SC2 beta lives!

[Eccho]

huh, do they really say that?

You will receive a beta key soon?

 

[Narrat0r]

So, how to get the Beta?

 

[Joe-black-5]

So, who will give me his Beta?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Joe-black-5, betas are tied to ones battlenet account so they can not be exchanged unless you exchange another CDkey with it and give up the whole account.

Narrator, you will need to create a battlenet account and register atleast 1 blizzard battlenet game onto it via giving a CDkey (warning you can only attach 1 key for a certain game per account and that key will be permantly attached and so can not be attached to another account). Then you do the fillin form and processes to enter the SC2 beta draw. Then you wait and prey to whoever you believe influences luck that you will be choosen. You will get a confirmation Email if you are.

There is some word of a possible open beta towards release, but that is nothing more than trivia for now.

 

[Joe-black-5]

Joe-black-5, betas are tied to ones battlenet account so they can not be exchanged unless you exchange another CDkey with it and give up the whole account.

Exactly my point.

 

[Narrat0r]

So you gotta work the hell off to get that key...

 

[DoOs_101]

Zomg I'm so dumb, I just realized that email was from starcraft2.pro... lolz at fail... sry, but still I took that email into consideration, because it said that the beta process come in waves. So the next wave will be coming, who knows maybe you and I are the next fortunate ones.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

Errrrr Doos 101 xD xD xD I just checked my email and bnet acc cause of your post. Know that wave 1 is over days ago and no1 will get anything until wave 2, no point even to check.

Btw they SHOULD give you one to test Alienware M15x. Im with Alienware M17 (not M17x) ATI HD 3870 512 MB, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz, 3 GB DDR3, which is not even sold anymore with the new 'X'. Heh either there are already ppl with Alienware M17 currently in beta or the blizzard program doesn't say what company your system is from. Though it's not like every1 is buying AW even if many use Dell.

 

[Ghost765]

ur involvment in blizzard is also boosts ur chances of being a selected. one of my friends got a key since he won a wc3 ladder tournament.

 

[Deathcom3s]

Errrrr Doos 101 xD xD xD I just checked my email and bnet acc cause of your post. Know that wave 1 is over days ago and no1 will get anything until wave 2, no point even to check.

Btw they SHOULD give you one to test Alienware M15x. Im with Alienware M17 (not M17x) ATI HD 3870 512 MB, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz, 3 GB DDR3, which is not even sold anymore with the new 'X'. Heh either there are already ppl with Alienware M17 currently in beta or the blizzard program doesn't say what company your system is from. Though it's not like every1 is buying AW even if many use Dell.

Why should they give you a key just because you wasted your money on a PoS computer?

 

[Eccho]

Joe-black-5, betas are tied to ones battlenet account so they can not be exchanged unless you exchange another CDkey with it and give up the whole account.

Narrator, you will need to create a battlenet account and register atleast 1 blizzard battlenet game onto it via giving a CDkey (warning you can only attach 1 key for a certain game per account and that key will be permantly attached and so can not be attached to another account). Then you do the fillin form and processes to enter the SC2 beta draw. Then you wait and prey to whoever you believe influences luck that you will be choosen. You will get a confirmation Email if you are.

There is some word of a possible open beta towards release, but that is nothing more than trivia for now.

How come people sell beta keys on ebay for about 300$ then? If I got it right, the key is not attached to your account until you decide it is by adding it. We should ask deathcom or someone else though.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

Why should they give you a key just because you wasted your money on a PoS computer?

AW is a little more specific laptop than testing 'just another Dell computer'. It has its own specific drivers and so on. I'm not saying me, Im saying someone with AW, I dont know any1 yet. I hope PoS doesnt mean piece of shit... coz that would make your comment very silly... I'll just let you know that they choose lower computers, mine isnt high, but much lower to see how low they can run on.

 

[Eccho]

Sony Vaio has their way of unique drivers too (alot of them)... Meh like that would give an advantage for me?`perhaps, perhaps not

I heard that the second wave of invites have been done yesterday.

 

[Deathcom3s]

AW is a little more specific laptop than testing 'just another Dell computer'. It has its own specific drivers and so on. I'm not saying me, Im saying someone with AW, I dont know any1 yet. I hope PoS doesnt mean piece of shit... coz that would make your comment very silly... I'll just let you know that they choose lower computers, mine isnt high, but much lower to see how low they can run on.

It does mean that, and yes, AW are huge PoS's for how outrageously priced they are.

 

[Grendel]

Oh man, I can't wait until I have enough money to get Starcraft II, though I will still play Wc3 and use The Hive Workshop. I don't know what I'd do if THW was closed.

 

[Dr Super Good]

They are selling the beta keys from blizzcon. They were given on a sheet of paper along with a code for a WoW mount. They are separate codes that you need to activate for your account, weather the account is the real attendor or someone else who paid for it there is no differece.

People who got in by being drawn or choosen will automatically have the beta attached to their account. As a result it is not transferable unless you sell the whole account which will have atleast 1 other CDkey.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

It does mean that, and yes, AW are huge PoS's for how outrageously priced they are.

They may be overpriced but that's because they are gaming laptops, specially designed with the needs of a gamer. There is NOTHING better than customizing a laptop, so all that already made crap sold everywhere is complete BS, nothing beats customizing. Just because you see some Acer Aspire or smth else with the same or better specs doesn't meen it's better for gaming... Not to say the only non-custom built laptop i'd recommend is Dell and AW is Dell-based.

 

[nickex]

Already choosen a name Cryostatic is mine for the taking
Too bad it will probably be long untill release

 

[Tleno]

And I'll think before naming something...

 

[Deathcom3s]

They may be overpriced but that's because they are gaming laptops, specially designed with the needs of a gamer. There is NOTHING better than customizing a laptop, so all that already made crap sold everywhere is complete BS, nothing beats customizing. Just because you see some Acer Aspire or smth else with the same or better specs doesn't meen it's better for gaming... Not to say the only non-custom built laptop i'd recommend is Dell and AW is Dell-based.

Seeing as i build computers as a hobby, and spend hours of every day reading up on stuff computer related, I'm pretty sure i know a thing or two more about computers than you.

I built my current computer for ~$750 less than the equivalent AW Desktop. 'Nuff said.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

Still, you can say that their price may be shitty, not their performance... And it would be silly to claim that when you don't own AW. The least, it adds some features like fingerprint reader, face scanner, cool design and interface that are a reason to be higher price, important or not.

 

[Dr Super Good]

TheTerran, he could build a much faster computer for that much money without all the usless features like unupdatable drivers and hardware that never gets updates.

With that much money you are looking at top rangish CPUs + multiple top range ish GPUs. When OCed the performance will be miles above it.

 

[Vosty]

I heard that a few people were paid $400 us bucks just to test for bugs all over the games.
Anyway, hopefully hive evolves to fit this game, because wc3 is gonna drop slowly.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

without all the usless features like unupdatable drivers and hardware that never gets updates.

OMG Unupdatable drivers and hardware? You can replace processor, HDD, video card whatever you want basically, it gives you that opportunity. Same with drivers, since my laptop came with Vista should I care that it doesnt have XP drivers? Yes I'd be disappointed if I couldn't use Win7 wow that would be stupid but look they made Win7 drivers and I will soon upgr to Win7. See? You don't own Alienware and ur making wrong conclusions. I'm not saying he can't build somehting powerful, I'm saying the performance of Alienware is just perfect for gaming, maybe you are right about the price but I prefer a system specialized in gaming than some Acer Aspire, Toshiba (sux) or similar. Better stop this talk here cause it is going nowhere and ppl who dont own AW are making conclusions... Just because you dont like it and you dont even own one to know, doesn't mean it's bad...

 

[Eccho]

I heard that a few people were paid $400 us bucks just to test for bugs all over the games.
Anyway, hopefully hive evolves to fit this game, because wc3 is gonna drop slowly.

and where is that source?

 

[Bloody_Turds]

@vosty
id believe it, but it would be better if you gave source. on top of public beta, companys often hire beta testers to test more specfic things, that most gamers arnt interested in testing for (most beta testers are simply for balance, and the ocasional crit they find)
whereas these specific beta testers would know more about the game, making educated guesses as to what might crash the game, and trying it out. I dont know about blizzard, but beta testers are often hired, before the game is even released to public beta..

 

[ShadowHunter291]

Got into the beta, its pretty sweet so far.
You can't do much right now, but I'm hoping they'll add more later.
Zerg has seen the most changes in my opinion, some of it for better, and some of it.. well.. I'll just have to wait and see.

We got no custom games or chat room yet, and the only game times we can pick are 1v1, 2v2, and FFA.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

I am a melee player more than mapmaker so this is just welcome for me that there are 1v1 2v2. But yes, I think 3 mods should be there in the next versions for those who only play custom games. Not to say any1 could play some customs from time to time. Congrats, you must be from US cause they get them mostly and if Europe, it's far not SE or East Europe.

 

[Avex]

Damnit, I got my SC2 beta and I want my editor!!!!


Else, I LOVE Sc2 already!