I'm not sure what clock you should be using SuperD.
The darkfallonline web servers appear to be in Amsterdam (not sure really there is a virtual link from the UK to them that can't resolve), the registrant info still shows Razorwax in Norway 7 years after they merged with Aventurine as the administrators, and the servers have a .gr suffix on them.
Hell the whole thing is sounding virtual so choose any damn timezone you care to at this rate.
I'm not sure what clock you should be using SuperD. The darkfallonline web servers appear to be in Amsterdam (not sure really there is a virtual link from the UK to them that can't resolve), the registrant info still shows Razorwax in Norway 7 years after they merged with Aventurine as the administrators, and the servers have a .gr suffix on them. Hell the whole thing is sounding virtual so choose any damn timezone you care to at this rate.
I think we can safely say that if the game is not Released by the end of the day on the West Coast of the US (Pacific Time) on Jan. 22nd.... that it missed it's launch date.
Although... there may still be a post from someone that says...
They still have time! It's not the end of the day in American Samoa!
So... perhaps you might want to use the GMT -12 timezone... just to be on the safe side.
"Luckily I know that while you make nonsnese baiting threads that get locked....threads I make get sticked by the mods on this forum...." -imbant (greatest board warrior EVER) Darkfall Countdown: http://darkfallreleasedate.com/
Actually that Jan. 15th date was later rebuffed by the person who was there in person and showed a bit of videotape "proof".
Anyway, his write-up seemed quite a bit more believable... and there wasn't a Jan. 15th OB announcement. Tasos though supposedly told him there was still going to be an OB... so who knows.
Sounded like the 22nd was still a go. Heh... it's going to be interesting.
"Luckily I know that while you make nonsnese baiting threads that get locked....threads I make get sticked by the mods on this forum...." -imbant (greatest board warrior EVER) Darkfall Countdown: http://darkfallreleasedate.com/
Wait.. What? did I miss something? -- Also note 13 days.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
Wait.. What? did I miss something? -- Also note 13 days.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
Well, as long as there are no official statements about it, it is not confirmed. It doesn't really matter if he smiled or touched his nose or whatever when asked the question... But we can always hope.
Wait.. What? did I miss something? -- Also note 13 days.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
Well, as long as there are no official statements about it, it is not confirmed. It doesn't really matter if he smiled or touched his nose or whatever when asked the question... But we can always hope.
Wait.. What? did I miss something? -- Also note 13 days.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
Well, as long as there are no official statements about it, it is not confirmed. It doesn't really matter if he smiled or touched his nose or whatever when asked the question... But we can always hope.
Unbeliever!
Nope. I do however look at the facts.
And I guess it should be said that I really hope that this game will be everything Adventurine has said it will be. But I will not make any statements one way or the other until I've actually played it.
You can't take a DF countdown too seriously considering the past. All I am interested in is a U.S. release. But with all the bumps and bruises this game has revealed with time frame issues, I will be very reluctant to pay any amount of money till I get a chance to see the game myself in a beta or free trial.
"Luckily I know that while you make nonsnese baiting threads that get locked....threads I make get sticked by the mods on this forum...." -imbant (greatest board warrior EVER) Darkfall Countdown: http://darkfallreleasedate.com/
Article by Tasos Flambouras (Associate Producer, Darkfall)
"In this journal we'll talk a little about our beta testing process, about playtesting, our philosophy on announcing a release date,"
"Darkfall is feature complete and we're doing beta testing using professional testers as we've said before."
"We don't expect playtesting to sort out major problems, other than getting reports on hardware configurations and further testing out some gameplay features."
"We prefer to do our testing this way so by the time we get to the playtesting, we'll have as close to the actual game as possible."
"That's the best way to decide if the game is fun, something you really can't have an opinion on when it's not near-complete."
"In the playtesting phase, we're not looking for testers, we're looking for players, the same way most people enter a beta: to try out and play the game rather than help the developer with quality assurance."
"It's because there's no way we'll miss a release date and we're not going to just set a date as a goal, and either postpone or be forced to release something unfinished. We resolve to stick with our release date because we know how people tend to plan around this as far as organization, time and hardware goes when they're looking to make a commitment to an MMORPG, especially a competitive one like Darkfall."
Countdown to what? The European release date? Do we even know if the game will be available to U.S./English speaking countries? NO. For all we know, they could be releasing a Greek only version.
Countdown to what? The European release date? Do we even know if the game will be available to U.S./English speaking countries? NO. For all we know, they could be releasing a Greek only version.
Athens, Greece – December 5th, 2008 - Audio Visual Enterprises SA and Aventurine SA in a joint statement today announced that their highly anticipated MMORPG title Darkfall Online will launch across Europe on January 22nd, 2009. North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch.
More details to be announced as they become available.
Countdown to what? The European release date? Do we even know if the game will be available to U.S./English speaking countries? NO. For all we know, they could be releasing a Greek only version.
Athens, Greece – December 5th, 2008 - Audio Visual Enterprises SA and Aventurine SA in a joint statement today announced that their highly anticipated MMORPG title Darkfall Online will launch across Europe on January 22nd, 2009. North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch.
More details to be announced as they become available.
Apparently Tasos doesn't know any more details than we do?
He said he would announce them when they become available... they must not be available yet.
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I'm not sure what clock you should be using SuperD.
The darkfallonline web servers appear to be in Amsterdam (not sure really there is a virtual link from the UK to them that can't resolve), the registrant info still shows Razorwax in Norway 7 years after they merged with Aventurine as the administrators, and the servers have a .gr suffix on them.
Hell the whole thing is sounding virtual so choose any damn timezone you care to at this rate.
I think we can safely say that if the game is not Released by the end of the day on the West Coast of the US (Pacific Time) on Jan. 22nd.... that it missed it's launch date.
Although... there may still be a post from someone that says...
They still have time! It's not the end of the day in American Samoa!
So... perhaps you might want to use the GMT -12 timezone... just to be on the safe side.
13 days and counting to FAIL!
We have!!
And open beta announcement of Jan 15th!!
And
14 days until Lauch!
"Luckily I know that while you make nonsnese baiting threads that get locked....threads I make get sticked by the mods on this forum...." -imbant (greatest board warrior EVER)
Darkfall Countdown: http://darkfallreleasedate.com/
Actually that Jan. 15th date was later rebuffed by the person who was there in person and showed a bit of videotape "proof".
Anyway, his write-up seemed quite a bit more believable... and there wasn't a Jan. 15th OB announcement. Tasos though supposedly told him there was still going to be an OB... so who knows.
Sounded like the 22nd was still a go. Heh... it's going to be interesting.
Wait.. What? did I miss something?
-- Also note
13 days.
"Luckily I know that while you make nonsnese baiting threads that get locked....threads I make get sticked by the mods on this forum...." -imbant (greatest board warrior EVER)
Darkfall Countdown: http://darkfallreleasedate.com/
Europe - The Final Countdown
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
Well, as long as there are no official statements about it, it is not confirmed. It doesn't really matter if he smiled or touched his nose or whatever when asked the question... But we can always hope.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
Well, as long as there are no official statements about it, it is not confirmed. It doesn't really matter if he smiled or touched his nose or whatever when asked the question... But we can always hope.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
Umm... yeah. Isn't that what I said?
Notice the NO part that starts the sentence.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
It is said that Tasos touched his nose when that guy said the date for the open beta, so that maybe means it is confirmed.
Add to that the fact that Tasos also noded when asked if there would be an open beta. And he smiled even. That's a lot of information for the ones that know how to interpret it and are not damn trolls!
He didn't have time to put up a demo. That happens too. No worries Tasos, we are with you! Nod and smile for us!
Well, as long as there are no official statements about it, it is not confirmed. It doesn't really matter if he smiled or touched his nose or whatever when asked the question... But we can always hope.
Nope. I do however look at the facts.
And I guess it should be said that I really hope that this game will be everything Adventurine has said it will be. But I will not make any statements one way or the other until I've actually played it.
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
Umm... yeah. Isn't that what I said?
Notice the NO part that starts the sentence.
LOL! I'm sorry dude. I don't know how I missed that.
Well, I guess it can't be overstated anyway, since there seem to be a lot of dreamers on this forum that makes facts out of rumors. *cough* ;-)
No Jan. 15th confirmation for Open Beta.
That is a rumor and is in no way "confirmed" by anyone at Adventurine.
Umm... yeah. Isn't that what I said?
Notice the NO part that starts the sentence.
LOL! I'm sorry dude. I don't know how I missed that.
Well, I guess it can't be overstated anyway, since there seem to be a lot of dreamers on this forum that makes facts out of rumors. *cough* ;-)
Yeah... no biggie.
I made the same type of post in a couple different threads myself claiming the 15th as gospel.
Another post will be coming soon from SupderD.... by my count I think we are at 12 days until Launch.
11 days and counting (i don't count the last day)
Iiii-iiiiiit's.... me!!! *Hooray*
You can't take a DF countdown too seriously considering the past. All I am interested in is a U.S. release. But with all the bumps and bruises this game has revealed with time frame issues, I will be very reluctant to pay any amount of money till I get a chance to see the game myself in a beta or free trial.
First official company exact launch date.
So..
yeah.
And thanks X..
11 days.. and.. counting.
"Luckily I know that while you make nonsnese baiting threads that get locked....threads I make get sticked by the mods on this forum...." -imbant (greatest board warrior EVER)
Darkfall Countdown: http://darkfallreleasedate.com/
Darkfall Dev Journal #25: Philosophy
Article by Tasos Flambouras (Associate Producer, Darkfall)
"In this journal we'll talk a little about our beta testing process, about playtesting, our philosophy on announcing a release date,"
"Darkfall is feature complete and we're doing beta testing using professional testers as we've said before."
"We don't expect playtesting to sort out major problems, other than getting reports on hardware configurations and further testing out some gameplay features."
"We prefer to do our testing this way so by the time we get to the playtesting, we'll have as close to the actual game as possible."
"That's the best way to decide if the game is fun, something you really can't have an opinion on when it's not near-complete."
"In the playtesting phase, we're not looking for testers, we're looking for players, the same way most people enter a beta: to try out and play the game rather than help the developer with quality assurance."
"It's because there's no way we'll miss a release date and we're not going to just set a date as a goal, and either postpone or be forced to release something unfinished. We resolve to stick with our release date because we know how people tend to plan around this as far as organization, time and hardware goes when they're looking to make a commitment to an MMORPG, especially a competitive one like Darkfall."
Countdown to what? The European release date? Do we even know if the game will be available to U.S./English speaking countries? NO. For all we know, they could be releasing a Greek only version.
He stated a european release <.< So obviously it involves Europe and not just Greece.
The speed of the mole and the power of steel is my weapon
January 22nd 2009 Launch Date Announced for Darkfall Online.
Athens, Greece – December 5th, 2008 - Audio Visual Enterprises SA and Aventurine SA in a joint statement today announced that their highly anticipated MMORPG title Darkfall Online will launch across Europe on January 22nd, 2009. North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch.
More details to be announced as they become available.
January 22nd 2009 Launch Date Announced for Darkfall Online.
Athens, Greece – December 5th, 2008 - Audio Visual Enterprises SA and Aventurine SA in a joint statement today announced that their highly anticipated MMORPG title Darkfall Online will launch across Europe on January 22nd, 2009. North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch.
More details to be announced as they become available.
Apparently Tasos doesn't know any more details than we do?
He said he would announce them when they become available... they must not be available yet.