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iamnotmad · Mar 29, 2003, 10:57 AM

Hello, has anyone who signed up for the Everquest mac beta gotten any response since they signed up? I have not heard anything at all yet.
Thanks!

mac freak · Mar 29, 2003, 11:20 AM

I too have heard nothing.
It might be one of those 15 person tests that accomplish nothing.

Scifience · Mar 30, 2003, 03:05 PM

Heard nothing, I have. (Yoda mode)

RMXO · Mar 30, 2003, 11:55 PM

i signed up but havent heard anything lately. i dont think we will for a while.

anim8ing · Mar 31, 2003, 12:06 AM

Well, I guess I should post that I signed up a while back and like everyone else I haven't heard anything. I play on my PC every once in a while though. Decent game, just hope my iMac 800 will be able to play it.

Anim8r

Crusoe · Mar 31, 2003, 03:01 AM

I signed up for it and got through the 3 steps for registration. I asked to test at the phase "all feature implemented" so I won't be the first. I won't buy it just want to beta test it. Played a ton on the PC, but haven't the time or patience for high level play.

BTW Anyone wanna buy a PC account with 3 years character development?

-Q- · Mar 31, 2003, 09:47 AM

No word yet here.

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 14, 2003, 12:25 AM

went to the site to sign up for it ... but its only in the USA so cant beta

if anyone ever does please post it here

nobitacu · Apr 14, 2003, 01:40 AM

Yea, I signed up for it as well, and haven't heard anything about it. I was just about to start a new post about this too then I saw this one, you bet me to it!

I do hope I get picked though...

Ming

-Q- · Apr 14, 2003, 01:30 PM

Oddly enough, Amazon is listing the arrival date of EQ:Mac as April 21st. Does that mean the beta is already well underway?

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 14, 2003, 02:12 PM

Originally posted by -Q-:
Oddly enough, Amazon is listing the arrival date of EQ:Mac as April 21st. Does that mean the beta is already well underway?

that was fast? did anyone even try it? gonna chk online see if any other forums had any testers

nobitacu · Apr 14, 2003, 10:56 PM

Originally posted by -Q-:
Oddly enough, Amazon is listing the arrival date of EQ:Mac as April 21st. Does that mean the beta is already well underway?

No, the thing is, Amazon is not that good at keeping the right date on some of their stuff. Apple store has it at June.

Ming

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 15, 2003, 12:51 AM

didnt find anything about this matter .. bah who cares

ill just wait and see !!

iamnotmad · Apr 18, 2003, 12:15 PM

my bro just got a confirm of being in the beta last night. Nothing for me yet - anyone else get anything?

Liquidity X · Apr 18, 2003, 03:57 PM

what kind of setup does he have?

nobitacu · Apr 18, 2003, 05:48 PM

Originally posted by iamnotmad:
my bro just got a confirm of being in the beta last night. Nothing for me yet - anyone else get anything?

No... Still no news for me... grrrrrr

I hope I get in soon! I need something to do a lot during the summer break.

Ming

iamnotmad · Apr 18, 2003, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by Liquidity X:
what kind of setup does he have?

He's got a 15" superdrive iMac. So that'd be a GF2MX, I think he's got 512mb ram.

-Q- · Apr 18, 2003, 09:33 PM

It's odd. I usually get picked for these. Those companies usually like to see what happens when I try and run a new game on my beige G3. It can...interesting.

jango · Apr 19, 2003, 08:49 AM

Just got an email to download the client with my key.

Will let you guys know how it is. I have a 17" powerbook so it should be interesting.

nobitacu · Apr 19, 2003, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by jango:
Just got an email to download the client with my key.

Will let you guys know how it is. I have a 17" powerbook so it should be interesting.

No fair!!!! I have a 17" too! Grrrrrrr!!!

Ming

melman101 · Apr 19, 2003, 06:13 PM

I am in the Everquest Beta. I originally signed up with my old iBook G3, and they accepted me. But I bought a powerbook G4 like a month ago, runs pretty smooth.

Sincerely,
Mel

gizzard · Apr 19, 2003, 06:34 PM

You guys who are in the beta better read your NDAs, if you haven't already. If you divulge any information that you aren't supposed to, you could find yourself in some trouble.

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 21, 2003, 06:07 AM

nice nice ... so hows the game? same as pc? slower? faster? tell us!!

nobitacu · Apr 22, 2003, 02:45 AM

Originally posted by Mohammed Al-Sabah:
nice nice ... so hows the game? same as pc? slower? faster? tell us!!

Became of the agreement they signed for testing the game, they are not allowed to share any information to the public. If they do, they will be kicked out of the test.

Ming

anim8ing · Apr 22, 2003, 11:15 AM

well, since I know a few others here have been selected for the test, I just want to say that I got my email with the activation key this morning. I'm downloading the client right now. I've got a PB Ti. I wonder how well (and if at all) this game will run....but hey, they chose me so it's worth a shot.

Anim8r

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 24, 2003, 06:08 AM

Originally posted by nobitacu:
Became of the agreement they signed for testing the game, they are not allowed to share any information to the public. If they do, they will be kicked out of the test.

Ming

bah that sucks

hope they just do a good job in it.. wonder what will happen when EQ is out? would it be for both or mac users get stuck in the old world for years before they have EQ2 for mac? hehe

nobitacu · Apr 24, 2003, 06:55 AM

Originally posted by Mohammed Al-Sabah:
bah that sucks hope they just do a good job in it.. wonder what will happen when EQ is out? would it be for both or mac users get stuck in the old world for years before they have EQ2 for mac? hehe

Yea... that's pretty much what's going to happen. I would say a whole year after PCers got their EQ2 before we get ours.

Ming

Liquidity X · Apr 24, 2003, 09:28 AM

Wo HO I got in last night!!!!!! There seems to be a NDA but this games info but this info is posted in the email and avalible befor u agree to the NDA so here r the requiremnts.

CPU: Power Macintosh G3 500 minimum, Power Macintosh G4 700 recommended
OS Version: 10.2.4 (Jaguar)
Physical memory: 128MB minimum, 256MB recommended
Graphics memory: 32MB
Hard disk: ~2.1GB

PJW · Apr 24, 2003, 04:03 PM

I just got the email this morning as well. I'm looking forward to it, but it's taking me forever to download the patch for it. I'm on cable, and it's going to take me almost two hours.

hui · Apr 24, 2003, 08:01 PM

Darn, I really wish I could have participated in the beta. It's annoying that its only limited to USA, when are UK users going to be able to beta test it? Shouldn't beta testing include users from all over txhe world to check for compatibility between world servers etc (hehe... making some lame excuse up now

)
Enjoy EQ beta users. Some of us will only have to wait till the retail version is out in the shops. Hmm... still not sure whether I would get it, I mean having played the game for 3 years and it being old, kinda repetitive etc. Maybe I should start playing phantasy star online on xbox live. now thats a thought...

Belegose · Apr 24, 2003, 08:55 PM

I am new to my Mac, and new to these forums. Please forgive me iffn this post has newbie errors. Recently, my pc was murdered by McAffee Antivirus. I downloaded the new patch, and my pc never booted properly again. It was a little old (Windows 98), and needed to be upgraded. The ironic attack by the anti-virus program just forced the issue. There was NO WAY I was ever going to contribute more money to the abomination that is windows, so I bought my Mac. Boy was I scared. It was expensive and I don't have all that much cash. I LOVE MY NEW PUTER! It works. It functions. Simply amazaing. The only problem is EQ. I was an avid player, and was under the impression it was to have been available for my new Mac by now. I am aching to play

You boys n girls who are beta testers are lucky, indeed. Don't go against the rules, or even the spirit of the contract regarding discussing the game. But, maybe you could be creative, like, maybe share some poetry, that would reflects your experiences with the beta

Much obliged

-Q- · Apr 24, 2003, 09:42 PM

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but the EQ;Mac version won't allow you to play in the PC universe. So any characters you have there won't be available...

a2daj · Apr 25, 2003, 02:10 AM

The Mac only Everquest has been known since the beginning. Nothing new.

nobitacu · Apr 25, 2003, 04:23 AM

I want this game now!!!!!

Ming

Belegose · Apr 25, 2003, 11:49 PM

I think perhaps I'll make an Iksar beastlord.

When the silly thing is avalable, anyway.

Maybe a grrrrl one...

11011001 · Apr 26, 2003, 02:59 AM

This is perfect.. it comes out in the summer.. so I will have the whole summer to mess around with it before the start of the next semester.

Sweet!!

iamnotmad · Apr 28, 2003, 02:49 PM

i just got an acceptance email today. Good luck to the rest here, they are still sending out acceptance notices.

RMXO · Apr 28, 2003, 04:20 PM

i just got my email acceptant letter. woohooo. what servers are ppl playing on?

-Q- · Apr 29, 2003, 12:10 PM

Just got my e-mail last night. I'll see you online!

Crusoe · Apr 30, 2003, 10:47 AM

I got accepted to beta test Everquest for the Mac. It runs quite smoothly and is in already in a decent state.

Minimum requirements are not set it stone but here's what they are predicting:
700Mhz or higher, at least 128MB of RAM, and an OpenGL compatible graphics card with 32MB of RAM

My system:
TiBook 500Mhz, 512MB Ram, playing via airport with belkin AP and W2K routing of DSL. Oh and of course a lowly 8MB Video Ram
(Buying a new system in June (Please release the new 15"ers))

My PC
PIII 600, 512MB Ram, Nvidia 2 64MB W2K Server

Here's what I've experienced so far:
I only have 8MB memory so only characters and small items are textured everything else is greyscale.
Zoning is 3x faster than my PC.
In about 5 hours of play I've only had 2 crashes that occured while zoning.
Fan runs 80% of time. Probably due to my weak GPU causing CPU to pick up the slack.
No sound yet or atleast on my system.
All the zones seem to be available including PoP but I only have a 8th lvl monk so I haven't ventured far.
I played for about 45min on the toilet.

I need to tweak the video settings. Perhaps I can get more textures. Also I'm running in 896 x 600 which uses the full screen and all other native and non-native video modes are available.

I played it on the PC for 3 years and only plan to beta test it for the Mac. Westlake did a great port and it feels faster than my PC (windowing, loading, movement, etc).

Any questions let me know.

Brad Oliver · Apr 30, 2003, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by Crusoe:

Any questions let me know.

I've got a question: do you realize you are breaking the NDA by posting this here?

Crusoe · May 1, 2003, 02:52 AM

There isn't an NDA and why would there be? All the in game information is well documented. Nothing new has been or will be introduced to the mac version.

If there is an NDA I never came across it. Any testers remember seeing one?

Brad Oliver · May 1, 2003, 07:43 AM

Originally posted by Crusoe:
If there is an NDA I never came across it. Any testers remember seeing one?

It's in section 1.1 of the beta license. Every time you run the EQ LaunchPad app, you have to click "I Agree" to get past this license. A copy is also on the EQ beta forum.

In this case, the NDA isn't necessarily to keep information about the feature set private. It's more to prevent people from posting in public about problems during the beta which will be fixed by the time it ships. I don't think anyone is going to send legal after you if you post stuff in public, but doing stuff like that doesn't help chances for future beta testing.

Brad Oliver
Westlake Interactive

Crusoe · May 1, 2003, 09:24 AM

I gotcha, must have skimmed past section 1.1. hehe and am AFM (Away from Mac) but I want to check out the jargon. Nice Job BTW.
* Crusoe casts his protection from legal attacks spell *

a2daj · May 1, 2003, 10:19 AM

Isn't it nice to know people actually pay attention to what they're signing up for when they volunteer to beta test?

Geesh...

Guy Incognito 2 · May 1, 2003, 10:33 AM

Originally posted by a2daj:
Isn't it nice to know people actually pay attention to what they're signing up for when they volunteer to beta test?

Geesh...

Makes me wonder if they'll actually do any beta-testing and not just try to be the first kid on the block to try out EQ for Mac.

daSilVetZ · 01:47 PM

i personally have been beta testing EQ since the begining of the alpha testing , and it works great. I haven't had any crashes whatsoever as opposed to some people from the beta site. As for the number of beta testers who were chosen, I beleive initially there were only 25, so I guess I got pretty damn lucky

MindFad · May 1, 2003, 02:27 PM

NDAs will soon require competency and reading test before you can play games.

-Q- · May 1, 2003, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by MindFad:
NDAs will soon require competency and reading test before you can play games.

Things other than NDAs should require this as well.

MindFad · May 1, 2003, 04:56 PM

TESTS

It's only right that that happened -- the Universe's way of telling me to STFU.