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Subject: SO THE BETA IS FINISHED RIGHT????
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DOES IT MEAN THAT THE GAME IS ALMOST DONE EVEN THOUGH IT SHIPS ON THE 9TH...OF NOVEMBER....

  • 07.02.2004 7:56 PM PDT
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beta means its kinda done for the most part like a house with out furniture and some screwy wiring. so now they need to fix a few bugs a spruce it up wich will take a while and then there is the great proccess of making all of the copies and shipping them and theres still work to be done...just hold out for NOV 9th

ps. if you dont stop typing in caps im goin to loose it. every post ive seen from u has been in caps.

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  • 07.02.2004 8:00 PM PDT
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Hopefully a mod or bungie dude will give you the EXACT order and names, but I think it goes like.
1.) Alpha 2.) Beta 3.) Gold 4.) (wierd name here)

Sorry I can't remember, but there are at LEAST two more after beta, until the shipped version.

  • 07.02.2004 8:04 PM PDT
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HEY GUYS! YA KNOW WHAT WOULD BE COOL? IF WE ALL TYPED IN CAPS SO IT MAKES EVERY FREAKING SENTENCE UNREADABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • 07.02.2004 8:11 PM PDT
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Shut the hell up -blam!-....

  • 07.02.2004 8:13 PM PDT
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waoh, dont go there girlfriend.

  • 07.02.2004 8:14 PM PDT
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dont you mean
WAOH, DONT GO THERE GIRLFRIEND

  • 07.02.2004 8:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: METALSPY
Does it mean that this game is almost done, even though it suppose to ship on the 9th of November...


There, I translated his bizarre language into English ~laughs~

Beta doesn't mean finished BTW....

Actually, it's more like...

Hypothesis to Alpha stage
Alpha stage to Beta Stage
Beta Stage to Finish product/Gone Gold

The Gold stage I believe means the product is finished... Then patches will be downloadable online to upgrade any glitches and issues that might occure after release....

[Edited on 7/2/2004 8:26:42 PM]

  • 07.02.2004 8:24 PM PDT
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Stages:

-Early Development (nothing really works yet, major coding is being done)

-Alpha (things will run and resemble a game but a lot is missing and borken)

-Beta (this actually resembles a game's final form pretty well and *can* be a lot of fun, but there are still some things missing and lots of bugs

-Final Candidates (damn near ready for release, but there are still a few bugs that need to be ironed out, though these can be difficult to find)

-Gold Master (This is the final version of the game and will be sent to duplication)

Those are pretty much the names people use. The beta stage however often takes many months to complete, trust me, I used to work in Quality Assurance. Bungie is right on track.

  • 07.02.2004 8:38 PM PDT