Sorry, no =( I did it exactly like I described with my buddy, and got the 50 promised points. Maybe you happen to have some shenanigans with paradox account linking or something? Better go write to their support directly and ask them what's going on.Oh, I received my original confirmation mail back when I made my account. I did that.
Then I copied my referral link and sent it to a buddy. Apparently he then used the newsletter field to register. I assume he then confirmed his email...
I know the second person I sent it to registered through "My Paradox Account" after I sent them my link, and they confirmed it for sure.
Both of those happened a few hours ago now, but the points haven't changed. So uh, do you happen to know if I'm missing something here?