Global Alpha Test Start Date

[Abriael]

The thing is that will be a flag on my account, not the database which is remaining intact until after beta (I would imagine) however the application could go in, then when they run the selection script, that checks whether the account is active or inactive, rather than when the application is submitted.

As I already stated (and as others did) inactive accounts were bounced during the first few days in which the form was available, so no, it doesn't work like that.

Another interesting detail is that this issue seems to be absolutely limited to the western community. It did not happen in Japan. I follow both the Japanese press and the community actively and I found no reference to it anywhere, and knowing the Japanese community, if it did happen to them, at least 2chan would have gone up in flames and people would have started using Yoshi's picture for target practice.

Mind you, they probably still will if they catch wind that it happened for the US and Europe, as they'll be much less willingly than us to accept that people with inactive accounts were accepted, wherever thy com from.

They are *extremely* perfectionist about this kind of mistake.

[vax]

Oh well, my thread has been deleted without any clarification. SE FTW!

I got baned for 6 hours because i said something that moderator didn't like it, fun thing that i said worst things before and nothing happened.

[Nix]

Anyone know if they threw out peoples app if they had family members in the same house apply? IE brothers/sisters, husbands/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend. Given that you would have the same IP they could be like this is the same guy trying to apply more then once. Cause I know a lot of people who lived together and didn't get in and they all apply.

I don't think I saw a 1 entry per household. But that would suck if it is true.

No, there is not a 1 entry per household clause. (Both me and my husband were successful in joining 1.0 alpha and the rules for this alpha are the same pretty much according to the NDA and tester app)

[Kantide]

You mean you got in???? Impossible you have a lvl 50 so according to these forums this is impossible Lolz.

If I did get in I wouldn't say as it would be a violation of NDA. Just know that I am not QQing :-)

[Shougun]

More than likely, the App selection process went like this:

Q1 - A + C = through
Q2 - B + D = through
Q3 - A + D = through

All the way through the final question.

Then, the whittled down number of applicants are reviewed based on Age, Experience, Location and PC Specs

Finally, the QA Public Testing Lead will review the Remaining Applicants eliminating people based on the way they Post, The way they Play, and their Reputation. People who have Alpha Tested for SE before will certainly have priority. People who were obnoxious in the first Alpha will be immediately excluded.

Alpha Testers are not random people thrown at a game. They are selected in a way that will maximize the effectiveness of the Desired Tests.

Not raging here but I seriously doubt thats how it went. The "proposed" (un-confirm-able "I made its") data says otherwise.

[Kiote]

I can tell you that people who have alpha tested for SE before will not have priority because I was part of alpha 1 for FFXIV 1.0, so by that logic I would have been high priority for it.

I don't mean this as a Slight toward you, but when I say people from the Previous Alpha will have Priority, I mean people who the QA team specifically remember and enjoyed having in the test.

If you ever get in to an Alpha Test for a game you enjoy, make it a point to provide constructive feedback, follow directions and be personable with the QA Team(Admins).

[Zumi]

I got baned for 6 hours because i said something that moderator didn't like it, fun thing that i said worst things before and nothing happened.

Someone has to report your posts before it usually gets a mods attention. If you said worse things before probably didn't get reported.

[Delsus]

As I already stated (and as others did) inactive accounts were bounced during the first few days in which the form was available, so no, it doesn't work like that.

Another interesting detail is that this issue seems to be absolutely limited to the western community. It did not happen in Japan. I follow both the Japanese press and the community actively and I find no reference to it anywhere, and knowing the Japanese community, if it did happen, at least 2chan would have gone up in flames and people would have started using Yoshi's picture for target practice.

Maybe in the first few days, but apparently not now, possibly as I think it was you said, them opening the servers to everyone for the final event messing things up, therefore they may have had to add a line to the selections script. Everyone is saying "inactives are getting in" "inactives are getting applications accepted" the latter might be true but there is no evidence for the former, except the super trustworthy random guy on the net saying his inactive got in.

If this is not true the why is everyone feeling so entitled, if inactives are not getting in why all the butthurt, people believe inactives are getting in, a messed up script possibly but I do not believe anything unless I see the evidence....

[Soukyuu]

Not raging here but I seriously doubt thats how it went. The "proposed" (un-confirm-able "I made its") data says otherwise.

Exactly. Especially the part about reviewing what the user posts and their overall reputation, no one will go that far to get a body for the stress test. They might mark down people who act inappropriately though, like if you were banned before for something, chances are you get filtered. But all the measures are automatic, no one wants to read thousands of applications to select from.

[vax]

Someone has to report your posts before it usually gets a mods attention. If you said worse things before probably didn't get reported.

Wow, that is even worse...