COUNTDOWN TO THE BETA

Sergio Smegolia · Oct 30, 2018

Bob McBobblehead said:
Not booted up my gaming PC in over a month, I dread to think of all the Windows 10 updates waiting for me.

It's always beer o'clock somewhere.

And as for taking a day off, working from home FTW!

WhoCares · Oct 30, 2018

Wobblin-Gobblin said:
What will be the content they've mentioned, but didn't talk about in the announcement of the beta?

I guess content that shall be in Q4 release, but not in the beta

Flyinspaghetti · Oct 30, 2018

Bob McBobblehead said:
I'll take a guess and say beta will start between 16:30 and 18:30 UK time.

More likely the case but I hope they start it much sooner so we can actually play it today rather than all evening wasted downloading it.

Micha · Oct 30, 2018

march topcat said:
Well, at nine in the morning? I don't know ...

But then, yes, sure it's 5 o'clock somewhere.

17:38 here as we speak..

Cosmo · Oct 30, 2018

Why is there no official announcement about the ETA Frontier?

[video=youtube;QyIa3y6An3Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyIa3y6An3Y[/video]

Baron Bosc · Oct 30, 2018

march topcat said:
But then, yes, sure it's 5 o'clock somewhere.

It's approaching 5 o'clock AM where I live. Does that count?

Robert Maynard · Oct 30, 2018

Cosmo said:
Why is there no official announcement about the ETA Frontier?

Possibly simply because it is before 09:00 GMT and it's not yet official starting time at Frontier's offices....

Rubbernuke · Oct 30, 2018

No F5 gif? Standards are slipping.

Speccy · Oct 30, 2018

SenseiMatty said:
All big updates and betas in the past were released around 17pm BST. So I guess it's another 8 hours...

The 3.0 beta was released just after 2:30pm UK time: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-Patch-Notes?p=6337025&viewfull=1#post6337025

GunnerBill · Oct 30, 2018

Anyone posted that "Europe" video yet?

Robert Maynard · Oct 30, 2018

Rubbernuke said:
No F5 gif? Standards are slipping.

Kzak · Oct 30, 2018

I believe the answer is Soon(TM).

Wasp0 · Oct 30, 2018

Is there a re-scheduled FD Live stream tonight? or is it still on Thursday?

Thanks

Taimaru · Oct 30, 2018

Wasp0 said:
Is there a re-scheduled FD Live stream tonight? or is it still on Thursday?

Thanks

The FD Live stream is still on Thursday.

Nekrobob · Oct 30, 2018

Countdown to the Beta?Which Beta?

Wasp0 · Oct 30, 2018

Taimaru said:
The FD Live stream is still on Thursday.

Thanks, i heard somewhere, that it had been brought forward, but obviously duff info.

Morbad · Oct 30, 2018

Mad Mike said:
I am not normally one to defend the American pronunciation of things..... Almost invariably they are wrong

There are quite a few American English dialects, some of them borderline mutually unintelligible.

Still, I don't think I ever heard anyone say 'beta' with a long 'e' until Frontier.

Taimaru · Oct 30, 2018

Wasp0 said:
Thanks, i heard somewhere, that it had been brought forward, but obviously duff info.

Here's the official announcement for the stream (I should have linked it in my original post).

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-Livestream-(01-11-2018)-Mining-and-Squadrons

GunnerBill · Oct 30, 2018

Morbad said:
There are quite a few American English dialects, some of them borderline mutually unintelligible.

Still, I don't think I ever heard anyone say 'beta' with a long 'e' until Frontier.

Me: Beeta.

Others: Bayta, Behta?

[VR] Mad Mike · Oct 30, 2018

Morbad said:
There are quite a few American English dialects, some of them borderline mutually unintelligible.

Still, I don't think I ever heard anyone say 'beta' with a long 'e' until Frontier.

perhaps i didnt explain....... beeta is generally a uk pronunciation...... like beetroot. (Frontier are based in Cambridge in blighty)

bayta is more American (i think) and in this instance, as it is greek alphabet then the Americans - and others who say bayta - would be grammatically correct.

on this however i am being stubborn even if i am wrong.

beeta FTW