Beta Keys for Shadowlands

[munkeyinorbit]

Oh great. Beta-Keys for influencers aka. the most useless people on earth.

You say that angrily but there's obviously a (pre covid) market for it. If it didn't work then there would be no such thing as an influencer. Before you say they don't work on you there are studies that show even people who hate influencers get the message.

[Herrm]

Well, this is one of the worst ideas Blizzard has had, which is saying A LOT. Give it to the people that will actually use it to make the game better, common sense, Jesus Christ.

[McNeil]

I wonder why they never gave keys to Asmongold while he has been carrying the WoW section on Twitch with around 50k viewers on average. Yet the small streamers who constantly shill for the game have like an unlimited amount of keys.

[LCDArcade]

I wonder why they never gave keys to Asmongold while he has been carrying the WoW section on Twitch with around 50k viewers on average. Yet the small streamers who constantly shill for the game have like an unlimited amount of keys.

Because companies don't like highly opinionated people constantly criticizing their product.
Take this from someone who use to do a lot of community work for an Xbox game at Microsoft for a few years then completely put on the don't talk to list when I started to be more open about my real thoughts haha.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

so this is just more proof that Blizzard is starting to cater more towards the streamers...just pathetic

Starting? They have been doing this since mop.

[Clozer]

Just get CE. Easiest beta inv ever.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Because companies don't like highly opinionated people constantly criticizing their product.
Take this from someone who use to do a lot of community work for an Xbox game at Microsoft for a few years then completely put on the don't talk to list when I started to be more open about my real thoughts haha.

Doesn’t really hold water given that ion had an “interview” not long ago with preach who is highly opinionated and constantly criticizing Them.

[Wyattbw09]

why in gods name would blizz do this knowing fine well it will be abused by greedy money hungry twitch streamers who care little for blizz or wow,beyond me tbh.

Because giving keys to streamers is not about beta testing it's about marketing. It's about getting eyeballs on SL to drive sales. It's not like every Beta tester is out there looking for bugs and stressing systems. So many people just use beta as a preview anyway doing this is hardly diminishing the beta.

[Herrm]

Just get CE. Easiest beta inv ever.

I did as soon as it was available to preorder, still no key.

[Clozer]

I did as soon as it was available to preorder, still no key.

Cutting Edge, theoretically can be preorded as well, but I'm quite sure you didn't think about Cutting Edge here.

[Herrm]

Cutting Edge, theoretically can be preorded as well, but I'm quite sure you didn't think about Cutting Edge here.

Ohhh, hahaha

[SoundOfGuns]

You say that angrily but there's obviously a (pre covid) market for it. If it didn't work then there would be no such thing as an influencer. Before you say they don't work on you there are studies that show even people who hate influencers get the message.

That's a fair point... But im sure you get what i mean...

[SinR]

I'm casual as fuck, haven't even pre-ordered yet, but got an invite I never play.

[Frolk]

"Wow, fuck Blizzard for marketing their game " - Angry casual mmo-c forum goer 2020

[deenman]

Just another terrible idea from Blizzard. This whole method went swimmingly well during the Legion beta where some Wow streamers turned the giveaways into an Auction House of donations. Blizzard isn't even democratic or remotely fair in their methods when giving out beta keys, there are plenty of loyal WOW players and content creators who've been ignored by Blizzard during the entire alpha/ beta.

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The art dept. had literally carried WOW since WOD. And yes, it's definitely obvious WOW's budget has been cut, once again they're delivering "less" with "less" and will use the patented excuse of not enough resources or time when Shadowlands fails or proves to be mediocre (which is a fairer assessment).

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And their marketing is really bad, cause they've left out a lot of content creators.

legion had the most content of any expansion...bfa was also fairly high,im rly not seeing these imaginary budget cuts

[prwraith]

People...watch influencers? Like as a thing still?

I thought that was a fad that'd long since blow over, they're all insufferably annoying.

[niztheundead87]

reeeee blizzard is greedy but sub in my twich / youtube channel support me in patreon buy my shit

[jdbond]

Why? Game is like 3 months away from drop. Even less. Pre-patch around October mid. WHO really wants to play "beta" now and then play it again months later?

[ClassicPeon]

I once lowered my standards to a point where i followed Tali on twitch to get a beta key. It was a dark time. I got over it and unfollowed again.

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People...watch influencers? Like as a thing still?

I thought that was a fad that'd long since blow over, they're all insufferably annoying.

I mean its a growing population and always have been. Not sure where you get your info from

[arboachg]

Because giving keys to streamers is not about beta testing it's about marketing. It's about getting eyeballs on SL to drive sales. It's not like every Beta tester is out there looking for bugs and stressing systems. So many people just use beta as a preview anyway doing this is hardly diminishing the beta.

Perhaps the fact that Asmongold and his content are complete trash is why?