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[WerewolfX]

To all those that got an invite. Congratulations!

Now then, we got 6 days left of invites to go out. That means 142 invites (roughly and if following a 7 day week schedule) went out today. 200 if they go on a 5 day schedule. I'm not gonna lie and be as truthful as I can. It bummed me out hardcore. But, there are a few days of invites left as a community stand firm don't get discouraged if you didn't get one today and be patient. 10 years is a long time and we all are salivating at the prospect of wanting to and getting to play this game. It is right around the corner so reign in your outrage and sorrow (I'm there right next to you in the sorrow part.) and chin up. For tomorrow is another day.

[DarkKnight ST]

Well said. I Salute you.

Soon we shall all be in this blowing up each other. For the time being there is still MW4 and MW4mercs, which a know of a few servers for mercs that I play on.

[whiteknight]

Good luck to everyone getting into the Beta... don't tell us who you are, just sit back and enjoy the ride... and you know, provide constructive feedback to make it better for everyone!

[Monthar]

Where exactly are you getting the info that they are only inviting 1000 players? I could have sworn they said thousands, plural, as in at least 2000, but not a specific number.

[Rot Wulf]

http://mwomercs.com/...n-beta-players/

its official, its 1000.

[OnLashoc]

Monthar, on 25 May 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:

Where exactly are you getting the info that they are only inviting 1000 players? I could have sworn they said thousands, plural, as in at least 2000, but not a specific number.

I said the same thing they said "thousands of closed beta invites to send" and then today in Bryans post he said "1000 of the next 7 days"...

Only thing I can think of is that something went wrong yesterday, thus the delay. Maybe they were expecting some servers that didn't arrive or couldn't get set up or something and in haste because they didn't want to stand still and do nothing cause come on you and I know the temperatures were rising in here with no info, they opened it up just a droplet and let a few people in.

Edited to add, I looked on Twitter and several other places for the "thousands" quote but could not find for the life of me. I remember seeing it but cannot remember where. Hell I know a bunch of us seen it cause in threads I didn't even post in people were talking about it.

Edited by OnLashoc, 25 May 2012 - 09:05 PM.

[Monthar]

Ok, I hadn't gotten to that thread yet.

[WerewolfX]

Which is a careful number given that the next round is opened up when Operation Inception launches. I can tell you for a fact that over half the people on the boards are interested in one of the two packs. The others who want to play for free and save the cash may or may not lose out. However back on track. We all know for a fact and maybe even at this very moment there are volleys of missiles and autocannons being slammed into an opfor and battles being waged. Those testers that read this give em a salvo of LRM's for me and make the game the best it can be.

[DarkKnight ST]

1000 invites within the first 7 days of closed beta is a good number to start with. They will probably run with that first 1000 for a week to test the servers and then send out some more invites after that. I can understand what they are doing.

[TrentTheWanderer]

I am pretty bummed

Keeping a positive mindset when you are disappointed is hard :/

[Mal]

WerewolfX, on 25 May 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

Which is a careful number given that the next round is opened up when Operation Inception launches. I can tell you for a fact that over half the people on the boards are interested in one of the two packs. The others who want to play for free and save the cash may or may not lose out. However back on track. We all know for a fact and maybe even at this very moment there are volleys of missiles and autocannons being slammed into an opfor and battles being waged. Those testers that read this give em a salvo of LRM's for me and make the game the best it can be.

I don't recall seeing anything from the Devs, that it was only this one wave between now and July..do you have a link to where you got this from?

[Daisu Saikoro]

Monthar, on 25 May 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:

Where exactly are you getting the info that they are only inviting 1000 players? I could have sworn they said thousands, plural, as in at least 2000, but not a specific number.

http://mwomercs.com/...n-beta-players/

Thousand.

[KT Grim]

Yeah I had my hopes up before but with 100,000 registered and only 1000 invites going out my chances are about nil...

Good luck to all though and hopefully many of us will be playing in he next few weeks.

[WerewolfX]

TrentTheWanderer, on 25 May 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

I am pretty bummed

Keeping a positive mindset when you are disappointed is hard :/

Don't feel bad man. Think of it like this 1st pick drafts let the opposing team know how your gonna build. Each sucessive draft may leave you with less experience in the short run but, you have a better chance of hooking up with a vetern player used to MW:O's game style and learning the tricks of the trade.

Edited by WerewolfX, 25 May 2012 - 08:58 PM.

[Kottonmouth]

WerewolfX, on 25 May 2012 - 08:42 PM, said:

To all those that got an invite. Congratulations!

10 years is a long time and we all are salivating at the prospect of wanting to and getting to play this game. It is right around the corner so reign in your outrage and sorrow (I'm there right next to you in the sorrow part.) and chin up. For tomorrow is another day.

Yeah, I keep getting antsy then I think, "whats another two months?" By that time I will be happily unemployed and can dedicate at least 2 solid months to tearing mechs up before I go back part time for my master's. I would blow rainbows outta every hole I have if I get a beta invite tomorrow, don't get me wrong.

[DarkKnight ST]

No reason to feel bummed. Be happy that this is finally coming to. Those 1000 are going to be getting alot of headaches while testing server loads and finding the first bugs to report. From my experience it can be a real pain but it pays off in the end. I know we all want to get in now but some people will benifit from the wait <G>

[DerangedShadow]

WerewolfX, on 25 May 2012 - 08:42 PM, said:

To all those that got an invite. Congratulations!

Now then, we got 6 days left of invites to go out. That means 142 invites (roughly and if following a 7 day week schedule) went out today. 200 if they go on a 5 day schedule. I'm not gonna lie and be as truthful as I can. It bummed me out hardcore. But, there are a few days of invites left as a community stand firm don't get discouraged if you didn't get one today and be patient. 10 years is a long time and we all are salivating at the prospect of wanting to and getting to play this game. It is right around the corner so reign in your outrage and sorrow (I'm there right next to you in the sorrow part.) and chin up. For tomorrow is another day.

What if they sent out all the invites today?

[prezo]

KT gRIM, on 25 May 2012 - 08:57 PM, said:

Yeah I had my hopes up before but with 100,000 registered and only 1000 invites going out my chances are about nil...

Good luck to all though and hopefully many of us will be playing in he next few weeks.

actually given those numbers your chances are 1:100 but anyway =P

Another way to think of it is like this, the longer it takes you to get in the less bugs you will face initially and the more enjoyable your experience will be from the start

[Rot Wulf]

prezo, on 25 May 2012 - 09:07 PM, said:

actually given those numbers your chances are 1:100 but anyway =P

Another way to think of it is like this, the longer it takes you to get in the less bugs you will face initially and the more enjoyable your experience will be from the start

1% chance at getting in, during week 1.... just shy of 8 weeks between now and you can get in with a founders package. unless they are working weirdly they will step it up to the level the expect for July 17th somewhat quickly. You don't want to go from 1000 to 100000 in one step. I would say good odds in getting in during weeks 2 to 7.

[DireWolf307]

They only said "1000 over the next 7 days", not "1000 ever."

At some point they are going to need to stress test the servers, and 1000 are not nearly enough to do that. Granted, Open Beta is usually a stress test, but it's usually never a bad idea to do a Closed Beta stress test to make sure Open Beta goes smooth. (Because, typically, Open Beta players are a bunch of whiners about every little nitpicky thing)