It's like that with all contests, that's why I prefer fair contests ,writing stories,doing fan art,answering quizzes about lore, be the quickest to copy/paste beta key, or whatever ,just when you make it fair. When it's random like this, chances to win are somewhere close to 0.01%, because you always have people with several accounts, even if you don't have them, you still have hundreds of people ,thus limiting your chances to be randomly awarded with a beta key.
Right now the chance to win is around 1.57%.
There are at the moment, 3,178 replies to the thread. 50 beta keys to be given away.
( 50 / 3178 ) x 100 = 1.57%
"Expect the worst, but hope for the best" everyone! =)
Okay this " fake account" people keep saying is annoying, someone makeing A new account just for a beta key, is not a fake account, it happens thousands of people want keys, they see this, come here, and make an account
90% of those 1 post accounts are real and fair game
Second there's people saying other people didn't read the rules, when it's you that needs to re-read them, it's "ONE POST" they can put as many builds in that post as they wish, it's still 1 post
Well, the point of Blizzard granting these keys to fan sites is to help generate traffic for the sites, which is exactly what this contest has accomplished. Also, many of the one-post accounts could possibly be lurkers who haven't though to make an account to join in on any of the topics of discussion we have here.
I had been a regular lurker since before July of last year when I joined. One of the members posted something about entitlement that bothered me and prompted me to join in the discussion. I haven't made a gigantic amount of posts since then, but I have always visited to check out the news and read what people were discussing and what people were excited about and had concerns about in regards to the progression of the game.
Now that the game is inching closer to release I plan on participating more in discussions that take place here. I also frequent the official forums (which can burn you out pretty fast, heh) and used to hit up inc.gamers but stopped months ago because I feel they are really nothing but a bunch of self-hating negative nancies. Also, if you're a big inc.gamers supporter, understand this is not a personal attack at you, I understand the problems they have with Blizzard, but Flux and the community as a whole over there just seem to have such a giant chip on their shoulder, it's not an enjoyable site for an optimistic fan like myself to visit.
Let's not turn this into one of those discussions. The point is the keys are doing just as they were intended. And if even a couple of those people decide to stay and join in on some constructive and fun discussion, I'd say it was a success, hm?
i've been lurking these forums back when this place was called diablo3.com... i'm more of a reader than a poster so just because i made my forum account like 12 days ago with only 1 other post i shouldn't get to have a chance at a beta key? i loved diablo 2 just as much as you did i'm sure i'm just more of an active reader than poster. i didn't even bother with the other random posting "contest" because i didn't feel the need to be forced to comment on every post i saw. i was however willing to post my build at a very small chance of getting into the beta. i'm sorry people feel more deserving for beta becase they post more often than i do.
I have this one account, been here for years. Just entered and I hope to win. Getting tired of losing every single contest and would love to try the beta sooooooo much, Good luck to all. Hope people who are deserving and playing fair get the keys,
Define people who are deserving? Just because you want to try the beta SOOOO bad makes you more deserving than anyone else who also wants to try the beta? I'm so sick of posts like this, get over yourself.
Someone making a new account just for a beta key, is not a fake account, it happens thousands of people want keys, they see this, come here, and make an account
This exactly. I've been lurking this website since the first episode of diablocast. It is really a shame how the elitist spirit has run rampant among most of the users. It's turning into elitist jerks 2.0. It's called a contest, not a "hook our long time users up with beta keys" event.
but the fake accounts are present, and this something must be done
You're faced with the problem of determining what a 'fake' account is and what a legitimate first time poster is. Are you saying someone like muteownz up there does not deserve a Beta key because he doesn't have, say, ~50 posts?
They have to be careful about cleaning house like this, lest they tread on legitimate players.
If they are selecting 25 keys from this contest, right now every participant has a 0.7% chance of winning. 141:1 odds.
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
Right, but it's a CONTEST, not a given. Odds are not supposed to be in your favor. I don't get why people continue to think they are so special an deserving. It's about luck, and if you are lucky enough to get a key then congratulations and enjoy. If not, deal with like everyone else and just keep trying or wait for the game to be released.
If they are selecting 25 keys from this contest, right now every participant has a 0.7% chance of winning. 141:1 odds.
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
dude what?
right now there are 3545 replies in the contest thread (assuming those are all valid entries into the contest).
50 keys up for grabs (unless i misunderstood something? where did you get 25 from?)
50/3545
.014% chance of whinning
odds are about 7100 to 1
according to your link thats about the same as "Odds of being considered as Possessed buy Satan: 7000:1
"
and i suppose thats technically correct as if you do get a beta key im sure all your time will be possessed by Diablo.
If they are selecting 25 keys from this contest, right now every participant has a 0.7% chance of winning. 141:1 odds.
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
dude what?
right now there are 3545 replies in the contest thread (assuming those are all valid entries into the contest).
50 keys up for grabs (unless i misunderstood something? where did you get 25 from?)
50/3545
.014% chance of whinning
odds are about 7100 to 1
according to your link thats about the same as "o
dds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1 "
and i suppose thats technically correct as if you do get a beta key im sure all your time will be possessed by Diablo.
If they are selecting 25 keys from this contest, right now every participant has a 0.7% chance of winning. 141:1 odds.
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
dude what?
right now there are 3545 replies in the contest thread (assuming those are all valid entries into the contest).
50 keys up for grabs (unless i misunderstood something? where did you get 25 from?)
50/3545
.014% chance of whinning
odds are about 7100 to 1
according to your link thats about the same as "Odds of being considered as Possessed buy Satan: 7000:1
"
and i suppose thats technically correct as if you do get a beta key im sure all your time will be possessed by Diablo.
Your maths are wrong.
I thought it was 25 keys, but if its 50 keys that would make the odds 50:3500 or 1:70 which is 1.4%. Much better odds than being possessed by Satan.
If they are selecting 25 keys from this contest, right now every participant has a 0.7% chance of winning. 141:1 odds.
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
dude what?
right now there are 3545 replies in the contest thread (assuming those are all valid entries into the contest).
50 keys up for grabs (unless i misunderstood something? where did you get 25 from?)
50/3545
.014% chance of whinning
odds are about 7100 to 1
according to your link thats about the same as "o
dds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1 "
and i suppose thats technically correct as if you do get a beta key im sure all your time will be possessed by Diablo.
Lol...0.014 chance is 1.4%...
oh snap
i need to go have more coffee!
ok so then the only thing wrong was the number of keys. it is 50 right? where did 25 come from?
EDIT: we post at the same time, ok so we are all set then. i will go back to lurking like have have been for the past 6 years.
If they are selecting 25 keys from this contest, right now every participant has a 0.7% chance of winning. 141:1 odds.
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
dude what?
right now there are 3545 replies in the contest thread (assuming those are all valid entries into the contest).
50 keys up for grabs (unless i misunderstood something? where did you get 25 from?)
50/3545
.014% chance of whinning
odds are about 7100 to 1
according to your link thats about the same as "o
dds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1 "
and i suppose thats technically correct as if you do get a beta key im sure all your time will be possessed by Diablo.
Lol...0.014 chance is 1.4%...
>_< i just can't stop....
So.. if there was 1 key and only 1 post, chances would be 1/1 = 1%?
And how did came up with "50 to 3500" = "1 to 7000"??
No offense tho, everyone can have a brainfart from time to time.
If they are selecting 25 keys from this contest, right now every participant has a 0.7% chance of winning. 141:1 odds.
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
dude what?
right now there are 3545 replies in the contest thread (assuming those are all valid entries into the contest).
50 keys up for grabs (unless i misunderstood something? where did you get 25 from?)
50/3545
.014% chance of whinning
odds are about 7100 to 1
according to your link thats about the same as "o
dds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1 "
and i suppose thats technically correct as if you do get a beta key im sure all your time will be possessed by Diablo.
Lol...0.014 chance is 1.4%...
>_< i just can't stop....
So.. if there was 1 key and only 1 post, chances would be 1/1 = 1%?
And how did came up with "50 to 3500" = "1 to 7000"??
No offense tho, everyone can have a brainfart from time to time.
Yea once i went back and read it back to myself I was astounded at my own level of stupid.
I think what happened is halfway through the post I had to minimize the window ,boss walking by, and I must have forgot what I was doing by the time he walked away.
Man i really dont know anymore. Im gonna go have lunch and hope the food helps my brain.
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Right now the chance to win is around 1.57%.
There are at the moment, 3,178 replies to the thread. 50 beta keys to be given away.
( 50 / 3178 ) x 100 = 1.57%
"Expect the worst, but hope for the best" everyone! =)
90% of those 1 post accounts are real and fair game
Second there's people saying other people didn't read the rules, when it's you that needs to re-read them, it's "ONE POST" they can put as many builds in that post as they wish, it's still 1 post
I had been a regular lurker since before July of last year when I joined. One of the members posted something about entitlement that bothered me and prompted me to join in the discussion. I haven't made a gigantic amount of posts since then, but I have always visited to check out the news and read what people were discussing and what people were excited about and had concerns about in regards to the progression of the game.
Now that the game is inching closer to release I plan on participating more in discussions that take place here. I also frequent the official forums (which can burn you out pretty fast, heh) and used to hit up inc.gamers but stopped months ago because I feel they are really nothing but a bunch of self-hating negative nancies. Also, if you're a big inc.gamers supporter, understand this is not a personal attack at you, I understand the problems they have with Blizzard, but Flux and the community as a whole over there just seem to have such a giant chip on their shoulder, it's not an enjoyable site for an optimistic fan like myself to visit.
Let's not turn this into one of those discussions. The point is the keys are doing just as they were intended. And if even a couple of those people decide to stay and join in on some constructive and fun discussion, I'd say it was a success, hm?
like a win 1.000.000 $ it lottery =)
Define people who are deserving? Just because you want to try the beta SOOOO bad makes you more deserving than anyone else who also wants to try the beta? I'm so sick of posts like this, get over yourself.
This exactly. I've been lurking this website since the first episode of diablocast. It is really a shame how the elitist spirit has run rampant among most of the users. It's turning into elitist jerks 2.0. It's called a contest, not a "hook our long time users up with beta keys" event.
You're faced with the problem of determining what a 'fake' account is and what a legitimate first time poster is. Are you saying someone like muteownz up there does not deserve a Beta key because he doesn't have, say, ~50 posts?
They have to be careful about cleaning house like this, lest they tread on legitimate players.
Thanks for the comments and the fact that there are like-minded
p.s. 100% i would not win this key ;P
Not good. According to http://funny2.com/odds.htm, you are more likely to get on a plane with a drunk pilot than to win this contest. Just saying.
Right, but it's a CONTEST, not a given. Odds are not supposed to be in your favor. I don't get why people continue to think they are so special an deserving. It's about luck, and if you are lucky enough to get a key then congratulations and enjoy. If not, deal with like everyone else and just keep trying or wait for the game to be released.
dude what?
right now there are 3545 replies in the contest thread (assuming those are all valid entries into the contest).
50 keys up for grabs (unless i misunderstood something? where did you get 25 from?)
50/3545
.014% chance of whinning
odds are about 7100 to 1
according to your link thats about the same as "Odds of being considered as Possessed buy Satan: 7000:1
Lol...0.014 chance is 1.4%...
Your maths are wrong.
I thought it was 25 keys, but if its 50 keys that would make the odds 50:3500 or 1:70 which is 1.4%. Much better odds than being possessed by Satan.
oh snap
i need to go have more coffee!
ok so then the only thing wrong was the number of keys. it is 50 right? where did 25 come from?
EDIT: we post at the same time, ok so we are all set then. i will go back to lurking like have have been for the past 6 years.
So.. if there was 1 key and only 1 post, chances would be 1/1 = 1%?
And how did came up with "50 to 3500" = "1 to 7000"??
No offense tho, everyone can have a brainfart from time to time.
I think what happened is halfway through the post I had to minimize the window ,boss walking by, and I must have forgot what I was doing by the time he walked away.
Man i really dont know anymore. Im gonna go have lunch and hope the food helps my brain.