EPTArbitrage on the market to say the least.
How to get a free key in Sweden
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Sublimis
Sweden70 Posts
Arbitrage on the market to say the least. | ||
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Odge
Sweden84 Posts
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
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Sublimis
Sweden70 Posts
On April 29 2010 19:57 Brainsurgeon wrote: I doubt that works, it'd be stupid. It is stupid, and it does work. You can always cancel your orders within 30 days to get a full refund, but by then you obviously have your key. | ||
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MorroW
Sweden3522 Posts
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klez.gen
United States50 Posts
they don't expect them all to be used at once | ||
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merz
Sweden2760 Posts
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3nickma
Denmark1510 Posts
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khellian
Korea (South)922 Posts
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MoreGas
Sweden4 Posts
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speccaN
Sweden28 Posts
On April 29 2010 19:57 Odge wrote: Why would you cancel your order? Webhallen is probably the best place to buy the game anyway... Indeed! | ||
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BrickTop
United States37 Posts
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Snowfield
1289 Posts
I pre ordered for a friend (He doesn't understand swedish, i do, some relatives and stuff), fake name and a swedish adress, ordered with post order so no VISA, and he got key, and i canceled, worked fine | ||
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NonFactor
Sweden698 Posts
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gibb
Sweden288 Posts
Can't have enough goodwill. | ||
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jtgizmo
Congo161 Posts
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Warmyth
Netherlands107 Posts
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apm66
Canada943 Posts
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
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Vetlock
Turkey18 Posts
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Vetlock
Turkey18 Posts
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Puosu
6985 Posts
I did it and still haven't got a key though (30~ mins), I guess it'll take some time. edit: confirming that it indeed does work, took exactly~ one hour for them to send it like OP said. | ||
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zealing
Canada806 Posts
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Vetlock
Turkey18 Posts
On April 29 2010 23:22 Puosu wrote: You don't need to be a Swede to do it, use a translator and navigate through the site. I did it and still haven't got a key though (30~ mins), I guess it'll take some time. If it works can you confirm it for us.Thx in advance | ||
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zealing
Canada806 Posts
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uzyszkodnik
Poland64 Posts
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Snowfield
1289 Posts
On April 29 2010 23:24 Vetlock wrote: If it works can you confirm it for us.Thx in advance I already confirmed it It takes about exactly an hour | ||
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
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Snowfield
1289 Posts
take your pick | ||
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sLiniss
United States849 Posts
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MasterZilla
Sweden234 Posts
On April 30 2010 00:04 sLiniss wrote: You could just keep doing this and get a lot of keys. Something is going to have to be done. Yes, you could probably script this to get a shitload of keys. Or, at least up to the point where they catch up and stop giving them out, preventing their actual customers ftom getting one. But, hey, free stuff! Let's all abuse the shit out of it! | ||
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zealing
Canada806 Posts
On April 30 2010 00:10 MasterZilla wrote: Yes, you could probably script this to get a shitload of keys. Or, at least up to the point where they catch up and stop giving them out, preventing their actual customers ftom getting one. But, hey, free stuff! Let's all abuse the shit out of it! yes please do and get me a key in the process, thats all i care about lawl | ||
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skaltur
Brazil6 Posts
On April 29 2010 22:23 Snowfield wrote: Yes I pre ordered for a friend (He doesn't understand swedish, i do, some relatives and stuff), fake name and a swedish adress, ordered with post order so no VISA, and he got key, and i canceled, worked fine Can I add this key to an US account? | ||
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Snowfield
1289 Posts
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tafelkleed12
Netherlands5 Posts
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skaltur
Brazil6 Posts
Can anyone, who has done this already, send me a key? | ||
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
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Vetlock
Turkey18 Posts
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Puosu
6985 Posts
go to www.webhallen.com -> Top Search bar enter "StarCraft 2" -> You should see a list of SC related stuff, press "Boka" on the collectors edition. -> Move your mouse to the left part of the site, there's a yellow box where you should find the text "Gå till kassan", press it. -> Press Vidare to move on.. -> Pick privatperson, pick Postförskott (Skicka till mig, Postpaket.) -> Enter random information under Ny Kund, POSTNR and Telefon use numbers others type random letters. At e-post and bekrafta e-post type your email address. -> Rest should be self explanatory, check your email and wait about an hour to receive a key. -> Be nice towards the site and don't cancel the order. + Show Spoiler + or just go to the original mail sent by them and click the link there, there's a button for cancel. | ||
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s031720
Sweden383 Posts
Things like this just annoys me. Kids today. :/ | ||
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bull0563
112 Posts
Is teamliquid alright with this? I expected better from a site like this. | ||
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PanN
United States2828 Posts
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Puosu
6985 Posts
On April 30 2010 00:50 s031720 wrote: Abusing goodwill for personal gain. This will force webhallen to take action so to prevent such things in the future, both to protect their system and their trademark, and in the long run the servicelevle will decrease for real customers. Things like this just annoys me. Kids today. :/ The whole process is automated and they most likely have an unlimited supply of keys from Blizzard, nobody loses and a few people who've been waiting for a key for forever finally get a change to do so. Besides that a lot of people will also find the site this way and actually do a legit order thus the site gains profit. | ||
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Ankalagon
Greece30 Posts
On April 30 2010 00:51 bull0563 wrote: Why is this thread still open? It basically encourages people to order and cancel at a store. That just isn't right. Is teamliquid alright with this? I expected better from a site like this. Perhaps it's wrong, in an abstract sense of morality. But it's all Blizzard's fault - they seriously f*cked with their fans .. instead of rewarding people for having bought (almost) all of their games with keys, they give them by the thousands for pre-orders. F*CK THAT. As if 99% of everyone wouldn't buy the game anyway. Greedy a$$hats. | ||
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
Im hoping it's the unlimited keys alternative since otherwise they probably wont be as forgiving with future offers like these. | ||
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simples
United Kingdom54 Posts
But, yeah I blame blizzard. | ||
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MasterZilla
Sweden234 Posts
On April 30 2010 01:06 FarbrorAbavna wrote: Im hoping it's the unlimited keys alternative since otherwise they probably wont be as forgiving with future offers like these. They could do like some other sites (I think at least) and not let you cancel the preorder after you get your key. Combine that with some sort of address/identity check and it could work. Then again, this is Sweden, so they'll probably be whined to death about sidestepping consumer laws and blah blah. Another option is to send the key after you have had you prebooking in place for some time (like 2 weeks or whatever), which would encourage loyal customers that put in their orders months ago. Sadly, any attempt at giving away free stuff on the net ends up being abused until it goes away. There are entire site devoted to nothing but getting as much free crap as you possible can, regardless of if you need it or not. As for the UK/US/Canada people in this thread who keep wanting keys, can't you preorder at one of your own stores and get one? I thought this was fairly wide spread by now. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
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simples
United Kingdom54 Posts
On April 30 2010 01:13 MasterZilla wrote: They could do like some other sites (I think at least) and not let you cancel the preorder after you get your key. Combine that with some sort of address/identity check and it could work. Then again, this is Sweden, so they'll probably be whined to death about sidestepping consumer laws and blah blah. Another option is to send the key after you have had you prebooking in place for some time (like 2 weeks or whatever), which would encourage loyal customers that put in their orders months ago. Sadly, any attempt at giving away free stuff on the net ends up being abused until it goes away. There are entire site devoted to nothing but getting as much free crap as you possible can, regardless of if you need it or not. As for the UK/US/Canada people in this thread who keep wanting keys, can't you preorder at one of your own stores and get one? I thought this was fairly wide spread by now. I think this gets around this, as your basically abuse the pay when it arrives at your door scheme and not a credit card one. Yeah, but then people would just pre book a week early. But, lol beta keys must increase sales. I guess it is bad. In the UK you can't get a beta from preordering. | ||
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
On April 30 2010 01:06 Ankalagon wrote: Perhaps it's wrong, in an abstract sense of morality. But it's all Blizzard's fault - they seriously f*cked with their fans .. instead of rewarding people for having bought (almost) all of their games with keys, they give them by the thousands for pre-orders. F*CK THAT. As if 99% of everyone wouldn't buy the game anyway. Greedy a$$hats. Uhm hate to break it to you but Blizzard doesnt actually owe you anything. It was your decision to buy the games you did, your decision to do whatever else you have done in the name of Blizzard it was not they who forced you into it. Of course it works both ways, you buy their products they are greatful. But what they really owe you is to actually make money(not being soulless monsters about it though, like Activision) so they can keep making kick ass games and provide us with new digital toys to play with. Besides, how the fuck do you please a fanbase that is comprised of millions of people? I'd say you don't since it's fucking impossible to please that many. And yes it is fucking infuriating that they seem to throw keys by the wind when so many real fans(so to speak) havent gotten one but that is just one way of enticing new customers. You gotta be real about it as well. And then to say that you can abuse someone/a business because of a completely different company treating you in a way you think is unfair, like wtf kind of logic is that. | ||
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gibb
Sweden288 Posts
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Jalle
Sweden149 Posts
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Snowfield
1289 Posts
Blizzard was going to give the key out anyway, and webhallen wasn't gonna get the sale anyway. | ||
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danson
United States689 Posts
been 1hr 20 min. dunno maybe they ran out, or caught on to it. | ||
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Derby
Sweden31 Posts
On April 30 2010 01:39 danson wrote: tried this and havent got a key. been 1hr 20 min. dunno maybe they ran out, or caught on to it. According to the information on their site it can take up to 12h before you get a key | ||
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Snowfield
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TS-Rupbar
Sweden1089 Posts
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danson
United States689 Posts
On April 30 2010 01:45 Derby wrote: According to the information on their site it can take up to 12h before you get a key well people had said "exactly" one hour, and claimed it was automated. meh. | ||
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Alsn
Sweden995 Posts
On April 30 2010 01:13 MasterZilla wrote: (Bolded by me)They could do like some other sites (I think at least) and not let you cancel the preorder after you get your key. Combine that with some sort of address/identity check and it could work. Then again, this is Sweden, so they'll probably be whined to death about sidestepping consumer laws and blah blah. Another option is to send the key after you have had you prebooking in place for some time (like 2 weeks or whatever), which would encourage loyal customers that put in their orders months ago. Sadly, any attempt at giving away free stuff on the net ends up being abused until it goes away. There are entire site devoted to nothing but getting as much free crap as you possible can, regardless of if you need it or not. As for the UK/US/Canada people in this thread who keep wanting keys, can't you preorder at one of your own stores and get one? I thought this was fairly wide spread by now. According to Distans- och hemförsäljningslagen (2005:59) all Swedish retailers have to allow you to cancel anything ordered by mail, phone or via the internet as long as it is a certain type of product(things that spoil or go bad such as food are not covered by this law, but computer games are). The only way to get around this is probably to have some kind of communication with the game companies in order to cancel the actual beta keys once they are given out or to simply not give out the keys until much later. The first of which the game companies probably don't care about since beta is a publicity stunt and the latter of which defeats the purpose of giving out beta keys in the first place. Edit: apparently the link is broken, but the law still applies if you care to look it up somewhere else. | ||
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Ankalagon
Greece30 Posts
You're right of course. It's not right to abuse a business. Nor to expect blizz to owe up to me or any fan of their games. There's no logic in this scam we're attempting either - but it is kinda understantable. Consider - blizz gives away a ton of keys to fan sites & stores for pre order,instead of giving directly to fans, in order to create hype. What are fan sites gonna do? Whatever benefits them the most, of course. Disregarding a few pages who ran serious key competitions (TL,SC:Legacy for example), every moron fan site owner uses the keys to increase their traffic and, following that, advertising profits - it's all "make an account with us,follow us on twitter,follow us on facebook,make us a video, retweet this retweet that 100 times". They're making thousands of people dance through hoops. And the fans do it willingly. And 5% of them win o.o Who here, lacking a key, hasn't joined a dozen different constests ? I myself joined 16. Won nothing. Still trying as a matter of fact. But then you see shit like constests running only for specific countries. And the frustration increases day by day. It's already been close to 2 months of worthless effort. Going to pre-order bonus keys - that pissed me off more than anything else. It's pure shameless fucking greed. You've got a fucking huge fanbase already. And even then, preorder wasn't available in a majority of countries. So, maybe reading that wall of text can you some insight into my (our?) state of mind. tl;dr : Pointless rant about why blizz pissed me off so much. Also their beta key managers are faggots. | ||
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Sublimis
Sweden70 Posts
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Freezard
Sweden1011 Posts
Seriously, everyone are gonna abuse the system and get 10 keys each and sell them on Tradera/eBay for 30 euro each. Until the keys are worth nothing that is. This actually reminds me of duping in Diablo II... get rid of your bad habits people! | ||
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ZeKk
Sweden320 Posts
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Aqpsilver
Peru173 Posts
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Dysz
Sweden26 Posts
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merz
Sweden2760 Posts
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keNn)
Philippines297 Posts
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OPSavioR
Sweden1465 Posts
On April 29 2010 23:06 apm66 wrote: I don't understand the logic behind ordering/cancelling, when obviously, you'll be getting the game after beta is over...?! you want smurfs? and in sweden we can return in it 30 days after purchase unbroken package.. in USA on gamestop there was no refund when you recieved your key.. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On April 30 2010 02:47 OPSavioR wrote: you want smurfs? and in sweden we can return in it 30 days after purchase unbroken package.. in USA on gamestop there was no refund when you recieved your key.. Are you positive? EB Games definitely has always let you cancel preorders... and most places will let you return things if they are unopened (plastic still covered). | ||
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
send him a pm XD | ||
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gibb
Sweden288 Posts
All in all fascinating and slightly depressing to me... /popcorn while waiting for humans to evolve! =) | ||
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zee
201 Posts
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Shauni
4077 Posts
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Raquel
Portugal4 Posts
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Amnesia
United States3818 Posts
On April 30 2010 03:29 Raquel wrote: Been 3 hours and got nothing so far, maybe they ran out :\ They probably found out what you guys are up to. :X | ||
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Raquel
Portugal4 Posts
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
On April 30 2010 03:17 gibb wrote: This is turning out to be a very interesting study of behavior. There's some people actually applying their morals, some people who shamelessly admit that they are/will abuse any "flaw" in a system because Webhallen are "weak" and "stupid" and should have tought of this as well. And then there's the hypocrites that say that they are moral people but still do it. All in all fascinating and slightly depressing to me... /popcorn while waiting for humans to evolve! =) What is Webhallen actually losing here? The beta keys are supposed to promote their site and the sale of SC2. While some people will order it just to grab the key, fair share of swedes will still buy the game. If Blizzard isn't giving out the keys only to sites that will drop some money, there is exactly 0 cost for both sides of the deal. | ||
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Amnesia
United States3818 Posts
I mean, it's the beta ffs. lol | ||
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Dysz
Sweden26 Posts
edit: no i didnt fucking cancel it. webhallen works good as privious experience. | ||
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Raquel
Portugal4 Posts
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agleed.agleed
Germany110 Posts
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Vetlock
Turkey18 Posts
On April 30 2010 04:17 agleed.agleed wrote: Damn it. I'd like a second beta key to start over with a different race. But I don't understand swedish. You better be trolling | ||
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agleed.agleed
Germany110 Posts
edit: And yeah the shop isn't losing anything, not even potentially. Noone of those who are now "stealing" beta keys would've bought the game from there anyways and those who would've bought the game there anyways will still do it. | ||
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Shauni
4077 Posts
On April 30 2010 04:30 agleed.agleed wrote: Why? Is it so wrong to want a second beta key because I can under no circumstances switch from Zerg to Terran while being 1400 Platinum? Thanks Blizzard. edit: And yeah the shop isn't losing anything, not even potentially. Noone of those who are now "stealing" beta keys would've bought the game from there anyways and those who would've bought the game there anyways will still do it. Yeah but if you look at it logically keys are probably distributed to different nations so if for example USA would take all of Sweden's beta keys the servers would have an uneven number of people playing on them. Obviously they don't want non potential customers to take all the keys. And yeah, of course you shouldn't use more than one key for yourself, it means someone else isn't getting one. I'm quite sure everyone who wants to play won't be able to. | ||
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Raquel
Portugal4 Posts
On April 30 2010 02:35 Aqpsilver wrote: see this video on youtube and the guy is actually giving the keys for free i got 1 from him now (i didnt know about this i just read it now i can explain how is he giving so many beta keys) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFaNH2KXc84&playnext_from=TL&videos=9QeT4QRCGPA Just got one from here, thanks!!! | ||
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pmLai
Norway38 Posts
I just got one from this guy too. Gave it to my friend. :D | ||
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simples
United Kingdom54 Posts
Yay, I just got one from him too. P.S. I'm downloading it but its on 0%, don't understand. | ||
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CowGoMoo
United States428 Posts
On April 29 2010 23:06 apm66 wrote: I don't understand the logic behind ordering/cancelling, when obviously, you'll be getting the game after beta is over...?! Maybe, but you get to feel clever if you cancel your order =P | ||
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mtmf
Brazil420 Posts
On April 30 2010 05:23 CowGoMoo wrote: Maybe, but you get to feel clever if you cancel your order =P Wait... Are you CowGoMoo as in Blizzard's CowGoMoo? What are you guys thinking about this? | ||
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oob
Sweden630 Posts
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beetlelisk
Poland2276 Posts
Me too ^________________^ jesus this patch is downloading for fucking ages | ||
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Jalex
United Kingdom35 Posts
On April 30 2010 05:18 pmLai wrote: I just got one from this guy too. Gave it to my friend. :D Don't supppose anybody would be interested in getting one for me from here would they? Unfortunately, his only rule is that he won't send one out to people who have registered on 29 April or later, to prevent people from taking multiple keys - and I hadn't made a You Tube account before today  | ||
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wongi
Australia86 Posts
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bLah.
Croatia497 Posts
On April 30 2010 05:37 mtmf wrote: Wait... Are you CowGoMoo as in Blizzard's CowGoMoo? What are you guys thinking about this? What should they think? Game will be released in a month or two, they need to create as much hype as possible, they are giving keys everywhere. They need to have servers ready for release anyway. It's just ultra hype now, they never had closed beta to begin with, nda never existed etc, this is all just to hype things up so that people could buy the game. And we WILL buy the game | ||
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Moonflow
Malaysia5 Posts
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isb
Sweden14 Posts
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Grettz
Iceland3 Posts
I think my work hates me right now since I've been slacking my ass off at work lurking for a beta key the entire week | ||
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Smikis
Lithuania117 Posts
btw they dont give out keys anymore ? sand panda then.. hoping to get from youtube guy then..got email, confirming order, but no key in it.. do you get betakey in that email, or should there be one more.. ? | ||
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Ilithyium
Denmark88 Posts
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