# SWTOR Doper Guild **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 27, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791 "2011-09-27T19:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/81 "2011-11-11T19:52:27Z")
**!!!NewsFlash!!!** ANYone who has signed up for beta testing…ANYONE…previous to today, will be invited in the next couple of weeks to a stress-test weekend later this month. So…next weekend maybe? can’t imagine they want to deal with folk over Thanksgiving… Anyway, chance to get together and see how this works? 🙂 ETA [Star Wars: The Old Republic | News Articles](http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111111-0) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/82 "2011-11-11T20:44:39Z")
Woot! I just got my invite to participate in “an upcoming weekend test”! I can’t access the site from work, so I only know what’s in the email notice which is light on details. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/83 "2011-11-11T20:53:23Z")
Me too! There is surprisingly little info in that email though. Hopefully another will come with some details. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/84 "2011-11-11T21:19:58Z")
Can’t wait! /spaz emote ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/85 "2011-11-11T23:58:25Z")
So I finally got in to verify my beta access for the weekend, and then saw it was a 20GB download. Fuck it. I mean, the logical part of my brain knows that’s not much at all, I can leave the download running all day and my ISP won’t even blink, but the old curmudgeon dial-up user in me scoffs at it. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/86 "2011-11-12T00:52:38Z")
They must be swamped; at first I got a “servers are busy” message and now I can get to [swtor.com](http://swtor.com) but there’s no log in option. I tried going to the forums to log in but got another error message. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/87 "2011-11-12T02:44:30Z")
you can get to the login by going to [Log in to SWTOR.COM | Star Wars: The Old Republic](http://swtor.com/user) - but even after you log in, most of the pages are still throwing errors about busy servers ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/88 "2011-11-12T03:23:29Z")
Can’t even imagine what the stress test will be like if they’re having issues already. 😛 That being said, I expect I’ll spend the first whole day doing nothing but rolling characters to see which one I like the best, anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/89 "2011-11-14T03:39:32Z")
Man, I wish there was no NDA, there’s some stuff I really want to say about the beta this weekend. Either way, I just got done with this beta, and I’m being reinvited for that one stress test. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/90 "2011-11-14T04:54:56Z")
I’m hoping that once the stress test commences they’ll lift the NDA, since it’ll be open to so many people. Then we can start talking about the game. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/91 "2011-11-14T05:08:48Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Man, I wish there was no NDA, there’s some stuff I really want to say about the beta this weekend. Either way, I just got done with this beta, and I’m being reinvited for that one stress test. Can you say whether they’re negative or positive things? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/92 "2011-11-14T05:26:15Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Can you say whether they’re negative or positive things? 😃 Negative – not to say the game itself is bad, but the things I actually want to mention are negative. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/93 "2011-11-14T16:55:33Z")
I have plenty to say, too. But I doubt they end the NDA before the game goes live. There’s no incentive to; no need for more publicity. Their problem will be too many players on Day 1, not too few. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/94 "2011-11-15T05:37:53Z")
I got to play it and never agreed to an NDA, as it wasn’t my beta copy. Can I say anything? 🙂 Or is that against the rules, I honestly don’t know. The game is not perfect. But it’s awfully impressive. ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/95 "2011-11-15T11:35:31Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I got to play it and never agreed to an NDA, as it wasn’t my beta copy. Can I say anything? 🙂 Or is that against the rules, I honestly don’t know. > > The game is not perfect. But it’s awfully impressive. Go on say it… ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/96 "2011-11-15T14:41:45Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I got to play it and never agreed to an NDA, as it wasn’t my beta copy. Can I say anything? 🙂 Or is that against the rules, I honestly don’t know. > > The game is not perfect. But it’s awfully impressive. Hmm, whoever let you play with their Beta copy violated the NDA, but I guess it would be difficult for you to violate a contract you never agreed to. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/97 "2011-11-15T14:58:26Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Hmm, whoever let you play with their Beta copy violated the NDA, but I guess it would be difficult for you to violate a contract you never agreed to. I don’t want to get them in trouble. It’s only six weeks away. Without giving anyone specifics, the game looked pretty slick for a “beta trial this weekend.” Of course I didn’t get to play it much so I only saw 2% of the content but it looked like it was ready to play right now. It looked and felt more technically ready than EverQuest was for years after EQ launched. 🙂 When I filled out the feedback form I had many, many criticisms, but 1. I am picky, and 2. I don’t think I had a lot of serious technical criticisms. I immediately reserved a copy after playing the beta. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/98 "2011-11-18T04:22:01Z")
Thanksgiving weekend’s going to be full of…stars!! And wars. [http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=600760](http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=600760) /spaz > [@](#): > > **When will the Beta Testing Weekend start?** > > We are targeting November 25-28 for our upcoming Beta Testing Weekend. Exact timing on when you will be invited will be specified in your invite email. > > **Will this be the final Beta Testing Weekend?** > > Currently, we expect it to be. > \*\* > Will I be able to download the game client in advance of the weekend?\*\* > > Yes, we will be sending out invites to download the game client in advance of the upcoming weekend. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/99 "2011-11-18T14:33:08Z")
I’m going to be in the next beta. Whom can I hook up with for some SW gaming? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791/100 "2011-11-18T21:32:57Z")
I don’t know if weekend testers use the same servers as the regular beta testers, but I’ll post the server and name of my current character (a trooper). I don’t remember off the top of my head because I simply pick a random server and name for beta. It’s low level, so I wouldn’t mind rerolling anyway. I encourage everyone to post server and character names here so it’s easier to hook up. (Posting those bits of info does not violate the NDA as far as I can tell.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swtor-doper-guild/597791.md?page=6)