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cormyn
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On November 8th, 2010, the following will happen:

1. Our closed beta process will begin in the morning
Our closed beta users have already been chosen. Chances are excellent that if you haven't already heard from us by now on an official basis, you won't be in the closed beta. The closed beta group will help with some core testing, which may be as boring as following a list of instructions or a list of things to test for functionality. Their testing will last as long as it takes to get some basic portions of the site working 100% perfectly. Only then will we start the open beta.

2. Our open beta sign-up page will go live sometime between 10am and 6pm
The public beta sign-up page will be at http://beta.armorgames.com/. On that page, you'll only need to enter your Email address. I highly recommend you use the same Email address as your AG2 account, so we can synchronize your account settings easier, and it won't make sense to register multiple Email accounts because beta testers who do not reply to their invite codes will get dropped from the beta. We will not manually add anyone to the list. If you want in, you have to add yourself. I expect it will be some time in the morning, United States Pacific (California) time, but we might need longer to get everything synchronized.

3. We will send out messages on Twitter letting people know that AG3 Beta is starting
I highly recommend you follow these Twitter accounts for updates:
- @armorgames - this is the official Armor Games twitter feed where we announce new games being released, but we'll also announce on here when the beta sign-up page is live. I don't know how much else we'll say on this Twitter account about the beta.
- @cormyn - this is my personal Twitter account (well, one of them), where I will be posting information about the beta process once we get started. I expect to be pretty verbose about what we're working on, things that are working, etc.

We'll probably tell our closed beta users not to say too much publicly about AG3 until someone from AG says it first.

We don't expect the closed beta to go on very long before we start inviting people who signed up after the 8th.

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samy
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Is that legal? I didn't think you were allowed to horsewhip people... at least not without their consent.]


Is seeing irony in this wrong? I hope not.

The 10-30 minutes would fit well in the one hour time frame we had so you're probably right.
cormyn
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What about just a shoot of the main page? Pleaaaaase?


sure, here's the header. Colors/layout subject to change.
http://iandouglas.com/abei1ieKoh6osahngoo7cahvai4jie.jpg
SoymasterYos
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That looks sick.

Efan
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I liked the green part better.

cormyn
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Closed beta is just some core functionality that we need to make sure is ROCK SOLID before we can add games and activity feeds, etc.

Feedback will ONLY be through GetSatisfaction. The other webdevs don't lurk in here.

Overheard just now:
Larry: "I don't see anything else. I think we're in good shape."

Freakenstein
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No fare Ian!

Congrats on Knight by the way. Background looks sharp and pretty also!

halogunner
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my armory?

cormyn
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I liked the green part better.


That will be the kind of feedback we'll want to hear during beta. The toolbars aren't 100% perfect yet though, so they may change.
samy
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Larry: "I don't see anything else. I think we're in good shape."


Reminds me of a lonely island song...

sure, here's the header. Colors/layout subject to change.


It looks a lot smoother although maybe it could be a bit lighter? Well, it isn't my call but it looks nice over all.
Kyouzou
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Like the new logo it looks sweet. I saw an old one which had a full castle including a knight looked pretty cool.

Efan
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That will be the kind of feedback we'll want to hear during beta.

I'll have reasons for the comment
samdawghomie
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*looks at pic*

I keed.
I keed.

But the header does look nice and slick.

I liked the green part better.
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I love the new logo, it's better. But what's with the "My Armory" part?

Kyouzou
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I definitely liked the new one better, I prefer dark backgrounds. Eases a lot of the glare.

samy
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I love the new logo, it's better. But what's with the "My Armory" part?


I think it's a link to your profile seeing as how there's no other link to it.
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