It appears that some of the people who participate in the Diablo Hell’s Ink event will be receiving early access to the D4 beta and a digital copy of the game. The Diablo Hell’s Ink event will conclude in September.
I am hoping we get Beta later this year, but not quite holding my breath about it.
As for tattoos, not my thing. I have zero, also zero piercings besides my ears for earrings.
What others do that make them happy though, is up to them. Some of the artwork is amazing and if they like it, cool. I still feel like getting access to a game Beta + digital copy of a game is an odd reward for a lifetime permanent mark on your skin. It just feels ick. Then again, a lot of the tattoo options were not explicitly Diablo related or branding.
Event announcement
Example of the free “flash event” tattoos
Examples of the Custom tattoos which people won. This necro is pretty interesting.
No, it was not advertised that way. The “rewards” were announced after the contest and results went out. People showing up did not know they would get Beta as well as a tattoo. I suppose people now might now, but not for the first batch.
I doubt many will blast your post. Personally I wouldn’t participate in this event, simply because I don’t like tattoos nor the idea of getting it. That said I wouldn’t hold it against anyone who would want to get a tattoo or who’s willing to get one solely for this event as it’s their choice.
With the usual releases often being in late January/early February or late July/early August, it seems most reasonable that a preview could appear 2-3 months before then, so ideally mid-October, given that December is a pretty dead month and any changes/bugfixes would likely not be addressed - it might make a good test zone, though, but the shizz needs to solid before warez hitz gold.