Thought I'd relay this information as it's fairly short notice and I missed the last one (though that was more of a time-zone thing)

We will be conducting a Stress Test TODAY from 1:00 PM PDT to 2:00 PM PDT.
We will be actively working on the game during the event, so you might experience connectivity problems or discover features that are not working as designed.
Any issues you experience are a result of the rigorous conditions of the stress test, and are in no way representative of the state of the game at launch.
By participating in this stress test, you’re helping us make Guild Wars 2 a better game.
Please note:
* The Stress Test is open to anyone who has pre-PURCHASED Guild Wars 2.
* You will not be able to purchase gems.
Thanks for your cooperation—we’ll see you in-game!
~RB

There's a fairly large patch too (400mb ish) and the downloader's being a bit temperamental. Characters have been wiped.

cool i'll check it out

I'm glad I'll be working, I can't stand any more stress tests, it's stressing me out!

Only 1.5 days :D

For anyone who's wondering, last night's test was indeed the full release client. Evidently all of the zones were open to explore.

@Dark_Lord_Spam: Indeed, maybe they'll have added the Hall of Monuments teleport stone thing? Certainly hope so, I imagine it needs testing out.

yeah i thought so, it "looked" like a finished game last night. very cool.

@Benny: For some reason I didn't get all of my Collector's Edition stuff in the game when everyone else did. Only the Hero's Band. That definitely needs to be resolved before Friday night.

I'm increasingly running out of time to be bitter about the stress tests being in the middle of the day while I'm working!

I missed last night's. They announced it right as it was beginning. I was playing CS GO so I wasn't keeping up to date with GW stuff. :(

Aaaand it's over. Got like 10 minutes of PvP and that was it haha.

@Benny said:

Aaaand it's over. Got like 10 minutes of PvP and that was it haha.

Me too. One game of Battleship :(

Thank god we don't have to wait much longer for the servers to go live.

@Benny said:

Aaaand it's over. Got like 10 minutes of PvP and that was it haha.

Oh fuck me lol. I just saw the 9pm in the title and thought it was happening tonight (didn't notice it was UK time, or the "1pm pacific" next to it lol).

Yeah, these one hour surprise stress tests are kind of silly.

Played for about 5 mins. Created a Charr and my framerate was shit so I gave up lol.

I didn't even know this was happening, though I suspected they'd do another one after the last one. Whatever, there's only 1 day and some hours left before early access.