Breaking: Sign up to test The Old Republic
by Seraphina Brennan 
Sep 29th 2009 at 12:00PM
Filed under: Betas, Sci-fi, MMO industry, News items, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Looks like yesterday's accidental posting of the announcement to test Star Wars: The Old Republic was only a day early! The testing portal is up, and Bioware is now accepting applications for closed beta testers.
Testers are going to be selected on the usual three categories -- system specifications, age, and region. Other categories will be used as well, however they haven't been announced formally by Bioware. Those interested in testing the game will need SWTOR community accounts (forum accounts) before they can jump in over on the testing website.
Testing is also only open to people who are over 18 years of age, as Bioware is serious in finding those who will offer good bug reports to aid the development of the game. If you think you have what it takes, then cruise on over to the testing page and sign yourself up!
Editor's Note: The website is getting crushed right now (for obvious reasons) so if you can't get in, just try again later. There will be plenty of time for everyone to sign up!
Testers are going to be selected on the usual three categories -- system specifications, age, and region. Other categories will be used as well, however they haven't been announced formally by Bioware. Those interested in testing the game will need SWTOR community accounts (forum accounts) before they can jump in over on the testing website.
Testing is also only open to people who are over 18 years of age, as Bioware is serious in finding those who will offer good bug reports to aid the development of the game. If you think you have what it takes, then cruise on over to the testing page and sign yourself up!
Editor's Note: The website is getting crushed right now (for obvious reasons) so if you can't get in, just try again later. There will be plenty of time for everyone to sign up!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
xslipperyx said on 12:05PM 9-29-2009
If I get into this, being on unemployment might be slightly more bearable :)
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Evi said on 1:24PM 9-29-2009
You too, huh? I got laid off last month.
xslipperyx said on 8:29AM 9-30-2009
Yup... beginning of august our company closed. Oh well! Onto better things :)
kasapina said on 12:09PM 9-29-2009
But..I'm only 4 years short of 18 :P
I'll try anyway, hoping that they won't detect the kiddo within. After the website comes back that is.
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brendon said on 12:34PM 9-29-2009
lying will lead you down the path to the darkside
Carl Curtis said on 12:14PM 9-29-2009
Been looking forward to this :)
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Lukane said on 12:18PM 9-29-2009
It looks like this is so popular, that it overloaded the website!
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Vulturion said on 12:35PM 9-29-2009
The refresh buttton is going to be in for some knackering this evening...
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acidburn9 said on 10:53AM 10-02-2009
AWESOME!!
:)
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Nijle said on 12:48PM 9-29-2009
The website pulled an alderaan!
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Mavicz said on 12:51PM 9-29-2009
I'm surprised none of the MMO crybabies have shown up crying about Bioware's lack of foresight on how popular this would be, and how this MMO is already a failure
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Hypester said on 12:55PM 9-29-2009
They'll be here, as soon as they get done signing up for Beta...
Mike said on 2:58PM 9-29-2009
Bioware's lack of foresight on how popular this would be is an outrage.
This MMO is already a failure.
drjones said on 3:17PM 9-29-2009
I warned them about this in beta! I'm canceling my preorder!
George McBain said on 1:02PM 9-29-2009
They updated their boiler plate "This site is under maintenance" to the following:
"Thank you for visiting www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com. We are making adjustments to the site due to the overwhelming response to the testing announcement. Please be patient and check back later. We estimate that the site will be back up in the next few hours."
REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH
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lord.nightlinger said on 1:23PM 9-29-2009
Got in before the crash earlier this morning. This is damn good news!
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jonathan said on 1:28PM 9-29-2009
I got signed up early this morning as well. I hope I get in. This is the MMO I have been looking forward to all year.
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Lagwolf said on 1:31PM 9-29-2009
Claims the site is down for maintenance right now. So even refresh won't help.
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TOR IS AWESOME said on 1:36PM 9-29-2009
Damn. I was busy playing Guild Wars & by the time I heard of this news the site is already down! LOL
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lord.nightlinger said on 1:33PM 9-29-2009
I find it to be funny that shortly after the news was released here the site ate the bullet. LOL
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