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[Darian DelFord]

For those of us that are old school once a game reaches version 1.0 its considered gold and will ship. Any fixes to the game is usually released in a patch. I keep hearing... this is beta... this is beta. Sorry but it moved past beta a long time ago. The excuse is not that its beta... the excuse is they had to open it up to the public to gain additional income to finance the project to keep it going. I can not even remotely think of one game that is going to be in "Open Beta" as long as MWO will be to get it all in.

Comments?

[Jacmac]

Beta is a label, how you interpret it is your business. In the end it doesn't matter much...

[HighlandCoo]

Oh god not this again

[MadcatX]

Here's a few comments:

http://mwomercs.com/...es-it-mean-now/
http://mwomercs.com/...w-this-is-beta/

[Taryys]

How about we agree to disagree, and not discuss it since it will not result in anything useful.... evar!
Mmmmkay!! Please?

[PropagandaWar]

Remove this thread. BTW It says beta in the top corner. So I guess the Devs feel its Beta and I will lemming it and agree!

[Vassago Rain]

Genesis does what nintendont.

[Mercules]

[PANZERBUNNY]

It will take more of these threads to break the ignorance of people who use Beta has a crutch for a bad business model.

[Mercules]

PANZERBUNNY, on 17 December 2012 - 01:26 PM, said:

It will take more of these threads to break the ignorance of people who use Beta has a crutch for a bad business model.

[Congzilla]

Really? We're going to do this again?

[PANZERBUNNY]

Some people are just naturally followers and like to believe whatever "credible" sources tell them.

I'm sure the same people click on Fox News when they get home after work. (Or emerge from their parents basement for some Mountain Dew.)

[CDLord HHGD]

PANZERBUNNY, on 17 December 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

Some people are just naturally followers and like to believe whatever "credible" sources tell them.

I'm sure the same people click on Fox News when they get home after work. (Or emerge from their parents basement for some Mountain Dew.)

The only "followers" I know are the ones on CNN/ABC/MSNBC, they also drink the coolaid.

[ulziel]

Bad troll is bad. Go back to troll school you failure. Rawrs
Battle CAT has spoken.

Edited by ulziel, 17 December 2012 - 01:32 PM.

[Mercules]

PANZERBUNNY, on 17 December 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

Some people are just naturally followers and like to believe whatever "credible" sources tell them.

I'm sure the same people click on Fox News when they get home after work. (Or emerge from their parents basement for some Mountain Dew.)

Some people will deny any evidence that flies in the face of what they want to believe, you know like an icon stating something is beta...


If the people making they game say, "This is a Beta, it isn't finished yet." then I am going to assume they are considering it a beta and not finished yet.

[Darian DelFord]

cdlord, on 17 December 2012 - 01:31 PM, said:

The only "followers" I know are the ones on CNN/ABC/MSNBC, they also drink the coolaid.

Gotta admit this one made me laugh.

However some one explain to me what the difference is between current "MWO OB" and MWO with consistent patchng? IMHO the Beta is thrown in there as this game NEEDS ALOT of WORK. And the money is not their in a closed beta to make the changes needed and the manpower going. A period of approximately 2 weeks to a month I can understand for an Open Beta to get the masses in and stress the heck out of it. But I am sorry I have yet to see why this is being called a beta when it is in fact live and everyone can access it without incident.

I am not trolling but trying to understand.

Edited by Darian DelFord, 17 December 2012 - 01:35 PM.

[Congzilla]

cdlord, on 17 December 2012 - 01:31 PM, said:

The only "followers" I know are the ones on CNN/ABC/MSNBC, they also drink the coolaid.

You are right, when it comes to being completely batsh*t insane, Fox leads the way.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Darian DelFord, on 17 December 2012 - 01:14 PM, said:

For those of us that are old school once a game reaches version 1.0 its considered gold and will ship. Any fixes to the game is usually released in a patch. I keep hearing... this is beta... this is beta. Sorry but it moved past beta a long time ago. The excuse is not that its beta... the excuse is they had to open it up to the public to gain additional income to finance the project to keep it going. I can not even remotely think of one game that is going to be in "Open Beta" as long as MWO will be to get it all in.

Comments?

Minecraft.

Minecraft fits this model. Was open to the public. Took money while still in Beta. Was in Beta FOREVER (1 years I believe, Alpha before that). Constantly added content while in Beta (and even after release). Heck, even Notch only took it out of Beta status because Minecon was coming up so he thought...why not call it a release to coincide with Minecon??

I'm not going to debate the finer points of Beta vs. Release, but I can say that I found one valid example. Only difference is that Minecraft is now considered released, who knows how PGI will determine that in the future.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 17 December 2012 - 01:37 PM.

[Dakkath]

Moving to the off-topic section.

[CDLord HHGD]

Congzilla, on 17 December 2012 - 01:35 PM, said:

You are right, when it comes to being completely batsh*t insane, Fox leads the way.

Being batsh*t insane does not mean we are wrong .