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    Metal Gear online beta

    This is quite possibly the worst possible system for a beta I've seen. First off you need to have a Konami ID thats only obtainable via their website ALONG with a game ID which you also need to obtain via their website. Secondly their website is so poorly designed or managed that they are doing nothing to alleviate the stress the site is taking from people trying to register IDs to play the Beta.

    It's really retarded, anyone already have an ID and playing?

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    Re: Metal Gear online beta

    Haven't been able to download the 1.01 update or get ID's but then again nobody will be able to play until the 21st.

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    Yeah its horrible. I managed to get myself a Konami ID the day before the beta was available for download though. Also took me 8 hours to download patch 1.01 =/

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    Let's see... Have to sign up for their own company-specific online service, obtain individual IDs for each specific game, and then tolerate a horrible download process for updates?

    Where have I seen this before...?

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    Re: Metal Gear online beta

    Did you just make a topic to bitch, when we have a perfectly fine 200+ page thread for that?

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    I keep getting an invalid code error on the PSN account management page. :/

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    No, I was curious as to how many people specifically were having trouble obtaining and ID, and how many people on this forum had the beta. I see no reason not to have a thread for it considering starting the 21st gameplay will be available. I had also heard rumors that people who had ID's and such were already playing and was curious if that was true or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auspice
    I keep getting an invalid code error on the PSN account management page. :/
    How many characters is your code? It should be 3 sets of 4 characters. My brothers Beta code is missing 3 characters from the last set.

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    Quote Originally Posted by *Shinzon*
    Quote Originally Posted by Auspice
    I keep getting an invalid code error on the PSN account management page. :/
    How many characters is your code? It should be 3 sets of 4 characters. My brothers Beta code is missing 3 characters from the last set.
    Same, I have 4-4-3. Awesome, feels like CoP release all over again. Gotta email Konami.

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    Re: Metal Gear online beta

    Got my ID just fine on Tuesday. Was a little slow, but nothing like what is being reported.

    Once you download the client and SLOW update, you're asked to enter your GAME ID. It tries to go online to validate the ID, but you end up getting a server error before it finishes. My guess is that anyone claiming that they started the beta early is lying.

    And bummer on the bad codes. Maybe see if your GameStop has another copy?

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    Re: Metal Gear online beta

    Quote Originally Posted by ircgeek
    Got my ID just fine on Tuesday. Was a little slow, but nothing like what is being reported.

    Once you download the client and SLOW update, you're asked to enter your GAME ID. It tries to go online to validate the ID, but you end up getting a server error before it finishes. My guess is that anyone claiming that they started the beta early is lying.

    And bummer on the bad codes. Maybe see if your GameStop has another copy?
    Yeah, the beta itself doesn't start until next week. I work at GS so I'm going to peek through a few boxes and see if I can find a good code.

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    Theres an email address for support listed on the pamphlet inside the game case that has the codes. Gamestop probably wont exchange copies considering the supplies were limited. You're best bet is to email the support website with your partial code and see what they tell you.

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    Oh lawd, there are reports popping up online that the Konami ID site is blocking IPs from North America. Suddenly, I feel like I'm trying to register a SE product.

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    They aren't blocking IPs. Most of the time it brings up the site that says they are too busy, but on more than one occasion I've gotten it to actually start letting me fill out the forms. It's just that halfway through it gets pounded again. They seriously just have too many people trying to do it at the same time.

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    I dont understand what they were thinking when they designed it so people had to go through their general website. If they wanted people to visit their website they could have just created a separate website to deal with the traffic that redirects people to their main website. It's probably gonna be like this for a long time, I can only imagine how overwhelmed their support department is.

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    Well, luckily we still have till the 21st before we really have to be concerned.

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    I grabbed the download + patch last night when i got home. Luckily i had a full 12 digit code too... -.-

    I had already grabbed my Konami ID and Game ID on Tuesday just to have that out of the way. Happy i did since reading all of the problems people are now having with the site being overloaded.

    One GOOD thing i suppose is that they did allow for almost a week in between the actual download and the Beta starting up so hopefully by the 21st (though i am hoping it starts on the 21st in Japan, so the 20th in the US) everything is sorted out for everyone.

    For once i actually had my head screwed on and got my IDs early...

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    Re: Metal Gear online beta

    Wow, been downloading the update for about an hour and it's only at 4% lol.

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    Shit's been running the whole day and its at 93% -_-

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    Re: Metal Gear online beta

    I like the fact i'm sharing 70kb/s but only downloading at 43kb/s... >.<

    47%, this shit will take all night. It was even slower with the server download, so I think I'll just keep it on p2p and let it finish by (hopefully) sometime tomorrow.

    Also, what's this ID you're talking about and where do I get them? >.>

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