Important BETA RELEASE DISCUSSION - DECEMBER 4TH (*ALL* beta discussion goes here. Other threads deleted)

I find them all over the place, it's ridiculous. Then again I can't say I haven't asked for Beta or the release date a few times.

 

Watching them play a more complete game then some betas Ive seen, and then Molly posts during that they still have a few more problems to solve?

... I'm really starting to think they just cold feet about the whole thing is all that is holding beta back. Which that would at least be understandable. First game, high expectations, makes more sense then not putting something out that is testable. I mean beta wont be complete one way or another..

What arbitrary standard do they need to reach when its stable enough for some multilayer? Sure its got bugs, and it'll probably crash lots too.. but.. you know. Beta is all these things. This is just getting silly.

 

It's infuriating. Why is criticism and frustration not okay, but we totally need 200 posts of:

"I love you Chucklefish, can't wait"
"SO PUUUUUUUUMPED"
"OMG@# BETA SOON! CAN'T WAIT"
"I like CHICKEN!"
"STARBOUND YAAAAAAAAY"
"LOOK HOW MANY EMOTICONS I CAN PUT IN A POST!!!!!"

 

but there's not even lemons in the game yet!
How can they release a game without lemons?!
(Also, I'm still waiting for boob sliders)

 

Well if we can't equip a "dustbuster" gun that blows away blocks, the games not in a beta releasable state.

 

Ahh, another Friday, another weekly dose of "Soon™"..

39ish days left, better luck next week I guess. Or the week after that. Or the week after that...

 

Honestly, after watching the stream, I can definitely see why they're not releasing the beta, however at the same time I can see people getting upset for them not releasing the beta by this point. It seems to be functional, with only graphical errors being major. I think it's ready to go and ready to be publicly tested.

 

it sells more pre-orders and yes i am that cynical

what graphical errors? .

 

I think that hits the nail on the head. Honestly, its disappointing.
Sometime mid December beta will come out, and everyone will flip the fuck out and spout "SEE, THEY KEPT THE PROMISE. TOLD YOU SO YOU TROLLS". But really? Oh yes look, its technically still 2013. I feel so much better now, yeah. they got beta out the door 1-2 weeks from 2014. that 2013 estimate was just spot on. color me impressed, I take back everything I ever said. Praise unto chucklefish, keeper of deadlines. Whatever though, it is what it is. everyones going to jump for joy if they don't delay it to 2014, but at this point they might as well.

But what im particularly interested in, is AFTER beta is released. Then we get to see how "hard" chucklefish actually works. We'll see how fast content, patches, and all that gets released to the public. And how much a "tiers" worth of content actually adds up too. Once they are out of the closet I think a lot of the choices and actions they've been making here in 2013 will make more sense. CF is really good at giving us words, but im curious to see if their actions back any of it up.

ill admit my remark was a bit snide, But at least a few people can get a chuckle out of that or crack a smile. shake their head in disgust or whatever. at least I made them FEEEEEEEL.
but you can chalk up 50% of that thread as spam honestly. What made my post worthy of deletion? wish I knew.

Speaking of, maybe starbound isn't beta worthy because they are going for the ultimate innovation.
Dick sliders.

 

Dick sliders, boob sliders, White Castle sliders.
Sliders for EVERYONE!

Well... eventually. For now, we wait MORE!

 

There were a ton of broken things in the stream. I'd definitely rather have them finish or be close to finishing the party system before beta release.

Definitely looks very Playable though.

 

There are definitely bugs and such in the game that need to be ironed out, but yeah I agree it does look to be in a playable beta state. That's just my opinion though.

 

Looks like a good percentage of us are psychopaths

 

Saints Row beat you to it.

 

Yeah the stream bart just did with Jason and Leth was awesome! I loved it. Leth might stream some more starbound later tonight.

 

Some more streaming goodness. If its not "beta" ready we can at least watch other people test and play it.. weirdly.

 

So I was really bored today, and I thought to myself, hey, this thread has reached 200 pages! That's a big accomplishment, I think!

So to commemorate, I went through the last 50 pages again. I gotta say, there was a lot of stuff I missed.

Anyway, I pulled a lot of quotes that I thought were particularly memorable/hilarious for everyone to see. Check it out if you have nothing better to do.
(It's a lot, you've been warned.)

Edit:

OMG WOOT! I'm never online for these things! Awesome, thanks

 

So enemy npc's have a chance to drop some of their equipment when you kill them!

 

I missed the streams, were they archived somewhere?

 

Maybe. but they did ask that no one record it. so...