Hey everyone, quick update on what's happening next Monday, November 22, 2010. All times are Pacific Standard Time, which is where Los Angeles, California is.
At 9am, I'll be marking all beta registrations to receive their invite codes later in the day. Any beta registrations that come in after 9am will have to wait for our week 3 release on December 6th.
We'll be rolling out some changes to the live beta site and verifying that the code works as intended and doing lots of internal testing.
In the afternoon, when we feel the code base is tested enough, we'll send a newsletter to all users who registered for the beta, even after the 9am cutoff. This newsletter will explain more about what we've been working on, what's in the new release, that sort of thing.
Once that newsletter is sent, I'll work on getting invite codes sent out to everyone who registered before 9am that day, and those users can begin helping with what we'll be calling our "open beta." The Email you'll receive with your invite code will explain what we need from you as beta testers.
It's important to note up front that several things will seem "missing" from the site, such as the forums, leaving comments, rating the games, that sort of thing. Some user profile settings may be available, but as we've already explained, changes you make on beta may get overwritten if you change your AG2 profile later.
The full details of what's going in the beta release, and what major pieces of the site are still missing will be detailed in the newsletter.
Other than questions of "what's in the release" or "what's missing from the release", are there any questions about the process or what will be happening next Monday?
I would go on GS itself, rather than use the feedback button in the side there. It does give you a few already-created topics, but not all of them, so I'm going to reiterate what was said in the email and check all the topics made since today to make sure it's not a duplicate. Making duplicate topics will make an admin take some time out of their work to merge them with the original thread.
We have to be patient. I know I probably won't be getting one for another hour or so. Since it's only 5:42 here and in California it's 2:42, if I'm right. XD
Logged in, but can't sign in? You mean you're logged in 2.0 but can't sign in 3.0? I don't get what you mean.
At any rate, anything that you may think is a problem or a bug can be posted in GS to be directly looked in. The staff will give you suggestions to check, such as clearing cookies or clearing your cache, and the rest of us beta testers will follow with you to test the same thing. It's how we get things done.
Sounds like a problem to me! The login for both sites are separate; you can log in to 2.0 and 3.0 at the same time. I would post it in GS, coupled with a screenshot, and see if someone can get in there and help ya out!
