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    Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta

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    Image of Overheal Overheal
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    After enduring the Stargate Worlds beta I can honestly believe what vet testers were trying to warn us about: if you're looking for a sneak peek - dont do a beta. It will destroy your will to live. Or at least kill your interest in that title. Mind numbing framerates stress test delays and a host of unexpected bugs glitches and crashes later I am so done with any notion of ever trialing that game.

    You get so hyped up because youre about to get a free look and then - nothing. First you have to spend 6-12 hours figuring out why its not loading. Then when you do get in, you get 6 frames a second, none of the character animations have been compiled and then the game crashes unexpectedly.

    By all means if you have never participated in a game beta go right ahead, but I've already done mine. Never again.
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    ForkInSocket promoted this comment Overheal was starred Overheal was unstarred
    Image of ForkInSocket ForkInSocket
    09/29/09

    @Overheal: I disagree completely, I've participated in closed betas for EQ1, EvE, AO, Guild Wars and LotRO, and each one was a blast. In fact, I found EQ1 beta to be more enjoyable than post-release.

    (okay, so GW beta sucked, but that's to be expected from GW)

    There's nothing like playing an MMO before the great unwashed hordes wash over the gates. Rare spawns/resources are easy to camp. Game economies aren't inflated/deflated/borked by mass trade and gold sellers. GMs are occasionally available. Somebody might listen to a suggestion. I even enjoyed some of the end-of-the-world, pwipe events.

    I think beta enjoyment just depends a lot on the game. Do some research on the title before you sign up.
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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    I think you need to correct the title. This is sign up for testing. Its not beta.
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    Image of Vecha: One more Month Vecha: One more Month
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    They should allow everyone in the beta who bought KOTOR and has it registered!
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    (Human) Gyaruson promoted this comment Vecha: One more Month was starred Vecha: One more Month was unstarred
    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    09/29/09

    @Vecha: Tired of America's Solution to Health Care.:
    Bing!

    I'd be in!
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    Image of jgibson75 jgibson75
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    The site is down. But I'll check it out. My chances of getting in this beta is probably slim since my PC can barely run WoW as it is. lol. But I have hopes of upgrading or getting a new machine before the game launches. I've never wanted a PC game bad enough to upgrade, being a console gamer. And even though I have hopes that Old Republic will eventually hit the X-Box 360, I don't think I could wait that long to play it. So I'm going to pony up for a new PC. That is how strong a draw BioWare games, and KOTOR is to me.
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    Image of Hahaue Hahaue
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    Does it have to be the SW:TOR community? Cause I'm pretty active in the ME/ME2 community.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/29/09

    @Hahaue:

    I'm active in ME/ME2, Dragon Age, and SW:ToR. I'm going to cry manly tears if I don't get into this beta.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    Aww. I check the site regularly and didn't notice before it went down. Now I feel like a dirty lurker who lurks and is dirty.
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    Edited by Heliophage at 09/29/09 10:56 AM Heliophage was starred Heliophage was unstarred
    Image of Erode Erode
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    "Thank you for visiting www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com. We are making adjustments to the site due to the overwhelming response to the testing announcement. Please be patient and check back later. We estimate that the site will be back up in the next few hours."

    Ha! Well done, Kotaku! I suppose I'll have to check back after class.
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    Image of Tyber_Zann Tyber_Zann
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    DAMNIT! I've been waiting forever for this, I have to go to work now, and the site is down! AUUGGHHHH!
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    Image of DigitalHero DigitalHero
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    "SWTOR.com is currently unavailable while we perform scheduled maintenance. Please check back again soon!"

    What timing. Argh!
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    Image of PositivelyGreg PositivelyGreg
    09/29/09

    @DigitalHero: I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/29/09

    @PositivelyGreg: Many webservers died to bring us this beta...
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    Image of PositivelyGreg PositivelyGreg
    09/29/09

    @Yossarian: Get in there! I don't care what you smell.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/29/09

    @PositivelyGreg: +1
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    Image of nickescallon nickescallon
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    Hmmm... i probably fall under the category of dirty, stinking lurkers (not that it'll stop me from trying). On the plus side, this finally motivated me to register to comment on Kotaku!
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    Yossarian approved this comment nickescallon was starred nickescallon was unstarred
    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/29/09

    @nickescallon: wrong community to join, but thanks for joining us! =)
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    SWTOR.com is currently unavailable while we perform scheduled maintenance. Please check back again soon!

    FUCK
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    Image of nerdrage32 nerdrage32
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    I've never tried anything like this before but am interested in doing it for this game. Has anyone here been beta tester for an MMO? Do I need to be skilled at them to be one? :)
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    excel_excel promoted this comment nerdrage32 was starred nerdrage32 was unstarred
    Image of Neonox Neonox
    09/29/09

    In reply to Sign Up For The Old Republic Beta
    WOO! Yay for website crashes! Being Kotaku'd won't help much either...
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    excel_excel promoted this comment Neonox was starred Neonox was unstarred
    Image of Foppemoa Foppemoa
    09/04/09

    In reply to Star Trek Online Opens Closed Beta Hailing Frequencies
    Ohhh, think of all the doohickeys you will be able to reverse the polarity on.
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    BritBloke916 promoted this comment Foppemoa was starred Foppemoa was unstarred
    Image of BritBloke916 BritBloke916
    09/04/09

    @Foppemoa: Nah, reversing the polarity of the neutron flow is a Doctor Who thing. In Star Trek, you usually need to invoke a subspace inversion (or do something with tachyons).
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    Image of Foppemoa Foppemoa
    09/04/09

    @BritBloke916: I haven't seen Dr Who.
    But i have seen basically everything star trek, and i strongly recall that they on several occations inverse the polarity to X to solve a problem. ;)
    It always fails, but that's another issue.
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    Image of freakout freakout
    09/05/09

    @BritBloke916: @Foppermoa: Personally, I can't wait to re-route the deflector dish...
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    Image of BritBloke916 BritBloke916
    09/04/09

    In reply to Star Trek Online Opens Closed Beta Hailing Frequencies
    All of my free time just donned a red shirt. Resistance is futile. Damn it Jim, I'm a gamer, not a doctor. Etc.
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    Edited by BritBloke916 at 09/04/09 9:56 AM BritBloke916 was starred BritBloke916 was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/04/09

    @BritBloke916: Your references must be drawn here! This far no further!
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    Image of BritBloke916 BritBloke916
    09/04/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: "If I were human, I believe my response would be 'go to Hell'" :)
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    Image of tcolberg tcolberg
    09/04/09

    @BritBloke916: It is a good day to beta test!
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    Image of Sean Lee Fowler Sean Lee Fowler
    09/04/09

    Let's make sure history remembers...the name...Star Trek Online.
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