EPT2nd wave invites coming in tonight
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
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pieisamazing
United States1234 Posts
ok ill stop posting | ||
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getSome[703]
United States753 Posts
F5ing like crazy (: | ||
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PanoRaMa
United States5069 Posts
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Vexki
Australia36 Posts
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SirNeb
United States243 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? is the opt-in on by default? who knows.. | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? I have all of those except WoW and I didn't get in. Maybe I should subscribe to WoW. | ||
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Kantutan
Canada1319 Posts
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stumpster
United States67 Posts
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-HellZerg-
United States409 Posts
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? what the good luck if it's true! | ||
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RiGun
Argentina155 Posts
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
Good luck! I hope you stream if your any good  | ||
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FREEloss_ca
Canada603 Posts
I have nearly every Blizzard game on my account, and I have a superbly badass new computer...I also ONLY checked of starcraft as games I want to Beta test. T_T | ||
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ohN
United States1075 Posts
God I want a key so bad.. | ||
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getSome[703]
United States753 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:56 FREEloss_ca wrote: How do we know if we get it? Will the client download just appear on the main page of our battle.net account? Yes, the client will appear on your bnet account. | ||
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
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Ideas
United States8104 Posts
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]TP[-EnvoY
Netherlands4 Posts
i opt-in like july '09 and and added all games except WoW . z_Z | ||
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RiGun
Argentina155 Posts
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Selenium
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cyberspace
Canada955 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? Wow, I have everything too. Still no invite. | ||
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Pacer
Canada38 Posts
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]TP[-EnvoY
Netherlands4 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:58 RiGun wrote: I guess I'll go to sleep early and see if I have it by tomorrow, else my F5 key is likely to die within one hour. your right, same here... nn | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:00 Pacer wrote: Both of my Blizzcon 2008 keys arrived 1hr 20mins ago! envy, what a thrill to have two of them! | ||
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fAnTaCy
United States893 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:00 Pacer wrote: Both of my Blizzcon 2008 keys arrived 1hr 20mins ago! Wanna be a pal and share? =P lol | ||
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I_Love_Bacon
United States5765 Posts
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:01 I_Love_Bacon wrote: A guildmate of mine in WoW just got his opt in. I'm listening to him on vent right now and it destroys my soul. I don't think he has ever played an RTS before. More of my just died a little | ||
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
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getSome[703]
United States753 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:01 I_Love_Bacon wrote: A guildmate of mine in WoW just got his opt in. I'm listening to him on vent right now and it destroys my soul. I don't think he has ever played an RTS before. This makes me so sad. Oh well. The WoW players are where the money is after all | ||
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TheAntZ
Israel6248 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:01 I_Love_Bacon wrote: A guildmate of mine in WoW just got his opt in. I'm listening to him on vent right now and it destroys my soul. I don't think he has ever played an RTS before. tell him to be a friend and share it with you after he inevitably gets confused and frightened by sc2, like a small animal, perhaps a hamster, or gerbil. | ||
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caution.slip
United States775 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:00 Cyberspace1 wrote: Wow, I have everything too. Still no invite. ditto...maybe they're not dong with the emails yet | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
blizzard why must you torment me so -_- | ||
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Graham
Canada1259 Posts
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FREEloss_ca
Canada603 Posts
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synapse
China13814 Posts
Communist! :D | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:05 Graham wrote: I've got WoW, Diablo 2 +LOD, WC3+FT, and Starcraft Anthology attached to my Battle.net account, and I opted in like way back when they started letting people; no key though. T_T So you have been a opt-inee for 5 days? I think the rest of us did opt-in way back in early 2009 | ||
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Graham
Canada1259 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:07 Lobbo wrote: So you have been a opt-inee for 5 days? I think the rest of us did opt-in way back in early 2009 Oh no, I opted-in way back when they first released that beta profile settings page on battle.net. | ||
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I_Love_Bacon
United States5765 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:03 TheAntZ wrote: tell him to be a friend and share it with you after he inevitably gets confused and frightened by sc2, like a small animal, perhaps a hamster, or gerbil. As his GM I threatened to Gkick him. He happily complied and I expect to be playing sometime within a day or two :D | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:04 caution.slip wrote: ditto...maybe they're not dong with the emails yet yeah same no invite yet, ill keep looking, god knows i will. but im doubtful for myself atm. | ||
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stumpster
United States67 Posts
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:05 Graham wrote: I've got WoW, Diablo 2 +LOD, WC3+FT, and Starcraft Anthology attached to my Battle.net account, and I opted in like way back when they started letting people; no key though. T_T i'm so paranoid that my theory is that there isn't enough portrait room on the manage games section to accommodate the beta because being used by the other games. like, after adding all the games, it literally makes a perfectly organized and contoured line to fit the page, that adding another portrait will completely ruin the format of the page. | ||
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TheAntZ
Israel6248 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:08 I_Love_Bacon wrote: As his GM I threatened to Gkick him. He happily complied and I expect to be playing sometime within a day or two :D haha, nice. gratz! | ||
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Beside_kr
Canada902 Posts
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:48 pieisamazing wrote: uuugghhh... cake contest.. no key... raging ok ill stop posting Just for future reference: 2nd wave beta contest =/= 2nd wave Beta invites... As far as I understood it, there would be more than 1 allotment of contest keys given out, which is where the term 2nd wave comes from as used by us anyway -_- | ||
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:11 Terranist wrote: i'm so paranoid that my theory is that there isn't enough portrait room on the manage games section to accommodate the beta because being used by the other games. like, after adding all the games, it literally makes a perfectly organized and contoured line to fit the page, that adding another portrait will completely ruin the format of the page. im worried that I somehow messed up on the opt-in page, and every time that I check on it to make sure its right im scared i might change something on there. But im also in the same boat as you with 6 games  WoW, WC3+FT, SC anth, D2, D2LOD | ||
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Graham
Canada1259 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:11 Terranist wrote: i'm so paranoid that my theory is that there isn't enough portrait room on the manage games section to accommodate the beta because being used by the other games. like, after adding all the games, it literally makes a perfectly organized and contoured line to fit the page, that adding another portrait will completely ruin the format of the page. Aha, I'm so nervous to touch anything on that page in the chance that it potentially "resets" my position in the theoretical "queue line". x) | ||
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:12 FrozenArbiter wrote: Just for future reference: 2nd wave beta contest =/= 2nd wave Beta invites... As far as I understood it, there would be more than 1 allotment of contest keys given out, which is where the term 2nd wave comes from as used by us anyway -_- =0 !!!! im dying already..... | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
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Icx
Belgium853 Posts
1 new mail, take a look: Random newsletter /sigh And it doesn't piss me off that I'm not getting in, bad luck, it's a lottery, I can live with that even if it's sc2 But people who got 2 keys, go brag about it, and then sell it on ebay, /rage >> | ||
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Redunzl
862 Posts
still havent finished DLing client thought t.t | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:15 chrisSquire wrote: key obtained about an hour ago... still havent finished DLing client thought t.t Blizzard sends keys to Vatican but not Sweden! WHAT | ||
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Blackjackbob
Canada164 Posts
just bought a new mouse and pad too! | ||
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nataziel
Australia1455 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:18 Lobbo wrote: Blizzard sends keys to Vatican but not Sweden! WHAT Blizzard are hardcore catholics am confirmed | ||
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Kantutan
Canada1319 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:19 Blackjackbob wrote: I have the client installed and waiting - ready to go! just bought a new mouse and pad too! Hell, SC2 is open on my computer and I'm waiting for a key :p | ||
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Adeeler
United Kingdom764 Posts
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:19 Blackjackbob wrote: I have the client installed and waiting - ready to go! just bought a new mouse and pad too! same here | ||
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Kletus
Canada580 Posts
Hopefully the same happens with this wave so the third one comes around soon | ||
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
I'm almost in tears. | ||
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Roulette36
United States55 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:27 eMbrace wrote: I got my email (blizzcon 08 key here). I'm almost in tears. did you just recieve it? | ||
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magz4
United States9 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:27 eMbrace wrote: I got my email (blizzcon 08 key here). I'm almost in tears. Strange. I didn't even get one and I'm drowning in saltiness right now. | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? So do i and i opted in like the first day you could and i aint got shit! ffs! | ||
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SnowFantasy
4173 Posts
Every time I do it makes me sad | ||
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
email is from 20 minutes ago | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:29 SnowFantasy wrote: I can't keep F5'ing. Every time I do it makes me sad ye totally destroys ones soul. no one knows our pain... being heavily dissappointed evry few secs ... | ||
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GoShox
United States1837 Posts
Which means the e-mails are still coming out.. cross your fingers everyone gl hf | ||
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pieisamazing
United States1234 Posts
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:27 eMbrace wrote: I got my email (blizzcon 08 key here). I'm almost in tears. Embrace it! See what I did there | ||
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snorlax
United States755 Posts
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:13 Graham wrote: Aha, I'm so nervous to touch anything on that page in the chance that it potentially "resets" my position in the theoretical "queue line". x) My friend opted in 2 days before beta was launched and got in 1st wave. :/ | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:33 snorlax wrote: Friend got a blizzcon key and an Opt in Key :D arasrarsrgglglglggl | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:33 Bosu wrote: My friend opted in 2 days before beta was launched and got in 1st wave. :/ that's gosu! | ||
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Blizzard_torments_me
Romania199 Posts
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WhiteKnight
New Zealand134 Posts
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? 3 posts... epic troll? | ||
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-HellZerg-
United States409 Posts
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TRIXmonkey
United States43 Posts
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Blizzard_torments_me
Romania199 Posts
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
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WhiteKnight
New Zealand134 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:38 TRIXmonkey wrote: Opted-in w/ 2 accounts, nothing :,( Same here 2 acc. I believe they are just choosing shitty computers... Not Pcs that will handle the game with top notch settings like mine... This is BS! I bought this darn pc for SC2 lol... (( | ||
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Duckvillelol
Australia1241 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:35 WhiteKnight wrote: Are New Zealanders getting chosen yet??? Aussies and Kiwi's, report in if you're at work currently spamming Bnet account like I am. | ||
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ZerglingShepherd
Canada99 Posts
This is killing me | ||
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
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PGHammer
United States132 Posts
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Sigh
Canada2433 Posts
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cyberspace
Canada955 Posts
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:42 Cyberspace1 wrote: QQ F5!! what are you guys f5ing? just look every 10min or something | ||
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Pape
Serbia419 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=112754¤tpage=2 We are suppose to be in this wave | ||
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anch
United States5457 Posts
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:42 Sigh wrote: *prays for an email from blizzard. You might wanna be looking at your battle.net profile cuz some people got keys there and didn't get an e-mail | ||
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andiCR
Costa Rica2273 Posts
i sure hope i get an invite | ||
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TRIXmonkey
United States43 Posts
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getSome[703]
United States753 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:43 Lobbo wrote: what are you guys f5ing? just look every 10min or something The fervor of a potential beta key overwhelms rationality. | ||
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D10
Brazil3409 Posts
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Blizzard_torments_me
Romania199 Posts
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Depops
Australia101 Posts
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Graham
Canada1259 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:47 Depops wrote: I'm happy for all the TL people that are getting in, but these stories of people getting multiple keys and WoW players who have never played a RTS getting keys is killing me. I know, it's so depressing. | ||
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Katkishka
United States649 Posts
First was from "Beta-lactam ring records" Of course the fact that i saw the word 'beta' and the email started with a "B"(lizzard) got me hyped for half a second Next I got a Battleground Europe open beta notification the beginning B got me excited too.. But still, that's 2 emails including the word 'beta', clearly the next email I receive will be a key... 3rd time's a charm | ||
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
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GoShox
United States1837 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:49 Sunny Afternoon wrote: God, Opera keeps notifying me about the most misleading emails. First was from "Beta-lactam ring records" Of course the fact that i saw the word 'beta' and the email started with a "B"(lizzard) got me hyped for half a second Next I got a Battleground Europe open beta notification the beginning B got me excited too.. But still, that's 2 emails including the word 'beta', clearly the next email I receive will be a key. OMG I got that Battleground one too ROFL. I was so happy when I saw I had a new e-mail about a beta.. but disappointed when it wasn't Starcraft 2 | ||
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NrG.NeverExpo
Canada2114 Posts
I'm among the crowd who hates everyone thats playing Sc2 right now. | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
If no please del this topic since i almost cry after 5 mins of spamming F5 in my mail box >.< | ||
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Wedge
Canada580 Posts
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:57 Wedge wrote: God, nothing. | ||
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Windblade
United States161 Posts
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-HellZerg-
United States409 Posts
Battle.net is currently experiencing a high volume of traffic which is affecting its response time. Please try again in a few minutes." | ||
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anotherone
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
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WindCalibur
Canada938 Posts
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NrG.NeverExpo
Canada2114 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:02 Archaic wrote: Hmm... Just curious. For my "specs", I stupidly set my system specs to mac instead of XP (I use both, dual booting)... If they don't have an available Mac version of the game, then it is very possible I *could* have gotten one just... was excluded from the lottery because of my specified operating system. FML... You know u can reset ur specs so they will see ur using a PC | ||
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DeCoup
Australia1933 Posts
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Blizzard_torments_me
Romania199 Posts
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Gann1
United States1575 Posts
oh well. | ||
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alji
United States4 Posts
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
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cyberspace
Canada955 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:08 DeCoup wrote: Lol. Whats with all the F5ers. Get a mail client and set it to autocheck every x mins, grab some popcorn and watch a movie. Lol, I'm refreshing between Lich King attempts. :D | ||
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Blizzard_torments_me
Romania199 Posts
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Chrispy
Canada5878 Posts
Just thought you'd all like to know. And now I'm going to sleep. | ||
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5502 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:11 Chrispy wrote: I CAN CONFIRM that I currently do not have an invite. Just thought you'd all like to know. And now I'm going to sleep. lol | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
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TRIXmonkey
United States43 Posts
Are we gonna have to wait for retail or what? | ||
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Roulette36
United States55 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:16 Lobbo wrote: seems like the wave is over, no new reports. Fun ride no key ! GG blizzard. Looks like you out macroed me this time. | ||
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Aduromors
United States279 Posts
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:22 TRIXmonkey wrote: Are we gonna have to wait for retail or what?Oh hell no there will be lots of waves of tests Blizzard is still even calling this Alpha even though you're getting beta invites they're nowhere near ready for release. And even if you don't get into the beta shortly before release they'll do a MASSIVE wave of invites getting almost everyone to test their servers. | ||
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Aduromors
United States279 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:29 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: Oh hell no there will be lots of waves of tests Blizzard is still even calling this Alpha even though you're getting beta invites they're nowhere near ready for release. And even if you don't get into the beta shortly before release they'll do a MASSIVE wave of invites getting almost everyone to test their servers. THanks for trying to be respectful but you are pulling all of that out of your ass | ||
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:35 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: Oh really? It's pretty standard beta procedure. You start small inviting more people in as you go then shortly before release is the "open" beta even if it's not completely open they invite a ton of people and do server testing. I've been a part of a lot of betas and almost every single company uses that procedure. IDD but I just had the tip of it. I am sitting here without a key and I see some dudes get not 1 key but 2 and some gets not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4 fucking invites.... | ||
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TRIXmonkey
United States43 Posts
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:45 Lobbo wrote: IDD but I just had the tip of it. I am sitting here without a key and I see some dudes get not 1 key but 2 and some gets not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4 fucking invites.... its really sad, in my country no one have a key right now, and we have a very huge and solid community around sc:bw... and i won a key from a contest, and i dont receive a mail from blizzard yet. Its very dissapointing, especially when you know that many noobs from wow are playing right now, and worse... maybe they tired from the game and the key was wasted. | ||
Kinky
United States4126 Posts
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AtlaS
United States1001 Posts
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
hippys are awesome. lol chrome telling me i spelled hippys wrong. | ||
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:56 AtlaS wrote: i'm under the impression that this wasn't really a 2nd wave as much as a 2nd part to the first wave since it seemed like the most people who got invites were the blizzcon people who didn't get swooped up with the 1st wave. i'm still really really confused by who's getting in now and who's not and also who has priority (blizzcon, contest, ect). can someone sort this out for me? I'll sort it out for you: The more you want into the sc2 beta, the longer Blizzard makes you wait. You're last in line. | ||
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AtlaS
United States1001 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:58 wishbones wrote: i think that blizzard has to let everyone try it really, how can they expect to make a new game that not everyone will try. This way a wow "noob" as its called wont have to go and buy the game for nothing, his other wow "noob" of a friend will have said, hey, starcraft 2, its not a bad game go and buy it man i am sure you will enjoy it. Then the chain starts. hippys are awesome. lol chrome telling me i spelled hippys wrong. cause it's spelled hippies. and i did not understand the rest of your post whatsoever. On February 23 2010 14:07 Zealotdriver wrote: I'll sort it out for you: The more you want into the sc2 beta, the longer Blizzard makes you wait. You're last in line. TT | ||
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JoxxOr
Sweden1502 Posts
Got my mail 2:16 GMT +1 Its now 6:19 | ||
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Apexplayer
United States406 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:35 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: Oh really? It's pretty standard beta procedure. You start small inviting more people in as you go then shortly before release is the "open" beta even if it's not completely open they invite a ton of people and do server testing. I've been a part of a lot of betas and almost every single company uses that procedure. i do want to believe that but 1st: you hv no proof, 2nd: we need exact dates for everything. | ||
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prototype.
Canada4202 Posts
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
On February 23 2010 14:15 JoxxOr wrote: I GOT MINE OMFG YESYESYEYSYESYESYES Got my mail 2:16 GMT +1 Its now 6:19 T_T | ||
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Puosu
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CynanMachae
Canada1459 Posts
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On February 23 2010 13:50 Kinky wrote: Wtf at people getting two keys. Shouldn't Blizzard be checking for people getting multiple keys? It's basically impossible to check, given the ability to fake credentials across multiple e-mails and Battle.net accounts. In practice, it should work out, as that person won't reasonably be logged into both accounts at the same time, and Blizzard determines how many people to add each wave by server activity--even though one person has 2 keys, he can still only log one person's activity on the test servers unless he gives an account to someone else, at which point it becomes 2 people with 2 keys. | ||
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JodoYodo
Canada1772 Posts
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Ideas
United States8104 Posts
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shreepy
United States121 Posts
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1425/omg3y.jpg) + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i50.tinypic.com/b6akbp.jpg) | ||
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
Well that's... just... perfect... + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.evilskater.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/fuuu.png) | ||
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Broodie
Canada832 Posts
and please direct me to a site to see images and specs lol and zouzou... wanna sell one of dem der keysssss?! | ||
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
brings back memories of having fun just trying to beat the campaign... those days were probably the most fun I've ever had with sc lol. | ||
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stumpster
United States67 Posts
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On February 23 2010 15:19 zizou21 wrote: Those aren't my keys - please stop PM'ing me LOL | ||
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EGLzGaMeR
United States1867 Posts
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
On February 23 2010 15:18 stumpster wrote: Anyone else laugh at the massive pile of keys that went up on Ebay very recently that are all $150+...it's gonna end up like the PS3 launch, there are only so many people willing to pay that. i am almost so desperate to buy those... | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
Polar, save your money =( But the people getting 3 keys is really tearing me apart fjdlask;fjdsjfiuew | ||
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WoLFoU
France69 Posts
I have received my third key ;D | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
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dammasta
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abomi.nation
Canada103 Posts
......... but not beta Beta means more to me. | ||
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
On February 23 2010 15:35 abomi.nation wrote: I got into university ......... but not beta Beta means more to me. roflmao. beta is more important than my grades >.> | ||
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nMn
United States144 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On February 23 2010 15:31 WoLFoU wrote: LOL I have received my third key ;D lol not fair T_T. | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 23 2010 15:35 abomi.nation wrote: I got into university ......... but not beta Beta means more to me. I'm already in university but the wait is JUST LIKE WAITING FOR RESPONSES FROM UNIVERSITIES Congrats on getting into uni, but sorry you had to wait for TWO grueling things. AHHHHH And PM me if you have extra keys =( I'll be sharing my account with my friends because all of us opted in, are hardcore SC fans, and have not gotten any keys T_T | ||
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
Pro tip: people talking about receiving multiple keys or receiving keys without opting in just because they have lots of games on their BNet accounts and they have <10 posts. Safe to assume troll. | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
On February 23 2010 15:41 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: Pro tip: people talking about receiving multiple keys or receiving keys without opting in just because they have lots of games on their BNet accounts and they have <10 posts. Safe to assume troll. Well I still have hope some kind soul is actually telling the truth and are willing to donate a key to me. | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
.But I do know that there are people getting 2-3 keys which is such bs... :/ | ||
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Kantutan
Canada1319 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
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se7en247
United States487 Posts
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Whakkah
Sweden113 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
And if they would send the keys all at once so I don't waste my refreshing that would be nice too =( | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
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Darkn3ss
United States717 Posts
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KimchiFriedRice
Canada237 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:10 Darkn3ss wrote: GOT MINE!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!! | ||
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Glioburd
France1911 Posts
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KimchiFriedRice
Canada237 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
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Unlisked
India28 Posts
On February 23 2010 15:31 WoLFoU wrote: LOL I have received my third key ;D give me one? | ||
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:05 shindigs wrote: I wish Blizzard would actually give a statement on who's getting the key so I don't have to F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 ALL THE EFFING TIME And if they would send the keys all at once so I don't waste my refreshing that would be nice too =( lets raid their HQ! >.> | ||
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Tazan_0
United States63 Posts
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:12 FragKrag wrote: I'm in despair! The fact that I have not gotten a beta key has left me in despair!! Ah I see what you did thar ![[image loading]](http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs40/f/2009/029/0/9/09e1fe5d74eb7171765e4634ff5d3817.jpg) | ||
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
Zetsubou shita!! | ||
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Adeeler
United Kingdom764 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:26 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: Going to bed with dreams of beta keys in my email... really, even iccup staff ........ OMFG, i need my beta keybtw guys, i dun think F5 battle.net will help bc beta key is sent by email into your mail box, check ur spam  ... anyone find a beta key in their spam box please msg me so that you can share your beta key with me as a thank.... T__T | ||
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raga4ka
Bulgaria5679 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:32 raga4ka wrote: How could people be geting 2 or 3 beta keys when there are a ton of people who have non , what the fuck is blizzard doing ? Also do they send you an e-mail with the beta key or does it appear in the battle.net account ? They're probably trolls =( | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
I just went into tears after reading this. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
Poll: How many Wannabes? (Vote): None, people are honest (lol) (Vote): a few (Vote): a lot (Vote): everyone! sc2 beta doesn't exist and no man has ever been on the moon either! | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:37 Lobbo wrote: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23393019527&sid=5000 I just went into tears after reading this. as long as they put the key to use I don't really care about newbies, but what I hate are the people who will get a key and then stop playing a few days in... | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
I think I was making too many CTV's or whatever they're called and not enough marines. oh the humanity..... | ||
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8)Zary
Norway11 Posts
As in the way they are doing the wow patches ;o | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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t00ey
Canada57 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:48 8)Zary wrote: Could this be just the US that have been granted keys last Night and europe gets it today ? As in the way they are doing the wow patches ;o W.E. ALL I NEED IS AN EMAIL WITH MY KEY IN IT. P/S: ACTUALLY I WANT TO STEAL KEYS FROM PEOPLE WHO GOT MORE THAN 1 KEYS SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO SUFFER AGAIN. I SWEAR TO GOD IF I HV MORE THAN 1 KEY I WILL JUST SPREAD THEM OUT RANDOMLY ON TL SO THAT 1ST COME 1ST SERVE | ||
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JoxxOr
Sweden1502 Posts
On February 23 2010 16:48 8)Zary wrote: Could this be just the US that have been granted keys last Night and europe gets it today ? As in the way they are doing the wow patches ;o I'm from europe and i got my key yesterday(or today if you count sweden time) | ||
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
!But congrats to those that got it, have a good time! | ||
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kevin349
United States68 Posts
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7061/3beta.jpg I'm not trolling! I got 3! I am still not sure why :-( | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
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Darkn3ss
United States717 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:06 kevin349 wrote: http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7061/3beta.jpg I'm not trolling! I got 3! I am still not sure why :-( Well, then share the wealth!!! On February 23 2010 16:32 raga4ka wrote: How could people be geting 2 or 3 beta keys when there are a ton of people who have non , what the fuck is blizzard doing ? Also do they send you an e-mail with the beta key or does it appear in the battle.net account ? You get an email with the code... then u got b.net page, click add game and type in the code (or paste) and it'll appear as one of ur games... That's what my email said... Trying it tomorrow! xD | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:06 kevin349 wrote: http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7061/3beta.jpg I'm not trolling! I got 3! I am still not sure why :-( Be a pal and pm me one? ^^ | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:06 kevin349 wrote: http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7061/3beta.jpg I'm not trolling! I got 3! I am still not sure why :-( I wonder what your system specs are? | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
no no no, pm me please, if you listen to How To Save a Life of the Fray now i will tell you how: gv me 1 | ||
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Comeh
United States18918 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:12 NB wrote: no no no, pm me please, if you listen to How To Save a Life of the Fray now i will tell you how: gv me 1 Personally, I wouldn't want to give a key to someone that listens to the Fray. That being said, we shouldn't turn this into a key-begging thread - remember: this is a being a depressed about how other people have keys and you don't thread. Edit: I WANT A KEY :[ :[ :[ | ||
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Razii
United States88 Posts
Then they were crushed when I checked my e-mail and battle.net. :'( Oh well, even if I don't get a key, I'll be content with the streams and waiting for SC2 to hit the stores. | ||
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SeeDLiNg
United States690 Posts
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404.Delirium
United States1190 Posts
The only way I see this happening is with something equivalent to a graphics-based Cray. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.nsa.gov/about/_images/pg_hi_res/cray.jpg) | ||
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Protocon
United States255 Posts
Or rather, ppl with multiple keys just stfu, keep the info to yourself so as not to troll/torment the rabid folks. | ||
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aers
United States1210 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
WHATEVER btw gimme specs, res, FPS when you play SC2 pls | ||
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Tropics
United Kingdom1132 Posts
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cheesecakuuu
Netherlands56 Posts
I would really love it if someone who got more then one key could pm me his or her extra key? <3Thanks in advance. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:31 Tropics wrote: Is there anyone just getting keys now? It'd be good to know if they're still going out. I think they already ended, and people who claim to have gotten one would have just checked. Last wave ended around midnight PST as well. Sorry =( I didn't get a key either. | ||
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Unlisked
India28 Posts
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:32 shindigs wrote: I think they already ended, and people who claim to have gotten one would have just checked. Last wave ended around midnight PST as well. Sorry =( I didn't get a key either. T___T I am so dumb for opting in so late. I only opted in after the Beta came out. T___T BLIZZARD I WANT MY KEY T__T | ||
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gro.ro
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nomatchh
Belgium30 Posts
I have good offer :D | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:34 samachking wrote: T___T I am so dumb for opting in so late. I only opted in after the Beta came out. T___T BLIZZARD I WANT MY KEY T__T i opt-in way earlier but for mac, after i realize there is no mac i switched to window opt-in right away but i wonder which one will be counted | ||
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KinosJourney2
Sweden1811 Posts
I'll just pray i will get beta key as both my accs are registered to my name EDIT: just read a couple of posts above....</3 | ||
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Tropics
United Kingdom1132 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:36 gro.ro wrote: do you guys think that adding games really has an impact? because i got a wow cd from the past but I dont know my old inactive wow account anymore. though i could probably contact them just to add that cd-key / wow account to my bnet profile. I remember reading a statement from blizz like a year ago when opt ins first became available that the games on your account don't matter. Further evidence of this would be a friend of a friend who opted in about 4 days before the first wave with just WoW on his account and got in. | ||
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:38 KinosJourney2 wrote: I just opted in, but the fucking problem is that i have the starcraft games on another account and all my other games (WC3 + expansion, diablo 2 + expansion) on another one that i opted in on. I'll just pray i will get beta key as both my accs are registered to my name EDIT: just read a couple of posts above....</3 The only Blizzard games I own are WC2/Diablo 1 and SC BW, and I lost the 2 other cds FML T___T | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
Take into account there are 12 million and counting players in WoW. The chances are more for the WoW players if this process is completely random, since they obviously just outnumber the number of TL nerds. The fact that they can just opt in easily with WoW as with any other game puts them in the fair running for keys. Hope this clears up any game confusion | ||
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gro.ro
13 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:38 Tropics wrote: I remember reading a statement from blizz like a year ago when opt ins first became available that the games on your account don't matter. Further evidence of this would be a friend of a friend who opted in about 4 days before the first wave with just WoW on his account and got in. ok thanks. but did your friend went to blizzcon? because I read thats the first / main criteria anyways. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:47 gro.ro wrote: ok thanks. but did your friend went to blizzcon? because I read thats the first / main criteria anyways. I think the majority of the invites today were from blizzcon, but a couple opt-ins were in the invites as well. It's a mix, but the majority of people who got it were from blizzcon, at least that is what I deduced from the number of reactions on TL. I think the 2nd wave is over though. It's past midnight and Blizzard employees are probably sleeping. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:43 shindigs wrote: Btw, I don't think you guys should think if you have WoW you'll have a higher chance of getting the key. Take into account there are 12 million and counting players in WoW. The chances are more for the WoW players if this process is completely random, since they obviously just outnumber the number of TL nerds. The fact that they can just opt in easily with WoW as with any other game puts them in the fair running for keys. Hope this clears up any game confusion This and there seemed to be a lot of BlizzCon keys mixed in here as well. WoW players flocked to BlizzCon en masse so that could also skew the results towards the WoW players ;_; | ||
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Frenzied_Tank
Germany100 Posts
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Tonyy
United States86 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:48 shindigs wrote: I think the majority of the invites today were from blizzcon, but a couple opt-ins were in the invites as well. It's a mix, but the majority of people who got it were from blizzcon, at least that is what I deduced from the number of reactions on TL. I think the 2nd wave is over though. It's past midnight and Blizzard employees are probably sleeping. if thats the reason, i would slap them in the FACE because 1st: they sleep on my and the other people's wounds of not hving a beta key. a true staff is smone who stay awake for the sake of blizzard fans, for generating more beta keys 2nd: if the keys are given out by PEOPLE (human), where is the randomize? | ||
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
/wrist | ||
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gro.ro
13 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:34 samachking wrote: T___T I am so dumb for opting in so late. I only opted in after the Beta came out. T___T BLIZZARD I WANT MY KEY T__T I opted in since yesterday. at first I didnt really care. but after watching all those livestreams, esl tv and so on, I got slowly but steady infested by the starcraft 2 fever and now I want my beta key too !! | ||
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Ex4rch
Canada11 Posts
wish blizzard would give some info on who they sent invites out to cause I'm really thinking my luck is the shits | ||
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BG1
Canada1550 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:55 Tonyy wrote: They could be picking people with better computer specs for the beta opt in I think it's more likely they'll be picking the more uncommon/lesser setups for testing purposes. | ||
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Kantutan
Canada1319 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:57 NB wrote: if thats the reason, i would slap them in the FACE because 1st: they sleep on my and the other people's wounds of not hving a beta key. a true staff is smone who stay awake for the sake of blizzard fans, for generating more beta keys 2nd: if the keys are given out by PEOPLE (human), where is the randomize? lol are you serious? They've probably been working their fucking asses off trying to get us this game. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 23 2010 18:11 FragKrag wrote: lol are you serious? They've probably been working their fucking asses off trying to get us this game. Agreed, I'm clawing my eyes out just waiting for a key, but Blizzard did a hell of a job getting the beta out. Everyone who hates is just spoiled =( | ||
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Icx
Belgium853 Posts
Because I am still wondering if this was the actual second wave, or just the rest of the blizzcon people getting in. And if this was the second wave, if we can expect number 3 soon, or is it gonna be a longer wait this time. And sigh, woke up this morning, wanted to log in my b.net account to see if I got lucky, password invalid + mail in my inbox that someone changed my password, and can't remember my answer to my secret question. Now I have to wait multiple days for blizzard to respond >< | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On February 23 2010 17:57 NB wrote: if thats the reason, i would slap them in the FACE because 1st: they sleep on my and the other people's wounds of not hving a beta key. a true staff is smone who stay awake for the sake of blizzard fans, for generating more beta keys Yes, because clearly the desires of a small minority of whiny fans warrants a 16+ hour workday. Blizzard employees have lives and families too, you know. Besides, the number of keys they put out isn't based on how many hours they're awake (e.g. even when they're awake, they're probably not sending out beta key e-mails around the clock). They probably have a set number of keys in each wave. On February 23 2010 17:57 NB wrote: 2nd: if the keys are given out by PEOPLE (human), where is the randomize? They never said the keys were given out randomly. They just said that your chance of getting a key is partly based on your luck. Obviously their first priority is distributing the game to a wide range of system setups. On February 23 2010 18:26 FictionJV wrote: Does anyone know if blizzard has made a post somewhere giving details around the second wave? Because I am still wondering if this was the actual second wave, or just the rest of the blizzcon people getting in. And if this was the second wave, if we can expect number 3 soon, or is it gonna be a longer wait this time. People who have opted in have gotten keys. It's definitely not just Blizzcon people. | ||
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cro.zixpk
Germany2 Posts
a new zerg player is on its way ^^ | ||
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KoveN-
Australia503 Posts
On February 23 2010 18:37 cro.zixpk wrote: just checked my mail, hello beta key :D a new zerg player is on its way ^^ Timestamp please | ||
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pieisamazing
United States1234 Posts
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cro.zixpk
Germany2 Posts
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Manaldski
229 Posts
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KoveN-
Australia503 Posts
On February 23 2010 18:47 pieisamazing wrote: cro.zixpk Germany. February 23 2010 18:37. Posts 1 He said "Just checked my mail." For the people without common sense that means it could have arrived 5 hours ago or 15 seconds ago. I was looking for clarification. | ||
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
I NEVER VERIFIED MY BLIZZARD EMAIL T______T oh well Just verified and waiting for a miracle | ||
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diskborste
Sweden113 Posts
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Ballistixz
United States1269 Posts
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MasterFischer
Denmark836 Posts
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Fogul
United Kingdom179 Posts
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Gigaudas
Sweden1213 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? Wtf, seriously? I have all of those but didn't think it mattered so I didn't bother finding my old Diablo 2 key >_> | ||
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Germany2762 Posts
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Qikz
United Kingdom12022 Posts
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gro.ro
13 Posts
On February 23 2010 19:27 Gigaudas wrote: Wtf, seriously? I have all of those but didn't think it mattered so I didn't bother finding my old Diablo 2 key >_> i doubt thats the real reason behind it. atleast till some others with the same background confirm it. If its a criteria how much games you own then I still would expect the same logic like with the system spec.. means that they want a big variety of people and why would you only like to have the opinion of the already big blizzard fans which will most likely buy any future game dont matter what. | ||
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Selenium
24 Posts
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iCmB
France525 Posts
However i received the beta key within the mail adress box i used when i attended to WWI2008 at Paris, and not the adress mail attached to my bnet account. However the Beta Card i received then was already used for a WOLTK Beta. Just got lucky maybe. | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom12022 Posts
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Meat
Netherlands3751 Posts
Downloading from battle.net now and should be done in 2 hours! | ||
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fearus
China2164 Posts
On February 23 2010 19:58 Liquid`Meat wrote: What a surprise, was checking mail on my phone at 4am in bed and had the key in my mailbox! So I boot the comp to play, since i downloaded it from fileshack already but it said that i was trying to login to the wrong server or something nooooooo! Downloading from battle.net now and should be done in 2 hours! wow at icon... | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6172 Posts
On February 23 2010 19:57 Qikz wrote: I think one thing that they may doing is using system checks. Damn me for having a really good rig. if they do, I have no chance... my PC is just garbage | ||
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TArujo
Portugal1687 Posts
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Niten
United States598 Posts
I guess I didn't opt-in to 2nd wave. Hoping for 3rd wave! | ||
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Fedaykin
Netherlands2003 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? Same thing here, plus, yesterday I checked opt ins and apparently I was sorta of auto-opted-in for everything (now just for SC, don't care about the rest atm), just gave/updated system info now.... However... no key. Danmit, you need ppl with an old computer to test it as well (suprised my 6year old rig can actually meet these requirements) | ||
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mark05
Canada807 Posts
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XaraCoS
Australia45 Posts
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GinNtoniC
Sweden2945 Posts
I have all that stuff too but no.. no invite here | ||
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Welmu
Finland3295 Posts
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
all of u guys that said u just got ur keys make me wanna /wrist... | ||
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ruXxar
Norway5669 Posts
.I even updated my specs to my sisters crap comp to try to improve my chances q.q | ||
Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
On February 23 2010 20:03 FaCE_1 wrote: They aren't just looking for great PCs, but for diversity. (although of course they won't invite you if they know your PC cannot run at all).if they do, I have no chance... my PC is just garbage | ||
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RiGun
Argentina155 Posts
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eNoq
Netherlands502 Posts
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
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Tyrannon
Germany113 Posts
Other than that. Gratz to the 2nd Wave | ||
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R0YAL
United States1768 Posts
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Unlisked
India28 Posts
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
I literally have all the blizzard-games, i opted in within minutes you could and i'd play 10+ hours if i just had a betakey... so bad i didn't get one; no other games or even any other leisure-activities seem appealing when you could be playing SC2... | ||
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
No WoW since I never played it =/ OH YEAH WC3, BRB | ||
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
On February 23 2010 20:41 Carnac wrote: They aren't just looking for great PCs, but for diversity. (although of course they won't invite you if they know your PC cannot run at all). I disagree with that. Out of everyone who "won" the opt-in so far, it seems they are all high end specs. Nothing is "average", nothing is diverse. I have a pretty different set of specs since i built this computer, and nothing yet. everyone ive talked to who got in just bought their comp within the past 2 years. | ||
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Skruf
Norway29 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? thats wrong i have same and still havn't gotn it | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
cause 5accs chances > 1 acc chances aight? | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
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Baerinho
Germany257 Posts
if having all on one account would increase my chances, i´d done that, now its too late | ||
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magh
Sweden95 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:35 Blizzard_torments_me wrote: I'm from Romania,it's 6 AM here and i'm spaming refresh.I can't take it anymore, BLIZZARD STOP TORMENTING ME ;(((((((. I feel for you | ||
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Puosu
6985 Posts
no key and theres people who haven't opted in getting keys? ................. | ||
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Broccoli
Sweden6 Posts
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jhNz
Germany2762 Posts
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Windblade
United States161 Posts
Don't cry, if you didnt get in. Notice the wave started in the evening which is not standard. Also note how there are barely any opt-ins screaming for joy. This was Wave 1.5 meant to get the last of the BlizzCon keyholders into the beta with a few opt-ins for the heck of it. Expect Wave 2 later this week or probably next week. Cheer Up! | ||
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Niten
United States598 Posts
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
On February 23 2010 22:35 Windblade wrote: OK Folks! Don't cry, if you didnt get in. Notice the wave started in the evening which is not standard. Also note how there are barely any opt-ins screaming for joy. This was Wave 1.5 meant to get the last of the BlizzCon keyholders into the beta with a few opt-ins for the heck of it. Expect Wave 2 later this week or probably next week. Cheer Up! I hope so! Btw, any idea how long the duration will be between each waves? | ||
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Jarvs
Australia639 Posts
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
It's just about Luck I guess and I do have s bit of a Problem with that... -.-° I mean; I've played SC thousands of hours, I've played WC3 thousands of hours, I've played Diablo2 thousdands of hours, I've played Diablo1 A LOT and I've even played WoW for about 2 months, until I realized that graduating from school was more important than being a "Rittmeister der 13. Stufe" in WoW. ^^' I remember going to a friend after School everyday for months, because he had a PC with Warcraft2 installed or Lan-Parties at the Age of maybe 10 where my friend and I played Diablo1 together and nearly screamed our Lungs out running around the basement when we first encountered "The Butcher". I don't just identify myself through games, but nonetheless the Blizzard-Games have always been very special to me and SC:BW is a game I've been playing for years now CONSTANTLY and I was kinda heartbroken when I've heard that there will be a very limited amount of Beta-key's given out, becuase I'm never that lucky with stuff like that. :S I'm also a bit bummed out, that Blizzcon-visitors get another "goodie" on top of being able to go to Blizzcon: I mean; My friends and I live in Switzerland and we really wanted to go to Blizzcon09, but we had no chance of getting a ticket. Now, the ppl that had the Joy of going there even get Betakeys and the other ppl get nothing at all - seems kinda unfair to me... But I guess it isn't all that bad, because many ppl that are able to play the SC2-Beta are FREAKING AWESOME and deliver live-streams, VoD's, articles and stuff to keep the Fans happy! ^^' Huge THX for that guys! | ||
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Latham
9560 Posts
I don't think you guys understand, it's not 1st come 1st served. If you gusy opt'ed in 2009 and a guy opted in yesterday, you both have the same chances of getting in in the next wave. I know it's sad and unfair, and little wow!@@#$ are getting keys instead of us, but it's life =(, but at least we can watch replays without getting a key, for me, it easyed the pain by a lot. | ||
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Whakkah
Sweden113 Posts
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PiepTon
Germany10 Posts
I've saw enough screens where ppl had only sc+bw on their account and get a beta key. I think they choose really randomly. The only thing that could influence them is the hardware. so far, F5ing and waiting ;D | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom12022 Posts
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Puosu
6985 Posts
On February 23 2010 23:22 PiepTon wrote: I don't think that blizzard is choosing the "happy ones" with tha fact how many blizz games they have on their bnet account. I've saw enough screens where ppl had only sc+bw on their account and get a beta key. I think they choose really randomly. The only thing that could influence them is the hardware. so far, F5ing and waiting ;D Doesn't make any sense for them to send to people who haven't opt-in then, they don't even know the hardware so are they seriously choosing those people over people who've waited for years? Its a bit ridiculous, would love if someone confirmed if keys are still being sent or if they have stopped.. | ||
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Undead_Knight
Mexico4 Posts
I got a key the first day the beta came out. I only have the Starcraft Anthology registered and I registered my bnet account that same day. (So lucky!) If you actually read the FAQ about the beta, there are a lot of answered questions for you guys. Here is the FAQ: http://www.starcraft2.com/beta-faq.xml Good luck getting a beta key | ||
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Puosu
6985 Posts
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
On February 23 2010 23:22 Qikz wrote: I've not seen anymore brits posting about getting a key. So it's all gravy. No <3 for the UK it seems. There's 3 accounts among my friends and none of us have keys. We all have BW, WoW and Diablo2 but to no avail | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom12022 Posts
On February 23 2010 23:32 Klive5ive wrote: No <3 for the UK it seems. There's 3 accounts among my friends and none of us have keys. We all have BW, WoW and Diablo2 but to no avail Someone I know who likes Starcraft but doesn't play it that much. Got in the first wave. I never see him online playing it and it just makes me angry | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
On February 23 2010 23:24 Undead_Knight wrote: Just for your information guys: I got a key the first day the beta came out. I only have the Starcraft Anthology registered and I registered my bnet account that same day. (So lucky!) If you actually read the FAQ about the beta, there are a lot of answered questions for you guys. Here is the FAQ: http://www.starcraft2.com/beta-faq.xml Good luck getting a beta key ahhhhhhhh!!!! jerk!!!! =( | ||
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thOr6136
Slovenia1775 Posts
On February 23 2010 23:39 Qikz wrote: Someone I know who likes Starcraft but doesn't play it that much. Got in the first wave. I never see him online playing it and it just makes me angry same here, zzz | ||
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djWHEAT
United States925 Posts
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never_Nal
Costa Rica676 Posts
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Lucikka
Finland17 Posts
On February 24 2010 02:51 never_Nal wrote: HAS Anyone got a Beta Key for MAC? There is no beta for Mac. | ||
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Zexion
Sweden971 Posts
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
On February 24 2010 02:51 never_Nal wrote: HAS Anyone got a Beta Key for MAC? Apparently someone on battle.net general forums said he got an invite with a mac opt in but there is no mac client so he can't play it lol. | ||
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Tef
Sweden443 Posts
On February 24 2010 02:56 Undisputed- wrote: Apparently someone on battle.net general forums said he got an invite with a mac opt in but there is no mac client so he can't play it lol. He can use a virtual machine software and play it. | ||
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asdfTT123
United States989 Posts
On February 24 2010 02:51 never_Nal wrote: HAS Anyone got a Beta Key for MAC? Earlier,I made a separate account with my Macbook Pro and opted in under Mac OS. It might increase your chances of getting key once Mac Client is released for Beta testing. Just a thought and it may be something you want try on your Mac, if you have one, or borrowing a friends and opting in from his/her system. Either way I got a key late last night but too bad I can't play reliably as there's some sort of internet issue on my desktop... | ||
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EGLzGaMeR
United States1867 Posts
i have played a million games of scbw traveled across the country playing in WCG's and tournaments Sponsored by Team EG (www.myeg.net) and i still dont have a key... only person on EG.SC who doesnt have key.. wanna talk about how life is not fair... I could probably write the book on it ^___________^ | ||
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23329143121&pageNo=1&sid=5010#7 Yes, there were different ways to get into the beta. The events that people attended or contests they won (these usually got a key in the mail) or through the Opt-in, that got your account flagged. So if you happen to have your account flagged and get a key, you can give the key to a friend. Playing with people you know is always most fun! RTS Community Team Blizzard Europe Give key away or sell it on Ebay for $300 hmmmmmmmm | ||
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:15 Lz wrote: you guys think its unfair you didnt get a key?? i have played a million games of scbw traveled across the country playing in WCG's and tournaments Sponcered by Team EG (www.myeg.net) and i still dont have a key... only person on EG.SC who doesnt have key.. wanna talk about how life is not fair... I could probably write the book on it ^___________^ None of that matters to Blizzard. If you want to get into SC2 beta, you NEED to be an active wow player. They are the hallmark of a good gamer and therefor suitable for beta testing upcoming titles. Srsly.. | ||
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Tef
Sweden443 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:15 Lz wrote: you guys think its unfair you didnt get a key?? i have played a million games of scbw traveled across the country playing in WCG's and tournaments Sponcered by Team EG (www.myeg.net) and i still dont have a key... only person on EG.SC who doesnt have key.. wanna talk about how life is not fair... I could probably write the book on it ^___________^ lol.. thanks... you just made me laugh and enjoy my SC2 absent life. | ||
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Welmu
Finland3295 Posts
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asdfTT123
United States989 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:18 Senx wrote: None of that matters to Blizzard. If you want to get into SC2 beta, you NEED to be an active wow player. They are the hallmark of a good gamer and therefor suitable for beta testing upcoming titles. Srsly.. Ummm...hope you aren't serious because that's completely false. I'm pretty sure the process is random or Blizzard is picking users with certain computer specs for their testing needs (either of certain configurations, or a number of individuals with each video card/RAM/cpu class). There are many out there who have gotten keys and have not touched WoW. It wouldn't make sense to give out keys to them anyways since the WoW fanatics probably couldn't care less about SC2 and have their noses in their druids (whatever they play). | ||
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Puosu
6985 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:15 Lz wrote: you guys think its unfair you didnt get a key?? i have played a million games of scbw traveled across the country playing in WCG's and tournaments Sponsored by Team EG (www.myeg.net) and i still dont have a key... only person on EG.SC who doesnt have key.. wanna talk about how life is not fair... I could probably write the book on it ^___________^ Are you fucking serious? How the fuck is Blizzard handling this situation, they're sending random wow nerds and people who haven't even opted in and are neglecting not only die hard fans of the game but also known foreign top players whose careers could depend on this beta key. Blizzard please you should know your fanbase a little better.. I really was under the impression that even foreigner progaming teams were sent enough keys to get every single progamer testing, it should be benefical to blizzard too because you people are the ones who would get the most games played. | ||
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sheera
Spain5 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:18 Senx wrote: None of that matters to Blizzard. If you want to get into SC2 beta, you NEED to be an active wow player. They are the hallmark of a good gamer and therefor suitable for beta testing upcoming titles. Srsly.. I'm a starcraft player since day 1, a WoW player since day 1 too and I don't have a key, so, you're absolutly wrong, sorry m8. | ||
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Puosu
6985 Posts
I mean "hallmark of a good gamer", how can you not call the bluff right there? haha | ||
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:21 Puosu wrote: Are you fucking serious? How the fuck is Blizzard handling this situation, they're sending random wow nerds and people who haven't even opted in and are neglecting not only die hard fans of the game but also known foreign top players whose careers could depend on this beta key. Blizzard please you should know your fanbase a little better.. amen brother... hopefully the next waves of draws would be more fortunate for us all... | ||
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Ricjames
Czech Republic1047 Posts
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mcJ
Denmark322 Posts
(any info on the next wave btw?) | ||
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EGLzGaMeR
United States1867 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:21 Puosu wrote: Are you fucking serious? How the fuck is Blizzard handling this situation, they're sending random wow nerds and people who haven't even opted in and are neglecting not only die hard fans of the game but also known foreign top players whose careers could depend on this beta key. Blizzard please you should know your fanbase a little better.. I really was under the impression that even foreigner progaming teams were sent enough keys to get every single progamer testing, it should be benefical to blizzard too because you people are the ones who would get the most games played. 100% srs.. its a crying shame.. | ||
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Kaniol
Poland5551 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:21 asdfTT123 wrote: Ummm...hope you aren't serious because that's completely false. I'm pretty sure the process is random or Blizzard is picking users with certain computer specs for their testing needs (either of certain configurations, or a number of individuals with each video card/RAM/cpu class). There are many out there who have gotten keys and have not touched WoW. It wouldn't make sense to give out keys to them anyways since the WoW fanatics probably couldn't care less about SC2 and have their noses in their druids (whatever they play). Change your country to romania, stop hiding! | ||
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Welmu
Finland3295 Posts
Prolly next monday... I propably get key from last wave... | ||
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Klapdout
United States282 Posts
Now SC2 beta is out, which I really want to play and its exclusive as all hell =[ there's no invites players give out themselves, no sites you register for, just an opt-in page =[ Well, you know what they say third times the charm hopefully they do a wave a week =) | ||
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EGLzGaMeR
United States1867 Posts
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
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baller
527 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:15 Lz wrote: you guys think its unfair you didnt get a key?? i have played a million games of scbw traveled across the country playing in WCG's and tournaments Sponsored by Team EG (www.myeg.net) and i still dont have a key... only person on EG.SC who doesnt have key.. wanna talk about how life is not fair... I could probably write the book on it ^___________^ maybe u miss beta key cutoff by just a few points and rage and remove the opt-in from ur battle.net page then u find out u wouldve gotten a key bc blizzard discovered some of the other beta users abused | ||
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
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R4ptur3d
Canada206 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:15 Lz wrote: you guys think its unfair you didnt get a key?? i have played a million games of scbw traveled across the country playing in WCG's and tournaments Sponsored by Team EG (www.myeg.net) and i still dont have a key... only person on EG.SC who doesnt have key.. wanna talk about how life is not fair... I could probably write the book on it ^___________^ If Stuart gets a Key you will probably get it LZ so dont worry about it ;D | ||
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Roulette36
United States55 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:26 mcJ wrote: Guess im gonna have to wait till lucky wave 3! (any info on the next wave btw?) we dont even have info for wave 2... | ||
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EGLzGaMeR
United States1867 Posts
On February 24 2010 03:39 R4ptur3d wrote: If Stuart gets a Key you will probably get it LZ so dont worry about it ;D I told stuart to get me a key for a month (including this morning)~ lol so im obviously not relying on that any more. i'm not worryed just think its silly | ||
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member1987
141 Posts
Ho blizzard how unfair can you be | ||
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
adding additional games to your Battle.net account does NOT increase your chances of receiving a beta | ||
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Xinliben
United States931 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:11 Zelniq wrote: why doesn't anyone read the SC2 beta FAQ from Blizzard: adding additional games to your Battle.net account does NOT increase your chances of receiving a beta Stop taking away our dreams. I want to pretend I have an edge over everyone else. jerk. | ||
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Tuke
Finland1666 Posts
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andiCR
Costa Rica2273 Posts
Blizzard dont fail me | ||
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Latham
9560 Posts
I think I remember WC3 having "bigger waves" while now in SC2, it seems the 2nd wave is going on now, so at least for now it seems to be "weekly" waves. | ||
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
There are a lot more than 10.000 people getting into this beta. Just a quick explanation on why this process works the way it does, a beta is not only there to test the balance and see how players like the game, it is also to test the infrastructure of the game. Inviting players in waves makes sure that the infrastructure is able to handle the first load before inviting more players, gradually increasing the numbers. This helps our IT teams make sure everything runs smoothly and or catch any problems and fix them before having a large load on the infastructure.This is definitely not to make you guys suffer or anything - it is just a necessity of beta testing for us. RTS Community Team Blizzard Europe - Xordiah | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:34 Undisputed- wrote: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23393189966&sid=3000 There are a lot more than 10.000 people getting into this beta. Just a quick explanation on why this process works the way it does, a beta is not only there to test the balance and see how players like the game, it is also to test the infrastructure of the game. Inviting players in waves makes sure that the infrastructure is able to handle the first load before inviting more players, gradually increasing the numbers. This helps our IT teams make sure everything runs smoothly and or catch any problems and fix them before having a large load on the infastructure.This is definitely not to make you guys suffer or anything - it is just a necessity of beta testing for us. RTS Community Team Blizzard Europe - Xordiah that is not an excuse for IT people... Im in computer science and there is no such thing as inviting by waves with the 2nd wave smaller than the 1st | ||
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Darkn3ss
United States717 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:34 Undisputed- wrote: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23393189966&sid=3000 There are a lot more than 10.000 people getting into this beta. Just a quick explanation on why this process works the way it does, a beta is not only there to test the balance and see how players like the game, it is also to test the infrastructure of the game. Inviting players in waves makes sure that the infrastructure is able to handle the first load before inviting more players, gradually increasing the numbers. This helps our IT teams make sure everything runs smoothly and or catch any problems and fix them before having a large load on the infastructure.This is definitely not to make you guys suffer or anything - it is just a necessity of beta testing for us. RTS Community Team Blizzard Europe - Xordiah Needs to be quoted in the OP, imo... Before it gets buried in countless pages of useless spam. | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:47 NB wrote: that is not an excuse for IT people... Im in computer science and there is no such thing as inviting by waves with the 2nd wave smaller than the 1st If inviting 5000 people in the first wave met expectations, but with a few hiccups, would you invite an additional 10000 players or an additional 2500 players to test the limits on the next wave? | ||
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
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asdfTT123
United States989 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:34 Undisputed- wrote: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23393189966&sid=3000 There are a lot more than 10.000 people getting into this beta. Just a quick explanation on why this process works the way it does, a beta is not only there to test the balance and see how players like the game, it is also to test the infrastructure of the game. Inviting players in waves makes sure that the infrastructure is able to handle the first load before inviting more players, gradually increasing the numbers. This helps our IT teams make sure everything runs smoothly and or catch any problems and fix them before having a large load on the infastructure.This is definitely not to make you guys suffer or anything - it is just a necessity of beta testing for us. RTS Community Team Blizzard Europe - Xordiah As much as this seems to be good news, 10,000 people is not a large number for beta of this scope. Seeing how there are millions of Starcraft players, a good number for Diablo/Warcraft, and even more WoW players that express interest in Blizzard games and have a battle.net account, Ten thousand represents a very small fraction of those who opted in. Furthermore, there's a lot of media about this beta so many individuals are opting in by the minute. I don't know about Blizzard's anticipated number of beta invitees (or even if they have one), but there's no doubt that 10,000 is small. To put things in perspective, I was online this morning around 8:30 am EST, and there were approximately 1,800 individuals playing on the beta at that time. The 1,800 represents the number of people online as there are surely more than 1,800 individuals who were supplied a key. | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
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Reaper9
United States1724 Posts
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sh00zkosmosu
Poland16 Posts
do u login to battle.net account or wait for mail to arrive? | ||
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italiangymnast
United States246 Posts
Remember, Blizzard doesn't really care about the time you opt in, just trust a bit in your luck XD. I'm sure crossing my fingers. But with my crap graphics card, it's gonna be a tough road XD. I read that they are taking people into the beta with a really wide range of computer specs to see how the game runs with different types of computers. dont lose hope =P | ||
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Broodie
Canada832 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:11 Zelniq wrote: why doesn't anyone read the SC2 beta FAQ from Blizzard: adding additional games to your Battle.net account does NOT increase your chances of receiving a beta too late hahaha | ||
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Jimmeh
United Kingdom908 Posts
On February 24 2010 05:21 asdfTT123 wrote: As much as this seems to be good news, 10,000 people is not a large number for beta of this scope. Seeing how there are millions of Starcraft players, a good number for Diablo/Warcraft, and even more WoW players that express interest in Blizzard games and have a battle.net account, Ten thousand represents a very small fraction of those who opted in. Furthermore, there's a lot of media about this beta so many individuals are opting in by the minute. I don't know about Blizzard's anticipated number of beta invitees (or even if they have one), but there's no doubt that 10,000 is small. To put things in perspective, I was online this morning around 8:30 am EST, and there were approximately 1,800 individuals playing on the beta at that time. The 1,800 represents the number of people online as there are surely more than 1,800 individuals who were supplied a key. Did you read the part where he said there'll be more than 10,000 people getting in? | ||
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:34 Undisputed- wrote: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23393189966&sid=3000 There are a lot more than 10.000 people getting into this beta. Just a quick explanation on why this process works the way it does, a beta is not only there to test the balance and see how players like the game, it is also to test the infrastructure of the game. Inviting players in waves makes sure that the infrastructure is able to handle the first load before inviting more players, gradually increasing the numbers. This helps our IT teams make sure everything runs smoothly and or catch any problems and fix them before having a large load on the infastructure.This is definitely not to make you guys suffer or anything - it is just a necessity of beta testing for us. RTS Community Team Blizzard Europe - Xordiah My guess is a lot of them are going to be WoW players that don't even know what SC2 is T_T | ||
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Kaniol
Poland5551 Posts
On February 24 2010 05:21 asdfTT123 wrote: As much as this seems to be good news, 10,000 people is not a large number for beta of this scope. Seeing how there are millions of Starcraft players, a good number for Diablo/Warcraft, and even more WoW players that express interest in Blizzard games and have a battle.net account, Ten thousand represents a very small fraction of those who opted in. Furthermore, there's a lot of media about this beta so many individuals are opting in by the minute. I don't know about Blizzard's anticipated number of beta invitees (or even if they have one), but there's no doubt that 10,000 is small. To put things in perspective, I was online this morning around 8:30 am EST, and there were approximately 1,800 individuals playing on the beta at that time. The 1,800 represents the number of people online as there are surely more than 1,800 individuals who were supplied a key. The thing is, 10000 was number given by some poster on bnet, Blizz representative (as already mentioned) told that this will be a lot more than 10000, so he didn't mention any number - whether will it be 1 million or everyone that opted in. He also mentioned that they are limiting the number of people because they want to steadily increase number of testers - because they test hardware as well. So you can expect that Blizzard makes sure that as many people as possible are in beta (weird, no? company wants to have as many testers as possible...) and in the end probably everyone will be let in. They just can't let everyone in because they have to test servers as well | ||
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Schismotive
United States60 Posts
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Tef
Sweden443 Posts
On February 24 2010 04:50 Amber[LighT] wrote: If inviting 5000 people in the first wave met expectations, but with a few hiccups, would you invite an additional 10000 players or an additional 2500 players to test the limits on the next wave? Actually the company I am working for generally test our games with about 5.000 users before we scale up to a 1.000.000 users. It is fairly easy to make scalable applications nowadays. But you generally don't want to add a significant number of new testers before the detected issues have been taken care of. If they do as we do, they probably want to have at least a certain (say 2000) number of online and active testers each day during the first week. So if the number of active testers decrease, they willl send out more keys to counter it. After a week of testing they might batch out another 10.000 keys (another wave) to reach another level of active testers. And then another 20.000 keys or more.... They need to test Battle.net for the onslaught of people that are going to start playing when the game is released. So I am fairly sure most people who opt-in will get a key eventually. But I might be totally wrong of course :D I don't know how they work. I am glad as long as I don't have to relive the pain when the WoW servers crashed at least once every day the first month after it was released. So hopefully they will send out loads of beta keys to test it properly. | ||
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
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Niten
United States598 Posts
On the other hand, not having beta is doing wonders for keeping me on track to finish my MA thesis. | ||
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uiCk
Canada1925 Posts
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
I think SC2 will be the same. | ||
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Skaff
United States240 Posts
On February 24 2010 06:19 HuskyTheHusky wrote: I just want to mention that near the end of testing for WotLK every single person I knew that played wow and opted in got into the beta. I think SC2 will be the same. We can only hope. However... I hope they don't pull one of the moves they did with WOW's original beta testing. I am near certain that it was a closed beta for quite some time until they decided to do a short stress test. A lot of the stress testing was done by more invites sent out and people who could "buy" a way in though a subscription though gamespy or fileshack (cant remember what it was at the time). After all that was done the game went into open beta. Will Blizzard try and cash in at any point on some people unlucky to get into early stages of the beta? Who knows! | ||
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Gedrah
465 Posts
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
I was just thinking: why would they keep the key away from people who want to help them test everything out? It makes no sense. The only explanation is that they are taking it step by step which of course makes perfect sense. I expect my key within 40 days, tops! | ||
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ocoini
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BigMasterX44
United States3 Posts
I know the person who received the invite personally, he was an opt-in, not a blizzcon attendee. He received his at 3:21 PST, hopefully more are coming tonight because I want mine since hes going to be playing his non-stop since hes fat and only eats and plays video games. Source: http://starcraftpros.com/ | ||
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
On February 24 2010 10:29 BigMasterX44 wrote: well i did make a thread but it got locked =[ I know the person who received the invite personally, he was an opt-in, not a blizzcon attendee. He received his at 3:21 PST, hopefully more are coming tonight because I want mine since hes going to be playing his non-stop since hes fat and only eats and plays video games. Source: http://starcraftpros.com/ you guys are spamming TL now? mods just fyi we had a big problem with this very site on our board and had to ban the user for lying about key giveaways. i have to imagine this would be the same person or group. man another wave, no invite still ! well here's to wave 3!!!! | ||
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Sworn
Canada920 Posts
On February 23 2010 11:50 Vexki wrote: I just got my invite, however I didn't go to blizzcon, nor did I even opt in for beta. They gave me my key because I have WC3, Diablo 2, SC and WoW tied to my bnet account. Blizzard fanatacism ftw? Wtf I have 2 wow accounts SC D2 WC3 WC2 on my bnet | ||
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Shotcoder
United States2316 Posts
On February 24 2010 11:44 Sworn wrote: Wtf I have 2 wow accounts SC D2 WC3 WC2 on my bnet Why do you need multiple WoW accounts? | ||
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + nah who am i kidding ... *back to the dark corner and cry girly tears* | ||
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
On February 24 2010 06:00 Schismotive wrote: It really depends I guess. Sometimes the creators make a completely open beta, and i think blizzard is really the only company that does the whole beta key thing. But I mean what can you do, blizzard makes up for it i suppose. Blizzard hands out Beta keys to employees to sell on ebay for "bonuses", just like they own all the Diablo Duping sites and most Wow gold sites. | ||
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anotak
United States1537 Posts
On February 24 2010 11:57 Irrelevant wrote: Blizzard hands out Beta keys to employees to sell on ebay for "bonuses", just like they own all the Diablo Duping sites and most Wow gold sites. this would be such a genius idea on their part LOL | ||
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Baerinho
Germany257 Posts
On February 24 2010 11:42 iCCup.Diamond wrote: you guys are spamming TL now? mods just fyi we had a big problem with this very site on our board and had to ban the user for lying about key giveaways. i have to imagine this would be the same person or group. man another wave, no invite still ! well here's to wave 3!!!!been getting spammed by that site on my email account too smells very fishy | ||
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BigMasterX44
United States3 Posts
On February 24 2010 11:42 iCCup.Diamond wrote: you guys are spamming TL now? mods just fyi we had a big problem with this very site on our board and had to ban the user for lying about key giveaways. i have to imagine this would be the same person or group. man another wave, no invite still ! well here's to wave 3!!!!this is my 2nd post on here, and it wasnt a lie.. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 24 2010 13:02 BigMasterX44 wrote: this is my 2nd post on here, and it wasnt a lie.. Well maybe your friend just got lucky because there is no wave tonight? | ||
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cravy
United States525 Posts
my battle.net id is cravy | ||
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BladeRunner
United States407 Posts
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
On February 24 2010 14:47 BladeRunner wrote: Servers are apparently down, maybe to prepare for a second, larger wave? when you say servers, do u mean the sc2 servers? meaning nobody is playing now... like how iccup servers go down between seasons | ||
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BladeRunner
United States407 Posts
It's back up now apparently by the way. | ||
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Roulette36
United States55 Posts
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! | ||
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Unlisked
India28 Posts
On February 24 2010 16:31 BluzMan wrote: Because many people including me didn't get the invite and need a place to whine. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! | ||
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Roulette36
United States55 Posts
It's official. | ||
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
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Roulette36
United States55 Posts
On February 24 2010 17:56 BluzMan wrote: Whining is too complicated when you have to enter your CD-key, especially at work. eh. ill give you that one. | ||
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Powerpill
United States1693 Posts
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Unlisked
India28 Posts
On February 24 2010 17:51 Roulette36 wrote: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23393189979&pageNo=1&sid=3000#0 It's official. all over the world? My chances just went up! :-D | ||
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Ballistixz
United States1269 Posts
my friend did it a few days ago and gave some links to some of diggities youtube sc1 commentaries (lied and said that diggities commentaries were his but blizz didnt know and didnt bother to check) and now he has a key. im going to go do that... | ||
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
On February 24 2010 19:36 Ballistixz wrote: apprently u can email blizz and lie and say your a commentator for starcraft and get into beta for free. or you can beg like husky did. but w/e. my friend did it a few days ago and gave some links to some of diggities youtube sc1 commentaries (lied and said that diggities commentaries were his but blizz didnt know and didnt bother to check) and now he has a key. im going to go do that... Ppl that do that sould be banned for life from SC2... I get it, believe me: The temptation to do sth like that is huge, also so many ppl try to crack the beta or download a keygen and stuff, but what about the honest ppl just waiting the hell out of themselves? It's just a matter of manners and patience. Believe me, you're not the only one that REALLY wants to get into the BETA. I surf the internet for hours everyday to find some kind of contests to win betakeys and I partook in so many of them - I've opted in the first minute you could and I've been waiting for SC2 since the first Hint about it's existance was released, but I don't try to cheat myself into the Beta, cuz stuff like that will bite you in your a** sooner or later... | ||
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chicken`
Germany3478 Posts
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
On February 24 2010 20:15 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: mmhh how many do you think are still opted in? with millions of bnet accounts the number could be anything ... I really wanna know that too... I mean: It could be Millions of ppl that wanna get in, but maybe way less... I mean: I know about 10 ppl that either have SC1, WC3, WoW or Diablo2 and I'm the only one of them actually opted in. Also, I know lots of WoW-players, but I don't know for sure whether they opted in or not, but I'd say that if from those at least 30 WoW-players I "kinda" know 10 actually opted in, it would seem a lot for me. I just don't know how much WoW-players and even Blizzard-RTS-Fans care about this Beta and actually know about the opt-in etc. Maybe we're just mislead by the SC1-Forums, were of course everyone opted in and of those, I kind feel that a surprisingly large number has a Key already, just based on the Posts I've read so far from ppl saying they got a key... | ||
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Ballistixz
United States1269 Posts
On February 24 2010 19:56 kickinhead wrote: Ppl that do that sould be banned for life from SC2... I get it, believe me: The temptation to do sth like that is huge, also so many ppl try to crack the beta or download a keygen and stuff, but what about the honest ppl just waiting the hell out of themselves? It's just a matter of manners and patience. Believe me, you're not the only one that REALLY wants to get into the BETA. I surf the internet for hours everyday to find some kind of contests to win betakeys and I partook in so many of them - I've opted in the first minute you could and I've been waiting for SC2 since the first Hint about it's existance was released, but I don't try to cheat myself into the Beta, cuz stuff like that will bite you in your a** sooner or later... its not about cheating anymore. its about fairness from blizz. and if they let every single commentator in just because there a commentator then that is very unfair of blizz. like u said ppl have been waiting since day 1 of sc2s announcement in 2007 and they have not got in and yet these ppl can get in just by emailing blizz? hell no that is BS. i dont give a fuck if they are commentator or media, EVERYONE should have equal chance of getting in beta. commentators should not be an exception to this rule especially when some of the commentators that got in suck hard at commentating or doesnt commentate much at all if they can get in just by saying "hey im a commentator can u give me a key pls?" then u damn well right i will email them saying that also. cheating/lying i dont care anymore. treat unfairness with unfairness. theres ppl that are very loyal to blizz and extremly patient with them. but for me i cant take that shit. ppl getting freebies getting into beta when they should have never gotten in is just bs. we have MORE then enought commentators streaming games. why the hell does blizz want more and more? it is unfair and it should be allowed. but its happening and i damn sure am not sitting around while ppl undeserving are getting into beta while ppl more deserving sit out. do u see how many ppl have gotten double and tripple keys for beta? do u see how many ppl are selling keys on ebay when there suppose to be free? why do the ebay fags and all get so many keys so they can sell off while we have to sit and wait? again i say its BS so ima do w/e it takes to get me one and u should aswell. but if u dont then hey stick with ur morals and stick with ur less then 1% chance of blizz randomly inviting u. | ||
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nerde
Norway19 Posts
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
On February 24 2010 23:24 Ballistixz wrote: its not about cheating anymore. its about fairness from blizz. and if they let every single commentator in just because there a commentator then that is very unfair of blizz. like u said ppl have been waiting since day 1 of sc2s announcement in 2007 and they have not got in and yet these ppl can get in just by emailing blizz? hell no that is BS. i dont give a fuck if they are commentator or media, EVERYONE should have equal chance of getting in beta. commentators should not be an exception to this rule especially when some of the commentators that got in suck hard at commentating or doesnt commentate much at all if they can get in just by saying "hey im a commentator can u give me a key pls?" then u damn well right i will email them saying that also. cheating/lying i dont care anymore. treat unfairness with unfairness. theres ppl that are very loyal to blizz and extremly patient with them. but for me i cant take that shit. ppl getting freebies getting into beta when they should have never gotten in is just bs. we have MORE then enought commentators streaming games. why the hell does blizz want more and more? it is unfair and it should be allowed. but its happening and i damn sure am not sitting around while ppl undeserving are getting into beta while ppl more deserving sit out. do u see how many ppl have gotten double and tripple keys for beta? do u see how many ppl are selling keys on ebay when there suppose to be free? why do the ebay fags and all get so many keys so they can sell off while we have to sit and wait? again i say its BS so ima do w/e it takes to get me one and u should aswell. but if u dont then hey stick with ur morals and stick with ur less then 1% chance of blizz randomly inviting u. I share your opinion about Blizz not distributing the keys the way they should, but not because they give it to commentators (because many of them deliver great voD's, strems, Articles etc.) but because so many keys go to ppl that aren't true Starcraft-Fans and they don't really play Beta that much anyway, they don't write in Forums or make VoD's etc. IMHO keys should be given out in this order: Starcraft-Players >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warcraft 3 Players > Rest. I don't see why Blizz is not giving all he SC1-Players some love. -.-° | ||
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Clow
Brazil880 Posts
On February 23 2010 12:03 getSome[703] wrote: This makes me so sad. Oh well. The WoW players are where the money is after all I have all the games, including WoW and didn't it T_T. I even know of ppl who got like 3 invites already.... And most of them are just selling it. | ||
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
On February 25 2010 00:48 Clow wrote: I have all the games, including WoW and didn't it T_T. I even know of ppl who got like 3 invites already.... And most of them are just selling it. thats another point: I don't think true Fans, which mostly own SC1 and have played it A LOT, would sell the Betakeys and I really don't think Blizz approves of ppl selling the keys to Fans of the Series for ridiculous amounts of money, so why give them Betakeys? That really annoys me.... -.-° | ||
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Tef
Sweden443 Posts
On February 25 2010 00:39 kickinhead wrote: I share your opinion about Blizz not distributing the keys the way they should, but not because they give it to commentators (because many of them deliver great voD's, strems, Articles etc.) but because so many keys go to ppl that aren't true Starcraft-Fans and they don't really play Beta that much anyway, they don't write in Forums or make VoD's etc. IMHO keys should be given out in this order: Starcraft-Players >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warcraft 3 Players > Rest. I don't see why Blizz is not giving all he SC1-Players some love. -.-° And how do they know who is a true Starcraft fan? They don't have the data required to make such a decision. And I really like having some influx of fresh blood to the Starcraft community, not everything is about being gosu. If a lot of people enjoy playing the game on different levels the interest for the real pro's and tournaments will increase. If the really bad players can still enjoy the game on their level, all the better for the community, which is also part of the beta test. Another important part is to test the game on different hardware... developing a pc game can be a pain in the a** due to all the possible combinations of drivers and what not, which has priority over Starcraft fanboys getting into the beta. | ||
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Infernus
Norway222 Posts
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gds
Iceland1391 Posts
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kimbonig
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On February 25 2010 01:02 gds wrote: blizzard should only give the beta keys to tl.net members and others big SC communities, by randomly pick the chosen ones blizzard will end up giving a lot of keys to people who dont really care about sc. this. and long time members get keys first... oohh would be so great | ||
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
On February 25 2010 00:57 Tef wrote: And how do they know who is a true Starcraft fan? They don't have the data required to make such a decision. And I really like having some influx of fresh blood to the Starcraft community, not everything is about being gosu. If a lot of people enjoy playing the game on different levels the interest for the real pro's and tournaments will increase. If the really bad players can still enjoy the game on their level, all the better for the community, which is also part of the beta test. Another important part is to test the game on different hardware... developing a pc game can be a pain in the a** due to all the possible combinations of drivers and what not, which has priority over Starcraft fanboys getting into the beta. 1) How to determine who is "real" Starcraft-Fan? - Needs A SC:BW CD-Key on opt-in Bnet Account. - SC1 Tournaments where winner gets a Key - Sc1 Quizzes where winner gets a Key - Check the amount of time played on Bnet with SC1 .... Really: There are so many ways, just use your imagination. I don't say it wouldn't require more engagement from Blizzard, but I think those true Fans deserve the Key more than WoW-players... 2) Yes; it's not just about being gosu and of course newbies should be able to enjoy SC2 as well, but NOT IN THE BETA! It makes no sense at all for Blizzard to stuff the Beta with noobs: - They don't play as much as "SC1-veterans" - They don't provide any information concerning Balancing-issues, because clearly SC2 will be balanced with professional gaming in Mind with absolutely no room for newb-concerns in balancing. - They don't do anything for the community, like streaming, writing articles, making VoD's etc. - They most likely won't give Blizz any Feedback and won't be as active on the Blizzard-Forums - The risk of them just selling the Key's is WAY bigger. 3) Okay, PC-Specs have priority, but I think that there are more than enough SC-Fans out there that you'll find ppl for various kinds of system-specs. | ||
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Synwave
United States2803 Posts
I don't have a key either and I'm working on it, friends that don't care about it are all opted in for me. If at some point we end up with 2+ keys we will pass them on to others that live for SC. However I don't feel a sense of entitlement just because I own all the blizz games. Just because I follow TL and enjoy seeing some starleague beat-downs in korean doesn't mean blizz owes me anything other than a quality game when it hits retail. I hope you all get beta keys but please stop thinking your entitled to one. | ||
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Jarvs
Australia639 Posts
On February 25 2010 01:06 kickinhead wrote: 1) How to determine who is "real" Starcraft-Fan? - Needs A SC:BW CD-Key on opt-in Bnet Account. - SC1 Tournaments where winner gets a Key - Sc1 Quizzes where winner gets a Key - Check the amount of time played on Bnet with SC1 .... Really: There are so many ways, just use your imagination. I don't say it wouldn't require more engagement from Blizzard, but I think those true Fans deserve the Key more than WoW-players... 2) Yes; it's not just about being gosu and of course newbies should be able to enjoy SC2 as well, but NOT IN THE BETA! It makes no sense at all for Blizzard to stuff the Beta with noobs: - They don't play as much as "SC1-veterans" - They don't provide any information concerning Balancing-issues, because clearly SC2 will be balanced with professional gaming in Mind with absolutely no room for newb-concerns in balancing. - They don't do anything for the community, like streaming, writing articles, making VoD's etc. - They most likely won't give Blizz any Feedback and won't be as active on the Blizzard-Forums - The risk of them just selling the Key's is WAY bigger. 3) Okay, PC-Specs have priority, but I think that there are more than enough SC-Fans out there that you'll find ppl for various kinds of system-specs. You're trolling right? I'm just waiting for the changes they've made from all the feedback from the current beta testers. I'd like to see some statistics of race breakdown, win percentage, most used units etc. | ||
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Eonwe
United States7 Posts
On February 24 2010 23:24 Ballistixz wrote: its not about cheating anymore. its about fairness from blizz. and if they let every single commentator in just because there a commentator then that is very unfair of blizz. like u said ppl have been waiting since day 1 of sc2s announcement in 2007 and they have not got in and yet these ppl can get in just by emailing blizz? hell no that is BS. i dont give a fuck if they are commentator or media, EVERYONE should have equal chance of getting in beta. commentators should not be an exception to this rule especially when some of the commentators that got in suck hard at commentating or doesnt commentate much at all if they can get in just by saying "hey im a commentator can u give me a key pls?" then u damn well right i will email them saying that also. cheating/lying i dont care anymore. treat unfairness with unfairness. theres ppl that are very loyal to blizz and extremly patient with them. but for me i cant take that shit. ppl getting freebies getting into beta when they should have never gotten in is just bs. we have MORE then enought commentators streaming games. why the hell does blizz want more and more? it is unfair and it should be allowed. but its happening and i damn sure am not sitting around while ppl undeserving are getting into beta while ppl more deserving sit out. do u see how many ppl have gotten double and tripple keys for beta? do u see how many ppl are selling keys on ebay when there suppose to be free? why do the ebay fags and all get so many keys so they can sell off while we have to sit and wait? again i say its BS so ima do w/e it takes to get me one and u should aswell. but if u dont then hey stick with ur morals and stick with ur less then 1% chance of blizz randomly inviting u. What I find fascinating is that you really believe that you have a 'right' to equality for a chance in beta. You are signing up for a chance to test their game, they can distribute their keys however they want. It isn't about fairness or anything like that. | ||
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
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Zexion
Sweden971 Posts
On February 23 2010 14:15 JoxxOr wrote: I GOT MINE OMFG YESYESYEYSYESYESYES Got my mail 2:16 GMT +1 Its now 6:19 !!!! Din jävel! No, seriously, congrats Guess I'll just have to wait for the third wave...or the sixty-fourth | ||
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BladeRunner
United States407 Posts
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Icx
Belgium853 Posts
Go to the webform (I recall seeing a "opt-in" category when you select b.net), and fill it in. But don't get your hopes up because blizzard is probably getting spammed by people who are "planning" on streaming/making movies/etc and want a key for that. When I look around at different forums I see a lot of people trying it. | ||
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barth
Ireland1272 Posts
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
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Icx
Belgium853 Posts
Starts up starcraft 2, gets owned by everything, and then emoquits and decides not to buy it. Random WoW-player who doesn't get a beta key: Hears a lot about how great starcraft 2 is, hears about all the hype, etc. Decides to buy it to give it a go. That's how I see it. But anyway, You guys fail to realize that there is a really large amount of people playing WoW, all of them had to go onto battle.net to continue playing. Yes, all of them. Opt-in for beta's isn't specific, so most of them will have opted-in mainly for upcoming wow beta's, but at the same time they just left the checkmark for starcraft on. Let's say that in the EU + USA wow has 4Million active subcribers (just making up a number, based on the fact that in that 10-12mil number there are a lot of asian accounts + dual accounts etc). As far as I know that is a much larger amount then the active SC1 community in EU + USA. So if the process is random, and only cares about having a game added + pc-specs, then there is a much larger chance that a WoW-player gets a beta key then a SC1 player. They aren't favoring wow-players, they aren't favoring anyone + the fact that the wow community is bigger, is causing keys to end up in more wow-players their hands. And yes these people play the beta, and then give up on it. But that is actually a good thing as far as I am concerned. A blue-post that I read today states that blizzard has a certain amount of beta-testers they want, and they have a goal for the amount of testers they want for each phase. He stated that if the number of people actively playing it drops below their goals (aka people not caring about the beta anymore) then they will send out extra keys to make up for that, wich is a good thing for us | ||
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 25 2010 02:25 Skyze wrote: Yes but that is the issue.. WOW players wont help balance the game, therefor they need to do something to get more SC players in. I can't believe this argument is still being made but TL = elitist so whatever. The first few waves Blizzard has already said was meant to test the battle.net server capacity. Personally I think if they really wanted to focus on ironing out balance, they would invite much more people at once. It's standard beta procedure - invite a few people at first to see if there are any blatant problems with the server, then slowly invite more people to test the server's true capacity. | ||
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Puosu
6985 Posts
For example there was one guy who was saying that right-click should be automatically attack move because its too much work to do A + click. When you read something like that you just have to feel that its unfair you aren't in when people like this are. I know its wrong but can't do anything about it. | ||
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Zexion
Sweden971 Posts
On February 25 2010 02:23 FictionJV wrote: Random WoW-player who gets a beta key with little to no RTS-experience: Starts up starcraft 2, gets owned by everything, and then emoquits and decides not to buy it. Random WoW-player who doesn't get a beta key: Hears a lot about how great starcraft 2 is, hears about all the hype, etc. Decides to buy it to give it a go. That's how I see it. But anyway, You guys fail to realize that there is a really large amount of people playing WoW, all of them had to go onto battle.net to continue playing. Yes, all of them. Opt-in for beta's isn't specific, so most of them will have opted-in mainly for upcoming wow beta's, but at the same time they just left the checkmark for starcraft on. Let's say that in the EU + USA wow has 4Million active subcribers (just making up a number, based on the fact that in that 10-12mil number there are a lot of asian accounts + dual accounts etc). As far as I know that is a much larger amount then the active SC1 community in EU + USA. So if the process is random, and only cares about having a game added + pc-specs, then there is a much larger chance that a WoW-player gets a beta key then a SC1 player. They aren't favoring wow-players, they aren't favoring anyone + the fact that the wow community is bigger, is causing keys to end up in more wow-players their hands. And yes these people play the beta, and then give up on it. But that is actually a good thing as far as I am concerned. A blue-post that I read today states that blizzard has a certain amount of beta-testers they want, and they have a goal for the amount of testers they want for each phase. He stated that if the number of people actively playing it drops below their goals (aka people not caring about the beta anymore) then they will send out extra keys to make up for that, wich is a good thing for us +1 WoW players are many indeed. Even I used to play... So hey, if Blizzard really did favor WoW players (which I seriously doubt), it would improve my chances of getting a key! My account is frozen though... But that's just me trying to be optimistic (or desperate, call it whatever you want). It's a lottery, simple as that. At least we know that the game is finally on its way...or is it?! | ||
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Icx
Belgium853 Posts
On February 25 2010 02:34 Puosu wrote: When you read something like that you just have to feel that its unfair you aren't in when people like this are. I know its wrong but can't do anything about it. It's the same for me, everytime I read something like that I die a little inside. But I just learned to live with it, and hope that the new wave starts soon, or that there is a noticable drop in active players, so blizzard sends out more invites. But that's the way it is, it is blizzard their beta, they make the choices, not us. They want a broad spectrum of gamers, If I was blizzard, I would want to maximize my profits, and cater the game to a large audience. On one side they want the game to pick up where SC1 was in terms of competitive play, and from interviews I have seen, they get input from pro's/teams/etc on balance, and they get response from the TL crowd that is in the game. But on the other side, they also want a lot of "noobs" in, so that they can see what they can improve for them, for example, maybe that crowd wants more tutorials in the game, or something added to help them get a grasp of the basics, or just input of lesser skilled people on the ELO-system they are using. Or input how the noob-friendly/non-rush maps could be improved. Point being in this post, SC2 is not only about hardcore competitive play, they also want people who aren't to familiar with RTS'es to have their fun (such as noob-friendly maps etc), to maximize their profits. That is a big reason why they do these randoms, so they get a lot of different sorts of gamers. | ||
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
On February 25 2010 02:31 shindigs wrote: I can't believe this argument is still being made but TL = elitist so whatever. The first few waves Blizzard has already said was meant to test the battle.net server capacity. Personally I think if they really wanted to focus on ironing out balance, they would invite much more people at once. It's standard beta procedure - invite a few people at first to see if there are any blatant problems with the server, then slowly invite more people to test the server's true capacity. Its a legitimate arguement, im not talking about TL.. im talking SC community in general. When friggin 250 beta keys went up on ebay IN THE LAST 5 DAYS.. you know theres an issue. | ||
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St0rmRush
Brazil448 Posts
im gonna cry... so sad... why cant a C- protoss get a key? =(( | ||
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RiGun
Argentina155 Posts
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
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St0rmRush
Brazil448 Posts
On February 25 2010 04:43 RiGun wrote: because iccup doesn't have anything to do with the beta? Yes. what i meant is that i could get a key instead of some WoW random player | ||
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
On February 25 2010 04:49 Mastermind wrote: The self importance in this thread disgusts me. This, why does everyone assume that WoW players have zero RTS experience many WoW players are casual gamers that means they play a lot of games casually so many of them are likely to have tried an RTS now and then. Just because the official beta forum is full of morons doesn't mean they're all WoW players it's just that they're the most vocal morons SC1 or WoW background it doesn't matter. Seeing all these people whine and complain saying WoW players shouldn't get into the beta is rather annoying get over yourselves. | ||
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jewce
United States68 Posts
On February 25 2010 06:02 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: This, why does everyone assume that WoW players have zero RTS experience many WoW players are casual gamers that means they play a lot of games casually so many of them are likely to have tried an RTS now and then. Just because the official beta forum is full of morons doesn't mean they're all WoW players it's just that they're the most vocal morons SC1 or WoW background it doesn't matter. Seeing all these people whine and complain saying WoW players shouldn't get into the beta is rather annoying get over yourselves. It's not so much the WoW players that are participating in the beta, it's the WoW players that opt in for the beta, get their key, and sell it. Or even worse the ones that don't even know they have a beta key sitting in their email . | ||
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gorchiza
Bulgaria200 Posts
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
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Niten
United States598 Posts
On February 25 2010 07:17 jewce wrote: It's not so much the WoW players that are participating in the beta, it's the WoW players that opt in for the beta, get their key, and sell it. Or even worse the ones that don't even know they have a beta key sitting in their email .But even in that case, the key will end up with someone who does care and is willing to spend the $$. If not, then they get it and register, never play, and don't cause the necessary stress test Blizz needs. Think about it; if the 2nd wave went out to all WoW fans (or whoever else) that opted-in and had no interest in sc2, Blizz would see that they downloaded and played a game or two, and stopped. They'd think, "obviously we need the next wave now." Every non-interested invitee means you're one step closer to being opted-in. They'll need the numbers and will invite until they get them. Of course, I think they should just give all members of TL keys for their 3rd wave | ||
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Tdelamay
Canada548 Posts
I'm a WoW player, been for four years :D I have a shadow priest in icecrown 25 and I raid occasionally. Despite that, I still enjoy watching pro-game commentaries and I have a passion for Starcraft. It was the first game that really fascinated me. I was young, I couldn't read english, and I had no idea what a SCV was suppose to do, but I loved the game instantly. So even now, despite playing WoW, I'm yearning for a beta key to start learning the game from fresh. I'll admit that a lot of WoW players are not interested in the RTS genre, but that doesn't mean Starcraft and WoW are mutually exclusive. I know a bunch of people who are looking forward to the game. | ||
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ColorsOfRainbow
Germany354 Posts
wow + 2 add ons diablo 2 + add on wc3 + add on sc + add on i have all ^^ and no beta key (i even have wc2 and diablo1+ hellfire here blizzard junkie ....... no key) | ||
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BladeRunner
United States407 Posts
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[Silverflame]
Germany640 Posts
On February 25 2010 09:07 ColorsOfRainbow wrote: wow + 2 add ons diablo 2 + add on wc3 + add on sc + add on i have all ^^ and no beta key (i even have wc2 and diablo1+ hellfire here blizzard junkie ....... no key)same here... | ||
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theqat
United States2856 Posts
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Meliv
United Kingdom19 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
BUT I'd say it would make the most sense to have another wave today or this weekend - it's post patch and adding more people will definitely help test the balance. | ||
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Puosu
6985 Posts
But yup third time is the charm, I believe~~~~ | ||
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Pape
Serbia419 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:07 Puosu wrote: So far both waves have been in the beginning of the week, I'm assuming this is because at weekend they won't have as many people ready for support so I doubt they're going to send any more on friday. But yup third time is the charm, I believe~~~~ Nope, I think the beta was launched Wed or Thursday last week so it was kinda middle weekish, and than 2nd wave came 3-4 days later. It's now been 4 days since the 2nd wave, hopefully something soon. I'm still highly disappointed my cake key is years away! | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:14 Pape wrote: Nope, I think the beta was launched Wed or Thursday last week so it was kinda middle weekish, and than 2nd wave came 3-4 days later. It's now been 4 days since the 2nd wave, hopefully something soon. I'm still highly disappointed my cake key is years away! lol it wud be funnyi f u got an optin key first. haha | ||
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Masq
Canada1792 Posts
I play WoW and I'm top 5-10 in my platinum division since day 1. You guys should stop being so closed minded. | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:17 GG.Win wrote: This WoW bashing is pretty hilarious. I play WoW and I'm top 5-10 in my platinum division since day 1. You guys should stop being so closed minded. yea but youve also been at teamliquid since march 2009, uve played starcraft. I am assuming they are talking about people such as a few of my friends down teh street who play wow, but have never heard of sc, and wont check their accounts to tell me if they got the beta key.. :p | ||
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Puosu
6985 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:17 GG.Win wrote: This WoW bashing is pretty hilarious. I play WoW and I'm top 5-10 in my platinum division since day 1. You guys should stop being so closed minded. The ones who are currently getting invites but aren't actually SC fans are pretty much all WoW players because random people aren't going to make a bnet account and opt-in, thus the hate for the WoW players they're "stealing" invites. lol. And also like throwing fuel to the fire is the fact that WoW is infamous for having some of the most immature fanbases ever. | ||
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ocoini
648 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=113826 Views? ;0 | ||
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GhosterPyle
United States8 Posts
This is really a beta focused on play balance and on testing server load. http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/blizzcast/archive/episode13.html?rhtml=y 3 month beta trying to test the limits of the server. The next wave(s) can't be far off. | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:22 Puosu wrote: The ones who are currently getting invites but aren't actually SC fans are pretty much all WoW players because random people aren't going to make a bnet account and opt-in, thus the hate for the WoW players they're "stealing" invites. lol. And also like throwing fuel to the fire is the fact that WoW is infamous for having some of the most immature fanbases ever. except for Teamliquid's WoW guild! these people are as kind as the community here at tl, since they are the community! omg! pwnd! DONT ASK. im retarded today. xD | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:07 Puosu wrote: So far both waves have been in the beginning of the week, I'm assuming this is because at weekend they won't have as many people ready for support so I doubt they're going to send any more on friday. But yup third time is the charm, I believe~~~~ I believe the first wave was on a wednesday when the beta came out. I guess your argument makes sense since they are still available during the week to take support, BUT I WANT TO BELIEVE | ||
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TArujo
Portugal1687 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:24 ocoini wrote: So, am i misunderstanding something here:: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=113826 Views? ;0 "king regards" if he called them he would get a better answer than an automated e-mail | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:30 GhosterPyle wrote: We were targeting three to five months for the beta, we're really at a three month period of time for the beta at this point. We are still targeting the first half of this year This is really a beta focused on play balance and on testing server load. http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/blizzcast/archive/episode13.html?rhtml=y 3 month beta trying to test the limits of the server. The next wave(s) can't be far off. I really think shorter the better. Theres 2 more expansions coming out, balance is going to be an ongoing thing. I would hate for them to continually spin their wheels trying to perfect the game. I also think the campaign editor should be tested after release, but that's just my opinion. I don't believe in the editor slowing down release of a playable game | ||
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theqat
United States2856 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:24 ocoini wrote: So, am i misunderstanding something here:: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=113826 Views? ;0 no, I don't think so. There's just a lot of miscommunication within Blizzard. If you look at Xordiah's post from the 23rd in the official "I don't have a key" thread, s/he says that the public will be notified when all Blizzcon keys have gone out http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23393189979&postId=233909350450&sid=3000#95 | ||
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Teejing
Germany1360 Posts
Sounds kinda like a rip off at first, but at 2nd thought ii red somewhere that blizzard employees are give each 4 keys fro friend and family, so Blizzard can not let too many people into the beta or the ebay prices would drop. Sounds kinda like a rip off at first, but at 2nd thought i think it is just fair for the small blizzard guys to get these 800-1000$ from ebay, because they made WoW which makes Millions and i doubt they get much from that cake. So it is just fair i think, you could argue that it sux the good old starcraft players have to pay the bonus for the good work on WoW, but well it is just an option to pay it + the big blizzard guys you are getting rich with WoW sure wont give away their money and after all, Starcraft 2 comes out with a fair price. Starcraft 2 will cost the same like every other game, but it sure as hell is worth more than all those other mediocre games. think it is just fair for the small blizzard guys to get these 800-1000$ from ebay, because they made WoW which makes Millions and i doubt they get much from that cake. So it is just fair i think, you could argue that it sux the good old starcraft players have to pay the bonus for the good work on WoW, but well it is just an option to pay it + the big blizzard guys you are getting rich with WoW sure wont give away their money and after all, Starcraft 2 comes out with a fair price. Starcraft 2 will cost the same like every other game, but it sure as hell is better than all those other mediocre games. | ||
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TArujo
Portugal1687 Posts
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Puosu
6985 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + On February 27 2010 01:47 Teejing wrote: i red somewhere that blizzard employees are give each 4 keys fro friend and family, so Blizzard can not let too many people into the beta or the ebay prices would drop. Sounds kinda like a rip off at first, but at 2nd thought ii red somewhere that blizzard employees are give each 4 keys fro friend and family, so Blizzard can not let too many people into the beta or the ebay prices would drop. Sounds kinda like a rip off at first, but at 2nd thought i think it is just fair for the small blizzard guys to get these 800-1000$ from ebay, because they made WoW which makes Millions and i doubt they get much from that cake. So it is just fair i think, you could argue that it sux the good old starcraft players have to pay the bonus for the good work on WoW, but well it is just an option to pay it + the big blizzard guys you are getting rich with WoW sure wont give away their money and after all, Starcraft 2 comes out with a fair price. Starcraft 2 will cost the same like every other game, but it sure as hell is worth more than all those other mediocre games. think it is just fair for the small blizzard guys to get these 800-1000$ from ebay, because they made WoW which makes Millions and i doubt they get much from that cake. So it is just fair i think, you could argue that it sux the good old starcraft players have to pay the bonus for the good work on WoW, but well it is just an option to pay it + the big blizzard guys you are getting rich with WoW sure wont give away their money and after all, Starcraft 2 comes out with a fair price. Starcraft 2 will cost the same like every other game, but it sure as hell is better than all those other mediocre games. That is one wacky post, one thing though: Blizzard has tried to make it not possible to sell beta keys or wow accounts and what not in ebay since years, so no, they do not give the keys to their workers so they could sell them. And no there's no reliable source that even says they all get a fixed amounts of keys. | ||
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Niten
United States598 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:47 Teejing wrote: i red somewhere that blizzard employees are give each 4 keys fro friend and family, so Blizzard can not let too many people into the beta or the ebay prices would drop. Sounds kinda like a rip off at first, but at 2nd thought ii red somewhere that blizzard employees are give each 4 keys fro friend and family, so Blizzard can not let too many people into the beta or the ebay prices would drop. Sounds kinda like a rip off at first, but at 2nd thought i think it is just fair for the small blizzard guys to get these 800-1000$ from ebay, because they made WoW which makes Millions and i doubt they get much from that cake. So it is just fair i think, you could argue that it sux the good old starcraft players have to pay the bonus for the good work on WoW, but well it is just an option to pay it + the big blizzard guys you are getting rich with WoW sure wont give away their money and after all, Starcraft 2 comes out with a fair price. Starcraft 2 will cost the same like every other game, but it sure as hell is worth more than all those other mediocre games. think it is just fair for the small blizzard guys to get these 800-1000$ from ebay, because they made WoW which makes Millions and i doubt they get much from that cake. So it is just fair i think, you could argue that it sux the good old starcraft players have to pay the bonus for the good work on WoW, but well it is just an option to pay it + the big blizzard guys you are getting rich with WoW sure wont give away their money and after all, Starcraft 2 comes out with a fair price. Starcraft 2 will cost the same like every other game, but it sure as hell is better than all those other mediocre games.  Is this an appropriate use of the ban-hammer? | ||
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Pape
Serbia419 Posts
On February 27 2010 01:16 wishbones wrote: lol it wud be funnyi f u got an optin key first. haha LoL considering nobody has yet contacted us about it I can only hope for a opt in invite :D But if they make a contest for a 2nd wave of beta key contests we are promised those keys right away, sadly I think Blizzard fell through on their promise of a 2nd beta key contest giveaway | ||
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