EU Beta Invites on the way!

[Chrismorris]

Its really a lottery, All i know is you need a good ish PC, be over 18 and not be part of any media. Anyone that falls into that group is randomly picked.

Just pray to the chaos gods, thats all you can do.

 

[Raes]

Can anyone clarify what the criteria is for getting in this phase of beta? A mate of mine who only applied a couple of months back got his invite today, I applied I dunno exactly but pretty much day #1 that the application page went up. I built his computer and the spec is identical to mine so I don't think it can't be down to the spec or application date either or surely I would have got in ahead considering that I applied many months before he did.

Anyway, not complaining as such just a bit confused.

I've Been signed up for the Newsletter since Dec 2005, I know people with equal spec PC's in Beta, I Have a Competition Winner Beta slot (in with the first wave after beta re-launch apparently), I'm in my 30's, I'm far from being part of "the media". Yet I got no invite.

God I'm starting to hate the sound of my own "whine"

 

[Chrismorris]

I've Been signed up for the Newsletter since Dec 2005, I know people with equal spec PC's in Beta, I Have a Competition Winner Beta slot (in with the first wave after beta re-launch apparently), I'm in my 30's, I'm far from being part of "the media". Yet I got no invite.

God I'm starting to hate the sound of my own "whine"

Been signed up 9 months and have a top end PC, and im abit miffed.

Tho i take my hat off to you, Id be pissed if i was you. You deserve to get the next invite, I vote you (If that was at all possible )

 

[Anar]

Ive been signed up since Dec 05,cant say im not dissapointed but hey if thats all ive gotta worry about it cant all be bad, Ah well back into hybernation until May

 

[Ageoc]

:eek2: well i hope its work

 

[wutae]

hibernation is the best thing to do, else you gonna lose it. But on the other side, if we were actually hibernated we wouldnt be in these forums, checking for WAR status.

 

[Lexa]

Once again no invite for me, but seeing as you had a 1 in 70ish chance all I can say is grats to those that got in, you certainly beat the odds.

I do agree it sucks that someone that just signed up gets in whereas someone who has been following it since the beginning doesn't.

Although we have had more chances to get in than them

 

[Oskorei]

Although we have had more chances to get in than them

Now you make it sound like we didn't "use the opportunity when it came". And not like it's alot of dumb-luck, and only GOA knows why.

 

[UndyingAngel]

You'll be happy to know I got an invite yesterday ^^...

 

[Cerbos]

Didn't get in, but i guess i shouldn't be sad since the game will be released soon.

 

[Oskorei]

Didn't get in, but i guess i shouldn't be sad since the game will be released soon.

Well, I guess, "soon" is a relative thing. But I don't think it'll apply to the ETA of the game.

 

[Whisperess]

You'll be happy to know I got an invite yesterday ^^...

Not really, but congratulations to you anyway.

 

[Case]

Just to point out if you signed up december 2005 your probably not signed up to the correct beta as the war-europe site didn`t open till way after that.

 

[Gahn]

I do hope Guild Invites will come out next wave -.-

 

[Raes]

Just to point out if you signed up december 2005 your probably not signed up to the correct beta as the war-europe site didn`t open till way after that.

Signed up for the newsletter 16/12/2005 when Mythic 1st acquired the license. GOA launched their site, began distributing the EU newsletter and opened the beta sign ups around the 30/05/2007. Received my Congratulations! Winner of a Warhammer Online Beta Account! e-mail on 03/10/2007. Still not in Beta.

 

[Oskorei]

I guess Iain hasn't responded on this yet, because it's hard for GOA to say "Sorry, we messed up."

 

[IainC]

I guess Iain hasn't responded on this yet, because it's hard for GOA to say "Sorry, we messed up."

Do what now? What am I supposed to respond to?

If you mean Raes not being in the beta then that's been covered already in any of the 'you will get an invite when you are eligible' replies I and various EA Mythic staff have made.

I will just add this though, you absolutely will never get a beta invite if you don't have a beta centre account.

Ever.

Even if Mark Jacobs comes around to your house and personally begs you to be in the beta, you won't get an invite unless you have a beta centre account. If you're European and EA Mythic pick you as a newsletter winner, they'll pass the details to us and if we can't match your details with an account on the war-europe site then we can't send you an invite.
I'm not saying that this is the situation for Raes (I don't have access to the database so I have no idea if he's signed up or not), but it is something that's come up already where contest winners hadn't signed up.

 

[rynnor]

Am I the only one who doesnt want a beta invite?

I want the game to be fresh and new when I start with my mates - I have done the beta thing before and its a real barrier if you get in and the rest dont.

Its a lot more fun to explore and discover things together - plus in most betas they wipe the chars before retail so you end up fighting the same stuff and doing the same quests a short while later unless you pick a radically different char.

Sod beta give retail!

 

[WiZe^]

lol Oskorei pwnd himself xD

 

[Raes]

I guess Iain hasn't responded on this yet, because it's hard for GOA to say "Sorry, we messed up."

Easy now, my post was just a reply to Case pointing out I was well aware which beta I was signed up for, nothing more. I've had a reply from Requiel in another post on the matter of competition winners not getting in. Please don't use me as a "poster boy" for disgruntled Beta applicants.

I'm signed up correctly with GOA using the same e-mail address as marketing@mythic used, etc, I've just been blowing of steam because I'd built myself up to be 99.9999% sure I'd get in this wave.

 

[Chrismorris]

went too far Oskorei

GOA dont have to answer to anyone of us, be glad that they actually do. Unlike a hell of alot of other companies.

 

[Amelyn]

I guess Iain hasn't responded on this yet, because it's hard for GOA to say "Sorry, we messed up."

You really make my day Oskorei.

Quality QQ

 

[Talivar]

To be fair Oskorei be thankfull its GOA/Mythic running the game and not me because id have crossed u off beta and retail list long a go. All you do is whine and have come across in your past posts as the type of person that only wants beta so you can gain an advantage and find what class is gonna "pwn" most in retail so you can level as fast as possible to max. That doesnt help the beta much at all. These GOA people you seem so eager and happy to have a dig at are working hard all day and atleast 5 days a work trying to get this game ready for retail. Yet despite all the hard work they still have to come home and read snide and impatient remarks of someone that is acting like they lost thier dummy. Its not constructive critisim its just plain childish impatience. Im 100% sure if you had got a beta spot ages ago you wouldnt be here defending the rest that hadnt. I can tell already you the type of person to not care what me or anyone else thinks so ill do next best thing and remeber your name for when we go retail and make you my characters favourite target dummy.

 

[Chrismorris]

To be fair Oskorei be thankfull its GOA/Mythic running the game and not me because id have crossed u off beta and retail list long a go.

How do you know they havnt? lol

 

[Anar]

Signed up for the newsletter 16/12/2005 when Mythic 1st acquired the license. GOA launched their site, began distributing the EU newsletter and opened the beta sign ups around the 30/05/2007. Received my Congratulations! Winner of a Warhammer Online Beta Account! e-mail on 03/10/2007. Still not in Beta.

As far as I was aware if you had signed up to the Newsletter in the first instance you were automatically put into the beta draw pool and there was no need to register again . If this isnt the case I may just have to bang my head against my new keyboard until the STUPID falls out hehe.

 

[Raes]

As far as I was aware if you had signed up to the Newsletter in the first instance you were automatically put into the beta draw pool and there was no need to register again . If this isnt the case I may just have to bang my head against my new keyboard until the STUPID falls out hehe.

You can receive the newsletter and not be signed up for the Beta, as Requiel has said just because your name is picked in the random selection every month from newsletter subscriptions, if you are not registered (uncheck the "I do not wish to apply for beta" box) for beta, the data base wont send you an email or activate your Beta account. I think its even possible to sign up for the Beta and choose to not receive the Newsletter, but then your only chance would to be randomly generate the invites.

 

[Anar]

You can receive the newsletter and not be signed up for the Beta, as Requiel has said just because your name is picked in the random selection every month from newsletter subscriptions, if you are not registered (uncheck the "I do not wish to apply for beta" box) for beta, the data base wont send you an email or activate your Beta account. I think its even possible to sign up for the Beta and choose to not receive the Newsletter, but then your only chance would to be randomly generate the invites.

Thanks Raes, Pheeuw! thats as I though I must have check 1000 times that the "I do not wish to apply for the beta" was unchecked over the passed year but alas! thanks again

 

[Oskorei]

If you mean Raes not being in the beta then that's been covered already in any of the 'you will get an invite when you are eligible' replies I and various EA Mythic staff have made.

From those replies I concluded Raes had exactly what was needed to be invited to beta, especially compared to other people who did get in with seemingly the same specs except they haven't won a beta spot in a competition. But I guess I concluded wrong.

Further more, yes, I might be 'whining', but I think I'm just being honest about my feelings concerning all of this. I've explained alot why I think and feel like this, and if you feel you're not getting my point, I'll be happy to elaborate.

Easy now, my post was just a reply to Case pointing out I was well aware which beta I was signed up for, nothing more. I've had a reply from Requiel in another post on the matter of competition winners not getting in. Please don't use me as a "poster boy" for disgruntled Beta applicants.

Sorry, didn't want people to think you're the poster boy here. But I guess it's obvious that's me

These GOA people you seem so eager and happy to have a dig at are working hard all day and atleast 5 days a work trying to get this game ready for retail. Yet despite all the hard work they still have to come home and read snide and impatient remarks of someone that is acting like they lost thier dummy.

Oh really? What hard work? I don't see any of it. I might be a whiner, you are a suck-up. And I know it's not their fault; it's the delay coming from EA Mythic. We all know it's for the best of the game, but they might set a world record on a delayed game here. If they're going for beating WoW, they at least already succeeded in the delay-categorie.

And I know it sounds like "Boo-hoo, I want my game now! I wanna playplayplay." but that's something that I look forward to after a long day of hard work, where I do meet my deadlines.

The only thing I've implied, was that it looks infair to me that Raes didn't get an invite. Yes, also from whatever replies you ever gave Iain. It just seems more like a lottery now: don't even bother with the competitions, you'll just have to wait.

 

[Talivar]

WoW was delayed for a few years if im remebering right. Most MMOs nowadays dont meet there initial deadlines its just part of MMO life lol. And i have no reason to suck up at all.

 

[Oskorei]

And i have no reason to suck up at all.

So don't.

Anyway, WoW was first to be an adventure, comic style, like Monkey Island 3, iirc. But when they announced it to be an MMORPG, the delays weren't as bad as WAR's delays now. But that's not really the point here.

The point here was: I was expressing my surprise that Raes with his specs didn't get in beta. And then the ball started rolling.