Don't bother with the Twitter key giveaways - Page 8

SniperSteve · 2012-06-07, 07:29 PM

I am sure SOE's marketing department has more experience than the average gamer that browses these forums. Let them do their thing and stop complaining, IMO.

robocpf1 · 2012-06-07, 10:18 PM

Remember, "having a beta key" and "being admitted into beta" are two separate things. The beta keys are useless until SOE flags them for access, obviously, because no one has been admitted to beta yet. They could very, very easily send out emails to all current PS1 subscribers that contain active beta keys and get them into the beta immediately - then in a few days, they hit the button for all the keys generated for the facebook giveaways, magazines, and planetside2.com signups - or something like that. That's how I'm imagining it.

Compare it to an iTunes giftcard. Yeah, you can have as many codes as you want, but they're useless until you take them to the front and the cashier activates them. We simply don't know anything about how the beta admission process will work - patience and faith, comrades.

mercutiouk · 2012-06-07, 11:21 PM

I think part of the random giveaway though is, as said, the advertising. Most folks on here will be (at very least) trying the game asap. They need a LOT more people interested.

Remember? - that was one of the faults of the first one: It wasn't advertised/pushed much. (It also needed broadband when they it was rare and a pretty ninja pc too, but I digress.) If they got a lot of folks interested in this it's only going to be a good thing. If the games making them good money it will be developed and worked on more.

Pretty sure most here are vets - these keys are to randoms but no-one's actually playing yet....

Sotonian · 2012-06-08, 11:30 AM

Looks like the beta key spam is beginning today as well, however EURO 2012 kicks off today so i cant try for a code

Decayn · 2012-06-08, 12:39 PM

I was happy to get my key by DM on twitter after maybe only 20-25 tweets. no pics uploaded or anything. just my words got me a key. gl to the rest of ya.

Sotonian · 2012-06-08, 12:52 PM

How do you get a key via DM?

Decayn · 2012-06-08, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Sotonian

How do you get a key via DM?

when you send a tweet to on their site, when they respond to your tweet they send you a Direct Message

Bazilx · 2012-06-08, 02:14 PM

I got a key from twitter! Took me an hour and a half of making pictures and kissing ass but I got it, he finally said he wanted pictures of pandas so I made him this:

Bazilx · 2012-06-08, 02:25 PM

Me... I got one... My art was cut off by the page-shift... The guy in charge of giving out keys said he wanted pandas.

I GOT ONE FROM TWITTER BY SUBMITTING MY ART:

Lorgarn · 2012-06-08, 02:28 PM

I managed to snag two keys from Clegg, one for myself and one for my friend. Was stressful though, I've been staring at the twitterfeed for hours upon hours these last few days.

I'm glad it's done.

wasdie · 2012-06-08, 02:28 PM

I got a key through a DM.

Sotonian · 2012-06-08, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Decayn

when you send a tweet to on their site, when they respond to your tweet they send you a Direct Message

Ive been following the Planetside 2 twitter and ive seen nothing like that :/

Bazilx · 2012-06-08, 03:32 PM

Visperas · 2012-06-08, 03:36 PM

Get a Key in Twitter is complete madness. They go too fast. I'd rather like to see some more of those key-pics from Facebook. Are those coming back? If they aren't, I could finally log off.

Greeniegriz · 2012-06-08, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by Sotonian

Ive been following the Planetside 2 twitter and ive seen nothing like that :/

Thats how I got my second key. They were asking people to tweet them funny things on Monday (or Tuesday).

Cheers,

GG

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