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sufcste
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O.P. Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
When MP!L was announced, Patchou asked for Beta testers. It was also said that if anyone not on the approved list was to use the beta, it would 'lock up' and no-one would be able to use it. Why hasn't this happened with the leaked beta? Or has someone bypassed this failsafe? Or am I wrong?!
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| 06-07-2006 07:25 PM |
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WDZ
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
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Originally posted by sufcste
Or has someone bypassed this failsafe?
Yes, there is a way to bypass the restriction, and that's why many people are able to use the leaked beta. |
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| 06-07-2006 07:32 PM |
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absorbation
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
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Originally posted by WDZ
Yes, there is a way to bypass the restriction, and that's why many people are able to use the leaked beta.
But most users do not know it, and thus more advanced users use the program and know what the term 'beta' means. |
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| 06-07-2006 07:34 PM |
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Weyzza
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
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Originally posted by absorbation
But most users do not know it, and thus more advanced users use the program and know what the term 'beta' means.
But the "more advanced users" usually share the way to bypass the restriction to others 
And others, who don't even know what beta means, claim they have found bugs, etc. lalalalla
Edited after absorbation's post:
I meant they think they've found bugs and report those on these forums, or worse, they ask for help how to fix the problems with their leaked betas 
This post was edited on 06-07-2006 at 07:45 PM by Weyzza.
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| 06-07-2006 07:37 PM |
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absorbation
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
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Originally posted by thekid
And others, who don't even know what beta means, claim they have found bugs, etc. lalalalla
Don't worry. The build gets blocked from accessing wlm. So they cannot sign in + report bugs. If they find away around it, using the prevention the downside is they still cannot report bugs because of what they had to do to get the build working.  |
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| 06-07-2006 07:40 PM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
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Originally posted by absorbation
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Originally posted by thekid
And others, who don't even know what beta means, claim they have found bugs, etc. lalalalla
Don't worry. The build gets blocked from accessing wlm. So they cannot sign in + report bugs. If they find away around it, using the prevention the downside is they still cannot report bugs because of what they had to do to get the build working.
err they can use the bug report tool inside the app? Spoiler: the game.
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| 06-07-2006 08:16 PM |
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absorbation
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
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Originally posted by ShawnZ
err they can use the bug report tool inside the app?
But I thought it won't connect to the server and thus fail to send |
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| 06-07-2006 08:31 PM |
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RaceProUK
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
If they use the workaround, it's entirely possible that the bug report tool will be disabled. It depends exactly how the bug report tool sends bug reports.
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| 06-08-2006 04:02 PM |
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Patchou
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
yep, they can use the bug report tool in the application... at least, people who got the leaked version can make themselves useful and report problems to me (although I mostly got "my soudns aren't working!" messages). |
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| 06-08-2006 08:36 PM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Why hasn't the leak locked up the beta?
Patchou: for the next version, if it detects its a leak, instead of removing it from messenger, just pop up 3x more ITS A BETA warnings and tag all bug reports with a "leaked" flag (you could even disable the features that didn't work right in that build or something)
This post was edited on 06-08-2006 at 08:42 PM by ShawnZ.
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| 06-08-2006 08:41 PM |
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