The testers are all in now, Phase 4 invites and NZone winners and ST winners

Neas

yup they are .

jimothypetro

How do you know they're all in. Last I heard was they were resending alot of invites because of some problems.. did they say something recently?

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Neas

well checking on the forums they all on their posting their HI messages

Vakktn

This means we are alot closer to open beta now =D Hopefully

Ominis

Well too bad. Didn't make it in again. But like Vakktn said even closer to the Open Beta. Guess I'll have Rome: Total War to keep me busy this weekend. (and hopefully a little longer then that)

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Geoff52

How do you figue that WoW phase FOUR invites are out when the OFFICIAL WoW site says they JUST started sending out Phase TWO???

If you saw it on the OFFICIAL site either as news or as a post by Blizzard personnel it's one thing. Otherwise, sounds like some kid was just trying to make folks feel bad...LOL

If you saw something official about phase 4, could you please post the link? Thx.

eschient

From Battle.net

1. New Invites Sent! | 9/24/2004 7:49:01 PM GMTDT

The extra Closed Beta invitations have now been sent! Thank you for being patient with us, and best of luck from the Blizzard team!

If you do not get in, I hope to see you in Open Beta.
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager, WoW

And they are beta 4 invites. "Beta 2" is the name of the new server that they added.

From Battle.net

6. Re: Blizz:Why select Nvidia winners over... | 9/23/2004 7:35:59 PM GMTDT

We are picking both, essentially.

We are not ignoring those that signed up initially all that time ago. The Phase 4 invites, in addition to the winning stress testers, are being sent to those who did sign up all that time ago.

The NVidia contest was, among other things, a chance for those who missed the initial signup to get into Closed Beta.

We do our best to cater to everyone, old and new.
- Caydiem -
Assistant Community Manager, WoW

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eblan

Blah, hopefully next beta Blizzard at least gives us the option to change our email address, I moved after the beta signups ended and was forced to change my email address. Heh also hopefully next time Nzone runs a contest they pay attention to the 20,000 submissions (most likely) coming from the same IP. Live and learn, err well, as long as they learn I guess.

Crazy_Albino

I'm a bit irritated that Blizzard didn't do a whole lot about the duplicate invites being sent.  I believe all they said to those who recieved more than one, "Just give it to a friend" or something along those lines. IMO, what they should've done was track the duplicate emails, deactivate the extra keys and resend new ones to new people! Why would that have been so hard!?

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Tombs

Yes, this is Phase 4.

If you feel like going back in the WoW archives for news on their main site:

Katricia on 06/21/04 announced:

"Phase Three of the World of Warcraft Beta test has started, and we have randomly selected the next group..."

However, on 08/11 it was announced that they had closed the Euro Closed Beta app process and it would be starting soon...umm hasn't started in 45 days.

Open Beta in October? Try Open Beta in December, maybe.

hartski

Ack, I thought the nZone invites didn't go out yet! Oh well 1,000 is to slim of a chance anyway

Helixwolf

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Originally posted by Crazy_Albino

I'm a bit irritated that Blizzard didn't do a whole lot about the duplicate invites being sent.  I believe all they said to those who recieved more than one, "Just give it to a friend" or something along those lines. IMO, what they should've done was track the duplicate emails, deactivate the extra keys and resend new ones to new people! Why would that have been so hard!?

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/4150d77cze6f03e58/glycerine_glow/__sr_/45c7.jpg?pfRKGWBBX6NJftrY

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If someone received more then one, it's most likely going to end up on Ebay. There's no way in hell someone (not everyone) would give someone else a beta account who was less fortunate to not win.

I agree, they should track the duplicates and deactivate them, then reissue new ones to those who didn't receive a beta key.

Crazy_Albino

I do trust blizzard over any other company, but I doubt they are going to do anything more about the situation.  Their concerns now lie in completing the game since they have plenty of beta testers, unfortunately Im not one of them, but this is a worthwhile game to wait for.