Will You be Participating in Global Testfire?

[Mr. Squidward Tennisballs]

Gonna try to play it as soon as it happens, I SOO want to play it badly!

 

[Nico Nico Sleep]

Likely the first. The second and third are possible, but we're having a comic convention locally on Saturday and Sunday so being able to attend the beta will be difficult.

 

[iDaylon]

It depends on how busy I am this weekend.

 

[Lyn]

I will definitely try, as I live in EST.

 

[Trieste Sp]

I'd love to, but my internet is absolutely terrible. It's not even worth trying.

 

[PrinceOfKoopas]

I'll try for all three, and anticipate they'll all end in disaster.

(also rip sleep)

 

[PixL]

I'll be at all 3. Who needs sleep anyway?

 

[AGES]

Hoping/planning to be there for all three and also stream, 2nd one miiiiiight be a little harder for me because 6AM but I shouldn't have much to do Saturday afternoon so I should be set for the 3rd as well.

 

[SuperMii3D]

1. 8 PM
2. 4 AM
3. Forgot the time for this one.

I should be able to attend all 3 :d

 

[BoTalksGames]

I'm going to attend all 3. I'll...probably wake up right before the first one and just stay up until the third one is over. Pretty much how my sleep schedule is anyway. (EST)

 

[empieflower]

I'll defiantly be there for Friday's event, will miss out on Saturday's first event, but if I wake up on time and have no plans for the afternoon, I'll be there for the last one. I just hope my internet will be good and won't lag.

 

[SilverEra]

Hopefully I won't miss it.

 

[Twilord]

I can say up till 4AM, but I'm not so sure I'll be back awake for the second.

 

[Yaezakura]

The events being in such small time frames makes it look like this is primarily a stress test for Nintendo's servers. There's no better way to prepare for peak-time traffic than by getting the thousands of inklings desperate to play to squeeze into tiny little windows like this.

Heck yes I will be playing. And I'll probably be waking up at 4am to participate in all three.

Pretty much, yeah. This is kind of a multi-faceted stroke of brilliance on Nintendo's part.

The testfiring acts as a demo, but the severely limited play time doesn't allow anyone to be "satisfied" with the experience--you're definitely going to be left wanting more, which builds hype for the launch when you've got an army of people who have had a taste and are now wanting to satisfy the craving they've been left with since the event ended.

On top of that, it's going to give Nintendo a solid idea of what kind of traffic to expect on launch day--by having three windows spread throughout the day, which generally correspond to peak traffic times in different parts of the world, they'll know if the infrastructure they've set up is going to be able to handle the strain come launch day. So even if the testfiring ends up being laggy as hell, I think we'll be able to expect considerable improvements by launch day.

 

[Puffy]

I will hopefully take part on all 3 days

That's awesome, you're so lucky! Tbh, I will probably not be participating in any, as I won't be home, which saddens me. But oh well, more surprises when I get the game! So, I must ask, you're on the Mario Kart forums, correct?

 

[CodyMKW]

That's awesome, you're so lucky! Tbh, I will probably not be participating in any, as I won't be home, which saddens me. But oh well, more surprises when I get the game! So, I must ask, you're on the Mario Kart forums, correct?

Yes I am on the Mario Kart forums

 

[Zoot]

My alarm is set for 3:40am, let's DO this!

 

[Burgundy Blade]

Setting my alarms for every time! I'm so excited. :3

 

[thefro]

I'll definitely do a couple of them.

 

[Puffy]

Ah, all of you are so lucky! I would love to participate, but sadly I will not be home. But, I'll have to hear about how it is!