Except prior to him saying he's got only sc2 attached to it, you had no idea what games he had on his battle.net account. In other words you were willing to risk the safety of his account just so you could play the beta of a game that's highly likely to be released within the next couple of months.
The first post I saw he stated that he had SCII on his account, so I knew that from the very start. This is his decision not yours to make for him, you word it like I'm trying to cause his account harm or that I'm forcing him to do something. I'm not, it was a simple request, he says no and I'm fine with that, life goes on.
I'm not a WoW player, never will be but to me a Blizzard account, just like my Steam account is just the value of the games on there, for me with Blizzard that is just StarCraft 2, easily replaceable. I'm aware this isn't the same for all but at the end of the day that is something for them to answer, not you to assume.
Say what you want but it all means nothing at the end of the day. You are a stranger. He doesn't know how secure your PC is. In other words you were asking him to take quite the leap of faith.
The feedback system works well in the MM, this isn't eBay remember. Maybe it means nothing to you but it means plenty to me. If I'm going to send £200 to someone I've never met for a piece of hardware I'd rather deal with someone who had 100 good comments than zero, the same goes for anything of value. Yes you shouldn't let your guard down because of feedback, but it does help gauge what people are like and how smoothly a deal will go. Again, his leap of faith not yours.
I'd hate to live like you, you seem so very fearful of every little thing. Hell I've been screwed over a few times online, but I've learnt from it and I haven't let that colour my charitable nature, the way I was raised. Some may look at that as being foolish, but I'd rather be the type that goes out of their way to help people that the type that shuns every request out of fear that something bad "may" happen to them.
Not having a go as such - just trying to show you, how unrealistic your request was. hopefully it will stop others from asking the same question.
Call it what you want, you seem intent on making me or anyone else on these forums fearful that if they do something nice that it will be rewarded with fraud or worse. That isn't good for the community. Yes there is nothing wrong with being cautious but that shouldn't stop you from trying to help where you can, especially if you are in a better position to do so that those you are trying to help.
How is it unrealistic, just because you guard your account like a prized work of art does not make it so. Of course it won't stop people asking, people want to play this game, not everyone will get a beta key you do the math.
Helping is one thing, asking access to something that can potentially have adverse financial consequences is something totally different.
Oh and what "potentially have adverse financial consequences" are those? An account with a single video game linked to is some how going to allow me to empty his bank account? Maybe I could sell his address and e-mail for a few quid? You are just scare mongering and you know it.
Or alternatively and this may surprise you but
more likely, I could just be a trustworthy person who will do what he says and then thank the person afterwards. A person with no ill-will or evil intentions, who knew they existed!?
Or, like the rest of us, you can sit and wait patiently? The vast majority of us have been waiting just as long but we don't ask others to share their battle.net details.
I don't do patient well, I've been trying to get ahold of a key for a while now. Again if the roles were reversed and who knows they may well be if I get a key in the next few days I'm happy to lend my account to people on here if they'd be interested. That is my decision and "risk" to take, but to give people an insight to a game that is so eagerly anticipated, I'm happy to do so for the simple pleasure it can bring.
Well that is good news if it is true, April seems to be banded about quite a lot now, lets hope it is a firm date.
