My guess is that they will start early. Last time at The Guild Hall we had 300 posts in one thread in less than half an hour after the event was supposed to start. People were freaking out (me included), that something was wrong.
Gaile Gray posted about 45 minutes into the chaos that they would be up within the hour - and they made it. So, I think they are going to try to be a little ahead of the game and open a little early.
When will the next event start ? Do you have this link bookmarked ?
http://www.msu.edu/~nordhou1/gw/countdown.html
I just had to post it. Maybe somebody would ask ?
How many hours delay ? Maybe early ? The announcement is approximately midnight...
Ratatass
How long until we get going again ? On time this time ?
ratatass
Weezer_Blue
It's right on time it's right on time it's right on time it's right on time, it's_ right_ on_ ti-me_, it's_ right_ on_ time_.
ratatass
He he, you say right on time - then you vote Crash - Brilliant Weezer!
Ratatass
Ratatass
Dave III
Uh, No... I voted "crash"... I've found assuming the worst takes the sting out of being proved wrong... ^_^
Dave III
Dave III
BlackArrow
My guess is right on time.
When did they announce the Midnight start time? I thought I had looked earlier today and the BWE info still said Friday morning.
Edit: the BWE FAQs still say friday morning while the actual news says 12:01 am. How long has this news been up?
When did they announce the Midnight start time? I thought I had looked earlier today and the BWE info still said Friday morning.
Edit: the BWE FAQs still say friday morning while the actual news says 12:01 am. How long has this news been up?
ratatass
Thanks to everyone who participated in this month's Beta Weekend Event. We have received a great deal of excellent feedback and a number of productive suggestions and bug reports via our fansite forums. We will review this input as we prepare for the next milestone. We hope to see you during the new Beta Weekend Event, which begins March 18th at approximately Midnight PST.
From www.guildwars.com.
Unless I have missed an update ?
edit :
Guild Wars Preorder & Events FAQ
When does the Beta Weekend Event begin?
The next Beta Weekend Events will start Friday morning, March 18th, and Friday morning, April 15th. Please watch www.guildwars.com for more information.
Well, 12:01 AM PST is Friday Morning. The difference in this announcement is the word APPROXIMATELY from previous BWE.
Right ?
Ratatass
From www.guildwars.com.
Unless I have missed an update ?
edit :
Guild Wars Preorder & Events FAQ
When does the Beta Weekend Event begin?
The next Beta Weekend Events will start Friday morning, March 18th, and Friday morning, April 15th. Please watch www.guildwars.com for more information.
Well, 12:01 AM PST is Friday Morning. The difference in this announcement is the word APPROXIMATELY from previous BWE.
Right ?
Ratatass
Ensign
I'd guess a few hours late - pretty much par for the course at this point. They have a lot of server updating to do at the last minute, as always, and something will go wrong / take a bit longer, which will push the launch back a couple hours.
Peace,
-CxE
Peace,
-CxE
March Hare
Things never seem to be right on time, there may be a few last tweeks at the last second that kind of thing. Besides I've heard that their working on something rateher big over last week and I have no idea where they are right now, but it has sloved them up a bit. Besides i've been sitting here waiting with a itchy mouse finger in antisipation. Besides out here I can't start till 1:00 am
----- 4 days 3hrs and counting -----
----- 4 days 3hrs and counting -----
Whosa Skylore
my guess is a cuople hours late or so. last time they said "i know you all were waiting till right at mid-night, but we said around mid-night, so dont get in a mob" well not exactly but kinda like that 
Greentongue
You have to also remember that these were only supposed to be two (2) day events. Friday was included out of kindness, to account for time zone differences.
Blademaster
Well, since friday morning I have to be at school anyway, and the computer is in my parents room so I couldn't play at midnight anyway, it dont really matter to me as long as it's up by 4:00 pm, but ill put my money on midnight, just because.
Uthar
I always wondered, myself, why they do midnight openings of the game- when everyone should be sleeping. Then I remember, oh wait! These are programmers we're talking about. Their internal clocks are probably set to Tokyo Time, so midnight is nothing.
That, or they're just nocturnal by nature.
Anyway, I'm thinking either on time, or an hour or two late. There's always something in a thing like this that pops up at the lost moment, something that needs immediate fixing... It's good old Murphy's Law.
That, or they're just nocturnal by nature.
Anyway, I'm thinking either on time, or an hour or two late. There's always something in a thing like this that pops up at the lost moment, something that needs immediate fixing... It's good old Murphy's Law.
William of Orange
I know it's not realistic, and it actually won't make much of a difference for me since I won't be able to start playing right at midnight since I have school the next day, but I would like to hope that it would start early. But as long as there is no total server crash and the event is cancelled, I'll be fine. It'll be a little boring over the weekend though, because I took off of work until Tuesday just so I could play this one...
filter
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I always wondered, myself, why they do midnight openings of the game- when everyone should be sleeping. Then I remember, oh wait! These are programmers we're talking about. Their internal clocks are probably set to Tokyo Time, so midnight is nothing.
That, or they're just nocturnal by nature. Anyway, I'm thinking either on time, or an hour or two late. There's always something in a thing like this that pops up at the lost moment, something that needs immediate fixing... It's good old Murphy's Law. |
FluidFox
I'm actually hoping that it will start right on time.. but deep down I think it will be a little bit late. These last couple of events they seem to have so much last minute stuff to do. I just wonder why they don't take care of that kind of thing earlier in the day.. *sigh* I miss the good old days when they would start the event like half a day early.
Uthar
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It's so that Asians like me get to play the game on Friday evening. We already miss most of the last day of BWE's because it'll be Monday (work) by then.
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Dreamsmith
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Well, 12:01 AM PST is Friday Morning. The difference in this announcement is the word APPROXIMATELY from previous BWE.
Right ? |
In February they also said that, like in January, they would probably not start at 12:01 on the nose, just like in January, but they'd try to be a little earlier, and indeed they were. Again, people freaked out because apparently they're functionally illiterate (i.e. they can read, they just don't).
I expect we'll see the same thing again this month, simply because the average person is incapable of learning from their past mistakes and can't quite wrap their brains around big words like "approximately".
Sorry if I sound harsh, I'm just tired of people freaking out over everything going exactly as announced. They have never said the game would start at 12:01 AM PST, and to my knowledge it never has. But it continues to surprise people every weekend for some reason...
Bobangry
Well, if you go further back than January Dreamsmith, then I believe you would find that it did used to say 12:01 without the approximately.
Regardless, it's a minor issue if a BWE is a little late. For me especially since they start at 11:00pm here and I play most of the night!
Regardless, it's a minor issue if a BWE is a little late. For me especially since they start at 11:00pm here and I play most of the night!
Shrapnel_Magnet
Yar, I can't imagine myself getting too much sleep on Thursday Night/Friday Morning. I'm on PST so it's ok... poor Easterners (Eastern North America).
I predict that the Beta Event will start at 1:12 AM PST.
I predict that the Beta Event will start at 1:12 AM PST.
bobert
What i do on thursday night is go to bed really early, and then wake up really early like 4 or 5 CST depending on when I go to bed so I only miss a few hours without losing a lot of sleep
PhineasToke
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Yar, I can't imagine myself getting too much sleep on Thursday Night/Friday Morning. I'm on PST so it's ok... poor Easterners (Eastern North America).
I predict that the Beta Event will start at 1:12 AM PST. |
Game plan. Forced sleep 6PM Thursday till 2:30 AM Friday (thank you Mr. Ambien). Brew huge pot of coffee and have lots of carbs at hand. Bottle of eyedrops, cell phone charged and charger plugged in (the ultimate in team play) XM channel 22 blaring in the background until I collapse into exhaustion sometime in the next 72 hours. Wake up and do it again until the bell rings Monday morning. Take rest of week to recover.
ratatass
Saw this in another thread.
March BWE News
The next Beta Weekend Event will begin at approximately 12:01 a.m. PST (08:01 GMT) on Friday, March 18th. As you probably know, February's BWE featured a new area of the Guild Wars world: The Kingdom of Ascalon, before The Searing. As we prepare for the March Beta Weekend Event, we will add to and polish all the regions of Tyria, expanding quests, working in new art assets, the user interface, and much more. In March we will also be presenting new content related to player-versus-player gaming. As always, we will look forward to feedback on our fansite forums, and we welcome your comments, suggestions, and bug reports.
So it is 12:01.....
Yes, I am a weasel trying to keep my poll going...
Ratatass.
March BWE News
The next Beta Weekend Event will begin at approximately 12:01 a.m. PST (08:01 GMT) on Friday, March 18th. As you probably know, February's BWE featured a new area of the Guild Wars world: The Kingdom of Ascalon, before The Searing. As we prepare for the March Beta Weekend Event, we will add to and polish all the regions of Tyria, expanding quests, working in new art assets, the user interface, and much more. In March we will also be presenting new content related to player-versus-player gaming. As always, we will look forward to feedback on our fansite forums, and we welcome your comments, suggestions, and bug reports.
So it is 12:01.....
Yes, I am a weasel trying to keep my poll going...
Ratatass.
Nova
Well, I will be on after school 3-4ish? and ON!! AL THE WAY UNTILL I NEED TO SLEEP, ill catch some sleep, get up again and do the same all saturday, into sunday get some sleep, go to church, might have some chores, (hopefully not) then play as muc has until it ends. 
Kiwi
Same with Nova, I'll be on round 3 pm to 4 pm. I'm in CA just like him...
Tur713
Ha! Thank you crappy school sytem for letting me, a student of CA, have break end with a nice Beta Weekend! I don't think I have to back to school until a few days after sunday either so I can stay up for the end.
Rushing Wind
Meh, I work through the night so I won't even be able to hop on right when the BWE begins. So, personally, I don't care when it starts up... just as long as its running when I get home! I gotta get some play time in before the wife wakes up... cuz after that its only after she's gone to bed or napping! Can't wait to step it up in there!
ratatass
Ok, so we are late again...5 mins now...I guess i was wrong