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NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-18 05:04:03
April 14 2010 20:20 GMT
#1
Put this in the blog section because the other sections didn't seem to suit it.

-----------------------------------------------------------
As all of you know, on battle.net they have an opt in page. If you are lucky you get chosen to be in the Starcraft II beta. I have been opted in since the opt in came out. Two days ago one of my friends opted in for the beta and today he was chosen to participate in the beta, unfortunately he sold his friend invite key to someone else.

The conversation went like this..
me:Hey man whats up?
him:not much you?
me:oh just playing Sc:Bw on iccup while i die waiting for the beta..
him:oh, I have that
me: have what?
him: the beta thing, im really bad though and barely play it, sc isnt my thing..
me: oh really? when did you opt in for it?
him: yesterday, was playing wow (world of warcraft) and i heard about the cataclysm beta in guild chat
me: oh..so you signed for the sc2 beta aswell?
him: myswell have eh? look where it got me? 50$ and a game
me: wait, what? you sold the key? shoulda given it to me?
him: oh well, maybe next time..

Kinda got screwed over and
It appears as though they are looking at a variety of different computers and not the people "first in line" which doesn't seem fair..Like wtf, he doesn't even play starcraft..What a waste, a lot of people have been playing starcraft since it was first released in 1998.
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FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11584 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-14 20:28:43
April 14 2010 20:28 GMT
#2
OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.0.6001 (SP 1)
CPU TYPE: PENTIUM(R) DUAL-CORE CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHZ
CPU SPEED (GHZ):2.62
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):3.498
GRAPHICS CARD MODEL:RADEON X550 (MICROSOFT CORPORATION - WDDM)
GRAPHICS CARD DRIVER:ATIUMDAG.DLL
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:1600X900
HARD DISK SIZE (GB): 931.511
HARD DISK FREE SPACE (GB):697.997


I have not been opted in T_T
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-14 20:32:40
April 14 2010 20:32 GMT
#3
# Operating system:Windows 2.5.1.2600 (SP 3)
# CPU type: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
# CPU Speed (GHz):2.813
# System memory (GB):1.998
# Graphics card model:NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
# Graphics card driver:nv4_disp.dll
# Desktop resolution:1024x768
# Hard disk size (GB): 74.51
# Hard disk free space (GB): 21.226


No opt-in for me either.
Chains none
ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
April 14 2010 20:40 GMT
#4
pretty sad to see some old tlers still without beta key when there are random FB giveaways and thousands of people playing :/
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
April 14 2010 20:42 GMT
#5
On April 15 2010 05:40 ondik wrote:
pretty sad to see some old tlers still without beta key when there are random FB giveaways and thousands of people playing :/


Not only that but Cauc and myself are some of the baddest motherfuckers on the face of the earth. That's the real tragedy here.
Chains none
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5516 Posts
April 14 2010 20:47 GMT
#6
Operating system:
Windows 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU type:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
CPU Speed (GHz):
1.682
System memory (GB):
1.999
Graphics card model:
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1600
Graphics card driver:
atiumdag.dll
Desktop resolution:
1280x800
Hard disk size (GB):
93.158
Hard disk free space (GB):
72.886

not in yet
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
Genesis Brood
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States193 Posts
April 14 2010 20:50 GMT
#7
OPERATING SYSTEM:WINDOWS 2.6.1.7600 ()
CPU TYPE:INTEL(R) CORE(TM) I5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHZCPU SPEED (GHZ):2.688
SYSTEM MEMORY (GB):3.991
GRAPHICS CARD MODEL:ATI RADEON HD 5800 SERIESGRAPHICS CARD DRIVER:ATIU9PAG.DLLDESKTOP
RESOLUTION:1280X1024
HARD DISK SIZE (GB):400.329HARD DISK FREE SPACE (GB):378.412


Signed up for Opt-In since it was first available, still nothing
I'll love you like I love the palm of my hand.
TonyL2
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
England1953 Posts
April 14 2010 21:01 GMT
#8
Opt in for ages

Can't be bothered to post my piece of shit computer specs
Ursad0n
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States523 Posts
April 14 2010 21:05 GMT
#9
It doesn't matter at all, they said it was completely random

Example time:

I have 2 Blizzard accounts 1 for each computer.

My brand new PC (brand new ish) that i've had for a couple months i oped in right when i got done building it. No beta key of that account.

PC:
# Operating system:Windows 2.6.1.7600 ()
# CPU type:AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
# CPU Speed (GHz):3.27
# System memory (GB):3.999
# Graphics card model:ASUS EAH5770 Series
# Graphics card driver:atiumdag.dll
# Desktop resolution:1024x768
# Hard disk size (GB):232.876
# Hard disk free space (GB):181.972


2 Weeks ago i figured, heh i have a MacBook Pro and i might as well create a 2nd account for opt in on beta, last week i got beta with only the WoW trial on my computer
Mac:
* Operating system:MacOS 10.5.8
* CPU type:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7550 @ 2.26GHz
* CPU Speed (GHz):2.28
* System memory (GB):2
* Graphics card model:NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
* Graphics card driver:-
* Desktop resolution:1280x800
* Hard disk size (GB):111.875
* Hard disk free space (GB):71.807

Happy?
You make it sound like there's a correlation between what should happen and what actually happens. I mean, life is chaotic and it's often unfair. I know it is for me.
Klapdout
Profile Joined August 2007
United States282 Posts
April 14 2010 21:10 GMT
#10
# Operating system:Windows 2.6.1.7600 ()
# CPU type:AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor
# CPU Speed (GHz):3.42
# System memory (GB):3.999
# Graphics card model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
# Graphics card driver:nvd3dum.dll
# Desktop resolution:1600x900
# Hard disk size (GB):397.39
# Hard disk free space (GB):20.967


I was also an optin from day one, still haven't got a beta key
FreshVegetables
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Finland513 Posts
April 14 2010 21:12 GMT
#11
# Operating system:Windows 2.6.1.7600 ()
# CPU type:AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-84
# CPU Speed (GHz):2.32
# System memory (GB):3.249
# Graphics card model:ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
# Graphics card driver:atiumdag.dll
# Desktop resolution:1024x768
# Hard disk size (GB):232.881
# Hard disk free space (GB):114.012

I got in to the beta. Although my computer lags quite a bit even on low settings. I thought my laptop should be able to handle it even on medium but seems like it can't...
yummy tomatoes
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
April 14 2010 21:25 GMT
#12
--- Nuked ---
Cloud[rA]
Profile Joined June 2008
Canada60 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-14 21:28:20
April 14 2010 21:27 GMT
#13
# Operating system:Windows 2.6.1.7600 ()
# CPU type:AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
# CPU Speed (GHz):3.42
# System memory (GB):3.999
# Graphics card model:ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
# Graphics card driver:atiu9pag.dll
# Desktop resolution:1920x1080
# Hard disk size (GB): 716.667
# Hard disk free space (GB): 703.272

no beta yet T_T
Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-14 22:21:38
April 14 2010 22:21 GMT
#14
funny thing, i opted in on my first account like 1 year ago - still no beta on that, then the same week they released the first keys i registered another account with the exact same computer specs.

and i got a beta invite in the next wave - on my newly registered account, no the one that had been opted in for over a year
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
April 14 2010 22:22 GMT
#15
operating system:windows 2.5.1.2600 (sp 3)
cpu type: intel(r) celeron(r) cpu 2.40ghz
cpu speed (ghz):2.419
system memory (gb):0.499
graphics card model:nvidia geforce 6800 gt
graphics card driver:nv4_disp.dll
desktop resolution:1024x768
hard disk size (gb):37.26
hard disk free space (gb):8.389

Lets see if you are treated well if you have shitty specs
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
April 14 2010 22:27 GMT
#16
I have two accs,

Acc 1 with sc, bw, wow, tbc, wotlk, wc1, wc2 + exp, wc3 + frozen throne, diablo 1, diablo 2 + LoD. Signed up a loooong time ago.

Acc 2 has a single registered d2 key, signed up 2 weeks ago.

can you guess which one got the invite?
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
April 14 2010 22:31 GMT
#17
On April 15 2010 07:27 hifriend wrote:
I have two accs,

Acc 1 with sc, bw, wow, tbc, wotlk, wc1, wc2 + exp, wc3 + frozen throne, diablo 1, diablo 2 + LoD. Signed up a loooong time ago.

Acc 2 has a single registered d2 key, signed up 2 weeks ago.

can you guess which one got the invite?


If I knew, I would probably be angry :<
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
Vain
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Netherlands1115 Posts
April 14 2010 23:07 GMT
#18
On April 15 2010 05:20 NuKedUFirst wrote:
................................................
--
If anyone has a friend invite left i'll gladly take it


JEAH ME TOO!
Battle.net 2.0 is a waiter and he's a dick
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11584 Posts
April 15 2010 06:22 GMT
#19
On April 15 2010 05:42 LordWeird wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2010 05:40 ondik wrote:
pretty sad to see some old tlers still without beta key when there are random FB giveaways and thousands of people playing :/


Not only that but Cauc and myself are some of the baddest motherfuckers on the face of the earth. That's the real tragedy here.


ah fucking greed
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
April 16 2010 19:58 GMT
#20
On April 15 2010 15:22 CaucasianAsian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2010 05:42 LordWeird wrote:
On April 15 2010 05:40 ondik wrote:
pretty sad to see some old tlers still without beta key when there are random FB giveaways and thousands of people playing :/


Not only that but Cauc and myself are some of the baddest motherfuckers on the face of the earth. That's the real tragedy here.


ah fucking greed


Can I have the key you just won? XD
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
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