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i preordered elemental yet i have no beta to dnload offered on impulse

July 28, 2009 5:44:25 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

is the beta supposed to be downloadable at this time for elemental, i preordered yet see nothing to dnload a beta on impulse

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Salaena1000
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Reply #1 July 28, 2009 5:45:47 PM
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is the beta supposed to be downloadable at this time for elemental

No: there isn't even an alpha at this point.

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Reply #2 July 28, 2009 5:50:06 PM
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The beta is scheduled to start in September.

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Reply #3 July 28, 2009 5:53:44 PM
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I really wish they would remove "June 2009" as being the start of the public beta on the main page. So, misleading!

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Reply #4 July 28, 2009 6:08:44 PM
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aww thanks guys.. and come on stardock give us the alpha to play and give feedback on sooner, why wait till september sheesh.. we know what alpha and beta means.. we wanna see whats there and give feedback on what we like an dont like and tell ya of bugs while we are at it.. come on please please...

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Reply #5 July 28, 2009 6:15:19 PM
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admittingly september is not that far away now.  I mean, compared to the wait so far.

 

I want to note Salaena, if this is like previous Stardock Betas' there will only be certain time frames available to get into the beta.   So you'll be in right away, but in theory if you purchased x months into the beta time frame, it might be during one of the 'down times' between major betas and have to wait for the next major round to join.

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Reply #6 July 28, 2009 9:39:42 PM
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They really need to fix the advertised date on this, yeah.

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Reply #7 July 28, 2009 10:45:36 PM
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why wait till september sheesh..
Because the game isn't even far enough along to be called alpha / beta yet? 

Edit:  There was a quote from soemone the other day about how if they spend 4 years on this game, 3 and a half years of that time will be the time spent buildling the technology; only 6 months would be actually turning that technology into a game.

 

Scarily, I believe that because it matches perfectly with what I'm seeing in my classes.

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Reply #8 July 29, 2009 12:57:22 AM
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Quoting Ron Lugge,
reply 7

There was a quote from soemone the other day about how if they spend 4 years on this game, 3 and a half years of that time will be the time spent buildling the technology; only 6 months would be actually turning that technology into a game.

There was indeed such a quote from the big Frog himself, in this post about questions for the August FAQ...

Quoting Frogboy,

If a game takes say 3 years to make, 2.5 years of that time will be spent on the underlying tech. The lsat 6 months spent putting that tech together into a working "game".  That is where we are now, taking the techs and integrating them together.

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Reply #9 July 29, 2009 9:07:44 AM
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They do need to fix the front page though.

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Reply #10 July 29, 2009 6:57:15 PM
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I pre-ordered this at the same time that I pre-ordered Demi-God (read: quite some time ago).

But I don't see anywhere in my account settings or anything that it acknowledges my pre-order.

Is there a way to see that information?

Or is it just one of those situations where I should take it on faith that somewhere the computers remember?

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Reply #11 July 29, 2009 7:03:22 PM
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Uncharged preorders are just queued up for the sales department; nothing is actually linked to your Impulse account until it gets charged. If you want to doublecheck it, contact sales@stardock.com.

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Reply #12 August 22, 2009 4:37:56 AM
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ahh i thought since it mentioned a june release initially it would be n alpha stage now, sorry didnt mean to sound whiney or impatient, just very enthusiastic:)

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Reply #13 August 22, 2009 8:56:53 AM
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Quoting Salaena1000,
reply 12
ahh i thought since it mentioned a june release initially it would be n alpha stage now, sorry didnt mean to sound whiney or impatient, just very enthusiastic:)

 

I think most people here understand your enthusiasm.

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