Great Wait 2005 - Put beta site/server updates here please - Admin

[Mr_Tristen]

So after waiting for 18 long long months, I am now hours away from experiencing World of Warcraft, but find myself staring at a progress bar whos progress is so slow you cant even notice it change, yeup, its the Final Beta Blizzard Downloader. Started literally the minute it was released last night but I'm still sitting at 63%, ETA 6-8 hours depending on how the speed comes out. Its been good the last few hours, but fell really low during about 1am-5am.

Anyone able to get it any faster? I have a 2mb line but the blizzard downloader just won't seem to send at a steady high speed (and yes I've allowed others to upload from me).

To the rest of you waiting, I wish you luck and hope your come out of this with more of your sanity than I.

See you in Azeroth, eventually!

[Xeodus]

I'm getting MAX 30kb's on a 1mb line so I guess it's turn off screen and go to the pub time...

[Lumirage]

You shouldve used the torrent link from http://www.wowtorrents.de.vu/
I got it there within 6 hours, I'm sitting on 2.5Mbit and I wasn't even downloading full speed.
I hear people are downloading from there now full speed so maybe that's even faster for you.

[Mr_Tristen]

ooooooh 64% :eek:

[Scid]

Downloaded the entire game in about an hour from an ftp :)
(4mb line)

[Pirenarosa]

I wouldn't worry too much about how long it's taking at the moment. The account creation pages for the final beta aren't up yet, and I'd be very surprised if they went up this weekend.

You should be in as early as possible as long as your download finishes sometime tomorrow, and considering you're at 64% after less than a day, I'd say you'll have it finished by then. ;)

[Mr_Tristen]

Fantatic idea.... but where from :confused:

Think I might put it up for others to d/l if I can be arsed later, have a few hundred GB of bandwidth thats not used at the moment, can let atleast a few people have it.

[NotAgain]

Although I'm a closed tester I've downloaded the game and am continueing to upload it through bitorrent. Hope it helps a little, the thing is its no where near my max upload limit though I haven't capped it.

Oh well, every megabyte counts I guess :)

[Carnor]

You shouldve used the torrent link from http://www.wowtorrents.de.vu/
I got it there within 6 hours, I'm sitting on 2.5Mbit and I wasn't even downloading full speed.
I hear people are downloading from there now full speed so maybe that's even faster for you.


Got it from this address before christmas, all the blizzard downloader did on my computer was to check the files, that didnt take more than a few seconds :)

Doesnt harm to be prepared ;)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

I've had the client downloaded, installed and patched since before christmas. I'm ready and itching to go :D

[[MMO]Nick]

I've had the client downloaded, installed and patched since before christmas. I'm ready and itching to go :D


Just itching? Call yourself a man?

Huh, I've been scratching my eyes out. Now I cannot see a thing.

[Sphinx]

I've had the client downloaded, installed and patched since before christmas. I'm ready and itching to go :D

Ditto :D

#Why are we waiting# :)

[Snakashi]

Nick']Just itching? Call yourself a man?

Huh, I've been scratching my eyes out. Now I cannot see a thing.

why the hell would you scracht out your eyes lol. with noe eyes thats about no WoW to you know.

I had the new client 2 days after the cb testers got it :)

[species]

Yeh I wouldn't worry, i'm sure it will be done by the time its released anyway, I've had it downloaded and installed for ages but it looks like they won't be opening the beta until sometime next week anyway sadly :( I highly doubt they are going to work over the weekend on this.

[Sepruda]

Yeh I wouldn't worry, i'm sure it will be done by the time its released anyway, I've had it downloaded and installed for ages but it looks like they won't be opening the beta until sometime next week anyway sadly :( I highly doubt they are going to work over the weekend on this.


No they are working in the weekends. A blizzard representative said so on a german website.

[species]

I stand corrected :)

[Mr_Tristen]

82%....

*tick tock tick tock*

[[MMO]Nick]

why the hell would you scracht out your eyes lol. with noe eyes thats about no WoW to you know.

I had the new client 2 days after the cb testers got it :)


I'm sorry I have no eyes so could not read your comment.
However I shall anticipate what you said and reply thusly...

I lied.

Ok I'll admit it, I never scratched my eyes out...Tcho! Had you going though didn't I!?

What I meant was...(insert hilarious comment here). So there.

[Sepruda]

>Nick I think you need some sleep dude...

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Nah. He's just slightly crazy :D

[Paladia]

World of Waitcraft

[[MMO]Nick]

World of Waitcraft
Did you know that still fails to make me laugh.
I know it should, but I think it's gone past that now.
Maybe it should be "World of PAIN and DESPARATE LONGING FOR THIS BLEEDING GAME"

[rebb]

World of Waitcraft

AHAHAHA! :)

[^Mattie^]

Nick']Did you know that still fails to make me laugh.
I know it should, but I think it's gone past that now.
Maybe it should be "World of PAIN and DESPARATE LONGING FOR THIS BLEEDING GAME"

You can expect "It's just a beta, so su"

but i ****ING agree to you, why in the vacation ffs? why?????????????????????????????????

[Mr_Tristen]

wow-europe seems to have just gone down, unless its only happning to our connection.

I pray this means they are updating the site with a nice register account button, and my download is at 92%.

[Regno]

It's down for me too. Here's hoping....

[frixion]

wow-europe seems to have just gone down, unless its only happning to our connection.

I pray this means they are updating the site with a nice register account button, and my download is at 92%.

en.wow-europe.com is up (no change)
signup.wow-europe.com is down (no change)

[Hapa]

bah... now back to sobbing quietly..

[Ceixari]

Yup, down for me too.

[IronValley]

www.wow-europe.com (http://www.wow-europe.com)is down
while en.wow-europe.com (http://en.wow-europe.com) is up

[Lakshman]

www.wow-europe.com (http://www.wow-europe.com) is down
while en.wow-europe.com (http://en.wow-europe.com) is up

Strange that.

[Dalixam]

wow-europe.com goes down several times a week, it doesn't mean anything. Also, they don't need to take a site offline to update it.

[Gilgalad]

Let this be it...

[Lumirage]

Seemingly all the www.wow-europe.com/xx (fr, de, en) seem to go down, including www.wow-europe.com (that redirects you to www.wow-europe.com/en)
But the subdomains keep working xx.wow-europe.com
This happened before today so I don't think this any reason to go yelling that it is beginning :P

[Gilgalad]

Let this be it...........

[IronValley]

now en.wow-europe.com is just white for me....

[Rylan]

Once again...what is making you believe that the web page being up or down has anything to do with the final beta starting whatsoever.

The web team will be completely seperate from the people responsible for the game servers.

[Gilgalad]

http://www.wow-europe.com is the site thats in the Pre-Order box so please god let it beging

[IronValley]

en.wow-europe.com is down......

just recently...

[Sepruda]

I think both are down now

[Lakshman]

By the way - I just tried (yet again) the manage account button on the login screen in WoW and instead of directing me to the EU main site it directed me to http://www.wow-europe.com/en/account . Just so that all would know.

[smokes]

sub domains are all down now :)

[Sepruda]

The both seem to be down now...

[smokes]

en.wow-europe.com is down now :)

[Haijekin]

Well, at least it takes some more time to update the page :)
We can only hope that this is the moment...

[arokis]

Well, as i see it, bioth sites reject connections on 80 ... so maybe, maybe, who knows i've been waiting too long anyways.

[Sepruda]

They both seem to be down now...

[WhiteDragon]

It seems like something fishy IS going on, since neither; http://en.wow-europe.com/ nor http://www.wow-europe.com is working atm.

I dont think they would take their offcial homepage down if they were not doing anything...

[Hapa]

Seemingly all the www.wow-europe.com/xx (fr, de, en) seem to go down, including www.wow-europe.com (that redirects you to www.wow-europe.com/en)
But the subdomains keep working xx.wow-europe.com
This happened before today so I don't think this any reason to go yelling that it is beginning :P

probably another "false alarm" but i cant get into

http://de.wow-europe.com/

or

http://fr.wow-europe.com/

only

http://en.wow-europe.com/ :confused:

[Singu]

Are you sure the subdomains are working? http://en.wow-europe.com is down for me.

[Nitecreature]

Very strange :) Down here too! :cool:

[Sepruda]

They booth seem to be down now...

[msk]

the subs are down too

[SadaraK]

I've had the client downloaded, installed and patched since before christmas. I'm ready and itching to go :D

Ditto :), although, since it is sunday dinner with familty and the girlfriend over tomorrow it looks like, if it is out tomorrow, I wont be there from the start. Not that I actually mind that much anymore, I will definately play it (and probably get re-addicted) but right now the prospect of playing WoW just doesn't hold the anticipation it did a month ago.

[Ligtorn]

Maybe their http-servers has just crashed, due to thousands of people continuosly pressing F5.

[Nitecreature]

The whole thing is down for me too :cool:

[Loboleal]

Seemingly all the www.wow-europe.com/xx (fr, de, en) seem to go down, including www.wow-europe.com (that redirects you to www.wow-europe.com/en)
But the subdomains keep working xx.wow-europe.com
This happened before today so I don't think this any reason to go yelling that it is beginning :P
Subdomains are down too. The end of the begining is closing.

[WhiteDragon]

Not even the subdomains are working as of now, SOMETHING fishy is going on... :confused:

[IronValley]

That includes:

www.wow-europe.com
en.wow-europe.com

and most important,
http://forums.rpgforums.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=7
is dying....
therefore I am trying to create a new thread, since posting in an olde one does not work...

[Loboleal]

Seemingly all the www.wow-europe.com/xx (fr, de, en) seem to go down, including www.wow-europe.com (that redirects you to www.wow-europe.com/en)
But the subdomains keep working xx.wow-europe.com
This happened before today so I don't think this any reason to go yelling that it is beginning :P
Subdomains are down too. It's the end of the begining!!! :D

[Sphinx]

not surprising .. everyone is probably hitting the refresh button every 5 seconds ... on par with DoS attack.. unless ...

[Hapa]

http://en.wow-europe.com/

is still working for me, takes a while to load though because of everyone refreshing the page so often i think. This happened earlier.

[Nitecreature]

That includes:

www.wow-europe.com
en.wow-europe.com

and most important,
http://forums.rpgforums.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=7
is dying....
therefore I am trying to create a new thread, since posting in an olde one does not work...

same here, what's going on :D

[Loboleal]

Subdomains are down too. It's the end of the begining!!! :D

[frixion]

same here, what's going on :D
Nothing

Nothing has changed.

[Maas]

lets hope that this is the big one :)

[Hapa]

actually i cant access anything either on the eu wow site, nothing...

these forums are also dying as stated above, maybe the internet is gonna explode.... :eek:

[IronValley]

sry 4 the hysteria.....

never though it would actually work to post it......

I will edit it to prevent another spam thread.....

[Wompo]

The authentication server is down, too. (Says "Unable to connect" when trying to login.) Would it go down with the web servers, unless it was intentional? Although I guess they are somehow related to the forums...

[Lakshman]

There's a certain unease in the air. Prepare yourself !

[caosedor]

hmm seems like it is indeed down ?

[smokes]

trying to log in with closed beta acc has changed to resulting in 'connecting' showing and not going away...

[Lazysod]

I get a warning box when i try and access en.wow now that says "the document contains no data"

maybe is a sign....

[WhiteDragon]

SOMETHING fishy IS going on...hold on tight all of ya, this MIGHT be something...

[Nitecreature]

"Working as intended" :D

[Lakshman]

hmm seems like it is indeed down ?

I can't get access to anything !

* does his little happy dance *

Lets all hope for the best !

[Lazysod]

I gat a warning that says "the document contains no data"

could it be a sign?...

[Fedaykin UK]

All day I have been able to log in on the auth server and look at the empty realm screens, tried just now and it 'hangs' on 'Connecting'.

I believe things are happening, at the very least this confirms that server staff ARE working late hours and its not just the GM's working on the updates on the webby. :)

Heres hoping!!! ;)

[Kcirtap1]

some1 enlighten me in how this can be "the big one"
when it is FINAL BETA TEST?!

[Kcirtap1]

some1 enlighten me in how this can be "the big one"
when it is FINAL BETA TEST?!
keep your pants on plz!
ort at least your hormones in check :p

[Lumirage]

Everybody that CAN access the site and says nothing changed. Try hitting CTRL + F5 and see if the page loads then ;)
It's still cached in your PC so it just loads the offline version.

[Lazysod]

:D we can only hope...

[IronValley]

well... editing is dead......

[Kcirtap1]

some1 enlighten me in how this can be "the big one" when this is the FINAL BETA TEST??
keep your pants on & hormones in check :p

[Sepruda]

Fingers crossed...

[SpiritWalker]

Loads just fine with me.. :rolleyes:

[MortalWombat]

There's a certain unease in the air. Prepare yourself !
My bad, shoul never have touched those day-old beans :(

[Squarebob Spongepants]

I've tried hitting Ctrl+F5. No change. I can't even connect to the site. It just says "Connecting to en.wow-europe.com..."

[MortalWombat]

There's a certain unease in the air. Prepare yourself !
Sorry 'bout that, should never have touched those day-old beans :(

[SweVoyager]

It's not the storm messing things up then?

[Paladia]

Or it is the fact that the biggest storm of the century has hit Sweden, causing more than 160 000 people to lose their electricity. The World of Warcraft host, Telia, is based in Sweden.

[SweVoyager]

UK is also affected, apperently Carlisle (where ever that is) is under water and people are rescued by helicopter (in this storm?)...

[Lumirage]

Or it is the fact that the biggest storm of the century has hit Sweden, causing more than 160 000 people to lose their electricity. The World of Warcraft host, Telia, is based in Sweden.

All servers are located in Velizy, France. Not Sweden.

[Sepruda]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ is up again, no change...

[Lazysod]

i hope its not the storm. though it was really windy here last night, my wheelie bin got blown over and there was rubbish ererywhere :mad:

i keep getting a "the document contains no data" warning box. dunno what that is???

[Xmoralis]

Ditto :), although, since it is sunday dinner with familty and the girlfriend over tomorrow it looks like, if it is out tomorrow, I wont be there from the start. Not that I actually mind that much anymore, I will definately play it (and probably get re-addicted) but right now the prospect of playing WoW just doesn't hold the anticipation it did a month ago.

okies here's what you do .... call in sick ditch your girlfriend and tell your family you need som time alone figuring out why your girlfriend left you ... the take her back after level 60 offcourse =)

[Paladia]

All servers are located in Velizy, France. Not Sweden.What is important is not where the servers are, but where the routers are.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ appears to be back online. No updates thou :(

[Cedes]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ works for me at the moment and there's nothing new.

[species]

Well its back to normal now

[Kcirtap1]

some1 can explain me on how this can be "the big one"
if its still only Final BETA TEST??
Keep your pants on and your hormones in check :p

[fireflake]

OR it could mean that there is nobody working and that the server just crashed and nobody cares... ;-)

sorry to be pessimistic but it's the only way I can stop myself from pressing F5 continueously... ;-)

[dakkour]

It´s a small different between http://www.wow-europe.com/en (that dosn't work) and http://en.wow-europe.com/ (that works)

[NotAgain]

What is important is not where the servers are, but where the routers are.
Yeah, and if the routers in sweden are down, only swedes won't be able to visit the website. They don't route all the traffic from france to sweden first just because telia is based there.

The servers are in france, that means that all traffic is being 'spread out' from those servers to different hubs. So no go :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Yeah, I'm sure she'll gladly come back :rolleyes: :D

[MortalWombat]

Well it sure is stormy in Denmark too :) Light has been flickering a bit and I've only got 3 out of my usual 40 TV channels...
Another very good reason to launch Final Beta, since I'm all out of entertainment :D

[frixion]

What is important is not where the servers are, but where the routers are.
Telia have a huge network, I can verify Blizzards edge router (telia -> blizzard) is in paris.

[Fedaykin UK]

Now its hanging on 'Authenticating'.

And btw we have no weather problems where I am.

Its looking good.. Anyone with technical knowledge out there? Is this a good sign. this step by step proggress? Or would it just all work immediately if they were opening the gates to us? :confused:

[Fedaykin UK]

Now, after 40 mins of hanging on 'Connecting' its now hanging on 'Athenticating'.

Progress or a test? :confused:

[krebbe]

For how many days could the amarican players download the Closed beta before it went live? Maybe it will be the same amount of days here?

[Squarebob Spongepants]

If it hangs on "Authenticating" it probably means that the login server is down.

[Baroni]

I have it from a very reliable source (someone at blizzard), that the servers were meant to be up and running this morning, but they have had hardware problems.

They are working on it as we speak and the estimate I was given was that it will be up and running between 19:00 gmt and 'tomorrow morning'. Lets hope for sooner rather than later.

baroni

[SweVoyager]

If that's correct the wait is almost over... Thank God!

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Tomorrow morning is, like, hours away :(

[Hapa]

oh cruel world..hours. :(

[Cedes]

I have it from a very reliable source (someone at blizzard), that the servers were meant to be up and running this morning, but they have had hardware problems.

They are working on it as we speak and the estimate I was given was that it will be up and running between 19:00 gmt and 'tomorrow morning'. Lets hope for sooner rather than later.

baroni

Not that I doubt any of what you said, I'd like to know how you came to get that information. Well, in any case if it's indeed true, I guess this will be an allnighter for me. Could really go wash the dishes... >_>

[Wompo]

I have it from a very reliable source (someone at blizzard), that the servers were meant to be up and running this morning, but they have had hardware problems.

They are working on it as we speak and the estimate I was given was that it will be up and running between 19:00 gmt and 'tomorrow morning'. Lets hope for sooner rather than later.

baroniWell if you're not bulls***ting I really hope it doesn't take that long (till tomorrow morning), because I'm probably gonna go to sleep at like 7.00 AM (GMT+2). :( If it starts then I guess it's gonna be a sleepless night for me or something. :rolleyes: Actually not such a bad idea, as I need to get my sleep rhythm right as school starts again next monday. :D

[tusaki]

not sleeping at all is not the same as getting your sleep rythm right :P but good luck to you. I have an exam in 2 weeks... learn... or play... or learn... or play... or play.... or play... or play...

[Sepruda]

Actually a very effective way of getting your sleeping rhytm back to normal is to allnight, I know this from years of experience :)

[Spaff]

i think im actually going insane with waiting.. .heh

[Nostradamus92]

Actually a very effective way of getting your sleeping rhytm back to normal is to allnight, I know this from years of experience :)
True, but you need to be very resistent to sleepyness... and drink heaps of coke :D

[Regno]

I have it from a very reliable source (someone at blizzard), that the servers were meant to be up and running this morning, but they have had hardware problems.

They are working on it as we speak and the estimate I was given was that it will be up and running between 19:00 gmt and 'tomorrow morning'. Lets hope for sooner rather than later.

baroni

I hope for your sake you're not joking or you will be mobbed. :p

[Sepruda]

True, but you need to be very resistent to sleepyness... and drink heaps of coke :D

That depends how far you've pushed your sleeping time...and yes you can only do this when you're good at staying awake, but messing up youre sleeping times in the first place usually means that you are :)
Also I never drink caffeine when trying to stay up, it just gives me the shivers and makes my body weird, I usually drink lots of water.

(sorry for this of-topic discussion, I'm just bored ;) )

[Grimhild]

"beginning of january" = before the 15th? still lots of time for blizzard....

[voodoo hair]

C'mon Blizz, c'mon.....
i'm in a frenzy of anticipation.
reading the forums waiting for FB, there's a hysteria in the air not unlike the release of a star wars or lotr film.
but this time i'm part of it.

[pikkumyy]

"beginning of january" = before the 15th? still lots of time for blizzard....

Well I guess technically you're right, but 'beginning' usually doesn't mean "time before center/middle". Like if you'd be discussing about a jorney you'd say "in the beginning of our trip" and mean the very beginning, not from start to anywhere until the mid-trip. Same goes here.

Don't mind me, just killing time between refreshes :)

[Sepruda]

Well I guess technically you're right, but 'beginning' usually doesn't mean "time before center/middle". Like if you'd be discussing about a jorney you'd say "in the beginning of our trip" and mean the very beginning, not from start to anywhere until the mid-trip. Same goes here.

Don't mind me, just killing time between refreshes :)

I agree, but then again we've seen that Blizzards time intrepretation doesn't match the rest of the worlds...

[TheTailor]

Hmm fishy, Im sure they'll pinch it out at like 2am or so.. then most of the people gave up staying awake, huhuu glory glory.. :rolleyes:

baah, arent they americans? the guys pretending to be blizzard?

[Grimhild]

Well I guess technically you're right, but 'beginning' usually doesn't mean "time before center/middle". Like if you'd be discussing about a jorney you'd say "in the beginning of our trip" and mean the very beginning, not from start to anywhere until the mid-trip. Same goes here.

Don't mind me, just killing time between refreshes :)

He he, I guess you're right...and sure hope so to. I'm just a little frustrated! :eek:

[Sepruda]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ is down again...(as you all know)

[species]

Clearly the site can't take all the eager players wanting a piece of WoW now lol

[ob1ivion]

the site isnt loadin up for me, how bout u guys?

[ob1ivion]

oh now its bk up again :(

[Sepruda]

Yes, doesn't seem to indicate any change - at all! And it's back up now...

[species]

Yes, doesn't seem to indicate any change - at all! And it's back up now...

I think we can expect more of this, doesn't seem to be any cause for assuming that the beta is any closer they should easily be able to update the site when they are ready without having to shut it off first. I least I think so.

[Baroni]

Not that I doubt any of what you said, I'd like to know how you came to get that information. Well, in any case if it's indeed true, I guess this will be an allnighter for me. Could really go wash the dishes... >_>

Well if you're not bulls***ting I really hope it doesn't take that long (till tomorrow morning), because I'm probably gonna go to sleep at like 7.00 AM (GMT+2). If it starts then I guess it's gonna be a sleepless night for me or something. Actually not such a bad idea, as I need to get my sleep rhythm right as school starts again next monday.

All I can say is that I got my info from someone who works at blizzard. I promised not to reveal names or job positions.

The info I got was the hardware problem involved something to do with routers not letting people on the outside (us) see the servers, or something to that effect. I am not too technically minded so didn't really pay that much attention to the techie stuff.

The time-frame of somewhere between 7pm and tomorrow morning was just an estimate, and not to be taken as gospel.

I, like everyone else am waiting around with bated breath for the start. I just hope they can get it going asap.

[Alia Vetinari]

Of course it's "going down" all the time. With so many people constantly hitting F5, I'm surprised the poor thing isn't dead and buried already :p
The Spirit Healer must be having a hard time with it..

[[MMO]Nick]

A router issue?
That sounds like it shouldn't tkae long.

Hmmmmm...

[LordBeorn]

All I can say is that I got my info from someone who works at blizzard. I promised not to reveal names or job positions.

This the info I got was the hardware problem involved something to do with routers not letting people on the outside (us) see the servers, or something to that effect. I am not too technically minded so didn't really pay that much attention to the techie stuff.

The timeframe of somewhere between 7pm and tomorrow morning was just an estimate, and not to be taken as gospel.

I, like everyone else am waiting around with bated breath for the start. I just hope they can get it going asap.
the servers arent in the us are they

[Sepruda]

It's still a mystery to me why they don't just put up that piece of information on the website, instead of us having to find out about it through hear-say. But I certainly hope it's true!

[div-]

the servers arent in the us are they

i'm quite sure he meant us as opposed to them

[Baroni]

the servers arent in the us are they

I think they are in Paris and Sweden aren't they? Somewhere like that.

And I did mean us as in the word us, not US :)

[Matriarch]

the servers arent in the us are they

No.. worse i belive, France/Paris..

[LordBeorn]

yup i read it wrong my bad ingnore me im tired and bored

[LameBrain]

bated breath, polished teeth, sharpened sword, buffed shield, FIGHT ME, put the servers back up :P

[DarkGant]

Downloaded the entire game in about an hour from an ftp :)
(4mb line)

me too :P

doesnt take more than an intelligent google to find it either :P.

[MortalWombat]

OMG!!! NEWS!!!

Final Beta Update
Thundgot, 08/01/2005
Our technical teams are currently working around the clock to finalize the preparations for the start of the European Final Beta Test. We ask you to bear with us until the servers are ready to be opened. Stay tuned for updates on this website. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

[Rylan]

If they dont want their site crapping out 7 times a day they should put a post up.

Im not saying they should announce the exact hour or date of Final beta start but they'd reduce the load by simply saying;

"The final beta will not begin today. There will be no more updates until tommorow"

[MortalWombat]

Looks like we're in for a wait:

Final Beta Update
Thundgot, 08/01/2005
Our technical teams are currently working around the clock to finalize the preparations for the start of the European Final Beta Test. We ask you to bear with us until the servers are ready to be opened. Stay tuned for updates on this website. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

[spiff_swe]

Final Beta Update
Thundgot, 08/01/2005
Our technical teams are currently working around the clock to finalize the preparations for the start of the European Final Beta Test. We ask you to bear with us until the servers are ready to be opened. Stay tuned for updates on this website. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

[Lakshman]

Check it out http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

I don't know if this makes me happy or sad?

[Sepruda]

What do you mean, I don't see any change?

[hashrulzok]

and where did u find this information?

[Sire]

Check it out http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

I don't know if this makes me happy or sad?

They're just stalling...

[SweVoyager]

The login servers are back online now, at least...

[MortalWombat]

If you donøt see any apparent changes, try hitting CRTL+F5 to update everything on the page.

[SweVoyager]

and where did u find this information?
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

but not

http://en.wow-europe.com yet...

[Sepruda]

Oh right, now I see it.

The update doesn't seem to be on http://en.wow-europe.com/ though, weird...

[Hapa]

Final Beta Update
Thundgot, 08/01/2005
Our technical teams are currently working around the clock to finalize the preparations for the start of the European Final Beta Test. We ask you to bear with us until the servers are ready to be opened. Stay tuned for updates on this website. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.


Yippeeeeeeee....a word from the inside.
the word is like 2 sentances and it just tells us to wait a bit longer but at least we know they are there ay....i dont think im making sense. la la la, happy happy happy.

[SweVoyager]

I think I'll take a break from all this F5 pushing now, it's Dakar Rally time... :D

[hashrulzok]

o yeah thanks alot :D :cool: :D :cool:

[Mr_Tristen]

Wow, when the hell did this thread shoot up in size?

Anyway finally got the client after a long pause 48kb from being finished. Now about 2/3rds of the way through the install program :D

[Gilgalad]

Final Beta Update
Thundgot, 08/01/2005
Our technical teams are currently working around the clock to finalize the preparations for the start of the European Final Beta Test. We ask you to bear with us until the servers are ready to be opened. Stay tuned for updates on this website. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

[Sepruda]

That's a strange assumption, it doesn't say anything about releasetime

[Xmoralis]

its the tech team so the software and that stuff is up and going so it must be a router/hardware problem they are having trouble with =) shouldt take long

[Squarebob Spongepants]

I agree. It doesn't say anything about when it will or will not start. There's still 90 minutes left of this day so there's hope yet :p

[Gilgalad]

Just my opinion... dont get me wrong... I pray it whould start today... just dont see that happening :(

[Omi]

We ask you to bear with us
Can anyone translate this to more user-friendly language? ;)
(what means word "bear"?)
thnx.

[MortalWombat]

its the tech team so the software and that stuff is up and going so it must be a router/hardware problem they are having trouble with =) shouldt take long
Technical is not necesarilly hardware, it most likely involves hardware, but will almost certainly involve getting the software right too.
Personally I think they will hold it untill Monday/late Sunday, since they will have the most staff ready at "normal" days/hours. Thousands of people raping the servers will create problems, so better be on high alert when that happens.

[LordBeorn]

2 and a half hours of the day left for me

[Hapa]

hah, nothing to do with this thread and i dont think anyone cares but anyways:

ive decided what my FB character will be. A Human (i hate humans :) ) shadow priest. Im playing this because (i think) i wont ever play a human or priest character in retail (in retail im planning on orc hunter)

well that makes half sense...back to the old F5

[MortalWombat]

Can anyone translate this to more user-friendly language? ;)
(what means word "bear"?)
thnx.
Bear, as in be patient and overbearing. Don't blame them, be nice, smoke the funny plant, go get drunk, go to sleep.
OR! it might be that Bears ingame are bugging and raiding all capitol cities, drinking ale and dancing on tables - it's a sick world! :eek:

[darkangl]

Technical is not necesarilly hardware, it most likely involves hardware, but will almost certainly involve getting the software right too.
Personally I think they will hold it untill Monday/late Sunday, since they will have the most staff ready at "normal" days/hours. Thousands of people raping the servers will create problems, so better be on high alert when that happens.

The longer they wait, the more people will be finished with downloading the client. And I think alot of people go partying on saturday night :P. So it would be an easy start. But then again, seeing so many posts here, there's lots of people eager to play.

[Gilgalad]

What is this "partying" your talking about... ;) What does it mean? :D

[Hapa]

What is this "partying" your talking about... ;) What does it mean? :D

A social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement

[darkangl]

What is this "partying" your talking about... ;) What does it mean? :D

Dunno.
I heard it, years ago I guess. :)

Gah. Stupid Bittorent. my WoW movie 'Journey to Stratholme' won't go past 92.4%. And all that Azureus does it get other people to 92.4% aswell, so we have to fight over that one good source o_O.

[Xmoralis]

kind of like a group thing where you do soething together and quest on elite night elfs in a shady inn? :D

[Piccione]

As i can not even think they are working on it right now we will have to wait till monday.

Since i have a Fb account i am only waiting for blizzard to announce a date for retail. It will be great only to start counting days as i playes 2 Us Betas.

[Wompo]

OK, this is something I think from the news post:
They say that they are "currently working around the clock to finalize the preparations for the start of the European Final Beta Test". This should mean that they are working at the moment too to bring the servers up and such. Of course we don't know if there is still much testing to do and such, though.

"We ask you to bear with us until the servers are ready to be opened." Should they really say this at this time of day (or night) if they weren't quite sure that they would have the FB up and running within the next few hours? It would make some enthusiastic WoW players quite annoyed if they stayed up all night hoping for the FB to start as they said to "bear with them" without any estimated time. :rolleyes:

[Hapa]

i think wompo made some good points, i also noted that the post was posted by Thundgot (the english community manager). why would he be up if final beta was not starting soon as he is not part of the technical team?

[Piccione]

it's a typical blizzard comunicate. They say all and they say nothing.I hope that they are working hard right now to bring it this night. But if you are going to wait all night long i suggest you to go sleeping ^^

[stebbi30]

if im right, wich i hope im not, there not gonna put up the servers yet.

why would they bother sending this message:

Final Beta Update
Thundgot, 08/01/2005
Our technical teams are currently working around the clock to finalize the preparations for the start of the European Final Beta Test. We ask you to bear with us until the servers are ready to be opened. Stay tuned for updates on this website. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

if they were close to finishing... what they are doing.

[Mort]

As much as I hope your right Wompo, I think your reading too much into Thundgots recent post. I dont think he spends too much time weighing every word to make sure they convey the proper meaning. From where Im sitting, this is just another typical Blizzard update that that can be summed up into the following: "Working on it, no ETA".

But I hope Im wrong.

[Sepruda]

Wompo and Hapa, I'm with you guys, I wan't to believe...

[Wompo]

if im right, wich i hope im not, there not gonna put up the servers yet.

why would they bother sending this message:

if they were close to finishing... what they are doing.Because the web site and authentication servers went down which made like 99% of the pre-orderers to assume that the FB is starting? At last they do some communicating with the beta waiting crowd.

[Hapa]

if im right, wich i hope im not, there not gonna put up the servers yet.

why would they bother sending this message:

if they were close to finishing... what they are doing.

if they do monitor fansite forums maybe they read the pleas for just a little bit of information for FB status.

truth is of course i dont have a clue ...

[Vilkku]

That message could mean a few hours or a few days... Let's hope it's hours :/

[Matriarch]

me too :P

doesnt take more than an intelligent google to find it either :P.

WHERE HUMAN?? WHEEREE I TELL YAAAA!

?! either post here or send to me email Assassinator777@musiker.nu OR PM ME ;) but please its gonna take 30-50 hours for me and its frying my computer badly!

[Covenant]

That message could mean a few hours or a few days... Let's hope it's hours :/

It does sound like they really want to start the final beta before the week is over.. It's like: sorry guys, the fb is not going to start to night theres been a slight delay.. Try again tomorrow.

[Regno]

I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight...

[dalboel]

Anyone have any idea of how many FBaccounts will be created right now?

200.000?

[Mort]

It does sound like they really want to start the final beta before the week is over.. It's like: sorry guys, the fb is not going to start to night theres been a slight delay.. Try again tomorrow.

Then why cant they just say it in plain english? Why do they keep being so vague. If they know it wont be today (hypotheticly), why cant they say it wont be today. It would save us all alot of waking hours, thats for sure.

[stebbi30]

and the starting locations will be full of players :)

[Matriarch]

Then why cant they just say it in plain english? Why do they keep being so vague. If they know it wont be today (hypotheticly), why cant they say it wont be today. It would save us all alot of waking hours, thats for sure.

The blizz "gods" like torturing people?! =)

[Mort]

The blizz "gods" like torturing people?! =)

Yeah, that must be it. :(

[WhiteDragon]

yep, thats it

[Wompo]

Then why cant they just say it in plain english? Why do they keep being so vague. If they know it wont be today (hypotheticly), why cant they say it wont be today. It would save us all alot of waking hours, thats for sure.That's exactly why I think it could start this night. At least I truly hope so. :( They can't be that evil as to not tell us if it couldn't, now can they? :eek:

[Mort]

That's exactly why I think it could start this night. At least I truly hope so. :( They can't be that evil as to not tell us if it couldn't, now can they? :eek:


Yeah, they can .....

[AbstractShadow]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ now redirects to http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

[div-]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ now redirects to http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

yep, and en.wow-europe.com is physically on a different server then www.wow-europe.com, so maybe they're going to use the en.wow-europe.com server for registration, because that server _is_ accessible from the outside (assuming they are facing a routing issue).
The plot thickens :)

[Matriarch]

http://en.wow-europe.com/ now redirects to http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

haha usually it was http://www.wow-europe.com/en/ Redirecting to http://en.wow-europe.com/

[Covenant]

That's exactly why I think it could start this night. At least I truly hope so. :( They can't be that evil as to not tell us if it couldn't, now can they? :eek:

The fact that they make a statement this night telling us they are working on it lets us know that its not going to be a release tonight.. sorry

go to sleep and check the site tomorrow. =)

[TheTailor]

Guys, not to be rude or anything, but why would you torture yourselves with constantly checking the site and assuming the site is being moved, and its down and so on so forth.

When this comes up on the site I'm happy:

"Dear Mr.Whatsoever, We are pleased to announce that the FB has begun, and that you at this moment can sign an account and go play on the buckloads of servers"

:rolleyes:

[Iothar]

Pls thundgot if you r reading this tell me/us if we are refreshing the page 30times in a min. in vain... :(

[Gilgalad]

The thing that bothers me most is that blizzard wont say "not today" (poem) :)

When US beta was starting everyday in the forums there were someone from blizzard saying "not today" even though they didnt say and exact date... Why dont they say anything in the news because the forums are down

[Wompo]

The fact that they make a statement this night telling us they are working on it lets us know that its not going to be a release tonight.. sorry

go to sleep and check the site tomorrow. =)Kinda reverse psychology... :rolleyes:

Well even if I wanted to I can't go get some sleep before morning because of my sleep rhythm. :(

BTW Aguilar (French CM) appeared on #wow @ QuakeNet but he really couldn't give any real answers to anything. :D

[Mort]

Guys, not to be rude or anything, but why would you torture yourselves with constantly checking the site and assuming the site is being moved, and its down and so on so forth.

Only other option is to go to sleep, and wheres the fun in that? :D

[Wompo]

Aguilar did, however, not reject the idea of FB beginning this night when the question was asked. So it is possible.

[Tar-Elendil]

how did he not reject that the EFB starts tonight? Did he say something or did he just stop answering? if he said something then its REALLY good, but if he just didnt answer, we may be waiting one more night :'(

[Mort]

Could you post a transcript of the conversation, so we can see for our selves?

[Wompo]

how did he not reject that the EFB starts tonight? Did he say something or did he just stop answering? if he said something then its REALLY good, but if he just didnt answer, we may be waiting one more night :'(He did answer earlier. Now he answered the same question again pretty much, here's the quote:

<Aguilar> I can't give any ETA simply because i don't have any...

I think this is an answer to whether it is impossible that the FB starts tonight:

<Aguilar> if it was the case, you'll have it, we don't gain anything not to provide you the news you expect

So I guess they don't want to piss us off, they simply do not know. :rolleyes:

[WhiteDragon]

(@Nova_) Aguilar, some people want to know if it is possible that the Final Beta launches during the night

(+Aguilar) I can't give any ETA simply because i don't have any...

[Tar-Elendil]

It sounds promising to me

[Wompo]

Could you post a transcript of the conversation, so we can see for our selves?Sorry, too much join-leave-flood, spam and such, I ain't gonna clean it up. :D But there really ain't much actually new info, anyways...

[SweVoyager]

Why do I get a "Cannot join channel (+r)" error message when I try to join #wow?

[WhiteDragon]

(@Nightchill) Sorry to go back to the FB question Aguilar. People are telling me they don't want a specific time, they just want to know if it could be tonight or this weekend. Is there a chance?

(+Aguilar) tonight ...it's 00h10 here:)

(+Aguilar) so we are tomorrow..as today arf:)



Thats pretty much all he said...Imho, i dont think Aguilar knows more then we do, and he does not seem way to familiar with English as language either, though, he tries

[WhiteDragon]

When asked if Thundgot could join the irc-chat, this reply came from Aguilar;

(00:24:00) (+Aguilar) I've asked Thndgot for it but he's at work and doind heavy stuff right now


So, atm Aguilar is prolly home and have no or little information about whats happening at "the office", while Thundgot is at the office "doing heavy stuff".

I do not know what this meens, but probably they are working hard at the office, and when Aguilar have to leave the chat because he have to go to work, THATS when *I PERSONALLY* think the FB will start.

I dont think they would open the FB without having all of their staff present

[TheTailor]

Im beginning to think that.. that.. I dunno.. I havent had much sleep.. :(

[stebbi30]

then youll have to tell us when he goes to work :D

[Sepruda]

What's the link to the site where the blizzard guy is?

[WhiteDragon]

(+Aguilar) I'll have to leave you soon cause other people are waiting too :)

(00:45:43) (+Aguilar) Hope to see you all soon on Azeroth :)

Well, he's about to leave, where noone knows, but hopefully to the office for the grand opening of the FB ;P

[Sepruda]

Or maybe he's coming over here to answer some questions.

[Cedes]

When he said "others are waiting too", I got the feeling he's going off to join some other channels. Then again his english isn't exactly top-notch so who knows.

[WhiteDragon]

Well, if anyone speaks or understands french, please join: #wow.fr on quakenet, and tell us what the hell Aguilar is saying, cause I dont understand french... Its the only channel he is on atm, and he was on it all the time while he was on #wow too...

Translate this:
(00:59:31) (Aguilar) bon je crois que je suis très doué en irc donc je vais d'abord quitter ce channel et revenir quand j'aurai tout bien fait, a tout ! :)

And your qualified to be our translator ;)

[Sepruda]

Here's what a translator made of it, not very informative...

"good I believe that I am very gifted in IRC thus I d'abord will leave this channel and to return when j'aurai any made good, has all!"

[Telrunya]

A rough translation:

Good, i believe that i'm very gifted in Irc, but im gonna leave this channel 1st and return when i have good news.

My French sucks though :(

[darkangl]

Here's what a translator made of it, not very informative...

"good I believe that I am very gifted in IRC thus I d'abord will leave this channel and to return when j'aurai any made good, has all!"

I think it's something like

"It's good to know I can handle IRC well, but i have to leave this channel, and I'll return when good progress has been made, see you later"

[NeoNick]

I'm really getting disappointed by this extended wait.

But as somebody with experience from working in France wrote earlier:
"For me a couple of days mean 2-3 days. For a French, today means about 2-3 weeks from now."

Sigh...

[WhiteDragon]

Well, He doesn't seem to be getting back, he left awhile ago, so I'll just post what I saw him type;

(00:48:30) (Aguilar) Et oui LA fameuse question

(00:48:46) (Aguilar) que je vous aurai donné SI j'avais la réponse:)

(00:49:29) (Aguilar) Ca se compte en temps nécessaire à résoudre tout ce qu'il est nécessaire d'obtenir parfaitement fonctionnel pour le Final Beta

(00:49:58) (Aguilar) Je reviens...je me reco..trop de pm de l'ancien channel:-/

(00:50:07) (Aguilar) Line tu me fais mal là :'(
(00:50:13) —› quit: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206) (Signed off)

(00:56:14) —› join: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206)
(00:56:33) (Aguilar) C'est là qu'on voit que je suis un expert de irc... lol

(00:57:10) (Aguilar) Je créé un compte etc et je suis à vous:)

(00:57:21) (Aguilar) nOOb ircien:)

(00:59:31) (Aguilar) bon je crois que je suis très doué en irc donc je vais d'abord quitter ce channel et revenir quand j'aurai tout bien fait, a tout ! :)
(00:59:54) —› part: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

And now we just need a translation :D

[Cedes]

Looks like it's the standard "We're working to get final beta functioning better, I'll be back when I've got good news". Then again my french is really bad and so is babelfish's.

[Sepruda]

Yeah that's what I got out of it to.

[Matriarch]

what the "babelfish" gave

00:48:30) (Aguilar) And yes the famous question (00:48:46) (Aguilar) that I will have given you IF j'avais the answer (00:49:29) (Aguilar) Ca amounts in time necessary to solve all this qu'il is necessary to d'obtenir perfectly functional for Final Beta (00:49:58) (Aguilar) I return... I reco..trop of pm of l ancian channel:-/ (00:50:07) (Aguilar) Line you hurt there me:'((00:50:13) - > quit: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206) (Signed off) (00:56:14) - > join: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206) (00:56:33) (Aguilar) C'est there qu'on sees that I am an expert of IRC... lol (00:57:10) (Aguilar) I created an account etc and I are with you (00:57:21) (Aguilar) nOOb ircian (00:59:31) (Aguilar) good I believe that I am very gifted in IRC thus I d'abord will leave this channel and to return when j'aurai any made good, has all! (00:59:54) - > share: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206)

Abit messy but hell no im cleaning i need sleep! :o -->Yawn

[Fedaykin UK]

How can I join #wow please, I have kept trying but get 'Could not join channel (+r)? :confused:

[darkangl]

what the "babelfish" gave

00:48:30) (Aguilar) And yes the famous question (00:48:46) (Aguilar) that I will have given you IF j'avais the answer (00:49:29) (Aguilar) Ca amounts in time necessary to solve all this qu'il is necessary to d'obtenir perfectly functional for Final Beta (00:49:58) (Aguilar) I return... I reco..trop of pm of l ancian channel:-/ (00:50:07) (Aguilar) Line you hurt there me:'((00:50:13) - > quit: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206) (Signed off) (00:56:14) - > join: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206) (00:56:33) (Aguilar) C'est there qu'on sees that I am an expert of IRC... lol (00:57:10) (Aguilar) I created an account etc and I are with you (00:57:21) (Aguilar) nOOb ircian (00:59:31) (Aguilar) good I believe that I am very gifted in IRC thus I d'abord will leave this channel and to return when j'aurai any made good, has all! (00:59:54) - > share: (Aguilar) (Pouetounet@81.57.117.206)

Abit messy but hell no im cleaning i need sleep! :o -->Yawn

A: Oh yes the famous question.

A: I'll get you the answer as soon as i shall have it.

A: [in short, it is necessary that we solve everything in order to have a perfectly working Final Beta]

A: I will return, i have received lots of PM's from the old channel

A: [ - - - - ] something about that something strucks him deeply or something

A: You can see I'm an expert with IRC

A: I created an account and everything, and now i'm here.

A: Newbie Arcian

A: It's good to know I'm gifted with IRC, but i have to leave this channel, and I'll return when good progress has been made, see you later

[WhiteDragon]

Well...I aint no master on irc, but all I did was type /j wow
Amd i was in... dunno why you cant get in, but the real stuff ought to be happening in #wow.fr anyways, if the translation is correct...

Im just sitting in wow.fr waiting for Aguilar to get back...
besides, i Pm'd him and actually got a answer back...:

(01:25:46) (Aguilar) oui
(01:26:11) (Wh1tedr4g0N^) im a very addicted WoW player ;)
(01:27:22) (Aguilar) Oh:)
(01:27:30) (Aguilar) and i'm a very addicted community pro :)
(01:27:37) (Wh1tedr4g0N^) what I, as the rest, or atleast half the world is wondering, is if the Final Beta will be up in sometime soon, a couple of hours or minutes that is..But, what im asking you, is simply if you know anything about it

I havn't heard anything more from him, still waiting to see if he ever responds...

[Wompo]

How can I join #wow please, I have kept trying but get 'Could not join channel (+r)? :confused:I think it means that you have to have an account on the Q bot and be logged in.

Check http://www.quakenet.org for more info.

[Qinetiq]

It's great seeing the Blizzard Euro community people out and about but where is our English community manager? We've seen the French and German ones, anyone seen a post from Thundgot anywhere?

[Fedaykin UK]

I think it means that you have to have an account on the Q bot and be logged in.

Check http://www.quakenet.org for more info.

Thankyou WOMPO :)

[Squarebob Spongepants]

It's great seeing the Blizzard Euro community people out and about but where is our English community manager? We've seen the French and German ones, anyone seen a post from Thundgot anywhere?
Aguilar said that Thundgot is busy at work.

[Sepruda]

I you look earlier in this thread, it says that the french guy said that thundgot was busy working...

[Wompo]

It's great seeing the Blizzard Euro community people out and about but where is our English community manager? We've seen the French and German ones, anyone seen a post from Thundgot anywhere?Aguilar said that he is very busy with something, so he probably ain't just being lazy at least. I'm not sure but I think he also said that Thundgot would appear later at #wow.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Update!!!

It's Starting Now!!!

[Sepruda]

OMG THIS IS IT. I feel like crying

[NotAgain]

Account creation at this point is still down however and the ingame servers are not up either, I just checked.


Saturday, 8th of January 2005, Paris, France:
Following the rapid sell-out of the European pre-order campaign and the successful start of the localised Closed Beta Test, we are happy to announce that the first phase of the European Final Beta Test of World of Warcraft starts now, in English, French and German. The first phase of the Final Beta Test will allow access to a select group of players: those who attained a beta key through the official Blizzard pre-order campaign, and current Closed Beta testers.

The first phase of the Final Beta Test will also allow the testing of the World of Warcraft localized server infrastructure under heavy loads. As soon as system stability allows, the second phase of the testing process will begin and more players will be added into the Final Beta Test. We will make every effort to accommodate all requests for beta accounts but there is always the possibility that we will be unable to meet demand, and we therefore strongly encourage motivated players to register an account as quickly as possible once the second phase of the Final Beta Test begins. More details regarding the second phase will be given shortly on www.wow-europe.com.

See you in Azeroth,

Blizzard Entertainment.

[Tezrian]

European Final Beta Starts Now!
08/01/2005
We are proud to announce that the Final Beta Test of World of Warcraft is starting now. For full details please click here. We are looking forward to seeing you in-game very soon.
Blizzard Entertainment

weee finally!!!

[Squarebob Spongepants]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 403 Forbidden :eek:

[Sepruda]

It must come up in a couple of minutes!!

[Squarebob Spongepants]

There's a link to account creation but the page is not up yet - 403 Forbidden :(

[Garekko]

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

We are proud to announce that the Final Beta Test of World of Warcraft is starting now. For full details please click here. We are looking forward to seeing you in-game very soon.
Blizzard Entertainment


http://www.blizzard-europe.com/press/050108_final_beta.shtml

Saturday, 8th of January 2005, Paris, France:
Following the rapid sell-out of the European pre-order campaign and the successful start of the localised Closed Beta Test, we are happy to announce that the first phase of the European Final Beta Test of World of Warcraft starts now, in English, French and German. The first phase of the Final Beta Test will allow access to a select group of players: those who attained a beta key through the official Blizzard pre-order campaign, and current Closed Beta testers.

The first phase of the Final Beta Test will also allow the testing of the World of Warcraft localized server infrastructure under heavy loads. As soon as system stability allows, the second phase of the testing process will begin and more players will be added into the Final Beta Test. We will make every effort to accommodate all requests for beta accounts but there is always the possibility that we will be unable to meet demand, and we therefore strongly encourage motivated players to register an account as quickly as possible once the second phase of the Final Beta Test begins. More details regarding the second phase will be given shortly on www.wow-europe.com.

See you in Azeroth,

Blizzard Entertainment.



New update :) but what does this mean exactly? lol are they stalling on purpose or what? eitherway, its closer than ever... me can feel it :P hehe