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Street Fighter V Beta Thread: Welcome, future '16ers! (Currently Inactive!)

To be honest though, I've been actually having some fun reading this thread so I guess it's not all so bad after all. Thanks guys. Yes.
 
5:20PM: Seems that some players are having trouble matchmaking, while others are not. For those experiencing issues, please head back to the main screen and log back in.

LMAO

are they fucking serious with this shit? are they are just pretending it's working?
 
This is some scumbag ass shit. I'm not even raging that hard that I can't get in. But this is just...not a good look. No one wants to feel like the odd man out when people are winking and giving backstage handshakes.

It's not surprising, Youtubers get this shit all the time. Even that weird dude got the Majoras Mask 3DS early. Boogie gets deals all the time as well. Max is just playing dumb
 
5:20PM: Seems that some players are having trouble matchmaking, while others are not. For those experiencing issues, please head back to the main screen and log back in.

LMAO
Alright, I was just having fun acting salty up until now. But this is just stupid. I am truly salty.

WTF kind of person writes that?
 
Capcom telling you that you'll have more chances to GET a chance in later betas is really telling. Don't expect this to improve or be extended beyond the weekend.
 
i hope peter put me on a blacklist

At this point I must have apparently done something to offend then :(

5:20PM: Seems that some players are having trouble matchmaking, while others are not. For those experiencing issues, please head back to the main screen and log back in.

LMAO

Next step will be to reboot your PS4 each time

To be honest though, I've been actually having some fun reading this thread so I guess it's not all so bad after all. Thanks guys. Yes.

This is true.
 
Is anyone like me that hasnt gotten in once since the beta began?

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yeah just gonna make sure to drop my amazon pre-order. the order didn't really mean anything but jesus christ this has been a trainwreck.
 
5:20PM: Seems that some players are having trouble matchmaking, while others are not. For those experiencing issues, please head back to the main screen and log back in.

LMAO

Going to the main menu doesn't boot you from the server. I've done it to watch replays.
 
Are people really mad that max is getting some premium treatment by capcom?

At least this way, there's someone with a quality stream providing some footage of the beta while it's not working properly.

Or are you seriously thinking "man, if max didn't get this golden handshake treatment, I'd clearly be the one getting in"? Get real.
 
Is anyone like me that hasnt gotten in once since the beta began?

been trying since it started almost the entire time it's been up. Haven't made it past the title screen.

Anyways the fact that they aren't talking about people unable to play and just matchmaking stuff is worrying. Pretty much expecting them to end the beta at the same time they planned to and pretend it's been working this whole time.
 
I know it's a beta, but this has been an absolute farce.

it was too fucking good to be true right

capcom giving us a full blown chance to play the game early, online no less, with the sole requirement for access being an easily abused pre-order

not sure what the fuck I was thinking, shouldn't even have bothered installing it in the first place
 
Are people really mad that max is getting some premium treatment by capcom?

At least this way, there's someone with a quality stream providing some footage of the beta while it's not working properly.

Or are you seriously thinking "man, if max didn't get this golden handshake treatment, I'd clearly be the one getting in"? Get real.

"Quality streaming" Lol, all right.
 
This is a beta for the next beta guys. The next beta is a beta for the next next beta which is the true beta for the full SFV game.
 
I've played in countless public and private betas and alphas for about the last 8 years and this is by the far the absolute WORST I've ever encountered. I'm not even kidding.

It's 2015, game developers and publishers, for some unfathomable reason, still find it necessary to reinvent the fucking wheel every time they wipe their asses. Nothing seems to be iterative, well managed or stream lined to be efficient. It's simply unacceptable from both a business and consumer perspective. Yes, development is hard and vastly complicated, but so are a lot of other things.

And they wonder why gamers are so angry and spit so much vitriol. There is absolutely no excuse as to why there are server capacity issues for this game. None. It's pure incompetence and carelessness.

I was never part of a program when they were doing private beta testing way back when. I was only told about it from various internet websites and so forth. I remember when the 360 came out and you had FFXI's beta and then I believe GRAW had one. It's crazy how they've gone from being an industry trade secret or something you share with your gamers friends to what they are today. I even remember some PSP beta testing for a while, copies were sent out to a handful of people. Yes it does allow QA to be done on a much larger scale and companies don't necessarily have to hire a ton of beta testers. This is their shot at seeing how the public reacts. In my honest opinion Capcom has talent, lots of it, but they might not have the man power to do something like this and have it work perfectly. I think they are still a company made from the ground up and they have developers who have ambition, but technology is still technology. Networking has been huge for console developers for quite some time. I'd say MS and the people who run companies in the west have a much larger selection of network engineers and people throwing around P2P networks on the go. The western market has also been one that has concentrated on MP FPSs. Most major developing houses in the west probably have interns and experienced personnel with a background in networking. Capcom probably isn't out of the clear blue because this is a public beta. As a gamer I didn't think betas would do well as a selling point. It was always a technological gamble from the start. You're talking about a studio's project being played by the customer and the game isn't even finished yet. That's a huge gamble if you also include the sheer amount of criticism the public can have. I for one think some studios know they're going into a beta and have people who are use to it. The early builds are built around being something they can receive feedback for. There's a lot of artist in Japan and IMO the artist has more of a job than the technical side of things.

It's like how everyone wants to have a game designer's job, but they don't realize that a lot of the powerhouse game designers in the world grew around other aspects of game design while on their way up the ladder. I wish some game designers would write books or work on movies and you could also say the the network engineer may not know how to piece a story together or make a character either. I'm not quite sure on how the process works, but we have generations of offline consoles and also games that have worked with way less technology. I expect SF as a whole is built without thinking how the netcode is going to work. I think that is just a major gamble because the game itself was created offline.
 
Wait, is there actual evidence that people are getting white listed or are people just being really salty? Tons of regular dudes are getting in now, it's definitely not just select people.
 
Are people really mad that max is getting some premium treatment by capcom?

At least this way, there's someone with a quality stream providing some footage of the beta while it's not working properly.

Or are you seriously thinking "man, if max didn't get this golden handshake treatment, I'd clearly be the one getting in"? Get real.


Honestly I could care less about any damn footage. I want to play the game myself. I know some folks love to watch live streams and all that but that does nothing for me.

I don't have an issue with the guy, but I think myself and other folks are just damn tired of sitting here for 3 days hitting "any button" to go nowhere.
 
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