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2002-12-24, 02:52 AM | [Ignore Me] #17 | |||
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and since that right now is at 5,000, there is no need for all those other ppl.
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2002-12-24, 04:08 AM | [Ignore Me] #18 | ||
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personally i think the open Beta should be open, a type of floodgate is obviously nessercary and due to timezones would probably limit the server enough anyway. Admitdly one would probably have to try logining in atleast a dozen times, but for the majority of people here that wouldnt be a problem.
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2002-12-24, 05:35 AM | [Ignore Me] #19 | ||
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They'll probably put it in the different download sites and probably allow the CD to be bought...although no one would probably buy the CD even if they didn't have modem they'd still probably haev to download some pretty big patches so a modem would be annoying for beta
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2002-12-24, 04:43 PM | [Ignore Me] #24 | ||
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That sux. For some reason tho... i think i did sign up for it. I didnt know about Pside then but i think i signed up anyway just cuz i needed something to play. Is their a way to find out if i did or not??
Kind of a stupid question, but im just curious.
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2002-12-24, 09:37 PM | [Ignore Me] #27 | ||
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Lately, the trend seems to be that open betas are actually open. Fileplanet, Fileshack (my favorite), 3dgamers, etc. tend to get the client, put it up for download, and anyone with the time, bandwidth, and desire can get the client.
That being said, it's typically a VERY large download; Earth and Beyond, for example, was well over a gig, with something like 300 megs worth of patching afterwards. That alone deters a very large number of gamers from getting the client. On top of that, it seems that MMOGs don't care about the distribution of their beta client so much as the number of people playing. Take AC2 for example -- anyone that wanted could get a beta client, but they only allowed a few thousand people online at once, so just having the client wouldn't ensure your ability to log in. I'd honestly be suprised if the PS open beta client wasn't available to the general public.
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2002-12-25, 12:38 AM | [Ignore Me] #28 | ||
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First I will say this, if you have the cd but someone else has already registered and created an account under that cd key, you will not be able to create an account with it, you will need a cd and cd key that has not been used.
I am sure they will not make the open beta a downloadable thing, you will most likely have to get the beta cd and create an account. They already have more app's then they know what to do with I am sure, just for all those unpicked internal beta apps they recieved. As far as knowing weather or not it will support 1000's of players rather then 100's well they already have EQ to look back on for that, the open beta will most likely be just to make sure that there are no unfound bugs left in the game and fix them. Like I said, they can look back onto EQ and see weather or not they have the servers set up correctly for the mass amount of people they will have on any given server. I could be wrong, but considering they are the same people that work on the EQ servers, you can bet they have already worked out being able to support so many people. Be Safe and Have Fun |
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2002-12-25, 12:43 AM | [Ignore Me] #29 | |||
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2002-12-25, 05:20 PM | [Ignore Me] #30 | ||
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They just might make it downloadable, or they could have it set up where they send you a cd for this purpose. I really can't say what they will or won't do on that one. The point of doing the open beta is to get a huge amount of people on at one time to see how well the servers will perform with more people then just the internal beta group. They have stated that when they get to this point it won't really have anything to do with fixes problems, but I am sure there will be some problems that pop up that they will have to address. I know alot of them have it downloadable, I would just think it would be easier to send out a cd for this purpose, if you have 500 to 1000 people all tring to download it, there will be alot of people that won't like the time it will take either sitting in line for there turn to download it, or just the over all time it will take to get the download completed. That is why I would think they would have a cd they could send out, considering they would want every body to enjoy the game from start to finish. If it is a download then that is cool with me, I can start the download and walk away and do something else. I just don't know alot of people that would feel that same way and as you said the purpose is to get as many as you can on so they can see how it handles with so many people on at one time, and so they can find any last minute fixes that may need to be made. If you have people saying screw this cause they have to wait so long for the download then wouldn't that eliminate the hole point in open beta? Oh well either way I will download it if it is downloadable, or I will get it what ever way they say I will need to when that time comes.
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