GGG fooling people with beta invites.

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DarkWestern wrote:

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SethRa wrote:

Beta timer gives out keys to users who have registered on this page months ago and never posted or visited the page again. This is where the fooling part kicks in...

People are still excited as they see beta keys are given out. Everybody have high hopes for getting a key but keys are mainly given out to inactive/passive users. Those keys are never used. This means the total amount of beta users is increasing. But the number of new active users who are going to activate their beta account and actually try out the game is very low. They already have enough beta testers and there is no need for more.

I understand computer games are a business and GGG needs to keep people interested in the game while Diablo 3 is knocking at the door.

This is my opinion about the current situation, feel free to express yours.

I would have to say, this is a closed beta, not everyone gets in.

Some sooner than others, some later.
If you really want to get in, try to post helpful posts, try to be active, make some friends, and maybe, just maybe, someone will say "Screw the random timer!" and hand your deserving self a friend invite.

Try it out.

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snyki wrote:

I repeat again some mod ban this troll,please.

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oblomir wrote:

As far as conspiracy theories go, this on is batshit insane.

They're not fooling anyone, there's just no way GGG has the time or manpower to design and implement some invite system which would interview, judge, rate and finally pick ideal candidates for the beta, so they just pick them at random.

Simple as that.

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whiteBoy88 wrote:

Some points for the OP and everyone else to consider:

• The main difference between this closed beta invite system and the ones used in different games is that this one shows the entire community who is being invited. If there was no timer (or it wasn't shown) we would have just as many "are people still being invited?" threads as we do complaint threads.
• As you said, GGG might actually be happy with the current number of testers. If that is the truth, everyone should be grateful that the timer is still inviting. If they were unhappy with the current number, they would do something to invite more people, right?
• You're assuming that accounts that didn't log in after creation won't play and test the game. This isn't true; I'm a prime example of someone who never logged in, but read the forums and news daily. Seeing all the complaints being posted now, I don't blame people for not wanting to be active on the forums.
• Many of the 124,000+ accounts were created by dishonest people to cheat the system that started off being fair to everyone. Blame these cheaters, not GGG, for the majority of the inactive accounts that are invited.
• Inviting only active forum members would do nothing but create more spam.
• Inviting only accounts that log in would just slow the server.

The number of people playing at any given time is largely influenced by time of day. When I play in the morning (American CST), there are usually 100-110 online. When I play at night, there are usually 150+. Considering that most people don't play all day, we can safely assume that multiple times those amounts are logging in each day, at different times. A value is just a value when you can't see who is actually online when you check.

• This is the part i call fooling people...If GGG is happy about the current number of testers they should indeed stop the timer. People are hoping to get an invite but 90% of keys are going out to inactive users.
• Yes, if you get into beta you have to be active or you are useless...Beta user has to give feedback about the game, how to improve,to report bugs etc.
• Another wow...There has always been dishonest people who are willing to cheat. if GGG creates a game they have to take care that the game is enjoyable to everybody. It is their responsibility to prevent those people ruining the experience for others. If they don`t do anyhing, things like 5000 keys given out and less than 100 people online will happen!
• Yea, it will definitely create more feedback about the game...you can call it spam if you wish but i don`t think that way.
• That is not the thing user (casual player) has to worrie about.