Alpha/Beta Invites

[Miriel]

With the eagerly anticipated FINAL FANTASY XIV drawing ever nearer its beta test phase, we are excited to announce that we will be conducting a closed alpha test—exclusive to our loyal FINAL FANTASY XI users!
Those who have been selected as beta testers can expect to receive further information starting from Monday, March 1.
* The tester website is scheduled to go live on Thursday, March 11.

Those who were not selected in this drawing, fear not, for there will be other opportunities to come. Be sure to stay tuned!

Apparently the first wave of invites has already been sent out, so check your emails!

From the people who have gotten in so far, it looks like only people with currently *active* ffxi accounts have gotten into the alpha testing. I'm sure the beta testing will be much broader, so I'm still hopeful.

[Rantz]

Cbc/WildRaubtier claims to have gotten one, so if nobody from site staff has you should hunt him down or something.

[Del Murder]

Didn't get it.

[Mirage]

Neither did I. My world is falling apart.

[Rostum]

Is it against the NDA to say you got in?

[Mirage]

What are they gonna do, kill you? :p

[Rostum]

What are they gonna do, kill you?

[WildRaubtier]

- The release of information pertaining to the Alpha Test to sources
other than the Tester Site forum is strictly prohibited. Schedules for
the public release of information will be announced at a later date.
Until then, all information should be treated as confidential.

Huh. Guess it is against the NDA to say I got in.

[Lionx]

/wrists

[nirojan]

- The release of information pertaining to the Alpha Test to sources
other than the Tester Site forum is strictly prohibited. Schedules for
the public release of information will be announced at a later date.
Until then, all information should be treated as confidential.

Huh. Guess it is against the NDA to say I got in.

well you kinda just did lolz. wish i got a invite, its pretty stupid having NDAs.... most people will break them anyways.

[Jiro]

I propose Omecle gives us the goss anyway. You know you want to ol' buddy ol' pal. Just go about it in a roundabout way and if there's any fallout then we have law students on here

[Del Murder]

Maybe Ome can 'speculate' on what the game 'might be like' and his 'future' opinion on it.

[Yeargdribble]

Don't worry. It seems as though the invites are still rolling out slowly so just because you haven't gotten one doesn't mean you won't. They very well could be rolling out until the 11th.

I think the NDA is going to be largely a joke. This is a different age. With the deep community that FFXI has built plus the 4chan type places the info will be leaked constantly.

While none of the main community sites will openly allow breaches of NDA on their forums, it's likely small forums will blow it all over the place and people will not be in the wrong to discuss it.

Here's waiting until the 11th to find out lots of info...

[Rostum]

I'd hate to be a stickler, but I honestly hope not too much gets leaked. Mainly for the integrity of the game and all the hard work Square-Enix has put in to it.

I've noticed a lot of the gaming community don't actually understand the purpose of alpha/beta testing. However, I do realise this is not the case for a lot of people, but some just see it as a "try before buy!" type thing, or something they can gain by leaking information.

Need to realise these releases will not reflect the final release at all.

But on the other side, Square-Enix are great at being so secretive that it pisses their fan base off. So in that respect it'll be nice to have information available!

[Del Murder]

I'd hate to be a stickler, but I honestly hope not too much gets leaked. Mainly for the integrity of the game and all the hard work Square-Enix has put in to it.

You just want to hoard all the information to yourself for as long as you can!