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[sigmund68k]

I just saw this post on the World of Warcraft site:

We are happy to announce that we will soon be accepting applicants for the World of Warcraft

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Gah.

[jp42]

Oh dear. As if life weren't busy enough. I think there were a few races/classes I hadn't tried out yet...

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Of course, knowing my luck I'll be up to my ears in something else (training class, househunting/buying, moving) when retail hits. Might need to rebuild my work laptop to Windows so I can play during lunch. ;-)

what I want to know is: why are they "accepting applicants" for an open beta? I thought the whole point was to get everyone in the pool.

Re: Gah.

[sigmund68k]

Yeah, I was curious about the applications thing too. Maybe the application will just be for account creation? Or, maybe they're really going to limit the number of participants? If it's the latter, I think they should call it Pseudo-Open Beta or something.

Yeah, Pseudo-Open Beta has a nice ring to it. That's why I'm not in marketing. That, and the fact that I have a soul.

[ranthorn]

Awwww, man. Just when i was settling myself to the fact that I wouldn't see WoW till next year, they gotta go pull this. :)

Glad I have vacation days saved. :)