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APRIL 13 8:00 PM('ish) US EASTERN: GIVING OUT REWARDS NOW. GEMS AND FAVOR SHOULD GO DIRECT TO ACCOUNT. IF YOU WON SKIN, YOU WILL GET AN EMAIL



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Earn Rewards while Helping Hi-Rez! Special Tech Test on April 9/10

On Wednesday and Thursday April 9 & 10, we will be running a special test to stress some new backend server technology.

Participating in the test will earn you special Favor rewards and also enter you in a drawing for a limited number of special rewards: Including free gems, rare skins and more (see below for full details).

There are some very special things to know about the test and the rewards so please read carefully!!

Purpose of the Test

We are testing some new backend database and server technology. This technology is still in early development, and we expect issues. But we need your help to generate load on some key systems.

Who Can Test

Any SMITE player that first played the game prior to APRIL 1, 2014 can participate. Sorry, new accounts won’t work on our test system!

You will login using your normal Smite username and password. Although if you changed your password in the last week, you may need to use your old password just for this test!

When Will the Test Occur

We are currently planning to run tests on Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10.

The specific test times could and probably will change. We currently expect to run the tests each day from 2:00 PM to 5:00PM US Eastern. WATCH THIS THREAD FOR SPECIFIC TIME UPDATES .

Time Zone Math (I hope I got this right!):

Central European Time (CEST) : 20:00 to 23:00

UK Time (BST): 19:00 to 22:00

US Eastern (EDT): 14:00 to 17:00

US Pacific (PDT): 11:00 to 14:00

How and What to Test

1) Users will launch their existing Smite client from a special link in the LATEST NEWS section of the game launcher. THIS LINK WILL ONLY BE IN THE LATEST NEWS SECTION DURING THE TIMES IN WHICH THE TEST IS RUNNING. This will connect you to the test servers.

2) Login using your normal Smite username and password. If you changed your password in the last week, you may need to use your old password.

3) After login, you will be forced to create a new player record. The player you create here is temporary just for this test!!!

4) Unfortunately, you will be routed automatically to the tutorial after creating your player.

NOTE 1: This may fail for some people. If so, close the client, then relaunch and re-login and you should now skip the tutorial and go into the main lobby.

NOTE 2: You don’t have to finish the tutorial unless you really want. Just hit ESC and then RETURN TO LOBBY once you are in the Tutorial Level.

5) Once you are logged in and past the tutorial, you will land in the main menu.

NOTE: FOR THIS TEST, ALL PLAYERS WILL BE SET TO LEVEL 30 AND HAVE ACCESS TO ALL GODS. YOUR MATCH HISTORY/FAVOR/GEMS/ETC DO NOT CARRY OVER FROM LIVE FOR THIS TEST. EVERYONE IS STARTING FRESH!!

6) Only two queues are available: ARENA and JOUST 3v3. Please play as many matches you can normally!

What are the Rewards for Testing?

IMPORTANT NOTE: Rewards will not be given out immediately and may not be applied until as late as MONDAY, APRIL 14. All rewards will be applied directly to the account that you logged in for during testing (unless otherwise noted). See Forum thread for updates on reward status.

All accounts that at least login and create a player record on this special test server will be given 500 favor.

You will also be given 300 favor for every full Arena and Joust 3v3 match that you finish on the test server.

Players that finish at least 7 full matches across the two days of testing will be given 200 gems.

For every match you play, players will get one entry into a random drawing to win one of the following prizes. NOTE: If you win one of these, the rewards will be sent as a promotion code to the email address associated with your account:

Guan Yu Convention 2014 Skin (we will reward 20 skins)

Artemis Convention 2012 Skin (we will reward 2 skins)

The coveted Twitch Ymir skin (we will reward 2 skins)

Code for 3500 Gems (we will reward 1 of these).

Code for 8000 Gems (we will reward 1 of these).

ALWAYS REMEMBER: Due to the nature of this type of technical test, it is possible that some things may go wrong that disrupt our ability to fairly give out rewards. This may include but is certainly not limited to:

In these cases, we will try to be as fair as we can in the distribution of rewards. But it is possible that some people may not get their fair rewards. If this happens to you, we deeply apologize and sincerely thank you for your testing effort. It's definitely not our intent. Unfortunately, there is a risk in participating in a test such as this. We want to make sure everyone knows up front! (Part of the test's purpose is to find weird/buggy stuff -- and we can't predict what the consequence of the weird/buggy stuff will be!).