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2 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2011 - 7:26PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 26, 2011
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I just purchased my DnDI subscription and little over a week ago. I have been trying to get into the Virtual Table Beta and have had no luck. I have signed up a couple of times but never receive any answers. I understand its a beta but right now I am just disappointed. Dungeon and Dragon Magazines are really skimpy looking with the new pdf format only.
I probably don't have the right to complain since I haven't been here long enough, but I am just dissappointed a little bit on customer service and organization of the content. It doesn't help with alot of the negativity I read about on these forums.
I just recently started playing 4e and also some of the new encounter modules with a local game group. The group is excellent, and I am starting to really enjoy roleplaying again.
I just hope that DnDI gets better, or I will probably just go to using the free account versus the insider stuff.
Cya later
Magirus
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2 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2011 - 8:46PM
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Date Joined:
May 22, 2011
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Hi Magirus,
As I understand from browsing the community here Wizards sends out invites to people that have applied for the closed beta test in waves on an undisclosed schedule. I hope they send out invites again soon, I've been waiting a little under a month and I'd like to see the official VT in action. There are some users that have been waiting a rather long time unfortunately, but at least the beta is finally a confirmation of a working tabletop program after years where it was up in the air if we'd ever see one.
Ultimately, vote with your money. If the tools aren't up to snuff yet let your subscription expire and come back in a few months and see if anything has changed. Right now I'm for the most part in the same boat as you and I think if things aren't different in a couple of months when my subscription ends I won't renew.
If you're really interested in playing online there are other online tabletop programs out there and a lot of them are free.
I hope I've helped,
LC
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2 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2011 - 8:57PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 28, 2006
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Go to the web-page here ( www.wizards.com/dnd/Tool.aspx?x=dnd/4new... ) and do what it tells you to do. That will put you on the list to get put into the beta. Then, go to accounts.wizards.com/content/AccountDeta... and make sure that, under M anage Notifications you have it set so that you accept communications from WotC.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 03, 2011 - 8:54AM
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Date Joined:
May 23, 2005
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WOTC_Josh stated over on the VT boards that they are looking to do a new batch but with all the vacations and conventions they have put it off until things calm down a bit.
I am paraphrasing here but you get the idea.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 03, 2011 - 4:51PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 26, 2011
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Thanks for the nice replys everyone. I made sure my notifications are setup correctly and everything should be good. I will just be patient and see what happens. Thanks again.
Magirus
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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 11:50AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 10, 2006
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I seemed to get extremely lucky and got an invite only a week after applying. There has been some noise on the VTT Beta boards that we need more invites sent out, but I haven't heard back. Could be that something is brewing to be announced at Gen Con. Hope to see you there in some games soon. 
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2 years ago ::
Aug 05, 2011 - 6:56PM
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I seemed to get extremely lucky and got an invite only a week after applying.
There has been some noise on the VTT Beta boards that we need more invites sent out, but I haven't heard back. Could be that something is brewing to be announced at Gen Con.
Hope to see you there in some games soon.
Hopefully they invite more people soon. I'm really itching to give it a shot.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 06, 2011 - 4:25AM
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Date Joined:
May 12, 2009
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Hopefully. I've asked for another big round of invites be done in the BETA Forums I think we are due for another big round of invites
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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2 years ago ::
Aug 06, 2011 - 8:24AM
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There's already some 10,000 people that have been invited. With that many, you would think there would be enough so that no one would be thinking to ask that more people be invited.
I'm certainly not playing any games. I've played a few, I have my opinion about the table. I haven't seen anything added that makes me want to play. It's been months since there has been any real update to the table, or even much information from Josh. It's always, we are doing back and things.
The whole focus right now seems on being able to get it set up so people can join events, which will be paid for. I don't think that's a bad thing, but I do feel they are going to be dissappointed in the results, because the table is very lack luster.
The fun comes from the people. There is no guarentee that the random group of people you play with are going to be fun, if that's the route you take, which is the route and focus WoTC says they are going with the table. Though I'm sure that I will get told off again for putting words in their mouth, even thought that's what they have said.
The beta forums have a handful of people that are playing and that's about it.
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2 years ago ::
Aug 06, 2011 - 1:21PM
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There's already some 10,000 people that have been invited. With that many, you would think there would be enough so that no one would be thinking to ask that more people be invited.
Looks like you answered your own concerns on whether or not more beta testers are needed:
The beta forums have a handful of people that are playing and that's about it.
I guess that upcoming round of invites is necessary, after all, whatever speculations are attached.
Reflavoring: the change of flavor without changing any mechanical part of the game, no matter how small, in order to fit the mechanics to an otherwise unsupported concept.
Retexturing: the change of flavor (with at most minor mechanical adaptations) in order to effortlessly create support for a concept without inventing anything new.
Houseruling: the change, either minor or major, of the mechanics in order to better reflect a certain aspect of the game, including adapting the rules to fit an otherwise unsupported concept.
Homebrewing: the complete invention of something new that fits within the system in order to reflect an unsupported concept.
Default module =/= Core mechanic.
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