When are the Beta Invites Going Out?

The first round of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta invites are still being processed, Solous, and will likely be sent out within the next day or so (e.g. today and tomorrow). I touched a bit more on this topic here:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25626285604&sid=1&pageNo=30#593

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It's important to keep in mind that we're distributing World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta invites the same way we distributed StarCraft II beta invites. Instead of sending out a beta code via email and requiring the user to flag their own account, we're doing all of that for you. The invitation process is running, but it takes time to flag each account that's eligible.

Players who opted in and were selected as recipients for this first round of beta invites will likely be informed through Battle.net Account Management sometime today, though, potentially before the invitation email arrives.

To my knowledge, this first round should also include beta invites for Dell Beta club members.

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So someone said in Trade chat today that only US Residents are eligible. Confirm/deny?

Even if you're not currently living in the US, provided that you opted in for the beta, you should still be eligible to be invited to the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm closed beta. If you haven't opted in yet, be sure to do that now!

Link: https://www.battle.net/account/management/beta-profile.html


Just a reminder, to ensure you’re opted-in and eligible as a potential candidate, you’ll need a World of Warcraft license attached to your Battle.net account, have your current system specifications uploaded to the Battle.net Beta Profile Settings page, and have expressed interest through the franchise-specific check boxes.

You might want to take a peek at the Cataclysm FAQ posted by Frejya, too: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19820323054&sid=1

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BUT have ANY invites at all gone out? or will any at all go out within the next hour?

While accounts for the first round of beta invites have been selected and the invites themselves are processing, distribution is not yet complete. See my first post in this thread for more information. :)

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Wow Lylirra, did they specifically give you all the good news to announce on the forums for your first few days? =P

Zarhym told me to say "Yes," and that it's "because [he's] nice."

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Looks like some kite designed as a dragon. It's cool whatever it is.

In this case, looks are not deceiving. My avatar is indeed a dragon kite. It's one of the pets available through the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.