I don't know whre people are getting their info, but I have NEVER ONCE EVER said that you will get your donations from XDC on Deathzot..................... In fact, I clearly stated to the few people who asked on Bitzot that I cannot give donations back because XDC is my server not jakes. But let me clear this up for the people who try to put words in my mouth.
DONATIONS FROM XDC AND DEATHZOT 1 ARE NOT BEING RETURNED ON DEATHZOT 2 BECAUSE THIS IS NOW A SHARED PROJECT AND ITS NOT FAIR.
However... we are working on a system that compensates people that donated on Deathzot 1 (and maybe xdc?) This is not going to include any amount of % of your old donations, but it will be a useful compensation if I can get it working I assure you.
As for the beta, the server was on schedule to start this morning until we did a quick run through and found some serious problems so I am going to shoot for this afternoon. Please keep in mind that this is not a full blown beta and so many things are not going to be finished. I am going to stop wasting my time typing on this thread and get to work so that hopefully there is at least a bit less errors when people log in at noon (MY noon aka pacific time zone).
tldr;
Beta at 12:00pm (PDT)
It is currently 6:26 as of hitting this submit button.
Whoever is interested in the beta test please post stating that you would like a beta invite and include your vocation preferences in order from most desired to least desired.
Example: shade>warrior>archer>priest>ninja>illusionist>barbarian>elementalist>zealot
ANY VOCATION YOU LEAVE OUT OF YOUR PREFERENCE LIST I WILL ASSUME YOU DO NOT WANT TO PLAY AT ALL AND THUS YOU WILL BE SKIPPED IF ALL THE VOCATIONS YOU DID LIST ARE TAKEN