• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 09:09
CEST 15:09
KST 22:09
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Siren's Call8[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Summer's End9Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2915Serral wins Maestros of the Game 244ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3
Community News
New 3v3 BGH Ladder (and more) on ShieldBattery!29Weekly Cups (August 17-23): Zerg dominate the week5Weekly Cups (August 10-16): SHIN doubles2GSTL Returns in 2026!45Weekly Cups (Aug 3-9): Protoss get shut out7
StarCraft 2
General
SC4ALL II: SC2 Player Announcement 6/8 - Maru Weekly Cups (August 17-23): Zerg dominate the week Starcraft2 player guess game is Coming~! How would you feel about frequent/monthly balance patches for SC2? PhD study /w SC2 - help with a survey!
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament 2026 GSTL Announcement IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August) WORTEX 2026 - Hungarian SC2 Finals Budapest
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
Mutation # 540 Dodge This The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 539 Thunder Dome Mutation # 538 Media Blackout
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion New 3v3 BGH Ladder (and more) on ShieldBattery! [ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Siren's Call Farewell Beloved Starcraft (Youtube Videos) BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
Escore Tournament - Season 3 [ASL22] Ro24 Group F KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3 [ASL22] Ro24 Group E
Strategy
Game Theory for Starcraft Replay Review Process - What do you do? Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Fighting Spirit mining rates
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Anyone here play Quakeworld back in the day? Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread EVE Corporation
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish TSM pausing esports and CLG Dead
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank TL Mafia Community Thread NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Dating: How's your luck? Artificial Intelligence Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The Creator Fan Club MarineLorD Fan Club The ShoWTimE Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Northern Ireland Global Starcraft
Blogs
Violent Games and Crime Rate…
TrAiDoS
LOCKPICKING NOOB
LUCKY_NOOB
Cathedral Of CS And NY pizza a…
FuDDx
Please support my new stand…
Peanutsc
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7975 users

WC is SC in space???

Blogs > Rambling.
Post a Reply
1 2 3 Next All
Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-19 09:16:22
January 19 2010 05:54 GMT
#1
I can't belive this, my semi brain damaged friend thinks Starcraft is based off warcraft 2. This is mind boggling to me, sure there are some similarities, but aren't there similarities in any genre? GodenEye, Halo, CounterStrike, Call of Duty. I need to know if I'm alone here...
Although the game may share some aspects, I'm hoping I'm gunna get some people to agree with me that he's just... dumb. Thoughts?

Edit: Sorry, SC is WC in space

*
An unfortunate person is one who tries to fart but shits instead
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
January 19 2010 05:56 GMT
#2
Actually, yeah, he's right. In early beta versions, Starcraft was Warcraft in space. As the game proceeded through development, the similarities decreased.
ModeratorGood content always wins.
sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
January 19 2010 06:01 GMT
#3
The "craft" didn't give it away that there is at least some connection?
Hi Mom
neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
January 19 2010 06:01 GMT
#4
Listen to Artanis

"Stop poking me!"
"This is not WarCraft in space!"
"It is, much more sophisticated!"
"I know it's not 3-d!"
"What do I look like, an orc?"
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
January 19 2010 06:08 GMT
#5
Heh... well. It started out as such, but it didn't end like that.
Pyrrhuloxia
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States6700 Posts
January 19 2010 06:08 GMT
#6
It's funny because they have space helmets and spaceships and space travel and shit in WoW.
Ecrilon
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
501 Posts
January 19 2010 06:12 GMT
#7
The title is phrased wrong.
Also, no, they are approximately as alike as any two RTS games.
There is but one truth.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
January 19 2010 06:40 GMT
#8
On January 19 2010 15:12 Ecrilon wrote:
The title is phrased wrong.
Also, no, they are approximately as alike as any two RTS games.

Eh? WC is the closest thing to SC, like it or not, admit it or not
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
JohannesH
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1364 Posts
January 19 2010 06:43 GMT
#9
Yep theyre obvously very similar... You might know this if you played Warcraft sometime...
If you have to ask, you don't know.
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
January 19 2010 06:48 GMT
#10
well it is by the same company..
Writerptrk
Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
January 19 2010 06:52 GMT
#11
On January 19 2010 15:48 ArvickHero wrote:
well it is by the same company..


so is the Lost Vikings. He said its "BASED" off of warcraft. I still dont get it. I dont think its BASED off WC. I think it used the same hotkeys, but thats about it, next to nothing else, no story line, etc.
An unfortunate person is one who tries to fart but shits instead
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5464 Posts
January 19 2010 06:53 GMT
#12
just think about the similarities in hotkeys. control groups, f(2-4) locations, attack/holdposition/stop/patrol, etc etc. then think about the layout of the game with the minimap on bottom left, command buttons on the right, unit portrait and info in the middle. then think about how the game starts with a command center with basic worker units (+ghoul for undead). yeah i think its pretty similar.
[formerly sponsored by the artist formerly known as Gene]
Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
January 19 2010 06:55 GMT
#13
Admit defeat, samurai suicide?
An unfortunate person is one who tries to fart but shits instead
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5464 Posts
January 19 2010 06:56 GMT
#14
On January 19 2010 15:55 Rambling. wrote:
Admit defeat, samurai suicide?
pics
[formerly sponsored by the artist formerly known as Gene]
TimmyMac
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada499 Posts
January 19 2010 07:05 GMT
#15
Starcraft engine is modified warcraft engine...
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
January 19 2010 07:05 GMT
#16
StarCraft is WarCraft in space,
WarCraft is StarCraft on ground.
Space is so cool, ground makes me drool,
Testes aren't really that round.
| MLIA | the weather sucks dick here
zerglingsfolife
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1694 Posts
January 19 2010 07:09 GMT
#17
[image loading]


Looks like Warcraft 2 in space to me

From Wikipedia
Blizzard Entertainment began planning development on StarCraft in 1995, shortly after the beginning of development for Diablo.[33] Using the Warcraft II game engine as a base, StarCraft made its debut at E3 1996. The version of the game displayed, assembled by the team's lead programmer Bob Fitch, received a rather weak response from the convention and was criticized by many for being "Warcraft in space."[34] As a consequence the entire project was overhauled, bringing the focus onto creating three distinct species. Bill Roper, one of the game's producers, stated this would be a major departure from the Warcraft approach, comparing its two equal sides to those of chess and stating that StarCraft would allow players to "develop very unique strategies based on which species [is being played], and will require [players] to think of different strategies to combat the other two species."[35] In early 1997, the new version of StarCraft was unveiled, receiving a far more positive response.
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crown and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness.
gaiabulbanix
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Thailand76 Posts
January 19 2010 07:43 GMT
#18
Hmmmmmm...... Makes me wonder, what if SC was called Spacecraft instead of Starcraft XD
Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8036 Posts
January 19 2010 07:48 GMT
#19
Then we would call it Spacecraft and think of it as perfectly normal. What's the mystery here?

I lol'd at the title.
Liquipedia
Rambling.
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada314 Posts
January 19 2010 07:54 GMT
#20
On January 19 2010 15:56 redtooth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2010 15:55 Rambling. wrote:
Admit defeat, samurai suicide?
pics


[image loading]
An unfortunate person is one who tries to fart but shits instead
1 2 3 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Online Event
11:30
SHIN's Patch Show Matches
herO vs RogueLIVE!
SHIN 145
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko371
SHIN 145
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 71784
Calm 8004
firebathero 1447
EffOrt 1012
Shuttle 915
Soma 527
Hyuk 474
Pusan 364
Light 338
Snow 273
[ Show more ]
Rush 249
ZerO 224
Stork 213
Leta 183
Last 150
ggaemo 133
hero 96
Mind 91
910 88
JYJ 79
Barracks 64
Killer 49
Yoon 40
Aegong 28
Sexy 25
Terrorterran 15
zelot 15
Sacsri 14
yabsab 12
Icarus 8
Dota 2
qojqva1603
syndereN343
Counter-Strike
fl0m906
olofmeister784
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King176
Other Games
Gorgc2778
B2W.Neo794
hiko618
crisheroes511
DeMusliM238
elazer112
Liquid`VortiX46
QueenE45
ArmadaUGS37
ZerO(Twitch)17
[ Show 10 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV923
League of Legends
• Jankos1478
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
10h 51m
Escore
20h 51m
IntoTheTV X SOOP
21h 51m
Korean StarCraft League
1d 12h
GSL
1d 21h
Replay Cast
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Weekly
2 days
Afreeca Starleague
3 days
GSL
4 days
[ Show More ]
PiGosaur Cup
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
The PondCast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Season 22: Qualifier 1
PiG Sty Festival 8.0
META DYMY #4

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
K-JUNGMAN
ASL Season 22
Super Anchor Qualifying S3
CSL Season 22: Qualifier 2
RSL Revival: Season 6
Light Tournament 2026
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
Esports World Cup 2026: LCQ
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026

Upcoming

BSL 2026 LAN: Kraków
CSL 2026 AUTUMN (S22)
Acropolis #5
Acropolis #5 - TRS
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Acropolis #5 - GSA
Acropolis #5 - GSB
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Calamity Invitational
Big Dog Cup 2026 Div 1
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.