11-05-2004, 09:19 AM
LochnarITB,Nov 5 2004, 01:25 AM Wrote:You people seem to be forgetting one more factor. Release date is the 23rd. EBgames shows it as shipping on the 22nd so that people can have it the day it is released. We are now in a stress test with an open beta coming next week. At some point, this thing has to go gold so that CDs, and the game boxes they come in, can be put together and shipped out. That does not happen overnight and I would think that it would have to happen very, very soon.
People are certainly going to be buying a beta and should expect to heavily patch for a while. I just don't see any way that can not be the case if they actually do release on the 23rd. :(
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I haven't forgotten that at all. In fact, I was conveniently leaving that out, but still allowing room for it. As I said already, that leaves at MOST 15 days of testing before the game goes live.
The next few weeks should prove interesting. :P
Roland *The Gunslinger*