Beta at 2pm is GO!

[Jestersheepy]

I don't get this whole NDA discussion. By getting into the Beta and clicking download does not mean you have accepted or signed an NDA, unless it says 'By clicking download you are accepting out NDA policy'.

So in saying you got INTO the beta is not breaking it, after you sign the NDA, it would be breaking it. D:



Also, not only a PS1 Vet here but I also went out of my way to get a priority key on top of that... Didn't get in today because I am not an active PS1 player... Smells BS to me :\

[megamold]

Originally Posted by Jestersheepy

Also, not only a PS1 Vet here but I also went out of my way to get a priority key on top of that... Didn't get in today because I am not an active PS1 player... Smells BS to me :\

how does it smell like BS to you if you knew full well what you had to do to get in today?
just relax, if you have a priority key you will get in soon enough

the first week of beta is gonna be awkward anyway since everyone is just gonna be running around not knowing what the hell they are doing.

[Piper]

Originally Posted by Jestersheepy

unless it says 'By clicking download you are accepting out NDA policy'.

There is actually an answer to that, unfortunately I can't give it to you.

[Jestersheepy]

Originally Posted by megamold

how does it smell like BS to you if you knew full well what you had to do to get in today?

Because the main point they made for giving vets priority was that they wanted players who are used to the playstyle of the game...
People who subbed and payed to get into the beta aren't 'Vets' they are just motivated people.

[megamold]

Originally Posted by Jestersheepy

Because the main point they made for giving vets priority was that they wanted players who are used to the playstyle of the game...
People who subbed and payed to get into the beta aren't 'Vets' they are just motivated people.

actually they stated several times that they want a good mix of people that know what they are doing (vets) and people that have never played a minute of planetside in their life.

they do this because if 100% of the ps2 beta pop would be vets then they would get a very biased testing group, wich is why they gave out priority keys with a pcgamer mag in the first place.

[Astrok]

Originally Posted by lawnmower

what are you talking about

he means that if ur in or not it wont make any difference.It will be down very often ...so waiting a few weeks doesnt matter really.

[Jestersheepy]

Originally Posted by megamold

actually they stated several times that they want a good mix of people that know what they are doing (vets) and people that have never played a minute of planetside in their life.

they do this because if 100% of the ps2 beta pop would be vets then they would get a very biased testing group, wich is why they gave out priority keys with a pcgamer mag in the first place.

Gotta agree with you there. However it's not all truth to them saying vets get in on day 1. It's people who are motivated by planetside and are actively subscribed to PS1 right now get in.
Which most of which aren't vets.

[Timithos]

Originally Posted by megamold

the first week of beta is gonna be awkward anyway since everyone is just gonna be running around not knowing what the hell they are doing.

Actually there's untold hundreds or thousands of us from technical test that know exactly what the hell we're doing. (And no, that's not an NDA violaton you dork trolls. I have no way of counting how many people were in technical test. The #1 favorite troll subject is to falsely accuse of an NDA violation by admitting you were in technical test or are in beta.)

[MacXXcaM]

Originally Posted by Jestersheepy

So in saying you got INTO the beta is not breaking it, after you sign the NDA, it would be breaking it. D:

Wrong, according to NDA we can say we're in beta. Just nothing about beta itself.

[ArcGuard]

Originally Posted by ExquisitExamplE

Poor Smed, his credibility with the twitter community is completely shattered it seems... I'm sure he's absolutely devastated.

I'm sure he is just feeling terrible. Making his probably at least 100k a year, being the head of SOE. Tragic loss.

[Joomba]

Originally Posted by Jestersheepy

Also, not only a PS1 Vet here but I also went out of my way to get a priority key on top of that... Didn't get in today because I am not an active PS1 player... Smells BS to me :\

Can't tell if trolling, or just uninformed...

The priority key has a lower priority than being a veteran. Essentially, you wasted a key so that somebody else could not have it -- you get absolutely no benefit from it.

They make no distinction between a vet who has played for one month way back in 2003, and a vet who has played for 8 years but who stopped playing. Active players, most of whom are likely not noobs subbed only for beta access (although some may be old vets resubbed due to beta and/or to kill time until PS2), get in first, then all other vets, then priority keys, then perhaps those without.

[Titus]

I am a pre day one player. I beta tested Ps1 and Core combat. I received my invite and look forward to seeing every one in game. Lets have fun and help get this game to gold.

[IMMentat]

TBH i'm not a fan of Smed announcing a last minute beta shortcut for "active" subscribers (IMO it sounded more like a cash grab than a reward), that 8am monday cut off was particularly suspect.

In the end I just want the game to be good and to be released once i'ts well tested, low bug-count and plays like something people will stick with (easy to pick up, hard to master).

In terms of beta queues, as long as the majority of whoever gets in treats the game like a testing platform not a demo i'll b perfectly happy waiting a bit.

#thats all i'm going to say about the dead horse everyone has been flogging.#

Good luck to those that got in, have fun and submit bug reports and feedback plz.