World of Warcraft Open Beta [Nov 08, 2004, 6:09 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Blizzard Entertainment announces the
beginning of the World of Warcraft Open Beta (thanks Ant), though the
World of Community Website seems
to have crumpled under the stress of the news. Word is that: "An initial run of
open beta accounts is now available from
FilePlanet"
(not limited to paid subscribed like the stress test), the wording suggesting
accounts will be available elsewhere eventually. Here's a bit on the beta: "In
preparation for the launch of World of Warcraft, we are now introducing the most
complete version of the game, including a new patch with extensive content,
including racial traits, raids, Hunter and Paladin talents, new quests for
high-end zones, and much more." Update: The client is now also available
on WorldofWarcraft.com and
mirrored on Gamer's Hell.
Yay. I spend 13 hours downloading this stupid game with a stupid hacked up download client that resembles bittorrent and the "OPEN" beta is "CLOSED".
WTF? Bliztard has been running battle.net for YEARS and they cant even handle the bandwidth and server capacity for this game?
Just the fact that they are unable to (a) forsee demand, (b) cope with unseen demand more reasonably than killing account creation (server pop limits???) and (c) address their incessantly rabid, stupid fanbase publicly about the open beta being closed leads me to want to keep my wallet in my pocket on this game.
When was EQ1 released? 99? I remember that launch because Verant made stupid mistakes back then too (ONLY 3 DS3s at launch, took them two months to get their OC12 installed). Does Bliztard learn? NO! STUPID STUPID BLIZTARD! BAD DOG! GO SIT IN THE CORNER!!!
At least I can get some sleep tonight. Not that I need it...
WTF? Bliztard has been running battle.net for YEARS and they cant even handle the bandwidth and server capacity for this game?
Just the fact that they are unable to (a) forsee demand, (b) cope with unseen demand more reasonably than killing account creation (server pop limits???) and (c) address their incessantly rabid, stupid fanbase publicly about the open beta being closed leads me to want to keep my wallet in my pocket on this game.
When was EQ1 released? 99? I remember that launch because Verant made stupid mistakes back then too (ONLY 3 DS3s at launch, took them two months to get their OC12 installed). Does Bliztard learn? NO! STUPID STUPID BLIZTARD! BAD DOG! GO SIT IN THE CORNER!!!
At least I can get some sleep tonight. Not that I need it...
The further one gets from power, the closer one gets to the Truth.
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