Bashiok — Phase two not starting until July?

[TheRabidDeer]

Without the anticipation we had before the beta, the mystery before we played the game, or the discussion while the beta ran, what are we going to talk about?

Back "on-topic": A few is defined by dictionary.com as "more than one; an indefinably small number" while couple is defined by "A few; several". Given this, I'd say it whatever you want to be and that's why it's so regional.

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You had to go pretty far down to find that "a few; several" part :P
It is under the "informal" area where that definition is listed.

Oddly enough, to the left you have it say "Commonly Confused: several" then down below in the idiom's you have "a few".

A couple can always be a few but a few can not always be a couple. I think that is the best way that I can describe the two.

[TheEconomist]

Oddly enough, to the left you have it say "Commonly Confused: several" then down below in the idiom's you have "a few".

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/couple

We must be using different dictionaries (I said the wrong one) because I didn't have any of that. The first three definitions don't apply to this so I went down until I reached on that did which was the one I brought up.

1. Two items of the same kind; a pair.
2. Something that joins or connects two things together; a link.
3. Two people united, as by betrothal or marriage.
4. Informal A few; several.

Now my head is really hurting. Anyways, obviously, it's just another incorrect usage among the trillions that can be found in urban America

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[SinsWage]

In my area and when used by me or in a sentence directed to me I always assume a couple means exactly 2.

Obviously this doesn't mean I'm right, it's just how it is for me.

[don]

They have to install a metric f**k ton of new hardware and probably do some minor recoding. Also, I expect them to implement (even if minor tweaks) an updated UI, and balancing changes. The beta will come back online to stress test their new hardware and iron out any last minute bugs that may effect Bnet prior to launch.

Hopefully we won't have any profile resets after launch. lol

But yeah, July for sure IMO. And not just early July, I am expecting a mid July relaunch.

If they are adding hardware, how do you guys think they are gonna stress them? Additional keys? Open Beta?

And on the discussion about the word "couple". Isn't the word "couple" synonymous with the word "pair"? So, "a couple" = "a pair" = 2?

Edit: Oh, Tychus ended the discussion.

[TheEconomist]

And on the discussion about the word "couple". Isn't the word "couple" synonymous with the word "pair"? So, "a couple" = "a pair" = 2?

That would be a usage used far less than my own. Blizzard is an example of that.

[Gifted]

Yes and no to the hardware. AT&T handles that. But I'm sure because of the scale of how many servers and the software required to install, they need to give AT&T a lot of notice/time.

After the beta ended, I would imagine they went ASAP on work for a Gold processing Candidate that was stable/good to be shipped off so they can print off the CD's. After that, more polishing and getting whatever the heck they want into phase 2?

They said a day 1 patch on retail release date is almost 100% guaranteed.
I guess there is a lot of unfinished business behind the scenes. Otherwise Phase 2 would be up if it was simple as hardware changes on the "To Do list"

They work side-by-side with AT&T engineers to get this task done. I know because I was talking with one of them who is currently travelling the US doing so, our conversation was ended because he had to board a plane.

Regarding the Gold-processing canidate, you are pretty spot on, but the day 1 patch is mostly a result of them working up until release and after on the project, so it's nothing massive I'd say. (Not to imply that you were suggesting it was)

[deadlyhazard]

He said early July. That means mid-July.

[TheEconomist]

You are correct, sir!

[//MavericK\\]

Yeah, knowing Blizz...Phase 2 of the beta will begin exactly two weeks prior to release.

And here's how things will probably go when they try to crank the beta back up.

[TheEconomist]

That video is epic for this