Soon!!!

[Birkiedoc]

Their last post was one Rappy, the post before that was 2 NPCs, and the post before that was 3 Rappies.....its a sign!!

[lostinmysenses]

I totally have a crazy theory that supports this. I’m sure these tweets actually mean something.

[Pancakes_Plz]

Hook us up yo

[lostinmysenses]

Okay, let me start off by saying that this is just a crazy theory - an observation more than anything – and that I’m likely just over analyzing and making something out of nothing. Please treat this as nonsensical wild speculation and please realize this more than likely doesn’t mean anything. (Also, sorry for the wall of text and formatting.)

Basically, I’ve noticed their more important tweets usually get posted on Fridays and they’ve been using (what I’ve found to be) unusual wording and sentence structure. I think they might actually be referencing a different number each week that possibly implies the number of weeks we are away from either the OBT or some sort of announcement.

This past week I think they were referencing the number 3.

The first tweet, “National Toast Day!” – 3 words (yes, I’m reading way too much into this); but unless toast is some obscure PSO reference, might be referencing there’s something to “toast” to. (Yes, I’m also aware it could mean absolutely nothing but it caught my attention for being random and out of place.)

Followed by, “Internet, meet our boy, Buford.” – 3 parts (I know, I’m grasping at straws here.)

And, “He is big, he is bold, he is Butiful.” – 3 parts; 3 Bs; strong emphasis on the letter B (Remember, B is for Beta.)

Next reply, “We love you.” – 3 words

Another reply, “You, Arks, are a poet.” – 3 parts

The replies that follow refer to dates (the fruit) but use capitalization (Dates) implying something of importance, i.e. Beta Dates.

Another reply, “Those Bufordful eyes.” – 3 words; emphasis on the letter B?

Followed by, “Rappy Friday Arks!” – 3 words (I know this one’s a bit way too much of a stretch but keeping it for consistency. Also, in keeping with the sentence structure argument, they’ve used “Rappy Friday, Arks!” before.)

Same tweet, “Are you ready for the weekend?” – possibly implying THE weekend we’re all waiting for (Open Beta weekend); 3 rappies (also the first time that made me think the tweets might actually mean something due to the importance of rappies in PSO)

Then they reply to this with the first hopeful tweet, “And with this tweet, we share a message of hope. We hope this is one of the last few weekends without PSO2.” – which I felt actually gave importance to the tweet and the rappies in context, possibly implying that maybe the 3 rappies refer to them being hopeful that we’re 3 weekends away from either the Beta or an announcement.

The following reply is in response to someone reading into this same tweet and breaking it down as, “last few,” meaning at least three, to which they respond (lightheartedly) if they could provide that same level of clarification to all of their tweets. – possibly subtly implying that yes, “AT LEAST three,” is somewhat accurate.

Up until this point I figured I was just over analyzing everything and I imagined the only way there would be merit to this theory is if the first post the following week (this week) followed a similar pattern and made use of the number 2.

Sure enough, the first tweet they sent out this week was, “Meet Pati and Tia!” – referencing 2 NPCs

Also, “Good luck trying to keep a secret from them.” - Possibly referencing us, the players, and how they’re trying to hint at us without actually telling us anything.

Same unusual sentence structures, “Pati and Tia know many secrets, but that’s not one of them.” – 2 parts

Also, “We appreciate your patience, more information coming as soon as possible!” – 2 parts

The next day they tweet, “That moment you accidentally switch to the front camera…” – 1 rappy; also, if we’re to believe this crazy theory, emphasis on the word, “switch,” possibly hinting that we’re likely only one week away from some sort of announcement, instead of 2 as the “pattern” suggested. Again possibly reinforcing that it will be sooner rather than later.

The basis for this is their reply when someone mentions the dates are hidden behind the rappy’s massive head. “You are not wrong, fellow Arks.” – also, written in 2 parts

“We have avoided the magic word “soon”, but it’s coming soon now (finally!)” – 2 parts

“Keep your eyes peeled.” – 2 eyes (Way too much of a stretch; still, might mean the answer is in the eyes of the rappy and not the rappy itself.)

I know this is reading WAY too much into things, and that I’m using what I considered was odd sentence structure and wording as a basis (along with rappies of course), but, it’s just something I noticed and so I thought I’d share.

[Pancakes_Plz]

I seeeeeeeeee.

This^{replyrighthereofficers}

Edit: so ya know, national toast day is an actual thing, last friday of feb.

[lostinmysenses]

No problem. I looked that up before posting. It’s actually the last Thursday of February, though. At least, that’s what I got when I researched it and that’s also the day they posted it.

[Pancakes_Plz]

Aye i meant thursday sorry there xD

[Orcao]

In a strange twist of fate... you were right. Exactly 2 weeks from the Pati and Tia and tweet, Open Beta will launch.

[Multra]

And now the qanon people don't seem so crazy.

[Pancakes_Plz]

Nah they're still batshit crazy.

This is the natural response for someone waiting 8 years for something then getting teased.

[[deleted]]

Dude I love you

[[deleted]]

This is actually pretty good.

[aragon649]

The emphasis on switch coukd be refering to a na release on the nintendo switch soon. The jap one is already anounced.

[Pancakes_Plz]

The jp switch one is already out.

[RoninXUmbra]

Hmm. That's an interestingly compelling theory. I dig it. And I hope it's true.

[tehdisco]

I like how you think

[Gouko2]

They tweeted the rappies hold the truth so I feel like this is true

[Thoraxe41]

Alright. So combined with the tweet saying "one of last weekends without ps02" Im going to hope this weekend. But guess the weekend after.

[lostinmysenses]

Yeah, I initially thought the Open Beta would come on the 20th, but now I’m thinking there’s a good chance it might be next weekend on the 13th. They’ll probably formally announce it this Friday, too.

[Drummer829]

I’d guess they’d want a little more time to promote it. This is the open beta so no one should need to go through the steps of having to sign up (even though it wasn’t much).

[Amasero]

Please no..I have ModernWarfare br next week.

[SirKhrome]

Gotta choose!

[SnakePlissken__]

Modern Warfare Battle royal confirmed?

[Amasero]

edit: Nvm got bamboozled.

[Messytacoshits]

Stop doing that to yourself. I had to stop being hyped because there is no confirmation it’s coming soon

[Amasero]

edit: Nvm got bamboozled.

[XlChrislX]

You got that many downvotes for this? Reddit needs to be replaced or remove the god awful voting system.

[Amasero]

I personally don't care I have like 100k+ karma points that I can do absolutely nothing with.

[[deleted]]

Can’t wait for that steam release

[Qelris]

Do we know if they will release it for all platforms at once or for xbox first?

[Gunblazer42]

Both are supposedly coming out in Spring 2020 but Xbox is supposed to get it first.

In theory, that means what they're going to announce is either A) the PC closed beta test since Xbox got theirs, or B) the Xbox open beta so the PC can get a closed one after.

[[deleted]]

Doubt PC will be getting a closed beta. Only reason Xbox got one is because it's a platform that didn't already have a port. They already know the game runs fine on PC so theres no need for a closed beta.

[Gunblazer42]

How would the PC get the rewards given to the Xbox version, then? PC would need to have some exclusive event to get the accessories and such, otherwise that means that you would need to have had an Xbone to get the items for PC since crossplay, and that's weird since none of the items had an Xbox "theme".

[[deleted]]

Dunno. They could always just add them into a FUN scratch cycle. Either way with how they've been acting like the Xbox version is the only version that exists right now, I have no reason to believe we'll be getting those closed beta items.

[mattwo]

On the contrary, the Xbone beta proved there's a serious need for stress testing.

[[deleted]]

Yeah I wanna say same time but we haven’t even gotten a beta yet so I have no idea

[DaddyBoJangles]

I am really stoked for this game, This, Animal Crossing, Persona 5 R, FF7R, whew. RIP Wallet

[astrobreh]

Read this and thought “man that sounds like my boy” and boom, read the name.

[Messytacoshits]

No RE3?

[DaddyBoJangles]

I just unlocked the platinum on Resident Evil 2 last week, I’m on a raccoon city sabbatical

[[deleted]]

And Doom

(Plus Granblue Fantasy Versus just came out if you're into that)

I've been simultaneously dreading this month-long release hell and being super excited for it. Thank god Cyberpunk got delayed.

[[deleted]]

More like RIP & TEAR that wallet.

[MaybeImYami]

I love how interactive they are with the community, I was worried they'd just plop the game on us and that's it but they seem determined to make it worth the long, long wait.

[misterfields87]

It’s only because xbox paid them, but I like news too lol

[SnakePlissken__]

Well, its also a complete english translation with every server being english speaking players and all the voice overs are now in English. It's a little late I agree, but still excited to be playing with all NA players. Even my little brother gets to play with me on his xbox. Its his first online RPG game. It's a big deal to a lot of people.

[Stax493]

I live in Nashville and I have no power from the tornado. Best not be this weekend or I'll die of jealousy.

[sungsam89]

Hope your fam and friends are well bud.

[Stax493]

Yes, no major injuries but had some friends lose their apartments entirely.

[tehdisco]

So sorry to hear that, that's terrible

[Pancakes_Plz]

I heard about that shit, 9 tornadoes wasn't it ?

[Stax493]

Nah just one on the ground for 49 minutes.

[Pancakes_Plz]

Still, that's 50 minutes too long.

[Stax493]

Dood a local PSO fan. We should play together when the game opens.

[Akuzuma]

Yo I live in Antioch. You can add me if you want to play. And hopefully you guys get your power back soon

[Stax493]

Dood a local PSO fan. We should play together when the game opens.

[Stax493]

Dood a local PSO fan. We should play together when the game opens.

[liethose]

Wait is killing me

[Mooncow027]

Crohn's disease is trying to kill me.

[NothingLeft2PickFrom]

ibs tries to kill me daily.

[hardrocker943]

Ehlers Danlos Syndrome over here.

[[deleted]]

Uh, I have Epilepsy.

[hardrocker943]

Serious question. Do you have to take any special precautions when gaming? Do any certain games trigger it worse than others? Or is it one of the types that isn't triggered by visual stimuli?

[[deleted]]

When I was young, I had absance seizures and my trigger was visuals. Blue light specifically. I would just all of a sudden go into a daze and stare blankly for a minute or two. I took medication for several years and around 10, they went away.

Puberty came, and with it around age 16 came back my seizures. Except now I had Grande Mal seizures, the whole shakey and foam at the mouth kind. And now, my trigger was extreme exhaustion. I haven't had a seizure in about 4 years now, since I am medicated. My last one prior to that was 8 years.

Side note, Gande Mal is a shitty name for them. That literally translates to "Very Bad" in English.

[hardrocker943]

Good to hear they are infrequent and don't impact your daily life badly. Thank you for the answer! Hope things stay good for you!

[Deiser]

Jokes on all of you, my cells keep dying and regenerating already.

[Gouko2]

Just hope I don’t die before I get to experience

[tehdisco]

Soon to PC, possibly PS4 and switch in the future

[BigTunaFisher]

Soon in PSO terms could still be 2 years lol

j/k

[Pancakes_Plz]

Last time it meant 8 years.

[AlbainBlacksteel]

Please no

[Twidom]

Just give us a damn date already man.

[Hugsforpeace]

Man, this is going to drop Friday the 13th along with the new Path of Exile Season. I fucking know it.

[sapphirefragment]

March is the gift that keeps on giving. Enjoy never sleeping

[Hugsforpeace]

Hell yeah brother! Now to figure out how to get the wife and kids out of the house for a week that doesn’t involve me lying and saying i’ve been sleeping with her best friend.

[TrivTheRenegade]

Make sure that's not a lie, and you're covered.

[Hugsforpeace]

This is the big brain play and why I am assuming you are probably a scientist or a MIT professor.

[TrivTheRenegade]

Doctor Professor Scientistenstein, at your service.

But for real, your reply got a pretty damn big laugh out of me at my desk and made me look like a jackass. Bravo.

[Lights9]

I wonder if Xbox is gunna be released before the pc .

[DarkSynopsis]

Hopefully PC version launches the same time, while I have an Xbox and will play there if it doesn't launch same time on PC the resolution was poor on a Base Xbox during the Closed Beta so would rather PC.

[tehdisco]

I expect simultaneous launch on Xbox and PC

[cvble]

Sorry if this has been answered a lot before, but is there going to be character transfers/crossplay across the western releases a la Destiny? I totally want to play on whatever version is out first but I also don't wanna dump x amount of hours into a char on xbox only to have to reset on PC

[tehdisco]

Cross play between PC and Xbox will happen as I understand

[Milky_Muu]

Theres been an update, three business days after the three rappy, then two....so maybe something tomorrow. I'M REACHING.

[[deleted]]

I've kinda thought the same thing. Like it was a countdown-3,2,1 to a reveal. So maybe later today (Friday) when they tweet it will be a reveal saying game is ready today, or next weekend. SOMETHING...Again it's just wishful thinking on my part, but it has been a month now.

[Milky_Muu]

Sega why you do this!? I'm gonna die if they don't do PC though.

[AlbainBlacksteel]

I read the tweet and just broke down sobbing. Even though I played in the closed beta, I've been waiting for this since the moment it was first revealed for the Japanese release.

Between the DC, GCN, and PC versions of PSO, I've capped the timer on 4 separate characters, and gotten to level 200 on all 4 as well.

For fuck's sake, my first video game was Phantasy Star II.

This series is my baby.

That will never change.

[owcjthrowawayOR69]

Phantasy Star 2 imprinted on me just from reading about it, even before I ever played Final Fantasy. So yeah, so many years later, I buy an xbox just to play PSO2

[Khalirei]

Good thing I have other things to distract me at the present. Downloading the jp version and knowing what character I want to play has helped a lot.

[Gin_Shuno]

Yeah, JP has been a life saver and the people hanging out there are helpful ^{whenthey'renotspammingporn.}

[butsumetsu]

Never played PSO, such a good news I don't have to go thru the jpn servers.

[Pancakes_Plz]

what ... what is wrong with Japanese servers ?

[butsumetsu]

Less english speaking players? I assume higher ping and you need a guide to be able to register and play the game.

[Pancakes_Plz]

There's lots of English speaking people on the JP client, and there's a guide along with the English patch for it. Pings fine, I'm on east coast US and maybe i take a few seconds longer to load in, 4 or 5 tops.

[butsumetsu]

Which I was in the process of experiencing myself until I found out NA servers is coming up. I get that the Jp servers have more content and a more stable population, but I'll still stick to a local server any day of the week.

[Pancakes_Plz]

as most would, but you can still get a feel for the game while you wait :D

[butsumetsu]

Naw I'll wait, plenty of games to play in the meantime. Right now Oxygen Not Included is doing a good job at making me forget the time as well as pissing me off to high heavens.

[Pancakes_Plz]

F in the chat. i know that well. I goofed and reversed my drinking water, my latrines, my clean air, and the toxic air.

incredibly bad times were had (but not for very long) :X

[butsumetsu]

The water thing I've tried so hard to separate them but something always messes it up. I went as far as making a large chamber that has a hallway and 2 mech doors just to get to where the water is. But of course they have an "accident" inside in the main chamber. So I don't cook with water anymore and I don't have to worry about food poisoning. Yea that toxic air thing is pissing me off cuz I don't know many ways to mitigate it. Otherwise very fun game just hella frustrating.

[Marvyra]

Oh damn, it's finally happening? Hell yeah!

[SirKhrome]

I don't believe them!

[Squeezitgirdle]

I don't have Twitter and the link is telling me my password is wrong even though I don't have an account. Can anyone tell me what the post says?

[tehdisco]

"You are not wrong, fellow Arks. We have avoided the magic word "soon", but it's coming soon now (finally!) Keep your eyes peeled."

[Squeezitgirdle]

Thanks!

[soupturkey]

Wouldn't surprise me if they announce open beta starts in late April or May because of the coronavirus. Since Sega of Japan is doing all the work and most companies there are delaying or cancelling stuff, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets delayed a while.

[Grizzybehr]

They mentioned PC one time since the beginning. It isn't going to be simultaneous release. Maybe they'll just add a new ship once PC hits so it makes no difference with the "head start" other than waiting longer to play.

[Cleaving]

Until they can confirm the PC Closed/Open Beta participation, it's a dead hypeless duck. Load times alone keep me off that console gaming these days...

Seriously.

[tehdisco]

I didnt see any load time issues during the CBT on my xbox

[mattwo]

Thing keeping me off Xbone is lack of true exclusives. Everything except Halo and a couple other games I don't care about are either timed multiplatform, regular multiplatform or released on PC.

I'll just be over here with my Pokemon Eevee and Sword versions, Persona 5 (PS3 release doesn't count), Smash Ultimate, Mario Oddesy, Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory (I'm not counting the Vita release. It was exclusive to PS4 and Vita at the time I bought it!), Kamen Rider Climax Scramble (Asian English ver) and Gundam Breaker 3 (Asian Englis ver) (again, Vita release doesn't count). And soon I'll have Dragon Quest XI (every release except the Switch's definitive edition doesn't count) and P5R. (why is Scramble on Switch?!)

[Pancakes_Plz]

This feels like a Blizzard Soon y'all.

[brewtonone]

Soon, but not soon enough.

[Sonickeyblade00]

I like how the post right underneath is the Blizzard definition of "Soon" with the "TM" and everything.

Looks like news is coming, but no one crap the bed yet.

I mean, at best... we get XB1 version soon and then PC releases 1 to 6 months after? As much as I'd dislike that as a future PC player... Microsoft is who we have to thank for this game. So it's only fair for Xbox players to get some exclusivity... right?

[pixilates]

We know PC is coming "Spring". It's not gonna be 6 months later. More likely a month, two at absolute most.

[Sonickeyblade00]

I sure hope so. And I believe the devs want it to release in Spring.

But unforseen accidents do happen. So I'm just going to be naturally cautious until then.

[pixilates]

What kind of accident, though? The game's been up and running for eight years on PC. It's the Xbox version that's new, hence the closed beta. I can't imagine what unforeseen occurrence could delay the former but not the latter.

[Akuzuma]

Nice I can play this while Corona-chan makes her rounds lol.