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Croatia9522 Posts
StarCraft: Brood War is a magical game. The incredible world of Korean eSports it created and the thousands of people who still love to play it nearly 20 years since its release are a testament to that much. But 20 years is a long time, and Brood War's technology increasingly has become incompatible with modern computers.
Even for those who can get the game to launch and run properly, hosting and joining matches is another story. And even then, the game's lack of any of the modern features we've come to expect from online games – like a matchmaking system – make finding someone to play with even harder. The dedicated few go through a lot of trouble just to play the game they love, but for most people it's far too much to ask.
Not anymore.
Read the full article at the Red Bull's website: https://www.redbull.com/us/en/esports/stories/1331799327999/shield-battery-bringing-brood-war-into-2016
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Could you explain the section regarding Blizzard interaction? Does ShieldBattery require a legal copy of StarCraft to work?
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Bisutopia19299 Posts
Awesome! That's a really great article.
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United Kingdom3685 Posts
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On June 09 2016 23:06 Wrath wrote:
Could you explain the section regarding Blizzard interaction? Does ShieldBattery require a legal copy of StarCraft to work?
But Collins is confident they'll be fine. ShieldBattery, unlike the World of WarCraft server, requires a copy of StarCraft to function. And in his communications with Blizzard so far, they “weren't NOT supportive.” In other words, full-steam ahead until further notice.
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On June 10 2016 04:05 Korakys wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2016 23:06 Wrath wrote:
Could you explain the section regarding Blizzard interaction? Does ShieldBattery require a legal copy of StarCraft to work? Show nested quote +But Collins is confident they'll be fine. ShieldBattery, unlike the World of WarCraft server, requires a copy of StarCraft to function. And in his communications with Blizzard so far, they “weren't NOT supportive.” In other words, full-steam ahead until further notice.
I think the key word from Wrath's question was "legal" which wasn't explicitly specified in the article.
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Great article. I have some critic tho from the screenshots i saw, i find the visual design too basic and some icons inappropriate like match button, birthday cake with candle.
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Croatia9522 Posts
On June 10 2016 05:28 _Animus_ wrote:
Great article. I have some critic tho from the screenshots i saw, i find the visual design too basic and some icons inappropriate like match button, birthday cake with candle.
You don't like cake?
+ Show Spoiler +A lot of the UI is still not fully fleshed out; those icons are placeholders for now.
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You got me even more excited, can't wait any longer without suffering. I'm gonna hire a hacker and tell him to send me beta. Please please please let me get what I want this time.
+ Show Spoiler +Good times for a change
see, the luck I've had
can make a good man
turn bad
So please please please
let me, let me, let me
let me get what I want
this time
Haven't had a dream in a long time
see, the life I've had
can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
let me get what I want
Lord knows it would be the first time
Lord knows it would be the first time(c)
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On June 10 2016 05:32 2Pacalypse- wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2016 05:28 _Animus_ wrote:
Great article. I have some critic tho from the screenshots i saw, i find the visual design too basic and some icons inappropriate like match button, birthday cake with candle. You don't like cake? + Show Spoiler +A lot of the UI is still not fully fleshed out; those icons are placeholders for now.
Oh, that explain things. And i dont mind having a cake before bw match.
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Hell yeah. Great article and wow 3 years in the process!
Much love !!!!
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I want nights of fun with with tl members including staff playing BGH and all kinds of shit!!!
We can gather using threads like the BGH one.
After server is ready i dont want to hear any excuses about not playing!
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On June 10 2016 05:46 outscar wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Good times for a change
see, the luck I've had
can make a good man
turn bad
So please please please
let me, let me, let me
let me get what I want
this time
Haven't had a dream in a long time
see, the life I've had
can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
let me get what I want
Lord knows it would be the first time
Lord knows it would be the first time(c)
Did you write this?
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It's really really cool how this got an article with Red Bull, still super excited for this :D
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On June 10 2016 05:32 2Pacalypse- wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2016 05:28 _Animus_ wrote:
Great article. I have some critic tho from the screenshots i saw, i find the visual design too basic and some icons inappropriate like match button, birthday cake with candle. You don't like cake? + Show Spoiler +A lot of the UI is still not fully fleshed out; those icons are placeholders for now.
I like the UI.
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plain and functional UI is great. imo working on more features >>> making pretty UI
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so, in relation to blizzard:
i think what they're saying here is most likely the same "we don't really mind" atm as they say with respect to iccup. SC:BW is too small atm to be a concern for them, thus third party servers are tolerated in general.
If they would care, they'd try to close fish server down first, because it's the most popular server. (except -VS- server in China perhaps)
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I can't wait to play in this it''s killing me =(
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You know it is actually "only" Broodwar and you can play all the time and do not need to wait for this server? I do not get the people saying "I want to play", when you can play instantaneously..
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