Euro WoW Beta Sign-up Date

P45

Fingers on keyboards... wait for it... wait for it...

" IRVINE, California - June 28, 2004 - Blizzard Entertainment today announced July 5th as the date players can start signing up for the European closed beta of its eagerly awaited MMORPG, World of Warcraft(tm). Potential testers will be able to register online through the official European Blizzard Web sites for the English-, French-, and German-speaking markets: www.blizzard.co.uk / www.blizzard.fr / www.blizzard.de. The final selection of testers will be chosen randomly to ensure a broad base of playing skills, locations, and system requirements to address compatibility and game-play issues. All submissions will receive equal consideration at any time throughout the sign-up period, which will run for approximately three weeks. "

Hope it lives up to the hype. I'll be trying it anyway. Honeymoon period should be fun, atleast. Same for EQ2 (never played EQ). :dunno:

regi

*twitch*

Dr_Teeth

Intervention!! *grabs Regi*

regi

must... apply...

Rnger

Thanks for posting here i never check the wow site

Squall

Damn it. Whyd ya post now more ppl will know :mad:

Rnger

cuz its nice ? :rolleyes:

Funky

neeed....to.....get.....in.......

Tusky

Originally posted by Funky
neeed....to.....get.....in.......

ditto

Squall

Its the 5th of July............... come on let us signup dammit

Nemesis

Must have a game for long winter nights.....

Just signed up..

Nemesis/Avoca.

Celt

I know one person who has already been confirmed.

Guess that means I amnt in

Squall

I know one person who has already been confirmed.

Really. Damn that was quick. Still 3 weeks left. Still plenty if time to get picked.

quozl

Originally posted by Nemesis
Must have a game for long winter nights.....

Just signed up..

Nemesis/Avoca.

Oh no Brian. Don't do it!

Greg
PS I'm signed up too (

Nemesis

But Greg things are going too damn well here now!.
Playing golf twice a week...had 5 birdies in my round last night...hitting ball 340 yards off the Tee...well on one hole.;)
Wife talking to me...another bairn on the way in Nov..I think..that will be 4...
Camping holiday booked in France....

Like..wtf is going on in my life...

I need to change my lifestyle I must get WoW...I NEEEEEED too.

Oh btw you going to Gamecon4?...Odhran just signed me up...Nice chap..:).

Might see you there..

Nem.

Megatron

Well i'm sign'd up as well ....

Here is hoping

Tusky

Originally posted by Nemesis
But Greg things are going too damn well here now!.
Playing golf twice a week...had 5 birdies in my round last night...hitting ball 340 yards off the Tee...well on one hole.;)
Wife talking to me...another bairn on the way in Nov..I think..that will be 4...
Camping holiday booked in France....

Like..wtf is going on in my life...

I need to change my lifestyle I must get WoW...I NEEEEEED too.

Oh btw you going to Gamecon4?...Odhran just signed me up...Nice chap..:).

Might see you there..

Nem.

howdy Avoca

Tusky here.

Megatron

The beta sign up has ended


lucky i did manage to sign up



/fingers crossed

Sarn

It's still open. Nice try though.

j0e9o

any1 have any joy getting in?

Squall

Dont think theyve sent out any acceptance mails yet. Probly send out the first wave some time next week.

Course I may be wrong and just holding on to false hope

ArthurG

Originally posted by Squall
Dont think theyve sent out any acceptance mails yet. Probly send out the first wave some time next week.

Course I may be wrong and just holding on to false hope

Fingers crossed......

Tusky

Have they sent out mails yet? I aint got one anywho

tuxy

nothing here either

P45

Sign-ups for the European Closed Beta Test for World of Warcraft will end next Monday morning, 26th July. If you would like the chance to join the Beta Test, please register your application this weekend and before 10.00am (9.00am in the UK) on Monday morning.

FYI - No one's received emails, nor will they 'till after the July 26th.

For those lucky applicants who are successful, I'd just like to say, "Gratz in advance... and I hate yez all.":D

Squall

Anyone know how many theyre taking for the beta. Im assuming itll be somewhere tclose to the 10000 they took for NA and Korea? Anyone know otherwise?

Tusky

*crosses fingers*

Trebor

"The sign-up period for the World of Warcraft European Closed Beta Test is now over. Please continue to check here for updates and information on when the European Closed Beta Test will begin.

The first group of testers who are chosen to participate in the Beta Test will be notified in the coming weeks by e-mail. Please note that we can neither accept any additional applications nor make any changes to the information on anyone's current application. Also note that we are unable to comment on the status of any applications"

and here was me hoping to open my inbox this morning and find an invite.
looks like it's going to be a while. whats the hold up though? the game is already in closed beta in america, is it that hard to set up a couple of servers and load the game, it's not like the game needs to be customised

Moriarty

Localisation is more than likely the main cause for delay.

Mutant_Fruit

I used several e-mail accounts to improve my chances of getting in.

If i happen to get more than 1 account (unlikely) then i will be sure to offer it to the first poster who requests it (and doesn't already have one ).

Squall

Shame on you mutant fruit. But if you do get more than one and I dont get any. Ill take it please

Dredz

Ditto that. I did apply, albeit under the guise of "Baron Von Evil".

I assume it got their attention.

Mutant_Fruit

So, its the first of august... any word on those confirmation e-mails? Anyone get any? I'm checking my e-mails daily hoping to see on or two "You have been accepted" e-mails, but no sign

Dr_Teeth

Err well it's a sunday..

Mutant_Fruit

not sunday anymore, anyone get em? Drop a line when someone does.

Big Chief

certainly been no sign of any for me

Tusky

none here either !

CombatCow

The sign-up period for the European Beta Test is over and thanks to you, it has been an overwhelming success. While we are in the process of selecting the first group of testers, why don't you check........

That was on the 26'th of july......dunno if i want to get picked now..the continents are unbelieveably big from what iv seen in work,i might get hooked on it and not want to stop playing :mad:


CC

Drakar

Looking for your daily fix of WoW signup news? Well there some more "we're still working on it" info now on the official page (dated the 11th):
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/

smithy1981

I think blizzard are waiting until the next patch is ready before they start the european beta. With any luck the patch should be ready this week. And dont worry if ye dont get a cd-key on the first day. they will be phasing people in over time

P.S. does anyone know of an Irish guild for the game

pleasle

.. hows about a welsh guild?? muhaha

Mutant_Fruit

next patch came and left, still no invites And to think we live in the "highspeed" internet world, where it takes seconds to send an email from one side of the world to the other.

Batbat

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

next patch came and left, still no invites And to think we live in the "highspeed" internet world, where it takes seconds to send an email from one side of the world to the other.

its a disgrace that the WoW European site refuses to give any updates as to the status of the euro beta (post sign up), this is Daoc all over again, second rate europeoen roll out, also there is no european forums on the euro site, a one paragraph would do giving the reason for the delay.

Mutant_Fruit

Hello Alan

Whereas I cannot speak for the European beta it took about a month to get through all of our submissions and we already had a full support team for it. I'm sorry, but the beta signups for World of Warcraft European beta have come and gone, and testers are being selected from the pool of candidates who have already applied. The first wave of authentication keys for the European Closed Beta Test will be sent out to beta testers by email as soon as the selection process is completed. With these keys, testers will be able to create their accounts for the Beta Test using a Web interface that will be hosted on the official European World of Warcraft Beta Test Web sites

Unfortunately, wowtech@blizzard.com cannot provide information on the European Beta test. Our European Support division is currently being developed, and once they are available to offer assistance, they will provide email addresses on the three European support pages. Until then, you can consult the Beta FAQ pages that can be found here:

Looks like they're working on it. We can but wait.

Moriarty

'Those little fookers won't give me my free stuff fast enough, they're so shít.'

Moaning bastards the lot of you tbh.

Chada

dnc.quozl ? wow old school Yeah you know blizzard people, it will probably take until halloween before anyone gets their cherished acceptance email, i personally aint hold my breath.... (ok i am )

Mutant_Fruit

Moriarty wrote:

'Those little fookers won't give me my free stuff fast enough, they're so shít.'

Moaning bastards the lot of you tbh.

Well, i would assume considaring all forms were sent in electronically, and could be electronically processed, the return invites could be sent electronically, and the whole process would take less than a week from the day the sign-ups ended.

Creating a database of 10 million entry forms could be easily done in less than a week on an athlon 2500+, surely they can do it much faster than that.

Ah well, we just have to admit they are inept, and wait for them to get their fingers out.

Moriarty

Perhaps they don't want to open up the european beta until they have staff to support it?


Naaah.. that's too obvious an answer. Sheeeeesh...

Mutant_Fruit

Moriarty wrote:

Perhaps they don't want to open up the european beta until they have staff to support it?


Naaah.. that's too obvious an answer. Sheeeeesh...

Yeah, it was too obvious. It was so obvious i never even thought of it. Heh heh heh, that'd definately make some sense alright. Time to go back to the infernal waiting again Maybe i should apply for a job...

Fenix

Taken from official Euro WOW site...

We are aware that many of you, like us, are eager for the European beta test to begin. We understand and appreciate your interest in World of Warcraft and wanted to update you on exactly where the European beta test currently stands. The European sign-ups were a huge success, thanks to you, and were much bigger than we anticipated. Hence, the process of selecting testers has taken longer than expected, but the good news is that the process is now complete.
Over the past few weeks, our growing European teams have been striving to prepare the technical platform to support the beta test, and we are now in the final stages of implementing the required technology. It is our intention to post an announcement very soon that indicates the specific date in September when the European World of Warcraft closed beta test will start. Under the current schedule, the first wave of selected testers will be notified by e-mail a couple of days before the beta launch. Thank you for your patience, and we hope to have you playing World of Warcraft as soon as possible!

So there you have it...

Off topic, do you think the 'new' mmorpg'er will be more attacked to Alliance of Horde ? Id rather be in the Hib / Excal way of things, (Less people but higher skilled) Just a thought.

Mutant_Fruit

Fenix wrote:

Off topic, do you think the 'new' mmorpg'er will be more attacked to Alliance of Horde ? Id rather be in the Hib / Excal way of things, (Less people but higher skilled) Just a thought.

Could ya explain that a bit better, for us n00bs who've never played an mmporg.