New Ventrilo Server
Peligro has moved us to a new Ventrilo server that will hopefully be less of a hassle than the last one. You can connect using the info panel here on the site, or use the following info:
IP: moabirds.guildvent.net
Port: 5051
Password remains the same.
Also... Steam is allowing preloading of Left 4 Dead. My client did not start it by default and I had to start it manually. Check it out if you have already purchased the game.
Left 4 Dead - Demo approaches...
Left 4 Dead, the zombie apocalypse survival co-op FPS from the gentlemen at Valve is coming soon. In preparation, they are going to have a demo for people that have the pre-order and stuff.
If anyone finds themselves with their Warhammer client closed, we should check it out on Nov 6th.
Warhammer Online Begins
We are currently playing Destruction on the server Skull Throne.
A side note - forum related:
"If you make a group the default one that has a rank and avatar set, the user's old avatar and rank will be overwritten by the group."
Oops. I killed everyone's avatars. Please re-upload your avatar, otherwise you will have a big Warhammer Online icon as your avatar. Sorry. Let me know if you need assistance.
Warhammer Online Preview Weekend
We had a great time playing together over the preview weekend. Fun times included Zerg busting and town raiding.
If you haven't yet, visit this thread to post on your final class decisions.
Expect fun times in Open Beta.
Warhammer Beta/Preview Information
Our Warhammer Online forums are open for business. spoon and Zenny are in the closed CE beta and have been letting us in on some juicy info/gameplay. After playing through Tier 1, I can already say it is going to be a blast.
Here are the details we have at the moment:
Open Beta starts September 7th.
http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c= ... ID=1188038
"FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2008--Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, today announced that the open beta for their highly anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer(R) Online: Age of Reckoning(TM) (WAR), will begin on September 7th, 2008. This means that hundreds of thousands of fans will be able to enter the gritty fantasy world of WAR to experience the thrill of Realm vs. Realm(TM) (RvR) combat before the game goes live on September 18th, 2008."
Download for Open Beta client is here, but if you already have the Closed Beta client, you will not need to download this. The Closed Beta client will be patched for Open Beta.
Preview Weekend?
Rumor has it, that the preview weekend will start Friday, August 22nd.
Release Date + Head Start
Warhammer Online goes live on the 18th, but people are estimating that the Head Start will be on the 15th. Head Start information is purely speculative at this point.