Tencent open the game server and allow players to pre-create the characters, but only character creation function is available, others will be opened when OB starts. And the the pre-created characters will be remained, players could play the characters when OB starts.

C9 Character Pre-Creation First Impression
http://forum.mmosite.com/thread/2/35...3370413-1.html

I will update info about C9 in this post from time to time.