I can honestly say that the Beta key thing is absolutely rediculous. Half of 1%? Really? That's like giving the finger to every single fan that they had, and now, because of their choice, they have most-likely lost tens of thousands of players. I would have gone into the beta to test and have fun, and now I have to pay $20 for it? 1. That's a rip-off, and 2. Bethesda may be the cheapest company on Earth. I could've uploaded videos of the beta to YouTube to showcase what Bethesda had done with their time since the release of the main game, and gain a whole bunch of subscribers. But now my hopes have been destroyed, and I will not be buying this DLC. Congrats, Bethesda, you just lost a fan.
Before I point out everything wrong with this post, I must first congratulate you for bringing up something entirely off topic and stupid, thereby bringing life to this thread it may not have had otherwise. Now then, I'll speak my mind. When I have to read a wall of text like this post, I tend to miss things, so if I miss something, tell me. So, for people like me, I'll put this in a convenient list format stating the errors I saw.
1) Oh, boo-hoo, you're not one out of the 50 or so total people picked? Deal with it in a mature manner like the rest of us.
-Note: posting about it in the wrong topic isn't mature.
2) Oh no, you have to pay $20 dollars for something the other 5,000 of us have to pay $20 for as well? What a tragedy!
3) Uploading that to YouTube would've ended in a lawsuit, and going up against a legal department the size of Bethesda's would cost you a considerable amount more than the DLC itself.
4) Lost tens of thousands of players? Get real, man. Not even that many signed up for the beta, and most can deal with it better than you.
5) The beta wasn't for you to have fun, it was for responsible people (a.k.a. "NOT YOU") to find errors and improve the experience for everyone.
6) "Congrats, Bethesda, you just lost a fan"? One fan out of the total number they have is nothing, and I call BS. You're probably playing Skyrim right now and you're probably gonna buy Dawnguard the day of its release.
7) NOBODY CARES! We're all disappointed, and we all dealt with it. We don't care about your drama, so please, be realistic.
You people are getting on my nerves.