How the Open Beta launch went for us

I launched a sattelite into the sky, using a rocket. The launch was such a sudden rush for me. The adrenalin going through my veins, oh god, the kick. When it all went well the relief was a-maz-ing. There's nothing like it.

I can't believe what this must've felt like. After 6 years, finally a (kind of official) launch. Kudos to the whole team, and best of luck. You have somehting to be proud of.

I will be playing the game a whole lot, that's for sure!

Overall it took me a few tries to convince myself to the game but I am having more and more fun with it. Great job!!

:) Amazing game GGG, I really wish I could of gotten more then a beta key, but I have been jobless for close to three months now, and can't spend what you don't have.

AMAZING game ! Great job of GGG !!

I am curious of future progress of the game.

Enjoy ! ;)

I'm thoroughly enjoying this game, and am very glad that I chose to support it. I will absolutely show further patronage in the future.

The core game mechanics and the staggering amount of customization available is breathtaking. I can see many sleepless nights ahead at the hands of GGG. =P

GG

Cant wait for more cash shop items, + more customization ! :D

Nice post Chris, dam you are good at english/grammar lol

Quality to attention thank you for this opportunity to play POE for free!

there are many words i can say about my ob experience as well as the closed beta, but i'll just say two words.

Thank You!

you've made me (and my son) happy gamers indeed :)

Awesome post, I really enjoyed reading about how the launch felt from the GGG perspective. Chris must have felt like Jack Bauer - 24+ hours without sleep but still rocking the show :D

As I mentioned in the Open Beta Status thread, the launch went absolutely smooth for me as well. Download speed was mostly beyond 500 Kb/s, in the end it slowed down a little. Still, I guess I was done downloading after roughly 1 1/2 hours and logged in without problems thereafter. The game ran absolutely smooth right from the start which I absolutely hadn't expected. Absolutely no lag whatsoever, ping times as low as 35 ms from Germany, no disconnects for two hours until I stopped playing (it's not that I WANTED to stop but I had to...).
Really, couldn't have gone better in my opinion. I agree with what many people said already, you can be mighty proud of yourselves! I'm sure you will always remember this and even tell your grand kids about it :)

Keep up the good work and please please keep up your open and transparent attitude towards the community. It makes all the difference to keep your player/fanbase in the loop and to share some stories and thoughts from behind the scenes.

Thank you so much for this amazing game and congratulations to you all! Your service and professionalism is a credit to the gaming community and an example to all companies out there!