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We are happy to announce that we will soon be accepting applicants for the World of Warcraft® Open Beta Test for North America. The open phase of beta will give people a chance to enter Azeroth and play World of Warcraft before the game is released. More details will become available in the days ahead, so stay tuned.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

THERE

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[Grimm]

I'm undecided as to if I want to participate in the open beta. As fun as the game is, I'd rather not create another character and spend some time levelling up and all just to have it deleted again. Then again, I've got nothing better to play, so we'll have to see.

[Dark]

i'm definitely gonna get in on that this time B)

[Uranium - 235]

I'm undecided as to if I want to participate in the open beta. As fun as the game is, I'd rather not create another character and spend some time levelling up and all just to have it deleted again. Then again, I've got nothing better to play, so we'll have to see.

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My roomate and I are going to play Horde in Open since we'll be playing NElfs in Retail. I suggest you do the same, play something you really won't be playing in retail (Alliance if you plan on playing Horde, since they're a lot different)

[Grimm]

Yea, that's what I was thinking. I've seen a lot of the Troll and Orc area, and I don't quite feel like mucking about in the Barrens anymore than I have to. I suggested to Vinnie that we make some Gnomes just for the hell of it, since I know a Gnome is one of the last races I would make.

[fatty]

ooooooooo. i'll play horde too since i had a human rogue in stress test.

[rad4Christ]

THERE

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Just ask me, I'd have told you that :p

Actually, I'm looking for the next addiction for me. I've never played MMORPG, but too many ppl I know online are salivating over this. I might check it out.

[Geminosity]

I'd probably consider giving it a shot if I felt motivated enough...


!!! INCOMING CHALLENGE !!!

Make gem want to play WoW open beta in under the timelimit.
Use the control stick to search for reasons and select them with the 'A' Button.
Use the 'B' button to cancel.

Bonus Points are awarded for Style, Remaining Time and Caek.



---SCOREBOARD---

CAP - 1,000,000
SNK - 890,000
GEM - 790,000
MAY - 600,000
OMG - 33,999

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Three - hit with a Fire Sabre + 13, finishing powermove, zonde followed up with rafoie! FATALITY!

[Geminosity]

~Gem blocks all the attacks with maxxed out evasion stat and a lil nifty footwork, gets hit by the spells but gets made invincible by the mag following them and then Ura gets hit with level 30 zalure knocking his defence down followed by the sharp end of a level 30 shifta-boosted Soul-Eater beserk attack combo killing him instantly~ :p

[Evangelion_2]

lol I have had the closed beta for awhile and haven't played it once in the last 3 weeks  

[Grimm]

I'm pretty sure I remember you saying you'd try it out anyway, but for the sake of boredom, I've got a couple reasons. Despite the fact that Gem tends to shoot me down on any topic of WoW without giving it a second thought.

-We're playing, and games are always fun with friends.
-You'll have the opportunity to actually try the game instead of judging it from screenshots and videos.
-You tried the open betas and whatnot for so many other games, why would you randomly decide to skip this one?

[Geminosity]

I skip lots grimm and what do you mean without a second thought?  I always think things through a couple of times after shooting my mouth off XD

Seriously though; I've not been playing many MMOs recently.  I've even skipped over some I got into without even touching them.  Maybe it's work sucking up my time or maybe my disillusionment with MMOs lacking the action and player-skill I want so badly is finally dragging me away from them.

When the open EU test hits I'll probably try it but I can't be bothered with the silly hastle of messing with proxies and lying about my addy just to try a north american one ~shrugs and smiles~

[bacon_flaps]

Where are all the names on the scoreboard like:

SEX
ASS
FUK

[Uranium - 235]

lol I have had the closed beta for awhile and haven't played it once in the last 3 weeks 

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You suck, I asked for that if you got bored of it

[Malevolent]

Hmm, I'll try it if I can find somewhere to download it.

[Redford]

Yes.  Still no news however.  Nice music bite tho.  Also, apparently the strongest NPC in WoW is apparently batman.

[lolfighter]

It's happening again. People play an "open beta" (MMORPG lingo for "demo"), get hooked. Fueled by the developers, they blame whatever bugs or shortcomings the game has on "it's still in beta". Come release, they buy the game, only to discover that their pet-peeve bug or flawed feature that "will surely be removed/fixed before the game ships" is still present. They play for two months, valiantly trying to rebuild the community they had back in beta, but fail because half of that community didn't want to pay for the game. Finally they give up and become disgruntled MMORPG-haters. Talk to you again three months after WoW's release.

[Grimm]

Even in it's current beta state, the game has more content and fewer bugs than games that have already gone retail, and the bugs that are there don't interfere wtih the gameplay itself.

I know the feeling of a bug that "... will be fixed in an upcoming patch..." but never is; As a Scrapper in City of Heroes, there was a bug that would spawn minions and bosses in the instanced rooms that were much too strong for me to take, and I would have to wait until I levelled up a couple times before I had a solid chance of taking them on. They said "We'll be releasing a patch soon that will include a fix for such-and-such bugs (including the one I was having a problem with) as well as some great new content (like being able to modify your costume later in the game)". When they said "soon", they hinted at only a couple weeks, yet a month and a half passed before I decided I didn't like the game any more and cancelled my account. They released the update about a month after I quit, if I recall correctly.

I trust that Blizzard will take care of any issues in better time and fasion; They've been a solid company for so long, they have no reason or incentive to grap out on their playerbase with this game.

[lolfighter]

I'll have that much faith in Blizzard: They do what they say that they'll do. If only they'd ever do something that hasn't been done a million times already. The MMORPG genre needs a massive overhaul, and Blizzard won't be the ones to do it. We need a bold risktaker developer to dare to something new and pull the genre out of the gutter. Blizzard's WoW may be king when it ships, but it'll still be king of the sewage.