European Beta - Internal Testing Started
A blue on the Polish Hearthstone forums has confirmed that the European Beta is currently being tested internally on the EU servers. They are getting closer to the launch of the EU Beta and hopefully we will have more news to share soon.
Translation by /u/vizzen on reddit (Reddit)Hey - I wanted to share some news from the battle (beta) field - We launched the european structure and are testing the beta game internally on the eu servers (I managed to beat Kapeselus a few times in the arena mode). This means that only one more step till we launch the EU closed beta. We are just checking if everything is stable and will launch the closed beta tests right after that. Look for more information soon!
Originally posted by Blizzard (Official Forums)Cześć - chciałem się podzielić wieściami z pola bitwy (tfu bety) - uruchomiliśmy już europejską strukturę i testujemy grę w wersji beta wewnętrznie na europejskich serwerach (udało mi się parę razy rozpykać Kapeselusa w pięknym stylu na arenie), co oznacza, że już tylko krok dzieli nas od uruchomienia dla was zamkniętej europejskiej bety.
Sprawdzamy tylko wewnętrznie, czy wszystko jest stabilne i będziemy odpalać zamknięte beta-testy, więc wypatrujcie informacji!
European Beta Running on EU Live Battle.Net
Unlike the North American Beta being run on the PTR Battle.Net servers, the European Beta is running on the Live Battle.Net servers. The following screenshot was taken from World of Warcraft on the Live Battle.Net servers for Europe. Assuming that the EU Hearthstone Beta continues to run on Live Battle.Net, EU players will be able to talk to their friends who are playing World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, and Diablo III while they test out Hearthstone. There has not been an official announcement, things could change.
BlizzardCSEU_EN Morning Tweet
Also worth mentioning, there was a tweet earlier this morning from the @BlizzardCSEU_EN Twitter account which reminded EU players to opt-in for testing. Great idea, DO IT!
You still have lots of chances to get into the @PlayHearthstone beta test! Be sure to update your #Bnet beta profile: http://t.co/yn7eI0twuB
— Blizzard CS EU (@BlizzardCSEU_EN) September 4, 2013
Why are the only real Blue posts regarding the EU side of things being put up on the Polish forums?
Because why not?
...because a majority of Europeans (51%) can understand English, where as a tiny minority can understand Polish? In fact German or French would even be more logical than Polish.
Seriously? This news, with blue already translated, was posted like 30 min after Blizzard. I don't think 30 min makes any difference.
Yes...seriously. Just because Beta came out later that day doesn't change the fact They have an English (MAIN) hearthstone website to post blue posts on. From a common sense and business POV English is the most sensible release language for Europe, and i've said why (Majority of adults in Europe understand English over German, French, Spanish, Italian..and yes, Polish.)
were do we recive a beta key, if we get lucky?