Getting an "APPLY NOW" e-mail is kind of irksome since I HAVE DONE and no invite

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Originally Posted by EU_Community_Team

Thank you for applying to take part in the FFXIV Alpha test!
We’ve been reviewing everyone’s applications and are getting ready to send another batch of acceptance mails to successful applicants soon (we are aiming at Dec 12th (Wed)).
Please hold on a little longer to find out if you’re one of them!

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I should make a copy-pasted stock message to respond to copy-pasted stock messages...

I received TWO of those mails, one for my main account (that was already applied) and one for my inactive mule account (that I refrained to apply because I'm fair like that).

I wasn't too pleased, not much for the mails themselves, but for the fact that they still didn't let in all those that applied, and they look for more?

Very poorly played indeed.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Well clearly they ran out of proper applicants and need to find more.

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no they haven't. I'm still waiting for an invite.

SE's automated mailing system is so bloody slow, like i didn't get the email for patch 1.19 until 1.21 was already out.

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Originally Posted by Lurex

I canceled all my FFXI accounts, I feel better now!

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Lol, mines are cancelled for awhile, altho i still recieved this :\

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Originally Posted by EU_Community_Team

Thank you for applying to take part in the FFXIV Alpha test!
We’ve been reviewing everyone’s applications and are getting ready to send another batch of acceptance mails to successful applicants soon (we are aiming at Dec 12th (Wed)).
Please hold on a little longer to find out if you’re one of them!

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http://i.imgur.com/8WhgI.jpg

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Originally Posted by EU_Community_Team

Thank you for applying to take part in the FFXIV Alpha test!
We’ve been reviewing everyone’s applications and are getting ready to send another batch of acceptance mails to successful applicants soon (we are aiming at Dec 12th (Wed)).
Please hold on a little longer to find out if you’re one of them! not one of them....again

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My trolling senses are tingling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvCD-t2jN-w

I hear the alpha forums are dead, the alpha clients been picked clean, i can almost hear the 'give me beta!' chant.

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Originally Posted by VitoScaletta

I hear the alpha forums are dead, the alpha clients been picked clean, i can almost hear the 'give me beta!' chant.

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GIVE ME BETA OR GIVE ME DEATH!

I never got this email. Maybe it's only a specific region?

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

no they haven't. I'm still waiting for an invite.

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We're not proper enough. ;)

With each passing day, the topics on these forums reach new and exciting depths.

I put on my clothes today and realized there was a bug on my shirt, my life is ruined.

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Originally Posted by Masamune1004

I put on my clothes today and realized there was a bug on my shirt, my life is ruined.

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http://i.imgur.com/06G08.png

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Originally Posted by EU_Community_Team

Thank you for applying to take part in the FFXIV Alpha test!
We’ve been reviewing everyone’s applications and are getting ready to send another batch of acceptance mails to successful applicants soon (we are aiming at Dec 12th (Wed)).
Please hold on a little longer to find out if you’re one of them!

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BAAAAABE that doesnt explain why we still got e-mails saying "haaaaaay c'mon apply"

how about its only tue not wed.....

yay for all people with multiple accounts getting tons of alpha invites when some of us just want to play it on our main account and not be greedy so that the rest world can play the alpha. I got that same email and got a response back from them:

Thank you for contacting the Square Enix Support Centre.
The e-mail is not to be considered as an acceptance of any sort, we apologise for any confusion.
However it seems that a few more player were invited to apply for the Alpha testing. We would therefore recommend that you fill and send this application, regardless of your previous application.
We hope this helps and that you will be shortlisted for the testing.
Kind regards,
The Square Enix Support Centre team
Thank you again for contacting us and for your interest in Square Enix products!
More help and information is available at the Square Enix Support Centre website.
http://support.eu.square-enix.com/

>.> "This application"? "Previous application?" There's two?

Edit... Woah hey new info in support page.

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

>.> "This application"? "Previous application?" There's two?

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clicking on the link gives takes straight to the alpha sign up page and says same message of already applied for alpha ....
I just like the part of "We hope this helps and that you will be shortlisted for the testing."

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Originally Posted by sinfull

yay for all people with multiple accounts getting tons of alpha invites when some of us just want to play it on our main account and not be greedy so that the rest world can play the alpha. I got that same email and got a response back from them:

Thank you for contacting the Square Enix Support Centre.
The e-mail is not to be considered as an acceptance of any sort, we apologise for any confusion.
However it seems that a few more player were invited to apply for the Alpha testing. We would therefore recommend that you fill and send this application, regardless of your previous application.
We hope this helps and that you will be shortlisted for the testing.
Kind regards,
The Square Enix Support Centre team
Thank you again for contacting us and for your interest in Square Enix products!
More help and information is available at the Square Enix Support Centre website.
http://support.eu.square-enix.com/

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I would if I could, but I keep getting this.. >.>.

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An FFXIV: ARR Alpha Tester application has already been completed on this Square Enix account.

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Unless of Course this only effects EU -.- XD

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Originally Posted by EU_Community_Team

Thank you for applying to take part in the FFXIV Alpha test!
We’ve been reviewing everyone’s applications and are getting ready to send another batch of acceptance mails to successful applicants soon (we are aiming at Dec 12th (Wed)).
Please hold on a little longer to find out if you’re one of them!

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This tells me absolutely nothing. Shame on you for this empty response.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

no they haven't. I'm still waiting for an invite.

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Sarcasm attempt.
I'll fix it.

This is what your invite might look like:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...PHA_TICKET.jpg

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Originally Posted by Grumble

This is what your invite might look like:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...PHA_TICKET.jpg

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HAHAHA! I HAVE THE USERNAME AND PASSWORD NOW!



...ah.

Maybe this really is just a European region thing?

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Originally Posted by Holy_Dragoon

Maybe this really is just a European region thing?

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Sadly not. I'm from the EU and get the same message as everybody else :(

the applying also works for beta, so those who havent done it gets a chance with that mail, most likely they meant to send out beta apply mails i guess.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

Well C L E A R L Y they ran out of proper applicants and need to find more.

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filling out the applications with lies dont make you a "proper" tester, in my opinion.

the best thing would've been if there was an online programme scanning your hardware. i had that in some betas and alphas before.

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Originally Posted by Arcturus

With each passing day, the topics on these forums reach new and exciting depths.

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I wonder what they talk about in the Alpha's General Discussion forum :|

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Originally Posted by Rau

I wonder what they talk about in the Alpha's General Discussion forum :|

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Probably grass.

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Originally Posted by Wynn

Probably grass.

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or back pedaling

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Originally Posted by Wynn

Probably grass.

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yes its grass....and turtles...http://animal.discovery.com/reptiles...le-picture.jpg

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

http://i.imgur.com/8WhgI.jpg

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My thoughts exactly :< really weird

Nothing yet again.

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Originally Posted by vax

Maybe SE only send this e-mail to EU people.

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This could be, since I'm in England, and I recall now Yoshi saying that they hadn't had a great number of EU players applying.

As for the question someone asked about re-applying, I haven't read the small print for this test, but I assume it's like the test cycle for V1 in which SE said submitting more than one application would mean you would not be accepted.

Given we get no ack. that our application has been lodged .. the web page confirmation isn't really adequate IMO, an e-mail response to the SE Account would give me greater confidence .. then receiving an e-mail soliciting an application just makes me feel that the one I have submitted got lost somewhere.

It's no big deal, as I said, I'm not complaining about not getting in the test [yet], but to me this is a small example of SE's perennial problem: SE->player communication is sometimes kind of screwed-up.

Im on EU rgion and i didnt get in lol, what a dope. :\

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Originally Posted by sinfull

yay for all people with multiple accounts getting tons of alpha invites when some of us just want to play it on our main account and not be greedy so that the rest world can play the alpha. I got that same email and got a response back from them:

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SE not allow us having multiple account? Since when? wont you do the same if you have multiple accounts?

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Originally Posted by Leo_Hart

SE not allow us having multiple account? Since when? wont you do the same if you have multiple accounts?

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Maybe you can have multiple accounts but only one application per person.

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- Testers are limited to one application per person. Duplicate entries will be voided.

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Actually, you can add multiple services to an SE account. Your game will be titled FINAL FANTASY XIV 1 & 2 if you added a second game account. Therefore, you can apply to Alpha using the one per person application but the trick is you get duplicate invites due to you have two XIV's on that account.

From France and still got nothing. I applied first day, I got an active account, I never got in FFXIV 1.0 alpha or closed beta even if I applied and I got the e-mail Square-Enix wanting more applications...

I want to whine so badly.


At least, we got weekly alpha videos so it's not that bad.

but.. what's this week alpha video? i haven't seen any... .

well i am not argueing about that really everyone should be in alpha..

but sending e-mails who contain "we need more alpha testers" and not inviting me although i am applied since the beginning of the application phase..
it just feels like standing in a queue right on the first place at a supermarket and the cashierer is saying "hey you in the last row, com over here, i got nothing to do right now".


WTF?! Now thats how to treat customers. at least they shouldnt send e-mails like "we need more alpha testers", i feel pranked. i dont know what it is, why i am not getting in.. is it my amd phenom II 4x core? .. is it my ATI radeon 4800 HD ? 4GB RAM?

the fact that i really want to test it actually and give feedback, since i am there from the beginning on? i dont get it Square. i think they use definatley a shity system to recruit their player base in alpha.
everybody can lie around saying his system is like this and that. instead of using an online scan programm, which i had in multiple alpha applications and so on.