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MOD EDIT: This is not a scam email, if you don't already have WoW you get an email offering you 30 free days of WoW.
Anyone get an email from "Mike Morhaime"?
Your Battle.Net Account Has Been Upgraded
Thanks a lot for being an early supporter of StarCraft II. The community is off to a great start, with over four million players worldwide and I'm pleased to report that the rumors of the death of real-time-strategy gaming have been greatly exaggerated.
As a thank you for your early support, I've flagged your Battle.net account to receive a free, downloadable copy of World of Warcraft. This is the full version of World of Warcraft that we sell in store and includes a 30-day subscription. Just follow the instructions below to activate it, download the game, and start playing. Again, it's totally free.
I'd also be interested in hearing any feedback you may have about StarCraft II: what was fun, what we could make better, etc. So if you have any thoughts, please send them along to SC2-feedback@blizzard.com.
Again, thanks for helping us make StarCraft II an epic launch, Joel, and I hope you'll enjoy adventuring in World of Warcraft and connecting with another fun part of the Blizzard community.
Yours sincerely,
Mike Morhaime
CEO & President of money sucking company bla bla bla.
Firstly, no real interest in WoW or any other MMORPG, hence I'm playing SC2, but is Blizzard far too cheap to let us get Cata? Like srsly.
Secondly, I was nearly shitting myself when I saw "upgraded account". What does that mean?? Special portrait? Special colours/tags/ability to taunt?? Special DISCUSSION CHANNEL? but no, I give u the ability to play a game which 12 million players also play. Cool.
Talk about exclusive privileges.
Thirdly, I lol'ed at him reporting that the RTS is not dead. Lol. As long as TL is not dead, I doubt that the RTS genre will die. And of course as long as South Korea doesn't get rolled by Kim Jong-Il and his refreshes, the RTS, heck, the GAMING WORLD will not die.
But then again stim is legal in North Korea, so maybe.
/rant
Any thoughts on this generous act of pseudo-benevolence?
Also, anyone ACTUALLY tried it to confirm it's not a scam? (i.e. created account, dl'ed installer and start play)
Link to same topic on bnet forums:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2065607288?page=1
They tend to think it's pretty real.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES51717 Posts
you mean free vanilla WoW or Cata?
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It only costs like 5 dollars anyways, they're probably just trying to get you "hooked".
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Im pretty sure it's vanilla. Cheap bastards.
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u still have to pay after 30 days ;/
but i didnt get this no.
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On February 13 2011 20:33 Exathor wrote:
Im pretty sure it's vanilla. Cheap bastards.
Doesn't vanilla mean Cata content anyway? Considering how they changed all of Azeroth.
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Are you sure this isn't some spam mail?
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Seems like Vanilla WoW. I haven't gotten an email like this, but I'm not sure if it is legit or not. Seems like something Blizzard would do.
It's like a drug dealer man, they give you one sample and then you're hooked forever. Be strong.
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On February 13 2011 20:33 Exathor wrote:
Im pretty sure it's vanilla. Cheap bastards.
Vanilla wow still has all the new revamped zones 1-60 i think. So it's not like it's the same as it was years ago.
Anyway just go look if you have the game. Seems more of a fake email.
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Let me get this straight. You receive a completely free game, no strings attached, and complain that you didn't get more?
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ALLEYCAT BLUES51717 Posts
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On February 13 2011 20:34 vyyye wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2011 20:33 Exathor wrote:
Im pretty sure it's vanilla. Cheap bastards. Doesn't vanilla mean Cata content anyway? Considering how they changed all of Azeroth.
No idea, Never played WoW, so not sure on how the system works.
And Wekapedia, it's not spam, it legitimately linked me to my b.net account, so I presume it's real. Or a very good troll/spammer/nigerian.
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EDIT: Just read your post above me
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On February 13 2011 20:33 Exathor wrote:
Im pretty sure it's vanilla. Cheap bastards.
You're bitching that they gave you something free.
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
I got the same email and it's not exactly 'free' since you'll have to pay subscription fee after 30 days but I guess it's decent they're offering this. It's up to you whether you want to try it or not but I've seen too many people become WoW zombies to want to get involved in the game.
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It definitely looks like someone is trying to scam you, could be wrong though.
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Im not really bitching that I got something for free, however crap it may be, it's just that MAYBE they might wanna give me something RELATED to what I beta tested/show interest in? Just sayin.
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On bnet forums many people got this, it is legit they say 
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It definitly look like a scam. If not, just consider yourself lucky.
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Haha, if this is true, that's some sick method to get people addicted to WoW :D
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