Metal Gear Online beta 'planned' for April 25 ... late night

by James Ransom-Wiley { Apr 21st 2008 at 2:15PM }

Konami has updated the status of the Metal Gear Online beta delay, now listing the "planned" start date and time as: 04/25/2008 24:00 (PDT). "While the start is planned for the weekend, it may change due to unforseen [sic] circumstances," reads an additional warning on the Metal Gear Online teaser site. Sheesh, guess it ain't called a "beta test" for nothin'...

[Thanks, DavidB]

Tags: breakingnews, konami, metal-gear-online, metal-gear-online-beta, mgo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

HighFiveJesus @ Apr 21st 2008 2:20PM

i blame the russians

WiiSports Machine...Fernandos in disguise PSN: Killjebus @ Apr 21st 2008 2:32PM

BLAME Canada...Blame Canada.

Shiggy, did you have anything to do with this? Remember last week when me and Shane picked you up off the floor after you threw up all over that "woman" (I keep telling you Shiiggy, that "woman" was a MAN) and sliiped and fell over off the barstool and into your own vomit you gave me a dirty look and mumbled something about MGSO and sabotaging it with turtle shells. I thought it was the booze talking but I am starting to get suspicious of you.

Did you?

Shane Kim X3F (: Me love me 360 long time!) @ Apr 21st 2008 2:35PM

I think Shiggys out buying a 360 right now. After he realized Banjo 3 is releasing on my system then he couldnt resist.

WiiSports Machine...Fernandos in disguise PSN: Killjebus @ Apr 21st 2008 2:49PM

No no no Shane, you got it all wrong. He's out alright but he is NOT buying your Treesity. No, instead him and I are meeting at your house to do a little "redecorating" on your behalf. Don't worry about it because we will not be taking the credit for it. We are going to put the blame on you.

PS
If you try to call your wife or leave your office, don't. If you do you will quickly come face to face with several very large black men...and they will force you on your knees....and it won't be to pray.

HighFiveJesus @ Apr 21st 2008 2:54PM

wouldn't it be marvelous if you all turned out to be the same person

copa @ Apr 21st 2008 2:57PM

Killjebus, you are on a roll.

Going to the 'Miyamoto is gay' card over and over again. You might think that joke would have gotten real old by the hundredth time you posted it.

But no, you know how to spice it up with just enough 'large black men are scary' ribticklers to keep everything fresh.

So, just to be clear, you procreated?

Shane Kim X360DF! (Me love me 360 long time:) @ Apr 21st 2008 3:14PM

Ken,

Who is this wife of mine you keep reffering to? Did you not know that I am not married? Oh and you are wrong about Shiggy, he indeed did purchase a 360 and he has already requested to be my friend on LIVE. I would give you his gamertag but he told me he doesn't want me to put him out there like that.

So when are we going out for some more drinks so Shiggy can get wasted and we can take some crazy pictures of him again? Ill take my car this time. Shiggy and his silly Honda Fit its no match for my Lambo.

Ally @ Apr 21st 2008 3:42PM

This isnt a chatroom...

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Apr 22nd 2008 1:00AM

Add in Reggie into the pile, and I'll fistpound someone like a Heavy.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 21st 2008 2:22PM

Wow, this sucks @SS! Peeps that took vaca and days off, I feels for ya =(

loungemonkey @ Apr 21st 2008 2:28PM

Who would do something like that for an online beta? Betas are known to have rocky starts.

Now taking a day off for GTAIV, I understand.

FOXHOUND @ Apr 21st 2008 2:28PM

Believe it or not, I didn't take one for the MGO beta. Though I'm literally holding the vacation request paperwork in hand for 6/12 and 6/13... that way even if MGS4 is *somehow* delayed, at least it's a 4 day weekend. ;]

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 21st 2008 2:36PM

I feel for the people who took vacation days for a beta but not in the way you mean, fenix. I just pity them. It's a game, and by the time the weekend hits, it will be much more stable with more people to play.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 21st 2008 2:41PM

Lol, that too Fid but still some people live for MG AMIRITE? I can wait but once GTAIV hits we shall see what happens.

NATO_Duke @ Apr 21st 2008 2:47PM

I have never taken a day off for a game. Left early for a match once or twice, but skipping work for it seems kinda weak to me.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 21st 2008 3:03PM

I've taken the day off of work for several games when they dropped. Am I not cool now Duke? =( One thing that I've never done is a midnight launch thingy. Not because its dumb but because I just dont feel like waiting in line. Just stroll in the next day and pick it up. I think Ive taken days off or missed school for these games...

Halo2
Halo3
Tekken2
Tekken Tag
Mario Sunshine
Zelda The Windwaker
Killer Instinct Gold
COD4
Donkey Kong Country 2
Marvel Vs Capcom 2

These are just a few, I dont know about you but I love popping in a new game and playing all day long with no disturbances =)

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 21st 2008 3:07PM

Correction, work or *school ;)

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 21st 2008 3:08PM

No offence but hardly any of these games looked worth skipping work/school.

kbomb1upc @ Apr 21st 2008 3:15PM

@xFenixKnightx
Hey do you play Tekken 5 Online on the PS3? Maybe we can get some games in? I'm deadly with Asuka.

David @ Apr 21st 2008 3:16PM

I took school off for the Halo 3 beta, and luckily, I actually got to play it all day because I got in with the Rule of Three (sucked for the Crackdown people)

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 21st 2008 3:19PM

Crackdown people were left with something FAR BETTER than Halo 3 beta anyway.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 21st 2008 3:19PM

None taken JakubK, none taken at all because those are just some games that I really enjoyed at that time and I'd do it again. Good times indeed. Oh, and I dont really care what games you think are worth and not worth taking the day off of work/school. You have your tastes and I have mine. Its all bueno bud.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 21st 2008 3:21PM

kbomb1upc

Yeah man I have Tekken DR, add me PSN ID is the same as my username here. I usually play at night. I'm the man Paul Phoenix. =)

FOXHOUND @ Apr 21st 2008 3:33PM

whoa, whoa... let me clarify:

Taking time off from grade school for a videogame = Dumb and surprisingly not worth it

Taking time off from College for a videogame = Dumber and usually much more detrimental than doing it in grade school

*Taking time off from work for a videogame = If you've got the sick/term leave time to cover it, go for it. You earned the time, might as well use it if you're a person who doesn't regularly take them or get ill. If you do it and would either have to make up the work or have no monetary compensation for it... forget it.

(*my situation)

NATO_Duke @ Apr 21st 2008 4:10PM

Naw Fenix - you are just more hardcore than me it would seem. I just wait for free time on the weekends to play these days. Though I remember once playing Oblivion all night and not making it to work. So, I guess I did take a day.

kbomb1upc @ Apr 21st 2008 4:33PM

@xFenixKnightx
I'll try to remember to add you when I get home from work. I just rented MLB The Show and I'm addicted. The Road to Show mode is really fun (even though I'm not starting yet)

el serpiente @ Apr 21st 2008 6:04PM

Word. up. home. slice. The Show '08 might be the best baseball game I have ever played.

I was never a fan of the sony baseball series, always prefered the MVP or 2K offerings, but 2K8 sucks testes this year and the Show is an unstoppable juggernaut of baseball brilliance.

JAH75157 @ Apr 21st 2008 2:27PM

they are secretly saying that there is no more beta.
24:00 doesn't exist as a time.
it's like saying the twelfth of never.

creid @ Apr 21st 2008 2:42PM

Lousy Smarch weather...

LaughingMan @ Apr 21st 2008 2:42PM

Damn Smarch weather...

j.howlett @ Apr 21st 2008 2:46PM

time cube?

robert @ Apr 21st 2008 3:51PM

Midnight 00:00 and 24:00

In the 24-hour time notation, the day begins at midnight, 00:00, and the last minute of the day begins at 23:59. Where convenient, the notation 24:00 may also be used to refer to midnight at the end of a given date — that is, 24:00 of the current day is the same point in time as 00:00 of the following day.

The notation 24:00 mainly serves to refer to the exact end of a day in a time interval. A typical usage is giving opening hours ending at midnight, e.g. "00:00–24:00", "07:00–24:00". Similarly, some railway timetables show 00:00 as departure time and 24:00 as arrival time. Legal contracts often run from the start date at 00:00 till the end date at 24:00.

Time-of-day notations beyond 24:00 (such as 24:01 or 25:59) are neither commonly used nor covered by any relevant standards. However, they have been observed occasionally in some special contexts in Japan and Hong Kong where business hours extend beyond midnight, such as broadcast-television production.

Most digital clocks and watches show times between 00:00 to 23:59. As a notable exception, the digital clocks of at least one European manufacturer of kitchen appliances show 24:00 for midnight, rather than the standard 00:00.

crapsstickman711 @ Apr 21st 2008 7:29PM

JAH75157 is correct, Robert. In your explaination it clearly says that 24:01 does not exist. Therefore, why would 24:00:01. Unless it changed from 24:00 to 00:00 in a split second (which it does not)... In that case we would lose a split second everyday and the 24 hour clock would be totally eronious. When the clock passes 23:59:59, it then goes to count the next minute of 00:00:00. Sure you can "say" 24:00 and everyone will know what you are talking about. But that does not mean it is real... Take "Jesus" for example.