The time is near.

Canti · Post by **Canti** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:28 am

Well, us PS2 beta tester's free HDD should ship this week. With any luck we will get it late this week.

Post it when you get it.

Purrmie · Post by **Purrmie** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:36 am

I havent played in months nor been here. Soon very soon....

Canti · Post by **Canti** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:40 am

I haven't played since beta ended!

I've kept up with stuff through the main site and here, but I've never really been much of a forum user.

When the Sony promotion site opened up I spent a ridiculous ammount of time listining to the music. I need a FFXI fix bad.

Post by **Meeyutu** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:31 pm

I will be hiding in Kazham when the first wave of newbies hits, only venturing out to give perls to kitties and occasionally torment the newbs ;)

/emote pokes a newbie with a stick.
/emote pokes a newbie with a stick.
/emote pokes a newbie with a stick.
/emote pokes a newbie with a stick.

Post by **Cyndari** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:41 am

For some reason I feel as if I am not going to see my HDD soon. I havent heard peep from Sony or Square-Enix. I have a feeling that I will get my game 2 weeks after its release.....

maryadavies · Post by **maryadavies** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 2:46 am

Don't give up.

Tigara (who might not be joining us on midgard) thought they were shipped yesterday. Rha from SSS thought the e-mails would go out tomorrow. Lots of rumors are flying! I'll just have to wait until my bro, Shadowcat, goes YAWWWWP! then I know our HDD is coming. (He's the one that will get the e-mail, he got both betas remember? And let me use the extra id...)

Anyway, wish me luck! One temp agency practically said they might call me for a job Monday. If it happens..I'll see ya when our hdd comes!

Sivara · Post by **Sivara** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:28 pm

Mary Alice, are you joining us on Midgardsormr? It would be great to have you on the LS.

Oh, btw, I'm Alethea from RPGamer.

Also, good luck with the job.

Canti · Post by **Canti** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:37 pm

Still no HDD yet, but I just got this e-mail from Playstation Underground

Thank you for your participation in our FINAL FANTASY(R) XI Beta Test.
As always, your feedback is important to us. With your help, we can
take gaming to places it's never gone before. We hope we can continue
to rely on you (and reward you) for your expertise and insight.

GOOD NEWS: YOUR NEXT REWARD IS ON ITS WAY!

We appreciate your prompt return of the Beta Test version of the
Internal Hard Disk Drive (40GB) for PlayStation(R)2, and your patience
as the developers polished FINAL FANTASY(R) XI for release. Now, with
the launch date approaching, your wait is over!

Watch your mail for your new Internal Hard Disk Drive (40GB) for
PlayStation(R)2 with FINAL FANTASY(R) XI preinstalled (a retail value
of $99)*. It should be arriving shortly**.

Again, thanks for being such an integral part of the Gamer Advisory
Panel and our Beta Test program. We look forward to giving you more
reasons to be connected and to stay involved.

The ** was "We have no tracking numbers at this time."

I just hope they send another e-mail with the tracking numbers. Or if somebody else finds out post it here.

Soon, soon it will be mine, Muaaahahaha! nyo

maryadavies · Post by **maryadavies** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:39 pm

Yes I am Sivara, if all goes well and I can get that job

(And I know who ya are on the RPGamer board, I sicced Kopopo on ya since I could do nothing to help ya when ya got stuck for a while at a low level back there)

And YAWWWP! Shadowcat just got the e-mail! (To avoid confusion, his real name is Jon, kk?)

Dear JON,

Thank you for your participation in our FINAL FANTASY(R) XI Beta Test.
As always, your feedback is important to us. With your help, we can
take gaming to places it's never gone before. We hope we can continue
to rely on you (and reward you) for your expertise and insight.

GOOD NEWS: YOUR NEXT REWARD IS ON ITS WAY!

We appreciate your prompt return of the Beta Test version of the
Internal Hard Disk Drive (40GB) for PlayStation(R)2, and your patience
as the developers polished FINAL FANTASY(R) XI for release. Now, with
the launch date approaching, your wait is over!

Watch your mail for your new Internal Hard Disk Drive (40GB) for
PlayStation(R)2 with FINAL FANTASY(R) XI preinstalled (a retail value
of $99)*. It should be arriving shortly**.

Again, thanks for being such an integral part of the Gamer Advisory
Panel and our Beta Test program. We look forward to giving you more
reasons to be connected and to stay involved.

Sincerely,

PlayStation Underground

*Packages will be delivered to the mailing address you entered during
your initial beta application process. If you have moved, you will
need to contact the shipping courier for additional assistance.
**We do not have any tracking numbers at this time.

Anyone else get that?

Hado · Post by **Hado** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:44 pm

Yeah I got that E-mail also, only thing is I leave for Florida tomorrow.

Post by **Rekahkun** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:39 am

i gots the email as well. it's nice to get confirmation. it's been really hard waiting this last month. the anticipation started around the time i kicked ffx-2's ass and took it out of my console... can't wait to get on now. but soon now, soon

hahahah!

Swipe · Post by **Swipe** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:24 am

all right cats... I'll be all over the place dropping pearls to those in need

I'll try to get on every night for a week, at least for a couple hours, to get pearls out. And, even if you happen to miss me, there are always at least a couple sackholders on

at any rate, I'll primarily be serving Windurst. If other cats wanna set up shop in the other two starting territories, then go for it.. saves me the time

so once you cats start saying you got your package... Lemme know and I'll start my own company.. it'll be called "Swipe's Chocobo-express pearl delivery!"

catchy, isn't it

Ishe · Post by **Ishe** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:23 am

I don't have any pearls to give out, but I do have about 60k burning a hole in my pocket...would be happy to buy some world passes for incoming kitties :D

Valkyr · Post by **Valkyr** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:12 am

imma be pissed if i dont get my free game....havnt got an email or anything....i just want my free hdd

Post by **Cyndari** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:23 am

I still have not heard anything yet myself. Uhh now I am starting to doubt if I am going it all....

Canti · Post by **Canti** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:43 pm

Nyaaaaaaa! It's here! It's here!!

5 pounds, Bell Microproducts, out of San Jose.

The beauty of the white box is incredible. Appropriate music to have running while you open it, "The Best Is Yet to Come" from the Metal Gear Solid sound track.

Umm, I've got to go now.

Post by **Rekahkun** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:25 pm

that's not fair

but at least we know they were sent out. probably coming tomorrow. so that's good

just a little longer...... heh heh.

Post by **Rekahkun** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:27 pm

what's with the listed post times above our posts? mine seems to say it is 7 hours later then it is. what is the GMT that the times are in? seems whack.

Purrmie · Post by **Purrmie** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:42 pm

They dont have me in the computer meaning they think I didnt return my HDD. Luckly I kept my return receipt which shows it got there the 23 of Oct at 10:30 San Jose CA. The rep said his manager will "look in to it" and well call me in a few days

oh well... congrats Canti

maryadavies · Post by **maryadavies** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:28 am

Oooh!

Anyway, hopefully ours will come by Friday. Me and Shadowcat AKA. Shadowneko just managed to earn enough money doing some yard work to keep us going for quite some time. (We earned $50 a piece, even after tithing that should keep us going for quite some time. Let's hope I actually get a job soon..)

Jon/Shadowcat emailed Sony today, we should get our tracking number soon (if zee package doesn't sneak up behind us and POUNCE on us!)

Also, Shadowcat thinks we'll get it by Monday (IF we're unlucky) or by this Friday (if we're lucky)

And congrats, Canti! See you in game when we get it! (I'm makin' a trip to the bank to get out two five dollar bills for the tithing and deposit the money. Gotta have it in my account so I can use my check card...)

[Edit] Shadowcat just got off the phone with Sony and got the tracking number.

It's coming tomorrow...so see ya tomorrow! Shadowcat will be makin' the first chara, so...I'll be on soon as he gets through.

Canti · Post by **Canti** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:17 am

Thanks Elizara.

But not all is well in POL land. The damn FFXI patch won't download, lots of people are having this problem. Curse you POL Error 0010!

I'm off to dredge message boards for any usefull info.

maryadavies · Post by **maryadavies** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:36 pm

Ek, I hope that doesn't happen to us.

Anyway, the UPS man doesn't usually show up around here until ten AM EST at the earliest (5 PM EST at the latest), so just got a few more hours to wait. If it happens to us though (we just got a new Linksys router, frag it!) it'll be time to call tech support again. Hopefully we won't get that problem...after all, the beta worked nice and sweetly in our (gotten just before FFX) PS2.

*goes back to planning her chara*

[Edit]Checked Playonline...maybe THIS can help. Square might be aware of this &*@$%^ problem, maybe you can bug them, even though it's a different error mentioned in that news article.

Canti · Post by **Canti** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:15 pm

Well, if your lucky, you won't need to deal with the 0010 error if your kit arrives late. The problem appears to be that there are so many people trying to download the patch.

I managed to kill the 0010 beast by sneaking up on it at 3:00 A.M.

Just keep trying to get the patch, don't give up on it.

maryadavies · Post by **maryadavies** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:01 am

Thanks for the hint, Canti! I'll tell Shadowcat (he wanted to create the first chara after all)

Anyway, it's here...we got the hdd installed, it's just waiting for the right moment for me and Shadowcat to go at it. Came later than I expected (it was after 6:00, and it was while my gran was over for her b-day dinner. Didn't even SEE the UPS guy, he just dumped it at our door and ran!)

We're gonna wait until either 1. They go to get Laura (she takes for bloody ever!) or 2. My parents go to bed or 3. Wait until tomorrow. We'll do whatever comes first. I'll make sure I get that money in the bank tomorrow (Mom and Dad were all of a flutter about Grandma today, who is pretty much nuts...neat freak, wanted a weird dinner, screams and screams if things aren't to her liking, you know...--so I didn't get to the bank. I'll WALK there tomorrow if I have to!)

Post by **Cyndari** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:57 am

I hope that I have mine by tomorrow that I will have also recieved my HDD. I sent an email asking for the tracking number and instead the bozos sent me an email sayin that it has been sent....

Post by **Rekahkun** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 5:09 am

finally on

was so eager to get started after work that i forgot to eat.

now i'm soooo hungry. ugh. oh well. i'm on now.

maryadavies · Post by **maryadavies** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:02 pm

Well, we licked that error if there was one by gettin' on late.

Shadowcat created his first (Shadowneko ,yep yep. If you guys wanna roleplay in game, since he's a hume (again --he just can't STAND playing a girl)) let's just say "Shadowneko" and "Elizara" are adopted siblings. (Hey, we're related by blood in rl but...game wise, that's the best way to put it, for if it was even possible for us to meet in game, I'd still say "hey bro" and hug him, hume or not)) (And if anyone's near Bostok and could help him get to level 15...he'll be VERY appreciatave) Then I got on, created my chara, grabbed a linksack list that I'd made...went down the list, the third person I sent a /tell to was Swipe (she was on, the others weren't on!)

I ended up stayin' up all night leveling after Shadowcat finished playing around and getting to level 3 (thanks again Mika for the help!)

We'll be trading off, so if you don't see me on, either 1. I got RL stuff to do(job hunting, chores, whatever). or 2. Shadowneko's on. Dad didn't know what we were up to until he caught me, but we've pretty much worked it out. (There's gonna be a list kinda of rl stuff that needs doing, and Dad's agreed on a five minute warning if he has to get the one who is playing off in a hurry--give us a chance to at least get where stuff doesn't aggro before the player logs. I still remember one nightmare in beta when Mom stole a connector in the crossover cable we were using at the time while I was in a gob infested tower doing a mission..ugh. I logged back in later to dead chara)

Also, soon as I can get some armor that looks more like whm than the starter armor: Any of you PC players got Fraps and would be willing to take a few 'photographs' for me? I'm gonna have to get a new sig (My current one's made from a pic of my beta chara!) and I'd rather feed Malango some better qual pics than what the ingame screenshotter can do.(Besides, the only way you can get a pic of your own chara's face is to play with the camera first...not that that's hard, but...you usually don't think about it when you take a screeny)

MithraPride

The time is near.

The time is near.

I cant wait!

Finally!!!!

I calll to get my tracking number but..