87217 forum members how many disapointed?

[Razmuffin]

There are 87000 or so members registered to this forum, Most of which signed up when they heard about the beta. If we assume that 80,000 want to get into the beta that would mean 3 servers of 30,000 a peice assuming people play on average 8 hours a day (it will be less but this is a maximum estimate). But running 3 full servers for a beta, is what i would like, but I know it will not happen.

So that leaves a Large group of players that will not get into the beta.

One server, with 30,000 players would mean that 2/3 of the registerd forumers are not going to get in. and this would be bad because at least i will be doing :bang: until the release happens.

Another thing is if people are using multiple aliases to register for the beta. two accounts one player and i'm wondering if there is any way to stop that or if i should jump on the band wagon and make 30 gmail accounts to boost my chances?

Discuss

p.s. me right now :ohno:

[Bolter]

Average playtime 8 hours a day...

Not everyone gets into beta (most likely) so go cry in the corner if you don't get picked.

[El-Diablito]

What happens happens, i'll be glad if there is a beta, at least we'll be able to leech info from those in it.

[bibihest]

Why is that so bad?? Your ment to BETATEST and not just play and be the first to see everything in the game, so its just bad luck.

If someone dosn't get in, its just too bad. Can happen to anyone and it's probably not the end of the world.. Game will be out soon after

[Forgin]

stop making 'omg I wont get into betaz' threads

[Vevusio]

there still might be an open beta and if not *shrug*
cant take all that long after the beta until the game gets released

[willithesm]

I do not care if i get in or not i just want to see it up and running already!

[Fledrel]

ill just wait if i dont get in... and use youtube alot more...

besides how do you tell what your join # is?

[Forgin]

ill just wait if i dont get in... and use youtube alot more...

besides how do you tell what your join # is?

You are number 44113
go over your name and it will shot it in the bottom left corner of your screen. Or go to your profile and look at the number at the end of the URL.


Also if I dont get into beta I wouldn't mind because I would be celebrating the fact that Darkfall is being played for real.

[Fledrel]

You are number 44113
go over your name and it will shot it in the bottom left corner of your screen. Or go to your profile and look at the number at the end of the URL.


oh lol, that was really simple...

[Trik]

Im number 3286 :)
If I dont get in, I might be a little annoyed :(

[Jonkar]

I'm pretty sure it's not going to be me.

[Forgin]

Im number 3286 :)
If I dont get in, I might be a little annoyed :(

Congratulations, you are Long Term Follower.

[Forsaken]

We've picked up 40,000 + new members over the course of oh...7-8 days

It will slow down over this weekend and will cap at 95,000, there is a chance it will hit 100,000 but there will be a slow down on registrations unless Tasos and co start making regular beta related updates.

If they opt for the same old method of once a month updates, or the most two recent updates

1. http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=65348
2. http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=66774

Which provided very little new info and the 2nd update contained info we knew about two days before it was even loaded up on the news site indicating a method of using what little resources they have just to make a update, regardless of if it was truly informative or not, it's the same as making a update telling us, yes, the sky is blue, it doesn't mean you shouldn't give us a update again that's relevant and contains actual information.

Edit: Regarding Link 1, this is widely accepted beta invite standards, this isn't nothing new.

[Trik]

Congratulations, you are Long Term Follower.

So I heard it means nothing?
All my posts dont even show anymore, and one of my old pms dates 1970 :(
I had over 1000-1500 posts through the life of this account, some of the arguements I even liked, now I cant see them. Plus I cant get out of this damn guild.

[Forsaken]

PS. You are disappointed that the more people sign-up your chances may dwindle

Regardless, the more people the better for DF's overall success, they deserve the money and success in the long run.

[Razmuffin]

And what about my Other point? Are people making duplicate or more accounts Just for a more likly chance to get into this beta? and if there is any way to pervent this from happening like a IP check or something to that accord

[Trik]

PS. You are disappointed that the more people sign-up your chances may dwindle

Regardless, the more people the better for DF's overall success, they deserve the money and success in the long run.

Actually, I am sort of annoyed that the people who followed and posted from way back might be overlooked in favor of someone here for the flavor of the month.....

[lars96822]

You have to remember that beta =/= actual game. They seriously want players to look for bugs and help fix problems like it's their second job.

[Dagger]

Members: 92,625

[Razmuffin]

PS. You are disappointed that the more people sign-up your chances may dwindle

Regardless, the more people the better for DF's overall success, they deserve the money and success in the long run.
No im not, I LOVE the idea of this game skyrocketing into existance and becoming the best game to play. The problem i have is when a single player creates over 200 accounts for himself and then recieves 20 keys of which he sells on ebay.

[Forsaken]

Members: 92,625

I swear it just said 87,000 a second ago.

Are the forums bugged? =[

[Rourke]

I wouldn't worry until you have to either way. Just hope the game can live up to the hype on release day.:D

[Trik]

You have to remember that beta =/= actual game. They seriously want players to look for bugs and help fix problems like it's their second job.

You think all these people who joined in the last few days will do that? That these people are not here for a free month of play in an MMO they have no intention of sticking with?
I want to see all the bugs found, I want them worked out and fixed, I want to see this game go gold and actually get released. I have followed this game since PCGamer previewed it like 7 years ago or something. I want to see it succeed and prove all its doubters wrong. I also think the forum population before this surge is the same way. Do these newcomers really deserve to help finish this game?

[Thundertrod]

I am 2719 Betas are bitter sweet it sucks to wate but offten bad beta exsprances ruins the joy of a new game

[outlawx720]

I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR BETA! Ya I said it.. Its true.. Who else isn't going to sign up for beta?

[Trik]

I am 2719 Betas are bitter sweet it sucks to wate but offten bad beta exsprances ruins the joy of a new game

A bad beta experience is less likely to turn off a person who has followed the game for awhile, at least in my opinion.

[Odjit]

Im a loner will that decrease my chances of getting in beta? idk hope not but if release is within this year i wont mind not getting in. Be pretty damn bored on my days off though lol

[Forgin]

I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR BETA! Ya I said it.. Its true.. Who else isn't going to sign up for beta?

I think you're alone.

[outlawx720]

A bad beta experience is less likely to turn off a person who has followed the game for awhile, at least in my opinion.

True to anyone who is wanting to play beta to get a free trial and not actually test the game.

Beta has ruined a couple games for me. Dark and light being one of them.

[zoddwraith]

i think they will be a lot.... and i hope that i won't be between them :P

[lars96822]

You think all these people who joined in the last few days will do that? That these people are not here for a free month of play in an MMO they have no intention of sticking with?
I want to see all the bugs found, I want them worked out and fixed, I want to see this game go gold and actually get released. I have followed this game since PCGamer previewed it like 7 years ago or something. I want to see it succeed and prove all its doubters wrong. I also think the forum population before this surge is the same way. Do these newcomers really deserve to help finish this game?

No, I'm not saying new members won't be willing to treat the beta as a second job. I'm just saying the OP seems to be treating the beta as if he gets to play the full actual before anyone else (which may be the case).

[IcePillow]

Please don't make 30 accounts.

[outlawx720]

Please don't make 30 accounts.

Good idea!

[Darknight125]

There are 87000 or so members registered to this forum, Most of which signed up when they heard about the beta. If we assume that 80,000 want to get into the beta that would mean 3 servers of 30,000 a peice assuming people play on average 8 hours a day (it will be less but this is a maximum estimate). But running 3 full servers for a beta, is what i would like, but I know it will not happen.

So that leaves a Large group of players that will not get into the beta.

One server, with 30,000 players would mean that 2/3 of the registerd forumers are not going to get in. and this would be bad because at least i will be doing :bang: until the release happens.

Another thing is if people are using multiple aliases to register for the beta. two accounts one player and i'm wondering if there is any way to stop that or if i should jump on the band wagon and make 30 gmail accounts to boost my chances?

Discuss

p.s. me right now :ohno:

read that : http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=65348
as you can see if you have those four think or even 2 of them you gonna have more hopes to get in.

by the way have you ever heard the word IP?

[Trik]

read that : http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=65348
as you can see if you have those four think or even 2 of them you gonna have more hopes to get in.

by the way have you ever heard the word IP?

You don't make any sense, we don't know what locations they want, we don't know the specs they are looking for, only that its a wide range, I have a guild that I have no idea what happened to, and all my posts are gone, even though I definitely had between 1000-1500 on some pretty cool topics.
Thanks run on sentence.

[Darknight125]

You don't make any sense, we don't know what locations they want, we don't know the specs they are looking for, only that its a wide range, I have a guild that I have no idea what happened to, and all my posts are gone, even though I definitely had between 1000-1500 on some pretty cool topics.
Thanks run on sentence.

you misunderstand me the ip question wasnt for beta registration.
i was talking about the people that making multiple accounts to have more hopes to get in beta.most times beta registration checking the ips and a person cannot register for beta 2 accounts from the same ip( house)

[Razmuffin]

You don't make any sense, we don't know what locations they want, we don't know the specs they are looking for, only that its a wide range, I have a guild that I have no idea what happened to, and all my posts are gone, even though I definitely had between 1000-1500 on some pretty cool topics.
Thanks run on sentence.
i'm geussing they want the same amount from each timezone and that will keep the beta servers with a good amount of players 27/7.

[Trik]

you misunderstand me the ip question wasnt for beta registration.
i was talking about the people that making multiple accounts to have more hopes to get in beta.most times beta registration checking the ips and a person cannot register for beta 2 accounts from the same ip( house)

I wasn't commenting on the IP, I was commenting on you saying if 2 of those criteria you have a better shot, but we don't know what the specific criteria will be......
On a sidenote I thought I remembered that they had said clans would not make a difference with individual beta apps...... I guess they lied.

[Darknight125]

I wasn't commenting on the IP, I was commenting on you saying if 2 of those criteria you have a better shot, but we don't know what the specific criteria will be......
On a sidenote I thought I remembered that they had said clans would not make a difference with individual beta apps...... I guess they lied. the criteria was marked to the thread that i give you above they saying that beta selection will be based at 4 things

tasos post :

Hello,

First of all, if you've made an error in your beta application, don't worry, we'll offer a solution for you to correct it. Please don't send us email about this.

The Beta selection will be in stages, based on criteria which include:

* Hardware specs (we need to test on a wide variety of hardware)
* Your Location
* Clan beta applications
* Darkfall community involvement

A degree of randomness is added to the process giving everyone the opportunity to be accepted. There are no guarantees that long-term followers or that clan beta applicants will be accepted, but there is extra consideration which applies.

We'll keep you updated with information as it becomes available.

Beta sign up order is irrelevant to the selection process.

[sc0r0wnz]

Im number 3286 :)
If I dont get in, I might be a little annoyed :(

Just be patient.

[Trik]

the criteria was marked to the thread that i give you above they saying that beta selection will be based at 4 things

tasos post :

Hello,

First of all, if you've made an error in your beta application, don't worry, we'll offer a solution for you to correct it. Please don't send us email about this.

The Beta selection will be in stages, based on criteria which include:

* Hardware specs (we need to test on a wide variety of hardware)
* Your Location
* Clan beta applications
* Darkfall community involvement

A degree of randomness is added to the process giving everyone the opportunity to be accepted. There are no guarantees that long-term followers or that clan beta applicants will be accepted, but there is extra consideration which applies.

We'll keep you updated with information as it becomes available.

Beta sign up order is irrelevant to the selection process.

Yea, how is that specific at all?
My location is NYC how do I know my location is better than yours.
How do I know my hardware is a better setup than yours?
How do I know I had more involvement than you?
And clan beta isn't even fair, join a clan get more of a chance, that is bullshit, again I thought they said that wouldn't make a difference awhile ago.

[Trik]

Just be patient.

I think I have been pretty patient? I'm just commenting on some stuff, don't mistake it for impatience. If I was impatient I wouldn't still be here. lol :)

[forestchild]

There are 87000 or so members registered to this forum, Most of which signed up when they heard about the beta. If we assume that 80,000 want to get into the beta that would mean 3 servers of 30,000 a peice assuming people play on average 8 hours a day (it will be less but this is a maximum estimate). But running 3 full servers for a beta, is what i would like, but I know it will not happen.

So that leaves a Large group of players that will not get into the beta.

One server, with 30,000 players would mean that 2/3 of the registerd forumers are not going to get in. and this would be bad because at least i will be doing :bang: until the release happens.

Another thing is if people are using multiple aliases to register for the beta. two accounts one player and i'm wondering if there is any way to stop that or if i should jump on the band wagon and make 30 gmail accounts to boost my chances?

Discuss

p.s. me right now :ohno:

3x 30k is 90:P

Plus they have said not all will join beta they have selection process prolly more like 10k will play beta.

But through many apply with more then one account what can you do about it?.

Maybe chance is that the reals fans who come here for years not even get into beta becouse of many freeloaders:(

[Darknight125]

Yea, how is that specific at all?
My location is NYC how do I know my location is better than yours.
How do I know my hardware is a better setup than yours?
How do I know I had more involvement than you?
And clan beta isn't even fair, join a clan get more of a chance, that is bullshit, again I thought they said that wouldn't make a difference awhile ago.

did i say that you know? i was saying that the beta selection is based on a criteria of some certain thinks

[Trik]

3x 30k is 90:P

Plus they have said not all will join beta they have selection process prolly more like 10k will play beta.

But through many apply with more then one account what can you do about it?.

Maybe chance is that the reals fans who come here for years not even get into beta becouse of many freeloaders:(

Someone who sees my point, the people who signed up just for a free MMO don't deserve the selection over people who have been here awhile......

[Trik]

did i say that you know? i was saying that the beta selection is based on a criteria of some certain thinks

Never mind its okay, you obviously don't see what I initially commented on. :)

[Darknight125]

you said that they is 90k player registered on the forum but that DOSENT mean that they are 90k registered on the beta too ;) so get your hopes up and be a little more patient

[Forsaken]

Someone who sees my point, the people who signed up just for a free MMO don't deserve the selection over people who have been here awhile......

Fact is, I think they want some opinions from folks that aren't die hard fans either, graphic and animation critics and other sources as well.

I've been following it since 2004-2005 and yes the graphics aren't top notch, but it's hardly going to stop me from playing the game.

[Trik]

Fact is, I think they want some opinions from folks that aren't die hard fans either, graphic and animation critics and other sources as well.

I've been following it since 2004-2005 and yes the graphics aren't top notch, but it's hardly going to stop me from playing the game.

Ill make up a statistic, or make an assumption that 3/4s of those people they let in who didn't follow the game wont even give any feedback. lol
My stat means nothing but I like it and I think it will be about right. :p

[Requiamer]

I don't want to be pessimist, but how much went and quit the forum, had forgotten their name and pw for all those years the forum is up... a lot. So how much members are still active?

[ABeard]

Someone who sees my point, the people who signed up just for a free MMO don't deserve the selection over people who have been here awhile......

paranoid much?
This wont be a free MMO. i doubt the beta will last more than a month. More like 2-3 weeks. Besides, if you dont get selected to beta, im sure you will win your bid on ebay. :lmao:

[Darknight125]

it might be silly question but how and when we can know if we were accepted at darkfall beta?

[Shad0wyone]

I believe that they said at one point that there would be 10k people per server would be supported at once, I bet they're going to have several servers for beta, just one would be useless...

EDIT: I believe they will email you.
Oh, anyone know why my shift key isn't doing anything on the forums, I have to use caps lock for letters, and I can't do exclamation marks or question or anything.
Actually none of my modifier keys work, alt, ctrl, and shift.

[Tyro]

And we have gained 5,616 members in little over 2 hours.

[Shad0wyone]

5616 members in 2 hrs, crazy, must all be here for beta.

[BladeSLicer]

I followed this game from 2002 to 2004 before bothering to make an account, so I suspect there's plenty of people that are just waiting for release. This is one of the few games that I'll bother getting involved in BETA for.

[Razmuffin]

Someone who sees my point, the people who signed up just for a free MMO don't deserve the selection over people who have been here awhile......
the problem with trying to weed out people that just want to play a free mmo is virtually imposible. Im new to this forum but i purpously avoided it because i hate all of the hype before a game. now that the beta registration is up, im addicted and can't take my eyes off this forum until the beta comes out.

[Knocky]

98929 @ 19:40 east coast USA time.

I am guessing will we hit 100,000 by morning.

[acadiancrusader]

80000 people want to get into beta to preview and freeview the game. how many of those will actually beta test? very few. i wish people would realize that a good chunk of beta testing is not what most people would consider fun.

i've beta tested before and the reward i personally get out of it is knowing that i've contributed to making the game more polished.

WAR beta testing was by far the most organized that i have ever seen. they do a damn good job at getting people focussed. but even still, there were a lot of people who were there to get in some free play time. pretty annoying if you ask me.

whomever gets into the DFO beta, i sincerely hope that they truly appreciate the opportunity that they have. and lets also hope that the dev team can keep the testers focussed with good guidance.

then again, if beta is nothing more then a stress test, then most everything i stated above is not valid. except that i hope people appreciate their opportunity...

[acadiancrusader]

98929 @ 19:40 east coast USA time.

I am guessing will we hit 100,000 by morning.

makes you wonder how many people are exploiting this by creating bogus dxdiag files and applying multiple times with different and randomly generated email addresses.

[lars96822]

Not to mention that there is also going to be a degree of randomness involved in selecting beta participants.

[Knocky]

makes you wonder how many people are exploiting this by creating bogus dxdiag files and applying multiple times with different and randomly generated email addresses.


For those that do I will weep for their sad and pathetic lives.

98971 just a few minutes later.

[devedse]

Man i really hope its gonna happen soon, the release of darkfall online beta ^^. (and me getting a mail: You have been selected for the beta of darkfall online xD lol)

I wouldnt mind if only one of my friends could get on the beta or so, i just want to see this damn good game so badly xD. Also if i would have known it 7 years earlier, i would be here (on the forums) since then xD.

Anyway, i think that they should add a ip chec: only 1 beta account for 1 ip, what does it matter if only your brother can play?, if he's online just go onto his account and play to (its still just beta so what does it matter)

[nathanpinard]

Anyway, i think that they should add a ip chec: only 1 beta account for 1 ip, what does it matter if only your brother can play?, if he's online just go onto his account and play to (its still just beta so what does it matter)

There would be a problem if there was an NDA.

About the beta comments. Beta's are meant to be played normally just as if you would on release. Only difference is you should report bugs, and let them know about the gameplay.

I'm sure these forums will be exploding with positive and negative comments on beta. Aventurine also stated that they wanted the beta stage to be all about gameplay, and not game breaking bugs. That's probably why they are taking longer than most MMO's have.

[ColonelTEE3]

Something tells me that out of all the dedicated people who have actually been following this game, been on this forum, and participated in discussions, the devs aren't going to pick people who registered a week after beta announcement, and have posted nothing. So you can go ahead and spend hours making a hundred or so accounts that have 0% chance of getting in :).

[devedse]

They said that they add a randomize factor to

[Razmuffin]

Something tells me that out of all the dedicated people who have actually been following this game, been on this forum, and participated in discussions, the devs aren't going to pick people who registered a week after beta announcement, and have posted nothing. So you can go ahead and spend hours making a hundred or so accounts that have 0% chance of getting in :).
Something tells me oh wait no, it was stated here:
http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=65348

and acording to that the main selection will be random with a few extras for those registerd before the beta registration came up. so you can stop trying to make us all sad and depressed. eventhough that will happen whenever this beta does come out and 2/3 (by my estamate and i hope im wrong) of us are turned away until the WONDEROUS release.

[Fell]

Open beta has nothing to do with "testing" the game....

Thats what limited and focused alpha/beta stages are for. Widely announced random Open betas are for publicity and a marketing tool. Beta has been announced 3 times thus far. Dont get your hopes up.:rolleyes:

[Trik]

Open beta has nothing to do with "testing" the game....

Thats what limited and focused alpha/beta stages are for. Widely announced random Open betas are for publicity and a marketing tool. Beta has been announced 3 times thus far. Dont get your hopes up.:rolleyes:

Well with the release of the gameplay video, I am a little more optimistic. Though you do have a point.

[Byggin]

Trik go to user cp
then group memberships and scroll all the way to the bottom
you should have an option to leave that group

[Jayaris]

This should of had a poll..

[dw-LoP]

lol OP. 8 hours a day. Classic. I mean I wish I was 16 again and staying up until 4 AM playing video games... But alot in the MMO community are getting older. Alot of us refer as far back as UO which means most of us are at least graduated college and as far up as the late 30s. You'll be seeing alot more 2-4 hours a day as a more solid average play time from ALOT of players. So you may be surprised to see more beta players get accepted than you would think based on your assumption

[Bratus]

true true i think years ago they had a page talking about having a beta test which turned out to be a few years later :P

hopefully we all get in and enjoy ourselfs, if not I'll probally check in on teh game ever few months or so to see about the progress...

btw i'm memeber 2319 :) i think....

[Bratus]

ya 8 hrs a day is a bit much maybe on the weekend but then again my friends would start clubbing me with an ugly-stick until I go outside :P

[Salo]

True to anyone who is wanting to play beta to get a free trial and not actually test the game.

Beta has ruined a couple games for me. Dark and light being one of them.


Anarchy Online was ruined for me by beta testing it. Though....given how fundamentally broken it was when it went live, it's possible it would have been ruined anyhow.

[Alafaya Playa]

8 fuckin hours a day?!?!? is that an average or just the occasional binge once or twice a week.

i can't even play a game on the PC more than 4-5 hours before i start to get nasty cramps in my hands... i could probably go 8 with an xbox controller, but fuck. that some serious shit

i gotta up my game if i wanna contedn you with man :)

[Level9-Fiss]

If I get in it will probably be through my guild, but there is a lot of competition even at the guild level. Maybe I can ninja my way in. :ninja:

...or not...:eek:

[Atomicles]

There may be that many registered users, but I'm sure they're not all active, and I'm sure probably no more than 80% are signed up for beta. and I'm sure some of those are people who just forgot their user information.

[Razmuffin]

What i hope is that there will be a 24 hour eperation period to get into the beta. Randomly select a group of players and send them all a beta key. then after 24 hours or some period of time. all the keys that are not registered will be sent to another email. until all the keys are registered at least. if not active

[Bawlin]

Get used to it. You got here later so get to the back and wait your turn! Also, I don't know if when you joined is an important criteria.

[Archbow]

Yeah, I'm one of the new comers told of the beta. I had known Darkfall was near coming out, but I never thought to start an account on here. Then a friend had told me Darkfall was near finished after the 10 year wait and I had franticly started searching for the official website. >>

I'm excited about the beta, I'm sure I won't get a key since I'm so new, but it would surely be nice.


But remember, just because there is 80,000 people doesn't mean that 80,000 are active

[Capslock]

What i hope is that there will be a 24 hour eperation period to get into the beta. Randomly select a group of players and send them all a beta key. then after 24 hours or some period of time. all the keys that are not registered will be sent to another email. until all the keys are registered at least. if not active

That is a brilliant idea

[kiasta]

Well you know what sucks? Getting a key to an mmorpg you were excited to help out with and than not being able to play because your gfx card does not support pixel shader 2.0. So one of the things about this beta is to test on high end machines and low end machines, since supposedly it can run on very low specs (well according to nowadays standards anyways). I for one am glad for this because it means (assuming I get a key >.>) I will be able to actually play and contribute.

[Archbow]

Shading is everything imo

[angelfang]

Guess how much DF beta accounts will go for on eBay :P

[GrayGhost79]

There are 87000 or so members registered to this forum, Most of which signed up when they heard about the beta. If we assume that 80,000 want to get into the beta that would mean 3 servers of 30,000 a peice assuming people play on average 8 hours a day (it will be less but this is a maximum estimate). But running 3 full servers for a beta, is what i would like, but I know it will not happen.

So that leaves a Large group of players that will not get into the beta.

One server, with 30,000 players would mean that 2/3 of the registerd forumers are not going to get in. and this would be bad because at least i will be doing :bang: until the release happens.

Another thing is if people are using multiple aliases to register for the beta. two accounts one player and i'm wondering if there is any way to stop that or if i should jump on the band wagon and make 30 gmail accounts to boost my chances?

Discuss

p.s. me right now :ohno:


On the plus side of this..... 87k members signed up on the forums and are atleast moderately interested in the game even though no official advertising has started oO.

[Rhinocrash]

awww i thought i joined pretty early but my # is all the way in 40k's :(
/troll

[Razmuffin]

Guess how much DF beta accounts will go for on eBay :P
if there are 10,000 beta keys given out I would guess at 1,000 go on ebay in the first week.

and how much will they go for?

im saying $20 - $50 (USA)

[Natural Cause]

Wow we picked up 40k members. Thats amazing! I really hope theres a lot of users who join DF when it goes live!

[Sokkwi]

Wow we picked up 40k members. Thats amazing! I really hope theres a lot of users who join DF when it goes live!

I hope the idiots of those numbers will be weeded out soon. I guess its good that the graphics in this game arent as top notch it will keep the winers out of the game and keep the good gameplay.

[Natural Cause]

I hope the idiots of those numbers will be weeded out soon. I guess its good that the graphics in this game arent as top notch it will keep the winers out of the game and keep the good gameplay.

Im still disapointed in the graphics. But all aspects of the gameplay make up for that.

I hope if i dont get to be a beta tester that its polished enough to go full soon after.

[Valaska]

Yeah I've been in a lot of beta's, and 30k out of 80k is good lol, usually its only about 1000-2000

[ZtyX]

The beta is going to be short, no matter what happends. Don't worry about it so much.
But, a lot of new members is good. Darkfall is the game everyone wants to play. It's about time everyone gets in here. =)

[Khael[SUN]]

I want beta as much as anyone, having followed the game since 2001.

But what I want even more, is DF to be a huuuge success, getting tons of subscribers that stay, and keep playing the game, gaining subscribers instead of loosing 50% after one month, which seems to be the case for many mmorpgs.

...and hereby send a message to investors and developers in the industry, to stop making wow clones, and instead focusing on innovation and making non-instanced sandbox mmorpgs with maximum freedom for the players.

I cross my fingers and hope for maybe 250-300k+ the first couple of months - that would be a big success I think. I then hope the game doesnt dissappoint, and will even gain subscribers - man that would be great.

[Artio]

is there still only one server currently? or on realise will there be more than 1 do you think?

[Boo_Funk]

I for one am bummed out that forum oldies are getting priority. Just because one registers on a forum doesn't mean one is actually committed to the game. I've been following Darkfall for seven years, give or take, and that's saying something considering my age. Darkfall was the first game I ever really got interested in, and now I feel like I will be excluded from beta just because I don't enjoy posting in forums. I know the selection is semi-random, so I might still have a chance, but still.... At least I have spore. :P

I'll kill two birds with one stone here... Is voice chat supported?

[Jonkar]

I for one am bummed out that forum oldies are getting priority. Just because one registers on a forum doesn't mean one is actually committed to the game. I've been following Darkfall for seven years, give or take, and that's saying something considering my age. Darkfall was the first game I ever really got interested in, and now I feel like I will be excluded from beta just because I don't enjoy posting in forums. I know the selection is semi-random, so I might still have a chance, but still.... At least I have spore. :P

Thing is: 80% of the old timers actually followed Darkfall for a period of time, some even until now.

80%, no wait make that 95%, of the people like you who say they followed Darkfall since the beginning, are talking out of their ass. So well deserved, I'd say.

[Razmuffin]

89890, I do understand why forum oldies will have priority over us noobies, but i just hope that there is some means of recycling beta keys (other than ebay) so that if there is an inactive member who gets a key it will not be wasted.

[Swordwielder]

89890, I do understand why forum oldies will have priority over us noobies, but i just hope that there is some means of recycling beta keys (other than ebay) so that if there is an inactive member who gets a key it will not be wasted.

I fail to see how an inactive account is going to be given a beta key anyway.

If the account is inactive then the owner certainly wont have been able to sign up for a beta key with it >.>

I had a look at Darkfall years ago and thought it sounded good, but I didn't see the point in signing up for the forum (I rarely sign up to game forums at all, very little point in doing so most of the time).

The only reason I signed up at all was to try and get into beta because this time around it really does look like it's going to happen.

I'll be ecstatic if I get into beta, but if I don't I'll be just as happy to read about how other people are enjoying it.

I'm also hoping that those who are given the opportunity to beta test do the right thing and test the game while enjoying it... I'd hate to think the beta will be filled with a bunch of wankers who go around trying to find out where they want to settle when the game is released.

[Lictor]

if there are 10,000 beta keys given out I would guess at 1,000 go on ebay in the first week.

and how much will they go for?

im saying $20 - $50 (USA)

that would be illegal, I guess...
100th post, cool! :)