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KameZerg
Sweden1767 Posts
On May 23 2016 08:25 HaN- wrote: I uploaded Sayle's presentation of ShieldBattery on Youtube. + Show Spoiler + People are probably gonna pause the game for reasons like responding or chatting with a friend in the background | ||
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TelecoM
United States10673 Posts
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LetaBot
Netherlands557 Posts
On May 23 2016 15:04 GGzerG wrote: I just don't understand the point of creating hype post if it isn't near completion / near launch yet, we already have been waiting for a ridiculous amount of time for Birdies server, what is the point of releasing hype post if it isn't released within a few days / 1 week after, seems like a poor marketing strategy lol probably to get beta testers before they go for a full release. If they release it and it turns out that there are some issues they missed, it would be bad marketing. | ||
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Jealous
10163 Posts
On May 23 2016 15:04 GGzerG wrote: I just don't understand the point of creating hype post if it isn't near completion / near launch yet, we already have been waiting for a ridiculous amount of time for Birdies server, what is the point of releasing hype post if it isn't released within a few days / 1 week after, seems like a poor marketing strategy lol I know you're really desperate to start playing in the Beta, closed or open, but the reasons why they would do this are quite obvious. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10673 Posts
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Wrath
3174 Posts
On May 23 2016 13:07 LaStScan wrote: When is the beta starting? I feel like everyone has been waiting for a while now. Don't expect before July. | ||
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kogeT
Poland2039 Posts
Anyhow I really hope for best that this can drag some people back to BW! | ||
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Wrath
3174 Posts
On May 23 2016 17:34 kogeT wrote: As much as I look forward for it, I hope it won't make the community split between Iccup (more for casuals, ppl not so much into what is happening on the scene) and shield battery. In reality it's better to have 1 server with 500 ppl than 2 servers with 250 ppl.. Anyhow I really hope for best that this can drag some people back to BW! To be honest... I'm really thinking I'm going to stay on ICCUP. Thanks to the DDraw fix and the mcalauncher. I'm not having a single issue running BW on Windows 10. Also, I just got addicted to the interface that utilize the keyboard shortcuts (alt + j , alt + c , /r ...etc). Also one main thing. It is just hard to get used to the missing game lobby screen. The ingame interface just felt much more natural than the web one. Especially since I don't play window mode. | ||
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pebble444
Italy2497 Posts
And people love flash games that can be played without installation; Plus it makes it accessible if your not on your computer and wanna play a bw game; So i think iccup will be the more competetive if anything and this will be for more casual gamers; Once people play 1 game of Broodwar, they become curious and interestedin it; If they hang in there enough, they will start playing it regulary; if the matchup automatic works, people will find players opposed to them on the same skill level; This i believe is the single most important obastacle to new players forging an acceptance into the Game; | ||
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Naramcr
United Kingdom28 Posts
On May 23 2016 19:35 pebble444 wrote: This is a positive thing and will drag more people into broodwar, as it appears to be structured like a flash game. And people love flash games that can be played without installation; Plus it makes it accessible if your not on your computer and wanna play a bw game; So i think iccup will be the more competetive if anything and this will be for more casual gamers; Once people play 1 game of Broodwar, they become curious and interestedin it; If they hang in there enough, they will start playing it regulary; if the matchup automatic works, people will find players opposed to them on the same skill level; This i believe is the single most important obastacle to new players forging an acceptance into the Game; I believe you still have to have a (patched) copy of broodwar installed on the machine. However if you've got it on a pendrive, don't see why not. | ||
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B-royal
Belgium1330 Posts
On May 23 2016 05:58 Jealous wrote: I would hardly say that the types of match-ups you play are "trivial," as they are a core aspect of what this game is lol Depends on how you look at it. Since most people don't care about getting good, there's no real reason for them to let the difficulty of a match-up hinder their ability to get enjoyment from it. This is why I said it would be a trivial choice for them, they switch races as they switch their clothes every other day. Someone who tries to become the best player he can be, doesn't have this option since the absolute elite don't respect race picking as it wasn't allowed by KeSpa. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19063 Posts
On May 23 2016 19:57 Naramcr wrote: I believe you still have to have a (patched) copy of broodwar installed on the machine. However if you've got it on a pendrive, don't see why not. There's also the ShieldBattery service you need to have so the browser can launch the game and whatnot. | ||
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Eywa-
Canada4876 Posts
On May 23 2016 21:57 B-royal wrote: Depends on how you look at it. Since most people don't care about getting good, there's no real reason for them to let the difficulty of a match-up hinder their ability to get enjoyment from it. This is why I said it would be a trivial choice for them, they switch races as they switch their clothes every other day. Someone who tries to become the best player he can be, doesn't have this option since the absolute elite don't respect race picking as it wasn't allowed by KeSpa. I don't think that match up selection is a small thing (even though I dislike it). Foreigners are so used to avoiding mirror match ups, it could be difficult to take that away from them. With that being said, I think the impact it has on server activity will be trivial compared to the server's ability to draw in the Korean audience. Without Korea, it will be hard to maintain decent activity and it will be hard to maintain the top player's activity on the server, thus leading to further inactivity. There needs to be some kind of reward system for ladder which benefits both the top Koreans on ladder and the top foreigners, I can't see the server staying too active past the first quarter unless this is accomplished. Most foreigners simply don't play often enough and are far too split on when they play. | ||
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RoomOfMush
1296 Posts
On May 23 2016 15:04 GGzerG wrote: I just don't understand the point of creating hype post if it isn't near completion / near launch yet, we already have been waiting for a ridiculous amount of time for Birdies server, what is the point of releasing hype post if it isn't released within a few days / 1 week after, seems like a poor marketing strategy lol 1) To get testers 2) To show that it actually works and is not vaporware 3) To improve their own personal motivation. Knowing that you already published something and seeing all the positive comments can really help boost your own confidence and motivation to finish the project. Speaking from personal experiences here. | ||
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EndingLife
United States1594 Posts
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haitike
Spain2714 Posts
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duke91
Germany1458 Posts
On May 23 2016 19:35 pebble444 wrote: This is a positive thing and will drag more people into broodwar, as it appears to be structured like a flash game. And people love flash games that can be played without installation; Plus it makes it accessible if your not on your computer and wanna play a bw game; So i think iccup will be the more competetive if anything and this will be for more casual gamers; Once people play 1 game of Broodwar, they become curious and interestedin it; If they hang in there enough, they will start playing it regulary; if the matchup automatic works, people will find players opposed to them on the same skill level; This i believe is the single most important obastacle to new players forging an acceptance into the Game; UMS are basically bunch of flash games | ||
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Jealous
10163 Posts
On May 23 2016 21:57 B-royal wrote: Depends on how you look at it. Since most people don't care about getting good, there's no real reason for them to let the difficulty of a match-up hinder their ability to get enjoyment from it. This is why I said it would be a trivial choice for them, they switch races as they switch their clothes every other day. Someone who tries to become the best player he can be, doesn't have this option since the absolute elite don't respect race picking as it wasn't allowed by KeSpa. That's actually the opposite of how I see it. Because no one is trying to become pro, why play match-ups you detest? It simply doesn't make sense to do something you don't like. And I would say that "most" people, or at least from the profiles I've seen on ICCup/Fish, have definite race/MU selections with only a few games played with other races on a whim I'm guessing. Almost no one switches races every day, and the people that do are often Random players. Either way, this does not make an argument that picking MU is trivial. By the way, KeSPA definitely did allow race-picking. See: July vs. Chojja, Savior vs. I forget who, etc. | ||
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Mojzii1
30 Posts
EDIT: Or stay iccup/fish | ||
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-Dustin-
United States718 Posts
Not all of us care about getting #1 on ladder we want to have fun while ranking up and playing 80% Protoss isn't fun for me. It was the same on Starbow we had 80~ active members and most games I played was TvP it gets boring. Another concern I have is I simply can't play against people from PE is there going to be a fix for this lag or will I have to dodge everyone from PE? The lag between us is unbearable. | ||
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