Almost the time :D
 

9,120 Members (Steam group)

So I guess when it hits 10 grand, em' gonna post an anouncement and release it for open beta :D ?


From steam's page :

You are absolutely right, very very soon the open beta will start:)

for those of us who have pumped 25 cent per gallon gas, could someone please explain what that means? presumably it's a closed beta now so what exactly does open mean? can I then download the entire game for free? why the heck do you need 10,000 people in a beta!? why isn't the game just released? i just want to play the damn game yet it's been in this beta phase for the last year it seems. can someone please clarify this for me? however, the way it's going, by the time this game is out i won't care cuz i'll be playing MoW: Vietnam http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/images/icons/icon10.gif

Mack - I believe, but am not certain, that a closed Beta means it requires payment. I'm not sure if this payment then means you get the full-game by default too though..
They will then, as you say, be allowed to download the game and play it prior to the release date. I also think they are required or encouraged to be active on the DMS forums to assist with bug finding and squashing.

The reason why they were waiting for 10,000 was because they had hoped the reward of an open beta would encourage people to boost interest/awareness in the game - It seems to have worked.
I don't think joining the group to make the 10,000 actually required pre-ordering, it was just to show how many people are interested in having an open-beta.

Personally i would of thought it'd make more sense to just allow it to be an open-beta from the get go. The more people finding bugs for you the less chance of some game-breaking bug to appear on release day.
But of course then they would of missed out on the marketting opportunity.

Market opportunities are all around. Everytime one of my friends borrows money from me, he has to pay back double, I've often been accused of being in the mob. I would have had people pay to test the game if it was my decision.

Mack the game is not finished yet and there are still some things to do and bugs to fix. That's why we will start open-beta. You will be able to download the free game client with limited maps. 10000 is just a nice number and it also indicates that many people are interested in our game and starting open-beta won;t be useless.

ah, almost there...

What if someone steals the maps from the open-beta?

Won't it just be the same as 'stealing' maps from Red Tide? So long as they are not distributed, it won't be a deal.

But what if they are? I've seen material taken from Red Tide put into mods, like the T-38.