WoW Stress Test

invaLPsion · Aug 28, 2004, 05:09 PM

Woo! I'm in!

I get to try the WoW beta on my new Dual 2.5GHz G5 for 7 days for free!

Check it out at www.fileplanet.com.

Maclarny · Aug 28, 2004, 05:11 PM

I'm in the wait line for the download! 137/220! Can't wait to see how it runs on my PC

Nermal · Aug 28, 2004, 07:22 PM

USA only

Maclarny · Aug 28, 2004, 07:41 PM

I'm downloading it now. It's huge! 1.8 GB download. Looks like my PC is going to be on overnight

. Will post impressions once I get it up and running.

rbarris · Aug 29, 2004, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Maclarny

I'm downloading it now. It's huge! 1.8 GB download. Looks like my PC is going to be on overnight

. Will post impressions once I get it up and running.

Er, that better be 2.37 x 10^9 bytes or you got a bad DL.

Golem · Aug 29, 2004, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Nermal

USA only

Sucks

crazzyeddie · Aug 29, 2004, 09:33 AM

Pay for Gamespy account? I don't think so.

JasonL · Aug 29, 2004, 10:41 AM

I downloaded it last night. I hope it isn't much longer before I get to play!

Maclarny · Aug 29, 2004, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by crazzyeddie

Pay for Gamespy account? I don't think so.

You don't have to pay anything to get into the stress test. Yu just need a free gamespy account and a lot of patience. So I got about 1 gig into the download on my PC and my damn internet hiccuped and everything stopped. So I restarted the download using iGetter on my Mac and it has been going smoothly since.

Schmittroth · Aug 29, 2004, 11:32 AM

I downloaded the file but I can't seem to extract it. Stuffit won't touch it.
OSX thinks it's a BOMArchive file. What's that?

Vlade · Aug 29, 2004, 12:13 PM

Just signed up! Is there a place where I can download the installer right now (is it PC And Mac because I have both but I wanna play it on my PC), so that when I get the key I can start playing right away?

vraxtus · Aug 29, 2004, 02:25 PM

Man I am way too lazy to leave my comp on to d/l 1.8 gb worth of a BETA file -_-

Vlade · Aug 29, 2004, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by vraxtus

Man I am way too lazy to leave my comp on to d/l 1.8 gb worth of a BETA file -_-

I would think you would have to be more lazy to turn it off instead of just leaving it on

clr900 · Aug 29, 2004, 02:48 PM

Nice, I just signed up too and am waiting to download. But I won't be able to play it until my dual 2.5 ships on 9/03! Hopefully Blizzard won't start it before then.

Maclarny · Aug 29, 2004, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vraxtus

Man I am way too lazy to leave my comp on to d/l 1.8 gb worth of a BETA file -_-

Well we can assume that this beta must be pretty close to the retail game if they want to test their servers with it.

vraxtus · Aug 29, 2004, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlade

I would think you would have to be more lazy to turn it off instead of just leaving it on

Well... with the amount of time it would take to d/l and the amount of power it would cost me... eh, not sure it's worth it.

Laslo Panaflex · Aug 29, 2004, 10:15 PM

I just installed, now just waiting for the stress test to start. It is pretty safe to say that I will be playing it non-stop during the test, it is the best way to determine whether or not I am going to buy it when it is released.

qster00 · Aug 29, 2004, 10:25 PM

Im having a similar problem, I cant extract it. Anyone have any solutions to this problem?
-Q

BrianKonarsMac · Aug 29, 2004, 11:27 PM

why waste your time d/l'ing a 1.8 GB file to help blizzard stress test their servers? you will be able to play the game for one week only, and during this week, as it says on blizzard and fileplanet's sites, there will be so much lag it will hardly be playable, worth your time.

the game will be out in a few months, i'll just wait for the real deal rather than dealing with shady gamespy.

Laslo Panaflex · 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BrainKonarsMac

why waste your time d/l'ing a 1.8 GB file to help blizzard stress test their servers? you will be able to play the game for one week only, and during this week, as it says on blizzard and fileplanet's sites, there will be so much lag it will hardly be playable, worth your time.

the game will be out in a few months, i'll just wait for the real deal rather than dealing with shady gamespy.

Well, I went to a family BBQ at noon, and when I came home at 4 it was done, and more than half of that time was waiting in line for the download, since I am not a gamespy premier member. That really didn't waste any time for me as far as I am concerned. As for dealing with shady gamespy, yeah, I would never sign up, or "upgrade" my free account for 19.99 to get a gauranteed, CD key, I jsut sign up for free and got a CD key.

As for why would you help Blizzard stress test their servers? are yo crazy? How else will they know how their servers perform with lots of users on at a time. Would you rather the WoW release be like Star Wars Galaxies where people couldn't even play it because the servers were hammered? Laggy or not, what's wrong with playing WoW for free before its released?, it really wasn't a bother at all.

qster00 · Aug 30, 2004, 12:36 AM

Nevermind, I just ended up downloading it again with a newer version of Speed Download. Im loving my new 4000/384 connection.
-Q

applemacdude · Aug 30, 2004, 01:18 AM

got an account and its on ebay

shortyjj · Aug 30, 2004, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by applemacdude

got an account and its on ebay

Wow, that's really ****ty. I didn't get an account because of people like you.

Vlade · Aug 30, 2004, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by shortyjj

Wow, that's really ****ty. I didn't get an account because of people like you.

Boo ****ing Hoo... I didn't win the lottery because of people like you

. You shouldn't be mad because someone won a drawing and you didn't.

ZildjianKX · Aug 31, 2004, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlade

Boo ****ing Hoo... I didn't win the lottery because of people like you

. You shouldn't be mad because someone won a drawing and you didn't.

It's more like someone took the last piece of desert only to sell it when they didn't need it and you don't get desert.

Aug 28, 2004, 05:09 PM	#1
invaLPsion macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Northlands	WoW Stress Test Woo! I'm in! I get to try the WoW beta on my new Dual 2.5GHz G5 for 7 days for free! Check it out at www.fileplanet.com. __________________ -A post is not a post without a ! Dual 2.5GHz Powermac G5; MacSkinz Etched G5 clear side panel(w/ bumperstickers), 17 inch KDS LCD, JBL Invaders

Aug 28, 2004, 05:11 PM	#2
Maclarny macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Washinton, D.C.	I'm in the wait line for the download! 137/220! Can't wait to see how it runs on my PC __________________ iMac 20" 2.4 Ghz \| 30 GB iPod "Lord, help me to be the person that my cats think I am."

Aug 28, 2004, 07:41 PM	#4
Maclarny macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Washinton, D.C.	I'm downloading it now. It's huge! 1.8 GB download. Looks like my PC is going to be on overnight . Will post impressions once I get it up and running. __________________ iMac 20" 2.4 Ghz \| 30 GB iPod "Lord, help me to be the person that my cats think I am."

Aug 29, 2004, 09:33 AM	#7
crazzyeddie macrumors 68030 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Florida, USA	Pay for Gamespy account? I don't think so. __________________ MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz 4GB DDR3 RAM 32GB iPod Touch

Aug 29, 2004, 10:41 AM	#8
JasonL macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ware, MA	I downloaded it last night. I hope it isn't much longer before I get to play! __________________ 15" G4 PB 1.25 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, w/ SuperDrive Rev. B G5 PM 2.0 MP 2.5GB RAM, 9800 Pro SE 256 Silver iPod mini

Aug 28, 2004, 07:22 PM	#3
Nermal Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Whakatane, New Zealand	USA only

Aug 29, 2004, 11:32 AM	#10
Schmittroth macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NYC, Astoria-Queens	I downloaded the file but I can't seem to extract it. Stuffit won't touch it. OSX thinks it's a BOMArchive file. What's that?

Aug 29, 2004, 12:13 PM	#11
Vlade macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochester NY	Just signed up! Is there a place where I can download the installer right now (is it PC And Mac because I have both but I wanna play it on my PC), so that when I get the key I can start playing right away? __________________ Download Mac Shareware Games Mac Golf Game iPhone Golf Game

Aug 29, 2004, 02:25 PM	#12
vraxtus macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA	Man I am way too lazy to leave my comp on to d/l 1.8 gb worth of a BETA file -_- __________________ My Apple History: Apple IIc; Powerbook 145; Powerbook Duo 280C; Performa 6400/200; Wallstreet Powerbook G3 266; Dual USB iBook G3 500 Currently Using: Powerbook G4 Rev B 1Ghz 512MB; PowerMac G5 SP 1.8Ghz 1GB Radeon9800 Pro SE 256

Aug 29, 2004, 02:48 PM	#14
clr900 macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2004	Nice, I just signed up too and am waiting to download. But I won't be able to play it until my dual 2.5 ships on 9/03! Hopefully Blizzard won't start it before then. __________________ Dual 2.5 Ghz Powermac and NVIDIA 6800 Ultra

Aug 29, 2004, 10:15 PM	#17
Laslo Panaflex macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kaliforniah	I just installed, now just waiting for the stress test to start. It is pretty safe to say that I will be playing it non-stop during the test, it is the best way to determine whether or not I am going to buy it when it is released. __________________ Mac Pro 2.6ghz, 3GB RAM, ATI X1900xt

Aug 29, 2004, 10:25 PM	#18
qster00 macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2004	Im having a similar problem, I cant extract it. Anyone have any solutions to this problem? -Q

Aug 29, 2004, 11:27 PM	#19
BrianKonarsMac macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2004	why waste your time d/l'ing a 1.8 GB file to help blizzard stress test their servers? you will be able to play the game for one week only, and during this week, as it says on blizzard and fileplanet's sites, there will be so much lag it will hardly be playable, worth your time. the game will be out in a few months, i'll just wait for the real deal rather than dealing with shady gamespy.

Aug 30, 2004, 12:36 AM	#21
qster00 macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2004	Nevermind, I just ended up downloading it again with a newer version of Speed Download. Im loving my new 4000/384 connection. -Q

Aug 30, 2004, 01:18 AM	#22
applemacdude Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Over The Rainbow	got an account and its on ebay

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