Euro beta today or tomorrow ?

[Trondheim]

Like Blizzard have stated on their homepage, they would send the betamails out a few days before the eurobeta goes live. Euro beta is going live before september is up according to Blizzard.

So this means they should be sending out beta mails today or tomorrow.

....I hope....

:worship: :winner: :worship:

[U-gOid]

I was thinking the same thing. I hope they stick to their word.

[Dalixam]

I doubt it.

[E]

Though I really hope so I doubt it as well. Even now they've set a date (well sort of, somewhere in September) they manage to stretch it to the very end of it.

[linus]

More than a week have passed since they said there is only days left now.
I doubt it but i hope they send the mail soon.

[Loboleal]

More than a week have passed since they said there is only days left now.
I doubt it but i hope they send the mail soon.
Yeah, the exact words were 'Around the corner' :D

[Trondheim]

Must...have...WoW...now.... :xx:

[Nikells]

I hope its this month but its not looking good! :(

[ScytheNoire]

Blizzard has been known to say one thing but then fail to follow through.

tick, tock, tick, tock. time is running out for them to live up to this one.

[Dragor]

But still if the Euro beta goes live,will some of us get in?
Thats one of the big question`s.

[TykeMörbult]

But still if the Euro beta goes live,will some of us get in?
Thats one of the big question`s.

Yes i will most certainly!!
*keep telling me that so i wont go insane* :flip: :flip: :flip:

[Anjin]

Well, it seems that we are getting closer and closer.

Check this link (it seems that the forums are getting ready as well):

http://en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-tradeskills-en

thx.

[Nikells]

Thats good news, its nice to know they're busy getting it all ready.

Even if I don't get into the beta its better to know I'm not in than keep hoping for weeks.

[Morphina]

How many times can a fool be fooled?

[Ohrmaren ThickStaff]

A word of warning: Save your time and don't doubt god-sent Blizzard company and their actions publicly on the forums. Your "wrong" opinion will be removed anyway.

Repeat after me: I believe in Blizzard, they will release the beta today, tomorrow, a day after tomorrow or this weekend. And if they don't, don't even dare to think they aren't doing everything they can to start it ASAP.

[McStrife]

Well, it seems that we are getting closer and closer.

Check this link (it seems that the forums are getting ready as well):

http://en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-tradeskills-en

thx.

Lol, already 1400 views. I guess we really are in need of info =)

[SpiritWalker]

*fires up outlook*.. come on baby, gimme that e-mail!

[Trondheim]

vaion is a lvl 13 druid.

Guess he is playing on the euro server :surprise:

[ScytheNoire]

vaion is a lvl 13 druid.

Guess he is playing on the euro server :surprise:
that he is. which means he's CHEATING! he's got a head start on everyone! PROTEST! RIOT! SHOUT RUDE WORDS ABOUT THEIR MOTHERS!

[Trondheim]

Now we all know who to ask for stuff from :p

[SpiritWalker]

SHOUT RUDE WORDS ABOUT THEIR MOTHERS!
His momma is so fat.. *cough* :p

[sonata]

The beta is near, i can smell it :clap:

It's the final countadown.

[TykeMörbult]

di do di doooo, diddo ditto DOO.. and so on and soforth :yep:

[Moonfrost]

Hoff-topic, anyone?

http://en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-off-topic-en

[BradFoSho]

The beta is near, i can smell it :clap:

It's the final countadown.


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NNMK.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

:yep:

I've still got the original vinyl of this!

[bootstrap]

Its quiet, too quiet. I got a baaaad feeling about this... :creep:

[TykeMörbult]

YAAAY! (read the thread :drink: ) http://en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&sortfield=Subject&SortDir=Asc&changesort=true

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Before the end of September they said. Cutting it kind of close, aren't they... :cheesy:

[Hosierman]

well if they're gonna send out the emails a couple of days before its released as they said, they are cutting it mighty close. its nearly 18:30 now here in the UK, so thats 19:30 in france, so chances are tonight is out of the question, tomorrow is the 28th and if no emails by then you can safely say it has been delayed.

[jubjub]

unless they are sending the e-mails out from the head office in California...

[Hosierman]

why would they send the euro emails from there?...i thought the euro team was handling everything?

[aartamen]

It looks pretty important for you. I hope you get it and get in.

[Morphina]

we're depending on french punctuallity here, aren't we?

[jubjub]

why would they send the euro emails from there?...i thought the euro team was handling everything?

I really doubt the euro team is handiling "everything". It would make more sense to me to have support staff over there (network and customer support) but to still centrally manage everything else over here. They already pay someone in the US to manage beta keys and tester database's, why pay another person to do the same job when the guy that has been doing it can continue to do it.

It's a digital world, they only people they need in Europe are "hands on". Customer Service, and network IT guys. Everything else is redundant and my bet is, they handle it in the US.

[Hosierman]

we're depending on french punctuallity here, aren't we?

lol lets hope not eh :)

[McStrife]

OmegaSkip posted this on the Euro Beta forum



Hello and welcome to the European World of Warcraft forums. We have no idea how you got here, but since you’re already there, the least we can do is welcome you.

As you can see, we are getting everything ready for the European Beta Test, which will begin – you probably guessed it – soon. =)

Until then, have a look at our completely empty forums. No, seriously, there is absolutely nothing to see here – except for some threads with intriguing names such as “TEST” or “fgfhajsjd”.

Ok, have a look around, read our informative test-threads (Do not miss our upcoming demonstration of BML!), and enjoy this short opportunity to have a look at what’s going on behind the scenes.

We’ll see you in Azeroth…

They said it again.... Soon..

[Morphina]

OmegaSkip posted this on the Euro Beta forum



They said it again.... Soon..
If that is the same soon i saw when i replied for beta, then he has me really woried.

[Hosierman]

The word "soon" has lost all meaning to me :(

for 23 yrs ive always thought it meant "not a long period of time at all" think i prefered the first 2yrs of my life when i dont recall knowing what it meant at all (probably)

[eXo]

This is a good test of our patience?

/me is getting aggravated... :rant:

[Hosierman]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ working for anyone? :(

[Squarebob Spongepants]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ working for anyone? :(
Not at the moment. Maintenance, update or just coincidence?

[Moonfrost]

Works well here.

"Account Creation for the World of Warcraft Beta Test has been temporarily suspended. Check back later!"

http://en.wow-europe.com/account-welcome.aspx

Seems as if they haven't added the account creation page just yet. It's probably "just around the corner", though. :P

[Hosierman]

maybe maintenance, altho usually get a "site down" message.
not lucky enough for it to actually mean anything.
probably coincidence or they've broken it completely :D

[Hosierman]

Works well here.

"Account Creation for the World of Warcraft Beta Test has been temporarily suspended. Check back later!"

http://en.wow-europe.com/account-welcome.aspx

Seems as if they haven't added the account creation page just yet. It's probably "just around the corner", though. :P


boooooooooooo still doesnt work here, they've probably ip locked it again and it NA only again :P

[Moonfrost]

I can access it (the eu site) from both Firefox and IE, so I'd say it's working here. All WoW servers have been taken down for maintenance though, but I don't see why that would effect the websites.

[Hosierman]

doesnt work here at all in ie or firefox, cant find host in command prompt either. :(

[TykeMörbult]

Works just fine for me!

[Nostradamus92]

Works fine here! :D

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Hmm... Still doesn't work for me.

[Jegeren_Skygge]

I got a page cannot be displayed once, refreshed it and got some weird psychedelic colouring. But has been fine every other time.

[Valgarus]

Being on time isn't really Blizzards cup of tea. Not to mention it is being "handled" by the euro team and we all know how europeans are about cleanliness and timing. :thumbsup: Jk to whoever was offended.

The point is that Blizzards track record for released isn't too good. They don't even end things at the times at which they originally claim.(Stress Test exstended)
Oh well, since i'm an american and didn't get into closed, i just want Blizz to come out with the euro so they can start on my precious open beta....

[Hosierman]

at this rate valg, U.S open beta is looking good for all of europe too as the soonest we'll get to play. :)

[SpanGi]

I can't take it anymore.. come OOOON! arrghh :cheesy:

[Squarebob Spongepants]

The site is still not working for me :scratch:

Well, I guess if there had been any news it'd been all over this forum by now :lol:

[SpanGi]

The site is still not working for me :scratch:

Well, I guess if there had been any news it'd been all over this forum by now :lol:
True indeed... Site not working here neither :hanky:

[Dwalin]

Blizzard seriously better get their god damn act together! :yep:

[jubjub]

Blizzard seriously better get their god damn act together! :yep:


They "better"? Or what?

[Dwalin]

errr i will get very upset and write them a letter telling them that they are nasty people who make me cry :hanky:

[Hosierman]

doesn't seem like i missed anything whilst at work last night :D
can connect to the site now tho and nowts even changed :(


......chances are it will be released today because i will be out all day from when i get up, and its just my luck i'll miss it, so good luck everyone :P

[SpanGi]

......chances are it will be released today because i will be out all day from when i get up, and its just my luck i'll miss it, so good luck everyone :P
It's fate if it gets out today and I'm getting in, since I'm getting my flatscreen back, and can then finally go back to my 3,2Ghz comp instead of this 500Mhz crap I'm sitting at right now.. Else I'll probably ask Dwalin to include my name on the "We will beat you up, if we won't get the EU Beta now..."-list :thumbsup:

[vid]

Hmm i think they will release emails by thursday (30th) and then start next week. This would keep them in good stead for starting in september as they said, and give them a few more days to get ready, as they are quite obviously behind schedule.

[Morphina]

Hmm i think they will release emails by thursday (30th) and then start next week. This would keep them in good stead for starting in september as they said, and give them a few more days to get ready, as they are quite obviously behind schedule.
Mais non, nous navon't pas des problems. Nous sommes francais. Je dit que le beta du jeux vas arive a octobre tout le temps.

[blindcside]

morph... huh?

[Morphina]

morph... huh?
Yes i know, my french is even worse then my english, my german is a little better though. And i was acting like a french Blizzard/Vivendi representive.

[blindcside]

acutally i was just wondering what you said not saying you had bad french becuase i dunno' it! and all i know in german is like.. ich libe de or something or... das vegan ich mag diche? i don't remember anything... ohh yeah uber. i do know some farsi tho.

[Hettar]

Mais non, nous navon't pas des problems. Nous sommes francais. Je dit que le beta du jeux vas arive a octobre tout le temps.

eh you know that was quite good.... corrected version would be "Mais non, nous n'avons pas de problèmes. Nous sommes français. J'ai toujours dit que la beta du jeu arriverait en Octobre."
:thumbsup: to Morphina
And I won't do it in German, I'd shame my teachers beyond belief... :evil:

[Morphina]

eh you know that was quite good.... corrected version would be "Mais non, nous n'avons pas de problèmes. Nous sommes français. J'ai toujours dit que la beta du jeu arriverait en Octobre."
:thumbsup: to Morphina
And I won't do it in German, I'd shame my teachers beyond belief... :evil:Thanks that sounds better, are you french?

[Hettar]

I am ; but you really weren't far from it... I would have done much worse in German... and even worse in Dutch... :)

[vid]

Ok it's been 16 years since i did any French, but here goes.

"we don't have any problems. We are French. As i said the Beta wont arrive before october".

Dunno how close that is :)

[Nikells]

Don't make me come over there!

*waves fist angrily at the channel tunnel*

[Grond Wulfmaul]

I had hoped, what with the euro sites being offline for 12 hours, that we might see some major developments today. But no, the sites are back up and there seems to be no major changes apparent. Bah!

[Snavo]

Hi, dont post much on boards - just read. Aussie here, based in Melbourne *waves to everyone*

I was so excited too when I checked the main page today at work. I thought that would have to be beta now since it was down so long, but alas!

They really are running out of time for the " specific date in September when the European World of Warcraft closed beta test will start", especially if they want to make "a couple of days before the Beta launch" :scratch:

I'd rather they spent time on it though, so when it eventually does arrive, at least it'll work!

If we're lucky enough to get in - might see some of yuo out and about.

Cheers, Snavo

[Dwalin]

Else I'll probably ask Dwalin to include my name on the "We will beat you up, if we won't get the EU Beta now..."-list

Anyone else want to be included :drool:

[Graav Wolfsong]

acutally i was just wondering what you said not saying you had bad french becuase i dunno' it! and all i know in german is like.. ich libe de or something or... das vegan ich mag diche? i don't remember anything... ohh yeah uber. i do know some farsi tho.

Only German I know is what I hear in those ... uhm .. movies. :innocent:

[ScytheNoire]

Canada is part of the British Empire, right?

[wuuz]

Canada is part of the British Empire, right?

no nobody likes canada :lol:

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Anyone else want to be included :drool:
Yeah. Me! I can kick some serious butt with my steel toed Getta Grip boots :cool:

[red.13]

When the site couldn't load I was thinking that maybe an update and some fresh news like --- "WoW Europe Closed Beta Test starts today! The first bunch of mails have been sent . . ."; unforutnately noyhing has changed

I know they will start the beta this month but the sad thing is, that Im going on a trip 3-4 days and I wont be able to check my mail and blizzard.co.uk every 1h :hanky:

[Nostradamus92]

You gotta gimme' gimme' gimme!

[Dragonflame]

How about the Euorpean beta never MUHAHAHAHAH :innocent: j/k

[Dwalin]

Yeah. Me! I can kick some serious butt with my steel toed Getta Grip boots

get some doc martins then we will talk :flip:

[sonata]

i want to read something like that "i have a friend in BLZ europe, and he says me that the mails will go out today ..."

Anybody have friends? ;)

[Nikells]

I would guess anybody who works at Blizzard Europe has no friends by now! :P

[aartamen]

They told their friends when the beta was coming out and then Blizzard had to kill the friends. It's rather sad really.

[Morphina]

The answer is no......

Since it is tomorrow and its past 19.00, and noboddy has received any mails yet, its not gonna start today or tomorrow(as seen from the recent past)

Next topic.

[Jegeren_Skygge]

You're such a bundle of joy aren't you Morphina? There is still always the chance that the emails will come from the US as has been speculated.

I'm not holding my breath, but it is possible.

[Morphina]

You're such a bundle of joy aren't you Morphina? There is still always the chance that the emails will come from the US as has been speculated.

I'm not holding my breath, but it is possible.<smiles> yes i am dear

[Hosierman]

anotherday bites the dust........2 days left of sept. :(

[Hosierman]

and for those still hoping for a u.s emailing spree heres the time over there http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=840 id give them untill 12 ish before giving up, but champions league kicks off soon so nm :)

[Jegeren_Skygge]

There's a downloader test there right now. :clap:

[Squarebob Spongepants]

There's a downloader test there right now. :clap:
Would've been even nicer if I hadn't already downloaded that compilation when they did the same test on the US site.

[BlitZ!]

lol yay :worship:

[Hosierman]

they better not release it during the olypiakos vs liverpool game.....its ok for you jeg west ham will never get into europe :(

[Jegeren_Skygge]

they better not release it during the olypiakos vs liverpool game.....its ok for you jeg west ham will never get into europe :(

Hey, We won the Intertoto cup a few years back lol :clap:

[Dalixam]

That's nice. Shows progress. But how do I download it? There's no program or instructions. The PC and Mac links lead nowhere.

[Jegeren_Skygge]

The PC and Mac links should bring up a small box that lets you download. If your using XP SP2, try turning off the pop up blocker.

[Dalixam]

Oh yeah :) I'm using Firefox and it don't usually block windows you click on yourself. Oh well, it works now even though I haven't unblocked the site.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

The PC and Mac links should bring up a small box that lets you download. If your using XP SP2, try turning off the pop up blocker.
I detest SP2 :grrr:

[Hosierman]

well a downloader and some trailers that we've already seen, thats sure more fun than some email news or an actual beta launch :D

Note: sarcasm btw i know they're just testing the euro download client :)

[llestina]

I downloaded it even though I'd already had them. Wanted to add my one account to stress their download and help them with their testing. :)

[Hosierman]

hoping maybe your ip would get noticed and they let you in? :P .... suck up :)

actually...


/me goes to download again.

[Morphina]

there is rumors about a new patch.....I gues US patchday is euro beta start. Mails could be today or tomorrow (original tomorow is allready yesterday)

[oelph]

On the news page it mentions the next patch coming out in the next 48 hours and it being a small one, concentrating on the Warlock. Its been said before that they'd wait for a patch day to launch the euro beta!

Feels like its definately this week, barring any tornado's and such.

[Hosierman]

Really hard to keep my hopes at a non critical falling level when you post stuff like that :(

....been saying us patchday was euro beta day for the last 2 big patches now, maybe the small patch will be different :(

[Varrik]

Being 1:42am Sept 29th where Im at, that leaves them a very small window. But they are taking their account servers down, which is interesting, they surely must be prepairing for something. Im hoping for a Euro Beta so that more can get in, and no, I never got to enter either. LoL


Im waiting for Open beta myself.

Now this might be a very dumb question, but how would you feel if Euro Closed Beta began, and Open beta for US and Korea began either the same day or within 2 - 3 weeks?

Would you keep playing in in the Closed beta (assuming different servers for Europeans) or join in the US open beta?

[SpanGi]

Would you keep playing in in the Closed beta (assuming different servers for Europeans) or join in the US open beta?
Absolutely.. It feels more exclusive somehow.. :) And well, since US is going live before EU, the EU-beta might be going on longer.. :thumbsup:

[ScytheNoire]

Friday
it will be out Friday

[Hosierman]

If i got an invite to the Euro closed beta i'd be playing that over the open beta, but if they launched and i was somehow overlooked by the powers that be :P i'd be in the open beta quicker than a really quick thing going quickly on a quick day. :)

[Weznik]

The release of the retail in Europe is next year Feb. or so, from what I saw in Amazon's estimated release date, so I think closed beta for Europe will go on after the retail launch in the US.

You guys sure want the Euro currency.

wwwwwsssc

[Hosierman]

the u.s open beta will be 50% europeans if the closed beta doesnt come out before it :) and probably 45% europeans if it comes out after it :)

[Trondheim]

Since the auth servers are going down they may be implementing a change to get all those euro accounts ready to registration.....at least we can hope thats it.....


:scratch:

[Hosierman]

learning fast not to get hopes up lately :)

if they are prepping the servers for the euro signups that would mean a simultaneous or almost simultaneous release of emails and beta. I thought they were going to send emails a couple of days before the beta started?

[Dwalin]

they will send them on the 30th probably..then it still comes out in september... :rant:

[Hosierman]

maybe the emails have gone out already, but have some kind of official secrets act thingy for everyone who recieved them and we're all just wasting our time....

[Trondheim]

Ssssshhhh!

The NDA stated that you werent even allowed to hint about it.

[Hosierman]

AHHA i knew one of you would slip up! bloody blizzard conspiring against me, i knew it all along :(

[Kitoushi]

If I rebember correctly, the US beta went live two (2) days after the testing of Blizzard downloader started... so it would be the 30th for us, I'm not 100% sure but maybe someone could clear that out? Was it 2 days?

I know, I have nothing to do than wait that beta test and speculate when it will begin.

Yey my first post here :)

Ya Mon!

[Piccione]

Maybe you are wrong. U.S. beta started before the compilation test if i remember right. So we have still nothing to compare with ^^

[Hosierman]

welcome to the boards kitoushi, my very first post was to start this very thread the other day :)

[Kitoushi]

"Preparations for the World of Warcraft Beta Test - Katricia on 03/16/04
As you all know, the World of Warcraft beta test is just around the corner. While we plan on having several ways available to distribute the files to everyone, our primary method will be through the Blizzard Downloader program, which uses BitTorrent technology."

And two (2) days later...

"World of Warcraft Beta Test is Now Live! - Katricia on 03/18/04"

I copied these from the main site
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wow-oldnews.shtml

Just scroll down and you can see it yourself.

*bows Hosierman* I have been reading these forums almost 6kk already so it feels a bit homie already :)

[Hosierman]

i take it todays a bust too, blizz have like tomorrow and thats it......the month of september seems to have gone quicker than they had anticipated. no update or post or anything to say when or why yet though :(

[Kitoushi]

There is a new post at http://en.wow-europe.com

The European Beta feels a bit closer again :)

I just wish that they won't let us down, again and push it to next week or "near" future, I really can't wait anymore.

[Hosierman]

is it just me?...or has everyone got the urge to send in a support page like;

Category: other
topic: i have a problem
description: Hi my name is Paul and im a Wowcaholic, ive been dry for *(insert days since ST) days. I Really Really Really need my fix man....cmon wheres the beta!!!!!!!



or something similar :D

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Well, it's another indication that the Beta is just about ready to get started.

[Hosierman]

or just another ploy to add to the illusion that they are actually doing something other than playing on the servers by themselves all day...

[sonata]

Hi, 23:01 Wednesday 29 here in Spain. We don't have info about the Euro Beta and i think tomorrow is the last day of the month. They have a little chance to get it.

Good luck.

[Count_F]

Bosnia here 23 47 now that i am posting nothing yet on beta

good luck Euro's

(by some odd thinking this reminds me of Eurosong)

[Morphina]

Bosnia here 23 47 now that i am posting nothing yet on beta

good luck Euro's

(by some odd thinking this reminds me of Eurosong)
The Netherlands 23.50 here. 1 day and 10 minutes left in september.......

[Anjin]

According to two threads on european boards (one in french and other in german), it seems that EU beta isn´t comming today (wednesday).

" Leute, ihr seid doch nicht etwa ungeduldig? :) Wir starten wirklich in Kürze, heute jedoch nicht mehr. Also geht Fußball gucken oder in die Disco.
P.S Eure F5 Taste wird es euch danken ;"


" *ouvre la porte et pousse un cri*
Vous êtes encore là !
Bon je pense qu'il est de notre devoir d'être humain de vous annoncer qu'effectivement comme vous l'attendiez tous depuis longtemps ce n'est pas ce soir que vous aurez une excellente nouvelle :-D

Sortez en boîte, allez faire les fous, je ne sais pas moi...descendez voir vos voisins que vous détestez depuis toujours et tentez une réconciliation !
Sur ce je vous laisse, et pensez à vous reposer...
*referme la porte des nourrissons*"

Hope for better luck tomorrow (lucky thursday:-)

thx.

[Nostradamus92]

Well they have now opened the web form you can use to ask questions about log in probs etc. so assuming that it will be out tomorrow is fair.

[Weznik]

Sortez en boîte, allez faire les fous, je ne sais pas moi...descendez voir vos voisins que vous détestez depuis toujours et tentez une réconciliation !
Sur ce je vous laisse, et pensez à vous reposer...
*referme la porte des nourrissons*"


this second paragraph of french does not make much sense :howdy:

[Hosierman]

someone translate it please who actually speaks french please, i dont trust babelfish it steals your soul!

[Kitoushi]

Okey, the new patch is here so I'm pretty sure that beta will start today (30th)

If not I think I will go and buy a lot of cookies and ice cream and watch pretty woman until I cry myself to sleep. :(

[Dwalin]

If not I think I will go and buy a lot of cookies and ice cream and watch pretty woman until I cry myself to sleep.
can i come?, ill bring something a little stronger than milk for the cookies and then we can spend the night happily! :drink: :flip:

[Weznik]

can i come?, ill bring something a little stronger than milk for the cookies and then we can spend the night happily! :drink: :flip:

I've never liked *** people

Edit: I see that the word ga.y does not show up :rant:

[Hettar]

" *ouvre la porte et pousse un cri*
Vous êtes encore là !
Bon je pense qu'il est de notre devoir d'être humain de vous annoncer qu'effectivement comme vous l'attendiez tous depuis longtemps ce n'est pas ce soir que vous aurez une excellente nouvelle :-D

Sortez en boîte, allez faire les fous, je ne sais pas moi...descendez voir vos voisins que vous détestez depuis toujours et tentez une réconciliation !
Sur ce je vous laisse, et pensez à vous reposer...
*referme la porte des nourrissons*"

Instant translation for those who required it :)
"*opens the door and yelps*
You're still here!
Well I feel it's more honnest not being a jerk and telling you that, as you all expected it, this is not tonight you'll get the great news :-D

Go out clubbing, go partying or whatever... or why don't you get down and meet your neighbours you hate so much and try to make peace !
Well, good bye and try getting some rest... (maybe for EU beta ?)
*closes babies door*"

that's basically it, just telling it wasn't yesterday... the german one seems to be along the same, telling us to party or play some soccer....
sorry for any english grammar errors :)

[Morphina]

Its 11 AM, 13 hours of september left.

[ScytheNoire]

Its 11 AM, 13 hours of september left.
Oct 1st will be the day

[Hettar]

... :hanky:
who said blizzard could hold to a deadline ? even with this one being as extensive as it is, they won't be able to meet one... truly amazing ... :grrr:
well, there's still less than 13 hours to go ... maybe a miracle will happen?

[gL_Zan]

Hehe, no way it's gonna be this month. I have always thought it was going to be October ;)
Hope i'm wrong ^^
Deadline + 1-3 weeks is usually a educated guess with games :cheesy:
With Blizzard i'm guessing a few more days.

[Kitoushi]

Two last news were posted 10pm gmt+2 (12am blizzard HQ, the stress test started 12am also) so I'm hoping it will be the same time today.

[E]

Well, with the forums opened they seem ready to me. The mails might come any moment now.

[Trondheim]

Europe - The Final Countdown.....

...is that a pun ? :p

[mafti]

dunno if it's posted....

http://en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=3&p=1#post3

17.000+ have watched this already ;)
and they know we know that they know we are watching and vice versa like vultures on the upcoming european-beta.
i guess they are really aware the gold is in europe :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Yeah, it was posted on page 2 or 3 in this thread.

[aartamen]

Europe - The Final Countdown.....

...is that a pun ? :p


It's the final countdown!

Did they have any other hits?

[Karl Sigurdur]

babelfish.altavista.com translated it so nicely:


"* the door opens and pushes a cry * You are still there! Good I think qu'il is of our human duty d'être to announce to you qu'effectivement as you all l'attendiez for a long time this n'est not this evening that you will have an excellent news:-D Leave out of box, will make the insane ones, I do not know me... go down to see your neighbors whom you hate since always and try a reconciliation! On this I leave you, and think of putting back you... * the door of the infants closes again *"

So do what it says, leave out of box, will make the insane ones :P

[Dwalin]

I've never liked *** people
i meant drunk.... :scratch:

[sonata]

16:55 Mallorca , Spain. No signs of Gods, maybe the adventure begins in seven hours, the legends tell that a mail will be sent to the chosen One. We'll have to wait.

I have a bad feeling...

[Hosierman]

the "available soon" things gone and euro forums are accessable, just need a post for them to say they have sent the keys out :(


only a matter of hours now surely :(

[OneMadOgre]

Actually I have a good feeling. I think partly why that patch came out so late last night was because they want that piece in the Euro beta.

Good luck today my European friends!!!

[Hosierman]

you think they'll post something once the emails have been sent? :(

[WidowMaker]

they'll send the mails at 11:59 just about 4seconds before we go into october, that way they can claim they sendt on time! :thumbsup:

[Hosierman]

maybe 6pm gmt or 8pm if they are indeed coming from U.S like someone said earlier in thread they might :(

[Morphina]

they'll send the mails at 11:59 just about 4seconds before we go into october, that way they can claim they sendt on time! :thumbsup:
It will take them ceferal hours to send out all mails.....I am hoping that thyey will start sending when they leave the building in france, later this night.

[AntiMatter]

I hope my school internet allows me to connect to my mail site. :cheesy:

[Hosierman]

either your talking about night school or your american waiting for euro beta email then :(

[Kitoushi]

10pm GMT :)

[Hosierman]

i still dont see why they would send them so late, or why they would send them from U.S HQ :(

[BradFoSho]

It's an American company?

Where did the Korean beta emails come from? When where they sent?

[Hosierman]

dont know im not from korea, and no noone in the korean beta :(

[Morphina]

20.20 pm.........3.40 hours of september left....Its gonna be October

[Hosierman]

19:24 here and only 11:24 in blizz hq


i hope they dont get of this on a technicality :P

[Valyinish]

3 hours and 33.5 minutes :D

[AntiMatter]

Well i wont be able to see until tomorrow. :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

19:24 here and only 11:24 in blizz hq


i hope they dont get of this on a technicality :P
"Sorry about the delay, folks. Some, uhm, intern... spilled coffee on the server. Yeah... That's right. An intern. But don't worry. We've already punished him and disposed of the corpse."

[Dwalin]

it annoys me that they dont just say
"sorry folks its going to be delayed into october, sorry for not giving you any word until september the 30th!"

[frixion]

I guess there goes the hope of another 8 o'clock (GMT) update like the past 2 days.

[Kitoushi]

This is really start to getting in my nerves... :( *sighs*

[Morphina]

2 hours and 15 minutes till octobre

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Depends on if they're going by CET or GMT.

[Vectom]

GMT

10 chars

[jubjub]

2 hours and 15 minutes till octobre

I know it is a Euro beta but Blizzard is in PDT, so I am betting that so long as it is before midnight there they will still consider it September.

By that logic there are still almost 11 hours to go :)

/me still has hope!

[Dwalin]

looks like its an october release then people...and they dint even say "we are sorry but we wont meet the deadline" god thats the thing that really gets to me!

[U-gOid]

I think it would be pretty lame if they'd send the EURO mails out from the US HQ and that it would 'technically' still be September over there. Like "Ha Ha! we said September! we sent 'em in September!"

:grrr:

[jubjub]

i still dont see why they would send them so late, or why they would send them from U.S HQ :(


Why wouldnt they send them from the US? Thats where they are..

[jubjub]

looks like its an october release then people...and they dint even say "we are sorry but we wont meet the deadline" god thats the thing that really gets to me!


Heh, you must be new to Blizzard. They never gave a "deadline" they mentioned an estimate (they usually don't even do that). This is exactly the reason they don't give "deadlines", if they miss it, even by a day, they have to put up with all the whining.

[OneMadOgre]

Couple of thoughts/theories on this Euro beta.

#1. The reason that a patch was released last night even though it has far less polish than most of the patches that have occured this beta was to make a cut-off time for a Euro beta launch.

#2. The reason that they haven't said they aren't going to make it is because they are working night and day to try to meet the commitment. They missed the beta launch day for the US by two days as well. And it was a similiar sitituation where they were not quite as far into the development as they had hoped.

So take hope! I would bet that you are now hours away from hearing about the beta emails starting to go out, not days. Good luck to all of you in receiving that coveted email!!

[Jegeren_Skygge]

Damn, I got so bored waiting I actually fell asleep and that was about 5pm :lol:

Glad to see I haven't missed anything and still just over 2 and half hours left of September here.

[jubjub]

Couple of thoughts/theories on this Euro beta.

#1. The reason that a patch was released last night even though it has far less polish than most of the patches that have occured this beta was to make a cut-off time for a Euro beta launch.

#2. The reason that they haven't said they aren't going to make it is because they are working night and day to try to meet the commitment. They missed the beta launch day for the US by two days as well. And it was a similiar sitituation where they were not quite as far into the development as they had hoped.

So take hope! I would bet that you are now hours away from hearing about the beta emails starting to go out, not days. Good luck to all of you in receiving that coveted email!!


You are pretty wise....for an ogre ;)

[frixion]

New content on the de forums, anyone care to translate?

[AntiMatter]

/me hopes they make an announcement at 10...before i have to go :/

[AntiMatter]

After looking on babelfish it seems the top new post says something about finding posts by Blizzard employees fast. And the one below that says something about visiting the technical problems forum if you have any problems. :)

[frixion]

i was specifically looking at the one in the german forum with 30/9 in the title :D

[AntiMatter]

ah damn :P

that one is just a welcome post by the looks of it

[Morphina]

i was specifically looking at the one in the german forum with 30/9 in the title :DForen regeln 30/9 means Forum rules

[AntiMatter]

and that :)

[Jegeren_Skygge]

2 posts added to tech support on the English site.

[OneMadOgre]

You are pretty wise....for an ogre ;)
I know for a fact, that they want this Euro thing started as soon as they can. :) From my experiences in the day job trying to coordinate internationally, it's always a struggle. When they are already under the gun here at their day job, it's even harder. Since I know the German community manager personally, I can safely say that no one there wants it out more than he does. :) He's a fairly committed fellow to the cause.

[oelph]

Does anyone know, or can guess at how many beta invites they plan to send out? I know they were twice oversubscribed compared to the interest they expected in Europe and hence that is why they revisted the market and took notice. Until then Europe was, in their minds, a relatively insignificant market.

I'm just wondering here how many of us will actually get that email.

[AntiMatter]

10:00 anything happened ?

[jubjub]

...Since I know the German community manager personally...

Can you confirm or deny that people that signed up with hotmail/yahoo/gmail addresses are excluded from the euro beta?

Any idea how they intend to keep us non-europeans out?

[AntiMatter]

guess not :(

now i have to wait until tomorrow

[Valyinish]

Can you confirm or deny that people that signed up with hotmail/yahoo/gmail addresses are excluded from the euro beta?

Any idea how they intend to keep us non-europeans out?

Hotmail isnt excluded from the beta..

[Dwalin]

does that mean i dont have to worry about it going to my junk mail folder? :drool:

[Morphina]

50 minutes left in september.
I am gonna hit the bunks now(hard day of work comming up)
See you all in Oktober.

[frixion]

When you signed up, the ActiveX job probably took additional data like, your Internationalisation settings, Keymaps, and Timezone info.

They could use that to see if you looked positively non-european.

Just a theory though, I don't know if they are allowed to take that kind of information.

[jubjub]

When you signed up, the ActiveX job probably took additional data like, your Internationalisation settings, Keymaps, and Timezone info.

They could use that to see if you looked positively non-european.

Just a theory though, I don't know if they are allowed to take that kind of information.

Very possible, I knew I should have used my SuSe partition to sign up :P.

Anyway, there are Euros in the "US" beta so maybe they don't care all that much....

[Valyinish]

Those Euro's getting into beta, got into it the same way DK did. By the fansite program..

[frixion]

Very possible, I knew I should have used my SuSe partition to sign up :P.

Anyway, there are Euros in the "US" beta so maybe they don't care all that much....

Maybe not, butin reality, one of the main reasons for keeping US / EU / KR seperate, is because the servers you'll be playing on are geographically seperated, and you'll get the best performance playing on the servers that you are designated.

Sure you can play on a US server from Europe, and vice versa.. but in a nicely populated raid, that 500ms ping will cost you ;)

[jubjub]

Maybe not, butin reality, one of the main reasons for keeping US / EU / KR seperate, is because the servers you'll be playing on are geographically seperated, and you'll get the best performance playing on the servers that you are designated.

Sure you can play on a US server from Europe, and vice versa.. but in a nicely populated raid, that 500ms ping will cost you ;)

Yeah, but #1 laggy WoW (for now anyway) is better than no WoW and

#2 I play CS on Euro servers all the time and I ping ~100. Should be fine.

[frixion]

CS hardly has to transfer the same amount of data as a mmorpg.

When I was playing City of Heroes I was averaging 300ms pings, and I thought that was bad.

I think their servers are located in korea.

[jubjub]

CS hardly has to transfer the same amount of data as a mmorpg.

When I was playing City of Heroes I was averaging 300ms pings, and I thought that was bad.

I think their servers are located in korea.

Actually the data is pretty comprable. In Other MMORPG's your client is updated about the location of everything in the entire zone. In WoW you are only updated about what is in your current "bubble". This has cut down data transfer considerably (and also makes a program like ShowEQ impossible).

I wish I had measured but I would be surprised if WoW transmits more than 4 or 5 Kps, any current testers know?

By comparison CS runs comfortably at 3 or 4. Look at it this way, Diablo 2 runs at about 3 or 4 Kps too, and I could play that on dial-up. Diablo had quite a few mobile objects that you had to be updated about constantly. The fact that Diablo 2 was 2D and WoW is 3D is irrelevant, it does not affect data transfer in any way.

I am just rambling now....must get euro beta acccount!

[Squarebob Spongepants]

What servers are located in Korea? The City of Heroes servers? Those are located on the east and west coasts of USA.

[frixion]

I'm probably thinking of RYL servers then

[Wompo]

"World of Warcraft European Closed Beta Test Starts! - 30/09/2004, 23:56" :)

[Anjin]

Well, well, well, ins´t that typically Blizzard, at 23.59 they announce start of beta:-)))))))

Let the mails roll

GL to all

[Hettar]

reall ??? can't connect !!!

[Wompo]

"The game will be tested in multiple phases and the first phase of Beta Testers is currently being notified by e-mail. This notification process will continue daily over the next few days."

If I understood that correctly, all the mails for the first phase will arrive in the next couple of days? So if you don't get yours in the first few hours you don't have to lose hope yet. :)

Nothing for me yet, just checked my mail. :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

By letting the invites 'trickle' out like that they avoid some of the spam filters.

[Hosierman]

bah spam filters is no exscuse :(

[oelph]

Nothing here so far :(

here's hoping! Good luck to all and congrats to those with emails

[ScytheNoire]

hmmm, i don't think Blizzard considers Canada part of the British Empire.

[Kitoushi]

Finally :) And now some more waiting...
I hope they keep sending those mails over weekend.

[SpanGi]

Finally :) And now some more waiting...
I hope they keep sending those mails over weekend.
Me too.. me too :hanky:

[Morphina]

No mail for me yet, though i (calls herself a stupid cow) only aplied once

[Hosierman]

i only applied once too


why does blizz have to drag everything out so much :(

i was more than prepared and expecting to not get chosen, just waiting for it to start to confirm this was horrible, but now they havent even finished sending the mails out so all weekend im gonna be checking my mail like an like a fool only to end up in the same boat im in now

[El3ssar]

No mail for me yet, though i (calls herself a stupid cow) only aplied once

Welcome to the herd then cause i only applied once too :s

[Kitoushi]

Officially I aplied once, but all my relatives and friends aplied too, thou they won't need their beta account so badly :)

I always say that those who want it most will do anything to get it. Becouse it's a game of dice this really is the only way to show your devotion to the game, call me a cheater but I really need this spot for my mental health. I have been fanatic 4 years now and I don't have the chance to play after release :(

More excuses, I have 4 moths left and I have a lot of free time to spend ( like 20h/7, I need my beauty sleep afterall ) and I would love to spend it with WoW.

Hate me, Pity Me, Don't really care :( ( NEED THAT MAIL )

[Hosierman]

why cant you play after release?.......waiting four years for a buggy beta, only to use it as a demo is kinda bad man, i hope you get in tbh, but be careful man if your this desperate without playing, having to give up after a few months while everyone else plays it would be a fate worse :)

[Jalimar]

I always say that those who want it most will do anything to get it. Becouse it's a game of dice this really is the only way to show your devotion to the game, call me a cheater but I really need this spot for my mental health.

Hate me, Pity Me, Don't really care :( ( NEED THAT MAIL )

You need to play a freaking game in advance to remain mentally healthy? Well, I think it's already too late for you, my friend.
I am sure there is a medical term to describe your present condition, you know. Not to mention an appropriate treatment.

[Kitoushi]

I'm not here anymore after 3 or 4 months :(

[Hosierman]

thats unfortunate, maybe you should have put that on your beta application, they may have taken pity :)