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[Fstchvy]

If you don't start your stream with 6 Mei's making ice forts for days, I will be sad.

 

[Accophox]

Cross your fingers that the hug of death that befell Diablo 3 at launch doesn't happen with OW.

 

[nickf]

Ars Over surely?

I'll get my coat.

 

[dizdizzie]

As long as you use webcams I will watch it. I have this game, but I don't know if I will play it now.

 

[UltimateLemon]

Is it only me that I want to see a Twitch game play of full match where each character is controlled by Twitch plays?

 

[UltimateLemon]

Accophox[/url]":149wk2j6]Cross your fingers that the hug of death that befell Diablo 3 at launch doesn't happen with OW.

They beta tested this way more compared to D3 so hopefully they got the server cap right at launch.

 

[Fstchvy]

UltimateLemon[/url]":1p0bhzx3]

Accophox[/url]":1p0bhzx3]Cross your fingers that the hug of death that befell Diablo 3 at launch doesn't happen with OW.

They beta tested this way more compared to D3 so hopefully they got the server cap right at launch.

They also had 9.7m people in the open beta. I'd be surprised if they have significant issues.

 

[dizdizzie]

Fstchvy[/url]":1e9s637y]

UltimateLemon[/url]":1e9s637y]

Accophox[/url]":1e9s637y]Cross your fingers that the hug of death that befell Diablo 3 at launch doesn't happen with OW.

They beta tested this way more compared to D3 so hopefully they got the server cap right at launch.

They also had 9.7m people in the open beta. I'd be surprised if they have significant issues.

Actually now everyone wants to connect at the same time and nothing works.

 

[Martin Blank]

UltimateLemon[/url]":2krc578x]

Accophox[/url]":2krc578x]Cross your fingers that the hug of death that befell Diablo 3 at launch doesn't happen with OW.

They beta tested this way more compared to D3 so hopefully they got the server cap right at launch.

The answer to this would appear to be "no."

 

[isparavanje]

Fstchvy[/url]":203a4o5l]

UltimateLemon[/url]":203a4o5l]

Accophox[/url]":203a4o5l]Cross your fingers that the hug of death that befell Diablo 3 at launch doesn't happen with OW.

They beta tested this way more compared to D3 so hopefully they got the server cap right at launch.

They also had 9.7m people in the open beta. I'd be surprised if they have significant issues.

Except they are having significant issues right now o_o

 

[Relto]

Well, you can join the 300,000 people watching streams of the loading connection failure screen!

 

[UltimateLemon]

Martin Blank[/url]":1hgg47eo]

UltimateLemon[/url]":1hgg47eo]

Accophox[/url]":1hgg47eo]Cross your fingers that the hug of death that befell Diablo 3 at launch doesn't happen with OW.

They beta tested this way more compared to D3 so hopefully they got the server cap right at launch.

The answer to this would appear to be "no."

Damn it Blizzard. Why do you always screw up your launches.

 

[Martin Blank]

And now it seems to be working. YAY!

 

[Shannara]

Running late :/ Please let us know when you are starting to stream ...

 

[Shannara]

Here's the new link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfPqiBC1R0c

 

[jasonmicron]

Soooo I'm just going to pretend that the stream went great. Because like Ray Charles, I couldn't see *#$&.

 

[0bliv!on]

Relto[/url]":1nhk7tx0]Well, you can join the 300,000 people watching streams of the loading connection failure screen!

At least that's 300,000 less people *actually trying to connect to a server*...

 

[Me I'm Counting]

No game this big is going to have a flawless launch. Given the number of people pounding it, I'm actually impressed with how few problems they had. 15 minutes to wait after go live and a couple disconnects. And now all is well with my world.

 

[Edgarion63]

Me, I'm Counting[/url]":3v1i6y1o]No game this big is going to have a flawless launch. Given the number of people pounding it, I'm actually impressed with how few problems they had. 15 minutes to wait after go live and a couple disconnects. And now all is well with my world.

Yes, it was pretty smooth, especially compared to the Diablo 3 launch. I was playing about 20 minutes after 7 and I only got disconnected once. It was, of course when I had just busted through and killed the enemy team with the payload just meters away from the point. Oh well. Still enjoyed the heck out of that game and I am looking forward to playing some more.

 

[NinjaNerd56]

Edgarion63[/url]":2qlqtll0]

Me, I'm Counting[/url]":2qlqtll0]No game this big is going to have a flawless launch. Given the number of people pounding it, I'm actually impressed with how few problems they had. 15 minutes to wait after go live and a couple disconnects. And now all is well with my world.

Yes, it was pretty smooth, especially compared to the Diablo 3 launch. I was playing about 20 minutes after 7 and I only got disconnected once. It was, of course when I had just busted through and killed the enemy team with the payload just meters away from the point. Oh well. Still enjoyed the heck out of that game and I am looking forward to playing some more.

Our group of 5 had a single disconnect 10 minutes after launch and that was it.

Having an audio issue on Windows 10 that was NOT seen during the beta, but TeamSpeak was a good stand in.

We played 3-4 hours and had a blast.

 

[Saikaici]

Got in 20 minutes after launch, not bad but it still wasn't completely smooth. On top of that we had a person DC randomly about every 3rd game. Overall performance was fine though, so overall it was pretty good.

 

[Ars Moriendi]

I can get 1.5 games in before I crash (my computer is getting on in years, so I don;t know whos to blame).

BUT, my old i7 has a spanky 980, so I am still clearing 120FPS consistently (1080p ultra).

 

[Ricktron3000]

15 to 20 minutes after launch I was able to connect. Xbox One suffered some party bugs (users were unable to send/receive party invites) for a few hours. This was eventually resolved but it took them close to 5 hours to fix. Still you could play the game solo with no issues.

 

[Saikaici]

Ars Moriendi[/url]":2ft99whk]I can get 1.5 games in before I crash (my computer is getting on in years, so I don;t know whos to blame).

BUT, my old i7 has a spanky 980, so I am still clearing 120FPS consistently (1080p ultra).

Is it a DC or a crash?

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a driver issue. My old computer's Q6600 didn't like newer graphics cards either.

 

[Nikademus]

Got in at 5pm Pacific time, played till 10pm PST and only had one weird issue where we waited for 1 person to join the game for like 15 minutes, 1 person is all we needed to start match and it just kept trying to find one for so long that people started leaving, then we would get one person to replace that person and be stuck waiting still for that last person to join. After about 15 min of this i dropped out started a new search and was in a game almost instantly. During the last beta weekend i played all weekend and didnt have a single issue.