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Soushia
06-26-2009, 06:46 PM
Anyone else get this email?


Starcraft II Beta Test!


You have been selected to participate in the beta test of Starcraft II. Welcome!

Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types will do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival.

Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft II will present a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue. In addition, Blizzard will again offer unparalleled online play through Battle.net, the company's world-renowned gaming service, with several enhancements and new features to make StarCraft II the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game.

FEATURES:

Fast-paced, hard-hitting, tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on the magic of the original game
Three completely distinct races: Protoss, Terran, and Zerg
New units and gameplay mechanics further distinguish each race
Groundbreaking single-player campaign
Vibrant new 3D-graphics engine with support for dazzling visual effects and massive unit and army sizes
Full multiplayer support, with new competitive features and matchmaking utilities available through Battle.net
Full map-making and scripting tools to give players incredible freedom in customizing and personalizing their gameplay experience
Getting started:

In order to participate in the beta test, you must log in with an existing retail account that has been upgraded with The Burning Crusade and World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King, allowing you to download beta test client.
Go to https://us.battle.net/login/login.xml?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccoun t%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=starcraf2beta, you will be informed via e-mail letter.
Please be prepared to enter the current retail World of Warcraft/Battle.net account name, password to authenticate your eligibility to connect to Starcraft II test realms. To participate in the beta tests, you must have a valid retail World of Warcraft/Battle.net account active.

Please retain this email for your records. If you experience and issues setting up the alpha account or accessing the test realms, please email Technical Support at starcraft2beta@blizzard.com



Sincerelly,
Starcraft II team.
World of Warcraft.

Nadric
06-26-2009, 10:26 PM
Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races

In order to participate in the beta test, you must log in with an existing retail account that has been upgraded with The Burning Crusade and World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King, allowing you to download beta test client.

Looks Scamtastic!

Soushia
06-26-2009, 10:34 PM
That was my thought, thats why I wanted to see if anyone else got it since I was trying to get into the beta and had registered.

Koltas
06-26-2009, 10:55 PM
Scam for damn sure.

Mutt
06-26-2009, 11:53 PM
Anyone else get this email?


Starcraft II Beta Test!


You have been selected to participate in the beta test of Starcraft II. Welcome!

Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types will do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival.

Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft II will present a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue. In addition, Blizzard will again offer unparalleled online play through Battle.net, the company's world-renowned gaming service, with several enhancements and new features to make StarCraft II the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game.

FEATURES:

Fast-paced, hard-hitting, tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on the magic of the original game
Three completely distinct races: Protoss, Terran, and Zerg
New units and gameplay mechanics further distinguish each race
Groundbreaking single-player campaign
Vibrant new 3D-graphics engine with support for dazzling visual effects and massive unit and army sizes
Full multiplayer support, with new competitive features and matchmaking utilities available through Battle.net
Full map-making and scripting tools to give players incredible freedom in customizing and personalizing their gameplay experience
Getting started:

In order to participate in the beta test, you must log in with an existing retail account that has been upgraded with The Burning Crusade and World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King, allowing you to download beta test client.
Go to https://us.battle.net/login/login.xml?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccoun t%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=starcraf2beta, you will be informed via e-mail letter.
Please be prepared to enter the current retail World of Warcraft/Battle.net account name, password to authenticate your eligibility to connect to Starcraft II test realms. To participate in the beta tests, you must have a valid retail World of Warcraft/Battle.net account active.

Please retain this email for your records. If you experience and issues setting up the alpha account or accessing the test realms, please email Technical Support at starcraft2beta@blizzard.com



Sincerelly,
Starcraft II team.
World of Warcraft.Yea I got it. The link in the email doesnt take you to battle.net it takes you to another site asking for username and password (aka its phishing for wow logins)

Kindel
07-03-2009, 04:30 AM
I did think it pretty weird blizzard would ask you for a game account to let you beta test totally unrelated software.

Thought I must admit to be being pretty excited about SC2,
Just hope it's not a total let down.

Kindel

Slak
07-07-2009, 01:34 AM
oh awesome starcraft beta thanks mate