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So I was about to preorder my copy from gamestop, but I got this email from amazon.com:
+ Show Spoiler +Dear Amazon.com Customer, The Amazon Video Games team thanks you for your pre-order of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Now it's time to get you your pre-order bonus code to participate in the Starcraft II beta. Here is your bonus code: This code will give you access to the StarCraft II beta. This beta will be available through May 17th. In order to participate in the beta test, you must have an active Battle.net account. If you don't have a Battle.net account, visit www.battle.net to create one. How to Use Your Code: Step 1: Log in to your Battle.net account. Under "Manage My Games" click "Add or Upgrade a Game". Enter your beta key in the "Enter Game Key" field and select "Add Game". Step 2: Get the Installer - In your list of games, click the Manage Game button under the StarCraft II beta image to download the installer. Step 3: Install the StarCraft II beta - Once you've downloaded the installer, run it and follow the directions to install the beta client on your machine. Note that your participation in the StarCraft II beta test is governed by a Beta Test Agreement that you are required to accept before you can install the beta client. Step 4: Run the Game & Log in to Battle.net - After the game installs, the launcher interface should automatically appear on your screen. Log in with your Battle.net account and you'll be able to begin playing. You can launch the client at any time by clicking the desktop shortcut or by going to the Windows Start Menu. Thank you for your continued support of Amazon.com/games. ~Amazon.com Video Games Editors Also, each claim code is unique and can't be shared.
Just wanted to let you guys know
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omg... Cant belive there arent any in EU yet... More favorism by blizzard pls 
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OMG, I've been preordered from them since they added it to their site basically... here's to hoping they send me one.. lol.
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OMFG amazon is actually doing it...
god damn...
i always use amazon too..
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SWEEEEEEETTTT. i preordered through amazon like 8 months ago and thought i was going to have to cancel it and switch to a different preorder to get a beta key. Just got the email and added beta!
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On April 22 2010 18:06 thundertoss wrote:
SWEEEEEEETTTT. i preordered through amazon like 8 months ago and thought i was going to have to cancel it and switch to a different preorder to get a beta key. Just got the email and added beta!
OMG
*mailbox F5' x over 9000*
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This huge influx of keys makes it seem like blizzard is moving into the stress-test phase of the beta. Wich means we're a little bit closer to release! I just hope the beta doesn't end may 17, because the only specific release date I've seen is june 28. Doesn't seem like a good idea to have such a huge gap between end of beta and release though.
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I have e-mailed amazon in the UK to see if I can get any info on a similar offer for EU Beta. I will share the info with the community when I receive a reply.
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I just got my key from amazon as well, but somehow it ended up in my emails spam folder, so I suggest you check there too.
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"This beta will be available through May 17th"
What does this mean? You will be able to play the beta starting from May 17th OR you will be able to play it until May 17th???
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On April 22 2010 18:18 ChaosShadow wrote:
I just got my key from amazon as well, but somehow it ended up in my emails spam folder, so I suggest you check there too.
Yeah, I have that open atm, cuz I'm pretty sure it's going into junk if it comes, so I've setup rules to make lots of noises if it comes. 
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On April 22 2010 18:20 ggrrg wrote:
"This beta will be available through May 17th"
What does this mean? You will be able to play the beta starting from May 17th OR you will be able to play it until May 17th???
Not sure... I already have a key, giving mine to my friend. I think they're saying it's till the 17th. Hope it's longer than that though...
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There aren't any here in ASIA too...
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On April 22 2010 18:51 mastahmastah wrote:There aren't any here in ASIA too...
Well, they haven't sent me one yet, and i'm in USA, lol. So, don't feel too left out 
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no fucking way way that the beta will end in may..
there are fuckton of things that need to be improved!!!!
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can i do this and get it shipped to china?
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Blizzard did originally say in their start-of-beta Blizzcast that they were aiming for a 3 month beta, which would put the release date at sometime toward the end of May.
For what it's worth, Gamestop is predicting a release on June 1st.
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Germany2762 Posts
On April 22 2010 19:08 mcneebs wrote:
can i do this and get it shipped to china?
no i tried this too. apparently they ship only to the us T___T
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For those interested this is the response from Amazon.co.uk in terms of an EU beta key with pre-orders.
Dear Customer Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk I am sorry for any confusion or misunderstanding caused in this regard. On looking into your enquiry, I understand that you want to know whether the Starcraft 2 Preorder promotion will be available in Amazon.co.uk. Amazon.co.uk Video Games product information pages are the authoritative resources for any current special offers available on video games products sold by Amazon.co.uk. If you have seen a special offer advertised on a video game product sold on another website, possibly even Amazon.com, but do not see the same offer listed on that particular product’s information page on Amazon.co.uk, it means that the special offer is not available when you order the product from Amazon.co.uk. We are always seeking ways to improve the customer experience of shopping on Amazon.co.uk, but we regret we cannot tell customers about any offers that may be available at a future time. Perhaps, I suggest you to check our website from time to time to see if this Promotional offer has been listed in our website. Please note that, if at all the Preorder offer becomes available. Unless the offer is listed in our website and you are eligible for the promotional offer, we do not have an option to send the Code to the customers. I hope you will understand our procedure in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Amazon.co.uk
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Needless to say that Amazon.de (Germany) also has no beta keys for pre-orders and that at a cost of 59.95€ ROFL.
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On April 22 2010 18:24 edhead999 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On April 22 2010 18:20 ggrrg wrote:
"This beta will be available through May 17th"
What does this mean? You will be able to play the beta starting from May 17th OR you will be able to play it until May 17th??? Not sure... I already have a key, giving mine to my friend. I think they're saying it's till the 17th. Hope it's longer than that though...
This is like news worthy... May 17th, the end of beta!
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That .co.uk reply sounds pretty generic, hopefully the support team just isn't aware of the offer yet as it hasn't gone live.
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Well... like 5:30am, and no key yet from them, so going to bed. Hope to see it sitting there when I wake up
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US rules?
+ Show Spoiler +They don't want to take the time/pay the money to ship to other countries. Sorry guys!
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So have we to conclude that 17th may the beta will be closed?
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Canada9720 Posts
take a look at the game now. think about whether both bnet and sc2 are at a releasable quality yet.
may 17th definitely seems too close
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On April 22 2010 20:13 CTStalker wrote:
take a look at the game now. think about whether both bnet and sc2 are at a releasable quality yet.
may 17th definitely seems too close
This.
Probably the keys that are given out now wont be legit come may 17 because if someone hasnt activated them by then surely they dont care or arent capable of doing so.
Why would they do such a thing? A million reasons but probably may 17 is a milestone in development and they see it fit to actually have, atleast, some sort of grasp on the number of keys activated.
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blizzard don't like europe...-_-
(their main money source)
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This lack of appreciation for the EU is pretty annoying. Too bad I can't boycott Blizzard because their games are too good (
Already not going to buy anymore Valve games after how they decided it would be okay to charge 30% more from the stupid euros thru Steam.
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On April 22 2010 19:05 GoodCat1 wrote:
no fucking way way that the beta will end in may..
there are fuckton of things that need to be improved!!!!
I agree with this...
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Nice,
I pre-ordered the game with my credit card rewards program... which I know is powered by amazon. He's hoping that I get a key =P.
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beta ends may 17, then retail version will be out.
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On April 22 2010 22:04 AngryAsian wrote:
beta ends may 17, then retail version will be out.
wrong
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Got this responsde from Amazon in EU.
Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk Video Games product information pages are the authoritative resources for any current special offers available on video games products sold by Amazon.co.uk.
Having checked the details for "Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty", I have found that there are no beta phase game codes available for this game on Amazon.co.uk.
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Guys, it means that they are only offering keys on preorders made up until May 17th.
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Starcraft 2 beta came out on the 17th of Febuary...March 17th is exactly 3 months after the beta started and Blizzard has said the beta will probably go for 3-5 months.
It doesn't mean the beta is going to finish on March 17th.
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It would really suck if they end beta on May 17th and make us wait again for the release. Bnet 2.0 just had a huge failure last night too.
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Funny story ...
I cancelled my preorder from amazon.com to take advantage of the beta key for preordering from gamestop.com. I ended up saving 10 dollars and getting another game for my preorder at gamestop.com so it was all good. Then i got a beta key from both of them, and it was awesome.
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best buy i have ever made, not only did i get it on sale i also got 1 day shipping and i still cost be under $45 and now i also get a beta key, i don't think it can get much better then that. Ill be playing a ton now see you guys on there( if the server is working that is )
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United States22883 Posts
On April 22 2010 20:29 xCenasfu wrote:This lack of appreciation for the EU is pretty annoying. Too bad I can't boycott Blizzard because their games are too good ( Already not going to buy anymore Valve games after how they decided it would be okay to charge 30% more from the stupid euros thru Steam.
Didn't Valve fix that within a few days?
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On April 22 2010 20:09 DreamOen wrote:
So have we to conclude that 17th may the beta will be closed?
It's possible that Amazon is only giving you some promotional key, and that the trial ends may 17th. doesn't mean blizzard is ready to end beta worldwide. On the other hand, maybe it does. And that would be a good thing O_O
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WTF is good about unfinished game being released ? -_-
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On April 22 2010 19:29 SubKaiser wrote:
Needless to say that Amazon.de (Germany) also has no beta keys for pre-orders and that at a cost of 59.95€ ROFL.
you shouldn't order it from amazon Germany anyway. Save more than 20€ and just order it from amazon.co.uk. Diablo III is just 21 pounds there too.
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United States889 Posts
May 17th would definitely fit as the release date was (I think) February 17th or was so close as to be practically indistinguishable.
What I'd say is most likely is that Amazon doesn't know any better than the rest of us but they're putting a lot of stock in that 3-5 month timetable that Blizzard committed to upon the beginning of the beta. The 'through' also could mean that it may (lolzpun) continue through May 17th, but at the very least will go until May 17th
My guess is that Blizzard really doesn't know when they're ending it. The giant 'sim the release' thing they've said on the beta news page would certainly seem to support the idea that they're going to end the beta somewhere around mid to late next month, but Blizzard is never very good with timetables, and it is completely unreasonable to say that the timetable is set in stone particularly because they are handing out all these keys to simulate a release. If something goes wrong in their simmed release, or something isn't right, or they still need more data, of course they'll put more time into the beta.
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Grr, god damnit.. They still haven't send me a key >.> This sucks. Seems no one wants me to get into the beta.
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Nah, i think most of their games still cost the same euros as dollars.
like a game is 60 dollars or 60 euros which is kind of stupid
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Just got it!!! HELL YEAH!!!!
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On April 23 2010 00:36 chirievalord wrote:
Just got it!!! HELL YEAH!!!!
Oh man, you guys are torture, lol... Still key-less with a US Amazon order
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Gotta love how blizzard literally does not have to do open beta for this game, they just force us to pre-order the beta in a figure of speaking. Lol <3
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Pre-Ordered.
Fingers crossed T_T
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Wait so if i have mine preordered they will get me a beta key?
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On April 22 2010 23:36 distant_voice wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2010 19:29 SubKaiser wrote:
Needless to say that Amazon.de (Germany) also has no beta keys for pre-orders and that at a cost of 59.95€ ROFL. you shouldn't order it from amazon Germany anyway. Save more than 20€ and just order it from amazon.co.uk. Diablo III is just 21 pounds there too.
Yeah, but also consider shipping costs and consider that the price will most likely drop.
But if they give me beta key for a preorder I will buy it even for the high price 
Another question would be what language(s) the DVD will contain? I know it's OT, but I want the english version anyway. The German synchro sucks imho. Broodwar was okay in German but War3 and Starcraft2 are a joke in German.
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On April 23 2010 00:20 Full wrote:
Nah, i think most of their games still cost the same euros as dollars.
like a game is 60 dollars or 60 euros which is kind of stupid
Any chance that's a result of taxes like VAT and such? Shipping costs sounds like a pretty implausible story.
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Dominican Republic32 Posts
i preordered sc2 collectors edition from amazon.com like a week ago, and yesterday i got a beta key from them!! so this is working even if you preordered before all this beta key abundance.
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I doubt blizzard would release the beta end date to retailers and not users, its probably an estimation just like their release date of june 1st.
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judt dont sign up or the trail of prime membership. I got charged 80$ for the trial when it ended.
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On April 23 2010 02:11 duartesito wrote:
i preordered sc2 collectors edition from amazon.com like a week ago, and yesterday i got a beta key from them!! so this is working even if you preordered before all this beta key abundance.
I hate you, sir, lol.. I've had my preorder since 2 months ago, and STILL no key yet.
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I got a key as well. I had been playing on my bro's account previously. I noticed they stipulate that the beta ends May 17. Is this common knowledge and I just missed it somehow?
And yeah, I ordered mine more than a month ago.
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On April 23 2010 02:39 shiftY803 wrote:
I got a key as well. I had been playing on my bro's account previously. I noticed they stipulate that the beta ends May 17. Is this common knowledge and I just missed it somehow?
No, they are guessing. Gamestop says the 31st, they are just throwing out random numbers.
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Apparently you should receive your beta key within five days if you pre-order today. If you've pre-ordered the game several weeks / months ago you should refer to the Amazon customer service.
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