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[Aelos03]

Picard is the man

[Rnadmo]

Yes, I'm sure everyone one who was invited to the beta lied. Obviously!

[Dead Winter Dead]

Face face itches. I don't think they make pills for what I might have.

[Sovery_Simple]

Eh, good news to hear they're coming over, always good to have more people spending money on the game ~.^ Plus dev's should have an eye out for griefing mechanics, and if they don't, well, I get to have a little fun myself from time to time then xD

[Morr]

I didn't. The trust is the best policy for these kinds of things. And honestly why lie? if you lied to be the best gamer then they won't be looking for die hards who just love the game and will say it's great even if it has so many bugs it's unplayable. and if you went the other way, as in you have no idea what you are doing, once again they most likly won't want you, they are most likly looking for a middle ground.

[Fresh Meat]

Aelos03, on 28 May 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

Picard is the man

Agreed, we need a Picard thread.

[Natedog]

What does it matter anyways? Just buy one of the editions that has early beta access in July. That is only a month and a half away.

[DrnkJawa]

Alcohol...helps pass time

[Bladetrain3r]

I got a 4 year toon and I've never heard of Mittani But then I stopped paying attention to politics after I left Sev (tired of the Provi wars).

If he mentioned he's in the beta, there are one of two potential answers:
1) He doesn't give a flying fart about the NDA and the Piranha are letting it slide because hey - free positive publicity
2) Piranha specifically let him break it for promotional purposes.

Either way means a potential influx of players, which means MWO will in the end have a stronger start and, hopefully, sustained player base. Good enough.

There is also 3) which is He ignored the NDA and Piranha are doing something about that, but I judge it unlikely.

As for the criteria for beta testing - let Piranha decide that for themselves. Knowledge level and skill are irrelevant due to reasons mentioned above, but i'm pretty sure a consistently positive and comprehensible communication style is essential.

[Grotonomus]

Beta is announced and suddenly an army of Newbies arrives on the forum...........

[nighthawk441]

Why are people so surprised that nda is broken. Happens to every beta.

[Stormdragon]

Personally I could give two figs if the devil himself is playing....my Warhammer could use the target practice.

Edited by Stormdragon, 28 May 2012 - 11:29 AM.

[Karyudo ds]

the mittani, on 28 May 2012 - 10:32 AM, said:

I don't expect this game to be a 'sandbox' like EVE, so your primal fears about Goonswarm are unfounded; we'll be much more like our Tanks clan than our EVE alliance.

Oh good I feel so much better now...whoever you are. Nice to meet you though. Maybe. I don't know really.

Bladetrain3r, on 28 May 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

1) He doesn't give a flying fart about the NDA and the Piranha are letting it slide because hey - free positive publicity

Scroll up

Bladetrain3r, on 28 May 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

2) Piranha specifically let him break it for promotional purposes.

What promotion? Also scroll up further.

[Gauss]

One thing I would like to point out that in MOST NDAs that I have agreed to, there is NO RESTRICTION on stating that you are in Beta. So, unless there is a specific line in the NDA that states "You may not tell others you are in Beta." then there is no violation.

You just can't talk about WHAT the balance, the specific mechs, physics and mechanics, and etc in the Beta are.

Also, ANYTHING posted by a dev to these forums is Public Domain (especially since you do NOT have to be registered to view this forum). So, stating that MW:O is handing out Beta Keys is NOT a breach of the NDA since it is posted in a public access area.

TL:DR - You can say you are in Beta, just can't talk about Beta.

Edited by Gauss, 28 May 2012 - 11:41 AM.

[wargames]

John Clavell, on 28 May 2012 - 10:01 AM, said:

Little bees.

Outlaw2, on 28 May 2012 - 10:22 AM, said:

I know several people who claim to be in beta...and they are just average joes. They are not famous players or even that active on these forums.

As for the goons, MWO is not really a game thats conducive for them. They're power comes from their ability to zerg/blob. Matches will always be 12v12. Sure they can all join a single faction, but they still got to win those 12v12 matches to matter. The average goon player is definitely not known for being more skilled than the average player.

Also this is mostly true we have slight above average player base but if WOT is anything to go by goons will still be a might force of pain and suffering. Also NDP has the longest held land of any clan on any server group.

[Outlaw2]

Bring Stabity, on 28 May 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

This is actually extremely false. 5 years ago in EVE, this was true. However, that was 5 years ago. Goonswarm has one of the largest and most deep skill pools in the whole game.

This is also true for World of Tanks. The majority of my A-team have been playing together since Beta, and we all are in the top 3% of players, with 5-6 that are in the top 0.5%. Also, Tanks clans top at 100 people. High skill in low numbers is what we are perfectly suited for.

With a 9000 player pool in eve, they should manage to find skilled players. 5 years ago most goon players just started playing eve. Now, its 9000 average players all working together (more or less). Skill demographics resembles general population, but with a particular sense of humor. Your "A-team" is not the average goon player.

Edited by Outlaw2, 28 May 2012 - 11:47 AM.

[CompleteTanker]

Some dude I've never heard of that can't spell "Mittens" (that's the name they really wanted I'm sure) that plays a game I don't got a beta key.

Erm....

Well done....?

[Karyudo ds]

CompleteTanker, on 28 May 2012 - 11:51 AM, said:

Well done....?

Yeah someone seemed worried about his friends that we never knew about, here I was worried about NBT4's DC or those Jade Falcon jerks.

[Xomic]

In fairness to Goonswarm, inviting people from a close knit clan/corp/alliance/whatever you want to call them, probably makes a lot of sense from a dev's point of view. They already have, I'd imagine, vent channels set up and the ability to organize play sessions as a group rather than as a disorganized mess.

[AussieGiant]

Wow...this really kicked off.

Can't wait for a proper round of "hang bags at dawn" once the game starts.

Should be a hoot.