WANNA WIN A DIABLO 2: RESURRECTED ALPHA CODE? CLICK THIS!!!1
Don’t click that. I mean, click it because I wasted, like, 10 minutes on this extra-special link – but it’s a one-time exception, okay? Deal.
With the recent announcement of Blizzard’s worst-kept secret since 2020, the studio also confirmed that the game’s launch would be preceded by two alpha tests – a campaign test first, and a multiplayer test next. The Diablo website has been updated to include signups for this. Remember that, it’s important.
According to Blizzard community development guy Adam Fletcher, a number of fake competitions have now turned up on the internet, promising alpha test access codes. Don’t be a sucker.
Just a heads-up to everyone interested in Diablo II: Resurrected and the Tech Alpha…
Don’t fall for scams. I’ve seen numerous places state they are running contests or giving away access. That isn’t true. Best way to get in is to opt-in on https://t.co/YOHuBv0Ppl!
— Adam Fletcher (@PezRadar) March 2, 2021
This article was going to end here, but in a subsequent tweet, Fletcher linked to a “great example” of this sort of thing.
Here is a great example:https://t.co/Czl4vixAPc
— Adam Fletcher (@PezRadar) March 2, 2021
Intrigued, and because I’m a totally responsible jernolizmser, I wanted to find out more. “Who could’ve known,” I imagined myself telling the audience, “that this would be my Pulitzer prize moment, lol”, because sometimes, by accident, I say “lol” instead of actually loling but then everybody clapped so whatever. Anyway, it wasn’t my Pulitzer prize moment, but there’s some mini-drama to make up for it.
Hosted by the (new) Diablo 2: Resurrected subreddit moderator lordpermaximum, the competition prizes included alpha test codes for “a select few Reddit users, randomly chosen from our subscribers who commented below this post”. And he’s so mad that he got busted. The competition was cancelled, but lordpermaximum banned Fletcher from the subreddit and updated the post with this instant meme:
we hope Activision Blizzard is going to end this lying employee’s contract, just like we ended his contract here
LOL.
