I've never actually heard of GOA and didnt play Daoc, but a quick google tells me they are part of France Telecom, suddenly it all makes sense.
I knew a post in their favour wasn't gonna go down well.You're right, the fact that they were so sure it was gonna be fine is worrying.
Still don't think anyone can complain though, its beta testing, nobody makes you help them test it. And nobody is paying for it, CE people are getting it as an added bonus, if you can call it that.
Still, its all very frustrating.
Er nah.
Funcom held a specific event and asked users to make as many fake accounts as they wanted and login to test the server.
Not advertise the OB as part of the CE and launch the account management page on the DAY of the OB to "test" it.