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I was wondering if you can pre-purchase Elemental, download it in beta form and play around with it like I did with Gal Civ before it was released in final form?  I've been eye-balling this game for months now and was reading thru some of the posts on this board and was just curious.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes. The beta process works pretty much the same as GC2's.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Just out of curiosity, when does the next round of betas start? If we preorder now, when will we be able to play the beta?

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

not till early december or Christmas time IIRC

What I would like to know is ... if someone pre-orders NOW, and the time to sign up for the new Beta (Christmas) comes and goes, are they automatically in the new beta (because of the pre order) ?

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, if they pre-order they will automatically get into the next round of betas (whenever that is).  And Christmas is only about a month away, so not that long of a wait. :)

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

well, the new beta  is whenever beta 2 opens.  They  are still on Beta 1B about to go to 1C last I checked, and their schedule calls for updates all they way to Beta 1G, which means for it to be "christmas" we have to go through D, E, and F (not to mention G) in a month for beta 2 to arrive.  

Of course, they may open it up again before then, who knows.   But other estimations I've heard, from the devs, is early 2010 for Beta 2, which I'd say was a much safer bet.