Smed says announcements next week - Page 17

Pyreal · 2012-06-26, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Greeniegriz

*consults seer stones*

Jumbalaya with smoked sausage, French cut green beans, and a Coors light.

Cheers,

GG

Coors light?!

Good god man! Have you lost your sense?!

Originally Posted by ThermalReaper

Alright, I'll start with the terrible "soon" jokes.

How soon will the next soon be? Because if it's not soon I'll be very angry very soon. And no one likes anger that is soon to be hate.

You ought to slip in a few 'presently' for those who won't understand.

Greeniegriz · 2012-06-26, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by Pyreal

Coors light?!

Good god man! Have you lost your sense?!

The stones know all and see all...

Cheers,

GG

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greenberetdelta · 2012-06-28, 03:46 AM

what was the announcement? free planetside 1 time?

Otleaz · 2012-06-28, 03:53 AM

Originally Posted by greenberetdelta

what was the announcement? free planetside 1 time?

They announced beta.

Everyone is playing it except you.

greenberetdelta · 2012-06-28, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by Otleaz

They announced beta.

Everyone is playing it except you.

clever girl

Kran De Loy · 2012-06-28, 06:31 AM

Yeah, it was the Beta Producer's Letter it looks like.

I was hoping for Beta Has Begun! but instead we got a thank you letter tied up with a few details about how they want to implement the beta process in order for us to better help them with it.

Over all it means Beta Soon! (tm). In more detailed words.

Xyntech · 2012-06-28, 07:20 AM

The message we got was pretty much "Beta is imminent, but we will never publicly reveal the exact time frame and stages of the closed beta." If you read between the lines, they are essentially saying that players will start trickling into closed beta in the next week or so, if they aren't already trickling in at this moment.

Just remember that not every vet or PCGamer key holder will get in at once. It's going to be a ramp up over several weeks or months. This is a totally different sort of "soon" compared to before. Previously, we were waiting for beta to start, with the knowledge that even after it started it may still be quite a while before any specific one of us actually got in. Now, beta is pretty much here. For me, it is a lot nicer to be waiting to get in, at least knowing that the process has finally started.

infected · 2012-06-28, 07:42 AM

my "guess" - nah, the beta hasn't started yet. they are working on publishing video card drivers first. you'd know if this was finished because you could just go to nvidia website and check the latest drivers and read the patch notes.

kaffis · 2012-06-28, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Xyntech

For me, it is a lot nicer to be waiting to get in, at least knowing that the process has finally started.

Which is why I wish they had enough faith in the community (or, conversely, the community was better faith-worthy?) to be comfortable with a "Yes, we've started beta" announcement.

C'est la vie, I suppose.

Xyntech · 2012-06-28, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by kaffis

Which is why I wish they had enough faith in the community (or, conversely, the community was better faith-worthy?) to be comfortable with a "Yes, we've started beta" announcement.

C'est la vie, I suppose.

If it were just us and the dev team, maybe they would. But it's SOE corporate and the press/new players as well. All closed betas are hush hush, so I'm cool with it being vague.

Kran De Loy · 2012-06-28, 01:50 PM

PLayers that want in the beta.

TR - Gun cleaning kit and gun parts laid out on the table with SOE Offices google-mapped on the computer screen.

NC - Bashing his head on the table screaming LET ME IN! ARGH!

VS - Hunting the internet for unpublished client download links, hasn't slept for 3 days.

ArbitraryDemise · 2012-06-28, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Kran De Loy

PLayers that want in the beta.

TR - Gun cleaning kit and gun parts laid out on the table with SOE Offices google-mapped on the computer screen.

Well, let us be honest here. If anyone has the capability of ending the betta conspiracy at the highest echelons of Sony corp. it will be the trained, and efficient men and women of the Terran Republic.

infected · 2012-06-28, 02:49 PM

Sorry if i didn't read all 18 pages to see if this was mentioned, but it seems some are still under the impression that this unknown announcement hasn't been made yet.

The announcement was that July 1st will be officially known as PlanetSide Day, and that all PS1 players will get invited back to PS1 for a free 30 days subscription all throughout July.

Also, sidenote: Tonight, the PS2 devs will be playing PS1 live on stream and talking about PS2. Maybe Higby will finally tell us what day the closed beta will begin (my guess some time between July 2nd and 4th)

http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/r...-Thursday.html

gufftroad · 2012-06-28, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by ArbitraryDemise

Well, let us be honest here. If anyone has the capability of ending the betta conspiracy at the highest echelons of Sony corp. it will be the trained, and efficient men and women of the Terran Republic.

if you consider using 4 mags worth of ammo and only grazing a person efficient then yes i agree

Crator · 2012-06-28, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by infected

The announcement was that July 1st will be officially known as PlanetSide Day, and that all PS1 players will get invited back to PS1 for a free 30 days subscription all throughout July.

Yup, that, and other details about PS2 beta was announced. I actually find the PS2 beta info more important but that's just me.... I've had an open sub for a long time....

We are gearing up for the next phases of testing for PlanetSide® 2, which kicks off with a Technical Test. Please click the link below to tell us more about your computer specifications. For more information about our upcoming beta plans, check out this Producer Letter covering the highlights! Remember, if you are an original PlanetSide® 1 player, you have priority!

Thanks for your participation soldier. The War is Coming. Are you prepared for battle?

The PlanetSide 2 Team

I got this in an email on 6/28