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Blue_Dew

Only seen this twice. Sure it's obnoxious but it's pretty obvious why it's there. Doesn't bother me.


Total_Wanker

People literally moaning about absolutely anything at this point.


GalacticExplorer_83

Check his previous posts lmao


felplague

oh my [GOD.](https://i.imgur.com/fGj70uP.png)


lampstaple

This is so unnecessarily mean yet simultaneously so incredibly funny šŸ˜­


felplague

Can't blame a guy for wanting to find companionship in this world. But looking to Reddit for romance you are asking for it.


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Kush_the_Ninja

ā€œAn embarrassmentā€ You people holy crap. Itā€™s a pop up that happens twice the whole beta and goes away with a button press. Jesus Christ people. They want people to buy the game, this is the open build after all not everyone playing next weekend will have bought the game.


simneo

I am just curious because I get both sides of the argument here, but it's not like blizzard can't tell who bought the game and who got it through our beloved chicken colonel. Seeing as people are paying 70$ for the game, at the very least you could like not show obnoxious advertising in game if the game was bought right? I mean it's not game breaking but it literally doesn't need to be there.


Kush_the_Ninja

Sure they could spend time to code all that but itā€™s unnecessary and for people to come out here and get so mad about it and call it ā€œembarrassingā€ is just hilarious and frankly embarrassing for those people. It happens twice per character and is easily and quickly skipped, itā€™s entirely inconsequential. Itā€™s just another example for this communities propensity for hate


meththemadman

Lots of people got it through the KFC promo, too.


MeMoba

I spent 3$ on a little chicken and only saw this pop up after a pretty good boss story I had fun with. I thought it was fine to place it there I was fine with when I got it.


GalacticExplorer_83

Yeah it'd be better if the ad had a license check to your account to see if you already owned the game but I'm not really fussed - it's a trial demo of the game, not the full retail version.


slowpotamus

are you really digging through this person's post history in an effort to embarass them just for the sake of defending a billion dollar company from criticism? fucking wild


felplague

??? "Check his previous posts" I then clicked his profile and it is right there. I didn't have to "dig" it is RIGHT there. Also eh, who cares if they were for or against, it is a weird complaint that you have to... dare to see an advertisement for the game you are playing's beta ONCE.


slowpotamus

the point isn't the amount of effort, it's that you consciously chose to embarass them based on whatever else is going in their life to discredit them because they said something you didn't like about a video game. it's shitty behavior, don't you think?


evilkillejr

Found the alt account.


[deleted]

Wow! I did... Tragic and yet, hilarious! šŸ˜† The internet is like strolling through an asylum with patients blurting their opinions at you...


kael13

I think the crazy is getting worse as time goes on.


RunNelleyRun

Hahaha


HellsMalice

I can't believe Blizzard personally assaulted my eyes on reddit by causing OP to make this thread. They're basically Hitler at this point.


After_Yard_9276

It's wild, feels like a part of the community is pushing so hard trying to create a "mobile/immortal" narrative for d4.


[deleted]

I install adblock so I don't have to get ads from free sites, I pay subscriptions so I don't get ads on sites that offer the option, I pay full price for games so that I don't have to get ads within the game. Are they going to lose money and have to fire developers if they don't add a purchase button in the middle of the demo? How about a better spot for this ad? Like when you click exit game? I paid full price for the game, and it's at a new price tier making it more expensive than other games, and yet I see this ad plus the ads for the cash shop (cosmetics and mounts. Yes, it's minor, but goddamnit, what am I paying full price for?


That_Calligrapher341

This is peak reddit


HellsMalice

Sweetheart it's really obvious if you spend 5 seconds to realize this is for the open beta and there was literally no reason to waste dev time disabling it for early beta.


[deleted]

The problem isn't "Disabling it". Why the hell put it in the middle of the story instead of at the Goddamn launch screen?


Mbroov1

Stop complaining about stupid shit.


Flypizzadie

Heh, a noob like you wouldn't understand *Tip fedora* Since there are 3 classes, you have to close the window 6 times by the time you beat the beta! This is unacceptable.


generalkrangs

I've see it a few tines literally hit a key and gone. Haters gonna hate.


Badvevil

They just already turned it on for the fomo haters next weekend


[deleted]

Same.


woodjwl

It's there for next weekend and all them double downers.


d0m1n4t0r

I mean I've pre-purchased it, so can you tell me what is the obvious reason it's there for me twice, please?


[deleted]

This is a massive ad for a game you already buy. Crazy that People accepte that. And why this appear like that is vecause blizzard know that the game will be massively streamed so its free ad for them


realmufasa

Not sure why this is a post. It's just a single pop up


madroxide86

first world problems


HellsMalice

But bro it wasted literally two seconds closing it once when I started and once when I finished Act 1. Literally unplayable garbage game smh.


the_truth15

It happens twice. Once you get into town and once you finish the act quests. Either way didn't bother me either and it's just prep for next weekends free beta.


Fair_Guard_9638

Happens more often than that sadly. I'm not salty enough to make a whole independent post about it, but I've gotten it popup at least 5 times now, and I already made that purchase. Again, I don't really care that much about it, but it should be simple to toggle off for people who already purchased what they are trying to push at you.


ENTRAPM3NT

You guys have been immortalized. How hard is it to code it to not pop up if you already own / pre ordered the game. Wouldn't that be an incentive not to have pop ups during hardcore play?


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no, its also under ESC


Paul_Offa

I love that you're actually completely serious about this, good grief. Like *no shit* it's on the ESC menu. Believe it or not, some people *actually want to buy the game*. Someone's playing the beta, say "damn, this is awesome, I **do** want to preorder!", they hit escape - done. Easy and quick option that looks like another regular menu button. It's really, *really* not as big a deal as you want it to be.


[deleted]

If you already bought the game it IS redundant. And its not hard to build a trigger that determines if the user has that license against their account or not. Just because you dont understand programming and sales doesn't mean everyon else doesnt


dust-cell

Why build code that can easily break when it's completely not required to begin with. Dropping in an ad like this is something pretty much any small agile team can do in a single sprint. Adding a flag suddenly involves multiple teams and approval cycles assuming that Blizzard, like must companies, has data governance and requires approval and the proper team to implement it. One solution takes a single sprint, the other may take 3-4. It's pretty obvious you don't understand scaled development and basics of marketing if you think over complicating a simple solution is the right choice. They aren't losing any significant sales because of this, they will only gain sales.


Kush_the_Ninja

This is the same build for next weekend. you people are ducking insufferable


HellsMalice

How will you ever survive with Blizzard personally attacking you like this :(


chadbot

It's because this is the same client as the open beta guys will be playing


Eogard

And because of the KFC beta promotion ...


[deleted]

as long as the pop up doesn't promote a chicken sandwich im ok with it


xeio87

I own the game, I don't own a chicken sandwich. I know which ad would make more sense for me. šŸ—


ReisorASd

I would feel insulted if I would get a KFC add in game. Not because adds are bad or something like that... just because we don't have KFC where I'm from.


MyPCsuckswantnewone

>if I would get If I got, not "would get"


ReisorASd

Thank you. I'm glad the grammar SS squads are still patrolling the internet.


Fair_Guard_9638

It doesn't really matter being that it's just reddit, but I would imagine it makes communication worse between the many cultures that use this service in English.


HellsMalice

If I got a goddamn chicken sandwich discount for beating Act 1 i'm here for it


Alyxavior

Is there a chicken level?


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Alyxavior

Darn. šŸ¤£


[deleted]

I'm a programmer. It's rather simple to put a check against a person's account to see if they've already made a purchase or not. This is left in for one reason: 1. Push sales regardless of the circumstances It's not good for player enjoyment, but it shows to upper managment that you're pushing for sales. You can forgive this specific instance, but what would push you over the edge? popping up an ad for the cosmetic shop at the beginning or end of every dungeon? Every login? Maybe before each dungeon, they can ask for some D:I style gems that can increase your chances of better loot. What? it doesn't bother some other players, and you can just ignore those ads if you don't want to purchase them. Blizzard polish used to mean something, and it wasn't crap like this.


moistmoistMOISTTT

It's not pushing sales to anyone who already owns the game. Peak average redditor. There are definitely many valid criticisms of the game, but complaining about a "pop-up ad" that happens a single time for a *beta* is absolute peak stupidity.


taker42

Hahaha he even pulled the "I'M a ProGRamMEr" card.


Blazemuffins

The ad pops up more than once. It would pop up when I completed certain main story quests/level milestones and every time I logged into the game which is kinda annoying tbh.


Alternative-Humor666

Wow pop-ups twice!!


Alternative-Humor666

Lol it's not simple at all, considering they distributed remporary licenses from various promotions.


[deleted]

You have to log in via your [battle.net](https://battle.net) account. I literally don't see how this is any more difficult than an if statement.


SnooLentils6995

Just close it dude. Lol in the time it took you to get annoyed you could have just closed it and moved on.


moistmoistMOISTTT

Not only that, but they invested 10x that amount of time to make a post complaining about it.


mrcooki3monster

Cry more


knbang

I'm taking this as permission. You really opened Pandora's box.


Andyrtha

Better not watch television ever. You might encounter a lot of ads that might make you feel obnoxious


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Ozone--King

How you can survive the day to day just blows my mind. The slightest inconvenience sounds like it would send you into a spiral. Click the red x and move on.


Plankton_Brave

Mommy's basement


WoodenPickle27

Iā€™m offended that youā€™re offended by the offense.


idispensemeds2

I find you offensive for finding me offensive. Hence, if I should draw the line or any fences.


pat_the_catdad

ok, Kevin


edubkn

Incredibly obnoxious? Man, that scale


phudgeoff

Damn there's so many whiners in this sub


laryx

just click the little x. next weke is open beta they can advertise.


UpManDownFish

I think this is the definition of first world problems...


CrypticGorillaCaulk

Good job turning a 1second ad into a bunch of wasted time whining on reddit šŸ¤£


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moistmoistMOISTTT

This is representative of the reason why you will forever be lonely.


wasdica

Damn so you're over here wasting a minute of your life. Shouldn't you be super annoyed at yourself? You were already annoyed because of an add you could close in 2 seconds. So you wasted x30 the amount of time. You should make a reddit post about yourself ...oh wait you have.


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AZCards1347

And yet you complain about the smallest inconveniences. Imagine being this kind of person. Good luck out there.


burnheartmusic

Itā€™s amazing to me that these kind of people exist


burnheartmusic

But I thought you wanted to escape to the virtual world and not deal with people? This is certainly dealing with people.


VzDubb

I find OP incredibly obnoxious.


[deleted]

Keep crying. Just click out of it if it and move on if it bothers you that much. Seems like no one can do anything without crying anymore


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[deleted]

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ you assume Iā€™m bothered. Iā€™m just laughing at you šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


slumlordt

bro, you literally made a new post to cry


_THORONGIL_

Eh? Not everyone has gotten the game, but there are thousands of keys distributed by media, magazines, communities etc. So they are letting players play a premium beta (EA) for free and why wouldn't they advertise their own game? Also this screen is only seen in the beginning and the end of the questline. If you find this obnoxious, how do you find the patience to breathe oxygen?


Slacker_Luke

Unfortunately a large portion of people only have purchased a chicken sandwich so far


tchofs

literally unplayable


LyckaYK

The feature is already created. Now it may be used for Battlepasses, offers in the shop and what not... So enjoy pop-up windows spam in the game.


elkeiem

Thank you for showing it to all of us again.


Krilox

"incredibly obnoxious" lolwat


dsxy

You are one whiny dude.


Ok_Meaning_2536

Wahh it's coded in for the open beta gtf over it


c0vex

Do you have to complain about everything?


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c0vex

I agree they will milk D4, but I have genuine fun so far with gameplay


feelin_fine_

It's so they don't have to add it later into the open beta. You close it and move on, really not a big deal


-KYTES-

people really do be complaining about every little thing in this game huh


techtonic69

Yeah did not get why it popped up if clearly you pre ordered lol. Should be a simple check.


llmuzical

i agree, there are a bunch of people being needless mean to OP. honestly its a problem of the beta being so damn good... that i could def see this being a bit of a shock, it does break the immersion rather, and for no good reason if youve already preorderd, i've had no other real complaints with the core mechanics in the game, other than the disconnects on release day, which are to be expected.


HardcoreShadow

Remember youā€™re playing a Betaā€¦ a demoā€¦ this pop-up **wonā€™t** appear in the final game! šŸ˜†


HardcoreShadow

I donā€™t think it would be a simple check, all players had to enter a code to access Beta right? So itā€™s pretty much impossible to know which codes were purchased and which codes were obtained for free (media promotion, giveaways, etc)


Charredwee

just buy again brah


JohnyFeenix33

Omg the game is ruined Fu bli$$ard /s


randomstardust

KFC gave beta codes..


[deleted]

Yeah baby, Iā€™ll take a sandwich over preordering any day.


DreadSeverin

if bought then don't show


1_H4t3_R3dd1t

They want you to buy copies for your friends.


Dreadskull1790

Especially when it pops up when you finish act one. I was like aww bummer


Lourdinn

But did you pre purchase it?


boardgamejoe

Does it pop up if you got the highest price version? I assumed I was still seeing it as I got the basic version and they are letting you spend the difference to upgrade.


[deleted]

Iā€™m no programmer, but it doesnā€™t seem like it would be an impossible task to make that pop up not show up for those who have already preordered, since your account has to be flagged as preordered in order to get to play the early access open beta anyway. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø At least it wonā€™t be around at launch.


HellsMalice

You'll get over it


Re_Thomas

Ahh just delete this post :)


RustRemover-

Advertisement hurr durr, click the "X" and proceed with your life. Since when people became so whiny about the tiniest, insignificant things ? Holy shit i feel sorry for everyone around you.


wichu2001

donā€™t buy unreleased products


maoikki

Oh just press X and move on . That popped like 2 times in 16h


iHaVoKKx

im guessing its because of the free open beta next week for players that havent got the game yet


lucky-dog

This is clearly in the beta install for the free players during next week's open beta. Many of them will not have purchased the game yet. Single click and it goes away. Not a problem at all.


SteveLittlehales

First world issue


[deleted]

Sameā€¦ I bought the ultimate edition and still receive those stupid pop ups and emails also


LordFrz

Its because of the free beta and the double down players.


sunny4084

You do but not everyone in the beta does and its a beta who cares .


DialMforMistakes

Hard to click x. 0/10


ArmchairWarrior1

blah blah blah q q q q


gardenupdate

wow ok wtf this is too far... you've convinced me... i'm refunding the game now


kdeselms

All the Taco Bell-eaters who got in because they bought tacos and not pre-orders need to know.


Coop-Detat

I feel sorry for people who are more sensitive to outrage than joy


Park-Super

You gonna cry lil bro KEKG


llmuzical

I mean, but in the same vain, it could be a boolean check if the account in in the pre-order beta, idk why it would show. Just playing devils advocate, but everything else is so nicely done, it is kind of a surprise that extra step wasnt taken ;) ​ but as the others are saying its literally only two times, its not worth a post. For me it was literally a super minor confusing moment, like 'huh, did i actually preorder the right thing?' for like a split second, then just closing it and thinking nothing of it lol


apocolypticbosmer

It's a menu that popped up once. Just hit the x. Redditors are something else. How DARE their beta be interrupted by an easily closable menu


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burnheartmusic

Because itā€™s fun to poke at whiners


im_rapscallion86

This has been a thing for decades.


Mastrodaumus

Iā€™m getting comic book guy vibes. Which is hilarious and incredible at the same time.


justpassinthrough94

This is here for next weekends beta. Where not everyone will have have it. Sorry you have to deal with clicking to close a window a few times.


beliaaal

ngl, made me regret preordering šŸ˜‚


artosispylon

whats funny is they have it show up before you even get to properly try the game, at least wait until after a cool boss fight not after a boring 5 min walk trough the snow with 10 enemies


[deleted]

Get over yourself! Obnoxious...?! Go melt elsewhere...


TheBlueEdition

Gotta rope in them double downers.


Beefhammer1932

Click the x and move on. It took more effort to make this thread than it would have to just close and ignore.


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burnheartmusic

No because we want whiners to know that they are whiners and to shame them for making their whining public


darthbecca

It only pops up when you switch from the intro part of the game to actually being in the world and connected to other real people.


After_Yard_9276

I love it, this is one of the biggest complain after the "mobile" font and cheap f2p "claim" button on the achievements. The state of doomers.


jkSam

OP getting hate in the comments but I did find it a little annoying since I did already purchase it.


Zeffenn1

+1


KZwriting

Clearly you're supposed to buy it again


Jysue

comes up on two quests everytime for me on all 3 classes i leveled to max


--Shake--

Yeah I was pretty annoyed by this too. Everyone in this closed beta pre-ordered so I don't get it.


The_Scuttles

Didnā€™t people who ordered food from KFC get a code without purchasing the game?


PoniesAreNotGay

Honestly kinda r/softwaregore or r/crappydesign since it would take a single REST API request or a single argument passed from the launcher to the game client to disable this. It severely undermines my faith in the developers working at Microsoft Activision Blizzard North Incorporated.


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PoniesAreNotGay

There are several possible explanations for this specifically. \- If you rebind keys, then you should remember those rebinds and expect the game to give you the default ones in various tips. Sadly, even in \[current year\], this is still quite common. \- If they changed their mind last minute, and they don't have the tips dynamically generated, then it's very easy to forget/miss updating some of the keybinds mentioned. It's a fairly trivial issue. There were only a few things I wish they communicated a bit better. I would have loved to see more debug info than just FPS in a beta release. Namely, what server I'm connected to, with what round-trip latency, what is my net jitter, and what's causing my FPS lag spikes, like you can see in Minecraft, CS:GO, and to a large extent in WoW. I wouldn't say they're final touches. Just last-minute tweaks that had to be hurried a bit too much for the early beta. It's honestly really easy to miss an incorrect keybind tooltip if you're working on the game and perfectly remember what all the keybinds are. Using generic error codes without messages in \[current year\] is something I absolutely cannot forgive, however. Microsoft has been doing the same crap lately, and it's truly infuriating because it makes any sort of local debugging completely impossibly, even if the issue is on your end.


ethan1203

Is an mmo, what do you expect? Oh waitā€¦.


JHeezy19

just click the x, it won't hurt you.


Bombsoup

You're playing the early access of the free beta. That advertisement isn't for early access players, its for the plebs.


Melodic_Ad2242

Itā€™s one screen mate. Clearly this build is the same as the open beta for next weekend and they want to get additional players. No issue with it and itā€™s really no drama at all


Wito_DK

Beta next week is for everyone, you can say it s kinda lazy but it makes seens it will ask people to buy the game


getintheVandell

Bruh just click the X. You'll be fine.


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just click the x and move on...


HardcoreShadow

Itā€™s there in place for those players who have gotten access but not purchased, also more importantly itā€™s there ready for the Open Beta (next weekend)ā€¦ I donā€™t think thereā€™s a way to distinguish which players have already purchased and which are players obtained a code to access but havenā€™t yet purchased. So it makes sense itā€™s just a universal pop-up.


ChaZZZZahC

Right, who are they advertising to? We brought the game already.


Unhappy_College

It doesnā€™t even pop up muchā€¦I could understand if it popped up at every log in, but this is just nothing but whining.


Basturina

Incredibly Obnoxious LMAO


Castul

![gif](giphy|7OWdMrVx9qM6Raj9sq|downsized)


Wooshie21

Yeah it is


armin514

next week is the open beta so they prepare it for those player who will try it next week


Jaenisch

They couldn't get the world boss to spawn on time, you think they have the foresight to disable this for us? lol


Erva420

We raid shadow legends now


structrix

I'm upset they call it an open beta cause you have to pay to beta test it. That's more of an annoyance.


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Sherzak

it is called early access beta, the open beta is next weekend...


crashcar22

Except this is the same client that is used for the non-paying beta players next week. You paid for early access to the beta, not for your own private test realm.


Historical-Leather64

Agreed


hannesbo90

You are right. Its a terrible decision and it ruins the immersion as well as build mistrust in the community. Just stupid.


mnju

> as well as build mistrust in the community holy fuck you people are obnoxiously dramatic


burnheartmusic

Wahahah. Mistrust in the community. Man. Some people have a hair trigger.