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Zoglog
06-18-2007, 03:52 PM
All Keys Gone

Here are some tips for tweaking (like unlocking the FPS max)
http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2042

And some Tips on Playing For Newbies
http://4newbies.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/ETQW/sewer.php

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ETQW Public Beta - Key Distribution Day 4 (Free Accounts)
Submitted by badman on Sat, 2007-06-23 15:05.

We're moving into stage 4 of the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta key roll-out today and those keeping track will know that means today's keys will be for anyone with a free FilePlanet account. As before, browse to the FilePlanet URL below to claim your key and start downloading the client.

Key Distribution Start: 11 AM Pacific / 2 PM Eastern / 1900 British / 2000 Central European
Key Distribution Website: http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/quakewars/

While this batch is larger than all the previous ones, we expect it to go much quicker. And for those of you who love idling in giant IRC channels, drop by #etqwbeta on irc.quakenet.org - we've got over a thousand people there right now anticipating today's keys and hurting their heads with timezone conversions.


http://community.enemyterritory.com/?q=node/59

This is what you've been waiting for: The first batch of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta keys is scheduled to go out shortly via FilePlanet's ETQW Public Beta website! All you have to do is go to the URL mentioned below, log in with your FilePlanet account and, if keys are available at that time, you'll be able to claim yours along with the ETQW Public Beta Client. Please note that today's keys are for FilePlanet subscribers only.

So, here's the scoop for today:

Key Distribution Start: 10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern / 1800 British / 1900 Central European
Key Distribution Website: http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/quakewars/

If you have an IRC client, such as mIRC, come join us in #etqwbeta on irc.quakenet.org, the official ETQW Public Beta channel on IRC (or click here if you have an IRC client installed). A few of us Splash Damage and id Software guys are there right now to celebrate the long-anticipated launch of the ETQW Public Beta.


http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/57

The best part, and I've been waiting five paragraphs to say this, is that Day 1 of key distribution is currently scheduled for the middle of this week. That's right, the first batch of keys for the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta will go out in just a few days! FilePlanet's ETQW sub-site will be going up that same day.

Woohooo! it's coming soon!

http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/55

At long last, we are delighted to confirm the impending Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta. The ETQW Closed Beta has been going extremely well and yielding excellent results. We want to give more people the opportunity to give us feedback on the game so we’re going to open a Public Beta with 60,000 slots available. This way we’ll be able to test many more combinations of hardware, RAM, CPU, graphics card, drivers etc. than we’ve been able to ourselves, and also get a better idea of how the game plays for the general gaming public.

The Public Beta build will consist of a single map named “Sewer”, which is part of ETQW’s Pacific Campaign. Set in Japan, the map revolves around a Strogg base hidden in, well, a sewer. It’s an interesting mix of outdoor and indoor, vehicle and infantry combat, deployables and counter-deployables and good old-fashioned FPS combat.

If you’d like to help us finish ETQW, we’d really appreciate your participation. If you want to just play a game for free you may find it a frustrating experience. This Public Beta is not the Demo - it’s not the finished game, but an opportunity to get feedback from a large group of people while testing stability and performance on a wider range of hardware combinations. The Public Beta will also collect some information on your hardware configuration, so you shouldn’t apply unless you’re comfortable with that.

When the Public Beta opens, participants will be sent their unique license code that is required for play. As we don’t have the infrastructure necessary to download tens of thousands of clients, we’ve asked FilePlanet to help us distribute these license codes along with the beta clients.

A fixed number of beta slots are being set aside for Fileplanet subscribers, so if you already have a FilePlanet subscription, you’re in the front of the queue. The rest of the slots will then go to those with free FilePlanet accounts. To be clear: You don’t have to pay anyone anything to participate in the ETQW Public Beta. It’s up to you if you want to pay FilePlanet for use of the improved download services they provide.

We will reveal more details on the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta, including the official start date, in the near future. Hope to see you all online very soon!


Goddamn I cannot wait!

Roufuss
06-18-2007, 05:33 PM
Wow, that link fucking sucks, crashed my browser after it took 5 min to even open.

:rofl:

The download link is already dead, apparently.

This game is so far from release :cry:

Zoglog
06-18-2007, 06:29 PM
well it's still stated for August, but yeah who knows.
Both this and UT3 have got me pretty excited.

you can get the beta file on Bit torrent now, but about the key... yeah...

Roufuss
06-18-2007, 06:31 PM
Yea, I doubt we'll see it in August... I think EB / GS are just making up dates.

They said there would be a demo about a month before release, and it still seems they are pretty far from a demo.

Zoglog
06-18-2007, 06:55 PM
Yea, I doubt we'll see it in August... I think EB / GS are just making up dates.

They said there would be a demo about a month before release, and it still seems they are pretty far from a demo.

well, i'll reserve that judgment until I try the Beta. It's a big problem for me that all of these games are pushed back to late Q3-Q4 of this year and i'm just gonna get fricking piled up on crap I need to get

Off the top of my head

Lair, Mass Effect, Heavenly Sword, Crysis, BioShock, MGS4, GTA4, Drake's Fortune, Halo 3, Super Smash Bros Melee... And i'm sure I forgot a few. I know some of these might be delayed... but damn...

Serik
06-18-2007, 08:48 PM
Bout time we get a real FPS game. None of this Halo 2 or Shadowrun crap.

Scorch
06-18-2007, 08:58 PM
Bout time we get a real FPS game. None of this Halo 2 or Shadowrun crap.

I'm a huge fan of Team Fortress and Unreal Tournament, so I found Shadowrun to be quite fun.. though I love me some Quake deathmatch.

Zoglog
06-18-2007, 08:58 PM
Well there's an option to get your key now

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/quakewars/subscribe_sp.shtml

But man......... paying for a beta is kind of ick... so I guess only if you really wanted fileplanet. But they kind of run off that model of you paying for free stuff......... Well I know the bandwidth isn't free... but damn...

Zoglog
06-20-2007, 04:16 AM
According to IGN, 2PM
http://pc.ign.com/articles/797/797900p2.html

Remember to check out Fileplanet tomorrow around 2pm for your chance to get in!

Dijital
06-20-2007, 12:21 PM
According to IGN, 2PM
http://pc.ign.com/articles/797/797900p2.html
CST or PST?

guyver2077
06-20-2007, 12:24 PM
crap do you need a premium file planet account or something?

man fp has gotten expensive....

i think my filefront account was like 11 for a whole year

Zoglog
06-20-2007, 02:00 PM
Goddamn, subscribers only today

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/quakewars/static/

maybe tomorrow

uli2000
06-21-2007, 02:27 PM
Ive had it a couple of days now. Load times are kinda long to load mega textures. For me, game play has been smooth, but alot of people have complained about laggy, choppy video and constant server resets. Im not really a big fan of the map they chose for beta.

Logain8955
06-21-2007, 04:04 PM
So....keys for non-subscribers?


Wonder just what the percentage is between subscriber keys and non-sub keys.

soliddragon
06-21-2007, 04:11 PM
Got mines last night baby.

Zoglog
06-22-2007, 02:06 PM
ok Keys for non subscribers comes out tomorrow. if trend fits, they'll be released 9am-10am. Get ready :D

guyver2077
06-22-2007, 03:01 PM
ok Keys for non subscribers comes out tomorrow. if trend fits, they'll be released 9am-10am. Get ready :D

where do we register for these?

chodax
06-23-2007, 04:46 AM
where do we register for these?

x2

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 04:54 AM
ok Keys for non subscribers comes out tomorrow. if trend fits, they'll be released 9am-10am. Get ready :D

PST or EST?

Zoglog
06-23-2007, 05:46 AM
where do we register for these?

link is in top post...
fileplanet.

and probably PST. Don't quote me on the time though, that's just based on the last 3 days of key release.

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 02:58 PM
site's beginning to slow down, ehehe

guyver2077
06-23-2007, 03:00 PM
site's beginning to slow down, ehehe

yup

Zoglog
06-23-2007, 03:08 PM
damn they're late... QW community site went down ARGH pass out the damn keys already

look at fileplanet making the experience so miserable you'd want to subscribe.

Moxio
06-23-2007, 03:10 PM
Ugh c'mon! I'm waiting for it haha.

Zoglog
06-23-2007, 03:11 PM
what a bunch of jerks lol.........

Zoglog
06-23-2007, 03:14 PM
Yesss!!

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 03:15 PM
fucking fileplanet is crashing when I put in my email address =\

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 03:20 PM
ARGH Now when I put my fucking system reqs into IE, it says I dont meet, even though I already put them into fucking opera and it took them just fucking fine.

fuck YOU FILEPLANET fuck YOU

guyver2077
06-23-2007, 03:20 PM
fucking errors

guyver2077
06-23-2007, 03:22 PM
downloading now!!!

edit.. fuck not yet.. so i got my key but when i try to dl it says only available to members or w,e

wtf

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 03:22 PM
Man, to think that I've been holding off taking a dump to get into this fucking thing.


Yeah, I'm just a little pissed off.

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 03:25 PM
Fuck this, I'm gonna go take a crap. Hopefully keys will still be there.

Stupid fucking fileplanet.

guyver2077
06-23-2007, 03:30 PM
k here we go..

22nd in line

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 03:42 PM
Everything's still broken for me, when I hit continue on the 1. Signup page, it pops up an error.


And IE says my system's not good enough.


Time to d/l Firefox and try that.

edit: Broken in Firefox too.


Edit Again: Deleted all my cookies and shit in IE, now that's broken. I hate fileplanet.

Moxio
06-23-2007, 03:49 PM
Nabbed one!

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 03:52 PM
Fuck it, I give up. I have shit to do today, I can't fight this thing.


I *really* despise fileplanet. It's a horrid platform to launch fucking anything.

Moxio
06-23-2007, 03:55 PM
Is your system not good enough?

guyver2077
06-23-2007, 04:01 PM
30 % complete

Zoglog
06-23-2007, 04:04 PM
oh wow, this is fun :D
I made sure to download the beta last weekend so I could jump right in.
I'm a little disappointed the max res for 16:9 is 1280x720 but it still looks pretty good.
Preforms relatively ok for my system, though you can tell it's in beta.

Logain8955
06-23-2007, 04:51 PM
Is your system not good enough?


No, it's fine, it's just that opera decided to say yes, while IE said no.


So i deleted everything in IE, and I just tried it again.


Everything was working fine and I uh *cough*LIED*cough*, and now I'm d/ling.


Yay. :D

red flare graf
06-23-2007, 04:53 PM
Fuck it, I give up. I have shit to do today, I can't fight this thing.


I *really* despise fileplanet. It's a horrid platform to launch fucking anything.

I think Fileplanet is great. Always smooth as silk for me.

Zoglog
06-23-2007, 04:58 PM
if the queue is too long I suggest Bit torrent.

guyver2077
06-23-2007, 05:04 PM
played it for a bit but i never get into these type games.. sorta like battlefield... dunno gotta keep trying it but im pretty lost...


why cant they just have regular deathmatch

Zoglog
06-23-2007, 06:28 PM
Post your Tag here so we can make a friends list
<--- Zoglog

But it's Damn fun D:! It's like battlefield minus a crapload of the glitchyness and stiffness. It plays like a dream even in beta phase. I just wish people worked together more. Maybe it's time to start the CAG clan.

Genocidal
06-24-2007, 01:37 AM
Tagged, I'm in as Genocidal.

Zoglog
06-24-2007, 04:01 AM
I got this from Woot
http://www.thebuttkicker.com/ButtKicker%20Gamer_home.html

it works really well for this game. It doesn't seem to work in battlefield 2 for me, probably because the game doesn't support 5.1 But yeah :D

it's pretty sweet for this game.

Logain8955
06-24-2007, 05:24 AM
My tag is Prinnybomb

and yes, I'm sportin CAG colors :P

chodax
06-24-2007, 12:42 PM
I forgot to get the key yesterday, hopefully I get one today.

Moxio
06-24-2007, 02:08 PM
How long does this beta last?

guyver2077
06-24-2007, 03:08 PM
is there a noob guide as to what the hell your supposed to do.. i never understood battlefield either

Noodle Pirate!
06-24-2007, 05:07 PM
beta invites are up for today. Last day today I think.

Zoglog
06-24-2007, 05:25 PM
is there a noob guide as to what the hell your supposed to do.. i never understood battlefield either

here's a great guide
http://4newbies.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/ETQW/sewer.php

you can find more stuff from the devs at http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/index.php

Liquid 2
06-24-2007, 05:26 PM
If someone wants my key, send me a PM. My computer can't even load the damn game.

Gone.

Noodle Pirate!
06-24-2007, 05:42 PM
is there a noob guide as to what the hell your supposed to do.. i never understood battlefield either

I always found that playing a support class on the defending team is a great way to learn a ctf/class type game for the first time. It gives you time to learn how the game works, what your responsibilites are and the map layout. You can still help your team and contribute while learning the game.

Not a lot of people enjoy support classes, so the few that do, generally are well appreciated and protected. Especially medic and ammo resup.

Zoglog
06-25-2007, 12:39 AM
It's amazing how horrible many people are at the support classes but they're genuinely fun in this game. Actually in a sense all classes have a role to play.

The technician for the Strogg is probably my favorite because of the Spawn Host system. It helps a great deal, but tons of people aren't exploting it enough even on my own team. They don't know that you hve to goto one of the spawnhosts I just made and press f on it and next time around you will spawn right there. It's really useful in the sewers and EMP.

But yeah this game is way better than the battlefield series games in terms of gameplay.

Zoglog
06-26-2007, 10:42 PM
GFW's Shawn Elliot podcasts his impressions on this game

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8222330&publicUserId=5850317

good stuff :D