*Bouncing in my seat*
Pardon me, but I need to take a potty break..... I don't want to miss the beginning, shall I hold it or go and hurry back? If I go, should I take the time to get popcorn and a soda? I don't mind missing the Alpha Previews, but I would hate to miss the Actual Beta Show.
Is there and ETA yet? * dancing in circles, bouncing up and down*
Is there and ETA yet? * dancing in circles, bouncing up and down*
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Beta implies that the game is at least almost functionally complete, and as anyone else will attest to, it's nowhere near that point. (also, if we opened the floodgates to a large number of people, the server would crash faster, and it kicks everyone out every few minutes as it is, even if that's just a couple of people)
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We'll update those as soon as we have updates to give.
It might be a little of a mess if we also tried to update here with the same stuff.
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We're just all so excited and I know many of us are really hopeful about being able to help out AND enjoy Ur again as part of an alpha team, and would LOVE to know when we'd have our next chance to be selected!
Also, gotcha on the alpha vs. beta front : ) I assume things are just in the 'fairly completely unpredictable' phase right now : P
Things are pretty unpredictable at the moment; every action in Ur causes messages to be sent back and forth between the server and the game client (the part you load in your browser), and the effective handling of those messages is of utmost importance. All the actions cause "garbage" to build up in memory, and there needs to be an efficient way to remove it so that memory doesn't run out, causing the entire game to grind to a halt. As for the game itself, one of the alpha testers has described it as almost post-apocalyptic feeling, due to the amount of stuff that is unavailable, BUT they're being so super creative to get around the limitations! It's really a joy to see, and I hope more of you can experience it soon. We've recently decided that the Alpha players should be able to share images with the rest of you so you can at least partake the atmosphere to some degree.