Beta?

meab

Hi im pretty new to perticpating in beta's of games.  So i was wondering if there are sites you go to that tell you how to join beta's .  Also is WAR beta open yet?  And if so how would i get into it.

Shizofrenic

Open Beta will start next year, don't exactly know when. I think june of july. But you can create an account on the WAR-internetsite and every week 5 account are randomly selected and they can participate in the open beta!

iCeh

You can sign up to their Newsletter here, and they'll be selecting "lucky" people at random who subcribes to it.

Other than that you're going to have to wait until nearer the release date.

Murais

   There is technically a way to get into closed beta right now. There is a scavenger hunt that ends on July 5th, where you must find sites with appropriately labeled screenshots for the hunt, then copy down all the URLs and then mail them to Mythic.


   Here's the details:

    http://www.warherald.com/news/fullArticle.php?newsid=14


   The one with the most correct URLs wins a closed beta account.

bhug

06.07.17

Phases of WAR Beta
By : Garthilk

Here are some handy definitions of what the different phases of beta are. Also provide, for the first time, some extremely vague and tentative dates. Some of you have already won betas, and to spare you the whole "having to read" thing, you are listed as "Early Spring 2007." In theory and indeed in schedule, it may be sooner than that, but Sanya is a bitter, cranky, old community weenie who has been through many betas, and she no longer believes in anything she can't grasp in her withered talons.

Alpha: What we are in now. I made the grievous error of calling it a very early beta, for which I am terminally sorry. I will regret that until I die. Alpha does not have anyone playing who does not draw a paycheck from Mythic.

Double Secret Beta: What we will be in "Soon, TM." That is just beyond alpha, and includes people who draw paychecks from Mythic and our partners. Summer 2006

First Stage of Closed Beta (Beta 1): Sometimes called "Friends and Family," somewhat inaccurately, this is a stage where there is actually a game, but it is not usually very complete or even stable for that matter. People who don't work here are in this stage, but usually fewer than a hundred, and they are nearly all such old, old friends that they are often mistaken for employees. Fall 2006

Beta 1.7: After Things Stop Going Boom Every Day: This is the stage you'll start seeing community testers. People who have tested for Mythic for years, or have been otherwise recommended to us as quality volunteer testers, are starting to be included. There is usually a restriction on how many people get in at this point, and often perfectly wonderful people are left out. TENTATIVE DATE: Early 2007

Beta 2: Still closed and covered under NDA, invitees include prize winners, guilds that win the guild contest, and some members of the print and web media - usually the ones we have relationships with. People who work at GW retail shops are getting in here, and we've got some plans for existing Dark Age of Camelot players to be invited to check out their new sibling. There will be up to a thousand people by the end of Beta 2. TENTATIVE DATE: Early Spring 2007

Beta 3: Closed, NDA. This is where Lady Luck will wave her wand. We will be choosing randomly from the giant pool of people who are subscribed to our newsletter. This phase will have thousands of people invited, possibly as many as ten thousand. TENTATIVE DATE: Summer 2007

Final Beta: No NDA. Because there is no NDA, people often refer to this as "open beta." But I wanted to be really clear with you guys - we are not planning the kind of open beta where everyone with internet access can download the game and hop in. That's nutty. Right now, we are tentatively considering having everyone who pre-orders the game invited to this phase of beta. This phase will also invite winners from our big media promotions. TENTATIVE DATE: Summer 2007

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