Ok..When are you sad people wake up and realise that Funcom has actually released 2 good products ..
I was in the beta of AoC and there was nothing wrong with it at all..AoC is one of the better MMO experiences you can have, don't know what people actually are so pisst off about..Sure it wasn't entirely complete and a couple of bugs here and there but..It is a great game .
Anarchy Online a truly great game, albeit I give you that AO was barely playable during launch , It turned out to be a game I will remember forever..the skillsystem , the implants all of it..reminds me alot of The Secret World ..:)
Funcom is a great company, that has to market their products like everyone else, even thou they were absolutly ready with their games or not. If every company had unlimited with time, Im sure most would make use of that time, but the reality is another thing. Time is money
Ok..When are you sad people wake up and realise that Funcom has actually released 2 good products ..
I was in the beta of AoC and there was nothing wrong with it at all..AoC is one of the better MMO experiences you can have, don't know what people actually are so pisst off about..Sure it wasn't entirely complete and a couple of bugs here and there but..It is a great game .
Anarchy Online a truly great game, albeit I give you that AO was barely playable during launch , It turned out to be a game I will remember forever..the skillsystem , the implants all of it..reminds me alot of The Secret World ..:)
Funcom is a great company, that has to market their products like everyone else, even thou they were absolutly ready with their games or not. If every company had unlimited with time, Im sure most would make use of that time, but the reality is another thing. Time is money
I make your words my own, i just think ppl are to picky, they pick for everything and anything...there are a few games that fail'd because a bad lunch and turned out to be great games after all the bugs have been fixed.
The countdown have been for the release of one of their marketing events like previous events when they spread clues throughout the internet. This speculation fits with their marketing methods so far.
"I used to think the worst thing in life was to be all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone." Robin Williams
Today was a complete meltdown. The website failed, the event did not happen, the mods on the forum made matters worse by trying to address everything in one 2000 post thread.
This will be talked about for a long time. Fans are disgusted, haters have new Failcom ammo.
There's no way to measure it. Not every pony grows up to be a Pegasus. You got to let people be hypocrites. Count your blessings, and mind your business.
11.8.26 within two minutes the countdown clock / beta access was busted. (about three hours ago) The forums erupted with over 130 pages of questions/request for info And about all the devs did was lock about a hundred threads in the general forum. They still are not giving actual usefull information and the users are running wild with claims of riddles and such to be awarded beta keys.
This is terrible CS after forcing users that had SUPpOSEDLY already registered for beta and chosen a faction now having to spam through twiter or facebook and apParently register again, now there is mention of some kind of pre game (maybe the actual beta?) and the timer for access is changed to a busted image and about 0 feedback from devs!
I try to read some post in the "official thread" now locked/closed and redirects to another thread, and by the time i read one page there are five or six new pages!
within two minutes the countdown clock / beta access was busted. (about three hours ago)
The forums erupted with over 130 pages of questions/request for info
And about all the devs did was lock about a hundred threads in the general forum.
They still are not giving actual usefull information and the users are running wild with claims of riddles and such to be awarded beta keys.
This is terrible CS after forcing users that had SUPpOSEDLY already registered for beta and chosen a faction now having to spam through twiter or facebook and apParently register again, now there is mention of some kind of pre game (maybe the actual beta?) and the timer for access is changed to a busted image and about 0 feedback from devs!
I try to read some post in the "official thread" now locked/closed and redirects to another thread, and by the time i read one page there are five or six new pages!
Except that everything so far points out to THIS AS PRE-PLANNEd.(dark places twitter had 4 in its avatar for long time and we got a 4 hour delay and etc).
The "failure" to launch this was the start of new arg, most likely the whole project of facebook stuff was NOT supposed to launch - it ,alongside failure to launch and what is going on now was a part of new ARG which leads to beta keys .
# A GRIM, ODD, ARCANE SKY # ANY GOD, I MARK SACRED # A MASKED CRY ADORING # A DREAMY, SICK DRAGON
FUNCOM FAILD EPICLY WHEN THEY CODENT EVEN LUNCHE THE BETA REGISTRATION!
THIS WASE IN TRUE FAILCOM STYLE! WOW 10 HOUERS ON A FORUM THAT PEOPLE ARE SPAMING AND A UNFARE MODERATOR IS GIVING OUT BETA KEYS. SEMINGLY ONLY TO HES FRIENDS ORE BY MAKING SHADY DEALS. YES FUNCOM GREAT JOB!
within two minutes the countdown clock / beta access was busted. (about three hours ago)
The forums erupted with over 130 pages of questions/request for info
And about all the devs did was lock about a hundred threads in the general forum.
They still are not giving actual usefull information and the users are running wild with claims of riddles and such to be awarded beta keys.
This is terrible CS after forcing users that had SUPpOSEDLY already registered for beta and chosen a faction now having to spam through twiter or facebook and apParently register again, now there is mention of some kind of pre game (maybe the actual beta?) and the timer for access is changed to a busted image and about 0 feedback from devs!
I try to read some post in the "official thread" now locked/closed and redirects to another thread, and by the time i read one page there are five or six new pages!
Except that everything so far points out to THIS AS PRE-PLANNEd.(dark places twitter had 4 in its avatar for long time and we got a 4 hour delay and etc).
The "failure" to launch this was the start of new arg, most likely the whole project of facebook stuff was NOT supposed to launch - it ,alongside failure to launch and what is going on now was a part of new ARG which leads to beta keys .
I have to say I think it's a pretty horrible idea to be a company with a reputation for bad launches and then decide to do an ARG that at first glance appears like you just completely botched your beta signup. It really doesn't help that the site was actually down the first time I went there shortly after the countdown was due to be up.
I want to say I don't mind the idea of an ARG if we actually did know for sure it was a contest. I'm not even sure if that's the case anymore. There's an ARG speculation thread on their forum that is now about 78 pages. I got about 2 pages into it and everyone just posting their random google results before I just wanted to run screaming.
Maybe if I played the game and had a small group of friends that we worked on it together, that would be different. I just can't handle the forum dump.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it."-Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
1) Timer breaks down and at 8:28pm (local time @ Funcom) they announce the timer is broken.
2) 1 hour later they announce they are still working on the problem
3) 3 hours after initial post, they announce they are making progress on the problem
4) 4 hours after initial post, they say they need 90 more minutes to fix it.
5) At 3:11 a.m (roughly 7 hours since the timer broke), they say it will be up and running by NOON (another 9 hours, or 16 hours since the original post)
6) At 1:11pm (1:11 after it was supposed to be working), they post that they are gathering information on the current status.
7) At 2:18pm they announce that they expect a delay of several more hours.
Now, if you know much about Funcom, you know the following:
A) They can't seem to launch a game smoothly; and
You can't believe what they say or show about a game pre-launch no matter how many times they promote a certain aspect of the game (Direct X 10 in AOC was on the cover of the box of the game and yet wasn't included for crying out loud).
All signs from this disaster beta signup fiasco point that nothing has changed at Funcom. I wouldn't bother buying this game but perhaps wait a few months to see what really is in the game and if it is worthwile.
the official forum was a really nice place, now there is a lot of new people that is just spaming porn and saying OMFGBUGABUGA IWANTBETANAOW!!!!!
I can't even log there anymore, serious,
THE SECRET WAR IS NOT OPEN BETA AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ENTER BETA NOW, IT IS JUST A SIGN UP TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A BETA KEY TO THE LATTER STAGES OF BETA!!!
ok beta server (open beta, close beta what ever) are not ready but were is that "secret" place to sing up ? how is about with ppls who normal have guaranted acces to beta coz they already have buy a product (check u'r AoC account my be u will be surprise) ???
o yes probabil what SBE1was write is ilogic for u or u can't undestend hos point ....
ok beta server (open beta, close beta what ever) are not ready but were is that "secret" place to sing up ? how is about with ppls who normal have guaranted acces to beta coz they already have buy a product (check u'r AoC account my be u will be surprise) ???
o yes probabil what SBE1was write is ilogic for u or u can't undestend hos point ....
they said things went wrong and are trying to fix it (the sign up thing).
I have 2 keys and every, EVERY key they delivered was with this statement (from my e-mail):
"To reward you for your help we are providing you with a beta key for The Secret World. This key gives you a guaranteed spot for the later stages of the TSW Closed Beta.
This key will not give you immediate access to the TSW Beta, but will guarantee that we contact you in the future to join the beta once it has started.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
To activate your AO account with this key, please do the following:
Ahh, a big beta eh? Maybe this isn't the game for me. I don't want to start playing a new mmo where everyone already knows everything. Where the best mobs are, where to get the best gear, how to navigate the world, what skills are the most powerful.
So much for new and exciting. If they let lots of people beta this, it is going to be old and dull before it even hits the shelves.
Sad too, I am really looking forward to this game, but not looking forward to being called a noob on the first day because I didnt pick the game apart in beta.
Sucks.
This just in every game has people who play beta and know a lot already. And this is NOT actually going to be playing the real game yet. You should have read everything before replying!
There is a difference between closed limited beta testing, and then open beta testing/stupid contest give-aways. Beta testing is about testing and finding bugs to make the game a better place for everyone, not for some person to just come in and find out everything about the game, share with his buddies and then 8itch and moan a month later because they are bored.
You used to feel special when you got into a beta, that you were a chosen elite to help make the game better. Now betas are just whored out to help "market" their game, which in my opinion backfires because everyone picks the game apart in beta and has basically "played the whole game" by the time the game actually releases.
Rift is a good example in my opinion, though it is still going decently, it definetly has dropped off. (No creditable sources on this, but I guess I just base it on what I see in the different forums). People complaining about lack of content, bored. Yeah, well I wonder why.
Open beta pretty much showed you everything and let you experience everything in the game. There is a reason you are bored.
I am entitled to my opinions, misspellings, and grammatical errors.
Typical new product release issues. Everything will be fine, and the game will do quite well. Forum posters typically represent the extreme wings of the entire population, which, statistically speaking, represent the "outliers" of the total sample, and hence are statistically insignificant.
Due to technical difficulties we have decided to postpone the first phase of the Secret War experience and the beta registration until further notice.
We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused those of you who had taken time to visit our website on August 26th to sign up for the beta and take part in the first phase of The Secret War. We will be working relentlessly to make sure the experience and the beta registration are up as soon as possible.
I spent the best part of a day being convinced this was another ARG, but it would seem now just to have been a bit of a cack-handed screw-up.
On the news article on the front page there is an additional line: "P.S: The delay has also been picked up by the Council of Venice, who are already on the case!"
But to be honest, even if this is an ARG, I've already given it enough time. I'm off to read a book, and I'll wait for the email notification I signed up for last week.
Life's too short to get all stressed out over beta access.
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Ok..When are you sad people wake up and realise that Funcom has actually released 2 good products ..
I was in the beta of AoC and there was nothing wrong with it at all..AoC is one of the better MMO experiences you can have, don't know what people actually are so pisst off about..Sure it wasn't entirely complete and a couple of bugs here and there but..It is a great game .
Anarchy Online a truly great game, albeit I give you that AO was barely playable during launch , It turned out to be a game I will remember forever..the skillsystem , the implants all of it..reminds me alot of The Secret World ..:)
Funcom is a great company, that has to market their products like everyone else, even thou they were absolutly ready with their games or not. If every company had unlimited with time, Im sure most would make use of that time, but the reality is another thing. Time is money
I make your words my own, i just think ppl are to picky, they pick for everything and anything...there are a few games that fail'd because a bad lunch and turned out to be great games after all the bugs have been fixed.
The countdown have been for the release of one of their marketing events like previous events when they spread clues throughout the internet. This speculation fits with their marketing methods so far.
This will be talked about for a long time. Fans are disgusted, haters have new Failcom ammo.
There's no way to measure it.
Not every pony grows up to be a Pegasus.
You got to let people be hypocrites.
Count your blessings, and mind your business.
11.8.26
within two minutes the countdown clock / beta access was busted. (about three hours ago)
The forums erupted with over 130 pages of questions/request for info
And about all the devs did was lock about a hundred threads in the general forum.
They still are not giving actual usefull information and the users are running wild with claims of riddles and such to be awarded beta keys.
This is terrible CS after forcing users that had SUPpOSEDLY already registered for beta and chosen a faction now having to spam through twiter or facebook and apParently register again, now there is mention of some kind of pre game (maybe the actual beta?) and the timer for access is changed to a busted image and about 0 feedback from devs!
I try to read some post in the "official thread" now locked/closed and redirects to another thread, and by the time i read one page there are five or six new pages!
The Game Seems Like It'll Last For A Long Time After Its Release In My Opinion, Looks Good, Looking Forward To Trying Out The Beta. Can't Wait.
Except that everything so far points out to THIS AS PRE-PLANNEd.(dark places twitter had 4 in its avatar for long time and we got a 4 hour delay and etc).
The "failure" to launch this was the start of new arg, most likely the whole project of facebook stuff was NOT supposed to launch - it ,alongside failure to launch and what is going on now was a part of new ARG which leads to beta keys .
# A GRIM, ODD, ARCANE SKY
# ANY GOD, I MARK SACRED
# A MASKED CRY ADORING
# A DREAMY, SICK DRAGON
FUNCOM FAILD EPICLY WHEN THEY CODENT EVEN LUNCHE THE BETA REGISTRATION!
THIS WASE IN TRUE FAILCOM STYLE! WOW 10 HOUERS ON A FORUM THAT PEOPLE ARE SPAMING AND A UNFARE MODERATOR IS GIVING OUT BETA KEYS. SEMINGLY ONLY TO HES FRIENDS ORE BY MAKING SHADY DEALS. YES FUNCOM GREAT JOB!
The Secret World
We knew that Funcom isn't able to launch a game decently, but now they can't even manage to start a beta?
Few days ago i wrote that it'll be hard to top the failure the AoC launch was, but it seems they already did so.
Yah seven and a half hours to the next update.
http://www.darkdemonscrygaia.com/showthread.php?t=20442
Hahaha, looks like some things never change at Failcom.
The game looks awesome, its just sad that Funcom is behind it, because it will flop.
Waited a few years for it, doesn't hurt to wait a bit more, but yeah... can only hope.
I have to say I think it's a pretty horrible idea to be a company with a reputation for bad launches and then decide to do an ARG that at first glance appears like you just completely botched your beta signup. It really doesn't help that the site was actually down the first time I went there shortly after the countdown was due to be up.
I want to say I don't mind the idea of an ARG if we actually did know for sure it was a contest. I'm not even sure if that's the case anymore. There's an ARG speculation thread on their forum that is now about 78 pages. I got about 2 pages into it and everyone just posting their random google results before I just wanted to run screaming.
Maybe if I played the game and had a small group of friends that we worked on it together, that would be different. I just can't handle the forum dump.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it." -Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
Current recap of Funcom's "launch":
1) Timer breaks down and at 8:28pm (local time @ Funcom) they announce the timer is broken.
2) 1 hour later they announce they are still working on the problem
3) 3 hours after initial post, they announce they are making progress on the problem
4) 4 hours after initial post, they say they need 90 more minutes to fix it.
5) At 3:11 a.m (roughly 7 hours since the timer broke), they say it will be up and running by NOON (another 9 hours, or 16 hours since the original post)
6) At 1:11pm (1:11 after it was supposed to be working), they post that they are gathering information on the current status.
7) At 2:18pm they announce that they expect a delay of several more hours.
Now, if you know much about Funcom, you know the following:
A) They can't seem to launch a game smoothly; and
All signs from this disaster beta signup fiasco point that nothing has changed at Funcom. I wouldn't bother buying this game but perhaps wait a few months to see what really is in the game and if it is worthwile.
the official forum was a really nice place, now there is a lot of new people that is just spaming porn and saying OMFGBUGABUGA IWANTBETANAOW!!!!!
I can't even log there anymore, serious,
THE SECRET WAR IS NOT OPEN BETA AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ENTER BETA NOW, IT IS JUST A SIGN UP TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A BETA KEY TO THE LATTER STAGES OF BETA!!!
rpgalon
ok beta server (open beta, close beta what ever) are not ready but were is that "secret" place to sing up ? how is about with ppls who normal have guaranted acces to beta coz they already have buy a product (check u'r AoC account my be u will be surprise) ???
o yes probabil what SBE1 was write is ilogic for u or u can't undestend hos point ....
they said things went wrong and are trying to fix it (the sign up thing).
I have 2 keys and every, EVERY key they delivered was with this statement (from my e-mail):
"To reward you for your help we are providing you with a beta key for The Secret World. This key gives you a guaranteed spot for the later stages of the TSW Closed Beta.
This key will not give you immediate access to the TSW Beta, but will guarantee that we contact you in the future to join the beta once it has started.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
To activate your AO account with this key, please do the following:
- Log in to your AO account: https://register.funcom.com/
- Your account is now flagged for an upcoming TSW Closed Beta! "
This key gives you a guaranteed spot for the later stages of the TSW Closed Beta.
even if you got a beta key, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ENTER BETA NOW!!!
i'm following this game for 4 years now, hell, you guys need to be patient
There is a difference between closed limited beta testing, and then open beta testing/stupid contest give-aways. Beta testing is about testing and finding bugs to make the game a better place for everyone, not for some person to just come in and find out everything about the game, share with his buddies and then 8itch and moan a month later because they are bored.
You used to feel special when you got into a beta, that you were a chosen elite to help make the game better. Now betas are just whored out to help "market" their game, which in my opinion backfires because everyone picks the game apart in beta and has basically "played the whole game" by the time the game actually releases.
Rift is a good example in my opinion, though it is still going decently, it definetly has dropped off. (No creditable sources on this, but I guess I just base it on what I see in the different forums). People complaining about lack of content, bored. Yeah, well I wonder why.
Open beta pretty much showed you everything and let you experience everything in the game. There is a reason you are bored.
I am entitled to my opinions, misspellings, and grammatical errors.
Typical new product release issues. Everything will be fine, and the game will do quite well. Forum posters typically represent the extreme wings of the entire population, which, statistically speaking, represent the "outliers" of the total sample, and hence are statistically insignificant.
LOLZ what does that make me then...
This is going to be fun! Can't wait.
http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/DerpKampfwagen/signature.png
Due to technical difficulties we have decided to postpone the first phase of the Secret War experience and the beta registration until further notice.
We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused those of you who had taken time to visit our website on August 26th to sign up for the beta and take part in the first phase of The Secret War. We will be working relentlessly to make sure the experience and the beta registration are up as soon as possible.
We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
Funcom
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Just posted on the forums.... Too bad some of us waited for two days for beta news and it was never given.
Edit - Nvm, more relevant in the other thread.
I spent the best part of a day being convinced this was another ARG, but it would seem now just to have been a bit of a cack-handed screw-up.
On the news article on the front page there is an additional line: "P.S: The delay has also been picked up by the Council of Venice, who are already on the case!"
But to be honest, even if this is an ARG, I've already given it enough time. I'm off to read a book, and I'll wait for the email notification I signed up for last week.
Life's too short to get all stressed out over beta access.
Funcom should rather beta-test their betas. But then it would still go wrong.
Yeah, this doesn't inspire a lot of confidence.
If you don't worry about it, it's not a problem.