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KameZerg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1772 Posts
May 13 2016 20:00 GMT
#221
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
May 13 2016 20:07 GMT
#222
This community never ceases to amaze. This whole thing sounds too good to be true. Really looking forward to seeing it in action. I tried to get back into BW recently but gave it up due to all the problems with port forwarding and whatnot. This would change all that.

<3 you guys!
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
May 13 2016 20:09 GMT
#223
This is amazing. Not sure it'll convince me to come back, but I appreciate the hell out of what you guys have done.

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phrenzy
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom478 Posts
May 13 2016 20:13 GMT
#224
I have edited the hotkeys of my BW install because im left-handed and find it impossible to play naturally.

Will i be considered a cheater because of this?
atrox_
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom1711 Posts
May 13 2016 20:37 GMT
#225
has there been an eta of a beta release date? (haven't checked the pages between my last post yet)
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10794 Posts
May 13 2016 20:56 GMT
#226
On May 14 2016 05:37 atrox_ wrote:
has there been an eta of a beta release date? (haven't checked the pages between my last post yet)

Don't believe so, this is a killer tease !!
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Epoxide
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Magic Woods9326 Posts
May 13 2016 21:05 GMT
#227
tec and 2pac <3
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ZONIC71
Profile Joined May 2016
6 Posts
May 13 2016 21:28 GMT
#228
I noticed a bug in the signup. after singing up it has links to twitter and a few other things. The twitter link in particular is broken for me. can anyone else confirm this?
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10352 Posts
May 13 2016 21:31 GMT
#229
On May 14 2016 05:13 phrenzy wrote:
I have edited the hotkeys of my BW install because im left-handed and find it impossible to play naturally.

Will i be considered a cheater because of this?

I'm not in any way involved with the production of this server or software but I would like to say that I feel the main issue with this is that it is a slippery slope scenario.

If a server allows you to modify hotkeys because you are left handed, should they allow a player with four fingers to do the same? How about a person with a learning disability? How about the macros? What if your "left-handed" set-up is actually more akin to some super-efficient SC2 mapping that allows you to play the whole game off of 3 letters or something? How would you argue that the changes you made were only necessary for you as a left-handed person and not in any way giving you an advantage over another person?

I think of it as an all-or-nothing decision, with the "nothing" being the much more logical choice simply because it is unreasonable to expect Admins to judge each case based on merit. How would you prove that you are left-handed and require new keys? How would anyone else prove their need for a key modification? How would the Admins "judge" the legitimacy of your needs? Would there be an appeals process, too? How about a jury?

I think you see where I am going with this. It's nothing personal to you, but if a server condones one person to switch hotkeys, they will open the metaphorical Pandora's box on the matter. I believe this is why most servers in the past have not condoned this. Perhaps an ergonomic keyboard may help you, or one tailored to lefties. I have heard of Dvorak players before as well.

I will reiterate, I am in no way affiliated with Shield Battery, I'm just expressing my thoughts on the matter. I am curious as well as to how Shield Battery handles this question.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
May 13 2016 21:34 GMT
#230
Amazing
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19369 Posts
May 13 2016 21:41 GMT
#231
On May 14 2016 06:31 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2016 05:13 phrenzy wrote:
I have edited the hotkeys of my BW install because im left-handed and find it impossible to play naturally.

Will i be considered a cheater because of this?

I'm not in any way involved with the production of this server or software but I would like to say that I feel the main issue with this is that it is a slippery slope scenario.

If a server allows you to modify hotkeys because you are left handed, should they allow a player with four fingers to do the same? How about a person with a learning disability? How about the macros? What if your "left-handed" set-up is actually more akin to some super-efficient SC2 mapping that allows you to play the whole game off of 3 letters or something? How would you argue that the changes you made were only necessary for you as a left-handed person and not in any way giving you an advantage over another person?

I think of it as an all-or-nothing decision, with the "nothing" being the much more logical choice simply because it is unreasonable to expect Admins to judge each case based on merit. How would you prove that you are left-handed and require new keys? How would anyone else prove their need for a key modification? How would the Admins "judge" the legitimacy of your needs? Would there be an appeals process, too? How about a jury?

I think you see where I am going with this. It's nothing personal to you, but if a server condones one person to switch hotkeys, they will open the metaphorical Pandora's box on the matter. I believe this is why most servers in the past have not condoned this. Perhaps an ergonomic keyboard may help you, or one tailored to lefties. I have heard of Dvorak players before as well.

I will reiterate, I am in no way affiliated with Shield Battery, I'm just expressing my thoughts on the matter. I am curious as well as to how Shield Battery handles this question.

From what I know it's has a KESPA filter built in. If you don't type pp or type to many p's when pausing a game then you are immediately kicked and your opponent is given the victory.
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tec27
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States3702 Posts
May 13 2016 21:58 GMT
#232
On May 14 2016 06:28 ZONIC71 wrote:
I noticed a bug in the signup. after singing up it has links to twitter and a few other things. The twitter link in particular is broken for me. can anyone else confirm this?

Sorry about that, this is fixed now. If you want to follow our Twitter account, its: https://twitter.com/ShieldBatteryBW
Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace?
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
May 13 2016 22:16 GMT
#233
On May 14 2016 06:31 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2016 05:13 phrenzy wrote:
I have edited the hotkeys of my BW install because im left-handed and find it impossible to play naturally.

Will i be considered a cheater because of this?

I'm not in any way involved with the production of this server or software but I would like to say that I feel the main issue with this is that it is a slippery slope scenario.

If a server allows you to modify hotkeys because you are left handed, should they allow a player with four fingers to do the same? How about a person with a learning disability? How about the macros? What if your "left-handed" set-up is actually more akin to some super-efficient SC2 mapping that allows you to play the whole game off of 3 letters or something? How would you argue that the changes you made were only necessary for you as a left-handed person and not in any way giving you an advantage over another person?

I think of it as an all-or-nothing decision, with the "nothing" being the much more logical choice simply because it is unreasonable to expect Admins to judge each case based on merit. How would you prove that you are left-handed and require new keys? How would anyone else prove their need for a key modification? How would the Admins "judge" the legitimacy of your needs? Would there be an appeals process, too? How about a jury?

I think you see where I am going with this. It's nothing personal to you, but if a server condones one person to switch hotkeys, they will open the metaphorical Pandora's box on the matter. I believe this is why most servers in the past have not condoned this. Perhaps an ergonomic keyboard may help you, or one tailored to lefties. I have heard of Dvorak players before as well.

I will reiterate, I am in no way affiliated with Shield Battery, I'm just expressing my thoughts on the matter. I am curious as well as to how Shield Battery handles this question.
This.
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B-royal
Profile Joined May 2015
Belgium1330 Posts
May 13 2016 22:32 GMT
#234
Jealous puts forth a nice line of reasoning, but what's stopping someone from using a completely different keyboard where all the necessary keys are put together very elegantly?

I'm on the side of not allowing hotkey changes but it's just something I've thought about.
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amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
May 13 2016 22:33 GMT
#235
On May 14 2016 06:28 ZONIC71 wrote:
I noticed a bug in the signup. after singing up it has links to twitter and a few other things. The twitter link in particular is broken for me. can anyone else confirm this?


it was fixed in a recent PR.
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
_Animus_
Profile Joined February 2011
Bulgaria1064 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 23:09:31
May 13 2016 22:37 GMT
#236
hmmmm
mmmm
mm...

Nice read, yes , yes.

OH

WHAT THE FUCK!



First, a BIG thank you to all involved in this project.
This is the absolute hype mans and you are amazing + much love!

Now I wonder about three things. What will be the future of the upcoming BW blizzard patch( with already having so much features in this is a patch really needed?), will the people get divided between bnet, iccup, fish and shield battery and will we get the koreans from fish into this?
I hope if this is working good, bliz will use it as official server for their new patch(i am uncertain that they will provide us with better things but who knows)
Luv ya BroodWar!
ZONIC71
Profile Joined May 2016
6 Posts
May 13 2016 23:13 GMT
#237
so considering I spotted the twitter bug on the signup page does that mean i have high priority to get into the beta ?
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
May 13 2016 23:21 GMT
#238
On May 14 2016 02:05 writer22816 wrote:
This sounds really cool, but without details on how this was implemented, I can't help but react with some skepticism. These features sound like you changed pretty much the entire game from front end to back end, instead of just adding a server. Also, if port forwarding is no longer required, then it sounds like the game is no longer P2P, which means the latency to the server matters? If that's the case, and assuming the server is based somewhere in the US, then I can't really see the Korean community switching to this server.


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2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9544 Posts
May 13 2016 23:26 GMT
#239
On May 14 2016 08:13 ZONIC71 wrote:
so considering I spotted the twitter bug on the signup page does that mean i have high priority to get into the beta ?

Yes, fair enough. You've earned it
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
Peeano
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Netherlands5685 Posts
May 13 2016 23:27 GMT
#240
Everyone who is contributing to making this happen, we're forever in your debt
Can't wait to try, keeping my fingers crossed.
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