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Fileplanet Subscriber? In the US? Get FFXIV Beta Key.
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Author:  Ketrebu [ Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Fileplanet Subscriber? In the US? Get FFXIV Beta Key.
Heads up. This page only works if you're in the US, so I can't see this but:

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/final-fantasy-xiv/

Your key is given to you instantly and registers on your SquareEnix account page for instant access. If you're not a subscriber you can pay something like $7.

Kinda sucks to have to pay (especially with some sort of open beta coming up) but if you're already a subscriber for whatever reason (or you're just really desperate and have $7 knocking around) you're in luck.

EDIT: Sorry guys, apparently they ran out of keys for today about 10 minutes ago. I can't see the site since I'm not in the US. It might only tell you after you subscribe too so beware. I presume they'll have more tomorrow at some time. If someone else can see the page can they let us know what it actually says?

EDIT2: "Wow, that was fast! We have distributed all of the FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta keys for today, but don't be sad. We will have a fresh batch of keys tomorrow! Be sure to check back often so you don't miss out!" (So tomorrow I guess, not sure when.)
Author:  Ultimatewarrior [ Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:11 pm ]
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Looks like File Planet will be giving out Beta Keys at 1:00 PM PST
Gotta start spaming that site!!!!! eeeeeep!!!!
Author:  Ultimatewarrior [ Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:14 am ]
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So, yesterday I start spamming the "GET YOUR KEY" icon at 1pm and I get in!!
Just when I click the accept button a message pops up that all the keys are gone><
GAH!!! so close. It only took a few seconds for all the keys to be taken.
Well I'try again today
Author:  Corwin [ Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:18 pm ]
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Kayne and I just got in through this :p
Author:  Ultimatewarrior [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:58 pm ]
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I just goy my beta key! what server u guys on?
Author:  Ridere [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:01 pm ]
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Got my key, too
Author:  Ridere [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:44 pm ]
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Ridere wrote:
Got my key, too


Can someone PM me the server you all are running on?
Author:  Kayne [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:36 pm ]
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Kefka
Author:  Tomake [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:05 pm ]
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Lol I keep forgetting to check in the mornings...you know what time they release them?
Author:  Ridere [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:27 pm ]
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It was a random time today posted on Twitter. I didn't even check. Came back from watching The Expendables, noticed people posting on zam.com that they hadn't released them yet today. I decided to check it a bit later randomly and bam, I got in.

Was an act of god. haha.
Author:  Whisp [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:46 pm ]
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are you guys paying the $7? seems kinda pointless if there's only one day of closed beta left (is that true?)
Author:  Ridere [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:57 pm ]
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I haven't heard anything about the transition from closed to open beta. But yah. I did have to pay for a subscription account to get the filefront entry. I wouldn't suggest it, myself, though. Only one day left of their drawings, and it's not worth the fee given that it's basically just random when they decide to do it, so you'd have to camp the site all day, or some how get majorly lucky, like I did.
Author:  Kayne [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:26 am ]
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Yeah we had to pay $7, but that's really nothing. Just skip lunch and it's paid for :P

Also, I cheated and made a local webpage to automatically check every 5 seconds to see if the page was any different than "that was fast!". If it was, it pops up the signup page and blares a train horn at me to wake me the fuck up. Although it's the last day for the FP beta giveaway, if anyone wants to do it, just download some random alarm noise from somewhere, put it on your C:\ drive, name it train.mp3, open up notepad and copy/paste the following into it, save it as "test.htm" or whatever you want, run it (only tested on IE, the bgsound tag won't work in Firefox, etc.), make sure you allow ActiveX objects to run (click the info bar and choose ok), then sit back and let the script do the work for you. Here's the code:

Code:
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function reloadPage()
{
  var xmlHTTP = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xmlHTTP.onreadystatechange = function()
  {
    if(xmlHTTP.readyState==4)
    {
      if(!xmlHTTP.responseText.match(/that was fast!/gi))
      {
        window.open("http://www.fileplanet.com/promotion/final-fantasy-xiv/signup.aspx");
        document.getElementsByTagName("bgsound")[0].src = "C:\\train.mp3";
      }
      else setTimeout("reloadPage()",5000);
    }
  }
  xmlHTTP.open("GET","http://www.fileplanet.com/promotion/final-fantasy-xiv/signup.aspx?" + new Date());
  xmlHTTP.send(null);
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body onload="reloadPage();">
<bgsound loop=-1/>
</body>
</html>


Potentially you could change the 5000 to 1000 for a 1 second refresh, but it's a bit overkill (although it won't be a true 1 second refresh since it actually needs to finish loading the page before it tries again). Also, the page will stay blank the whole time since it's using AJAX to grab the fileplanet page instead of refreshing it on the main window. If you want to make sure it's working, just open up task manager and watch the iexplore.exe process gradually grow in size (about 32 kb every 5s; as long as you're not running it for a week straight, that small memory leak shouldn't eat up all your memory).
Author:  Yarr [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:39 am ]
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Nerd alert.
Author:  Ketrebu [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:20 am ]
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I'd have liked to have gotten an extra key for myself, the $7 wouldn't have bothered me.

Right now I only have access through my IRL friend's account, which annoyingly means we can't use it at the same time. The fileplanet thing was regionally restricted though and I didn't feel like playing with proxies.
Author:  Tomake [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:18 am ]
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Kayne is botting to get the key code...typical lol
Author:  Ultimatewarrior [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:27 pm ]
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i got a tweet from file planet on my blackberry, then just logged on the site and clicked the "get your key" and BAM i got teh key!!
Author:  Tomake [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:59 pm ]
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Ultimatewarrior wrote:
i got a tweet from file planet on my blackberry, then just logged on the site and clicked the "get your key" and BAM i got teh key!!

Was that today? I signed up for the tweet/text alert and all i saw was the Zelda message (and it's all i still see). Been checking all day today and nothing.
Author:  Whisp [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:58 pm ]
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prob gonna be open beta now anyway
Author:  Whisp [ Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:17 pm ]
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wow the beta takes forever to download. it's almost been going for 24 hours and says another 14 hours left :(

thats on DSL
Author:  Yarr [ Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:35 pm ]
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Yeah and what if the release a new client for the public beta? lol.
Author:  DeadLegend [ Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:26 am ]
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Deeply, deeply wish I could play this on PS3. Fuck you guys.
Author:  Tomake [ Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:10 am ]
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Have you guys actually heard anything about a public beta?
Author:  Ultimatewarrior [ Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:01 am ]
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Tomake wrote:
Have you guys actually heard anything about a public beta?


"SquareEnix, FFXIV's open beta test(OBT) starts in early september.
Square-Enix has announced that the beta phase for FFXIV will commence in early september. For this, they will implement several new contents to the public beta. It is expected that the details of the OBT will be announced in a few days."

I hope they fix shit before. Beta very laggy and buggy for me.
Author:  Tomake [ Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:41 am ]
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Sweet...not about laggy/buggy stuff though lol.
Just reserved the Spec. Ed yesterday!
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