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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Yeah, that's a good point too.

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    What if it said.

    "This name is already in use by: "

    and then a list of characters, by level, who already have the name! last log-in would be cool, too, but maybe tmi

    it'd be awesome to know you're perfectly in the clear when you discover Indestructible has been used by twelve dudes, none of which got over level 5 and haven't logged in in months.

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  • eelektrikeelektrik Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Ten Ton Hammer has its own previews up of Character Creation and Powers

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  • TrusTrus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Woohoo! Just got my invite

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Same here, logging in now and presumably downloading shortly. Glee!

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  • eelektrikeelektrik Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Likewise, sweet.

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  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    fuck yes

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  • Magic RadioMagic Radio Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I should have put my email in the PA pot. I thought for sure I'd get one in the veteran invite phase. :P

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    I didn't get in either. I get into all sorts of FPS betas though.

    It was funny though, I had just checked my mail earlier and cleared out the new entries so when folks here started saying that they had gotten emails I went and checked mine out. "Hey new message! Hey... I'll be getting my next NetFlix movie tomorrow. Great."

    Fig-D on
    SteamID - Fig-D :: PSN - Fig-D
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Woohoo. Got the invite. Starting my client download.

    I'd like to see the OP updated with some information on contact info for guild invites etc.

    Also, is there still an NDA?

    Lucascraft on
  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Woohoo. Got the invite. Starting my client download.

    I'd like to see the OP updated with some information on contact info for guild invites etc.

    Also, is there still an NDA?

    Unless your invite says Open Beta then its still under the NDA.

    Fig-D on
    SteamID - Fig-D :: PSN - Fig-D
  • CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Also, is there still an NDA?

    Yes

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  • F-Zero_RacerF-Zero_Racer Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Awesome! Got my invite as well and am patching now.

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    so now we can't talk about this huh

    i will have to be silent up in this thread

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  • maraxus94maraxus94 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    No kidding. It's weird, but back when I was a kid and wasn't technically eligible for them I got in all the time, now that I fulfill all legal requirements, I have yet to get into a single beta for a game that didn't send out invites to everyone that registers. *sigh* I just want to help it be worth my monies, why must they spurn us so?

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    maraxus94 wrote: »
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    No kidding. It's weird, but back when I was a kid and wasn't technically eligible for them I got in all the time, now that I fulfill all legal requirements, I have yet to get into a single beta for a game that didn't send out invites to everyone that registers. *sigh* I just want to help it be worth my monies, why must they spurn us so?

    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.

    Fig-D on
    SteamID - Fig-D :: PSN - Fig-D
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    15%. The download is going pretty fast for a 3gb file. I should be done in about an hour I think.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    maraxus94 wrote: »
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    No kidding. It's weird, but back when I was a kid and wasn't technically eligible for them I got in all the time, now that I fulfill all legal requirements, I have yet to get into a single beta for a game that didn't send out invites to everyone that registers. *sigh* I just want to help it be worth my monies, why must they spurn us so?

    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.
    I'd like to submit a report about a typo in this post. :)

    forty on
    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Only 3gb? Either there are a lot of art assets that haven't been included yet or they found a really nice way to get the size down because that's pretty small.

    Fig-D on
    SteamID - Fig-D :: PSN - Fig-D
  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Well its also possible that this is not the only file. The exact size is 3066MB. After I finish this preliminary 3gb file I'll mention if there are any other files I had to download afterward.

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  • maraxus94maraxus94 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    maraxus94 wrote: »
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    No kidding. It's weird, but back when I was a kid and wasn't technically eligible for them I got in all the time, now that I fulfill all legal requirements, I have yet to get into a single beta for a game that didn't send out invites to everyone that registers. *sigh* I just want to help it be worth my monies, why must they spurn us so?

    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.

    Ya, but that was with a community of you guys. And when did we actually get in? Was that...a year after we got selected? Ya, a friggin year. And I agree, developers usually don't have the best literary skills in the world. Being a proofreader is really all we can do very late in the beta (hopefully).

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Could be lower res textures (compared to final) used in the beta as well.

    forty on
    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    forty wrote: »
    Fig-D wrote: »
    maraxus94 wrote: »
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    No kidding. It's weird, but back when I was a kid and wasn't technically eligible for them I got in all the time, now that I fulfill all legal requirements, I have yet to get into a single beta for a game that didn't send out invites to everyone that registers. *sigh* I just want to help it be worth my monies, why must they spurn us so?

    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.
    I'd like to submit a report about a typo in this post. :)

    Haha, damnit. I was talking more about misspellings and unintentional spacing. I know my grammar could use some work.

    Fig-D on
    SteamID - Fig-D :: PSN - Fig-D
  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Fig-D wrote: »
    maraxus94 wrote: »
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    No kidding. It's weird, but back when I was a kid and wasn't technically eligible for them I got in all the time, now that I fulfill all legal requirements, I have yet to get into a single beta for a game that didn't send out invites to everyone that registers. *sigh* I just want to help it be worth my monies, why must they spurn us so?

    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.
    I'd like to submit a report about a typo in this post. :)

    Haha, damnit. I was talking more about misspellings and unintentional spacing. I know my grammar could use some work.
    So was I. :D

    forty on
    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • SpongeCakeSpongeCake Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So apparently a new round of European beta invites was sent out. Those of you in Europe but not in the guild thingy still have hope!

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So I was just reading on their beta forums. Right now they are doing focus testing on specific days. If I understand it correctly, the beta servers are currently only available on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am PDT to 9pm PDT.

    That means we won't actually be able to hop online for PA guild fun until tomorrow morning. (Or afternoon for the Eastern and Central folks).

    Lucascraft on
  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    don't get yourself punted yet, lucas!

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  • CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    For those of you just starting out, don't use a custom framework yet. It's not 100% yet. It doesn't do anything for you besides allowing you to pick your first two starting attacks. Other than that picking a regular starting framework is mostly identical.

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    forty wrote: »
    Fig-D wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Fig-D wrote: »
    maraxus94 wrote: »
    Nuts, I only ever get into RTS betas for some reason.

    No kidding. It's weird, but back when I was a kid and wasn't technically eligible for them I got in all the time, now that I fulfill all legal requirements, I have yet to get into a single beta for a game that didn't send out invites to everyone that registers. *sigh* I just want to help it be worth my monies, why must they spurn us so?

    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.
    I'd like to submit a report about a typo in this post. :)

    Haha, damnit. I was talking more about misspellings and unintentional spacing. I know my grammar could use some work.
    So was I. :D

    Huh? What did I misspell / misuse? I'm tired enough where I could be missing some glaring errors, but I don't see it. (I mean, starting the sentence with "Which is a shame" and ending the sentence before it the way I did is pretty bad, but nothing else pops out at me. I also use commas way to much but that comes back to my grammar comment.)

    EDIT: Darn it all, now you've got me editing my posts for readability and shit.

    Fig-D on
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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    don't get yourself punted yet, lucas!

    I wouldn't think the testing schedule is part of the NDA, since it has nothing at all to do with the actual game itself. However, I can easily edit my above post if that info needs to be kept behind closed doors.

    Lucascraft on
  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    The 3gbs is all I had to download. It took all of 15 minutes to download. All I can do until tomorrow is fiddle with the options.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.
    Rest easy, my son!

    forty on
    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Woohoo. Got the invite. Starting my client download.

    I'd like to see the OP updated with some information on contact info for guild invites etc.

    Also, is there still an NDA?

    Unless your invite says Open Beta then its still under the NDA.

    Not true, WoW's NDA dropped long before the open beta.

    Undead Scottsman on
  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    forty wrote: »
    Fig-D wrote: »
    We were in on Guild Beta for WAR, so that has to count for something. I also did beta for WoW, TR, Hellgate: London, and LotRO. My beta luck isn't bad, I just don't get in until the tail end. Which is a shame because I find typos all over the place and a lot of them don't get fixed by release. The High Elf staring area in WAR was full of typos, and I submitted reports on a lot of them.
    Rest easy, my son!

    Egads! I am blind.

    Fig-D on
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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Woohoo. Got the invite. Starting my client download.

    I'd like to see the OP updated with some information on contact info for guild invites etc.

    Also, is there still an NDA?

    Unless your invite says Open Beta then its still under the NDA.

    Not true, WoW's NDA dropped long before the open beta.

    Ah, so that's why I don't remember NDAs being a big deal when I was in WoW beta.

    Fig-D on
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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Woohoo. Got the invite. Starting my client download.

    I'd like to see the OP updated with some information on contact info for guild invites etc.

    Also, is there still an NDA?

    Unless your invite says Open Beta then its still under the NDA.

    Not true, WoW's NDA dropped long before the open beta.

    Ah, so that's why I don't remember NDAs being a big deal when I was in WoW beta.

    No kidding.

    In fact, I think as soon as it went from Friends and Family Alpha to the Closed Beta, the NDA was dropped.

    Undead Scottsman on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    Beta? For me?

    This is a rare event that must be savored.

    EDIT: What sort of mixture of technology and voodoo is Cryptic using to get download the game so fast?

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  • CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    Beta? For me?

    This is a rare event that must be savored.

    EDIT: What sort of mixture of technology and voodoo is Cryptic using to get download the game so fast?

    The reported size and the actual file size are not the same.

    Cabezone on
  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    all I'll say, is the "P" key is your friend.

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