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Post by trog @ 10:11am 28/04/08 | 36 Comments
Funcom have hooked us up with 100 beta keys for the Age of Conan beta that is currently underway!

Before you get excited, please note you'll need to download over 12gb of data to enter this beta. Funcom have specifically asked us not to make the beta available for download, because dopes without keys keep downloading it and trying to run it and it is causing them problems.

If you want to participate, head over to our beta signup page and get your key. It's first come first served, so if you want to check out one of the most anticipated MMOs of the year, jump in and get yours.

Update: They're all gone!



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ravn0s
Posted 10:20am 28/4/08
lame. i would have signed up if the 12gig didnt go to my cap.
reso
Posted 10:29am 28/4/08
Glad iiNet fixed my download speeds recently.
darkjedi
Posted 10:47am 28/4/08
Glad my billing month cycles in 2-3 days time. gogogo!
Midda
Posted 11:12am 28/4/08
12GB, fark. I'll download it anyway, at least it's free.
sLiNky
Posted 11:16am 28/4/08
done :) But I'll download later tonight on off peak time :)
tillz0r
Posted 11:22am 28/4/08
thanks heaps, anyone know how long these keys last?
kr0wb4r
Posted 11:22am 28/4/08
downloadinnngg
rufio
Posted 11:26am 28/4/08
Sounds good
Molotov
Posted 12:23pm 28/4/08
Nice score, Ausgamers.
This game sure is big...
StreX
Posted 12:32pm 28/4/08
F***yeah, in.
Freewheelin
Posted 01:09pm 28/4/08
i came undone by the second check box =/
Jabroney
Posted 01:25pm 28/4/08
can we somehow get gamearena to host it so us telstra fools can get it
d[o_0]b
Posted 01:32pm 28/4/08
L2READ nubroney
Kamma
Posted 01:44pm 28/4/08
How could they all be gone already?!
nels
Posted 02:03pm 28/4/08
damn gone already!! if anyone doesnt like it or just got it just because they can and dont want it. ive been waiting years to play this :) help a brother out ;)
ara
Posted 02:08pm 28/4/08

these keys seem to be all a ploy by trog and co to get fresh meat for the forums..

trog
Posted 02:10pm 28/4/08
I cannot how many of you guys newbed up the email part of this thing!
ara
Posted 02:11pm 28/4/08
I cannot how many of you guys newbed up the email part of this thing!


newbing email isn't that far from newbing forum posting.
Gesthemene
Posted 02:26pm 28/4/08
I cannot how many of you guys newbed up the email part of this thing!


Guilty :( Sodding IMF archive not having a confirmation dialog to delete s*** :(
Dan
Posted 02:30pm 28/4/08
I can neither how nor many. We've asked about a local mirror but at this stage it looks like you'll need to do your downloading directly from the Age of Conan site.

I've noticed there's other places around hosting the April 14 build, but I have no idea whether they're all compatible with the keys AusGamers were given and 12GB is quite a bit to run around testing :)
Eds
Posted 02:37pm 28/4/08
I n00bed up the email. My profile had my old email :(
trog
Posted 02:48pm 28/4/08
It doesn't matter if your profile had your old email - when you submitted the form there was a whole email field right there next to the submit button that you could put your new email into! If you didn't change it, it would by default use your old email address.

I thought this was apparent and easy but apparently not! We'll rearrange the form to make it more obvious next time.

For those that newbed the email process: I'll have a modification to the page up soon that will let you get your beta key direct off the page.
trog
Posted 03:03pm 28/4/08
If you didn't get the email, go here
Raider
Posted 03:17pm 28/4/08
i got one, now i just gotta wait till off peak to download it. win
stalin
Posted 03:34pm 28/4/08
anyone been able to get into the forum after using one of these keys?

http://forums-beta.ageofconan.com/index.php
Eds
Posted 04:57pm 28/4/08
I thought this was apparent and easy but apparently not! We'll rearrange the form to make it more obvious next time


well......s*** :P
tillz0r
Posted 05:12pm 28/4/08
I havn't been able to get onto the beta forums either. Invalid username and pass, even though I can get onto the funcom side of it fine.
Hogfather
Posted 05:28pm 28/4/08
I thought this was apparent and easy but apparently not! We'll rearrange the form to make it more obvious next time.

For those that newbed the email process: I'll have a modification to the page up soon that will let you get your beta key direct off the page.


Ahaha thanks troggles.

emailNubs++
d^
Posted 05:47pm 28/4/08
Think i'm going to cry, i missed out ?
Poogay
Posted 05:53pm 28/4/08
Sif 100 of you are going to waste 12gb to play this.

Give me a damn beta key!
sino
Posted 06:02pm 28/4/08
I also can not log into ...

http://forums-beta.ageofconan.com/index.php

When attempting to download using the following URL ...

http://funcom.solidstatenetworks.com/aoc20080416.exe

Which is the link once you have logged into the https://betaregister.ageofconan.com site, my virus alert warns me of a Trojan.

Has anyone had success with this?
Hogfather
Posted 06:05pm 28/4/08
99.99% false positive.

What anti-virus?
sino
Posted 06:20pm 28/4/08
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise ver. 8.5
groganus
Posted 06:21pm 28/4/08
i missed out cause work blocks ausgamers and by the time i got home rego was closed :(
sino
Posted 06:38pm 28/4/08
/ignore virus scanners

The dowload is chugging away ;) I dont believe there was a problem but coupled with the inability to log into the official forums there was a small part of me that started to wonder.
Khel
Posted 06:42pm 28/4/08
Sounds pretty crap from what I was reading the other day on that link Obes (I think it was obes?) posted from someone who had played the beta.

And from the people that brought you Anarchy Online, expect an absolutely horrendous launch.
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