I've been an active member of the community since forever and i wasn't invited? Why not?As it's been mentioned on multiple occasions, this test is very small-scale and unfortunately there just wasn't enough room for everyone. This forum alone has a large number of registered user accounts, so based on this there was no way to invite everyone. If you feel hard done by or not appreciated then please don't take it personally as Crytek love and appreciate all their fans but as this test needed to be run in a precise manner it's unfortunate that only a limited amount of people could join in.
How were the actual participants (The ones who received keys) chosen? Was it forum activity? Was it random?First come first serve, this was stated previously on the forums and in the comments of the news post we put up.
This thread has probably run it's course.
As stated above, when taking into consideration this forum and all the other places that were doing keys as well; GunClub, CombatTesters, etc. It's no surprise (yet, unfortunate for many) that keys were snapped up almost
instantly 
Please feel free to continue this discussion in the FAQ and we'll try to answer your questions as best as we can.
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