Lies used for Marketing?! OMG THAT IS ONLY A CONSPIRACY!!! but seriously, I prefer how bE handles it the devs are like 'oh you are in closed-beta, well upload and post whatever you like, let the world hear about it!'
Well it was mentioned quite a few times from Miguel Caron himself I believe that whenever there will be tests and somebody attends them that they can speak of their experience, you may ask the devs yourself again but I believe it was even mentioned in one of the AMA's.
with Maple Syrup, yeah. Anyway, back to topic: Will there even be open beta or is it just closed-open beta like DotA2 kinda had been? XD