I have no idea where gamescom is, assuming that the "non announcement" is taking place at say... 6pm tuesday at gamescom, what time is that in PST? gamescom is in germany?
[EDIT] Answered my own question with the help of Deventh's info below.
Assuming the "non announcement" is actually happening "in the evening of the 16th at gamescom" lets call evening 6pm; That'll be around 9am PST
At least this time they had the decency to tell us nothing was happening. lol.
To me this whole "there's nothing happening on the 16th" thing is like a needy girl getting broke up with. Guy breaks up with a girl, the girl says "haha, your joking right, we'll always be together", then he's like "no im serious, we're over".
Meanwhile, the crazy girl goes around telling all their friends how hilarious her boyfriend is and that he's pulling a good one on her. The dance is tomorrow and he's totally gonna pick her up and its going to be awesome. Girl calls guy "I can't wait for tomorrow!" guy says "i told you we were broken up, how much more clear can i make it".
All the while the girl is "tee hee! he's so funny sometimes!" Dance happens, he goes out with another girl, then finally the harsh reality of it hits her.
Here's the rough translation from Google translator (those whose native language is German should take the liberty and try to translate this better ;)):
The program schedule this year, many interviews with the persons named above (we strongly suspect all times that the visitors may again ask questions), a full orchestra that will play songs from the Blizzard games and much more. As a special surprise gamescom During car will be built on a street Rudolfplatz paintings of the "diabolical manner." There is so much to see. The entire program can read it here.
So yeah, no beta announcement!
They wouldn't put the beta announcement in the schedule.
Would be funny that they strongly wouldn't say anything about the beta release date then suddenly BAM!! They announce the finished product release date =D
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person:"any news about the beta you could share please? :)"
Diablo:"We're workin on it! It's going to be a little while. In the meantime watch for info coming out of #Gamescom"
He said their working on the beta, and that the BETA is going to be a little while. That means that they'll probably announce its start date at gamescom!
Other person:"How long should we be waiting for beta on a scale of ghoul to baal? I don't think i can wait any longer :'("
diablo:"Radament."
Now, lets say that today is "ghoul" and that sept 30th is "baal." That means that we've got 6 weeks to fill in 5 acts. So that makes each act (assuming a constant act length) is just over 8 days. That means that they will have the beta live by next week! Which they are going to announce at gamescom!
person:"How long should we be waiting for beta on a scale of ghoul to baal? I don't think i can wait any longer :'("
diablo:"Radament."
Now, lets say that today is "ghoul" and that 2014 is "baal." That means that we've got 3 years to fill in 5 acts. So that makes each act (assuming a constant act length) is just over 1 year.
I chose Sept. 30th because blizzard has stated repeatedly that beta will be in Q3, and Q3 ends on Sept. 30th. This is a "bad case" estimation based on the available information we have.
August 2012: BETA begin
January 2013: Game released
First roll: Barbarian!
January 2013: The world will literally be over
http://www.destructoid.com/leaked-dota-2-screenshots-look-like-what-you-would-expect-208775.phtml
Yeah pretty much. I'm inclined to believe something along those lines much more than silly optimism.
[EDIT] Answered my own question with the help of Deventh's info below.
Assuming the "non announcement" is actually happening "in the evening of the 16th at gamescom" lets call evening 6pm; That'll be around 9am PST
At least this time they had the decency to tell us nothing was happening. lol.
To me this whole "there's nothing happening on the 16th" thing is like a needy girl getting broke up with. Guy breaks up with a girl, the girl says "haha, your joking right, we'll always be together", then he's like "no im serious, we're over".
Meanwhile, the crazy girl goes around telling all their friends how hilarious her boyfriend is and that he's pulling a good one on her. The dance is tomorrow and he's totally gonna pick her up and its going to be awesome. Girl calls guy "I can't wait for tomorrow!" guy says "i told you we were broken up, how much more clear can i make it".
All the while the girl is "tee hee! he's so funny sometimes!" Dance happens, he goes out with another girl, then finally the harsh reality of it hits her.
They wouldn't put the beta announcement in the schedule.
Your faith is WEAK!
:-p
Anyone else read that as:
"Witness Diablo unleash his wrath in Colon ...."
And think that Blizzard had announced that were branching out into the weird forms of German porn?
person:"any news about the beta you could share please? :)"
Diablo:"We're workin on it! It's going to be a little while. In the meantime watch for info coming out of #Gamescom"
He said their working on the beta, and that the BETA is going to be a little while. That means that they'll probably announce its start date at gamescom!
Other person:"How long should we be waiting for beta on a scale of ghoul to baal? I don't think i can wait any longer :'("
diablo:"Radament."
Now, lets say that today is "ghoul" and that sept 30th is "baal." That means that we've got 6 weeks to fill in 5 acts. So that makes each act (assuming a constant act length) is just over 8 days. That means that they will have the beta live by next week! Which they are going to announce at gamescom!
/thread.
I chose Sept. 30th because blizzard has stated repeatedly that beta will be in Q3, and Q3 ends on Sept. 30th. This is a "bad case" estimation based on the available information we have.
That diablo is really starting to look like a lady to me...
Hot!