Bron: http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=139261Cataclysm Alpha NOT Starting Tuesday
Several websites have reported today that the F&F alpha test for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm may begin this upcoming Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Along with these rumours is a DVD (as seen on the right) that is supposedly a copy of the alpha that will be distributed to testers instead of being a digital download to deter people from getting the data easily.
According to sources close to us here at Wowhead, we can confirm that all of these rumours are false and the alpha will not be starting Tuesday. Also, the supposed alpha DVD has been confirmed to be fake.
As always, be careful with what you read on the interwebs!
Bron: http://www.mmo-champion.c...cide-hotfixes-blue-posts/Cataclysm Alpha release date
Lately we saw a bunch of rumors about a potential alpha test of Cataclysm starting this week and judging by the amount of mails I received, a lot of people got excited. Time to clarify a few things!
First of all, the Alpha test of the expansion will not start this week and probably won't start before some time. At this point I'm not even sure if there will be a Friend and Family Alpha test, this phase of testing doesn't seem to be very important and the amount of players on the server isn't high enough to get things really tested. After a few weeks of testing you can usually connect to the server in the morning, type /who 1-80, and realize that you're the only one connected.
As far as I know the latest update in the testing of Cataclysm was the introduction of a few computers with the expansion installed in the european HQ to let the employees here try the expansion, and the version they have access to is very similar to the one people played at Blizzcon.
You also have to understand that each time you spread a rumor like that, thousands of accounts are hacked because scammers use that wonderful opportunity to scam people who do not understand what the F&F Alpha really is.
When the Alpha/Beta starts, you will know about it. Blizzard worked hard to improve their communication over the past years and I wouldn't be surprised if we heard about it through a blue post before it's leaked on a fansite. (But I'll make sure you read it on MMO-Champion first if something happens, don't worry)
Bovenstaande quotes komen van Wowhead en MMO-Champion, de eerste is de meestgebruikte World of Warcraft database (bron: www.alexa.com) en de ander een van de meest gelezen World of Wacraft nieuwssites. Hiermee zijn zij twee zeer vooraanstaande fansites, waardoor ik vermoed dat zij vrij nauwe contacten zullen hebben met Blizzard.
Dit verhaal is een beetje bron tegen bron, maar zoals er bij het commentaar van MMO-Champion te lezen is worden dit soort geruchten misbruikt om accounts van mensen te stelen: denk e-mails die zeggen dat je mee mag met de Alpha terwijl deze ten eerste nog niet plaatsvindt, en ten tweede alleen voor friends and family bedoeld is. Als een nieuwssite als Tweakers.net daar ook nog eens melding van maakt wordt het verhaal alleen maar plausibeler.
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