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I don't understand why everyone is making a big deal over the beta opt-in; it's seriously been there since we were first asked to make Blizzard accounts on day 1 of the WoW: WoTLK beta. In fact, the ability to register games + download them has been there too..
Blizz doesn't send out opt-in keys prior to the beta starting, from past experience. For example, the first few days of the WoTLK beta was just us who were lucky to get keys from other sources + F&F Alpha people. They didn't start sending out waves of opt-in invites for some time.
tl;dr stop freaking out over this & see you in SC2 beta... :D
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So I guess I should get off my lazy arse and find all my Blizzard cd-keys (which is all of them), for the slight off-chance that having them all registered helps with the beta selections...
e: can't merge EU WoW accounts yet.. balls
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On March 21 2009 20:23 aers wrote: I don't understand why everyone is making a big deal over the beta opt-in; it's seriously been there since we were first asked to make Blizzard accounts on day 1 of the WoW: WoTLK beta. In fact, the ability to register games + download them has been there too..
Blizz doesn't send out opt-in keys prior to the beta starting, from past experience. For example, the first few days of the WoTLK beta was just us who were lucky to get keys from other sources + F&F Alpha people. They didn't start sending out waves of opt-in invites for some time.
tl;dr stop freaking out over this & see you in SC2 beta... :D
Yeah but blizzard is accepting blizzcon beta key submissions now.
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On March 21 2009 08:48 Excalibur_Z wrote: Is there even an official Linux version? I don't believe I've ever heard of that. ... mh well at least I thought so...
On March 21 2009 08:48 Excalibur_Z wrote: Diablo1 may never be downloadable (who knows though) because it didn't have a CD-Key, and neither did War2 from what I remember. Is War2BNE downloadable? I don't have a version to check. Well WC2 had a key, especially the BNE. So I thought they should add that. But the most annoying point imo is that you can't switch between the language of your games..
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Wow for a new account I have to give them my full address and phone number? For what? So they can call me when I cheated? Or send someone to beat me up when I hacked? I don't like this direction.
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On March 23 2009 02:40 Neroin wrote: Wow for a new account I have to give them my full address and phone number? For what? So they can call me when I cheated? Or send someone to beat me up when I hacked? I don't like this direction. Hey, at least hackers will be brutally beaten by Blizzard Hacker Removal staff. Physical violence is always the way to go.
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thanks for this.. awesomeness
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On March 23 2009 02:40 Neroin wrote: Wow for a new account I have to give them my full address and phone number? For what? So they can call me when I cheated? Or send someone to beat me up when I hacked? I don't like this direction.
I like these ideas. And people who make hacks can have their location made known for an air strike and/or an egging.
Seriously, does it matter? You're not important enough for Blizzard to call you, don't worry.
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On March 23 2009 15:41 FaZ- wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2009 02:40 Neroin wrote: Wow for a new account I have to give them my full address and phone number? For what? So they can call me when I cheated? Or send someone to beat me up when I hacked? I don't like this direction. I like these ideas. And people who make hacks can have their location made known for an air strike and/or an egging. Seriously, does it matter? You're not important enough for Blizzard to call you, don't worry.
I used to think that way too. But when I signed up for this account and had to agree to blizzard being allowed to record and view all my chat messages it just made me feel uneasy. And when you read about Warden in WoW you start to realise that blizzard doesn't give a crap about your privacy and/or integrity.
I'd be surprised if they don't continue this trend with SC2. Somewhere boundaries need to be established.
These small things don't bother me very much, but combined, they're unsettling.
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On March 23 2009 17:12 ParasitJonte wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2009 15:41 FaZ- wrote:On March 23 2009 02:40 Neroin wrote: Wow for a new account I have to give them my full address and phone number? For what? So they can call me when I cheated? Or send someone to beat me up when I hacked? I don't like this direction. I like these ideas. And people who make hacks can have their location made known for an air strike and/or an egging. Seriously, does it matter? You're not important enough for Blizzard to call you, don't worry. I used to think that way too. But when I signed up for this account and had to agree to blizzard being allowed to record and view all my chat messages it just made me feel uneasy. And when you read about Warden in WoW you start to realise that blizzard doesn't give a crap about your privacy and/or integrity. I'd be surprised if they don't continue this trend with SC2. Somewhere boundaries need to be established. These small things don't bother me very much, but combined, they're unsettling.
I highly doubt they read or even save your chat messages.
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On March 23 2009 17:12 ParasitJonte wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2009 15:41 FaZ- wrote:On March 23 2009 02:40 Neroin wrote: Wow for a new account I have to give them my full address and phone number? For what? So they can call me when I cheated? Or send someone to beat me up when I hacked? I don't like this direction. I like these ideas. And people who make hacks can have their location made known for an air strike and/or an egging. Seriously, does it matter? You're not important enough for Blizzard to call you, don't worry. I used to think that way too. But when I signed up for this account and had to agree to blizzard being allowed to record and view all my chat messages it just made me feel uneasy. And when you read about Warden in WoW you start to realise that blizzard doesn't give a crap about your privacy and/or integrity. I'd be surprised if they don't continue this trend with SC2. Somewhere boundaries need to be established. These small things don't bother me very much, but combined, they're unsettling.
All that junk about the WoW Warden is just conspiracy tinfoil-hats spouting nonsense. The Warden does no more harm than your typical virus scanner (in fact even less than that). I can understand being cautious, but let's not get hysterical.
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