StarCraft II Beta Invites a Hoax?

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Posted 20th Mar 2009 02:14 PM by Leord

This is a rumour so take it at face value: Community members have expressed concerns that the previously mentioned StarCraft II Beta Invite start on the newly launched Battle.net 2.0 might be an elaborate hoax. No concrete evidence has been found to prove it a hoax, and Blizzard have not commented on the matter so we will keep you up to date on the issue.

If it is a hoax, it's still a wake-up call for fans to register a Battle.net account (US site) and opt-in for the StarCraft II Beta! If it's not a hoax, there would still be extremely few fans who would get a beta key, and not even positive that they would be vocal about it. It will likely take a statement from Blizzard to prove this claim right or wrong.

UPDATE!
The beta invite screenshot, and claim of an active invite process is confirmed to be a hoax by Karune.

Filed Under: Battle.net, Beta, Rumours

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alien_

Posted 20, Mar 2009 05:04 PM

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It is fake. I compared the fonts: See it for yourself.
http://gamepod.hu/dl/upc/2009-03/27376_fakeb.jpg

SurDrake

Posted 20, Mar 2009 05:40 PM

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Wasn't Blazur the same person who faked the "B3T41NMRCH" thing as well? Or was that a different b.net troll? And thanks for posting this Leord.

Adisuki

Posted 20, Mar 2009 08:30 PM

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Yep, Blazur did it, and Blazur admited the hoax. I think the devs are pissing from laughter right now.

Blazur

Posted 22, Mar 2009 02:31 AM

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@Adisuki Actually, this probably pissed off the devs because it likely resulted in several people creating multiple spoof accounts in the hopes of getting a random invitation...essentially absorbing all the unique usernames. Something I didn't consider when I put together that image.

Leord

Posted 23, Mar 2009 02:48 PM

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To be fair though, I am pretty sure they would have done that ANYWAY, since the beta opt-ins have NOT disappeared just because your fine hoax was debunked.