Quote Originally Posted by Alerith View Post
"Before Beta" is what was said, if I recall correctly. People just assumed that the big event for the 7th would be the benchmark. Nothing was specifically stated about the exact date of said benchmark.
Although given how late the beta application was it is likely they were working on the benchmark... that or the translation for the other languages beta application took longer than usual... Or I might be wrong... I don't remember if they release info at 5 AM EST or 6 AM usually...