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Post by Shinobu on Oct 4, 2016 4:23:15 GMT
So... I saw someone on my friends list was playing the "Mass Effect Andromeda Closed Beta" this evening. How long has this been going on? It made me feel excited for the game at last. Will there be an open beta at some point? Or a multiplayer demo? So many things to look forward to! Godspeed, friend, and please find all the bugs!
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Post by Element Zero on Oct 4, 2016 4:53:54 GMT
So... I saw someone on my friends list was playing the "Mass Effect Andromeda Closed Beta" this evening. How long has this been going on? It made me feel excited for the game at last. Will there be an open beta at some point? Or a multiplayer demo? So many things to look forward to! Godspeed, friend, and please find all the bugs! Damn. How does one get involved in such work? I'd have mixed feelings, honestly. Yes, I'd get to see things early; but I'd see them unfinished and spoiled, so to speak. It's cool to read of an "eyewitness sighting" of this Beta being played. I'm looking forward to N7 Day.
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Post by Shinobu on Oct 4, 2016 5:14:30 GMT
I know almost nothing of how this happens, but my guess is that closed beta people are fans specifically invited by Bioware to play the game due to their technical savvy, gaming skills and/or knowledge of the game/lore. Once things are more settled then maybe we'll get an open beta? Although, given our general negativity and penchant for leaking things maybe they won't take the risk.
For the DA Keep open beta, tickets were semi-randomly granted to forumites.
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Post by Abramsrunner on Oct 4, 2016 5:25:14 GMT
On lolrigin you can put a non-origin game in the library, & rename it to whatever.
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Post by Ahriman on Oct 4, 2016 7:03:51 GMT
So... I saw someone on my friends list was playing the "Mass Effect Andromeda Closed Beta" this evening. How long has this been going on? It made me feel excited for the game at last. Will there be an open beta at some point? Or a multiplayer demo? So many things to look forward to! Godspeed, friend, and please find all the bugs! Damn. How does one get involved in such work? I'd have mixed feelings, honestly. Yes, I'd get to see things early; but I'd see them unfinished and spoiled, so to speak. It's cool to read of an "eyewitness sighting" of this Beta being played. I'm looking forward to N7 Day. You believe everything on the internet, don't you?
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Post by Robo on Oct 4, 2016 7:56:34 GMT
Yeah, one of my friends is currently in-game for the Andromeda closed beta right now. It must be super engaging, because they completely ignored the message I sent to them two days ago, telling them how wild it was.
So... happy for them.
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Post by bshep on Oct 4, 2016 9:06:26 GMT
On lolrigin you can put a non-origin game in the library, & rename it to whatever. I wouldn't put this past some people. But who knows, maybe it's true (I doubt it)....
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Post by degs29 on Oct 4, 2016 12:16:35 GMT
On lolrigin you can put a non-origin game in the library, & rename it to whatever. I wouldn't put this past some people. But who knows, maybe it's true (I doubt it).... Well, by some of the reactions in here, it'd be a successful con....
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Post by CHRrOME on Oct 4, 2016 12:54:57 GMT
Unless your friend happen to be some sort of game journalist/celebrity/ME dev/something between those lines, I sincerely 100% doubt it. And even then I doubt it. At this stage a closed beta? and letting origin to tell everyone you're playing "ME:A closed beta" ? Yeah, don't think so. On lolrigin you can put a non-origin game in the library, & rename it to whatever. Exactly my thoughts.
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Post by Monk on Oct 4, 2016 14:58:34 GMT
So... I saw someone on my friends list was playing the "Mass Effect Andromeda Closed Beta" this evening. How long has this been going on? It made me feel excited for the game at last. Will there be an open beta at some point? Or a multiplayer demo? So many things to look forward to! Godspeed, friend, and please find all the bugs! Actually i think what you meant to type was "May all the bugs get fixed" because, uh, while bugs may be found, don't mean they're gonna get fixed. Regards to betas, being in the tech industry in a well-known company with a good reputation is enough to be involved in closed betas or if they happen to know someone who believes this friend is responsible enough. Hopefully for them they're having a nearly bug-free time with the game and really enjoy it. An open beta though, i wouldn't expect it, not with how they've been handling information lately.
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Post by Andrew Waples on Oct 4, 2016 15:05:49 GMT
On lolrigin you can put a non-origin game in the library, & rename it to whatever. Why would Origin allow that to be done? When something like this could theoretically happen?
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Post by Monk on Oct 4, 2016 15:36:25 GMT
I'd guess it's for shortening the name, you know for example, DA:A is a lot shorter than "Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening Game Expansion".
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Post by Pounce de León on Oct 4, 2016 15:45:05 GMT
Who is it? Give us names! You'll only make it harder for you, if you don't cooperate! We know about your involvement! It's time to put the truth on the table! You better talk now - you haven't seen the bad cop, yet!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 16:57:46 GMT
Just tried what Abramsrunner suggested ... For ScienceTM. Added The Witcher to my Origin list. Went to game properties, inserted "Witcher Enhanced Edition" to the custom title block. Launched the game. Origin then showed me "In Game" playing "Witcher Enhanced Edition". Changed it to "The Witcher Enhanced Edition" and Origin showed the same "in game." If I'd wanted, I could have called it "Sweet Meteor of Death" and that's what it would reflect.
That doesn't prove that folks on my FL would see the same, but there is a pretty good possibility that they would. It also doesn't prove that the person shown as playing an ME:A closed beta is faking it, just the possibility that they could fake it.
In the past, when involved in a beta, I got a beta-unique persona, but I still logged into my normal Origin account to launch the game, which I'd added to my list of favorites. After the beta closed out and testing was done, my unique persona went away. I uninstalled the beta from my computer and deleted the beta game icon in Origin. Perhaps, for a closed beta, pre-game launch, they would issue a beta Origin account to each user, in addition to a beta persona ... but based on my very limited test sample of one game, that isn't necessarily the case.
Edit add: One more point. If it is viewable, check your FL buddy's games ... expand the "other games" option ... which I believe only shows the EA games, not non-EA games that a person adds to their personal Origin game view. If the beta isn't listed, then there is a good chance your friend has named one of their non-EA games with a spoofed title of Mass Effect Andromeda closed beta ... or whatever the name is, since the beta doesn't show up on their games list. Again, this is not definitive, but if they really are playing the beta ME:A, the game icon would probably show up in the "other games" list.
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Post by SofaJockey on Oct 4, 2016 17:52:42 GMT
From the BSN Prime closure statement: "We will maintain some private boards, and may use these in future for beta feedback or other special projects."'Things' remain in progress, including 'secret' things and probably including even members of this forum who aren't saying anything
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Post by CHRrOME on Oct 4, 2016 18:27:19 GMT
From the BSN Prime closure statement: "We will maintain some private boards, and may use these in future for beta feedback or other special projects."'Things' remain in progress, including 'secret' things and probably including even members of this forum who aren't saying anything I can't help but notice you're suggesting something...
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Post by Spectr61 on Oct 4, 2016 18:40:14 GMT
As is well known; DAIMP Beta had a separate game icon in Origin and private boards on BSN Prime.
Plus, when playing Beta, the friends list would show Beta.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 18:48:28 GMT
From the BSN Prime closure statement: "We will maintain some private boards, and may use these in future for beta feedback or other special projects."'Things' remain in progress, including 'secret' things and probably including even members of this forum who aren't saying anything Wait. Wut? Who? What? Why? Where? You hold them down and I'll get the duct tape and the candle wax. This is not acceptable.
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Post by bshep on Oct 4, 2016 18:59:03 GMT
From the BSN Prime closure statement: "We will maintain some private boards, and may use these in future for beta feedback or other special projects."'Things' remain in progress, including 'secret' things and probably including even members of this forum who aren't saying anything You either know something or just trying to pull our legs.... going with the later for now
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Oct 4, 2016 19:08:00 GMT
Seems both a bit early and a bit too risky for leaks to be doing a closed beta now. Even for the Armax Arsenal Arena MP idea that we talked about a while back.
But who knows? Maybe they need a long lead time to tweak the physics for jet packs? Or Mako driving?
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Post by goishen on Oct 4, 2016 19:18:24 GMT
Well, here are my thoughts.
We all know somebody at BioWare. We may not know that we know someone at BioWare, but we do. My guess is that even down to the guy who cleans their toilets can play the game. Okay, okay, well, not literally, but you get the point. It's not just reserved for the Aaron Flynn's, the Mike Gamble's, etc, that we see everyday on twitter stating how great the game is.
I know, because it happened to me in the Blizzard WoW beta. Met this one priest, got to talking, became friends, etc etc, 'till the one of the later waves of the beta opened up. I asked him why? Did he work for Blizzard? He said yes.
It's not hard to hide your identity in a game. Saying that you work with computers in a small(ish) office that nobody's ever heard of, wouldn't be much of a stretch either.
*shrug*
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Post by SofaJockey on Oct 4, 2016 19:23:51 GMT
Seems both a bit early and a bit too risky for leaks to be doing a closed beta now. Even for the Armax Arsenal Arena MP idea that we talked about a while back. But who knows? Maybe they need a long lead time to tweak the physics for jet packs? Or Mako driving? I think there is a huge gulf between a controlled test and a closed beta. With 6 months to go, I would be amazed if MEA is 'feature complete' even if it would benefit wider testing. Who knows if the test that the OP references is legit, but I would not be surprised if there are 'low numbers', 'highly controlled' tests going on. The testing that was done for DAIMP was with higher numbers and participation was invited, that would be of a much greater scale than whatever might actually be going on. So yes, PC9's assertion that it's too early for wider testing is spot on. If it's happening (and I think it might be) I think it will be limited.
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Post by maxon on Oct 4, 2016 20:39:11 GMT
So... I saw someone on my friends list was playing the "Mass Effect Andromeda Closed Beta" this evening. How long has this been going on? Yes, I did too - from what I could tell it's been going on quite a while.
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Post by Shinobu on Oct 4, 2016 21:55:30 GMT
Just tried what Abramsrunner suggested ... For ScienceTM. Added The Witcher to my Origin list. Went to game properties, inserted "Witcher Enhanced Edition" to the custom title block. Launched the game. Origin then showed me "In Game" playing "Witcher Enhanced Edition". Changed it to "The Witcher Enhanced Edition" and Origin showed the same "in game." If I'd wanted, I could have called it "Sweet Meteor of Death" and that's what it would reflect.
That doesn't prove that folks on my FL would see the same, but there is a pretty good possibility that they would. It also doesn't prove that the person shown as playing an ME:A closed beta is faking it, just the possibility that they could fake it.
In the past, when involved in a beta, I got a beta-unique persona, but I still logged into my normal Origin account to launch the game, which I'd added to my list of favorites. After the beta closed out and testing was done, my unique persona went away. I uninstalled the beta from my computer and deleted the beta game icon in Origin. Perhaps, for a closed beta, pre-game launch, they would issue a beta Origin account to each user, in addition to a beta persona ... but based on my very limited test sample of one game, that isn't necessarily the case.
Edit add: One more point. If it is viewable, check your FL buddy's games ... expand the "other games" option ... which I believe only shows the EA games, not non-EA games that a person adds to their personal Origin game view. If the beta isn't listed, then there is a good chance your friend has named one of their non-EA games with a spoofed title of Mass Effect Andromeda closed beta ... or whatever the name is, since the beta doesn't show up on their games list. Again, this is not definitive, but if they really are playing the beta ME:A, the game icon would probably show up in the "other games" list. I only saw the option of showing "all games" and there was no icon for the beta on that list. So it could be spoofed, but I still choose to believe. The person is on this forum, but I won't give a name since they are probably under NDA and don't need to have us asking them about it constantly.
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Post by Obliviousmiss on Oct 4, 2016 22:54:53 GMT
So... I saw someone on my friends list was playing the "Mass Effect Andromeda Closed Beta" this evening. How long has this been going on? Holy shit??!!!!??? How the hell do they get picked for that stuff? I mean... I was in the first stress test for Battleborn, and got chosen for the closed beta of Mirror's Edge Catalyst....(both poopy games!) But to play a game like this? I'm never that lucky.
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