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Beta

Gaming slang

A pre-release version: playable, unfinished, changing weekly. Forever is in beta as this is written.

Beta numbers, don't plan your whole build on them.

See also: PTR, Datamine

How to use it

  • Beta numbers, don't plan your whole build on them.

Related words

  1. PTRPublic test realm: where patches are tested before going live.
  2. DatamineReading a game's data files to find changes, items and spells before they're announced. Where this site's…

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