Beta applications are now up!

[Silenka]

I'm sure part of SE's NA division is involved in the mmo

Course, they're doing the english localization of the game XD

[Seph]

Anything on the ATI side?

Looking at getting a new laptop (yea i know desktop>laptop, but no room for it), and was looking at one with Quad core 2ghz 6MB L2 cache, only thing concerning is the ATI 4650 card (has 1gb dedicated ddr3 and an additional 1.8gigs stealing from RAM) and whether itd be up to snuff in comparison to the cards listed on the beta signup website.

Don't bother with the 4xxx Series they are obsolete now, 5XXX mobile is getting released in less than a month and they are much more powerful and use "less energy" which means Better battery life and less heat which is great for laptops

CES 2010 will reveal all information you need plus here is a leak about the 5xxx mobile
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/a...gaming-laptop/

[Recaldy]

Man I hope there's something in the config to help Crappy laptops make this game work. Atleast Aion had a fps limiter which helped out alot.

[Darte]

Don't bother with the 4xxx Series they are obsolete now, 5XXX mobile is getting released in less than a month and they are much more powerful and use "less energy" which means Better battery life and less heat which is great for laptops

CES 2010 will reveal all information you need plus here is a leak about the 5xxx mobile
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/a...gaming-laptop/

Considering I work to pay off the rent, gas etc as well as study as a full time student, Don't have a lot of spare cash to go all bling on my next laptop :/ I'm just hoping the 4xxx series drops in price by the time XIV rolls around. I don't care much for battery life since I always plug my laptop in, I'd just need to be able to move around.

[Seph]

Considering I work to pay off the rent, gas etc as well as study as a full time student, Don't have a lot of spare cash to go all bling on my next laptop :/ I'm just hoping the 4xxx series drops in price by the time XIV rolls around. I don't care much for battery life since I always plug my laptop in, I'd just need to be able to move around.

Then wait till mid Jan, older laptops prices will fall that's for sure
plus the new (mid range 5730)~ suppose to be as strong as the (high end 4850~)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834157042

This laptop should be around 800$~ next month maybe even less if you can find coupons (Ati Newer cards and Intel new 32nm Chips are getting released at jan too)

[Darte]

This was what I was looking at initially, it was $999 a while ago (guessing for the christmas specials) before it shot back up to $1099. If it indeed drops to $800, I'll be a happy camper.

BTW: Where would you end up finding cupons for say websites like newegg? I did an initial google for them just now but all I was able to find were "Deals of the day" that were just copied off newegg's own front page.

[Rydir]

Thought I would post this here for the people who are thinking about applying multiple times. I don't want to see the dumbasses coming in here crying they didn't get in the beta and asking for codes because they applied multiple times.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/858/fineprintx.jpg

* Applicants may apply only once. Repeat submissions from an individual will invalidate all of that individual’s applications.

[Gulkeeva]

someone got owned O_o

[Nightraid]

Thought I would post this here for the people who are thinking about applying multiple times. I don't want to see the dumbasses coming in here crying they didn't get in the beta and asking for codes because they applied multiple times.

Can you even apply more than once with the same ID? Or are they talking about making fake accounts.

[miokomioko]

Was a street address required for the Beta Application? I forget. If so, lol at 22 people living at his address. I'm sure they have systems for red-flagging such douchebaggery.

I bet the champ even put his name the same on each application under 22 different fake SquareEnix accounts.

ProTip: Getting into the beta doesn't make you cool.

afk banging hot chicks.

[Corrderio]

I wouldn't be concerned with someone trying to sell a beta code, I'd be more concerned with someone retarded enough to actually BUY one.

[Retrieving/C.D/Searain]

Was a street address required for the Beta Application? I forget. If so, lol at 22 people living at his address. I'm sure they have systems for red-flagging such douchebaggery.

I bet the champ even put his name the same on each application under 22 different fake SquareEnix accounts.

ProTip: Getting into the beta doesn't make you cool.

afk banging hot chicks.

That's just retarded, what if 3 or 4 people who actually want in also happen to share the same apartment/IP address/machine(s)? How are they going to tell them apart?

[Destinye]

That's just retarded, what if 3 or 4 people who actually want in also happen to share the same apartment/IP address/machine(s)? How are they going to tell them apart?

There's very few reasons for your IP to be same as everyone else's machine unless the net is provided by your apt building. Clearly someone signing up 22 times with same IP will raise a red flag because it's very unlikely you'll have 22 people in your house wanting to play FFXIV, let alone more than 7, and I can guarantee having a unique POL account with FFXI playtime for each app will be a better way to tell apps apart than someone spamming 22 unique emails.

[Kurp]

There's very few reasons for your IP to be same as everyone else's machine unless the net is provided by your apt building.

Home routers use NAT so all nodes in the network will have the same IP address as far as outside sources can tell. As long as the network uses a single connection to access the internet, anyways.

[Kurp]

double

[Mayareira]

It was pretty much the same with the XI's BETA. No multi-applications.

Heck, it even disqualified email addresses like gmail, hotmail, etc.

[xopher]

I got into the FFXI beta twice.

[Valkrish]

just 2 more days and 13 hours gaiz!

[Katlan]

There's very few reasons for your IP to be same as everyone else's machine unless the net is provided by your apt building. Clearly someone signing up 22 times with same IP will raise a red flag because it's very unlikely you'll have 22 people in your house wanting to play FFXIV, let alone more than 7, and I can guarantee having a unique POL account with FFXI playtime for each app will be a better way to tell apps apart than someone spamming 22 unique emails.

I doubt it's by IP, its probably by repeat submissions under the same account (w/you can do afaik). I mean having 2 ppl sign up under the same IP isn't that odd. Considering you and friend could use the same computer if one person was at another's house, husband/wife, bf/gf, ect... Obviously the beta app isn't that high tech since it doesn't run a scanner on the computer, so I highly doubt they checking IP's unless somebody makes massive accounts under the same IP to raise a red flag. It's purely to tell ppl that if you sign up multiple times under the same account ur boned

I got into the FFXI beta twice.

Are yahoo accounts supposed to be boned? lol

just 2 more days and 13 hours gaiz!

Until 2010?

[xopher]

Not sure what you mean about yahoo accounts being boned.

Also

It's impossible to sign up twice with the same SE Member account.