wow Battle for Azeroth Beta Key Giveaway!

[Valks 2,373]

Enter now for your chance to win one of the 75 keys we are giving away!

The time has come for our beta key giveaway for the upcoming expansion, Battle for Azeroth! This post will have everything you need to not only enter the giveaway, but make sure that your entry has the best chance of winning one of the 75 keys we are giving out.

How to Enter

With the information that has been spreading through datamining and now on the beta servers, it's obvious something big is brewing for the home city of the Night Elves, so our contest will be sending you to Darnassus! In order to enter, you will need to have a level 1 Night Elf and bring it to Darnassus - specifically, The Howling Oak.

Once you have arrived, position yourself at the entrance on the first platform, as shown below:

Once you have done so, you should click on the in-game clock and then click the "Show Stopwatch" button that appears in the Clock window. This will show you an in-game timer that you'll need to use for the contest.

The objective is to follow a route through Darnassus and time yourself from start to finish, following the steps we have outlined in the instructions below. Once you have your time, you will then choose from one of five times in the poll at the top of this post; you should select whichever time is closest to the time you recorded while completing the run through Darnassus.

Users that selected the "correct" time will then be placed into a pool of players that will be eligible to win a key. The winners will be chosen at random from those that have selected the correct option in the poll. As long as you follow the route, there should be no issues with your time being too far off the average we found while running the route.

So, without further ado, let's get running!

Instructions for Route

Follow the steps below exactly as detailed in order to keep your time as close to ours as possible. There are a few things to note before starting your run:

• Read the full instructions before starting your run. It will make things much easier for you.
• Use the WoW in-game timer. It's likely more reliable than your years-old egg timer.
• Stick to the path as much as you can on the map's route. We stayed in the middle of the path for the whole route, so cutting corners too often might ruin your chances.
• The red route on the map below should be followed as precisely as possible until you reach the Temple of the Moon, at which point you should follow the instructions for where to go.
• We typed out each emote in order to give players a fair chance in case they did not want to use macros for the emotes. You should do the same.
• When you see an "or" between two emotes, you can choose which one to do. We felt we would give an option for the Alliance players that wanted to show respect to their comrades, but also leave the possibility for Horde players to show their disdain for the Alliance.

Here is a map of the route you will follow:

The steps for the route are as follows:

1. Start your timer.
2. Emote with /salute or /spit at one of the guards next to you (you can do this at either guard, it does not matter).
3. Follow the route around Darnassus until you reach the entrance to the Temple of the Moon.
4. Enter the Temple, then turn left immediately and follow the path with lamps on either side that leads to a ramp guarded by two Sentinels.
5. Once you reach the top of the ramp, turn right and follow the path until you reach Tyrande and Malfurion.
6. Stop just before them.
7. Emote with /bow or /laugh at Tyrande.
8. Emote with /salute or /spit at Malfurion.
9. Run through them and jump off the balcony into the water below.
10. As soon as you land next to the statue of the fountain, stop your timer.

Once you've got your first time, you can either try again and average your times, in case you felt you made a mistake, or you can enter with your first time. Come back to this page and select the option in the poll that you think was closest to your time for the route. Your entry will be your poll selection, so choose wisely and good luck!

Rules and Information

As for every contest, we have a set of rules that will apply for the duration of the contest:

• The contest will finish as soon as the poll closes on Friday, May 25th, 2018.
• Users will be selected at random from the pool of players that choose the "correct" poll option. This will be done by a random number generator and we will not change the choices unless a user has broken one of the rules.
• You may only enter the competition once; if you attempt to enter with multiple accounts from the same IP, your entries will be void.
• Do not use any speed enhancement buffs, gear or mounts. You should complete the route at the running speed of a Level 1 Night Elf (any class) in their starter gear.
• Do not use any race other than Night Elf for the challenge; they have a passive increase to their movement speed that other races do not have.

Good luck to all that enter and we hope you can come to appreciate the beauty of the city while completing the challenge (or scout out a few weak points for future battles if you will be returning as a Horde player)!

EDIT: The poll results that are displayed after voting should all be at 0 votes. Your vote is still counted, but we have done this to remove the possibility of users simply checking the results for an easy method of entering, rather than actually participating.

[PatrickHenry 293]

Can we gift the key if we already have one?

ETA:  for the ones messaging me, no you cannot have my current key for obvious reasons, nor this one should I win it.

kthxbai

Edited May 18, 2018 by PatrickHenry

[Valks 2,373]

20 minutes ago, PatrickHenry said:

Can we gift the key if we already have one?

I think this should be fine, but I'm checking. Will let you know.

[Valks 2,373]

1 hour ago, PatrickHenry said:

Can we gift the key if we already have one?

Keys are actual keys, so yep, you can gift it.

[Bjorn 2]

Wow I had a good guess. I thought I knew which one but I ran it to be sure :D

[Auronos 0]

How will we get notified if we win? By E-Mail or Message on Ice-Veins?

[Laragon 269]

When does this end? I don't see it listed.

[Doozal 2]

6 hours ago, Blainie said:

Once you have your time, you will then choose from one of five times in the poll at the top of this post;

There are only 4 choices.

34 minutes ago, Laragon said:

When does this end? I don't see it listed.

 

6 hours ago, Blainie said:

The contest will finish as soon as the poll closes on Friday, May 25th, 2018.

• Poll closes on 05/25/18 at 08:00 AM

 

Thank you for the giveaway.

Edited May 18, 2018 by doozal
Added more accurate Poll closing time.

[SMOrcMan 76]

Macro for the emotes? or taking the time to click then type?

[Doozal 2]

2 minutes ago, SMOrcMan said:

Macro for the emotes? or taking the time to click then type?

Whichever is your preference. It shouldn't make a difference in time.

[Carmilla 2]

Dunno why but i had a lot of fun :D Created a raid & put "hint"-marks so as not to get lost. Was surprized to see the result!

[Zloodziej 2]

Nice contest :)

[Hagersen 34]

pretty hyped now. hope i win :3

[Valks 2,373]

11 hours ago, Auronos said:

How will we get notified if we win? By E-Mail or Message on Ice-Veins?

By Message on IV, but that triggers an email notification (unless you have changes the default settings).

[Valks 2,373]

11 hours ago, doozal said:

There are only 4 choices.

 

• Poll closes on 05/25/18 at 08:00 AM

 

Thank you for the giveaway.

Good catch, will change in post. 

[Valks 2,373]

11 hours ago, Laragon said:

When does this end? I don't see it listed.

You can see the end time on the poll. It should be adjusted to your time zone, so I didn’t add it in the post, just the date + to look at poll.

[Valks 2,373]

11 hours ago, SMOrcMan said:

Macro for the emotes? or taking the time to click then type?

As Doozal said, you can do either. There is enough leeway with the times (I tested it typing and macroing) that this won’t dratically affect anything, at least not enough to change the bracket.

[Rooach 34]

Am i the only one that has an invite but is to tired from the game to download the beta?

[gewzxc 1]

Where are you !my key！

[dlhak 30]

Done ! I also found a treasure box in next to tyrande with "Music Roll: Shalandris Isle" ! I don'tknow if it's a rare spawn ..

[Baridus 1]

I have done it, bless me great icyveins!

[Valks 2,373]

16 hours ago, Rooach said:

Am i the only one that has an invite but is to tired from the game to download the beta?

It’s a great way to explore a new class you might be interested in and gives a bit of a fresh perspective on things. That’s how I see it, at least!

[Suoson 29]

Ai, that was fun, a little it of effort to a poll, nice :)

[Dread13 2]

It was fun :) Good luck everyone!

[Joakhim 0]

it was fun and i found the correct answer =D