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zealing
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada806 Posts
April 21 2010 04:27 GMT
#21
they didn't give me a key its not being distributed fairly.
Think you got lag? It took Jesus 3 days to respawn.
DrivE
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States2554 Posts
April 21 2010 06:31 GMT
#22
I'm sure people who successfully compete R1CH's beastly challenges deserve a beta key. The other contests just give so much entertainment that I think its worth it. Besides, they're really fun to do ^^.
LUCK IS NO EXCUSE
Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8029 Posts
April 21 2010 06:34 GMT
#23
On April 21 2010 15:31 DrivE wrote:
I'm sure people who successfully compete R1CH's beastly challenges deserve a beta key. The other contests just give so much entertainment that I think its worth it. Besides, they're really fun to do ^^.

R1CH's contests are insane. And then afterward I'm always like "crap, I could've figured that out".

Okay, maybe not always. Anyway, his puzzles are awesome. I participate just because I want to know the answer since I probably wouldn't use a beta key much even if I got one.
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Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
April 21 2010 08:21 GMT
#24
It is pretty ridiculous giving them to people who have never even visited this site before, and just came here only for the beta key.
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
ArKLoL
Profile Joined April 2010
Spain1 Post
April 23 2010 11:41 GMT
#25
iwantabetakey
Are you a Wizard?
citi.zen
Profile Joined April 2009
2509 Posts
April 23 2010 12:05 GMT
#26
Remember, you can just pre-order the game to get the beta.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Ironson
Profile Joined February 2008
20 Posts
April 23 2010 12:48 GMT
#27
There seems to be a lot of confusion on what a good beta tester is to Blizzard. As a professional in the software industry, you quickly learn the defining aspect of a great tester is that it is *human*. Humans are varied, have a natural curiosity, and don't act logical (in the apparent sense). Secondary factors Blizzard will look for is a variety in hardware, geographical location, system configurations, etc.

And of course, they want individuals to spend a fair amount of time playing the game. The more time spent playing means the number of bugs encountered increases, and the load placed on Battle.net is more aggressive. The best tester does whatever he/she wants; some will focus on general play, some will try to break the ladder system, the map editor, the UI, etc. Diversity is golden, and the moment you give testers a specific task you degrade the variation in action.

The best tester is you (and you, and you...), not a core crowd of Starcraft elites focused on a particular subset of the game mechanics. After all, an open beta like this is primarily for hardware and load testing.
ella_guru
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada1741 Posts
April 23 2010 14:29 GMT
#28
It needs to be tested on both ends.

How does the noobie feel with the game, how does the pro feel?
Each day gets better : )
Clamev
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Germany498 Posts
April 23 2010 16:16 GMT
#29
Well what i have gathered from the time i have been to TL like the last year or so (have been lurking a lot) Is this spirit of the community and that you always should give something back wether its a guide some great strategic insight ,somehting that will make people laugh or just something to contribute to the community and that is what makes TL so great.
Sadly i haven´t been able to do anything because i have my a levels next weeks but when i´m done with that im sure as hell gonna do something for TL just because i have the feeling that i need to give something back for the sheer awesomeness that is TL.
I fully trust the TL admins and when they think it´s a good idea to give away beta keys to new people then they should.These people who are just here for the Betakeys and will stop playing the game after a few weeks won´t stay for long anyway
6Pool or die trying
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25977 Posts
April 23 2010 16:31 GMT
#30
The only thing worse than people signing up simply to get a beta key are the people complaining about who is getting a beta key.

The staff have really tried to give them out to all deserving people first, and then help many contests allowing people to try their best to get beta keys.
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Ra.Var
Profile Joined April 2010
United States7 Posts
April 23 2010 21:49 GMT
#31
I do not think it's a good idea to give beta keys only to 1000+ users because 99% of them have beta already... Therefor what is the point of holding this keys if the full game is on its way... And if you really talking about testing the game, the game does not need only experienced player. Blizzard need a variety of players in order to get a complete test, let the noobs net there keys, please.

It's true I register in TL.net in order to get a Beta key somehow, but I have been following the forum, watching all videos on youtube and played SC1....


citi.zen
Profile Joined April 2009
2509 Posts
April 23 2010 21:52 GMT
#32
On April 24 2010 06:49 Ra.Var wrote:
I do not think it's a good idea to give beta keys only to 1000+ users because 99% of them have beta already... Therefor what is the point of holding this keys if the full game is on its way... And if you really talking about testing the game, the game does not need only experienced player. Blizzard need a variety of players in order to get a complete test, let the noobs net there keys, please.

It's true I register in TL.net in order to get a Beta key somehow, but I have been following the forum, watching all videos on youtube and played SC1....



Your figures are way off. Still, right now there is little excuse NOT to have the beta, just pre-order the game. Also, welcome.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22251 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-24 02:56:34
April 24 2010 02:50 GMT
#33
Hey guys - Relax, we got dis.



Edit, also:

On April 24 2010 06:49 Ra.Var wrote:
It's true I register in TL.net in order to get a Beta key somehow, but I have been following the forum, watching all videos on youtube and played SC1....


... which does not in any way mean you've contributed to our forums or community. Try actually posting content here, you might even like it.
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
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