Binky the Bomb
Fledgling Freddie
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A friend of mine who is sadly hooked to WoW has asked a mequestion about the pre-order Beta codes for the CE that I think requires an answer on the 'official' forums.
"If someone buys the CE, then sells the open beta code on Ebay for (suppose) £50, the unlucky person to buy it wont be able to use it with a normal version of the game right?"
A guy in her guild is offering 3 beta codes out for some heafty cash, because he's getting three CE's for himsel and friends. To re-coup some of the money, he'll start when the game goes public, and loose his early beta access. In turn, somone else will make an account with the code and use a regular version of the game to get a head start.
Nice idea, but I see a flaw in this. The CE will be sent out in advance of the Open beta, and the normal version wont ship till the public access, so whoever gets the code will have maybe 3 day at best into he beta, right? Effectively loosing much of the £50 they just spent.
She, and I, would like to know if that would work, because I can see a huge pile of monkey poo being shipped in and an industrial fan being lined up, just for this.
"If someone buys the CE, then sells the open beta code on Ebay for (suppose) £50, the unlucky person to buy it wont be able to use it with a normal version of the game right?"
A guy in her guild is offering 3 beta codes out for some heafty cash, because he's getting three CE's for himsel and friends. To re-coup some of the money, he'll start when the game goes public, and loose his early beta access. In turn, somone else will make an account with the code and use a regular version of the game to get a head start.
Nice idea, but I see a flaw in this. The CE will be sent out in advance of the Open beta, and the normal version wont ship till the public access, so whoever gets the code will have maybe 3 day at best into he beta, right? Effectively loosing much of the £50 they just spent.
She, and I, would like to know if that would work, because I can see a huge pile of monkey poo being shipped in and an industrial fan being lined up, just for this.