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[Chuckie]

So tomorrow is Wednesday.. and the guys have been a little quiet since GDC..

So..

Q&A on Part 1 I think is up.

Or could we see something different.. maybe throw us a curve ball ..?

Part 2 (Mech Lab)..?

Maybe Mech #8 early (OK I know I am dreaming on that one.. but it would (hopefully) be (an) Awesome

What do you think that we should expect tomorrow.

Think they could have some leftover GDC goodies..?

Edited by Chuckie, 13 March 2012 - 09:12 AM.

[Thornn]

I'm just going to leave this here...

[Cattra Kell]

Its the Q&A slated for tomorrow

Thornn, on 13 March 2012 - 09:18 AM, said:

I'm just going to leave this here...

Perhaps its this that was just posted

Edited by Cattra Kell, 13 March 2012 - 09:19 AM.

[Chuckie]

Just wondering if they may give us a little more

[Silent]

Q&A is tomorrow. That's probably it. Part 2 of Mech Warfare has been pushed back to April.

[Thornn]

Wonder if its this:

Quote

Monetization specialist GamesAnalytics has been hired by newly formed digital publisher Infinite Game Publishing (IGP) to support the highly anticipated launch of MechWarrior Online with a fully integrated real-time predictive analytics service.

http://www.gamegrin....d-gameanalytics

[Chuckie]

Silent, on 13 March 2012 - 09:39 AM, said:

Q&A is tomorrow. That's probably it. Part 2 of Mech Warfare has been pushed back to April.

Yea.. I'm hoping for more.. since they covered so much, I have very few Qs' and if your right then the MarbLes discussion won't be till next month.

I am really hoping I can play MarbLes with my Awesome..

[Chuckie]

Hmm..

Quote

Russ Bullock ‏ @russ_bullock


Met with the team this morning and really pumped their tires as they have been killing it for us. There stoked for the home stretch!

Lets do the math..

Website Launch = Nov & GDC = March = 4 months

"Summer" = Maybe July ( +/- 4 months)

Yet if they are in the "homestretch..." that usually means your in the 75-90% range and need to push the final 10-25% which means the date is closer than July for "Something" they are pushing for..

Which if so.. that could mean..

1) Russ is pushing them for the homestretch before they go Closed Beta and its within weeks (if not a week) of happening

2) My timing is way off and I am reading far too much into it

3) I'm going nuts..

4) All the above..

Edited by Chuckie, 13 March 2012 - 11:44 AM.

[Cattra Kell]

Chuckie, on 13 March 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:

Hmm..



Lets do the math..

Website Launch = Nov & GDC = March = 4 months

"Summer" = Maybe July ( +/- 4 months)

Yet if they are in the "homestretch..." that usually means your in the 75-90% range and need to push the final 10-25% which means the date is closer than July for "Something" they are pushing for..

Which if so.. that could mean..

1) Russ is pushing them for the homestretch before they go Closed Beta and its within weeks (if not a week) of happening

2) My timing is way off and I am reading far too much into it

3) I'm going nuts..

4) All the above..

1 week ago Paul said they were 75% done during the Podcast, at 100% they will start beta

Edited by Cattra Kell, 13 March 2012 - 11:49 AM.

[GrimJim]

Chuckie, on 13 March 2012 - 09:24 AM, said:

Just wondering if they may give us a little more

Greedy, greedy ...

[Chuckie]

Cattra Kell, on 13 March 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

1 week ago Paul said they were 75% done during the Podcast, at 100% they will start beta

Closed Beta or Open Beta..

THAT is the question.. !

The Answer as always is 42.. which is a bit of an Enigma..

[Cattra Kell]

Chuckie, on 13 March 2012 - 12:07 PM, said:

Closed Beta or Open Beta..

THAT is the question.. !

The Answer as always is 42.. which is a bit of an Enigma..

Chances are if its before "summer" then it will be closed for in the recent interview Bryan said (and could be a slip of the tongue) that open beta is in the summer

[Kaemon]

Thornn, on 13 March 2012 - 10:16 AM, said:

Wonder if its this:

http://www.gamegrin....d-gameanalytics

You don't announce analytics, only people like you and I are interested in that...



also who the foxtrot is Kelly Zmak?

[Qman]

Its been Wednesday here in Oz for 9 hours...sometimes i yearn for a single world clock....

[Ma kal]

Well I agree with it being Q&A tomorrow. I don't expect closed beta to start until about May.. Also, because Mr. Murphy sucks means that we will see open beta in July. Of course if things are earlier I would be pleasantly surprised.

[Thornn]

Kaemon, on 13 March 2012 - 01:51 PM, said:

You don't announce analytics, only people like you and I are interested in that...

Touché!

[Chuckie]

Ma'kal, on 13 March 2012 - 02:03 PM, said:

Well I agree with it being Q&A tomorrow. I don't expect closed beta to start until about May.. Also, because Mr. Murphy sucks means that we will see open beta in July. Of course if things are earlier I would be pleasantly surprised.

Cattra Kell, on 13 March 2012 - 01:44 PM, said:

Chances are if its before "summer" then it will be closed for in the recent interview Bryan said (and could be a slip of the tongue) that open beta is in the summer

I hope that I am not being overly optimistic.. But I do think some kind of closed Beta (Or maybe even Alpha) is sure to occur, and I fully expect it to happen sometime between now and May. I have played and worked in Alphas.. What they put on at GDC to me looked much closer to Beta than Alpha, but still probably in Alpha.. (Especially since Garth said it was "Pre-Alpha" last night..)

I say this since according to Bryan (And I think Russ), they only got the Ammo, Heat, and a few other things installed into the game (Within a week of GDC from the looks of it). So, they are obviously not far from the Alpha build on the Battle side. Although from the game play at GDC, I would say Mech combat looks real close to being Beta.

Other than the Battle side, though I would venture a guess that they probably have yet to flesh out the tech trees, mech trees, pilot trees, mech lab, etc.. and tie that back to the Mechs. So sure they have a lot of work there to do. That said, they have been pushing this fast.. and while one group works on the game, I am sure others work on the network side, gameplay side, MMO side, store side, etc..

That's a LOT of code to debug, and work out by July.. and who better than a bunch of dedicated Closed Beta (Or Alpha) testers

Especially since we wouldn't cost much (and in some cases be willing to pay for access). Just saying.. (Pick me.. Pick ME.. PICK ME....)

Edited by Chuckie, 14 March 2012 - 04:03 AM.

[SnowDragon]

I'd imagine (And this is mostly hope speaking) That anyone on the forums by the time Closed Beta comes out will get an invite. Anyone who joins after and everyone else will have to wait until the Open is released.

That'd be nice.

[Thorn Hallis]

I'm still waiting for the announcements of Hula-boys as a playble role.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

Given that garth closed to questions on time yesterday as usual then it's fairly certain to be answers today. No matter what Chuckie may dream.