Preparation for Issue 15 Beta
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Acyl,
Posted on: 2009-05-13 13:42 in The Global Training Room Test Server
Interesting timing as the "online store" is down on the test servers.
I really haven't been dealing with the test server for a while, but all the characters that I have on "test" are also on "test 2". I had thought I might have other characters over there has it has been a dupe of Virtue for a while. I guess it changed last beta?
Ah, heck, why am I even posting. I don't care anyway.
DDDDOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
Oh and second after redname!
Ok, in all seriousness, I predict next Tuesday for open/closed beta. Because that's the day I will be unavailable, of course.
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Hopefully the online store will be up and available before then to allow us to transfer those characters. With my luck it will be up and available only during times I don't have access to the game.
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You heard it here folks, Issue 15 Beta is definitively going to Test on Monday, May 18th. And if not, the devs are lying liars who lie to continue their mad lying scheme of lying.
Doom.
Yep.
This is really doom.
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DDDDOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
Oh and second after redname!
Ok, in all seriousness, I predict next Tuesday for open/closed beta. Because that's the day I will be unavailable, of course.
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There is no closed beta, only open 
testing server merger? maybe?
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DDDDOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
Oh and second after redname!
Ok, in all seriousness, I predict next Tuesday for open/closed beta. Because that's the day I will be unavailable, of course.
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There is no closed beta, only open
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It's clopen beta.
It's all a Frostfire plot, is what it is!
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testing server merger? maybe?
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That's crazy talk. Talk that that will have you eaten alive.
They are just getting it ready for Issue 15
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DDDDOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
Oh and second after redname!
Ok, in all seriousness, I predict next Tuesday for open/closed beta. Because that's the day I will be unavailable, of course.
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There is no closed beta, only open
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It's clopen beta.
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I like cheese
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NO It's not, It's ALL a Nemesis Plot!!
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Who do you think Frostfire really works for? 
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There is no closed beta, only open
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No no, you're doing it wrong. It goes:
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NO It's not, It's ALL a Nemesis Plot!!
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Who do you think Frostfire really works for?
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You have it backwards, Nemesis works for Frostfire.
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** This deadline is not an indication that Issue 15 Beta will launch on Monday, we are only informing the community ahead of time while we prepare for the actual Issue 15 Beta Launch.
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This part may need to stand out more. Does UBB support <blink>?
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Does anybody remember what they were testing the last time they copied a server to one of the Training Rooms? I can't recall.
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Does anybody remember what they were testing the last time they copied a server to one of the Training Rooms? I can't recall.
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Maybe this transfer is for an event as well?
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Does anybody remember what they were testing the last time they copied a server to one of the Training Rooms? I can't recall.
[/ QUOTE ]I do believe it was for the Manticore+Sister Psyche wedding.
Maybe this transfer is for an event as well?
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It gives them more chances of having fifties on test for the SF/TF testing without having to worry about the Copy tool going down.
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does that mean that any character you have on live freedom is going to be on test 2 as well?
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Does anybody remember what they were testing the last time they copied a server to one of the Training Rooms? I can't recall.
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I believe it was base-related.
Background: They've announced that I15 will be no closed beta, simply wide-open open beta. Load is likely to be heavy.
Also, Training Room 02 has a very small number of "natives"; it was most recently a copy of Training Room (copied for the Mac Beta, I believe; and then revived but not recopied for the I14 Beta). With the possible exception of a few characters created for the Mac Beta, and some of us who played a bit on 02 because the main TR filled up during I14 Open Beta, nothing is there that isn't already on the main Training Room.
There are a few obvious reasons why they might be doing this connected to all that, with the first two being most significant:
A) The character copy tool is notoriously slow and flaky. They may be figuring that the most efficient way to handle things is to simply copy in its entirety the server with the most people on it, to minimize the number of people who need to use the tool.
B) The main thing you can't copy is bases. This might simply mean that they want as many people as practical to have access to a functioning base for convenience (teleporters, etc.) while testing other stuff . It also might mean they want to test some change that affects the bases themselves, and they wanted a large installed base ready to hit the ground running. Note that this may not be a "base construction" change per se; for instance, if they rebalanced enhancement table buffs, they'd want people to be able to test them.
C) The other main thing you can't copy is SGs / VGs. It's remotely possible they want to test some sort of change that may affect large, existing SGs / VGs. While TR has a fair number of them (especially after the prestige grant some months ago, and the copy to TR02 was after that), most are fairly small.
D) TR02 was originally kind of odd, due to the Mac Beta it was on a different code stream / patch base than everything else. (For instance, the Mac Beta folks had the AE buildings long before anyone had an idea of what it was.) They may want to make sure that it's "clean" of any remaining irregularities, and figured they might as well copy a large live server for one of the other reasons above while they're at it.
Personally, I'm a bit sad, as the people I hang out with have infrastructure on TR and therefore on TR02; I spent a fair amount of time setting up four fully functional bases (TR & TR02, blueside and redside) to aid in testing. We don't really have anything on Freedom, so we'll be limited to one server. But in a "greatest good for the greatest number" sense, it's for the best.
ETA: One can hope that this is signaling hardware improvements for TR02. It's been weaker than TR, which is weaker or equal to a standard server, which is weaker than the beefed-up hardware live Freedom runs on.
If they copy all of live Freedom to the TR02 hardware in the state it was during I14 Open Beta, the only thing they're going to be testing is how frustrated people get when they see gray dots
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In preparation for Issue 15 Beta, we will be wiping the character database on Training Room 2, and will be copying the Freedom servers database to that server for additional testing.
Players should be advised that if you have any Training Room native characters, PvP Tournament characters etc. on Training Room 2, you should transfer those characters over to Training Room by Monday, May 18th. The replication of the Freedom database to Training Room 2 is going to be scheduled for Monday or Tuesday of next week.
** This deadline is not an indication that Issue 15 Beta will launch on Monday, we are only informing the community ahead of time while we prepare for the actual Issue 15 Beta Launch.