FilePlanet has the AoC beta, sorta… They seem to run out of keys within seconds of posting a batch, which is a sweet way of jacking up their page refresh rate. Good job…

I’ll have a nice rant up about the whole idea of ‘open beta’ as it exists these days tomorrow, little bit busy today.

I’ll leave today with this; for a game with a huge amount of ‘meh’ feelings about it already, making people jump through hoops to get into a beta is not a smart move. Sure the diehards will take the day off and refresh a website every ten minutes in hopes of getting a key, but for the vast majority, they will give a product one chance before moving on. That whole ‘5 minute first impression’ deal. Anyway, more about it tomorrow…