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Do not beg for keys, offer to trade things for keys, or offer to buy keys in this thread.
xxxxxxxxxxxx
Profile Joined November 2011
1 Post
September 15 2012 14:55 GMT
#1541
Would pay a good price to get key.

User was banned for this post.
HeeroFX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2704 Posts
September 15 2012 15:27 GMT
#1542
On September 15 2012 19:33 evilguy13 wrote:
just found out that a lot of pro's and staff from companies like ESL just received there 2nd keys. Discuss



Well I think some of these are for give away purposes. But it makes sense that pros would get more simply because they often have more than one account. Its feasible they have at least 3 accounts for each region.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
September 15 2012 15:37 GMT
#1543
On September 15 2012 23:49 Wihl wrote:
I got an invite and tried to play a ladder game. But there were only WoL units (but on the new maps ofc), do i need to do something to play on hots-enabled maps? Yes, I'm using the hots client.


Post to blizz bug report, they will help you
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Tao367
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom324 Posts
September 15 2012 15:39 GMT
#1544
On September 15 2012 20:32 gh0stsquall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2012 18:29 Jono7272 wrote:
On September 15 2012 18:11 darkness wrote:
On September 15 2012 18:07 SC2ShoWTimE wrote:
im starting to get mad >:D
gm since 2 seasons and still no invite. it is not even possible to have that much bad luck


You're right to be mad. I just noticed what guy got an invite:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/6572447751?page=3#44

Really disappointing.

"Games Played This Season 0
Most Played Mode 4v4
Total Career Games 242"

What the fuck.

I was feeling confident for this one, did the arcade shit, always playing, 2 accounts, high masters (not that it matters apparently).. but nope



nothing bothers me more than knowing i wasted my time doing the arcade bullshit to get into this beta and still don't get access over people like this.


Agreed, it's just common sense that people who play a lot and in 1v1 (the only mode being tested at the moment) should get it over people who rarely play and mostly play 4v4. Same thing happened in Diablo 3, tonnes of accounts got the beta without even playing it once. Waste of time and effort. Although it continues to build hype, so that's why Blizzard do it.
SC2ShoWTimE
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany722 Posts
September 15 2012 17:15 GMT
#1545
yea, it just makes no real sense how they send out the invites but maybe im just a bit disappointed about not getting one ._.

i mean... the whole purpose of the beta is to balance the new units and to find bugs/test different computer configurations. they sent out 8000 beta keys in this wave and assuming they split them somewhat equal between the different regions there are roughly 1500-2000 keys for each.
at least 300-400 keys should go to the top 300-400 players of each region who dont already have beta access to balance the new stuff as fast as possible and then there are still like 6000 keys for casual players etc.

maybe im just missing something or im too biased.
Progamer
KDot2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1213 Posts
September 15 2012 19:07 GMT
#1546
I posted a thread with an idea to blizzard

I think we should be able to earn a beta key in wave three by playing a certain amount of games by next week or being top 10 in masters or ANYTHING that is a reachable goal I think it is ridiculous to just have to hope you get in randomly

it would be nice to be able to earn a key by working hard to get it

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/6606780622
urashimakt
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1591 Posts
September 15 2012 19:21 GMT
#1547
On September 16 2012 04:07 ToguRo wrote:
I posted a thread with an idea to blizzard

I think we should be able to earn a beta key in wave three by playing a certain amount of games by next week or being top 10 in masters or ANYTHING that is a reachable goal I think it is ridiculous to just have to hope you get in randomly

it would be nice to be able to earn a key by working hard to get it

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/6606780622

But a beta isn't a reward, it's a test. And they don't just want the best of the best to test it. They take who they take because it's who they feel like they need.
Who dat ninja?
KDot2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1213 Posts
September 15 2012 19:53 GMT
#1548
I would agree with you if we were all playing a non competitive game .... but those without keys are going to be left behind ...its a competitive advantage to have one yet there is no way to compete to get them
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
September 15 2012 20:11 GMT
#1549
On September 16 2012 04:53 ToguRo wrote:
I would agree with you if we were all playing a non competitive game .... but those without keys are going to be left behind ...its a competitive advantage to have one yet there is no way to compete to get them


Actually, lots of people have caught up in SC despite late start, so it's ok as long as you're willing to play enough. The real problem is some people don't deserve an invite at all.
gh0stsquall
Profile Joined March 2012
United States245 Posts
September 15 2012 20:35 GMT
#1550
On September 16 2012 05:11 darkness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 16 2012 04:53 ToguRo wrote:
I would agree with you if we were all playing a non competitive game .... but those without keys are going to be left behind ...its a competitive advantage to have one yet there is no way to compete to get them


Actually, lots of people have caught up in SC despite late start, so it's ok as long as you're willing to play enough. The real problem is some people don't deserve an invite at all.



Agreed, it's not that I feel entitled to a key, it's just I feel I deserve one much more than people playing against incontrol on his stream that don't even know what warpgate is. I mean how do those people even get in?
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Wayne123
Profile Joined July 2011
88 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-15 20:51:21
September 15 2012 20:46 GMT
#1551
I think that the Beta has 2 reasons:

1.) Get Feedback from players.
2.) Configure the game regarding hardware/system requirements.

If someone has a system configuration Blizzard wants to test HOTS on they give this person a key. That´s what I think. It would make sense because balance is one thing but it´s much more important that HOTS runs smoothly on all systems. Imagine the shitstorm when HOTS wouldn´t work on Intel CPU for example. That´s much worse then a badly balanced game.

They can implement and rewrite parts of the source code in order to increase the performance on HOTS when they see problems on certain systems.

It doesn´t matter if you think that someone deserves it or not. That´s not the purpose of the Beta. If you have what Blizzard wants you get a key and if you don´t you don´t get one.
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
September 15 2012 21:36 GMT
#1552
On September 16 2012 00:39 Tao367 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2012 20:32 gh0stsquall wrote:
On September 15 2012 18:29 Jono7272 wrote:
On September 15 2012 18:11 darkness wrote:
On September 15 2012 18:07 SC2ShoWTimE wrote:
im starting to get mad >:D
gm since 2 seasons and still no invite. it is not even possible to have that much bad luck


You're right to be mad. I just noticed what guy got an invite:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/6572447751?page=3#44

Really disappointing.

"Games Played This Season 0
Most Played Mode 4v4
Total Career Games 242"

What the fuck.

I was feeling confident for this one, did the arcade shit, always playing, 2 accounts, high masters (not that it matters apparently).. but nope



nothing bothers me more than knowing i wasted my time doing the arcade bullshit to get into this beta and still don't get access over people like this.


Agreed, it's just common sense that people who play a lot and in 1v1 (the only mode being tested at the moment) should get it over people who rarely play and mostly play 4v4. Same thing happened in Diablo 3, tonnes of accounts got the beta without even playing it once. Waste of time and effort. Although it continues to build hype, so that's why Blizzard do it.


You assume balance is the only purpose of a beta test.
genius_man16
Profile Joined February 2011
United States749 Posts
September 15 2012 22:34 GMT
#1553
On September 15 2012 19:29 Lorch wrote:
And still no invite T.T This is the longest it has ever taken me to get into any beta i wanted, and I have been in a lot of betas...


Dude the Beta has been out for barely more than a week, I think you will be okay.
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kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
September 15 2012 22:47 GMT
#1554
Day 11 of not having the beta. I'm running low on food, and most of my fingers have dropped off from f5'ing my email. I've resorted to eating my desk, then my chair. I do not know what is happening in the real world. It's cold. So cold. I can't feel my legs anymore.
followZeRoX
Profile Joined March 2011
Serbia1449 Posts
September 16 2012 09:36 GMT
#1555
I feel for you bro
perser84
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany399 Posts
September 16 2012 11:05 GMT
#1556
is the 2nd wave of keys confirmend ?
doomed
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia420 Posts
September 16 2012 11:16 GMT
#1557
On September 16 2012 20:05 perser84 wrote:
is the 2nd wave of keys confirmend ?


yeah it's posted on the HotS forum on Bnet that around 8000 keys was sent out. So if you haven't gotten an email by now, you are not one of them.
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
September 16 2012 16:40 GMT
#1558
So we do get an email if we get a key?
Talkar
Profile Joined August 2011
Denmark5 Posts
September 16 2012 19:36 GMT
#1559
On September 17 2012 01:40 Doodsmack wrote:
So we do get an email if we get a key?

Yes, although you don't get a key, HotS just get added to your Bnet account, so the email is basically just a notification
UnholyRai
Profile Joined September 2010
720 Posts
September 18 2012 12:53 GMT
#1560
any idea when the third wave will be? if im getting this correct first wave was 4th sept, second wave was 16th sept?
Gogo Grubby.
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