[Reminder] Are you ready to cry again? (2° Wave of Alpha invites tomorrow, 3 dec.)

[DarkkenMoneybags]

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies & a big glass of Milk.

[Starlord]

I'll make you some, and even decorate them with gumdrop buttonz!

NOT THE GUMDROP BUTTONS! >.< Poor Gingerbread man =(

[SkyeWindbinder]

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies & a big glass of Milk.

Mmmmm.....

[Nix]

NOT THE GUMDROP BUTTONS! >.< Poor Gingerbread man =(

XD! Glad you got it!

[DarkkenMoneybags]

Waiting, waiting & waiting! Seems the 7th is the true date for alpha invites.

[whoopeeragon]

For the 10000th time ... yes we are allowed to say if we got an invite. lol.. most people just aren't saying it because they're too frightened to do so. I've already said it on these forums, they won't kick me out for saying I got my invite.

For the 100000000000000000th time...no you are not allowed to disclose any information on whether you got an invite or not. Read the full NDA - no loopholes exist anywhere for any kind of distribution of information regarding your entry/application/acceptance/invite to alpha testing. At all. Lady luck is a fickle lady - who knows when devs decide enoughs enough and kicks you? You can never tell.

2.6 Alpha Tester’s Confidentiality Obligations

“Confidential Information” shall mean (a) any and all information relating to or contained in the Products, Software, Documentation, or other materials supplied to Alpha Tester by Company in connection with the Alpha Testing, including, without limitation, information relating to the performance, conditions, capabilities, and contents of the Products and Software, methods of reporting and conducting, modification schedule, modification process and its progress in the Alpha Testing, AND RECIPIENT’S FEEDBACK, OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS, AND COMMENTS (POSITIVE AND/OR NEGATIVE) REGARDING THE PRODUCT AND THE SOFTWARE, (b) the existence and the terms of this Agreement, (c) the Square Enix ID and password used by Alpha Tester, or by any other Alpha Tester, (d) THE IDENTITY OF ALPHA TESTER AND THE FACT THAT ALPHA TESTER IS PARTICIPATING IN THE ALPHA TEST, and (e) any and all information relating to the future or proposed products, services, or business operations of Company. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, all such information disclosed to Alpha Tester prior to the execution of this Agreement. Alpha Tester acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential Information constitutes valuable trade secrets of Company and (subject to the other terms of this Section 2.6) agrees to keep Confidential all Confidential Information, and only use Confidential Information in connection with Alpha Tester’s participation in the Alpha Test. Alpha Tester shall not disclose, publish, distribute, transmit, post, or otherwise make available, directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information to Others.

In fact, what we can discuss was also detailed in the NDA:

Confidential Information will not, however, include any information that Recipient can prove by documentation (a) was publicly known and made generally available in the public domain prior to the time of disclosure to Alpha Tester by Company, (b) became publicly known and made generally available after disclosure to Alpha Tester by Company through no action or inaction of Alpha Tester, or (c) was in the possession of Alpha Tester, without confidentiality restrictions, at the time of disclosure by Company, as shown by Alpha Tester’s files and records.

That means we can discuss for example:

• The existence of A Realm Reborn
• The existence of the alpha testing
• The videos released officially by SE on their youtube account as well as forums
• Suggestions with no relation to alpha testing for which we believe will contribute to A Realm Reborn

as limited by the agreement of the alpha.

I apologise for always needing to bring it up, but spreading false knowledge on the forums as well as clearly breaking NDA on SE's own turf (official forums) is by far the worse choice.

EDIT: And I apologise as well for interrupting the cookie discussions. Can I have some as well? -grumble tummy-

[Crevox]

To bold the important part above, under "confidential information":

(d) THE IDENTITY OF ALPHA TESTER AND THE FACT THAT ALPHA TESTER IS PARTICIPATING IN THE ALPHA TEST

People really just don't read the contracts they agree to apparently.

[Enma]

We'll all end up in hell.

[EinSoFZ]

So I just read the last few pages...

Yeah. I hope we get some invites up in here.

[Faiyez]

Alright, so who's friends got their invites today?