The League of Legends Public Beta Environment went live this week, starting with email invites to summoners who had been active members of the forums (and yes, a Rioter did confirm that the invites were based on summoners who had made posts in recent months that had been well received by the community). I wasn’t lucky enough to get an invite, being that I avoid posting on the forums as much as I can, but I was still able to create an account through a signup link one of the invitees was kind enough to spread on the forums.

It’s tough to say just how helpful the PBE will be. The first couple hours were bug-riddled, and if just anyone could sign up for a beta account I would imagine the realm is going to be fairly flooded. Of course, maybe that’s what Riot is after. Maybe it’s more about load testing the patches with the added benefit of catching bugs via the scattershot method – throw enough testers at the problem and someone is bound to find it.

I’m mostly hopeful that the PBE will bring back instantaneous champion releases on patch day. I’m not sure why I’m so bothered by it, but I really don’t like that the patch launches and the champion launches later in the day. Oh, I should also point out that the PBE has no NDA, so people can talk about whatever they see on the realm. That also leads me to believe that there wont’ be serious content testing going on.

Were any of you able to secure a PBE account?