The Mike Abundo Effect

I’m giving away invitations to AsianMedia’s Lineage II Southeast Asia closed beta test, for gamers in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. That’s why Australian gamer Nathan Tills surprised me with this comment:

Hey guys I’ve been playing L2 since open beta NA. That was like 4 years ago now, or maybe 3, I can’t remember. I’ve played every MMO on the market and nothing comes close to L2! It still is number 1 and still has better graphics then some of the newer mmo’s! I’m from Australia and I know a lot of aussies are hoping we can come and play on these servers as we play the same times and NO LAG!!!!….. Please let Australians play on these servers. We are very friendly CYA IN GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Australia’s a large, affluent market. Any chance AsianMedia can serve them, too?

AsianMedia has given me fifty (50) invitations for the Lineage II Southeast Asia closed beta test. If you want an invitation, comment on this post with your full name and valid email address, and tell me why you want to play Lineage II. The fifty best verified comments from the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore will earn an invitation. Deadline for submission of entries is on 30 June 2007, 11:59:59pm GMT+8. Limit one invitation per commenter.

If I think your comment might make the magic fifty, I’ll send you an email verifying your city and mobile number, so watch your inbox. Note that you don’t have to publicly post your email address in the comment text; just put it in the “Mail (will not be published)” box, and I’ll see it privately. All personal information will be kept strictly confidential. Okay, people, tell me why you want to play Lineage II.

The closed beta test signup form for the Lineage II Southeast Asia service is now up at amdg.net.ph/l2sea. Apparently, the link was up on AsianMedia’s homepage for a while, but got pulled down. Fortunately, a resourceful commenter on this blog managed to bookmark the link. Note that the form isn’t active yet, so bookmark the link for further updates.

Nice questions they have on the form: Are you a fansite owner? Do you own a blog or belong to a blog team? Good to see AsianMedia respects gamer media.