difference between alpha and beta?

zex

whats the difference between the alpha phase and the closed beta in terms of who can play? is it that only special ed purchasers could play the alpha and all pre-orders play the beta? sorry i haven't followed this closely.

McGlaspie

I think a lot of people are wondering the same thing, myself included.

FuzionMonkey

The alpha was restricted to people who pre-ordered the Special Edition. People who merely pre-ordered the standard edition had to wait for the beta.

The first 10k to pre-order will get access to the closed beta.

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Plasma

I think your right; this is now the beta phase of the pre-orders - meaning anyone who bought Std Ed (or pre-orders from today onward etc?) gets to play the beta, as far as I understand it.

zex

<!--quoteo(post=1806566:date=Nov 19 2010, 05:33 AM:name=FuzionMonkey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FuzionMonkey @ Nov 19 2010, 05:33 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1806566"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The alpha was restricted to people who pre-ordered the Special Edition. People who merely pre-ordered the standard edition had to wait for the beta.

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thanks. and now anyone who buys the game from this point forward will get access to the closed beta?

FuzionMonkey

<!--quoteo(post=1806570:date=Nov 19 2010, 12:34 AM:name=zex)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zex @ Nov 19 2010, 12:34 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1806570"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->thanks. and now anyone who buys the game from this point forward will get access to the closed beta?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

The first 10k orders. It says so on the front page of <a href="http://www.naturalselection2.com/" target="_blank">http://www.naturalselection2.com/</a>

Forgot to put that part in.

zex

<!--quoteo(post=1806574:date=Nov 19 2010, 05:36 AM:name=FuzionMonkey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FuzionMonkey @ Nov 19 2010, 05:36 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1806574"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The first 10k orders. It says so on the front page of <a href="http://www.naturalselection2.com/" target="_blank">http://www.naturalselection2.com/</a>

Forgot to put that part in.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

ah I had a feeling it was something obvious like that, thanks again. im going to wait until people are saying its working well to buy it, so hopefully i can get in before 10,000 other people.

Violence

<!--quoteo(post=1806576:date=Nov 19 2010, 01:37 AM:name=zex)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zex @ Nov 19 2010, 01:37 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1806576"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->ah I had a feeling it was something obvious like that, thanks again. im going to wait until people are saying its working well to buy it, so hopefully i can get in before 10,000 other people.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

10,000 is quite ambitious, I wonder how many preorders they already have that made them come to that number.

yourbonesakin

<!--quoteo(post=1806583:date=Nov 19 2010, 01:46 AM:name=Violence)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Violence @ Nov 19 2010, 01:46 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1806583"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->10,000 is quite ambitious, I wonder how many preorders they already have that made them come to that number.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They've already gotten 10k purchases. About 90% of those were special edition.