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Alright just sent keys!

Everyone whos online that I mentioned in the first list, GO GO GO!

2nd List People, wait till Sunday the 2nd and you shall have a key too.

Corona and Raa, added to 2nd List. Gonna have to start a 3rd List now.

3rd List People:

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Anyone who needs a key, say "i want a key" explain why, and ill put you on the list. Im choosing real passionate / honest people. Even if you played SC for 1 day or lifetime, as long as your honest with me and WHOLE HEARTEDLY want to play this game, you get a key. If i give you a key, and it goes to waste, dont expect anything more out of me anymore.

thank you so much dude :D

I work at BB, our pre orders were labled for march 31st originally I believe, but they've been moved up obviously.

I would be pre ordering right now, but Im going to wait and see what the premium package costs after staff discount.

Oh, very nice (Y).

Please share how much it will cost, my CE will cost me 89$.

Might get 2 if I have the money.

Anyone who needs a key, say "i want a key" explain why, and ill put you on the list. Im choosing real passionate / honest people. Even if you played SC for 1 day or lifetime, as long as your honest with me and WHOLE HEARTEDLY want to play this game, you get a key. If i give you a key, and it goes to waste, dont expect anything more out of me anymore.

I want a key because I've been Blizzard's loyal pet ever since the day of Diablo 1 and the original Warcraft :( and because I want to make my friends jealous that I've played the game first before all of them. Also want to blog about the Beta, getting millions of visitors a month because of it (nah, the last one is a joke - I'm sure it's against the TOS as much as I want to :D)

I want a key because I've been Blizzard's loyal pet ever since the day of Diablo 1 and the original Warcraft :( and because I want to make my friends jealous that I've played the game first before all of them. Also want to blog about the Beta, getting millions of visitors a month because of it (nah, the last one is a joke - I'm sure it's against the TOS as much as I want to :D)

People(Pros) are technically "blogging" about the beta, so not much TOS there lol. But, your on the list. This is the answers im expecting. Not "I wanna try this game out".

If you still have a key Sikh I would really love to get it :D. I play SC for ten years now... battle.net, ICCUP etc (In fact tonight is the SC night - once a week we gather and play 1v1 :). So a key will make at least 3 people happy cause we will share that key until the SC2 is released. I would pre-order it but unfortunately that offer is not available in my country :(. Thanks.

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If you still have a key Sikh I would really love to get it :D. I play SC for ten years now... battle.net, ICCUP etc (In fact tonight is the SC night - once a week we gather and play 1v1 :). So a key will make at least 3 people happy cause we will share that key until the SC2 is released. I would pre-order it but unfortunately that offer is not available in my country :(. Thanks.

ahaha Super Pro!

You will get 3 keys. I am proud to see some ICCUp players. I knew a few people personally who I LAN with that ICCUp, one dude is like 15 and ****ing ROLLS people in SC. Idk what his rank is, but he's up there.

Dexter, ill see what I can do for you

ahaha Super Pro!

You will get 3 keys. I am proud to see some ICCUp players. I knew a few people personally who I LAN with that ICCUp, one dude is like 15 and ****ing ROLLS people in SC. Idk what his rank is, but he's up there.

Dexter, ill see what I can do for you

Ahh thank you thank you! My fingers are trembling already! :D. And yes there are a lot of very good players on ICCUP and if you enter during 'korean hours' you get to play with some players that are unbelievable :D

ahaha Super Pro!

You will get 3 keys. I am proud to see some ICCUp players. I knew a few people personally who I LAN with that ICCUp, one dude is like 15 and ****ing ROLLS people in SC. Idk what his rank is, but he's up there.

Dexter, ill see what I can do for you

thank you alot,cross finders and pray for early access before full game :-)

thanks ,

looks like good and easy editor and I believe it very fun :woot:

Oh, it's fun alright. You can basically pit any unit against any unit. I had fun with mass Zerglings vs. Ghosts, mass Seige Tanks vs. Immortals, etc. You know, just to see which unit would win in any given scenario. The editor is surprisingly easy to use once you get comfortable with it. It isn't feature-complete as most of the doodads and creep are mere placeholders. The units/structures are there, obviously. I'm sure it'll be even better when the game is released.

Sikh.... pretty please could i get a key?????? blush.gif

I think you'll have to provide a reason why you want the beta key. Are you a loyal fan? Honesty will go a long way. :)

I think you'll have to provide a reason why you want the beta key. Are you a loyal fan? Honesty will go a long way. :)

A loyal fan of SC ???? man alive... need you ask??? cool.gif

MAJOR fan..... i have downloaded the SC2 fansite images, and everything...! i dedicated an old P3 machine at home purely to play SC on windows 98...!!!! and believe me it gets tons of play...>! I have been worse than a kid before xmas searching daily for any sniff of a release date... i have pre-ordered SC2 collectors edition, without caring about the price.... been checking my battle.net acct daily for a chance that i got a key.......

i am literally twitching at the moment here wondering if i might have made someone pity me and a PM with a present might arrive in my inbox...!!!!! ALL THIS FROM WORK....... and my boss sits opposite me!!! so have become pretty darn good at masking the clicking, and keypressing every few seconds...

Sikh has been a superb dude giving people keys on neowin.... and UBER kudo's to him, and those that were lucky enough to get keys.... granted.... jealousy and anxiety has been rampant in my system.... but the lucozade might have a hand in that too!! :)

.... erm..... that is all that my frazzled brain has to offer right now....!!!late nights brushing up on SC tactics in preperation for SC2 have left me a semi-zombie!!! w00t.gif

I hope that quells your concern over my loyalty cool.gif

Oh, it's fun alright. You can basically pit any unit against any unit. I had fun with mass Zerglings vs. Ghosts, mass Seige Tanks vs. Immortals, etc. You know, just to see which unit would win in any given scenario. The editor is surprisingly easy to use once you get comfortable with it. It isn't feature-complete as most of the doodads and creep are mere placeholders. The units/structures are there, obviously. I'm sure it'll be even better when the game is released.

I think you'll have to provide a reason why you want the beta key. Are you a loyal fan? Honesty will go a long way. :)

wow sounds so fun Hope soon they release the game and get fun with editor,

by the way how cpu handle with it if you put,let say hundred unit's?

I have i5 I hope it could handle with massive unit's

why didn't you get a key with your pre-order?

got this reply when i asked :

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for contacting us at GameStop.com.

We apologize that you did not receive the bonus item with your pre-order/reserve.

Please note that due to the advertised limited quantities of bonus offers, GameStop cannot guarantee the offer will be available at the time of purchase or reservation. Generally, bonus items/offers are limited in supply.

That being said we would like to attempt to get this bonus to you. Please provide your order number if this was pre-ordered at our online store.

SAD!!!!!!!! ..... not happy... but hey ho... what can i do??? i replied to them again.... and am still waiting for them to come back to me...!

got this reply when i asked :

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for contacting us at GameStop.com.

We apologize that you did not receive the bonus item with your pre-order/reserve.

Please note that due to the advertised limited quantities of bonus offers, GameStop cannot guarantee the offer will be available at the time of purchase or reservation. Generally, bonus items/offers are limited in supply.

That being said we would like to attempt to get this bonus to you. Please provide your order number if this was pre-ordered at our online store.

SAD!!!!!!!! ..... not happy... but hey ho... what can i do??? i replied to them again.... and am still waiting for them to come back to me...!

ANd this is why I honestly dont pre order online and am against it because people always have problems..

Anaron VERY GOOD PICS, i failed to realize they kept the battle cruiser. Ive gotten carriers out faster then peopel have gotten the "wraith" equivalent from terran but not a BC, COME ON.

But anyway, Also thanks for moderating for me haha.

I SAID PLEASE POST A RESPONSE, but Sulphry you did and your on the list now.

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