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Hearthstone Closed Beta - Open beta in NA, elsewhere next few days. New thread soon!

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Apparently something is going on tomorrow with the BlizzardCS page on Facebook. Probably another sweepstakes but the wording makes it sound like a much bigger chance to get in. Shame I deleted my facebook account recently - figures!
 
its weird how fast he picks up and learns certain games (hearthstone, poe) then completely fails at dark souls.

i don't think kripp has picked up hearthstone fast at all, especially for someone who used to play MTG, which is a far more complex game. he still makes horrible decisions at times, and moreover he has a bad attitude when he loses (he just topdecked me, nothing i could have done, i made no mistakes, rogue going 1st is unstoppable).

the last time i watched his stream he was participating in the streamer tournament and lost to reckful's druid deck. (trump eventually won the tournament) after the loss he kept saying how the druid deck was tailor-made to beat his paladin deck (wasn't true) and how he would have won if he tried harder. it's extremely rare to see him say "i got outplayed" and much more common for him to blame luck.
 
Apparently something is going on tomorrow with the BlizzardCS page on Facebook. Probably another sweepstakes but the wording makes it sound like a much bigger chance to get in. Shame I deleted my facebook account recently - figures!

I seen that. I hope it's a huge opt-in wave but I'm just going to tell myself they will reveal the open beta date or release date. Can't get my hopes up too much!

i don't think kripp has picked up hearthstone fast at all, especially for someone who used to play MTG, which is a far more complex game. he still makes horrible decisions at times, and moreover he has a bad attitude when he loses (he just topdecked me, nothing i could have done, i made no mistakes, rogue going 1st is unstoppable).

the last time i watched his stream he was participating in the streamer tournament and lost to reckful's druid deck. (trump eventually won the tournament) after the loss he kept saying how the druid deck was tailor-made to beat his paladin deck (wasn't true) and how he would have won if he tried harder. it's extremely rare to see him say "i got outplayed" and much more common for him to blame luck.

Exactly the reason I don't watch him any longer. Trump will let you know when he has been outplayed straight up.
 
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Whooohoo!
 
New invites going out?
 
No idea, have had it sitting in my inbox for a little while without noticing. :)
I'm in EU for whatever that's worth.
 
I think I'm giving up on Blizzard after subscribing to their games for almost a decade and getting not a single beta invite despite signing up for every single one there's ever been. I won't even go into what they're doing to WoW.
 
I'm doing the same on their twitter...

i need a key!

I really hope stuff like this has a negative effect on hype by people getting tired of it.
Making thousands F5 over hours for one single key is just a dickmove in my opinion - and I hate myself for being a part of it...
 
Sending emails about console version of Diablo 3 on the same day as Hearthstone EU beta keys is a dick move :(
 
I know they choose tester based to the hardware profiles they need to test, but there is any form of first come first served?

I signed up for this beta on the day they announced the game.
 
I know they choose tester based to the hardware profiles they need to test, but there is any form of first come first served?

I signed up for this beta on the day they announced the game.

Nope, completely random, it's only depending on the hardware you have and the hardware they need to test it on.

God I wish I had a key :(
 
Caved and created an account simply to like the BlizzardCS page. I'm sure its going to be something stupid, and not a key to the beta, but I figured it couldn't hurt to try.
 
Ok - Blizzard has gone full retard - you have to F5 their Facebook page for a whole month now...

Alright, let's get this party started here - Firstly, we have 1,000 keys to giveaway, and we'll be distributing those over the course of the month from today through Oct. 4th. Each day, we're going to announce when a small batch is made available, and the first group of folks who request the batch (through private message!!) will be given a key.

Now, we also have bigger batches that are going to be distributed when we hit our 'like' milestones, and the sweet news is we've already blown past the first one at 30K, so today we're going to knock out a big chunk.

Now, we understand that not everyone is on the same schedule and many of you who want the keys maybe can't view the page right now, so we'll be breaking up these announcements throughout different times throughout the coming days. For now though, we're going to get this started with a bang...

...so the first 100 ppl to privately message us right now, who have 'liked' the page will receive a key.

Good luck adventurers! Remember, this is just the first batch - we'll do another one later in the day
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I was considering trying to get a key through that Facebook page but man, I really shouldn't even try. They just distributed 100 keys and they were gone before my browser even realized there was a new post up on the page. Basically you have to have that site open and check it every 30 seconds for the next month to have a realistic chance (1000 keys total for the next month, that isn't much is it?)

..but.. but.. I'm probably going to keep refreshing anyway, driving myself mad. At least I know there's tens of thousands of other people going insane at the same time :)
 
Yeah, each new post on that Facebook account is getting like 1 comment / second even when there's nothing to win. I'm not gonna bother with that, the odds are just too low.

Also, 1000 keys (well 900 now) over the course of a month is like 30 keys a day, so it's fair to assume it's gonna be batches of 10 or so. It's gonna go in a couple of seconds.
 
Are they doing this in lieu of opt-in? Because this Facebook beta thing is really, really stupid.
 
I almost feel bad. I created a Facebook account, maybe 30 minutes before they posted the info on the new giveaway, liked the BlizzardCS page, and somehow managed to be one of the first 100 people to message them when the 1st real "message us to win" post went live. (It helped that I knew the first contest option would be posted soon after they posted the "rules" so I just kept refreshing.)

So yeah, miraculously I am now in the beta!

Now to impatiently wait for this day to end so I can get home, download it, and fire this thing up. (And I thought that it would be murder waiting for this day to pass on it's own - It's my last day at my current job with 10 days off before I start the new job. Now I really can't wait to get out of here.)
 
This is the first card game I've played but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Win rate has gone way up lately (I'm still only 2 star gold though)
 
Got the damn Diablo 3 for consoles email for the 100th time again...

....and another email with a Hearthstone beta invite XD

Cant wait to give it a try tonight.
 
That Diablo 3 console email.......................was a pleasant kick in the balls this morning. I want to play Hearthstone so badly! I've never done a TCG, so it should be cool.
 
I thought they were closer to release but if there still giving away keys by 10/4 than who really knows. I guess it is blizzard so they take forever to release games just for the sake of it. I've watched a few matches of the game online and looks complete enough for a release to me...oh well whatever.
 
Holy fuck the adrenaline rush refreshing that Facebook page... hope I made it but there were 1k+ likes after less than a minute... This is so dumb.
 
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