Technical Test "in a few days"

[OnexBigxHebrew]

Originally Posted by archaonn

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]

Originally Posted by duck

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

[Sephirex]

Originally Posted by Doxy

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]

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

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]

Originally Posted by RadarX

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

[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]

Originally Posted by archaonn

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.