Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Starcraft II beta invites

9:38 PM / Games / Comments8 Comments

Games

Today's your lucky day (potentially). I have two invites to the STARCRAFT II: WINGS OF LIBERTY beta test to give away to those whom I deem worthy. In order to participate, you must have a Battle.net account (don't worry, it's free).

For a chance to win one of these keys, reply to this post with a poem about why you deserve it. The two people who write what I deem to be the best poems by 8 PM on Friday night will be the proud recipients.

Good luck!

 
8 Comments

1. Bugsquish (Lance Taylor) said:

The high templar conjures a storm of psi,
And mutalisk entrails fall from the sky.
Pieces of carapace litter the ground,
A brood put to death is a beautiful sound.

But hidden expansions leave far more to fear,
Now a hydralisk army sneaks in from the rear.
Lurkers burrow, there's no turning back,
Nexus and probes under heavy attack.

Protoss is dying despite their persistence,
But now here's Jim Raynor to offer assistance.
Battlecruiser ready and tanks looking mean,
Its Terran's mechanical war machine.

The smell of burning Zerg flesh fills the air,
Hatcheries feel thunder called from the air.
When marines and dark templars fight side by side,
This alien scum has nowhere to hide!

(Posted on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 12:10 AM)

2. Jamie Paterson said:

Can I please have the Starcraft beta 2 key,
It would make me very happy,
Starcraft 2 is my favourite game,
its most definitely not lame,
if i get the Starcraft 2 beta,
it would be a total treat-a,
so please can you read my rhyme,
so ill be happy all the time,
playing starcraft 2,
woo hoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!

(Posted on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM)

3. Brian said:

I imagine you'll be up all night judging the entries. How soon will we know the winners? ;)

(Posted on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:27 PM)

4. Author Profile Page Michael said:

Brian:

Well, I only have two contenders so far... although the competition remains open until 8 PM GMT tonight, so there's still time for a surprise late entry! :D

(Posted on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 7:34 PM)

5. Author Profile Page Michael said:

Congratulations to the two poets who participated. The turn-out was disappointing, but at least this way everyone's a winner. You should both have received your email invites by now.

(Posted on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8:02 PM)

6. ChuckZ said:

I own StarCraft and Brood War and yet I've only played the former for about 15 minutes once. Even though I wanted to check out the new beta, I haven't played the old games enough to warrant an entry into your little contest.

(Posted on Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8:20 PM)

7. Bugsquish said:

Thanks! Did you like the poem?

(Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 7:20 PM)

8. Author Profile Page Michael said:

Bugsquish:

It was a brilliant poem. I was most impressed.

(Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 7:32 PM)

 
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