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What if Blizzard was just like, "Hey, it's been a great beta. Thanks for putting up with us and all the bugs and balancing. We're attaching a one time only 25% SC2 discount tag to your battle.net account. Hope to see you on bnet!" I mean, this is just an absolutely WILD idea, but one can dream . . .
Your thoughts?
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Might sound good in theory, but it's practically not doable. Either way, I'm not for it.
Beta is one of those interesting things where you're basically working for Blizzard for free, but you really really really want to, so it's mutually beneficial. I'd be happy with some sort of special achievement or something small that thanks you and show you participated in the beta, because if the game is still played in 10 years time like it's predecessor that would be pretty cool to have.
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Originally Posted by n00bonicPlague
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Uh my personal thoughts, Hell yes I want a discount.
Being realistic, getting to play the game early and etc....I'm good with that.
59$USD doesn't go far these days, *Cough* Modern Warfare 2 *Cough*.
I'm willing to spend full retail on StarCraft 2.
It's like you're going to the movies, except you know the movie will be good...so you have no hesitations on buying the ticket :) .
Despite my griefs with B.Net 2.0 and all that fancy jazz , its not so bad when you look at other games... like recently released Alien Vs Predator... First day they had Pay-For-Map DLC's which shattered the community. If you go on right now, you can't find a single full server...just a myriad of empty servers...rather depressing actually...I was looking forward to Alien vs Predator..
I would much rather have something that showed I participated in the beta to be honest.
I want my T-shirt
I'd definitely go for that. A little achievement or something would be nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRabidDeer
As a shareholder, no. lol
sound good tough but there are many testers and that will be lost of money i guess...
i say no to this but as someone already said... when the game is released beta tester could get a "beta tester" medal or something.. that could be cool
It's pretty funny so many people voted "hell no". Like "no way I want my games cheaper! Wth is blizzard thinking!" ;)
'Putting up' with bugs and balancing? Being in the beta is a frickin' PRIVILEGE.
Heck no with getting a discount on SC2 for being in the beta!
Not that I wouldn't mind a discount, but a discount for being in the beta makes no sense to me. :p
this is a strange poll - yes, I'm sure everyone here would enjoy paying less for a video game, but nobody feels like blizzard owes them anything. They pass out beta invites, not beta requests - playing the game is its own reward.
Getting to play the game early and participate in its development, is, I think, compensation enough.
As much as I'd love a discount, we get to help make a Blizzard game, albeit in a very small capacity.
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Originally Posted by CrowToss
They were probaly not in the beta.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammy
Getting to play the beta is a reward.
That surprised me too. There is a lot of beta testers here, so it's like asking "do you want a discount?". Well, of course i do!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammy
Hell yes to me,but it's not gonna happen.
They benefited us by letting us into the beta; not the other way around. The only way we're valuable is in the thousands. They're already giving us a hell of a deal at 60$. No need to make it any cheaper. Besides, think of how many damn people were in the beta after the pre-order bonuses.
@Perfecttear: I was in beta but I voted Hell No. I don't like hand-outs and I don't feel like Blizzard owes me anything. In fact, I owe THEM for 12 years of SCBW and allowing me into the beta.
Yeah, maybe there is 100k person in this beta right now. Just cutting 10$ off these 100k person is one million dollar less income, this would be stupid....
But i am all for a "Feath of strengh : Beta tester."
Well said!Quote:
Originally Posted by TychusFindlay
I was not in the beta, though I did have a Gamestop key. I didn't want to spoil my anticipation to play, and I lived the beta vicariously through all the wonderful livestreams and replays. :D
Here is something that could serve as a reward for beta: allow the beta rankings to transfer into the first ladder and/or league rankings and thank you guys by not making you replay your placement matches. :) Thoughts on that?
It's quite a stretch to say that most beta testers are "working" for Blizzard, much less in any way that merits compensation. Honestly, I think you'd have an easier time making the opposite argument--i.e. that beta testers should pay for the privilege.
Hey, I'll take any discount any day. And man, that kotick image is scary.
Maybe when Bobby Kottick starts to fly.
But in all seriousness, it wouldn't be fair to all the other users.
I voted hell yes, but this idea would never happen.
If beta testers actually got a discount... man that would be dumb. Hahaha plus it would never happen.
I don't want no cheaper game, I want an achievement!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammy
Blizzard and any other company in the right mind would never do this. For some if not most people would get a free discount, when others from the BlizzCon had to pay a some bit. Anyways with Activation merged with blizzard, that would never happen. It would probably be reverse if anything because of Activation. I voted the bottom one too.
Hell yes would be the answer dreaming on. but real life is usually not that easy... the answer is no.
That's exactly what I was thinking. I'm pretty sure no one who participated in beta can justifiably say they felt as though they were "working" for Blizzard, or "working" at all for that matter. We all got to play an awesome game for months before it was even released! But, of course I would take a discount if they offered it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxa
Since the question is not "would it be a logical for Blizzard to give beta testers a discount" and instead is "would you approve a discount" how can you not want a discount? You people are crazy! I want my game cheaper k thx:p
Conversation with my dad the other night when I told him Beta was ending and I wouldn't need to use his PC anymore:
I voted no. As far as I'm concerned, being able to take part in the beta, test out the features of B.net 2.0 and play the game before it gets officially released is its own reward. Getting a discount for SC2 though wouldn't be a bad thing in itself. But it would either be ruthlessly exploited so too many people tried to take advantage of it, or it would be so complicated involving ID and Blizzard email alerts to stores that it wouldn't work properly and would be confusing.Quote:
"So you need to buy the full game now right?"
"I will when it comes out."
"They should give you a free one just for testing for them."
I went silent as a million smartass replies went through my head.
"I got nothing for that. Actually I got too much for that and can't decide what to say."
"Well they should pay you for testing it for them."
"They did, they let me play the game before it comes out, that my payment."
"Well you should get a free copy anyway, aren't you a member of their board of representatives or something?"
"Huh?"
"You know, you write up stuff for them, go to the conventions for them or something."
"Years ago I did that stuff for a Blizzard fansite, what the hell would make you think I actually had a job with a large-scale video game company?"
"I dunno."
So, no. Be a neat bonus, but nah. The simplest way would be if Blizzard emailed some sort of print-off coupon to the testers, but people would try to find a way to exploit it and mass-produce copies for friends.
Woah, this actually turned out to be an interesting discussion.
Totally caught me off guard o_o
Thanks for the input, guys.
He! Then people wonders why Kotick can afford to be such an asshole :rolleyes:
Do you want a cheaper game?
No, we don't deserve it!
Come on...
Call it a more charitable reading of the OP's question; otherwise it's completely vacuous. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Norfindel
I see that the time when man rolled up his sleeves and made his own way in the world is gone.
All I want is a portrait. That's all.
Hell no. You volunteered. You wanted to do it. Your reward WAS the BETA. Not everyone who wanted to join could join.
ps. I partly blame you (BETA testers) for making this game so shit. j/k, that's really Blizzard's fault.
I agree with hell no for the discount. But i wish they handout maybe an achievement for helping beta test it but realistically no i don't think they'll do that.
Actually near the end you could preorder the beta and get a key that way. or opt in like I did. If you wanted one you could have gotten one. Not to mention the 2 friend beta key passes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceman_jkh
I think the ps is way out of line. Blizzard has worked hard on this game and while some of the features are not there that we want over all its still going to be a GREAT game. Some of these programmers and balancers have to work pretty long hours during this crunch time, don't dishonor that by calling their game ****.
It's blizzard. Most likely they'd do the opposite, and everyone who wasn't in the beta would have to pay a little more than the norm.
I bet they'll just give us some award or something saying we played in the beta.
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Originally Posted by SaharaDrac