Maybe it was Alpha testing - I'll follow up with him later on. But I have heard pretty convincing stories. The friend is trustworthy. The friend's friend I do not know so I can't say much about it, but from the information I am being relayed, I'm convinced that it is not some kind of a hoax.
EDIT:
I just spoke with him. What we're being emailed about was Open Beta Testing. This guy was apparently part of Closed Beta Testing. He evidently seems to think that everyone who applied for Open Beta will be accepted so long as they didn't get banned in FF11 or anything. I'm not sure what to make of that, but it will still be pretty cool. I asked if he knew any sort of timeline and he said he had already asked the guy and he didn't know. But it supposedly runs smoothly on a dual-core Vista 64-bit, which I guess isn't really saying a whole lot.
EDIT:
I just spoke with him. What we're being emailed about was Open Beta Testing. This guy was apparently part of Closed Beta Testing. He evidently seems to think that everyone who applied for Open Beta will be accepted so long as they didn't get banned in FF11 or anything. I'm not sure what to make of that, but it will still be pretty cool. I asked if he knew any sort of timeline and he said he had already asked the guy and he didn't know. But it supposedly runs smoothly on a dual-core Vista 64-bit, which I guess isn't really saying a whole lot.
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