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by Adam Holisky 
Nov 25th 2009 at 1:00PM
Blizzard is offering, via email, select inactive accounts the chance to return to the game with free seven days worth of game time. These emails are what appears to be a special unannounced promotion for those that have left Azeroth, coinciding with the five year anniversary of WoW.
We can confirm these emails are legitimate, the links and headers all point back to blizzard.com servers. And indeed a blue over in the Customer Service forums has more or less confirmed that it's legit.
These kinds of promotions are not all that uncommon in the MMO world. Several companies that have MMOs of varying degrees of success have offered them in the past -- they're a nice way to get some old players back and make them feel like part of the community again.
We want to be sure we're clear: it appears these emails are not going to all unsubscribed accounts. If you have an unsubscribed account, don't count on getting one; right now it looks like it's just random chance whether or not you'll get some free game time.
Thanks to AishaLove for the help!
We can confirm these emails are legitimate, the links and headers all point back to blizzard.com servers. And indeed a blue over in the Customer Service forums has more or less confirmed that it's legit.
These kinds of promotions are not all that uncommon in the MMO world. Several companies that have MMOs of varying degrees of success have offered them in the past -- they're a nice way to get some old players back and make them feel like part of the community again.
We want to be sure we're clear: it appears these emails are not going to all unsubscribed accounts. If you have an unsubscribed account, don't count on getting one; right now it looks like it's just random chance whether or not you'll get some free game time.
Thanks to AishaLove for the help!
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
lionessa93 Nov 28th 2009 5:37AM
I just got one!
mackenzie Nov 28th 2009 11:46PM
i tried using my time but nothing happens when i click the button in the email just takes me to my battlenet account can anyone explain to me what to do?
lohthx1r Dec 1st 2009 8:54AM
Exactly my case, I click on the button and it bring me back to my account where I can't find anywhere to claim the 7 days free time.
Email to billing@blizzard prove no help at all, no response at all...
Is this a HOAX ????
cpbjr Dec 2nd 2009 2:50AM
had the same problem. .... u need to go to your battle.net account page to activate the game time. problem solved!
HIM_joinme_indeath_valo Jan 10th 2010 9:28PM
i dont really think thats fair...i mean i understand they want the people that dont play to come back to the game....
but what about the people that do play..all we get is a lame pet?...i would much rather have the 7 days added to my game time then get a pet
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