EQ2 Beta Contest (from f13) (originally from IGN)

[Signe]

IGN (sorry, there was no getting around saying it!) is having a contest to win an EQ2 beta account.  Thought some of you who have accounts there, though agressively shun it, might be interested.  :)

EverQuest 2 Vault Beta Contest

Welcome to the first of 3 weekly EQ2 beta contests we will be running here at EQ2 Vault! We will give 10 beta accounts away each week from now until the last week of October, for a total of 30 beta accounts in total!

Here are the particulars for the first contest:

1. Make a post on this thread: http://vnboards.ign.com/EQ2_General_Board/b22210/76738524/?0. The post should simply say “contest entry” (or something witty if you prefer). That is all you have to do to enter the contest.

2. Your account must be in good standing at the Vault Network. If you are banned from VN and create an account to post an entry, it will be disqualified.

3. Multiple accounts will be disqualified. We will check the selected winners’ accounts to ensure that the name they won with is the only name they have registered and posted on the thread with.

4. The contest will run from the day and time this thread is posted until 1800 EST on Wednesday, 13 October.

5. Winners will be announced on our site Thursday, 14 October, and should receive their beta accounts by the beginning of the following week.

6. Participants must be 18 years of age or older and acknowledge that their participation in the beta is at SOE's discretion and is subject to the terms of the EverQuest II Beta agreement, the Station terms of service, and other applicable rules of conduct. This is open to North American and European Union/UK residents only.

7. The next contest will start Friday, 15 October.

8. Winners will be randomly selected by IGN Vault management. All decisions are final

Good luck!

[schild]

Hah. Well since you've posted it, I'll let the cat out of the bag.

We're going to be running the exact same promotion if I can get my shit together and actually fax the form back. Yes, that's right - f13 will have 30 beta invites to give away. It won't be a contest and new members can't even get them. Why? Because I don't want kiddies signing up just for an invite. Since they won't even get back to me til monday, if I see enough response, I may actually send the form back in.

So, is it safe to assume you're all interested or would you rather do the ign contest? ;-)

Seriously, do 30 of you care or have the time to play?

[Ezdaar]

I'll trade you 6 gmail accounts for an EQ2 beta account!


edit: On a serious note, I too would like to have a go at the EQ2 beta.

[Merusk]

30? Wow.

Yeah, you'll find at least 30 of us willing to make time to do so, I imagine. I've been interested for a while.

[Big Gulp]

I look forward to wheeling Corky the special needs Shadowknight through a plastic Norrath.

Sure, I'll never turn down a free beta invite.

[SirBruce]

Since I'm already in the beta, can I get a second one for a friend of mine?

Bruce

[MrHat]

I'll take a couple too.

But if we're not giving out group packages.  Just one for me.

[schild]

Bruce, Don't be a fool. Hat, don't be bruce.

One a piece. None for your friends. This is for f13 peoples. Oh, as long as I'm posting, you need an SOE Station account (or you need to make one) and the email address has to be valid.

[MrHat]

Bruce, Don't be a fool. Hat, don't be bruce.

One a piece. None for your friends. This is for f13 peoples. Oh, as long as I'm posting, you need an SOE Station account (or you need to make one) and the email address has to be valid.

Ugh, where did I put it...

[Shockeye]

I would like the chance to see what EQ2 is all about. I would appreciate it if you could swing this for us, schild.

[Otis]

Uh, if those of us who aren't terribly active at posting count, and you have thirty to hand out, I would certainly be interested.

[Evil Elvis]

I'm torn on eq2.  My friends who got in hate it, and history tells me its going to suck, same as all the rest.  But the teaser video was almost enough sugar coating to make me think it may actually be worth trying out.

You might as well send in the form, too.   Worst case scenario, you'll be able to form your own fanboy man-harem.

[Trippy]

Seriously, do 30 of you care or have the time to play?

I care and have the time to play. The revelation of PvP-only content on the "PvE" servers has really soured me on WoW.

[Alkiera]

I'd certainly playtest an EQ2 beta.  I've got more questions than someone who wasn't a hardcore caster can answer, and I believe I'm in their target demographic...  that of 'people who like the Everquest qorld, but got turned off by the nature of the system'.  I also have plenty of hardrive space I'm not using.

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Alkiera

[Kageru]

I'm not interested in beta testing it. But the idea of this boards population being able to tear it apart as soon as the NDA drops sounds intriguing.

[Liquidator]

Hah. Well since you've posted it, I'll let the cat out of the bag.

We're going to be running the exact same promotion if I can get my shit together and actually fax the form back. Yes, that's right - f13 will have 30 beta invites to give away. It won't be a contest and new members can't even get them. Why? Because I don't want kiddies signing up just for an invite. Since they won't even get back to me til monday, if I see enough response, I may actually send the form back in.

So, is it safe to assume you're all interested or would you rather do the ign contest? ;-)

Seriously, do 30 of you care or have the time to play?

I most definitely care!  I've been looking forward to playing EQ2 for a while.

[Resvrgam]

Seriously, do 30 of you care or have the time to play?

I'd love a chance to bug hunt the game.  I doubt I'd actually pay to play that game when it finally goes live but I'd have a blast testing it out for SOE's customers.

[lariac]

It would be interesting to do a compare/contrast between EQ2 and WoW since these are the 2 juggernauts coming down the pipe.

[ahoythematey]

I'd like to, but I barely have time to eat and sleep as it is.  Would be an interesting situation for me, though, catassing at work only to come home and catass at a beta.

[AOFanboi]

Sounds interesting - plz. count me in. My "credentials" are to have played too many of them (but only AC1 and AO for a long time).

(Though I have received bad omens because both the Doom3 and Tribes: Vengeance MP demos caused my computer to lock up... 3D is scary.)

[Signe]

This is good.  I'd really like to level up a char and test out the guild content.  From everything I've read, there will be no PvP, at least at launch and while that is disappointing, I'd still like to see what the guilds have to offer.  There is NO WAY POSSIBLE EVER IN A MILLION YEARS that I would join the IGN guild that's been offered, so this is definitely promising.  Especially if MrHat is there playing a swashbuckling pirate and I can order him about with impunity. ;p  

I am very Yaaar-ticulate, you know.

[angry.bob]

I'd certainly like on please, it would be nice to know if I should go ahead and get the super-preorder or just skip the game. In exchange I'll happily insult Bruce much less often. Or much more. I'll leave that up to you.

[Shavnir]

I'd be up for giving it a go.

[SurfD]

given that the only MMO I am currently playing is CoH, and given that i have never pleyed EQ1, I would be game for a beta account.

I think I would at least have some kind of "fresh" perspective on how fun or un-fun it is, considering I wont be tainted by the previous EQ.

[Nyght]

Yes, please. The old dog died.

[toma levine]

I'd like an EQ2 beta shot, if possible. Most likely my wife and I would split the account.

[Merusk]

Oh, as long as I'm posting, you need an SOE Station account (or you need to make one) and the email address has to be valid.

For those considering going to create a station account:

So long as you've played SWG, EQ or Planetside you've got an SOE station account.  If you remember your PW, login and make sure the e-mail address is up-to-date. If you don't remember it and your e-mail address has changed since you last played any of them.. well you get to create a new one.

Schild, looks like you've got almost 30 interested parties.  Just let us know what we need to get to you & when.

[CassandraR]

I got plenty of time to play if you'd like to send me one. I just quit CoH recently because I got bored of it. And im very interested in seeing how EQ2 works.

[Murgos]

Bruce, Don't be a fool. Hat, don't be bruce.

One a piece. None for your friends. This is for f13 peoples. Oh, as long as I'm posting, you need an SOE Station account (or you need to make one) and the email address has to be valid.

I want in.  I'm a sucker for Beta's.  Heck, I've been wanting a good reason to upgrade my video card anyway.

Now, about that station account.  I'm sure I have one, the question is what name and pw did I use?

Edit - found it!

[MrHat]

This is good.  I'd really like to level up a char and test out the guild content.  From everything I've read, there will be no PvP, at least at launch and while that is disappointing, I'd still like to see what the guilds have to offer.  There is NO WAY POSSIBLE EVER IN A MILLION YEARS that I would join the IGN guild that's been offered, so this is definitely promising.  Especially if MrHat is there playing a swashbuckling pirate and I can order him about with impunity. ;p  

I am very Yaaar-ticulate, you know.

Bah, you guess good.

[Morfiend]

I would be interested in one of the accounts. I would really like to evaluate EQ2 vs WoW for myself.

[Lanei]

I'd be interested.

[Luxor]

Now you see us lurkers coming out the closet fast :) Ive seen it at a friends house so miss me out if you oversubscribe but yeah I'd like a chance at it.

[Signe]

You will have to get more invites, schild, because those who don't get one will hate you.  Be sure to let all the ladies in first... you don't need THAT sort of hate.

[Shockeye]

If the lurkers are coming out then it will probably have to switch to a contest. At least that way we would only be hating "the man" for keeping us down, not schild personally.