Beta invites for raiding guilds?
by Elizabeth Harper 
Sep 26th 2006 at 2:30PM
Multiple threads on the forums have popped up today asking about mails claiming to come from Blizzard (that is to say, an e-mail address ending in @blizzard.com) requesting the names and e-mail addresses of 25 players for beta invites. Is this real? A hoax? A scam? Responses in the forums have ranged from calling it out as an obvious scam, to saying that it's a known fact that Blizzard has been looking for raiders to test the newest raid content.
Well, Tseric has replied to one such thread dodging the scam issue entirely, telling us the following: "The players invited to the beta have a rather broad demographic, so looking at it as only raiding guilds being invited into the beta is simply inaccurate." This seems to kill the scam angle and open up another question -- if Blizzard isn't simply picking out raiding guilds for these out-of-the-blue beta invites, who are they picking? (And what do I have to do to get one? Huh, Tseric?)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zequel Sep 26th 2006 3:20PM
Its logical to assume that Blizzard will invite raiding guids. Anyone who's been on a test server can tell you that getting a group together is crazy. Blizzard inviting a raiding guild to test raiding content makes sense instead of hoping PUGs will actually get by the first boss.
Dan O'Leary Sep 26th 2006 5:51PM
I can verify 100% that these are going out. The GM of War Front on Frostmane got one last night as well. I'm not sure what the threshold is, but we are at the 4 Horsemen in Nax.
warbleflit Sep 26th 2006 7:39PM
Quick question... since I haven't gotten an invite: Did the invite say when the beta was starting? I should be getting one for my participation in the "Race to 50" Contest, but since I haven't yet, I was hoping for a little more info from those that have been invited. I was hoping to just get some info on when I should be expecting mine to show up in my inbox... *crosses fingers it's soon*
elizabeth Sep 27th 2006 12:52PM
I haven't gotten an invite myself, but here's the full screenshot of the cropped image used in the post above (and, no, it doesn't mention a date). It's just been plucked off the forums, so I cannot verify its authenticity, either.
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/2006/09/betainvite.jpg
Keeper of the Dumplings Sep 27th 2006 4:42PM
Yah the GM of my guild just got one today, so he's going through the most active of the roster to choose who will get their invites.
And now I invite you to have a dumpling!
http://murlocdumplings.com