As of today, November 30th, we have gone LIVE with the TCoS Beta servers. The first (of many) round of invites has been sent, and a small number of applicants are now able to join in the testing process.

Included are friends and family member of the TCoS staff, as well as some contest winners and community members. Individuals in the Asia-Pac region have not been added to this round, as we wanted to make sure we had a reasonable representation of EU/NA testers. The first Asia-Pac invites will go out in the next round, expected soon.

The participants will be testing a small portion of TCoS, and as the pool of testers expands, the range of the tests will grow. Over time there will be many more testers included and the game will open up more and more. Ths gradual approach will allow us to build up experience within the pool of users as well as to target very specific aspects of the game.

We want to thank ALL of you who have applied. We appreciate your desire to help in the testing of our "baby", and hope that you will contrinute to making TCoS an excellent game as we continue development towards release.