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    so i still havent got the conformation email on either of my emails and have resent them maybe 20 times each?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinfullfears View Post
    so i still havent got the conformation email on either of my emails and have resent them maybe 20 times each?
    Odd, I received mine a few seconds after I registered for it.

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    Bleh, almost like winning lottery if you get picked.
    Guess we are stuck waiting for OB :s

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    Well, I got an "answer" about the data-relevancy, whether I believe their "answer" is another story altogether:

    Hello <first name>,

    Thanks for getting in touch. The relevancy is to help sort country names, so that someone who types the letter "U" will be more likely to get "United States" than "Uganda." The data-relevancy has nothing whatever to do with prioritizing applicants.

    Sincerely yours,

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    The reason why I don't believe it, is because other drop down menus don't have data-relevancy added when it comes to countries.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cy-Kill View Post
    Well, I got an "answer" about the data-relevancy, whether I believe their "answer" is another story altogether:





    The reason why I don't believe it, is because other drop down menus don't have data-relevancy added when it comes to countries.
    Too bad, I chose US in both of the applications :>

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoldenArrow View Post
    Too bad, I chose US in both of the applications :>
    The other problem with their "answer", they don't mention anything about the data-relevancy that only shows "" beside certain country names.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethelwulf View Post
    Near 1 million applicants for this beta. So... yeah, I'd say we'd be pretty darn lucky if one of us gets picked.
    You can count out the players with crappy specs (which is probably a decent number), since I'm guessing that the Guild Wars team is probably going to prioritize players with better specs at this stage of development.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cy-Kill View Post
    The other problem with their "answer", they don't mention anything about the data-relevancy that only shows "" beside certain country names.
    We'll I'm buying. For example Finland which is a rather small country (population wise) compared to France. I wouldn't be suprised starting with F to rather fill into France than Finland.

    (Thus there's more data-relevancy of the signer to be from France than Finland)

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    Quote Originally Posted by supersonix9 View Post
    You can count out the players with crappy specs (which is probably a decent number), since I'm guessing that the Guild Wars team is probably going to prioritize players with better specs at this stage of development.
    They'll prob get low end rigs as well btw to test whats the lowest limit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoldenArrow View Post
    We'll I'm buying. For example Finland which is a rather small country (population wise) compared to France. I wouldn't be suprised starting with F to rather fill into France than Finland.

    (Thus there's more data-relevancy of the signer to be from France than Finland)
    Please, the data-relevancy has everything to do with prioritizing applicants.
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    Quote Originally Posted by supersonix9 View Post
    You can count out the players with crappy specs (which is probably a decent number), since I'm guessing that the Guild Wars team is probably going to prioritize players with better specs at this stage of development.
    from the beginning, they have stated that it's the same engine s GW was developed on. They also stated even though the engine has been tweaked a bit to make GW2 look great, GW2 will be able to operate on older PCs.

    How old? Dont really know. I would suggest it being about the time they began developing GW2 (which is slightly over a year after GW was released).

    Since they have made the game "old user" friendly, I am more than positive that they are spreading out the testing to target everyone from low to high end specs. Besides, Arena is a smart company that knows how to make the $$. Keeping it B2P and allowing low end spec users to play would increase their target audience and their profit by almost twice that what these moron developers are doing with these new MMORPGs.

    Also, keeping it B2P and not thinking of targeting the low end users is super moronic in a business move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by supersonix9 View Post
    You can count out the players with crappy specs (which is probably a decent number), since I'm guessing that the Guild Wars team is probably going to prioritize players with better specs at this stage of development.
    Actually, their goal is to optimize it to run on weaker systems, so arguably you could have a better chance of getting in with low specs, while the stupidly high specs could potentially be at a disadvantage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cy-Kill View Post
    Please, the data-relevancy has everything to do with prioritizing applicants.
    You are just being paranoid.
    Why would signups from China have larger priority when the game isn't even going to be localised there at launch? :j

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akeras View Post
    Actually, their goal is to optimize it to run on weaker systems, so arguably you could have a better chance of getting in with low specs, while the stupidly high specs could potentially be at a disadvantage.
    Correct...

    They want to know how far back of specs that can work on their system. This data will have all sorts of data that is vital for many things. Especially player base regions.

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    Responses to my previous post
    Interesting. Well then, I guess I'm going to have to pray extra hard now.

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    Everything they asked will affect your chances of getting in the beta.
    Except for the e-mail address which is for contacting purposes :>

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    So umm, I'm wondering how many people they are actually going to invite from those 1million...

    I mean, about 10-20 thousand is the usual amount for a free to play mmo right?

    so maybe a 50-100 thousand margin could be pretty good scaling, but that many people would be hectic... but then again, it's not gonna be any different at launch so they might make this a "big" beta.

    what do you guys think? how many will they actually select?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilo View Post
    They've confirmed that people under 18 will be able to play they'll just need to get there parents signiture on a NDA Form
    How do I tell my age that I put on an account?

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    Only way to get guaranteed entry is if you have a triple core processor.

    trolololol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    Only way to get guaranteed entry is if you have a triple core processor.

    trolololol
    Only a triple? I've got an i5 , np!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilo View Post
    They've confirmed that people under 18 will be able to play they'll just need to get there parents signiture on a NDA Form
    You really think A.Net is going to go through the effort of getting parental signatures when they have a 1 million tester base? :>

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilo View Post
    They've confirmed that people under 18 will be able to play they'll just need to get there parents signiture on a NDA Form
    who the **** puts their age under 18 on the internet

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    Hopefully i get in with my shitty 9400GT card

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethelwulf View Post


    Sorry, I had to.
    Whatever you had to do is obviously not working.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zilo View Post
    Yup they've already said so, might want to read there twitter - Remarkably they want a lower audience to test as well -

    It seem's people dont seem to like reading official posts saying that everyones fair game and age doesnt restrict anything - same with the SWTOR Beta and with many other beta's in general with NDA's alot of kids i know play them with there parents signing a nda :V
    If I was running a business I would say that as well. Would I do it? Nope.

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