open beta coming

Jim Raynor · 2003-03-25, 12:16 PM

is coming soon get ready for that e-mail you be waiting for . one more week to 3 week max till open beta

mr_luc · 2003-03-25, 12:22 PM

Well, yeah, it had better be in 3 weeks . . . if they want to release the game by May 19th lol.

Actually I would expect it VERY soon, maybe in one week's time as you said. You'll notice that they said they had enough to keep the action going full-time on one continent. That was one of their milestones for Open Beta I believe.

On the other hand, Open Beta is also a very public thing -- you don't want ve3d screaming "OMG LAG!" unless you're sure you're optimized. I can see at least one more week of playtesting in closed beta.

Revulsion · 2003-03-25, 12:29 PM

Yes in one way I can't wait for open beta, but in another way people will be very disgusted because of the influx of people. Just remember open beta always has all types of people

�io · 2003-03-25, 01:13 PM

See that's the thing, Dave and the gang should know that for best results they should allow everybody here in but very few from the official forums.

diluted · 2003-03-25, 01:33 PM

mr_luc · 2003-03-25, 01:37 PM

No kidding.

If everyone on these forums had beta (maybe aside from TRscpd) they would have truly excellent feedback. Not that they aren't getting that already, but damn -- it would be EXCELLENT feedback.

Da King · 2003-03-25, 01:41 PM

Discordja · 2003-03-25, 01:42 PM

�io · 2003-03-25, 01:43 PM

I shutter to think of all the people from official forums hoping onto the server with us.

Rainer · 2003-03-25, 01:45 PM

Discordja · 2003-03-25, 01:46 PM

the official community sucks cuz they don't have cool emoticons

Drex · 2003-03-25, 02:04 PM

When open beta happens would they ship out CDs to those who applied or would we have to DL the game?

Chanfan · 2003-03-25, 02:12 PM

When open beta happens, the heavens will open up, and a shaft of the purest golden light will beam into you, washing over your body with warmth, love, and joy.

That, or they will probably do it by download, or shipping CDs to you (possibly with a small charge to cover shipping costs). Or perhaps a mix.

I suspect CDs will have to be an option, as the files are too large to reasonably expect everyone to DL them, especially on some of the slower connections.

The real question is will it be only via CD, or will downloading be available.

mr_luc · 2003-03-25, 02:17 PM

I would be surprised if DLing is an option.

3GB of transfer . . . 50,000 downloads . . .

150 TB of transfer. That gets expensive.

(Ok it won't be 50,000 but you get the idea).

Drex · 2003-03-25, 02:22 PM

Chanfan...

Anyways I dont see how they can make it a DL for open beta because of the sheer size...