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Win! StarCraft II beta keys - day #4

100 more given away today!
You should know the drill by now, enter our great StarCraft II beta competition and get a chance to win one of 100 keys we're giving away on CVG today.

It's easy to enter just head on over to this here competition page, answer the question and we'll select the winners and publish them on CVG as soon as we have them.

Unfortunately it's not an instant win, like our great APB giveaway but we warp the winners over to Blizzard micro-seconds after the competition's closed and they promise to be in touch as soon as possible to set you up with the key, client and all you need to get you started.

Our chums over at PC Zone and PC Gamer are also giving away a 100 keys on a daily rotating basis all the way up until April 23rd , so if you're not successful today, make sure you check PCZ tomorrow and PC Gamer the day after for another chance to win.

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this competition is awesome!
H0racE on 13 Apr '10
Yeah its a benediction for player like us xD
TaskForce on 13 Apr '10
CVG, will you head over to PCG and PCZ and give them a kick up the backside? PCZ have been sat on their results for over a day now and if PCG keep to their normal trend, they won't update their blog until late this afternoon.
Dreadbot on 13 Apr '10
We've already given them a gentle nudge... then a firm boot on posting winners - we often find readers emailing them direct gets a swifter response! Smile
Johnh420 on 13 Apr '10
So.. uhm, question.. i just noticed that my account here had my internet ego name compared to my bnet acc name.. changed it now, but what if i won something yesterday, does that hurt?
major oops Embarassed

edit: i listened to your advice and wrote a short mail to Mr. Hogarty.. hopefuly i won't get banned Wink
Leuphi on 13 Apr '10
Captains log startdate 2415

We've arrived at yet another startcraft 2 beta giveaway, this is the third time we have tried to intercept, we have recieved no word as of yet. For now all we can do is hope.
feedel on 13 Apr '10
sent an e-mail to hogarty hopefully he will post them up soon Very Happy
H0racE on 13 Apr '10
Yea allready day #4 and they still havent shown us winners for day #2 and #3 ...
branko85 on 13 Apr '10
Yea allready day #4 and they still havent shown us winners for day #2 and #3 ...
branko85 on 13 Apr '10
Thx guys for the keys Smile
Ademar on 13 Apr '10
Anyone know if there will be a list with name of the winners like in day#1 or something like that ??
Scmarc on 13 Apr '10
I love this game,wish to get a keySmile
allengggg on 13 Apr '10
I won 1st day and I am still waiting for my key this is b******s
ulikmegee on 13 Apr '10
Dear CVG, can you please ask your colleagues at PCzone to post Day#2 winners ? I've sent an email to mr. Hogarty but no answer. If i didn't win at PC Zone maybe i have a chance in Day#4 Very Happy
chaser12 on 13 Apr '10
im bored of being bored i just want to play sc2
All_Starz on 13 Apr '10
Hi guys, thanks for the updates and well Mr Hogarty will be publishing the list shortly... peer pressure FTW...

By happy chance our friendly Blizzard rep was in the office today and I gave him a gentle reminder... first wave went out this morning apparently.
Johnh420 on 13 Apr '10
Ive been watching starcraft commentaries and im just starving for a beta key so i can finnaly play the nice game,I'll appreciate it.
Ericgogogo on 13 Apr '10
cheers for the update john, fingers crossed!
thom86 on 13 Apr '10
Everybody who entered these competitions is eager to get a taste of the mighty Starcraft 2. I know I am .Thanks to all of you who gave us a chance to win a beta key.
chaser12 on 13 Apr '10
Ive been watching starcraft commentaries and im just starving for a beta key so i can finnaly play the nice game,I'll appreciate it.

ok how many times have you said that?
bipod on 13 Apr '10
I need this KEY!!!!!!!!!!!
TheDesperateOne on 13 Apr '10
Pls give me one key Rolling Eyes . I am waiting for this game over 10 years now.
Go youtube and watch starcraft 2 gameplay Its Great
TheDesperateOne on 13 Apr '10
I love StarCraft2 very much,wish to get a key!
goukixp on 13 Apr '10
Sad
H0racE on 13 Apr '10
Sad

still a few hours before the work day is over.. theoretically at least Wink
Leuphi on 13 Apr '10
Still no key for the believers. There is only one thing left for us to do. REVOLT. REVOLT YOU MERE MORTALS!
feedel on 13 Apr '10
PCZ winners will be announced on our blog in about ten minutes!
escaped_monkey on 13 Apr '10
Thanks for the update monkey Smile looking forward to it
Leuphi on 13 Apr '10
Here we go, best of luck!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=242567
escaped_monkey on 13 Apr '10
I didn't win, o no I hear you say... well it's not o no because they still have tons and tons to give away!!!
H0racE on 13 Apr '10
Uhmm... What happens if my name here isn't the same as my bnet account, but the email is? Can I still win?
slivaz on 13 Apr '10
isnt ur bnet account your email tho ? and aslong as your bnet email and the email u use for this is the same i think your fine but im not sure
All_Starz on 13 Apr '10
thechicken and a few others have won multiple beta keys already from the contests across the 3 websites

Shame CVG and co. do not do quality control for duplicates, would be easy to program or check with a copy-paste-excel

Very disappointing...
Flyinggreendutch on 13 Apr '10
wow your right.. that is actually not fair Sad
All_Starz on 13 Apr '10
Heres the 3 links to the first 3 Winning groups:

CVG : http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=242079


PCZONE : http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=242567

PC GAMER : http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=242559&site=pcg

According to the PC Gamer post, Blizzard are contacting us tomorrow, hopefully thats for all the recent winners and not just PCGamer as i was lucky enough to win with CVG.
allygray69 on 13 Apr '10
Sad
bipod on 13 Apr '10
i see thechicken name on each one of them links.. i wish i have that persons luck of winning a key each day.. but that is a bit unfair now.. 2 was ok but 3 ?
All_Starz on 13 Apr '10
i hope i get a beta key Smile
romas01 on 13 Apr '10
Yea... thechicken.. 3 times... GG Sad Stop entering the contest if you win plz
GamerGirlAmy on 13 Apr '10
I agree with the poster above. One key per account sounds fair to me. Gratz to all the winners anyway.
Bandicoot2k on 13 Apr '10
i really want a key.. i hope next time one of us who dont have a key get it other than the same person again..
All_Starz on 13 Apr '10
thechicken is not the only one that got more then one, Ghostface_K as got two so far from PC gamer and PC Zone and I bet there is more if you look.
Ghoro on 13 Apr '10
yer your right.. but i just hope that thechicken dont win another one otherwise ill go mad and probably beg him for one lol.. only thing we can do right now is wait tho.. and hope that we get chosen
All_Starz on 13 Apr '10
That chicken- if you have a soul please send me your key!!!!
crsuch on 13 Apr '10
thank you for the beta key Very Happy
Tamba on 13 Apr '10
To all of you asking what happens if your email/username isnt the same as your battlenet details, i seriously doubt it matters.
Blizzard will undoubtably send you an e-mail (using your CVG E-mail details that you entered the compo with) with a key in it, with which you can swiftly zip onto your battle.net account, and whack it in. So fear not, my Beta hunting bretherin, your chance of having a key is still as high as anyone else using the same e-mail for both.
threepbowl on 13 Apr '10
Please don't give more keys to people that already won ._.
comanoodle on 13 Apr '10
did any day 1 winners get their key yet?
I still haven't got mine :S
SWiscool on 13 Apr '10
is this competition real? It dosent seem like anyone is actually getting a beta key.
flipluck on 13 Apr '10
That is BS if you give multiple keys to the same person.

Come on...
zman21 on 13 Apr '10
starting to think if this is bogus.. do hope to hear from anyone if they have gotten a beta key because of this and i really want to know how thechicken go 3 keys after joining on the day of the competition
All_Starz on 14 Apr '10
i need the key
kevinyanjian on 14 Apr '10
i need it,please!
badkingboy on 14 Apr '10
i really want a key.. i hope next time one of us who dont have a key get it other than the same person again.
teemo on 14 Apr '10
i really want a key.. i hope next time one of us who dont have a key get it other than the same person again.
teemo on 14 Apr '10
yeah, people who have already won a key shouldn't be able to re-enter the contest its not fair.
bipod on 14 Apr '10
C'mon I need a key !! Smile
Shir0 on 14 Apr '10
It can happen because the posting of the winners is usually after the next days competition.
H0racE on 14 Apr '10
when is cvg going to post the day 4 winners?
bipod on 14 Apr '10
Man, I just hope they don't give more than one to somebody. That's so unfair. Sad
I really would like a key.
Maggeus on 14 Apr '10
I am sure they will do something about it, I don't think the idea of this competition was for some people to make money by posting keys up on ebay.

I really thought I had a good chance of getting a key day#4 now and nothing, I wonder how many people are entering each day I bet it is increasing in numbers also! Sad
H0racE on 14 Apr '10
I wish I win, and well, I wish that when people win don't reenter the contest, it's just not fair. If you've won a beta key what else could you possibly want?
punkbarbo on 14 Apr '10
I won a key on the first day apparently, i've had nothing come through to me as of yet Sad
feedel on 14 Apr '10
I got my key today (day 1 winner here), But Battle.net is p**sing around so I can't download the game; I just get taken to an error screen instead. I'll try later.
dale1v on 14 Apr '10
Where is the day #5
korterry on 14 Apr '10
ya, wheres Day 5?
Wafflecopter on 14 Apr '10
LIES LIES LIES. All these competitions are f@$ing bull. Day 1 STILL do not have a key!. Day 3 winners were said to be contacted by Blizz today, er yeah NEVER HAPPENED. Thinking about it, Where is the statement issused by blizz that they would be distributing keys through CVG??, I have never seen them splash out 100`s and 100`s of keys at any go!. They have contests/opt-ins/friend invt, and thats it...This is all f@#@$Ing lies,, FU CVG ,FU LIARS
Adventure006 on 14 Apr '10
I just want to win by next week. Pleeeeeease gods of video games smile on me. And yeah, where is our day 5 contest?
crsuch on 14 Apr '10
Just got an invite from blizzard... Unrelated to this though. If i win here, I'm going to give it away.
dannyman121 on 15 Apr '10
first off, Day 5 IS there just go to the PC Zone site, 2nd off the people who are repeated on the 3 lists are repeated CAUSE THEYRE THE SAME LIST
the names are in the same order, and theyre all the same people
Wafflecopter on 15 Apr '10
@Wafflecopter

Umm no, they are not the same list. There not all on the 3 list that are posted so far, only a few are on 2 of the list and as far as I know only thechicken is on all 3.
Ghoro on 15 Apr '10
Hmmm ... Day#2 winner here, still no key from blizzard? I'm beginning to wonder if it is real. Can someone from CVG confirm that day#2 winner list has been sent to blizzard ? Any response from them as when we will receive the keys ? At least an answer regarding the day when we will receive the key so we don't spam the receive button on the mailbox. Thank you!
chaser12 on 15 Apr '10
apparently some of the day 1 winners have got theirs, but just a few that had a battle.net account associated with the same email address http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=242079

still waiting on mine
allygray69 on 15 Apr '10
Yeah its official guys, Your email address on here needs to match your battle.net account. I have since created a new battle.net account to match this address. But im guessing im too late and im gonna miss out. Totally gutted. Sad CVG just found out today and expect an announcement soon. Sooo gutted
allygray69 on 15 Apr '10
Man that's the biggest load of crap I've ever heard... I have a b.net account but didn't know the email has to be the same!
Is it really that hard for them to let all the winners make or update their accounts and then resend the invites?

This is worse than dangling a caramel-covered, chocolate-soaked candy bar in front of a starving baby, laughing at him and then scarfing it down while he helplessly looks on.

Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating. But this still sucks Confused
SWiscool on 15 Apr '10
scratch that!
I just got the invite and I didn't put in my b.net email! so you don't have to have an account after all!

I hope it's not a fake or anything...
SWiscool on 15 Apr '10
Think all has been sorted. John from CVG said they were hoping to get ahold of Blizzard.A couple of hours later and ive got the email from Blizzard. Downloading it now!! Very HappyVery HappyVery HappyVery Happy
allygray69 on 15 Apr '10
Still had no e-mail or anything from blizzard. awww Sad
marktbde on 15 Apr '10
Sigh, I won too but still no invitation Embarassed
Daeimonos on 16 Apr '10
If you didn't win a StarCraft II key, Blizzard are sponsoring this year's SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival and will have the first public hands-on version available to play. There will also be a StarCraft themed movie all-nighter. For full details of all the movies and events go to www.sci-fi-london.com
SFLEditor on 16 Apr '10
People form day 4 already got their key?
I won on PC Gamer (13 april winners), but still didn't receive anything Sad
Darkflash on 16 Apr '10
SFLEditor: Might not be the first considering I played another "First Hands on" on the 8th with PC Gamer live in manchester.

Actually never mind I just re-read it and it said "public". My bad!
Qworn on 16 Apr '10
As of now I must admit I was a non-believer. I JUST RECEIVED THE BETA KEY FOR SC 2 !!! Wow! This is not a scam! This competition is for real! THANK YOU CVG! THANK YOU PCZONE! THANK YOU PCGAMER! I only won once but i thank you all! For all the other winners, be patient because all of this is real! SLOW but REAL ! THANK YOU AGAIN !

P.S.: Day#2 winner here ...
chaser12 on 16 Apr '10
THANKS A TON I just received my beta key! WHOOOOOOOOO. For those who are unlucky... just keep trying and you'll get in! Best of luck! (day #4 here)
HaoWard on 16 Apr '10
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