Mortal Online’s beta testing starts today

In a world where 2,000 people have entered, one man will… actually, I don’t think I need the epic movie voice opening for this post. I think I’ll go with the Kermit the Frog style opener. Mortal Online’s closed beta has started today.

This first block, beta block A, welcomes the initial wave of players into a cut-down version of the game to make sure that the back-end systems are working properly. Of these 2,000 players, 999 of them holders of the limited edition copies of the game, and one of them is the guy who paid 5,100 dollars for the first copy of the game to be made. The other 1,000 players are pre-order players according to the “first come, first serve” schedule.

However, the sales of MO didn’t go off without a hitch, as the overwhelming demand crushed their professional sales partner, GlobalCollect. GlobalCollect’s servers were struggling over all of the intense pressure from buyers, causing the store to be temporarily closed while Star Vault collects the first sales information from GlobalCollect.

But, for those of you who have gotten into the beta, enjoy the game while the rest of us sit outside, waiting for the shop to re-open.