Heh, the sad thing is I even joked "Watch 'em give us the keys the day before open beta" before the devs even said anything lol. At any rate, it's not mmorpg.com's fault. Like all the contest, it's ultimately up to the individual game devs when we get keys. I would like to get in and test the game out before the floodgates are opened, but what can you do?
Youde kind of expect someone holding a contest to atleast have more details on the prize that is going to be givin out. Mmorpg's knowledge and informing us on the outcome was very poor. Normally one would not blindly throw out a contest to get there communitys hopes up then smash it down because of there hasty ness to make a contest in the first place.
You have to look at it from their side too, though. They can only go by what the devs tell them. The only other choice would be no contests at all. And I'm sure alot more people would be ticked off by that. And with as many contests as they run here, their batting average is pretty good. Very rarely do complications come up, but there will inevitably be one or two that don't go smoothly. At this point, there's no guarantee that they will put us in there that close to open beta. It could be that the devs just wanted to give themselves breathing room without a short deadline they couldn't meet.
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Heh, the sad thing is I even joked "Watch 'em give us the keys the day before open beta" before the devs even said anything lol. At any rate, it's not mmorpg.com's fault. Like all the contest, it's ultimately up to the individual game devs when we get keys. I would like to get in and test the game out before the floodgates are opened, but what can you do?
You have to look at it from their side too, though. They can only go by what the devs tell them. The only other choice would be no contests at all. And I'm sure alot more people would be ticked off by that. And with as many contests as they run here, their batting average is pretty good. Very rarely do complications come up, but there will inevitably be one or two that don't go smoothly. At this point, there's no guarantee that they will put us in there that close to open beta. It could be that the devs just wanted to give themselves breathing room without a short deadline they couldn't meet.