Euro beta starts!

[Moichi]

The European Closed Beta Test of World of Warcraft starts today and European gamers will be able to test the very latest version of the game, which includes the latest content and updates, following the push yesterday in North America and Korea. Moving forward, Beta Testers in Europe, North American and Korea will have access to the same content as future pushes will occur simultaneously in all territories.

The European Beta Test will initially offer the English language version, and in due course the French and German language versions will be introduced to the testing process.

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. Thereafter, additional testers will be included each time a new phase begins and they will be notified by e-mail accordingly at the time. We intend to do our utmost to include as many players as possible from the pool of those who signed up to join the European Closed Beta Test.

We would like to thank again everyone who has signed up and wish you all the very best of luck in being selected.

May our paths cross in World of Warcraft!

They did it. At 11:59. :lol:

[Jegeren_Skygge]

At 11.01 I get an email from Vivendi Universal games saying: Tribes demos, Leisure Suit Larry, Evil Genius.

Arghhhhhh :lol:

[Squarebob Spongepants]

About damn time! :clap:

[Dwalin]

cheeky buggers! never the less!! w0000000t :winner:
now i just gotta get that sweet sweet email :drool:

[frixion]

Now how long til we get our keys!

[jubjub]

They did it. At 11:59. :lol:

11:56 technically, but thats nit-picking :P

[Toften]

gimme mail gimme mail!

ARGHH! nowww!!!

[Boing]

I rescind all nasty comments I made about them not keeping their word and starting in september!

Of course we only have their word that the invites have started to go out until someone gets one...

[Wompo]

DAMN and i wanted to be the first to post it :P. beaten to it :DI think I posted about it first, but only as a reply to another thread. :lol:

[Salazar]

Good luck :D

[Dwalin]

ooo i can see my IT lesson tomorrow will be checking these forums checking www.wow-europe.com/en and then my hotmail for 2 hours!...i hope i get a key..but if i dont atleast i know its out and im not just sat here WAITING for it to come out...well i am glad they kept to their word!

To Blizzard! :drink:

[frixion]

Ok as of 10 mins ago, all of the forums have been brought in sync

http://en.wow-europe.com/account-welcome.aspx still doesn't work (if this is the correct url)

If I don't get an email soon I will cry, but not they did state "over the next few days"
So anticipating download times, we looking set to actually create chars on monday?

[Snavo]

Ahh the anticipation of waiting :)

Isn't it great!

[Shyhoulud]

GIVE ME!

MY GOD-DAMN!

KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!

After ALL this god-forsaken waiting. 'WILL' me that email dag-nammit!

Come on guys. Will it to me (in any spare moment between willing it to yourselves)

All you guys in beta already: Will it to the Shysta!

WILL IT!
:innocent:

[Oddjob]

I just recieved my email!!!!

Congratulations!

You've been invited by XXXXX.
Click here to create your European Closed Beta account
You will need your authentication code:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

At the end of the account creation process, you'll be offered to download the game: just go to www.wow-europe.com and enter the login and password you used when creating your account. Once logged into the site, choose the "Download World of Warcraft" link to start your download. If you have any problems please contact our customer support.

Wise adventurers never go unprepared. While you're downloading the game, why don't you go to www.wow-europe.com? There you'll find everything you might want to know on your way to becoming a hero.

Thanks for participating in the European Beta test. May our paths cross in the World of Warcraft!

World of Warcraft - European team
Blizzard Entertainment


One small problem - the bloody auth key doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I emailed Blizzard for help, wondering if I'm the only person this has happened to?


P.S Hi all!

[BlackWinterDay]

I just recieved my email!!!!




One small problem - the bloody auth key doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I emailed Blizzard for help, wondering if I'm the only person this has happened to?


P.S Hi all!

Congrats on the email, Oddjob :)

[Jegeren_Skygge]

I don't like you :drool:

[Semidi]

Anyone from the US get one I wonder if they filtered it out... (yes, I tried to get in and I live in the US. Screw you guys I want WoW)

[Panzerfaust]

To those of you who got emails, what mail do you use?
I was just wondering if any hotmail clients has recieved any keys yet

[jubjub]

I just recieved my email!!!!




One small problem - the bloody auth key doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I emailed Blizzard for help, wondering if I'm the only person this has happened to?


P.S Hi all!

Considering the account creation page is still down, I find this post suspect at best :roll:

[Oddjob]

They sent me another email with a WORKING auth key this time!!!

I'm signed up and dling the client - ETA is 6:30am

CANT WAIT!!

[Booms]

Anyone from the US get one I wonder if they filtered it out... (yes, I tried to get in and I live in the US. Screw you guys I want WoW)

I was wondering the same thing as well.

[jubjub]

They sent me another email with a WORKING auth key this time!!!

I'm signed up and dling the client - ETA is 6:30am

CANT WAIT!!

Prove it. Post here:

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

No posts on the forums, auth page down, I call shenanagins.

[Oddjob]

Prove it. Post here:

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

No posts on the forums, auth page down, I call shenanagins.

I can't post in the forums till I have an actual in game character.

Client is only 10% downloaded anyway
:rant:

Anyways, I'm sick of people asking me to "prove it". Why should I have to prove anything to you?

Some french people have it, and claim to have the same problem (first key sent was wrong) as I did.

http://forums.jeuxonline.info/showthread.php?s=&t=389736&page=15&pp=15

[Hosierman]

congratulations oddjob, be the first to post on the official forum man, just to prove to some people who'd doubt you :)

[Hosierman]

oh right....sorry i thought you used your account name and password on them servers, not your char name

[Snavo]

Shouldn't you throw your hat at people that dont believe you or something? :scratch:

Anyway, congratulations - I hope many others get lucky in the coming hours (or days).

PS - Make sure to be the first post in the forums. Think of the glory!!!

[Oddjob]

Dude I can't until about 6:30-7am.

On the DLer applet list of people who are dling it, there are 9 with 100% completed. 3 of those have BLIZZARDSEED in their ID, but still, there's 6 people who can post before me :(

[jubjub]

I can't post in the forums till I have an actual in game character.

Client is only 10% downloaded anyway
:rant:

Anyways, I'm sick of people asking me to "prove it". Why should I have to prove anything to you?

Some french people have it, and claim to have the same problem (first key sent was wrong) as I did.

http://forums.jeuxonline.info/showthread.php?s=&t=389736&page=15&pp=15

I apologize if I am wrong, but the internet has made my cynical. But the account creation page seems to be down, what link did you use to create the account?

[Oddjob]

I apologize if I am wrong, but the internet has made my cynical. But the account creation page seems to be down, what link did you use to create the account?

I clicked the link in the email I got.

Gimme 5 hours and you'll see my name up in lights on the forum :clap:

[Hosierman]

oddjob if you really want to post now, pm your login i'll create a noob char for you to post with

you can delete it at 6:30am or whatever

[Oddjob]

PM you my login details... no thanks :)

[Hosierman]

i wont nick it dude or even play, i swear, i do have an upto date client ready tho if you'd like a char :thumbsup:

[Essex]

good luck to all you Euro's and people hopoing blizzar doesn't realize your not euro :)

I really wish you all get in, each and every one of you :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

So far there's only one single post in the euro forums. I kind of got the impression it was made by a PvPer who accidentally created his char on the PvE server and hasn't realized it yet.


So... when do I get my key? :cheesy:

[Dwalin]

im thinking the same thing!

[frixion]

I can't remember which email account I signed up with. Would have been nice if they sent a confirmation email.

[Morphina]

Only 1 of our readers, and not even a regular poster, received a beta mail yet....makes me doubt i will ever get one.

[Trondheim]

...and fresh WoW accounts like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8135842545&rd=1 one have popped up on Ebay. Whats bugging me is that its being sold by americans... :cheesy:

I havent got a key yet, and none of my friends here in Norway got a mail.
A bit odd that among 15 different people no one got an invite.

Got a feeling they just pushed out a very limited number of mails just to make the deadline....

[Trondheim]

and I see that one seller just registered his account on ebay yesterday....

:scratch:

[Hettar]

I havent got a key yet, and none of my friends here in Norway got a mail.
A bit odd that among 15 different people no one got an invite.

hum... do you know the odds of 15 pple among a few hundred thousands getting a mail after just a few hours?... quite low, quite low...

[Oddjob]

http://en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?ForumName=wow-general-en&ThreadID=10

:D

/me goes off to play the game now it's dled and installed!

[Kitoushi]

They haven't send even half of those keys, if they keep sending them through weekend then I'm guessing it would be Monday when all the invitations are gone out. When its "few days" with Blizzard it's more likely 5 days than 3 :)

[ThunderHawk]

Damn, if i dont get in the beta, i will never play wow....

[Shyhoulud]

Damn, if i dont get in the beta, i will never play wow....

Come now...lets not be so melodramatic. :lol:

Congrats Oddjob (wouldn't have thought they'd let you create a character named after a famous bond villan but cool nonetheless). I hope I get a key soon too.

[wuuz]

Damn, if i dont get in the beta, i will never play wow....

lol ok....

[ThunderHawk]

Really, if i would even think of getting an MMORPG i would have to try it first....
And to tell the real truth, im getting more interested in guild wars which dont have a monthly fee than on wow. But lets see, i hope to get a key soon .....

[Oddjob]

I hope some other people get in soon... I'm really lonely (I think I'm the only night elf on the server :(). If you get in pls be a night elf so you can hang with me!

[Mad_Mat]

Really, if i would even think of getting an MMORPG i would have to try it first....
And to tell the real truth, im getting more interested in guild wars which dont have a monthly fee than on wow. But lets see, i hope to get a key soon .....
Such lack of devotion is exactly why you don't deserve a key. Not to mention it's a load of BS, considering open beta n' all :rolleyes:

[Jalimar]

Really, if i would even think of getting an MMORPG i would have to try it first....

LOL. It's just freaking hilarious how many people think that the whole point of Beta is to allow them to play the game first.

[ThunderHawk]

Open beta? will it ever come? lol. They said that european beta would begin soon after the signups..... wow, what do the word soon mean to them????!
Beta's arent really to allow to play first, i beta tested ground control 2, lots of mods, etc... and now im currently beta testing Axis & Allies so i really know what beta's are for. But surely anyone with brain here wanted to enter the beta with the main purpose of being able to play the game first and only then make suggestions, report bugs, etc....
Many of the bugs and other things were already solved on the US beta so europeans won't have many work....
But that's only my opinion.

[Shyhoulud]

LOL. It's just freaking hilarious how many people think that the whole point of Beta is to allow them to play the game first.

The point of the beta is to help the company 'develop' the game. Playing it first is your reward. Its amazing how few people DO realise that.

I beta tested EVE and loved it. However I sent in bug reports here and there unlike many, many others. It was coming close to release date and there were still a ton of bugs because people were too busy playing the game instead of helping to fix it.

[Jalimar]

If you really know what a Beta is for, then you should know better than saying something as inane and juvenile as this:


Damn, if i dont get in the beta, i will never play wow....

I am glad Oddjob got a key, I think his post on the Beta forum shows he has the right attitude to be a good Beta tester. Grats, OJ. :)

[ThunderHawk]

Think this way..... many people wont be able to play wow because of the monthly fee.... It happens on all mmorpg and thats why they must change. Otherwise they will probably die or be cancelled. I understand that guild wars is a lot focused on battle but the game is looking so good with updates being made every second that it will probably be the best game. Btw, for the ones that dont know, there will be a public event of guild wars from 29th to 31st ocbtober which everyone will be able to play the game. If anyone is interested on more info check these websites: http://www.guildwars.com/ http://guildwars.ogaming.com/ http://www.gweurope.net/

[El3ssar]

pffff still no sign of email....im going to cry lol do any of you guys think that if i didnt get it until now , it means im out or do you think there is a chance for us that didnt got the email until now?

[Jalimar]

Think this way..... many people wont be able to play wow because of the monthly fee.... It happens on all mmorpg and thats why they must change. Otherwise they will probably die or be cancelled.

Er, excuse me? That's exactly why most MMORPGs offer an open Beta or a free one-month trial when you buy the box.

And it has absolutely nothing to do with the purpose of a closed Beta.

[U-gOid]

pffff still no sign of email....im going to cry lol do any of you guys think that if i didnt get it until now , it means im out or do you think there is a chance for us that didnt got the email until now?

well they said on the site that the notification process will take a few days, so there is still hope.

[wuuz]

does anybody notice that most of the forum people own a fansite lol

[ThunderHawk]

well they said on the site that the notification process will take a few days, so there is still hope.
And since they are so fast working..... emails will only be completely sent on end of the next week probably.... lol.
btw, didnt they say that they would send the emails a couple of days before the start of the beta ??!

[wuuz]

i dunno of you know but the beta have started and since players posting at forum the beta invites are sending out

[Trondheim]

Sounds like their mails travel with the speed of snailmail.... :hanky:

[SpanGi]

Sounds like their mails travel with the speed of snailmail.... :hanky:
I'm sure you're right.. I havn't got mine either :/ YET!!!

[Oddjob]

does anybody notice that most of the forum people own a fansite lol

Yeah lol I think I'm just about the only current EU beta guy that isn't in a fan site or some other kind of journalist.

Pissed off now cos I can't play cos my mate crashed his car and basically invited himself to my house so now I have to not be anti-social
:cheesy:

[Trondheim]

I don't have a fansite or even a homepage at the moment. Just your average WoW junkie who got addicted before even playing.

I've only gotten a little taste and feel from emulated servers (which now are shut down), videos, screens and these forums :)

I've been in many betas before and I have been a nice little tester and submitted bugs. But I have to admit, its been a long time since I've been waiting this much for a game to come out.....or rather its beta.

This is the first time I haven't gotten into a beta, but I hope in the next few days that one of those golden mails will drop in my mailbox. :flip:

[wuuz]

Blizzard don't give a sh*t about experience beta testers. All beta players are random choosen based on there pc specs.

[Moichi]

Oddjob: grats for getting in! :)

Could you verify 2 things for us:
1. There is one beta server and one pvp server, right?
2. The version number of your beta client: is it 0.11.0?

Everyone who posted in the german forums so far was
a) webmaster of a fansite
b) member of a gaming magazine or some other journalist
c) member of a clan/guild that seems to have very good connections to the german community manager

Additionally very few people seem to be in right now; one poster told that after 4 hours of playtime he ran into the first other PC.

Conclusion: there is still lots of hope to get one of these precious mails for normal people like us :)

[linus]

No beta mail yet, i hope i get one.

[Essex]

perhaps when they realized they were sending out the wrong keys they halted the process to send out the right keys?

[Dragor]

perhaps when they realized they were sending out the wrong keys they halted the process to send out the right keys?


OMG! If that happend we wont get the beta in over a week.
Then they need to reply on all the ppl who got wrong keys en then they will try en see if the rest of the keys are ok,then they will start again sending the keys. :scratch:

[Oddjob]

Oddjob: grats for getting in! :)

Could you verify 2 things for us:
1. There is one beta server and one pvp server, right?
2. The version number of your beta client: is it 0.11.0?

Everyone who posted in the german forums so far was
a) webmaster of a fansite
b) member of a gaming magazine or some other journalist
c) member of a clan/guild that seems to have very good connections to the german community manager

Additionally very few people seem to be in right now; one poster told that after 4 hours of playtime he ran into the first other PC.

Conclusion: there is still lots of hope to get one of these precious mails for normal people like us :)

1) yeah that's right
2) says in wow.exe properties "0.11.0.3925"

I'm just lucky I guess in getting it so soon.

I've been playing with another guy the last hour or so, after about 2 hours of playing (although I was logged off for 1 1/2 hours of that). I also saw someone run by, but they were in a hurry and didn't stop to say hi :).

And from what I've heard there's still loads of emails to go out. When I was dling the client there were only 38 others connected - I doubt they could to the beta with 38 people :D

[Oddjob]

perhaps when they realized they were sending out the wrong keys they halted the process to send out the right keys?

I got my replacement about 30 minutes after contacting CS and tellling them they gave me the wrong key. So I'm not sure it would make that big a delay.

[Moichi]

2) says in wow.exe properties "0.11.0.3925"
Nice. It´s the same build I have.
Then the ones who downloaded the ST and kept it patched don´t have to d/l the whole stuff again. If they get in, of course... ;)

edit: how to get the patched ST-client to run the european beta:
- go in wow main directory
- open realmlist.wtf with Notepad/Word
- change server from us2.wow.battle.net to eu1.wow.battle.net

[TykeMörbult]

I almost got a freakkin heartattack when i looked in my inbox and i saw NO new mails!! :hanky:
But i keep on hoping, all the mails haven't been sent yet! Hope to see you europeans in-game SOOON!!!! :buddies:

[Hosierman]

blizzard playing mind games making people check their emails every 10 mins for days and days only for them to still be dissapointed....but somehow still want to get in the next phase, and do exactly the same thing. If they'd sent all the mails at once we could all have enjoyed our weekends whether we got in or not, now i'll just be working/checking mail/sleeping/checking mail :(

[Morphina]

Nice. It´s the same build I have.
Then the ones who downloaded the ST and kept it patched don´t have to d/l the whole stuff again. If they get in, of course... ;)
Did i miss something, Stress test for europeans....I say ban the people that have US clients, because they generally have taken illegal actions somewhere.

[Hosierman]

no thats a terrible idea morphina.......i have a ST client but i was unaware.....I WAS UNAWARE! :(

[Graav Wolfsong]

http://en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=17&p=1#post17

Do I need to download EU when I have US beta? | 10/1/2004 12:35:10 PM GMTDT


I was wondering if I need to download the whole game for EU beta when I am already in the US beta and have the latest version?

Or can I just change some configuration files?

Thanks in advance.

Thats basically saying:
"Hello Blizzard? I just wanted to tell you that I broke the rules and signed up for anything WoW related no matter the location even when I was already in the beta and now that I have several betas I just wanted to ask you if you could tell me how to switch between them?"
Or better yet: "I'm a bad boy, please punish me."

Heres for common sense. :drink: :drink: :xirish:

[oelph]

The thing is, this EU beta isn't about testing for bugs. They've done that already with the American beta and both clients are now patched the same.

The EU beta I think is more about testing the servers, testing the CS etc. If its going retail in America come November/Dec then almost all bugs should be near to being ironed out.

[Trondheim]

Well, the US Beta Phase 3 was put on several bittorrent sites. He could've downloaded it in advance when he had nothing better to do.

I downloaded it once to try it on Stormcraft. Even though using the client on emulated servers is a NO-NO, it doesn't mean that someone in posession of the US Beta has been playing on US servers...or playing at all.....

[Moichi]

Did i miss something, Stress test for europeans....I say ban the people that have US clients, because they generally have taken illegal actions somewhere.
Yeah, you did miss something: everybody was able to d/l the stress test client from fileplanet in the first few days. And everybody was able to get the following patches from Blizz (if they knew how).
You shouldn´t make assumptions/accusations if you don´t know what you´re talking about...

[Graav Wolfsong]

Actually, the stress test was NA only, said so clearly in the rules. The IP block at Fileplanet was wonky but it did block alot of people. MOst people got around that by using proxies.

[El3ssar]

Yeah, you did miss something: everybody was able to d/l the stress test client from fileplanet in the first few days. And everybody was able to get the following patches from Blizz (if they knew how).
You shouldn´t make assumptions/accusations if you don´t know what you´re talking about...

Well you busted yourself with that wise remark. If one is in EUROPE why did he download/apply for a stress test ONLY for the US? You are also admiting that updating "through" other means a patch for a version that a european is not suppose to have is good...

Morphina is right...

im not saying that its illegal but im sure that the guy(s) who tried that stunt didnt do it because they were simply bored..

[Moichi]

Actually, the stress test was NA only, said so clearly in the rules. The IP block at Fileplanet was wonky but it did block alot of people. MOst people got around that by using proxies.
Correct. But the file was listed as any other usual file on FilePlanet for the first few days (they took it out of the public list after 3 or 4 days), so everyone with a FP-account could download it. And that´s what a lot of people did. And that was what I was talking about :)

edit:
Well you busted yourself with that wise remark. If one is in EUROPE why did he download/apply for a stress test ONLY for the US? You are also admiting that updating "through" other means a patch for a version that a european is not suppose to have is good...
As stated above, there was nothing wrong with downloading that file which was avaible for everyone. I didn´t say anything about applying for the ST.

[Hosierman]

Well i did apply and play in the stress test. I never used any proxy though, i got home from work at just gone 6am(GMT) on the day it was released, there was a pic of warcraft on the fileplanet main site, i clicked it signed up and got my email, it wasnt untill after i woke up that my friends said they couldnt sign in becuase of an ip block, when i went to check i was then blocked and there was a note on the pic that it was NA only (it wasnt there at start).

so i believe maybe they either waited to put the ip block on europeans or never thought about it untill it was too late.

either way they sent me my key and account details (to a .co.uk email account) and i was able to play with no problems what so ever.

it wasnt malicious or pre planned, its not as if the ST was publicised before hand it was a simple mistake, and i dont think any of you with a key and a 2.5gig client wouldnt have even tried it if you had gotten them.

[RootY-"D34d-Ra1n"]

God damn'it!!!! why didn't i think of using proxify!!!... welll its too late now just hoping that i got into euro beta!!!

[frixion]

On a similar note, the European Download Test, contained all the code you needed to download the Korean (0.10.0) Installer, which I assume could be patched up to the same level as the current Euro Client. Its all there, freely available. There was no "I Agree" not to look at / modify / otherwise use any part of the downloader.

[El3ssar]

heh can anyone inside the EU beta tell us desperate ppl, around how many do you think already received the email?

half my brain is saying "i didnt got it", the other half is saying "you will get it"
:flip:

[Jawelik]

Sigh... I join the many disapointed european WoW finatics, that have not yet recieved an email with their very own BETA key. But I'll keep my fingers crossed for the next few days. I may just get lucky.

[Hosierman]

I sometimes think it was a bad idea going through with it, as fun as it was (and it was very very fun) i'm thinking i wouldnt be so anxious to get back their if i had never experienced it :(

also regret not trying too hard in it, i mean i made loads of chars and took them to lvl 14 max, because i "never wanted to ruin and higher lvl content" for myself :(

if id gone for it with just one char i might of stoof a chance at a beta slot, although it would have been U.S one :(

[Hosierman]

lucky im working this weekend really, something to take my mind off the email checking :(

[Oddjob]

Here's why I think they didn't send all the beta invites at once:

1000s of people all clustered together in the same areas. Some of the quests require collecting stuff and if 1000s of people are in the area then it'll be like a freekin' queue to get through quests.

ATM I reckon maybe 100-200 people recieved emails judging from the tiny amount of people in game.

[Hosierman]

oddjob fill us all in on all the details man :D

how many servers?...what are they called?....whats the latency like?......is there much chat in the general chat channel etc etc :clap:

...oh and one thing that doesnt really matter but is puzzling me, the normal site/account-welcome.aspx site seems to be down, are they using a different site this time for the account creation? :scratch:

[El3ssar]

Here's why I think they didn't send all the beta invites at once:

1000s of people all clustered together in the same areas. Some of the quests require collecting stuff and if 1000s of people are in the area then it'll be like a freekin' queue to get through quests.

ATM I reckon maybe 100-200 people recieved emails judging from the tiny amount of people in game.

:thumbsup: :clap: Thanks for the update m8

[Yeomans]

And btw, in first days before Stress Test if you looked in www.wow-europe.com (this site is only for Europeans) then maybe you saw that there Strest Test is coming, and there no word about North America. Don't know why Blizzard changed mind after few days, and put in all sites NA only.

Oddjob: if i remember correctly, in game is very good interface (hotkey O) to look how many ppl is online on your server. Just push Refresh button, and it shows 50 ppl names and in brackets how many ppl is on server total. Then you can make char on other server, and look how many is there. I think it's interesting info for all of us :)

[Anjin]

I understand that they want to avoid questing queue´s, but if I remember correctly, both US beta first phase and stress test did have quite large number of people posting on the boards immediately after beta´s started (comparing to
at the most 30 people that posted in total across all 3 boards). Btw, there have been some rumors that only "vip" people (fansites admins etc) + few random guys/gals have been invited so far....

thx.

[sonata]

We are 4.000 members in wow-esp (spain fansite), and only one has received a beta mail, i hope more mails will go out.

[jubjub]

I understand that they want to avoid questing queue´s, but if I remember correctly, both US beta first phase and stress test did have quite large number of people posting on the boards immediately after beta´s started (comparing to
at the most 30 people that posted in total across all 3 boards). Btw, there have been some rumors that only "vip" people (fansites admins etc) + few random guys/gals have been invited so far....

thx.

If you look at oddjob's invite it says "You were invited by xxxxxxxx" This, plus the low number of posts on the forums, seems to indicate to me that Anjin is correct. They probably had an invite phase and the general acceptance phase will happen today on Blizzards normal 9-5 (PDT) shift. It is almost 9:00 there, I bet they are doing the first mail merge of e-mail addresses and cd keys as we speak....

PS - Oddjob, when I am wrong I am man enough to admit it. I apologize for questioning you last night. Congrats man!

[Hosierman]

man...its such a refreshing forum here, everyones so friendly and stuff :D

/me hugs everyone :buddies:

[Dwalin]

:buddies:
10 chars :drool:

[Yeomans]

One more question to ODDJOB:

You received e-mail from US or from France? It can be seen in raw view of email. Something like:

Received: from hotmail.com (bay18-dav10.bay18.hotmail.com [65.54.187.190])

Info in brackets is important one.

[pallish]

I'm waiting for my key... Blizzard promised me a VIP-account! :(

[Jalimar]

One more question to ODDJOB:

You received e-mail from US or from France? It can be seen in raw view of email. Something like:

Received: from hotmail.com (bay18-dav10.bay18.hotmail.com [65.54.187.190])

Info in brackets is important one.

Leave the poor guy alone. Why are you still here posting anyway, Oddjob? ;)

[Hosierman]

just rubbing it in...............i mean filling us in with the info we all crave :D






100th post btw woot :D

[bootstrap]

i just feel i have to post this: oh i hope i get THE frekin mail. Im sick of waiting. But hey life goes on... :scratch:

[AntiMatter]

No beta e-mail for me yet…just got back from school :)

/me crosses fingers

[Morphina]

Yeah, you did miss something: everybody was able to d/l the stress test client from fileplanet in the first few days. And everybody was able to get the following patches from Blizz (if they knew how).
You shouldn´t make assumptions/accusations if you don´t know what you´re talking about...
Don't get to serious matey, its only a game.
And i know exactly where i am talking about, and you know it too.

[Hosierman]

So you think i should be banned from euro beta.....because Blizzard/fileplanet took there time with the NA only stuff? seems a little harsh if you ask me

[Moichi]

Don't get to serious matey, its only a game.
And i know exactly where i am talking about, and you know it too.
I didn´t get serious at all. :)
But maybe I should have phrased my last sentence not so harsh. No offense intended Morphina, my apologies if that was too direct.
Anyway, I think I explained my point, and the facts support it. I know some people who did that, and I was for speaking for them, and not for me, when you accused them of 'illegal actions', which just wasn´t right.
Personally I am not from NA and did apply for the ST. I got in, stressed the servers a lot, and did tons of /bug´s and /suggest´s. If that makes me a criminal in your eyes - that´s fine with me ;)

[wuuz]

http://www.dup-borken.de/kunden/paulsen/wow.jpg

posted by german dev

means . the automatic beta sender is not working and only people on his ICQ list got the beta . this will be fixed soon and more will be send

[sonata]

http://www.dup-borken.de/kunden/paulsen/wow.jpg

posted by german dev

means . the automatic beta sender is not working and only people on his ICQ list got the beta . this will be fixed soon and more will be send

can you translate to english?

Thanks.

[bootstrap]

oh good news, :clap:

[Hosierman]

lol smooth

[oelph]

Interesting! Hope its true :) There does seem to be more german peeps in on the beta at present. Quite a few french looking at the forums. Wish we had some idea of how many the first phase was going to include. But then again that info, plus any info on the total number of signups for Europe would probably depress us all!! :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

posted by german dev

means . the automatic beta sender is not working and only people on his ICQ list got the beta . this will be fixed soon and more will be send
Lies, fabricated to buy time? :cheesy:

[Tevush Kasht]

Interesting! Hope its true :) There does seem to be more german peeps in on the beta at present. Quite a few french looking at the forums. Wish we had some idea of how many the first phase was going to include. But then again that info, plus any info on the total number of signups for Europe would probably depress us all!! :)

I'd gamble that you have about 1-2 % chance. I'm an optimist :)

[oelph]

I'd gamble that you have about 1-2 % chance. I'm an optimist :)

I like those odds! :lol:

[Bananaman]

New wave of Beta Keys | 10/1/2004 6:42:24 PM GMTDT

We are now sending more beta keys to the testers! Please check out the information given in the eMail and during the account creation process.

For all who have not been chosen this time, please be informed that we will continue to send beta keys during the next few days. We will increase the server load day by day.

Please be fair und let us all feel the atmosphere of World of Warcraft, also here in the forums.

We are all very excited and the whole Blizzard Europe Team is looking forward to meeting you in the game or in the forums!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Caswallawn

Community Assistant

http://en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=36&p=1#post36

[U-gOid]

http://www2.gascp.com/starwars/pic/MagnetsHanSolo.jpg
"Never tell me the odds!"

[Trondheim]

This kinda confirms that they didnt get out that many mails.

But right now I'm just happy we get a 2nd chance so soon :)

[Hosierman]

makes that empty inbox that bit more depressing tho :)

[frixion]

oddjob fill us all in on all the details man :D

how many servers?...what are they called?....whats the latency like?......is there much chat in the general chat channel etc etc :clap:

...oh and one thing that doesnt really matter but is puzzling me, the normal site/account-welcome.aspx site seems to be down, are they using a different site this time for the account creation? :scratch:

https://beta.wow-europe.com/accountcreation/en/welcome.html

:)

[Trondheim]

Anyone gotten a mail from the next wave yet ?

[frixion]

Can anyone tell me, if when they originally signed up back in July, they got a *confirmation email* I have quite a few addresses, and I can't remember which one I used to sign up with. If I used one of my business emails (not a gmail/hotmail), the email server is down at the moment!!!

[Squarebob Spongepants]

No confirmation emails were sent out.

[Morphina]

lol, how typical, screwing up a mailinglist is not a good sign for a profesional company.

50 mails only in the first wave......That means someone on this forum has friends at Vivendi/Blizzard, and i know whome, worst thing, we all accused him of being a ....... well my appologies for that treatment, most of the time we are friendly to newcommers.

[Hosierman]

nah no confirmation email man sorry, thanks for the welcome link btw looks nice :)

[frixion]

Cheers Spongepants, makes my dilemma even worse.. I might have been sent an email but they can't deliver it! :'(

[Hosierman]

that would be horrible, the not knowing i mean, blizzard have said aswell they cannot and will not resend or comment on anyones beta test keys. :(

i signed up with the one email account i have used for the last 5 years since being with my isp :)

[ThunderHawk]

I hope they at least say something when the first wave of beta emails are sent so we can all cry for not being selected :(

[SpiritWalker]

Nice.. 6 pages in 1 day. :creep:

[Hosierman]

topic close to everyones heart + excess spare time = busy post :D

[Trondheim]

WOOT! My friend got in, and he didn't have time to play, so he is sending me the mail as I type this!!! :clap: :winner: :clap:

[TykeMörbult]

WOOT! My friend got in, and he didn't have time to play, so he is sending me the mail as I type this!!! :clap: :winner: :clap:

LUCKY B*STARD I GONNA.......no man, i'm happy for you, really :hanky:

[Hosierman]

lucky for some :D

Have fun in azeroth man, make sure you come back every now and then and keep us posted :D

[frixion]

I wish I had some friends :/

[frixion]

uh I mean.. friends like yours :yawn:

[frixion]

And this is taking the piss, I just did the 5 minute Inbox f5 job, and my hotmail has an email from "Simply Games" entitled "The wait is over!"

$£%@&* is it over!

Basts, trying to make me buy games like "Pro Evolution Soccer"...

[oelph]

That's just evil Frixion!

[Trondheim]

I tried using my US Beta Phase 3...but it didnt work. So I'm downloading the whole thing now. Will still be bit before I can play.

[frixion]

Trondheim promise us you'll come back with screenshots and journals

[Squarebob Spongepants]

As I said some time ago in another thread:

The suspense is killing me :cheesy:

[oelph]

Trondheim, did you see all the threads about getting the US clients to work on the Euro servers? There's one on the tech forums on the wow site.

[Hosierman]

whats the chances of them releasing more tomorrow and night after same as they did tonight? :)

could make the usual sitting around waiting to goto work a bit more interesting, if a tad more nail biting

[Mad_Mat]

This thread = forum-newcomer-hostile-take-over.

[Trondheim]

I saw one post regarding the realmlist. I changed it to eu1.wow.battle.net without any luck. I'm gonna check out the forum again!

[jubjub]

This thread = forum-newcomer-hostile-take-over.

Because some people are better than others because they have an older join date... /rolls eyes

[Hosierman]

think your client has to be updated BEFORE you change relmlist over, otherwise it wont update it for you, apparently :thumbsup:

[U-gOid]

If there's someone on here who's from Holland and got into Beta: let me know!

[Hosierman]

This thread = forum-newcomer-hostile-take-over.

tbh im glad that so many of us new people have opinions and stuff to say here, saves this thread from dissapearing amongst the really interesting stuff like "nvidia competitions" and "undead unable to speak common" threads :D

[Hosierman]

also stops every new beta tester or wannabe tester posting a new thread about it and having 30 posts on the same thing :)

[Mad_Mat]

also stops every new beta tester or wannabe tester posting a new thread about it and having 30 posts on the same thing :)
Edit button is your friend.
Because some people are better than others because they have an older join date... /rolls eyes
Don't forget higher post count ;)

[jubjub]

Don't forget higher post count ;)

You are right, because spam = better person as well ;)

[Yeomans]

YES YES YES! I'm IN, just created account, now need to download. Already have Stress Test install, but don't have patches :(

Maybe somone have 0.10 and 0.11 patches on ftp or http? bittorent is very slow for me (2.3 GB is 3+ days).

[Trondheim]

Looks like I have to download the entire thing. I have a too old version to patch it seems. I have the 0.8.0 version.

Its gonna be some time tomorrow before I can play it seems.

Trondheim

[jubjub]

YES YES YES! I'm IN, just created account, now need to download. Already have Stress Test install, but don't have patches :(

Maybe somone have 0.10 and 0.11 patches on ftp or http? bittorent is very slow for me (2.3 GB is 3+ days).


It wont patch you up from the version you have?

[Dwalin]

no email for me yet...few days left otherwise i must visit the hospital for help

[Oddjob]

I figure I might as well give an update on my first day of play.

It's awesome! Even though I've seen all of about 4 other people on the server, I'm having a blast. The graphics are VERY nice and have a great style. The monster killing is like with any other game I spose, but the monsters DO look tougher than in most MMOs. Lot's of quests to do, although most so far have been collecting/killing. Someone who got onto the main continent said it gets better regarding that.

No lag. Duh!

My only problem is sometimes it's hard to find the items you need for quests. You know generally where they are but I spent 30 minute looking for some amulet in Starbreeze village and still no luck.

When more people get on it should get a whole load better! P.S I got to level 10, I think I'm the 3rd highest exp on the server. Thereabouts.

[oelph]

How big is the client? Is it in the region of 4gb?

[frixion]

Until we get an official reply, the client seems to be 2.5gb download, so you're probably looking at around 3gb install. I think Blizzard will be using their classic MoPaQ compression (.mpq files) which will still leave everything pretty much compressed when its installed.

[Yeomans]

Oddjob: you play on Beta or PvP?

And full download is 2450 MB

[Trondheim]

I've started the download. Its 2470 MB. I dunno if I have to download some more patches after that. But I think thats likely because it seems a bit small.

[MortalWombat]

Seems as most are VIP or on some sort of Friends list:

http://en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=38&p=1#post38

And quite a lot of Nordic people too...
BTW. when I registered, I think I might have entered WoW.net, in the field asking if you manage a fansite or something like that, because I thought it was asking for which fansite you browsed...
Could that filter an application out by any chance :grrr:

And for all of you wondering how big the download is:
Read below!

[Yeomans]

And for all of you wondering how big the download is:
Roughly 2.5GB for the beta itself, then at least 400MB for the new patch and perhaps even 600MB for patch 0.10.0 :cheesy:

No, this is full World of Warcraft European Closed Beta 0.11.0 Installer so there is no need to download anything else.

[MortalWombat]

No, this is full World of Warcraft European Closed Beta 0.11.0 Installer so there is no need to download anything else.

Thanks for correcting me.
I downloaded the Stresstest Zipfile last weekend to prepare, then patch 0.10.0. Should have known it would contain everything, why else would the rush the new patch :idea:
Guess that means that I have to upgrade if Bliz would throw me a bone.

[jubjub]

Got an email from Vivendi Universal Games!!!!!


It's an ad for tribes and Leisure Suit Larry :(

[Kitoushi]

Oddjob, look at the wrecked house near the big one, there is a big black closet.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

And I thought that waiting for the Beta to actually start was bad. Knowing it has started but waiting for that email is even worse.

I... want... that... WoW Tester... tag :cheesy:

[Graav Wolfsong]

I've been a wreck all day, couldnt focus at all. Then I come home and think "aww to hell with it. I'm always getting nerfed by God, why even hope." So I sit down and watch Magnum Force on TV. Got my mind off WoW, "No invitation, fine, I dont care" (Totally in denial at this point). Then I go to get something to drink and pass the PC, "Huh, whats that?" *Youve got mail* Invitation! :thumbsup: :clap:

Somehow Blizzard managed to defy my eternal bad luck and bless me with WoW, their powers must be truly awesome. :worship:

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Why do I torture myself like this? :cheesy:

[SEebiass]

I bet that was nice Graav Wolfsong :)
Wish it could happen to me :(

[frixion]

YOu think invites are going to continue through the night, or will they be restricted to "waking hours"

[frixion]

Just been reading the Europe Forums, seeing the number of americans posting there makes me feel pretty cheated. After holding back from entering the stateside beta myself. I dunno I just feel robbed of a possible slot by someone who already had their chance, especially those that have already played the US beta, and are now in the Euro beta too.

[Dalixam]

Just been reading the Europe Forums, seeing the number of americans posting there makes me feel pretty cheated. After holding back from entering the stateside beta myself. I dunno I just feel robbed of a possible slot by someone who already had their chance, especially those that have already played the US beta, and are now in the Euro beta too.

I feel the same way. I was a good boy and didn't apply for the US beta or the stress test and now I'm reading posts from people who have played the US beta and are now in the Euro beta. I guess Blizzard don't enforce the rules.

[frixion]

Hey wouldn't it be nice if the people already in the US beta who got Euro keys gave them to good boys like us :P

[Dalixam]

Yes, but I think that's a pipe dream :(

[Hosierman]

still no email, and none of my CS clan members have theres yet either :(

thats like 0/10 from people i know personally, i wonder how many they will let in :(

[Rampino]

this whole beta invite thing seems highly flawed to me anyway. i personally know someone who was invited in a very early stage to us beta (not sure if right at start, but very early) and got 5 (!) beta keys over the time till now. last one been an european beta key. the guy just sold the additional account keys on ebay or similar.

no idea what tricks he used to get that many invites, but i myself, playing by the rules and signing up for each and every contest or beta i can find, havent got a single invite. well not counting stresstest that is. its sooooo frustrating.

[wuuz]

if i am not in i just buy myself in but hey thats only for people who got a fat paid job :thumbsup:

[Hosierman]

yer, although buying your way in is a means to an end i just cannot see myself paying the kind of money that some people are paying just to play a beta, or even if it was retail tbh :( its a principle more than a money thing, although if blizz themselves came up with an option similar to stress test but at a price, like £5 a month or whatever i would jump at it probably :( but you have to be crazy to pay full price for a beta let alone well over the odds :(

and chances are blizz would find out and ban the key anyhow

[wuuz]

worldofwar.de: What are you plans against real money for virtual items or accounts?

Chris Sigaty: We can only discourage people from doing this but we have no real opportunity to prevent players from selling stuff for real money

[Dwalin]

i really dont think i am going to get in...its kinda depressuing and i know that there are huge odds against getting in...but when you wait for it and follow it for ages it feels like its your right to get in...i know thats totally wrong and crongrats to everyone who got in...ill just keep checking that mail box..over..and over..and over again :yawn:

[frixion]

Its ok Dwalin, you're not alone. I have the client all installed and patched up waiting to go.

[oelph]

Bummer still no email. It seems like the UK people aren't as well represented so far as the Swedes, French, Germans and so forth. Probably my imagination though.

Its disheartening to go to the WoW general forum and seeing it filling up with people by the hour.

[frixion]

Just a thought, did we ever get a UK Community Manager, or ar ethe French and German working overtime? I see they still have one Community Manager position advertised on their website (English speaking, the french and german ones have gone)

[oelph]

Its really odd but all the time I've followed WoW, watching the progress, the US beta etc I've been able to feel relaxed about it. Now with this Euro Beta starting I'm feeling really on edge. I imagine a lot of you are. As someone else said, its one thing to wait for the beta to start. Its another to sit waiting for an email that may never turn up. You start questioning if you borxed the online app! :)

These games can really take a hold of your life. That's probably not a good thing, but it shows how involving the genre can be. Beta or not, I'm glad that WoW is coming along so strongly to offer us something other than EQ. I'm glad its survived where other games have fallen by the wayside (Ultima UXO for example).

[Tevush Kasht]

It really annoys me that a lot of people now have two beta accounts, one for Europe and one for the US. These spots could be used by other players.

[blindcside]

still no email, and none of my CS clan members have theres yet either :(

thats like 0/10 from people i know personally, i wonder how many they will let in :(

off topic...

leagues? or are you not US.

[oelph]

It is a little irksome Tevush. I suspect they'll be sending out more invites again this evening. Fingers crossed.

[Dwalin]

my mate got it...he said he will send it me but he already registered the account and now its started downloading..is there anyway he can send me it then i start downloading it on my comp..cause atm it says Invalid authentication key or key is already in use

[frixion]

He will have to send you the account name and password he created from his key, and the downloader he got.

[Dwalin]

what do you mean downloader..he can send me key and stuff but what do you mean by that...i so want it and im so annoyed he got it :drool:
funny thing is..im like obsessed over WoW and he doesnt really care, he just signed up cause i told him too!

[Gilgalad]

Havent seen any Finnish players on the beta forum... none of my friends havent got in... are ther any Finnish testers? ? ?

[ParraCida]

If there's someone on here who's from Holland and got into Beta: let me know!
Yep! I got mine last night at 2100 or so. Eternally gleefull here, downloading the beta as I speak (I'm at work now grrr) but its not going that fast, only 40kbps :( But I reckon when I get home tonight it'll be done and I will be able to play it :D

[bootstrap]

Havent seen any Finnish players on the beta forum... none of my friends havent got in... are ther any Finnish testers? ? ?

No estonian testers so far :(

[Gilgalad]

my bad... there seems to be a few there... hope that I can join them later... just need to get that darn e-mail...

[frixion]

what do you mean downloader..he can send me key and stuff but what do you mean by that...i so want it and im so annoyed he got it :drool:
funny thing is..im like obsessed over WoW and he doesnt really care, he just signed up cause i told him too!


When you create a Beta account, from your activation key, you download a little program that downloads the WoW install for you (all 2.5gb of it)

If he sends you that program, you can download WoW, then you will need to log in with the username and password he created.

[Dwalin]

w00000t downloading!!!

[frixion]

Hey Dwalin, if any more of your friends want to give up their keys.... know what I'm saying.... don't make me get on my knees :(

[Dwalin]

down on your knees!!!

[frixion]

...y..yes master

*kisses Dwalins boots*

[Mad_Mat]

Open Beta better come soon or I'm seriously gonna lose it. I could live with Nov/Dec release but that's US only. I've no idea when it'll be released in Europe but after 3+ years of avid anticipation I'm starting to lose my patience =/

[oelph]

I've heard Europe rumoured to be February'ish. Seems a long time after the US but perhaps its all down to the language translations they have to work on.

[AntiMatter]

still nothing here :(

[Nikells]

My advice to people who haven't got in yet is to assume you won't.

A lot of people seem to have gotten it into their heads that getting a beta invite is just a question of waiting for it to arrive.
Unless you enjoy disappointment: stop checking your email in boxes and go do something else!

Theres plenty of great games/demos being released now. And if nothing will satiate your appetite for WoW do something productive: draw some Warcraft art, write a Warcraft story!

Personally I've never played the Warcraft 3 expansion, so I just bought it!

While I haven't looked forward to a game as much as WoW for years, part of me doesn't want to get into the beta test. I'd rather get my first taste of the game when its at a level Blizzard feels is ready for release.

[bootstrap]

you are so right, i found a new path thx to your guidence. Thankyou, whatever will be, will be.

[ParraCida]

I've heard Europe rumoured to be February'ish. Seems a long time after the US but perhaps its all down to the language translations they have to work on.
If you look at the presale option at amazon.co.uk it says that the item will be available starting 25th of februari. So I guess thats as good a guess as any for now.

[Hosierman]

off topic...

leagues? or are you not US.


we're a UK clan, in a couple of small leagues over here ED etc, not really that serious atm cs 1.6 is a bit pap :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Seems like the majority of emails that have been sent so far have been VIP invites. Atleast if there's any truth to what's said in this post (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=375464&p=1#post375464). Random selection indeed :grrr:

[Hosierman]

Pity the official boards always end in petty trolling and whineing, especially when the original poster had a valid point, it leaves a small glimmer of hope for little guys that might still get in :)


this kind of thing makes me sick though http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4596&item=8136087598&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V money grabbing americans/canadians with euro beta accounts :(

[U-gOid]

Yeah. I'm interested in seeing some numbers right now: How many people signed up for EU Beta? How many keys are being sent out this wave, how many in the next waves?

Another question is: Define "random selection".
Also, if I look at the topic about represented nationalities in the beta forum it seems as if in some way people are being selected country by country. Maybe they divide every batch of emails into certain percentages according to the number of selected signups per country? Or something to that extent.

Just speculating...

[jubjub]

I know this is speculation, but it was rumored that Katrina or whatever her name was, got fired for showing similar favoratism. I also think it looks really bad for Blizzard that the "public" have not seen keys for beta yet, but they are being sold on e-bay already....

[Hosierman]

I reckon open beta will be the only chance we'll get of a fair roll of the dice as far as selection goes! :D

corrupt officials everywhere :spy:

[Trondheim]

I got my beta mail from a friend last night. I used all night to download it.

Today (saturday), we're having a party. So I can't play WoW until late sunday. Its a pain to know you have WoW installed and ready to logon, but have to wait another day.

I guess the wait is well worth it though.

From what I can gather about the beta mails, they seem to be pretty random. Few, but still random. The friend I got mine from have nothing to do with any WoW site or know any Blizzard people. I just sent him the link to register. None of my other friends got in....that I know of yet. Also a couple of guys from work signed up and didn't get in.

I'm in Norway btw.

Hoping to see you testers in-game tomorrow!

Trondheim

[blindcside]

we're a UK clan, in a couple of small leagues over here ED etc, not really that serious atm cs 1.6 is a bit pap :)

cool man i was in cal main if you know what that is. i'm not sure what pap is... but if it is what i think it is... than yeah 1.6 sucks hard. why did steam ruin such a good game? 8( mebe CS:S will bring it back to life.

sorry to hijack the thread but no one but me and hosier are replying so there.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Well, unless there's any news about more Beta keys being sent out (or any news about the euro Beta) then all I can do is to continue lamenting my lack of WoW Beta. That's not fun anymore (as if it ever was) :cheesy:

[bootstrap]

can i join you :cheesy:

[BlitZ!]

lol OddJob someone took ya name link (http://www.thottbot.com/?profile=OddJob.Beta%20Server) :eek:

thats usa server isnt ?

[Dwalin]

this is so slow downloading..29%
free cookie for anyone who guesses when its finished, its Saturday night, 22:43...i think sunday night some time..

free cookies up for grabs!

[Squarebob Spongepants]

It's now sunday in my part of the world. Did they send out any Beta keys yesterday? At all?

[Nikells]

Yeah! I got 3 or 4, didn't you get any? ;)

[WidowMaker]

im going to die, this whole week whenever it said recieving mail i practically died of hope.. no luck yet though :(

[oelph]

Nothing for me today and its just turned Sunday in my part of the world. Looking through the various forums I don't think any keys have been sent out during the course of Saturday. Perhaps they'll send some more out on Monday? It would be nice to know how many people they are going to let into Phase 1 and also when they've finished filling up Phase 1.

Anyway, night all and good luck to anyone waiting.

[wavey_davey]

I aint got one either lol :( just got to keep waiting, but like what was said earlier, don' "expect" one, as many of us won;t get in until much later

[Hosierman]

"much later" meaning once you have bought it and are paying monthly :D

[Morphina]

So how many of our regular european visitors got into beta?

[Hosierman]

that i know of...ummm...oddjob dwalin and trondheim i think, probably a couple more, plus all the gm's mates, a few fansite guys and some americans. Oh and lets not forget the Ebaytastic folks that get into every beta going :grrr:

[oelph]

Sunday morning, still nothing. I'm managing to take some peoples advise now and think that I'm not getting in and it will be a surprise if I do!

I still see relatively low numbers from the UK being represented on the boards. Also, could someone clarify for me please...

There appears to be two types of email. One that starts "You have been invited by XXXXXX" and one that starts "You have been selected to....". It sounds like a lot of the people at present are 'invited by' which suggests its still mainly VIPs, fansites and friends that are being allowed in.

For all those waiting however, perhaps take heart in the problems some of the early adopters are having. The downloader seems to be very slow for most people and the servers aren't that stable at present. Also the actual beta testers haven't really heard much from Blizzard these past few days, so I imagine they're either taking a well earned break of working flat out to improve things.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable Sunday. You never know - if you can forget about Wow for a while you may just be surprised! :)

[Dwalin]

sorry if this post lookd a bit funny, my cat finds it fun to run up my shoulder down my arm then jump on the keyboard...now its sat on top of the monitor.

anyway, i didnt personally get in my friend who i made sign up even though he didnt want to play it did, but he gave the key to me which is good cause he could have sold it on ebay or anything 78778fsdg <--catmmmm

keep your heads up i thinkh they will send more out on mondayvc

[oelph]

Lol :) cats are great :)

[WidowMaker]

cat power :lol: !

[RadJim]

cat power :lol: !

Im in the Uk and very sadly none of the 10+ people in my guild have received a beta invite.

Though who ever said earlier that you dont have any right to get into a beta was correct, its worth pointing out that I believe have been accepted for every beta so far that I had signed up for( some 5 or 6 in total)

I guess that as MMOGs get more and more popular then the amount of people applying for beta tests will grow and grow, and not too far into the future people wont associate signing up for a beta, as getting accepted.

Bout my only gripe about the WoW beta is there seems to a large amount of whiney kiddies in it(whom I doubt actually do very little beta testing/bug reporting) The beta application form was very brief, and compared to other forms Id seen It asked you very few questions relating to your suitability to beta test.
Yunno there are actually people on the main forums who post things like "wow is ok but I dont pay to play anygame, so when it goes live I will move onto a dif game or beta test" or the bunches of people who go nucking futs about a nerf, 2 mins after the patch is released

[Squarebob Spongepants]

I still see relatively low numbers from the UK being represented on the boards. Also, could someone clarify for me please...

There appears to be two types of email. One that starts "You have been invited by XXXXXX" and one that starts "You have been selected to....". It sounds like a lot of the people at present are 'invited by' which suggests its still mainly VIPs, fansites and friends that are being allowed in.
Apparently, most of the people that have received Beta keys so far have been VIPs, selected by the german CM. The first wave was mainly people on his ICQ list. The second wave was mostly guilds, with a few token random keys sent out as well. I also read this on the US Beta forum:
there are even some german fansites who did not receive any keys, while other fansites did.
one of the fansites which didn't get keys is part of the old network the german CM worked with... but they split up in some sort of conflict.
what a coincidence!
That's interesting, don't you think. Didn't someone here mention a rumor about Kat being fired for showing favoritism? If that's true, I wouldn't be surprised if the german CM gets fired too :uhhuh:

Anyway... Isn't the random part of the selection process supposed to be automatic? If so, then why were no keys sent out yesterday (as far as I can tell)?

[wavey_davey]

I guess Blizards version of Random is Selected -_-
I wouldn;t mind not getting an email as much if the slection seemed fair :(

[Yeomans]

There appears to be two types of email. One that starts "You have been invited by XXXXXX" and one that starts "You have been selected to....". It sounds like a lot of the people at present are 'invited by' which suggests its still mainly VIPs, fansites and friends that are being allowed in.


From aprox 10 friends (in Latvia) 2 of us got in (me and one of my colegues), and just checked mail, it says "selected".

btw, on Horde side in Beta server right now is 112 ppl, and 40 of them is lvl 1-5.

Edit: and i'm NOT related in any way to any website or blizz. Just regular sick fan.

[oelph]

I wondered if that was the case. I guess all we can do is speculate though. I realise we're not owed anything, but it would be a nice gesture if they kept people more informed about the beta slots - percentage filled, number remaining etc.

On another note, I wanted to jump the gun 'just in case' I got a key, so I used a torrent for getting hold of the phase 3 client. However this client appears to have come from some groups that are trying to setup their own servers. I'm apprehensive to use it just in case its hacked in some way. I don't think it is - I think its the genuine. Has anyone who's actually in the beta used a similar client?

[Mad_Mat]

I wondered if that was the case. I guess all we can do is speculate though. I realise we're not owed anything, but it would be a nice gesture if they kept people more informed about the beta slots - percentage filled, number remaining etc.

On another note, I wanted to jump the gun 'just in case' I got a key, so I used a torrent for getting hold of the phase 3 client. However this client appears to have come from some groups that are trying to setup their own servers. I'm apprehensive to use it just in case its hacked in some way. I don't think it is - I think its the genuine. Has anyone who's actually in the beta used a similar client?
No groups are currently trying to setup their own server. A few groups were in the past, with one major group working on an actually playable one with things to do in it (not just an empty world), and they disbanded for whatever reasons. Soon afterwards Blizzard closed the biggest community site in the WoW emulated server scene, and it's been pretty much dead since.

So even if it has some group's name on it, the client you'll download is probably the same one that'll come from Blizzard - with some need for patching though.

[oelph]

Thanks for the clarification Mad_Mat. Btw, I wouldn't ever want to try an emulated server - seems like the quickest way to spoil the fun.

[Bananaman]

Although I stopped following emulation after gotwow.net shut down, I recently heard that there were other servers online again. But after playing the stress test I never want to go back to crappy emulation.

[Hosierman]

you reckon they're going to release one big push of emails after all the vip stuff has been sorted?

or will they continue to trickle them out bit by bit

[FISKER_Q]

Well they said half an hour ago or something that they would be sending out new invites soon.

Let's hope that means soon as in today :D

[Elros]

I've become obsessed with checking my email every hur or so to see if i've got a blizz acceptance email. Its driving me insane :cheesy:

What this about Kat being fired, is it true?

[Hosierman]

kat was fired ages ago, theres been no official word on why, just speculation. you know what they say though, theres no smoke without fire :D

[Hosierman]

I've become obsessed with checking my email every hur or so to see if i've got a blizz acceptance email. Its driving me insane :cheesy:


http://en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=579&p=1#post579 that the thread you mean?.... That word "soon" means nothing to blizzard! Plus you think if they released more than like 5 keys at a time the downloader would be going much quicker :P

[Mad_Mat]

Well they said half an hour ago or something that they would be sending out new invites soon.

Let's hope that means soon as in today :D
Care to link us?
Edit: Nvm, didn't see above post.

[FISKER_Q]

Care to link us?
Edit: Nvm, didn't see above post.
http://en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=579&p=1#post579

Edit: ah too slow for you edit :D

[wavey_davey]

well I guess theres hope yet lol! Still doubt to get an invite though =( If anyone gets two then I would love one =p
But I am not too bothered anymore, got used to the fact that I need to wait until open beta, whenever that is lol =(

[Mad_Mat]

well I guess theres hope yet lol! Still doubt to get an invite though =( If anyone gets two then I would love one =p
But I am not too bothered anymore, got used to the fact that I need to wait until open beta, whenever that is lol =(
If someone goes to enough trouble to beat the system for even a chance at more than one beta, he'll probably want to keep/sell it :(

[wavey_davey]

yeh I guess =( god I would love just one day of WoW, I didnt know about the stress test until it was too late! Anyone want to let me try there beta acount for a day lol =p

[Hosierman]

yeh I guess =( god I would love just one day of WoW, I didnt know about the stress test until it was too late! Anyone want to let me try there beta acount for a day lol =p
dont do it man it will only make you want it more by playing :(

[wavey_davey]

doubt anyone would let me anyways lol