Lot of Beta keys given out
 

http://disney.go.com/pirates/online/thegame/video.html

According to this they gave out 10,000 beta keys :eek:

Hey, they are using an old build version of the game. The interface has changed since.

And did you guys see how SMOOOOOOOOOTH the game play was on those pc's? Not even a single LAG??? I want one of those pc's!! Or at least tell me what they did to get the game so SMOOOOOOTH! lol

I'll tell you what they did; they had those PC's hardwired to the server.
Those of us on the east coast went through this pain years ago on Toontown. It's a whole lot more hops (router/gateway connections) between here (DC area) and California, and you're only as fast as your slowest hop. Do a Traceroute and you'll see just how many there are.

I just dont understand why they can't get their network code right, I can play on US servers for LOTRO with hundreds of players around me with no lag at all.

And im in Australia

Yet I can't play Pirates Online when 3 people walk past?

Hopefully they move to a better Datacenter soon with a better pipe to the outside world.

Just wait until all those people try to log on, and they get the evil Microsoft message. Or, maybe they won't because they get an old version? I had to update graphics driver to get back on on my HP. And, I have a high end graphics card. (because I like to game) Thought it was suppose to be for min. spec. machines!:D

Yay, I got that message too! I thought I was all
alone, he he. It is sad though... first I could log in,
but my graphics card was not good, so I could not
see anything. Now, when I can log in because they
lowered the expectations, I get the pop-up. Arg!

Hey, that sounds cool--can you tell me how to do a Traceroute?? Now I'm curious.

Here's the Tracert to piratesonline.com

Tracing route to piratesonline.com [199.181.132.250]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 13 ms 12 ms 11 ms ip68-100-206-1.dc.dc.cox.net [68.100.206.1]
2 12 ms 10 ms 11 ms ip68-100-1-145.dc.dc.cox.net [68.100.1.145]
3 13 ms 13 ms 14 ms ip68-100-0-65.dc.dc.cox.net [68.100.0.65]
4 12 ms 12 ms 11 ms mrfddsrj02-ge110.rd.dc.cox.net [68.100.0.149]
5 12 ms 11 ms 11 ms mrfddsrj01-so010.rd.dc.cox.net [68.100.0.129]
6 12 ms 13 ms 12 ms te-3-2.car1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.228.61]

7 12 ms 15 ms 12 ms ae-23-54.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.121.1
12]
8 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms qwest-level3-te.Washington.Level3.net [4.68.110.
178]
9 13 ms 12 ms 18 ms dcx-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.251.57]
10 85 ms 85 ms 83 ms sea-core-01.inet.qwest.net [67.14.1.166]
11 86 ms 86 ms 84 ms sea-edge-03.inet.qwest.net [205.171.26.38]
12 87 ms 85 ms 83 ms 65.116.65.10
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 82 ms 82 ms 82 ms e.go.com [199.181.132.250]

Trace complete.

Yes, you can kind of tell when they played because it's different now.

And they didn't show any bugs... ;)

~Q/S

Hey Grandpa--that's really interesting. Can you tell me how to see my own traceroute to POTC? (Only if it's not too complicated...if it is terribly tricky (or too time consuming to explain) please just say so.) Thanks!

You open a command prompt window by going to Start --> Run... --> and type cmd and press enter.

Then in the command prompt window you type: tracert www.piratesonline.com

The following works if you're running XP. It may or may not work for other OS's.

Go to: Start>All Programs>Accesories>Command Prompt

This will put you at the familiar "C:\" prompt. (Remember that?)

At the "C" prompt enter: tracert piratesonline.com (Return)

That's it.....

10,000 beta keys? Then where is everyone? I would think we would see more than 50-60 people on at a time.

I found it hard to believe also. But thats what they say in the clip.

so what does this mean? The more hops, the slower the game? I have 19 hops.
Are the higher numbers slower? Or the low ones? This is what I get. Can you explain what this means? Took out IPs.


Tracing route to piratesonline.com
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms e.go.com
2 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms c-3-0-ubr01.nhanover.nj.panjde.comcast.net
3 7 ms 7 ms 5 ms ge-6-1-ur01.nhanover.nj.panjde.comcast.net
4 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms ge-9-21-ur01.arneysmount.nj.panjde.comcast.net
5 7 ms 10 ms 11 ms po-10-ur01.brownsmills.nj.panjde.comcast.net
6 8 ms 10 ms 7 ms po-10-ur01.southhampton.nj.panjde.comcast.net
7 9 ms 8 ms 7 ms po-10-ur01.medford.nj.panjde.comcast.net
8 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms po-10-ur01.clementon.nj.panjde.comcast.net
9 9 ms 9 ms 8 ms po-20-ur02.audubon.nj.panjde.comcast.net
10 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms po-20-ar01.audubon.nj.panjde.comcast.net
11 12 ms 11 ms 13 ms ge-3-0-cr01.turnersville.nj.core.comcast.net
12 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms
13 73 ms 71 ms 72 ms tbr2.phlpa.ip.att.net
14 75 ms 73 ms 74 ms tbr2.cgcil.ip.att.net
15 69 ms 70 ms 69 ms tbr2.st6wa.ip.att.net
16 75 ms 71 ms 71 ms
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 81 ms 82 ms 79 ms e.go.com
Trace complete.

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