HoN open beta soon, hurry!

ding!

Brenden_E said:
I need a beta key :(
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ask pjoub06 :cool: - hopefully he will give you one if he still has left.

WARNING: DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME FOR 10 HOURS STRAIGHT, AND GO TO BED

...I kept on seeing "battles" every time I closed my eyes - couldn't sleep!
 
Buddha said:
really 40mb? wow... is that for hosting AND just playing?
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+-30 meg for a 45min game.

The good news is you can lower the bitrate and save some cap making it about 25meg for a hour game.

In the startup.cfg
SetSave svr_maxbps "9000"

instead of 20000
 
When we hit 10,000 fans we will open up our beta to all our facebook friends. I know that number seems big but consider the fact that we've grown almost 3000 friends in less than a week. I am guessing we could be there in 10 days. Let's do it!
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....and they're not lying - 3/4 days ago it was at was +-4000... today it's at 6103 members, so it's going to grow even faster!

So guys, If you want a Beta Key (Which I HIGHLY recommend) then click on HideInLight's link (The 1st post) and join the group.

I'm off to play HoN now :)
 
Anyone need a beta key?Got some left...ask again if I havent already given you one. I had so many pm's that I couldnt keep track. And ffs give me an email to send it to!
 
We are now officially allowed to talk about the game, still no unofficial screenies/videos though. Here's a quick and interesting Q/A in the forums. Explains the NDA(apart from showcasing unfinished work) and lack of advertising.



The person that asked the questions:
So i have been beta testing HON for some time now and whether you (Devs) like it or not, i'm going to give some harsh feedback, constructive and some bitter.

1) Why is S2 Games relying heavily on word of mouth advertising to promote this game, the devs seem to be handing out beta keys just to give it to every Tom, Dick and Harry? I know you guys are stress testing supposedly but isn't that why open beta is there for?

* Why choose this method of advertising, are you looking for your beta testers and facebook page to advertise this game.

* Are you planning any other form of advertising on actual gaming websites such as gamespot or the umpteen million gaming websites out there other than your facebook page, which by the way isn't a gaming website. Facebook is a social network site/tool which I am not very fond of. Yes, facebook blows...there I said it...

* Are the developers afraid to preview this game in an actual gaming website because it might be called, "clones, rip-offs, copy-paste.etc"

2) What are the devs doing to help newbs, as in newer players to the genre escpecially the ones who have never played dota. Is the plan to market the game towards the dota demographic only?

* I have had many years of experience with dota but I have friends who won't touch Dota, I would like to recommend this game to them but this game has the same problems as Dota does, the very high learning curve.

* Tutorials/Bots/any form of single player to get acclamatised to the game would really be helpfull.

Yes, I am a bit straight forward and I don't like to suck up a lot, some people might get offended but that's just the way it is. Don't get me wrong, the game is really good but I need to just get my questions answered or just need to put it out there.
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How one of the devs responded:
1.) Because we haven't even announced the game. Moreover, word-of-mouth is by FAR the best form of advertising. However, it is not that easy to ignite.

We have plenty of PR work and advertising set up when the game is ready to be announced.

2.) It is called controlled growth but at a decent pace. We need testers, a lot of them, but we're not prepared to just open up the gates to Open Beta.

Our target market is DotA players. Until we feel we are satisfied making product SPECIFICALLY for us (I say cuz we're all players ourselves) we will not spend resources on tutorials, AI, etc...

Be straight forward all you want, it makes reading between the lines a helluva lot easier
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go guys go! get keys so we have more RSA players!

edit: WTF?

i only get "No key could be found or allocated "
 
HideInLight said:
+-30 meg for a 45min game.

The good news is you can lower the bitrate and save some cap making it about 25meg for a hour game.

In the startup.cfg
SetSave svr_maxbps "9000"

instead of 20000
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thanks for this where abouts is that file located? Im running the linux client of hte game and cant find that file in the folder?
 
I've got 3 Beta Keys to Heroes of Newerth

BAM! Who wants? PM me your e-mail address. :cool:
 
What the heck is the HoN? I have never heard of it up until now. I thought the game equivalent to that of Dota that was coming out is League of Legends. HeroesofNewerth.com is just a picture. No info about the game, or anything. How are we supposed to know this game exists other than through facebook?
 
RooK said:
What the heck is the HoN? I have never heard of it up until now. I thought the game equivalent to that of Dota that was coming out is League of Legends. HeroesofNewerth.com is just a picture. No info about the game, or anything. How are we supposed to know this game exists other than through facebook?
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They haven't "Announced" it yet - it's still in closed Beta.

Nobody knows almost anything because this game does not even exist officially - all us Beta Testers are not allowed to post anything about this game - videos, screen shots or nothing. according to their policy you should not even discuss this game with your family even or something:eek:

The facebook group got started for people to join the beta and to allow for steady growth.

HoN pwns Dota, and will kill LoL.

also check post #51
 
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