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The Halo 3 Beta Thread
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Karma Kramer
Banned
I can't believe that just yesterday night we were on the 100th page... and not we are on 160th page about 16 hours later.
I'm going to try my best for this to not become an illogical rant. So here goes...
I, for one, am extremely annoyed. I understand that getting something of this magnitude out to so many people is incredibly complicated and probably above me, but haven't they been planing this for months? I mean, I can't imagine deciding to throw a party, going through the trouble of sending out invites months in advanced, and then not even having some chips and salsa when my guest arrive. I'm also really disappointed in the way Bungie is handling this; they have always, in my opinion, done an excellent job of informing there community only to fumble the ball in overtime.
Best of luck to them getting this fixed. Unexpected things happen -- we get it, but just take some time to let your community know whats up. I mean, isn't it somebody's job to do just that (cough Luke Smith cough).
I, for one, am extremely annoyed. I understand that getting something of this magnitude out to so many people is incredibly complicated and probably above me, but haven't they been planing this for months? I mean, I can't imagine deciding to throw a party, going through the trouble of sending out invites months in advanced, and then not even having some chips and salsa when my guest arrive. I'm also really disappointed in the way Bungie is handling this; they have always, in my opinion, done an excellent job of informing there community only to fumble the ball in overtime.
Best of luck to them getting this fixed. Unexpected things happen -- we get it, but just take some time to let your community know whats up. I mean, isn't it somebody's job to do just that (cough Luke Smith cough).
ElectricBlue187
Member
McBradders said:
This is a meltdown of Three Mile Island proportions
We're gettin into some Chernobyl shit now
I think they got a look at how well the servers are handling the existing Beta players and decided they'd rather take this punch in the face than the one they'd get when a couple hundred thousand Crackdown Beta players logged in and took XBL down altogether.
I can't think of much else that would take more than seven hours to fix, when the Beta itself is clearly functional.
I can't think of much else that would take more than seven hours to fix, when the Beta itself is clearly functional.
Shake Appeal
Member
better analogy: the party is awesome, but paying guests are asked to use the service entrance, which happens to be locked.benjirun said:
darkressurection
Banned
I just think the way they are handling it is very unprofessional.
Hey Luke didn't you say you were trying to connect the community and developer?
How bout an update.
Something as simple as"we made some progress" or something.
This is quite possibly the worst screw up in the history of gaming
Hey Luke didn't you say you were trying to connect the community and developer?
How bout an update.
Something as simple as"we made some progress" or something.
This is quite possibly the worst screw up in the history of gaming
AtomicShroom
Member
DSN2K said:
It would seem like the most logical assumption.
And if this is the case, then they need to roll out another title update. And they can't roll out a title update without going through the whole MS Cert shiznit. We're in for a long wait.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I'm off work tomorrow so I though I'd be playing the beta tonight. Guess I was wrong.
Karma Kramer
Banned
DSN2K said:
Yeah seems like this is the problem.
This could mean we don't get the BETA for a LOOOONG time.
What a mis-step.
*shakes head*
Shake Appeal
Member
this would do far more harm than good. charging for a beta that many people already consider themselves to have paid for? shitstorm.Laika said:
It possibly could have to do with the fact that the spring dashboard update changed around some of the marketplace content and that would explain that to solve this problem, MS, XBLive, RTW and Bungie have to work together to solve it.
Those are a lot of resources to coordinate in such a small amount of time, IMHO.
Dave
Those are a lot of resources to coordinate in such a small amount of time, IMHO.
Dave
ElectricBlue187
Member
skip said:
well it's not a very long history and this is a big mega screw up
Even better analogy: you ordered party favors from an online store and paid extra to have it guaranteed shipped by the date of your party and it's still not there, whilst your neighbor's invite only shindig got their supplies before you without paying extra.Shake Appeal said:
WickedLaharl
Member
jesus christ i cannot believe i still pay for gold. msft has ****ed up way too many times when it comes to anything downloadable.
and yet i just keep on paying to be abused...
and yet i just keep on paying to be abused...
Karma Kramer
Banned
Peter Moore:
"We're the Software company."
"We're the Software company."
Grimm Fandango
Member
And if Beta was released on the Marketplace, it'll be a much bigger shitstorm from the Crackdown people.
edit: damn, 1 away
edit: damn, 1 away
dave is ok
aztek is ok
8000
darkressurection
Banned
At this pointGrimm Fandango said:
I DON'T F****** CARE
put it on there Bungie.
Shake Appeal
Member
1. not a couple, eight, and with no explanation or even a rough eta of how much longer it might be.Tieno said:
2. oh you're a F&Fer right? hmmm.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Well,
Make no mistake: I'm disappointed. But I'm sure they'll get it straightened out eventually. They will already have a PR black eye from this and I'm sure they are going to try to fix it as soon as possible. I do lament the lack of information but <shrug>. The problem is probably something that they don't want to talk about because you will not like the explanation. For example:
"Sorry guys, but the way this is working we can't get the Crackdown link to work without people possibly being able to access it via the marketplace without Crackdown. We have to figure out a way to keep it from getting out to those who did not purchase the game or receive codes from us. The beta is simply not set up to handle the kind of load that a general XBL release would entail, and Crackdown purchasers would feel even more shafted. Please be patient."
Then people would be up in arms saying (without thinking) "Just release the thing on XBL! I don't care!" but the truth is a standard XBL release would bring XBL and Bungie's beta data mining to its knees and that would effectively defeat the purpose.
I can imagine that when I was younger I would've been mad too, but I've matured to a point where things like this don't make me mad anymore. I'm disappointed, but being this mad over a game or even $60 if you hate Crackdown is silly and counterproductive. Just relax and do something else for a while. It'll be up before you know it.
Make no mistake: I'm disappointed. But I'm sure they'll get it straightened out eventually. They will already have a PR black eye from this and I'm sure they are going to try to fix it as soon as possible. I do lament the lack of information but <shrug>. The problem is probably something that they don't want to talk about because you will not like the explanation. For example:
"Sorry guys, but the way this is working we can't get the Crackdown link to work without people possibly being able to access it via the marketplace without Crackdown. We have to figure out a way to keep it from getting out to those who did not purchase the game or receive codes from us. The beta is simply not set up to handle the kind of load that a general XBL release would entail, and Crackdown purchasers would feel even more shafted. Please be patient."
Then people would be up in arms saying (without thinking) "Just release the thing on XBL! I don't care!" but the truth is a standard XBL release would bring XBL and Bungie's beta data mining to its knees and that would effectively defeat the purpose.
I can imagine that when I was younger I would've been mad too, but I've matured to a point where things like this don't make me mad anymore. I'm disappointed, but being this mad over a game or even $60 if you hate Crackdown is silly and counterproductive. Just relax and do something else for a while. It'll be up before you know it.