGuard]

well a couple is 2.

saying Oh look they make a cute couple. it's 2.

So 2 weeks.

I refer you to

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/words_for_small_sets.png

Hey man, according to xkcd, he's right about the 'couple weeks'. A few days should be anywhere from 2 to 5.

[Sephirex]

Maybe that tweet about fireworks in Auraxis meant that they're starting the technical test tomorrow. It wouldn't make sense in any other way besides the beta process starting tomorrow and I don't see that happening until next week or longer seeing as the "couple weeks" was more than 2 and bugs inevitably happen.

Nope, if you read his following tweet, he was referring to optimizing explosions.

[GLaDOS]

JRock replied to someone's post on Facebook (I think yesterday, maybe the day before) that they were currently in the technical testing phase. I have no idea how long this will last though.

Here's the link, although you'll probably have to be signed in to Facebook to get to it properly: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetSide2/posts/427949400583010

EDIT: Yeah, it was yesterday.

[Sephirex]

JRock replied to someone's post on Facebook (I think yesterday, maybe the day before) that they were currently in the technical testing phase. I have no idea how long this will last though.

Here's the link, although you'll probably have to be signed in to Facebook to get to it properly: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetSide2/posts/427949400583010

EDIT: Yeah, it was yesterday.

Nice find!

[ArcGuard]

JRock replied to someone's post on Facebook (I think yesterday, maybe the day before) that they were currently in the technical testing phase. I have no idea how long this will last though.

Here's the link, although you'll probably have to be signed in to Facebook to get to it properly: http://www.facebook.com/PlanetSide2/posts/427949400583010

EDIT: Yeah, it was yesterday.

Good job, you monster.


That's good to hear though. My predictions after the "few days" was friday technical test, next friday closed beta.... so, I'm right on track.

[Sledgecrushr]

Good job, you monster.


That's good to hear though. My predictions after the "few days" was friday technical test, next friday closed beta.... so, I'm right on track.

Yeah I think so too.

[CyclesMcHurtz]

Nope, if you read his following tweet, he was referring to optimizing explosions.

Indeed. We have an awesome test zone that is nothing but explosions every 5 meters or so for an entire square kilometer. We call it many things (awesome map is one). It looks quite a bit like the San Diego Bay fireworks display of awesome we had last night (check the news for footage of that one).

[Dart]

no i was not xD

i may be a private on these forums, but i know my shit :P

Smedley has clearlyy stated that external people will be let in in the tech pre-beta test

I'm afraid you don't know your shit. The technical test is NOT an external test. If you look back over Smed's tweet he said "or beta" - he was merely encouraging guys to register their machine info for beta.

Once more, none of us will be invited to the tech test. But I promise beta is close at hand.

[Astrok]

I'm afraid you don't know your shit. The technical test is NOT an external test. If you look back over Smed's tweet he said "or beta" - he was merely encouraging guys to register their machine info for beta.

Once more, none of us will be invited to the tech test. But I promise beta is close at hand.

left or right hand?

[Sephirex]

I'm afraid you don't know your shit. I can confirm (having had official word this afternoon) that the technical test is NOT an external test. If you look back over Smed's tweet he said "or beta" - he was merely encouraging guys to register their machine info for beta.

Once more, none of us will be invited to the tech test. But I promise beta is close at hand.

"Write me a note if you want to come to my birthday or if you're coming to my 4th of July Party."
Clearly from the "Or" in my prior statement, no one is getting invited to my Birthday.
Your logic is truly infallible. :doh:

[Zekeen]

Indeed. We have an awesome test zone that is nothing but explosions every 5 meters or so for an entire square kilometer. We call it many things (awesome map is one). It looks quite a bit like the San Diego Bay fireworks display of awesome we had last night (check the news for footage of that one).

You guys better get a video of that made..... it sounds too awesome not to immortalize.

[Krawanan]

I'm afraid you don't know your shit. The technical test is NOT an external test. If you look back over Smed's tweet he said "or beta" - he was merely encouraging guys to register their machine info for beta.

Once more, none of us will be invited to the tech test. But I promise beta is close at hand.

False, they also stated that external players would be invited in other posts.
since it's late and i am tired i am not going to link you now, ill do that tommorow ;)

[Dart]

left or right hand?

Right... As in RIGHT around the corner.

I don't want to disappoint anyone (we're all as eager to get in as everyone else). I just don't want anyone to think their missing out while people are in the tech test. They aren't. We're all waiting patiently together.

[bjorntju1]

I'm afraid you don't know your shit. The technical test is NOT an external test. If you look back over Smed's tweet he said "or beta" - he was merely encouraging guys to register their machine info for beta.

Once more, none of us will be invited to the tech test. But I promise beta is close at hand.

If you want to play in our tech test or the beta my advice would be to make sure you do our hardware survey.


Uhu...

[Astrok]

False, they also stated that external players would be invited in other posts.
since it's late and i am tired i am not going to link you now, ill do that tommorow ;)

they won't .

people stop the bullshit about when beta starts.

it starts when they are ready to let it start

[Dart]

False, they also stated that external players would be invited in other posts.
since it's late and i am tired i am not going to link you now, ill do that tommorow ;)

LOL this is one of those occasions where I can't tell you how I know (although it's not hard to figure out) but the Chinese whispers around here don't help anyone. It is a very small test and beta will be following it soon...

Keep the faith! :D

Uhu...

The OR BETA is the key there... As I said, he was simply trying to make sure everyone has submitted their PC info. Which is a good thing to make sure of because it will help you get into beta.

Last time; don't stress about the tech test. Beta will be soon after.

[Ghryphen]

OMFG! If you haven't been invited to play, it doesn't matter if other people have. Stop trying to analyze if people outside of SOE are being invited to play. You get to play when you get to play.

[Dart]

OMFG! If you haven't been invited to play, it doesn't matter if other people have. Stop trying to analyze if people outside of SOE are being invited to play. You get to play when you get to play.

A good sentiment. Hopefully the tech phase will be a swift one and beta will start shortly. Until then, anyone know any good jokes?

[bjorntju1]

The OR BETA is the key there... As I said, he was simply trying to make sure everyone has submitted their PC info. Which is a good thing to make sure of because it will help you get into beta.

Last time; don't stress about the tech test. Beta will be soon after.

But then why say: ''If you want to play in our tech test?'' If nobody outside gets invited I don't see why he would say that.

Not that I expect to get invited anyway to the technical beta if external people are let in, since its very small scale... :p

[Sephirex]

I'm willing to accept that almost no one's getting into the Tech Test.

As for NO ONE getting into the test, Smed insinuated you could.

Of course, from my time with other SOE titles, I'm also willing to accept that Smed's a total liar.

[basti]

Indeed. We have an awesome test zone that is nothing but explosions every 5 meters or so for an entire square kilometer. We call it many things (awesome map is one). It looks quite a bit like the San Diego Bay fireworks display of awesome we had last night (check the news for footage of that one).

YOu obviously need to make a video of that test zone! DO IT!

[Dart]

I'm willing to accept that almost no one's getting into the Tech Test.

As for NO ONE getting into the test, Smed insinuated you could.

Of course, from my time with other SOE titles, I'm also willing to accept that Smed's a total liar.

He isn't a liar - he simply wants to make sure everyone is properly registered. Isn't that a good thing?

Again, I'm not trying to rain on the parade. I just don't want to see anyone disappointed or see any silly rumours start. The community is not part of tech testing. SOE has more than enough machines - or all ages - to do that on their own, far more efficiently than they would with us messing it up.

This is a good thing - beta will be here before you know it!

Edit: My last post on the subject because I don't want to incur any wrath but I want you guys to be well-informed. And if anyone STILL hasn't input their PC specs... DO IT! DO IT NOW!!

[Sephirex]

Paraphrase: Soon

:bang:

Kidding. I'm glad it's close.

[Toonlad]

soon,, is bang on trend!!!! :D

[Eyeklops]

Not sure if understanding my sarcasm about servers and rain...

I got it...thought it was funny..fail to those who cannot read whole posts.

[Minigun]

lets all remember beta will only be soon if the Tech test goes well. not to bash on everyone's hopes and dreams but if the tech test comes back poorly be prepared to wait longer.

[Crator]

"SOON", it's such a subjective word!

[WiteBeam]

What about the "fire works" that we were supposed to have today?

[Sephirex]

What about the "fire works" that we were supposed to have today?

Go back and read page 9.

[Kashis]

Remember I called first wave beta to happen july 7th. I got $10 running on this. pays 30/1. Everyone got to pick up to 3 calendar days. I only bought one day.

[BigBossMonkey]

Indeed. We have an awesome test zone that is nothing but explosions every 5 meters or so for an entire square kilometer. We call it many things (awesome map is one). It looks quite a bit like the San Diego Bay fireworks display of awesome we had last night (check the news for footage of that one).


WTB SS of this area!

[Quovatis]

Remember I called first wave beta to happen july 7th. I got $10 running on this. pays 30/1. Everyone got to pick up to 3 calendar days. I only bought one day.

Not good odds. The first beta tests will most likely take place during SOE office hours, so they can monitor it, not on a Saturday.

[Sephirex]

Not good odds. The first beta tests will most likely take place during SOE office hours, so they can monitor it, not on a Saturday.

Going to be lots of people calling in sick then.

[Eyeklops]

Other than saying "you were there", I can't imagine why anybody would want in the technical test. It really doesn't sound like fun. They probably make you do weird shit. "Reboot the game 50 times and see if it crashes", "Run that direction until the map ends, then come back and do it 50 more times, see if it crashes", "shoot 1 millions bullets at that wall, see if it crashes", "run headfirst into that wall....fall off that cliff...stand on your head...." Really....this test isn't going to be fun, at least I tell myself that so I don't think I am missing anything.

Ohh..and as far as making predictions for when beta starts based upon the 30 days free planetside time, don't be fucking derpy. The 30 days was just a gift from SOE on a community planned, and scheduled, event, and 30 days is considered the standard month...duh. The beta could easily start before 30 days is up.

[Minigun]

Other than saying "you were there", I can't imagine why anybody would want in the technical test. It really doesn't sound like fun. They probably make you do weird shit. "Reboot the game 50 times and see if it crashes", "Run that direction until the map ends, then come back and do it 50 more times, see if it crashes", "shoot 1 millions bullets at that wall, see if it crashes", "run headfirst into that wall....fall off that cliff...stand on your head...." Really....this test isn't going to be fun, at least I tell myself that so I don't think I am missing anything.

ha, more like heres 120 prowlers all of you start shooting those other 120 mag riders and see how many explosions happen. You didn't crash? Awesome keep blowing the shit out of everything.

[Nephilimuk]

386 maths co-processor signed up ready to go!!!!

[Phantomdestiny]

have they chosen the people for the technical test yet ? did any one receive an email?

[Sephirex]

have they chosen the people for the technical test yet ? did any one receive an email?

Not that we've heard of. Rumor is, SOE is pulling our leg and it's going to be internal only.

[Phantomdestiny]

Not that we've heard of. Rumor is, SOE is pulling our leg and it's going to be internal only.

it woudln't be so surprising , they just get more hype

[RadarX]

it woudln't be so surprising , they just get more hype

We've been in internal for some time. It doesn't make sense to announce an internal test externally. When the president of SOE says something is going to happen, the odds are really good.

[Zalmoxis]

We've been in internal for some time. It doesn't make sense to announce an internal test externally. When the president of SOE says something is going to happen, the odds are really good.

Well we would believe you if we all got to play in these tests

*hint*hint :P

[Bravix]

We've been in internal for some time. It doesn't make sense to announce an internal test externally. When the president of SOE says something is going to happen, the odds are really good.

Indeed, I can test out the games performance on laptops ;D

[Malorn]

We've been in internal for some time. It doesn't make sense to announce an internal test externally. When the president of SOE says something is going to happen, the odds are really good.

To be fair he also said Beta was going to be in March, 2011.

[Sephirex]

To be fair he also said Beta was going to be in March, 2011.

He also said he had some really great updates for SWG.

[Bravix]

To be fair he also said Beta was going to be in March, 2011.

Wasn't that before they totally changed how PS2 was going to be? As in, instead of being Planetside: Next, the Planetside rehash?

[kaffis]

Indeed. We have an awesome test zone that is nothing but explosions every 5 meters or so for an entire square kilometer. We call it many things (awesome map is one). It looks quite a bit like the San Diego Bay fireworks display of awesome we had last night (check the news for footage of that one).
We demand video of awesome map!

[HEISTT]

Higby made an appointment for his 'haircut'. Beta inc? https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/221015491781722112

I'm getting more excited! :cool:

[i see you naked]

We've been in internal for some time. It doesn't make sense to announce an internal test externally. When the president of SOE says something is going to happen, the odds are really good.




i only believe what i see with my eyes, and untill now i saw nothing but creating a big hype


btw ps2 beta will be "soon"



lmao @ the guy who sees a beta date in "higbys" haircut

[Naz The Eternal]

We've been in internal for some time. It doesn't make sense to announce an internal test externally. When the president of SOE says something is going to happen, the odds are really good.

Thanks for the heads up.

It honestly is incredible the amount of people that think this BETA is something they own or must play.

Beta is a privilege not a right.

[SKYeXile]

Thanks for the heads up.

It honestly is incredible the amount of people that think this BETA is something they own or must play.

Beta is a privilege not a right.

But SOE OWE me.

[Crator]

We are privileged as PS1 vets to have been given the right to play in closed beta! ;)

[Andur]

lmao @ the guy who sees a beta date in "higbys" haircut

You're aware Matt Higby has stated he won't get his hair cut until public Beta starts, right?

[LexTalionis]

yeah. My account was opened in december of 2003, and I haven't gotten a beta code yet. And I didn't get into the technical beta. Also my cpu wasnt listed on the specs survey. Running an FX 8120. Probably new enough they aren't worried about it. It isn't like all the vets are getting in right away. Who knows. Even being a vet, I may still not get an invitation or code.

[SKYeXile]

You're aware Matt Higby has stated he won't get his hair cut until public Beta starts, right?

i thought the thing was he would get his hair cut after players are playing ingame?

[sameer]

If hes gettin a hair cut when beta starts, then that means maybe next week. Pretty epic :) Unless he wants to grow hair to his knees, that might be a long wait.

[Zenben]

CRAP! I'm leaving for Hawaii on Saturday and I'll be gone for a week. I just KNOW I'm going to miss this whole thing :( On the other hand, Hawaii... :groovy:

[god free]

I just keep checking my email over and over. My phone is gonna explode.

[i see you naked]

I just keep checking my email over and over. My phone is gonna explode.

stop checking, beta wont be this month

[MonsterBone]

I got the right "equipment right here".

[Reefpirate]

stop checking, beta wont be this month

You're silly.

[Ghryphen]

@Lex Vets don't get a code, their account will be enabled without the need for a code when the time comes.

[TheBladeRoden]

I'm done worried. I was trying to get the 30 days added to my account. But I was informed PS1 on that account was only trial status. Turns out I had another account I long forget about that I actually subscribed on. But it was the former account that I actually beta registered with. Now I don't know if I'll still be considered a vet or not

[sunzen]

The appointment Higby has could be anywhere between now and the end of time... :jawdrop:

[Sephirex]

The appointment Higby has could be anywhere between now and the end of time... :jawdrop:

1. If he felt confident enough to schedule a haircut, it means they're confident enough to announce a date.
2. Men don't schedule their haircuts far in advance.

[Kran De Loy]

I'm done worried. I was trying to get the 30 days added to my account. But I was informed PS1 on that account was only trial status. Turns out I had another account I long forget about that I actually subscribed on. But it was the former account that I actually beta registered with. Now I don't know if I'll still be considered a vet or not

Like Gryphon said all Vets will just have it available when it activates.

I'd say if you can log into the account and it has had subscribed to PS1 before then you're green to go.

However I'm no dev.

Edit: I should also mention that not all Vets/PCG keys will get in at the same time, of course. It'll likely be a lottery or something. It's just that Vets/PCG keys are supposedly at the head of the line when SOE gets to picking the number of people they need for testing.

[Rykann]

I'm hoping it will be within a couple of weeks if not, I'm sure it won't be too far away hopefully.

[Kashis]

Well there goes my whole July 7th prediction and my $10 bucks...

Not good odds. The first beta tests will most likely take place during SOE office hours, so they can monitor it, not on a Saturday.

We made the bets about 3 months ago, or whenever PC Gamer beta keys were released. I was going off of the first announcement they made about PlanetSide Next, Last year July 7th 2011.

[Rago]

CRAP! I'm leaving for Hawaii on Saturday and I'll be gone for a week. I just KNOW I'm going to miss this whole thing :( On the other hand, Hawaii... :groovy:


Im really into This game...
Hawaii is the better one :)
Ahh i wish i could go to Hawaii too:cool::D

[ringring]

1. If he felt confident enough to schedule a haircut, it means they're confident enough to announce a date.
2. Men don't schedule their haircuts far in advance.

I can't get my head around the fact that any bloke would schedule a hair appointment at all!

Just go to the barbers man!

[demonicale]

I can't get my head around the fact that any bloke would schedule a hair appointment at all!

Just go to the barbers man!

This, and i use to get my hair done, now i do it myself after they use to charge me sooooo damm much for a trim lol.

Oh and i'm off for 10 days from tomorrow to spain on holiday, so i hope you all don't get into beta :) lol

[lolroflroflcake]

I can't get my head around the fact that any bloke would schedule a hair appointment at all!

Just go to the barbers man!

Don't even do that just get a sharp knife and hack it down to a reasonable level.

[Rivenshield]

Also, source of a source of a source tells me Beta is planned for August 1st. Just sayin.

That would dovetail nicely with my 'let the die-hard vets get a good non-rose-spectacled look at OLD Auraxis before they see the new model' theory....

[Shade Millith]

Don't even do that just get a sharp knife and hack it down to a reasonable level.

Knives are for the weak. Tear it out of the scalp by the fist full.