# Holy S%&\*, Just got a Diablo III beta invite! Whaaaa? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 2, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499 "2012-02-02T03:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499/1 "2012-02-02T03:31:06Z")
Man, I signed up for the beta drawing like months ago. Figured I missed it. But then today, in my email, just a couple of hours ago: _Congratulations! You’ve been selected to participate in the Diablo III beta test._ downloading now, it’s like 4 gb. Might not get to it tonight since it’s a work night. But I’m grinning from ear to ear. This…pleases me. If you signed up earlier, check your inbox tonight. I guess they sent out another round? Or something? I can’t wait to play this thing, I spent hundreds of hours in DII. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499/2 "2012-02-02T05:21:57Z")
It’s cool, but just the first story arc - about equivalent to say Act 1 through Blood Raven in D2, maybe. All of the classes are playable, and you can re-play with the monsters leveling up (at least a bit, hard to tell since you can’t see levels). I have not tried multiplayer much - we should see if we can get an SDMB multiplayer session going. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499/3 "2012-02-02T05:31:43Z")
Oh, and there’s a [patch today](http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3123246179), with a bunch of [changes to underlying systems](http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4325959/Systems_Changes-1_19_2012#blog). All looks pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499/4 "2012-02-02T10:01:42Z")
You lucky… ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499/5 "2012-02-02T11:35:19Z")
The gf and I woke up to invite emails as well. I suspect they did a huge mass invite. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499/6 "2012-02-03T02:41:52Z")
> [@Theios](#): > > The gf and I woke up to invite emails as well. I suspect they did a huge mass invite. Yep, I read today that [100,000 DIII beta keys were just sent out](http://www.cinemablend.com/games/100-000-Diablo-3-Beta-Keys-Sent-Out-39189.html) So I guess I’m not _that_ lucky, but I’m still thrilled. I didn’t get a chance to play it last night - damn downloader was slow and it was 4+ gb, so tonight’s the night. Here goes! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-s-just-got-a-diablo-iii-beta-invite-whaaaa/611499/7 "2012-02-13T15:29:56Z")
Sooooo how was it???