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Football Manager Live beta key giveaway starting soon Comments by Robert Purchese

8 June, 2007

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Freelancepolice
08/06/07 @ 14:23
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what a crock
LFMartins
08/06/07 @ 14:24
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/me checks the giveaways on the profile, sees the FML giveaway there...

so,i´m in?
Freelancepolice
08/06/07 @ 14:25
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Think so you jammy sod
X201
08/06/07 @ 14:27
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/throws box of Jaffas at mods

Go and have a tea break, the whinging will have died down when you get back.*


*this statement is not guaranteed


pocababs
08/06/07 @ 14:27
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erm i want a response from euro gamer, as i got the page, clicked join the beta, said thanks then 2 msgs like every one else and now nothing.

you guys should let us know whats going on
Sully
08/06/07 @ 14:28
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I'm waiting for a review that comments about poor testing and lots of bugs ;)
promoted2001
08/06/07 @ 14:30
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I sense some bitterness in here! Hahaha sore losers :p
rauper [staff]
08/06/07 @ 14:31
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We'll look into why people may have received messages if they weren't successful and let you know what happened.

To avoid any doubt, here are the 25 users who will be contacted by SI:

abcd
andijames
mortonfan
SpudUK
Tigr
maxx
ExeC
inni786
Schlocky
Mr-T
daleormsby
promoted2001
outra9e
Damo0001
geoffw22
wellsie
anjin
nikreeves
sickpuppysoftware
nesta
viscti
liquidflunky
ALKI
Rb
LFMartins
s33r
08/06/07 @ 14:32
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I sense some bitterness in here! Hahaha sore losers
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Not sore losers, just people disappointed that, despite getting a message saying congratulations we have, in fact missed out.
LetsGo
08/06/07 @ 14:32
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what a joke........ I'll stick to other sites for beta keys in the future i think.... :*(

/me is sad, very sad :(
pocababs
08/06/07 @ 14:33
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Excuse me.....


You've successfully claimed a code from Football Manager Live Beta Test. Well done!

The details are as follows:
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Your code:

We recommend that you keep this code private, and that you read the instructions on the giveaway page to find out how to use your code, which can be found here: http://gamers.eurogamer.net/giveaways.ph...

Cheerio,
Beaker, the Eurogamer Robot.

P.S. this is an automated message, sent from our lovely Robot. Unfortunately he won't read any responses to this message, so please don't reply!


this reply i have says I HAVE A KEY, same with everyone else...
stuarty_2003
08/06/07 @ 14:34
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What a lot of cock this is! See what you've made me do Eurogamer, you've made me type cock and send it publicly.
s33r
08/06/07 @ 14:35
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Cheers for the info rauper.. guess congrats to those in and, miffedness for those who got congrats message but missed out. I'll still hope for a resolution that sees use testing anyway, but I know that's a pipe dream.
pocababs
08/06/07 @ 14:36
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so "rauper " can you confirm all of the people that have recived a " you have a beta key msg" have not got one ?


LFMartins
08/06/07 @ 14:36
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Thanks rauper for the clarification.
I´ve never felt more lucky.
Lokolo
08/06/07 @ 14:36
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well thats not very good now is it.

after all that and nearly choking on my bacon sandwhich thinking i won, i actually in fact, didn't. oh.
jmcoo7
08/06/07 @ 14:36
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This whole thing is odd when i got in it said 24 left then i get message blank key erm i aint that slow likes . Major mess up bet you it did not work in proper order , shambles !!!
pocababs
08/06/07 @ 14:37
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tbh thats tottally out of order,

saying YES YOU HAVE WON A KEY...



o no wait you havent cos somethings gone wrong.

how do we know that the keys were given out correctly if this is the case ?
chiz
08/06/07 @ 14:38
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"So basically, this is poor poor poor totally crap organisation by Eurogamer.

Oh well. Not a surprise."

Fucking freeloaders. They don't get their own way then moan. It's free for fuck sake.
Tomo
08/06/07 @ 14:38
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Well, well, well.
incognito_gbg
08/06/07 @ 14:39
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Im bitterly dissapointed at this farce. I had no real expactions to win, but when I get a message that says I dit....
maxx
08/06/07 @ 14:39
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my new lucky number now is 6 \o/
Lokolo
08/06/07 @ 14:39
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chiz - stop your jibba jabbing. i pity the fool.

i don't think you understand - if you get told you won, then you haven't what else do you expect?
08/06/07 @ 14:42
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What a complete and utter cock-up!
vagabond
08/06/07 @ 14:42
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lol. Just realised I got THREE messages from this 'Beaker' the Eurogamer robot saying I'd won a key.

So despite 3 messages claiming I won, I actually haven't?

*punches Beaker in the nose*
incognito_gbg
08/06/07 @ 14:43
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Can we count how many we are that we´re told we got one, but really didnt?
kopite
08/06/07 @ 14:43
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Gutted :(

Beaker needs killing for dashing our hopes
ExeC
08/06/07 @ 14:43
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The people who actually got in the 25 got a Key saying "Congratuations - 5 / 25" or "7 / 25" etc.

So they people who got a message with no key wouldnt have won anyway.
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pocababs
08/06/07 @ 14:44
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around 40 people got the msg, 25 got in.

eurogamer says fuck the other 15...


yah great comp
skillian
08/06/07 @ 14:46
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This comments thread was always going to be a pit of disappointment, regardless of how well the comp was run.

I'm sad too, I don't even recognise most of those winning names :(
Nickfrier
08/06/07 @ 14:47
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right so wen i pressed refresh and saw:

25 of 25 keys avaliable, pressed the buttons and got my msg

i still managed to lose out?

good luck to those who got in. lets hope SI do the honorable thing and make up for this error by giving the rest of us, that got the msg a key anyway.
stuarty_2003
08/06/07 @ 14:47
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It's kind of like buying a copy of Crackdown with the Halo 3 beta sticker on it, for you to fire it in and find out that the sticker was put on that box by accident.

I'm not blaming Eurogamer for this, as these things always go tits up, especially when it's such a small number of keys for such a large amount of people chomping at the bit.

It's still a lot of cock to get a congrats email and for it to be sent in error.

In better news, George Michael has been banned from driving for 2 years. Crazy lunatic.
nixxrite
08/06/07 @ 14:47
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Despite being told I've won a key and also seeing a list of winners, of which I'm not one, I still want to click on giveaways in faint hope they'd cocked up..... oh hang on!
gazzy
08/06/07 @ 14:48
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As I clicked I got a message saying I was number 23 in the list. I guess this wasn't the case then...
marktinklin
08/06/07 @ 14:50
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Cheers Eurogamer.

I was another of the FM Live Beta winners who actually didnt win.

i guess this is what relegation feels like...
rauper [staff]
08/06/07 @ 14:51
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pocababs: No, we're not saying that. We're saying that clearly the system was very busy at the point the giveaway went live, and despite our testing, it must have got a bit confused at the point that everyone hit the button at exactly the same time, and a few users (i.e. probably everyone who clicked it in a 1-2 second period) got the confirmation message but no key (all 25 keys were gone 4 seconds after it went live).

I'll get a full explanation from our tech guys shortly.
QuikZor
08/06/07 @ 14:51
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marktinklin: This is even worse than relegation. We were told we had won, when you relegate, you can see it coming, we didn't.
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kopite
08/06/07 @ 14:52
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THis is the same feeling I got After athens :(

Feel totally empty.

Its a bit sad really cos its a computer game... But then again Footy manager always seems to have a habit of taking over lives
skillian
08/06/07 @ 14:54
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Gone in 4 seconds? LOL

Ah well, I only wanted the key so I could test it out without paying the monthly subs :P
promoted2001
08/06/07 @ 14:55
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It uses a php script, and i'm guessing it wasn't designed for that many people to claim at once! They probably run out of keys but the validation on the script thought there were keys available, thus people got the empty key message as the key variable was empty for this competition. Sorry guys
s33r
08/06/07 @ 14:55
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@rauper: I assumed it's got something to do with the system being overloaded in a short space of time. As many have posted that they've received messages ~40 are going to miss out after being told they've won. Granted that you've told us that we haven't and that it'd appear in our giveaway section on our profile. The question that most are asking is whether SI & EG will offer a place to those who missed out. Can you give anything on this or is it just a case of tough luck?
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08/06/07 @ 14:55
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But surely you knew this sort of thing might have happend..

Still a total fuck up at whatever angle you want to fob us off
stevenhp1987
08/06/07 @ 14:55
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I am not very happy at the organisation that went into this competition.

a) the time at which it started was incorrect. You stated 3pm GMT, when infact Britain is currently in GMT + 1, therefore it should not even have started yet!

b) the fact that I was "given" a message saying I was successfull @ 15:00 (followed shortly again at 15:04 and 15:06) and being told by you that I was not is once again a disgrace.

I recently signed up to your website and have been very disapointed in your service thus far.
skillian
08/06/07 @ 14:58
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C'mon, free beta keys to a massively anticipated game one of Britain's busiest game websites - there was bound to be hiccups and disappointment. I think you're being a bit harsh on EG.
promoted2001
08/06/07 @ 15:00
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"I recently signed up to your website and have been very disapointed in your service thus far. "

Hahaha, sounds like his off to his lawyer!
nesta
08/06/07 @ 15:00
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I also recently signed up for your website and im very pleased with how this competition went. :)

Hey guys still 975 beta spots left
pocababs
08/06/07 @ 15:00
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CONGRATS YOUVE WON THE 8 MILLION POUND LOTTERY..

O wait no sorry. lots of people enter'd some one else won.

better luck next week
rauper [staff]
08/06/07 @ 15:00
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s33r: I would doubt it to be honest as the allocation of keys is very limited (1000 beta testers in total) so I doubt there are the spare spaces to allow that - and also anybody could claim that they received a "You received a key" message and we'd have no way of verifying it.
QuikZor
08/06/07 @ 15:00
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skillian: then they didn't had to do it if it wasn't gonna work
skillian
08/06/07 @ 15:02
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It did work, just not for me or you :(

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