100,000 Annual Pass Invites On Their Way

Originally Posted by Veranya

It's fairly logical if you consider that Blizzard never ever throws money at stuff, if they can get away with not doing it. And they can. So they won't. Hence, it is logical that they use a minimum of servers required for testing and getting all AP holders in to beta before it ends and hopefully as soon as possible. Even if they don't want to throw money at stuff, they still don't want to piss their customers off too much either. I just thought it was logical they would do that. I wouldn't throw money at a problem in my line of work. That would mean the customer would end up having to pay more to get it done faster than "normal deadline", or my company losing money. And that's no good.

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.

I'll call it off for now. Those who still dont have any invites, just be patient, WE really cant do anymore. Maybe better luck later, or next time. gn

Awesome to actually hear some insight from blizzard that wasn't just beating around the bush

September 2005 account creation, 1st day AP signup, EU, got mine.

Figures, people are still QQ'ing even though waves have started. I really wish people would research how every other beta has went before they start QQ'ing about this stuff. Only difference between the initial wave they did last week and the one for cata was they called it F&F Beta this time instead of F&F Alpha, which is what it actually was. Now beta has started. They can start waves and stress test the servers. Waves should be coming out rather regularly now as long as there isn't a huge issue found with this wave. So cool your jets peeps. You'll get in. Plenty of us still sitting here waiting. It'll happen, just gotta have a little more patience.

Originally Posted by ejpaints

Only difference between the initial wave they did last week and the one for cata was they called it F&F Beta this time instead of F&F Alpha, which is what it actually was. Now beta has started.

No, I was in Beta last week and I'm not a part of any F&F thing :P
*Edit* - To be exact, I noticed around this time last week my account was flagged but I received no Email saying I had access to Beta so it might have been sooner that I had gotten the Invited, I don't log into Battle.net every day. If I hadn't logged in by chance then, I may not have even realized by now.

i'm afraid that a d3 beta invite may be even worse than just not getting in tonight *what if it means i'm like last in line and it truly is a consolation prize?* sorry but not really much of one if the game is coming out in full in just over 15 days. (which it is right?) edit: 1 month 15 days ...possibly decent consolation prize if it doesn't mean i can expect to wait 1 month 15 days for a mop beta invite <.< ...plus 17gigs of precious HD space is alright taken with pre-downloaded mop beta files =(

Originally Posted by Razirm

No, I was in Beta last week and I'm not a part of any F&F thing :P

Blizzard confirmed anyone stating they aren't part of an official site or Friends/family is trolling. You didn't get anything without being one of those.

Originally Posted by Eon Drache

Blizzard confirmed anyone stating they aren't part of an official site or Friends/family is trolling. You didn't get anything without being one of those.

The fact people just take blizzard for their word still makes me laugh nicely.

dont care bout MOP - giev diablo beta

just got my invite. been playing since the first night the EU servers went live, a couple small breaks (1-2months max.) got AP while he was still talking about it on Blizzcon. weekend is saved!

Originally Posted by terminaltrip421

i'm afraid that a d3 beta invite may be even worse than just not getting in tonight *what if it means i'm like last in line and it truly is a consolation prize?* sorry but not really much of one if the game is coming out in full in just over 15 days. (which it is right?) edit: 1 month 15 days ...possibly decent consolation prize if it doesn't mean i can expect to wait 1 month 15 days for a mop beta invite <.< ...plus 17gigs of precious HD space is alright taken with pre-downloaded mop beta files =(

You DO realise the diablo bit is a seperate post entirely right? It's just linked at the top.

This is about the MoP beta that all the whiney self entitled brats have been bitching about since 5 minutes after it started and they weren't in. (mods: You can't say i'm wrong).

Originally Posted by Eon Drache

Blizzard confirmed anyone stating they aren't part of an official site or Friends/family is trolling. You didn't get anything without being one of those.

Please source this quote. I was invited previously and am definitely not F&F. So unless I have a little angel watching out for me with my e-mail... :P

Originally Posted by Mewtwo

If you are quitting glad to see you gone, WoW needs less people like you :3

Yes, WoW needs more Blizzard drones like you, who are willing to pay a lot of money to them with out getting back what they were promised

Just got my invite, feels good to be part of 100,000. Isn't that large a number.

Originally Posted by kur1

Please source this quote. I was invited previously and am definitely not F&F. So unless I have a little angel watching out for me with my e-mail... :P

I'm definitely not F&F or press/fansite. I've taken part in most previous beta's though so might have ended up on the "approved testers" list.

Originally Posted by Vutar

lol you really need to think about what you are saying. You are basically making my argument for me. You are saying they can't be compared becuase of the number of servers? Who's fault is it that Blizzard used 4 servers when beta went live? They knew months in advance how many people had AP and they put 4 servers out...

Hahahaha oh I get it ... You're someone who thinks that Blizzard should have had 50 servers up on Day 1 Beta and invited every single AP holder..

Ok sure... Keep living that Sweet life of Being Moronic. BioWare had alot of people in Beta ... Even on the Open Beta weekends they DID NOT have 50 servers running.

Blizzard SHOULD have made it clear that we were going to get invites in Waves BEFORE they announced the Beta.
They SHOULD have made it clear AP holders would get in before all Opt-Ins BEFORE they announced the Beta.

I definitely think Blizzard lacked Communication in this whole Scenario instead of just Springing it on everyone During and after the Beta Announcement...

But even with that aside... You can't seriously think, and have expected, Blizzard to be hosting countless Beta servers and inviting 1million People into the Buggy and Unstable Patch/Servers ON DAY ONE. Hell they could have put 1 server up and invited only Press and still been well within their rights, would still have been disheartening, but definitely Within their Rights.

BashiokBlue Poster#332 - 2012/03/30 04:12:00 AMAnyways you can tell us what all you look for when you Invite?Besides How old account is and when we purchased AP?Annual Pass is a guaranteed entry, there is no consideration made beyond cumulative subscription time and when the Annual Pass was purchased.

Originally Posted by Tempestozaur

Yes, WoW needs more Blizzard drones like you, who are willing to pay a lot of money to them with out getting back what they were promised

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.

Must be nice.