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Sup TL nerds.. I'm not gonna lie.. I'm a douchebag in real life. It transfers over to the StarCraft world also. I BM when I lose when I shouldn't, I look look for bugs and loopholes and exploit them, etc.
I just found a huge glitch with the GameStop betakey giveaway system.
I just got 10 keys in the past week for ordering and cancelling. No charge to your card either because it's an unreleased item.
I first found this glitch out when I needed to change my shipping address for my SC2:CE order and GameStop told me that I had to cancel my order in order to change my shipping address because there was no way to change it without canceling. When I canceled and re-ordered, I received another betakey.
Anyways, happy abuse nerds!
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sooner or later sc2 will become an open beta, whether blizzard likes it or not.
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Beta keys are so easy to obtain now, even though I dont have one. Im too lazy. D:
+ Show Spoiler +Must finish term paper and study for finals!
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Mind sharing one of those 10? >.>
This abuse has been pointed out with Swedish websites, as well. I don't recommend, however, as it's morally unjust 
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isn't it 5$ every time you pre-order it?
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On April 30 2010 12:16 Disregard wrote:
Must finish term paper and study for finals!
i wish i had your self control...
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Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order.
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On April 30 2010 12:23 anch wrote:
Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order.
they arent douches... If I worked for gamestop I would do the same thing...
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On April 30 2010 12:18 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
isn't it 5$ every time you pre-order it?
$5 is like a down payment to pre-order. Not a deposit you can't get back.
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why the fuck do you need 10 keys? lol
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On April 30 2010 12:26 Ideas wrote:
why the fuck do you need 10 keys? lol
A four letter word that starts with a B and ends with a G.
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On April 30 2010 12:23 anch wrote:
Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order.
Wait, you take advantage of their system and they're the douches for black listing you? I agree gamestop sucks but I don't think your story is the way to convince people of it.
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is there a way to cancel your order and reorder after you already recieved a key? i don't want to abuse this for another key i just want to add in the 25% off coupon that i didn't know about  but i dont see an option to update my order
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On April 30 2010 12:27 Disregard wrote:A four letter word that starts with a B and ends with a G.
what is it? it's driving me crazy lol
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On April 30 2010 12:27 Disregard wrote:A four letter word that starts with a B and ends with a G.
bang?
bing?
bong?
brig ?
bung ?
hmm I feel like I'm missing one.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
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Brag.
Edit: Curse you Plexa!
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don't you have to go to gamestop.com and activate it or expires after like 2 weeks? Could of sworn I read that somewhere.
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It's pretty much open beta by now anyway. Everyone who wants a key can get one for nothing, and the "friend invites" are so abundant now. They come two per email from blizzard.
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lol wtf i can't figure it out either
edit: ah brag
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Vatican City State1650 Posts
I still don't have a beta key...
All I want is access to the galaxy editor... please... anyone...?
I can't believe I'm reduced to begging... But really....
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On April 30 2010 12:31 Kadoka wrote:
It's pretty much open beta by now anyway. Everyone who wants a key can get one for nothing, and the "friend invites" are so abundant now. They come two per email from blizzard.
None of my friends have beta, and I don't have the ability to set up a pre-order and cancel it.
Open Beta, right?
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On April 30 2010 12:28 Pengu1n wrote:is there a way to cancel your order and reorder after you already recieved a key? i don't want to abuse this for another key i just want to add in the 25% off coupon that i didn't know about but i dont see an option to update my order
i dont think that you can use % off cupons on sc2, i read it on the site somewhere, check it first, icould be wrong
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On April 30 2010 12:27 Blind wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2010 12:23 anch wrote:
Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order. Wait, you take advantage of their system and they're the douches for black listing you? I agree gamestop sucks but I don't think your story is the way to convince people of it.
just a general advice to OP for his consequences.
how is it not douche to just unban me to make a honest purchase again?
its not like i cant get a different credit card, change address or go to another online retailer or local GS.
dont want to go any further.
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Someone at gamestop is messing up hardcore, it might even just be the person behind the counter.
But I remember someone from Blizzard saying that once you preorder, you can NOT cancel.
(Or at least shouldn't be able to.) O.o
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On April 30 2010 12:34 anch wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2010 12:27 Blind wrote:On April 30 2010 12:23 anch wrote:
Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order. Wait, you take advantage of their system and they're the douches for black listing you? I agree gamestop sucks but I don't think your story is the way to convince people of it. just a general advice to OP for his consequences. how is it not douche to just unban me to make a honest purchase again? its not like i cant get a different credit card, change address or go to another online retailer or local GS. dont want to go any further.
I don't know the details of your situation but they way you present your case makes it seem like you genuinely violated one of gamestop's rules (whatever it is).
Gamestop sucks though.
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I just can't understand why someone would go through so much work to get so many extra keys
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Lol wow. I think I would feel bad if I was doing this.
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On April 30 2010 12:34 anch wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2010 12:27 Blind wrote:On April 30 2010 12:23 anch wrote:
Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order. Wait, you take advantage of their system and they're the douches for black listing you? I agree gamestop sucks but I don't think your story is the way to convince people of it. just a general advice to OP for his consequences. how is it not douche to just unban me to make a honest purchase again? its not like i cant get a different credit card, change address or go to another online retailer or local GS. dont want to go any further.
Just to clarify, I'm not the same guy who posted on the first page of this thread calling GS douches for blacklisting -- my credit card was never banned because I used multiple cards and different addresses.
On your question, if you really want it that badly, go to a GS location near you and pre-order it in person with cash to a different address. Not really rocket science buddy.
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Haha, this isn't a bad thing at all, it's pretty much open beta already. Look at teamliquid giving away keys.
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On April 30 2010 12:39 Beloth(OD) wrote:
I just can't understand why someone would go through so much work to get so many extra keys
Yeah, because you've never spent ten minutes of your time doing something worthless either, right?
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On April 30 2010 12:32 orgolove wrote:I still don't have a beta key... All I want is access to the galaxy editor... please... anyone...? I can't believe I'm reduced to begging... But really....
You dont need beta to work with galaxy editor. Just google starcraft 2 download, install and download patches, no crack needed. Worked for me. You can also try the map without beta key.
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Kennigit
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This would be cool except for the fact that beta is all but open. It's so easy to get a key that you are just wasting your own time.
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Are there really that many people who want into beta and have no intention of buying the actual game? Why do you need to cancel at all? Just preorder, and buy the game. You obviously have interest in SC2, aren't you going to buy the game anyway?
If you wanted a key, outstretch your arm and take one. If you're not willing to put forth any minimal effort to get one I don't see why you need to complain. WoW players have been selling the things on ebay since 2007, major chains all across the country give them away for just buying SC2, and there are multiple friend invites given to each player. Take your pick.
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All of a sudden the size of your cock is directly proportional to the amount of beta keys you possess.
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Bragging over having 10 vacant beta keys huh?
Well thanks for abusing the system now when they crack down and make it harder for future games to get even one key, we can come back to this thread and say, 'It's douchebags like this that ruined it for us all,' well done.
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Yeah they gave me two for reserving one, on the receipt it printed out 2 side by side. And I felt special up till now
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On April 30 2010 12:13 tenpromicro wrote:
Sup TL nerds.. I'm not gonna lie.. I'm a douchebag in real life. It transfers over to the StarCraft world also. I BM when I lose when I shouldn't, I look look for bugs and loopholes and exploit them, etc.
You're right, you are
if you are tenpromicro on SC2, then you definitely unpaused a game before I got when I was only gone for a minute; mind you that doesnt matter, you unpaused literally 10 seconds after.
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On April 30 2010 12:49 Kennigit wrote:
This would be cool except for the fact that beta is all but open. It's so easy to get a key that you are just wasting your own time.
I want one ><
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On April 30 2010 12:46 tenpromicro wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2010 12:34 anch wrote:On April 30 2010 12:27 Blind wrote:On April 30 2010 12:23 anch wrote:
Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order. Wait, you take advantage of their system and they're the douches for black listing you? I agree gamestop sucks but I don't think your story is the way to convince people of it. just a general advice to OP for his consequences. how is it not douche to just unban me to make a honest purchase again? its not like i cant get a different credit card, change address or go to another online retailer or local GS. dont want to go any further. Just to clarify, I'm not the same guy who posted on the first page of this thread calling GS douches for blacklisting -- my credit card was never banned because I used multiple cards and different addresses. On your question, if you really want it that badly, go to a GS location near you and pre-order it in person with cash to a different address. Not really rocket science buddy.
just to clarify as well before ppl think i was beta-key less, i have a sc2 account since 2nd batch. (i went to blizzcon, not a random Opt in-er)
the shit i pulled with GS was 2009 they made a price mistake on their system and games i abused it by ordering a lot of it.
and "dont want to go any further" = end of my discussion, not bum attempts of getting keys.
sorry about the confusion.
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Seriously, all these people saying its pretty much open beta. I still don't have a key :D
But this exploit seems pretty silly. They must have messed up pretty bad to allow it lol.
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I figured this out day one but couldn't be bothered to reorder it. I got my key, I'm getting my CE, I'm happy.
Theres over 20k people on the US server at any given time, so I could care less about having more keys.
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I work for Gamestop. We printed out a sticker with a certain barcode and stuck it to the side of the cash register, and every time you zap it and hit total it prints out a Starcraft 2 beta key. I gave out nine of them today.
You can also always get that $5 preorder money back whenever you ask. And you can get as many beta keys as you'd like for a $5 refundable deposit apiece. They're essentially giving out free keys already just to get people into the store. And it's working - I was comparing our numbers to last year's and we did almost double the business today. A bunch of folks brought in used games to trade towards SC2 preorders. And we tripled our normal reserve targets.
I'd be surprised if anyone at corporate or Blizzard cared if anyone was gaming the system to get extra beta keys. What are you going to do, give them out to all your friends and do free viral marketing for Blizzard? Oh no! Anything but that!
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On April 30 2010 13:02 Koltz wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2010 12:13 tenpromicro wrote:
Sup TL nerds.. I'm not gonna lie.. I'm a douchebag in real life. It transfers over to the StarCraft world also. I BM when I lose when I shouldn't, I look look for bugs and loopholes and exploit them, etc.
You're right, you are if you are tenpromicro on SC2, then you definitely unpaused a game before I got when I was only gone for a minute; mind you that doesnt matter, you unpaused literally 10 seconds after.
Hey buddy want me to post that replay? I am NEVER BM during games I win, I consider it BM if you clearly lost the game and you just delay the finish by pausing it. You lost your FE and decided to tech while I tripled your lings. You "pause" when my lings come to jizz on your base. Please kid.
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On April 30 2010 12:49 Kennigit wrote:
This would be cool except for the fact that beta is all but open. It's so easy to get a key that you are just wasting your own time.
yo, throw me one
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On April 30 2010 13:19 Trollface wrote:
I work for Gamestop. We printed out a sticker with a certain barcode and stuck it to the side of the cash register, and every time you zap it and hit total it prints out a Starcraft 2 beta key. I gave out nine of them today.
You can also always get that $5 preorder money back whenever you ask. And you can get as many beta keys as you'd like for a $5 refundable deposit apiece. They're essentially giving out free keys already just to get people into the store. And it's working - I was comparing our numbers to last year's and we did almost double the business today. A bunch of folks brought in used games to trade towards SC2 preorders. And we tripled our normal reserve targets.
I'd be surprised if anyone at corporate or Blizzard cared if anyone was gaming the system to get extra beta keys. What are you going to do, give them out to all your friends and do free viral marketing for Blizzard? Oh no! Anything but that!
Despite his name, smartest guy in this thread.
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On April 30 2010 13:19 Trollface wrote:
I work for Gamestop. We printed out a sticker with a certain barcode and stuck it to the side of the cash register, and every time you zap it and hit total it prints out a Starcraft 2 beta key. I gave out nine of them today.
You can also always get that $5 preorder money back whenever you ask. And you can get as many beta keys as you'd like for a $5 refundable deposit apiece. They're essentially giving out free keys already just to get people into the store. And it's working - I was comparing our numbers to last year's and we did almost double the business today. A bunch of folks brought in used games to trade towards SC2 preorders. And we tripled our normal reserve targets.
I'd be surprised if anyone at corporate or Blizzard cared if anyone was gaming the system to get extra beta keys. What are you going to do, give them out to all your friends and do free viral marketing for Blizzard? Oh no! Anything but that!
well i mostly agree.
BUT i had a conversation with a friend last night about sc2 beta.
he really is no rts player (works at a gaming magazin where he got the key) but he would love to get a little more into it. he even ready tl.net every other week.
he said to me that watching the tourneys already is more interesting than playing the beta. just because the most people that are staying in the beta already have a lot blizzard rts experience. he just doesn't see land against very most of his enemies because he keeps getting matched with top leagues when he is bronze (i think ... may be that he even is copper).
i told him that with the release this should improve alot (like it did in war3).
he still is already kinda repelled from the game ...
meh ...
/edit:
what i wanted to say is, that you shouldn't underestimate the quantity of noobs that will get negative experiences in the beta because of how match making is done there.
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On April 30 2010 12:23 anch wrote:
Gamestop are douches, once they find out you taking advantage of their system, you will be added to their black list, after that they will cancel your order on anything including pre-orders. (anything purchased thru gamestop.com)
both my visa cards and home address are blocked. I tried many combination with it even with new account, they wont process my order.
wait what? they ban you for taking advantage of them and theyre suddenly douches?
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I actually did the same thing to get a betakey, by mistake tho
I preordered from US, couldn't wait to get a key anymore, and that extra 30$ for the shipping and VAT, seemed to be worth it.
then 1 hour later I find out that blockbuster DK is giving away betakeys with preorders, so ofc I preorder there, cause of the way lower cost....
so, since I haven't gotten my betakey from GS yet, I assume I can cancel it (yes, you can't cancel once you get the code, at least that's what they say)... I send a mail, canceling it, but a few hours later I get my key anyways... screw that I think, and use the code with my acc... AND cancel blockbuster...
then the next morning a mail from GS come, and they canceled my order... like... wtf :O
so now I got a betakey and no preorders... lucky me
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On April 30 2010 12:15 Manlot wrote:
This is bad
great assessment
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Well... since its SO easy to get a beta key and its practically OPEN BETA for a lot of you (as you claim) and you are swimming in keys, maybe some1 can get 1 for me, just pull it out of a sock or something, since its impossible to get one in Serbia or Romania as a mere mortal, k, thx...
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On April 30 2010 17:30 eugen1225 wrote:
Well... since its SO easy to get a beta key and its practically OPEN BETA for a lot of you (as you claim) and you are swimming in keys, maybe some1 can get 1 for me, just pull it out of a sock or something, since its impossible to get one in Serbia or Romania as a mere mortal, k, thx...
perhaps asking in a more polite manner will help you achieve your goal?
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pls dump one of your spare keys on me
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I'm sad too see that as I'm desesperately trying to get a key. And no I can't get a key by pre-ordering in my country.
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there's not a limit on beta keys... it's a computer generated code. If you want 10 then hell, go ahead and get 10. I'll just stick with 1 because I don't want 10, and I also don't really feel like being banned from gamestop. Why on earth would I want 10 keys?
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Wow. This is overwhelming. Here I am trying my desperate best to get randomly picked in some random contests out there but still key-less after so many attempts. Opt-in? I've been in since day 1, but lady luck must have deserted me, I guess.
Before you guys go "JUST PD, NOOB" me, let me clarify that I do want to pre-order but with Blizz not finalizing on their region lock issue, I don't want to end up with a US region SC2 while all my friends were happily pwning each another in the just-announced SEA region. If Blizz would just announce "You can buy it from US & register it in the SEA region", I would have been the very first to PD it right away, from Amazon / GS or whatever retail shops that provide international shipping.
Open beta eh? Maybe for you guys from US / Europe / Aus but definitely not for some of us out here. If it's indeed as open as you guys claimed it to be, I would really appreciate it if one of you can dump me your unused-yet-not-sure-who-to-give-to SC2 beta key to me.
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A friend of mine was trying the same, he got 1 beta key then it stopped working. There's also a problem with it, once you receive a betakey you cannot cancel the order anymore. So either this is flawed and there's a bug allowing you to cancel anyway, or this is simply not true :D
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i preordered and never got a key from gamestop
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On April 30 2010 12:32 orgolove wrote:I still don't have a beta key... All I want is access to the galaxy editor... please... anyone...? I can't believe I'm reduced to begging... But really....
you dont need a key do get the galaxy editor...
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Seems like a bit of a douche thing to do, but to each their own I guess. And the whole 'pretty much open-beta already' is a valid one. Even though I don't have key I'm sure if I really put the effort in I could get one somewhere
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