Blizzard Entertainment 10/7/96 Some potential testers who were eagerly awaiting our battle.net beta sign-ups experienced difficulties getting in their applications. We wanted to take a few minutes to explain what happened. The response to our beta sign-up was greater than even we had anticipated. Blizzard's website received over 250,000 hits during the sign-up period. Although we maintain an extremely fast internet connection, the volume of incoming requests was so great that it prevented anyone from establishing a connection to the Blizzard website. Although the web server continued running throughout this period, no one was able to get through until approximately 1:30 a.m. PST. We apologize to those who were not able to participate in this beta for battle.net. There will be future opportunities to beta test upcoming battle.net titles, and we hope to hear from you then. Please watch our website for all future announcements and developments.