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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Alganon Announces Upcoming Open Beta

Chandler, AZ - (PRWEB) November 2nd, 2009 - Quest Online is pleased to announce its upcoming November 11th Open Beta for Alganon, a fantasy-based Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG). This is the final stage of beta testing before Alganon's official launch on December 1st, 2009.

Players wishing to participate in the Open Beta test will be able to join through numerous affiliate game sites including, but not limited to, IGN via Direct2Drive/FilePlanet, MMORPG.COM, Curse Gaming, as well as the Alganon and MyAlganon websites.

Alganon's recent beta updates have included many additions and enhancements including:

* New Quests, Creatures, Weapons, Armor, Mounts, and Pets
* Enhanced environments and visual effects
* New Class actions, abilities and studies
* Full guild support with MyAlganon tie-ins
* Banks, Shared Mail, Auction and Consignment houses
* Study Queue, enhanced Tradeskill recipes
* Updated Alganon Installer
* Numerous bug fixes revolving around connectivity and stability
* Improved client framerate
* A highly-interdependent crafting systems that encourages crafters to work together
* A Family system that helps unite players with similar play styles
* New in-game ticket system tied directly to Support
* A rich and vibrant MMORPG community

"Alganon is what players have been waiting for," says co-founder and President, David Allen. "All one needs to do is play during the Open Beta to find out. Prepare to be captured by a fun game and beautiful world you can immerse yourself in for years to come."

Alganon is an upcoming fantasy-based MMORPG that allows thousands of people to play together in a virtual world that features a rich history dominated by commanding deities, powerful weapons and armor, deadly magic, epic quests, ancient places to discover, the utilization of detailed tradeskills, and more. Designed from scratch and based in a uniquely created world, the initial goal in designing Alganon is to provide "Fun game play with unlimited growth in a massive world of immersion and interaction".

About Quest Online, Inc.

Founded in early 2006, Quest Online, LLC (http://www.qol.com) is a privately held corporation focused on the development of high quality, visually beautiful and deeply engaging next generation MMORPG games.

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Contact:
David Allen
dallen@qol.com
Tel: (602) 903-7878

[Radium]

While we will lose the feel of a close tight knit community with this I do think it is the way to go for marketing. We need more players when the game goes live.

[Hakiem]

hmmmm .. didn't I just read this in GamerZines???

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GZ: Why did you decide not to run an open beta?

We want quality players who have a vested interest in the game. Granted in some regards we do have an open beta through Fileplanet and the QOL/MyAlganon site, it still allows us to gain a different perspective on player opinions than pulling people off the 'gaming street'.

Here's an analogy. If you were to poll random people off the street and ask them about food choices, they would provide one set of opinions about food.

They would tell you that one item may be overpriced, or that another has too much fat, or that they make decisions based on nutritional value. They would, generally, give you their honest opinions, and tell you what they think they want in a meal. However, if you were to follow them to lunch, and see what items they actually choose to eat, you'll often find they make very different choices. It's not unusual for person in a poll to say their favorite food is pizza, but every day, when lunch rolls around, pass by several pizza restaurants to sit down and enjoy something completely different. They didn't lie on the poll. People just make different decisions under different conditions. The choices you make to determine a favorite food are different than the choices you make when actually choosing what to eat. The same is true with choosing a television show to watch, which music to buy, who we choose to date, and how we react to MMOGs.

At QOL, we believe strongly in listening to our players, but asking "what is your favorite Alganon feature?" in an open beta doesn't help us nearly as much as observing paying players and seeing what they enjoy once they have a vested interest. Players will make very different decisions in a free game than they do in a game they are paying for. We want Alganon to be fun for our everyday subscribers. This is why we are not having an open-beta, and also why we are anxious to release as soon as possible.

Okay .. whatever .. guess I'm still having fun even though ???

Just Me,
Tim

[bairanax]

you did, looks like that article was just published today. But it was probably an old interview from a month ago when open beta was the last thing on their mind.

[Soupdragon]

Please, please, please make sure we have the \ignore function up and working in chat BEFORE 11th November.

I think it might get some heavy use, don't know why, just a hunch

[Gargothen]

Even though it may be annoying, they do need to make money. Seems like moral flexibility is always an options when money is running thing.

I do hope the ignore function does work though and I also hope that we get fun, constructive and pleasant people joining the game.

[Radium]

Votes for the ignore function as well. Or the ability to leave a channel, or anything.

[Hasala]

There needs to be a way for those of us who actually want to test, to be able to discuss the game and so forth and not be overrun with the nonsense that will ensue when it goes open. If there isn't then I won't bother and will be back when it goes live for pre-orders.

[aleonia]

Hasala, on 03 November 2009 - 07:16 AM, said:

There needs to be a way for those of us who actually want to test, to be able to discuss the game and so forth and not be overrun with the nonsense that will ensue when it goes open. If there isn't then I won't bother and will be back when it goes live for pre-orders.

I think a chat channel (if we can create our own by then) or maybe the open vent that was talked about last wk would be the way to go till a few wks after live when all this dies down.

[Mhantra]

aleonia, on 03 November 2009 - 01:57 AM, said:

I think a chat channel (if we can create our own by then) or maybe the open vent that was talked about last wk would be the way to go till a few wks after live when all this dies down.

Hmm, not a bad idea. A person could broadcast the channel periodically for those interested. You may get a periodic channel griefer, but I doubt it will be many, since most of them will want to speak into the most populated and viewed channel.

With this, maybe we could invite more of the open beta tester to experience what we've had before the (albeit temporary) chaos of the open beta ensued.

[Radium]

I have thought of setting up a guild to house the open beta testers who wanted in. Having some knowledgeable experienced testers in there to help them would be nice.

However if the chat channels were working properly with something like a help channel it would make the idea less useful.

[Chadeaux]

Votes for /ignore to be up and running as well.

Also yes- Can we create a Chat channel for spamless beta testing-type chat?

Or - Open up 'General chat' and let us serious testers use the Dev channel?

There has to be some way to save us from the potential flood....

[eveque67]

/bump the /ignore function