Editing Myst Online: Uru Live (section)

===Open beta===
Open beta was also frequently referred to as '''sneak peek'''. Unlike its predecessor Uru Live Preview, the open beta removed the requirement of invitations: anyone could take part immediately.

Open beta launched on December 12<ref>{{cite forum post|url=http://www.mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3701|author=essjay|title=Latest News from GameTap about UruLive!|forum=Myst Online forums|date=December 7, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urulive.com/blog/?p=26|title=Page|website=Uru Live website|access-date=[unavailable]}}</ref>, and was scheduled to close again on December 18<ref>{{cite forum post|url=https://www.mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=67410#p67410|author=darkstar|title=Latest News from GameTap about UruLive!|forum=Myst Online forums|date=December 7, 2006}}</ref>. Following a [[Vault wipe]], it was scheduled to be superseded by the '''Preview of Uru Live''' on December 20.

This beta was "open" only to GameTap subscribers. Previous Uru Live Preview invitees would continue to be able to participate. In countries where GameTap itself was not yet available, no additional people compared to the Preview were able to join, and in GameTap-supported countries peopleed need to pay a subscription fee to GameTap if they didn't already, even if they only intended to play the pre-release of Uru Live—however, due to a "99 cents for the first month" deal, and due to the short length of this beta phase, this essentially amounted to a very small price.

Because of these limitations, [[RAWA]] referred to this beta as '''ajar''':

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| quote = [...] the "beta plan" became more complicated with the "Preview" and the "GameTap sneak peek", neither of which are "closed" because they don't require a signed NDA, but they aren't fully "open" either, so I guess they're best described as "ajar".
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| source = [http://www.drcsite.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=25592#25592 ''DRC forums'']. [unavailable]
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