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100,000 Annual Pass Invites On Their Way
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We appreciate that everyone who signed up for the Annual Pass is genuinely excited about seeing the new content and helping us test it for release. We definitely want to get all Annual Pass holders into the beta test as soon as humanly (and technologically) possible.

To do so, we need to make sure that our new systems remain stable as we add players. If we let everyone in at the exact same time, we risk damaging the stability of the service, and then no one would be able to play. We can’t let everyone in at the same time; however, all Annual Pass holders will be invited before any opt-ins.

We’re in the process of sending 100,000 invites to Annual Pass holders, and we recommend keeping an eye on your email and Battle.net account for an invite to come explore Pandaria.

Rest assured that we WILL get all of our Annual Pass holders into the beta test. Thank you for the passion and support you’ve shown for the game, and please be patient with us as we continue driving hard toward finishing up Mists of Pandaria and getting it into your hands as quickly as possible.
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  1. Usako's Avatar
    about 50 months of game time all-in-all. don't have a beta invite yet. hoping that when i do crash into bed finally i will wake up with a nice sunrise on my account!
  1. Sellest's Avatar
    First I was then I checked my account. Now I have to wait 8 hours to get out from work
  1. mmoc679fbf879f's Avatar
    I got it, just checked now, EU Account up since 1 patch of vanila, AU or like 3 mouth ago
  1. mmocc1593c1b93's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by mercutiouk View Post
    What IS you peoples problem. You are getting what you cried and stomped around for yet still you have to bash? Good luck in the real world when you leave home and properly join it.
    The problem is with the people who have too low standards for the quality of the services they pay for. Of course if mommy and daddy are giving you the money you don't care... maybe you should try to work and earn them to understand the issue.
  1. Sunhero's Avatar
    lol...GZ for your ideas blizzy ^^
  1. mmoc6a8a13a995's Avatar
    Had AP since 22nd of october and have a total of 78 months played...still no betah :<

    Oh well....next week then ^^
  1. Jwalla83's Avatar
    Looks like it's mostly EU invites popping up right now... I've kinda lost hope for me maybe next week... Or maybe I'll wake up with a beta-- it's gonna be hard to sleep.
  1. Numsefisk's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by starkey View Post
    hopefully this stops all the f...ing QQ threads now


    I really doubt it, there is still around 7-800k out there that will be crying for their beta keys.
  1. mercutiouk's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tempestozaur View Post
    The problem is with the people who have too low standards for the quality of the services they pay for. Of course if mommy and daddy are giving you the money you don't care... maybe you should try to work and earn them to understand the issue.
    I think that entering my 3rd decade and in a job as an oracle DBA for oracles second biggest customer would be considered "working" the fact my post pointed out "when folks leave home and join the real world" should have helped too.

    Annual pass was worded a little ambiguously, sense on top of that would lean much towards a little sense saying it wasn't going to be 1.2m people on day 1. We still have thousands of kiddies up in arms wailing that it gone a WEEK and they still aren't in beta. Like it's the end of the world or something.

    You'd think this would be much more likely with folks who are still: Young, entitled, living at home than folks who actually understand the world a bit. Basically, wrong on all points.
  1. Mickileet's Avatar
    Got inv :3
  1. haakstad's Avatar
    oh my, theoretical i've been playing since August 2005, but i got banned in 2009 becasue my account got hacked; so i made a new one. Got annual pass on day 1. No invite....Why didnt i just conntact Blizzard? :'(
  1. Idoru's Avatar
    EU day 1 account, signed up for AP during opening ceremony. No mail yet, but flagged for beta on Battle.Net
  1. mmoc41f77b3213's Avatar
    Thats 1/10 of the million AP subscribers. Not impressed.
  1. mmocb6bf711ede's Avatar
    Felling sad, around above 60months of payed gametime, I really hoped to be in this wave
  1. mmoce7c4be3900's Avatar
    blablabla got inv
  1. mmocd3dae42ceb's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Jwalla83 View Post
    Looks like it's mostly EU invites popping up right now... I've kinda lost hope for me maybe next week... Or maybe I'll wake up with a beta-- it's gonna be hard to sleep.
    Dude seriously its going to be hard to sleep......its a game. now i love this game as much as every one else in here but to lose sleep over a beta invite seems a bit silly IMO. or may be i just dont love the game as much as you lol. OP still no invite for me but hey i have a second druid to lvl till i get in
  1. Evolixe's Avatar
    Thats 10%. Bossing.
  1. Daetur's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by crusty272 View Post
    Thats 1/10 of the million AP subscribers. Not impressed.
    This early in the Beta, I'm fine with them taking in 1/10th in a SINGLE wave. We still don't know how often these waves will be, and Beta will almost certainly last for more than 10 weeks. Even if they only do waves of this size each week, they'll have everyone in in time. How large a number were you honestly expecting, I wonder?
  1. Veranya's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Vutar View Post
    And still there is zero logic in your argument. 4 servers + 1 million people = failure. It doesn't matter whether they wait a week, they are still going to need more servers in order to get 1 milion people in. The 1 million is not going to magically become a lower number that will fit into 4 servers as time goes by. The fact is they didn't plan well. Heck they admitted themselves they had no idea how they would handle beta just days prior to it going live. They utterly failed is the only explanation and now the only course of action they have is waves.
    Fair enough. I have not personally seen such a statement from them, that they had no idea. I will admit I was a bit disappointed when I saw we wouldnt get instant invites, but since I don't know too much about servers etc, what I said was my thought process about it. And yes, I must say my argument is logical. It just lacks a bit of information. I'll agree they failed with it then, if they admitted it themselves. But well what can we do, more than wait for our invites. Still, it grieves me more that my total time subscribed is higher than what Blizzard can see
  1. mmoc009db769c2's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Ogdru Jahad View Post
    Assuming they let in 100k ppl first wave, then another 100k this wave, and there were about 1 mil AP lock ins. This wont take to long to get everyone into beta! Really hoping I get in this round!
    nop only 2 and a half months

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