What happened to the free mode?

[SkuzeeII]

There was lots of talk about some modes of Shootmania being free, now it's launch day and there' no free version. Will there ever be a free version?

[Xymph]

Read the announcement carefully.

[Leezeebub]

Why bring the trial back later? Seems dumb. The trial should be there when the game is new and exciting... Not later when nobody cares anymore and the community has shrunk down to an impenetrable core of hardness.

[Omnixor]

I doubt SM will die in a week or two.

[Leezeebub]

Apparently it's already hard to find a game.

And is the trial version even going to be available next week or the week after?

[Omnixor]

http://puu.sh/2y5RS

I wouldn't say it's hard to find a game. Tens of servers, you just need one. And don't expect many people in the afternoon of Thursday, wait for the weekend.

[coolsnake]

That's extremely unfortunate that it's currently unavailable for new players wanting to try it out.

Also as a tip for new players in additional comment to the above picture, change zone from Europe to World to get more servers.

[Chris92]

Trial accounts should come soon, like the blog post said. NADEO currently still has one game in Open Beta, I guess after TM² Stadium launches (which should be sometime this month) the trial accounts will be available

[SkuzeeII]

I sure hope they release the trial version soon. I was planning on running a Shootmania tournament in August and it's a lot easier to get people to compete in a f2p game.

[GBH-M1SB1]

Come on guys... Shootmania was in open beta for a long time. If you missed it then you'll have to wait for the trials !

For now, people bought the game and deserve a decent support. Trials require probably some work, which will be done, so just wait... >_>