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[Garth Erlam]

Hey guys,

A lot of you have been asking about the beta: when it’s happening, what’s happening, etc. So I’m here to let you guys know that we’re two weeks into our Friends and Family beta, and it’s been going great. We’ve had a few patches go through, lots of playtests, and frankly a tonne of fun. The first time I saw the MECHWARRIOR ONLINE logo on a patcher, I got tingles.

Intense battles rage across the PGI studios

This was taken during one of our Friday playtests. I was just to the left on the above image (yes, the very same day I got a thumbs up from Russ) and we had people rotating in and out of the games, with most of the studio playing at one point or another. We did a variety of games, from 1v1 and up, and there was a heck of a lot of shouting and laughing and taunting.

What does this mean for you guys? First, as you can see here:



...the game is working and working well. We had games going with members of IGP as well, and there was a great faux-rivalry going between the two companies Secondly, that means the next step is closed beta. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re not too far off either.

We will let you guys know the second anything closed-beta related happens. You won’t find out from a random forum post, I can assure you of that So please, stay tuned, and as always, we’re so thrilled that each and every one of you are here, and very proud of our loyal, loud, hilarious, dedicated, amazing fan base.

Cheers,
Garth

[Ghost]

Mods are friends, right?

[Hador]

Great news

[CoffiNail]

Ghost, on 17 April 2012 - 01:19 PM, said:

Mods are friends, right?

Have you been playing for two weeks?

Looks good I can hardly wait to see the logo on a patcher on my desktop

[Garth Erlam]

OhGilPin, on 17 April 2012 - 01:23 PM, said:

...Attempts to zoom and looks deeply at the screen in a attempt to see something we have not seen before.

Oh, it's there.

[Thornn]

Very cool, congratulations!!

[RoundTop]

Yeah Canucks jersey in the photo!

Closed beta means "if you can walk to the office", right? Like...2 blocks away from my work.

[Hawkeye 72]

OhGilPin, on 17 April 2012 - 01:23 PM, said:

...Attempts to zoom and looks deeply at the screen in a attempt to see something we have not seen before.

My thoughts exactly. Happy to see this.

Garth Erlam, on 17 April 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

We will let you guys know the second anything closed-beta related happens. You won’t find out from a random forum post, I can assure you of that

Darn. After Prosperity Park and I solved the case of "Who is nubnub" I thought we might be onto something with these random Comstar transmissions. Garth is breaking my heart!!!!

[CoffiNail]

I see that windowed mode is working fine, a few people are playing in windowed mode.

[Evgeny Bear]

lets organise an international taskforce to break in their office and start a LAN-Party xD

I brig tools and Instant ramen, ahh and someone bring some coffee

Edited by Andar89, 17 April 2012 - 01:32 PM.

[Raghnall]

Nice, looks like veryone is having fun. Can't wait to hear more about a closed beta!

[Skoll]

Woot!
It looks great just from what I can see.

When will we get word on system specs?

[DieWizzardsDie]

As long as there are no Wizards allowed.
I hate wizards.

[JaguarWarrior]

roundtop, on 17 April 2012 - 01:25 PM, said:

Closed beta means "if you can walk to the office", right? Like...2 blocks away from my work.

I am so insanely jealous of you.

[CoffiNail]

Vacant PC looks like it has either mechlab or a menu screen... but cannot make it out sadly.

[Haekel]

Andar89, on 17 April 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

lets organise an international taskforce to break in their office and start a LAN-Party xD

I brig tools and Instant ramen, ahh and someone bring some coffee

I'll bring cheap pizza. Let's do this!

[Paul Inouye]

The only question we have is..... what the heck is Matt N doing?

[Evgeny Bear]

CoffiNail, on 17 April 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

Vacant PC looks like it has either mechlab or a menu screen... but cannot make it out sadly.

Vacat PC has Mechhangar on it, the screen above it with the guy in a grey sweater has the mechlab on it

[Helmer]

Ghost, on 17 April 2012 - 01:19 PM, said:

Mods are friends, right?

Friends who send obscene amounst of money to personal Paypal accounts are GREAT friends.



Cheers.


Edit: In The top photo, Matt N's (Back right) hand is blurred.... as if in motion. What the heck was he doing whilst sitting like that?!?!

2nd Edit: Just read the thread, ninja'd by Paul.

Edited by Helmer, 17 April 2012 - 01:40 PM.

[Barantor]

Good deal and great job. Excited more than ever now.