Yep! That's what happened, registered for beta 4/9, game launched later that month. The confusing Active Service in my accounts list is the beta from last year.

So even though I don't have a copy of the game disk, I can still post on the forums. And there is a character transfer option so starting to wonder if I can access the game even if I shouldn't, I think something is broken there...

Oh well, probably get banned now for not being a paying customer. =D