Though I too wish I were picked for the beta and have not yet been, those who complain that the "rules" were violated by MMORPG.com can look at it this way:
They redrew. You lost again. Man are those other guys lucky -- they won twice.
It's certainly different, which says a lot for it on its own. Different in a good way? I suppose that's for you to decide for yourself. Personally, I think so.
As far as having parts of Roma Victor that are heavily gaurded, you are correct. Rome, as well as the other major Roman cities, should be orderly with a strong presence of Roman law.
So far as PvP and item dropping: you drop *everything* when you …
I wasn't debating the validity of a contest for beta. It is, quite openly I think, for publicity. What I was saying is simply that RedBedlam has made near to no money thus far (even in terms of money provided by a publisher... as they are not unde…
Judging from what I understand about the company, "more" is hardly justifiable in that sentence. But to be fair either way, their contest idea is hardly a new one for a company testing a game.