Technical Difficulties

Captain: "Run a diagnostics check Jimmy."
Jimmy: "All systems are go Captain."
Captain: "Are we on schedule?"
Jimmy: "Yes Captain, we are prepped and ready for launch."
Captain: "Excellent. Clear the launch bay."

Loudspeaker: 3... 2... 1...

GameGuard: YOU HAVE MODIFIED YOUR GAMEGUARD FILES, SYSTEM WILL NOW SHUTDOWN

Captain: "Son of a waffle, Jimmy, status report!"
Jimmy: "The missile is completely locked in Captain, our only choice is to disable its Firewall."
Captain: "Jimmy, are you mad?! Without our Firewall the nuke will never make it safely into orbit!"
Jimmy: "Its our only shot at being on time Captain!"
Captain: "Very well, disable our Firewall."

Loudspeaker: 3... 2... 1... LIFTOFF.

The Next Day

News Anchorman: "In a shocking display, a nuclear explosion completely destroyed a research facility in Seattle, Washington. As of right now, there are no survivors."

Obviously I'm over exaggerating, but nonetheless it appears as though Open Beta isn't running as smoothly as it should be. It is important to note however that this happens with almost every new MMO. Hopefully NCSoft will have fixed the numerous current issues within the Open Beta before launch... along with realizing that Twitter does not subsitute for a press release on their Official Site.