Went flying around Hyjal on a pre-made earlier, admiring the sights and all, when I noticed a somewhat silly debate emerge in general.

Someone was stating that the Cata Beta is actually an Alpha, citing Wiki sources about what defines a Beta, and loads of other people disagreed with him/her saying as it stands, Cata follows along to all the points this citation said classifies a Beta as a Beta.

So it just got me thinking.
Are we testing in an Alpha or a Beta phase?


...and does it really matter? :D

We're calling it a beta, so thus, it is. Arguing semantics on what defines a beta or doesn't define a beta, is relatively moot at this point. For our own definition in the development process, it's referred to as a beta.

In the meantime, please feel free to keep providing feedback and bug reports so we can move beyond beta and into live sometime in the future. ;)