EPTHow much do you think it'll be? I'm guessing about 20 bucks or so.
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
How much do you think it'll be? I'm guessing about 20 bucks or so. | ||
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raff100
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rotta
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SeriousForU
United States5 Posts
 Seeing how this is my first post in over 13 years I'm hopeful. If I recall correctly, something like 50% of all BW sales (worldwide) came from Korea back in the day. With the resurgence of BW in Korea via ASL season 1/2 individual leagues and Team Battles this rumor makes some sense. Don't forget how much revenue the top streamers are making per month in Korea right now http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/519658-february-players-revenue-rangking-top15! Top 2 are just under 45,000,000 wan or $40,000 US dollars. Considering that's based solely on streaming (not tournaments) that leads me to believe quite a a bit of interest is still out there. So yea, I'm hopeful. | ||
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NeonFlare
Finland1307 Posts
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
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woodedmicrobe9
Finland18 Posts
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blunderfulguy
United States1415 Posts
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[[Starlight]]
United States1578 Posts
On March 15 2017 01:14 blunderfulguy wrote: I don't see Blizzard announcing it so soon before the release, it seems off, and I also don't see it having much of an impact on non-Korean esports since BW really wasn't all that popular in the Americas, Europe, or even China. 11 million copies sold, #6 selling PC game of all-time. It was a hit in other places than just Korea, obviously. | ||
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MadaoDotaSc2
Greece35 Posts
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onlystar
United States971 Posts
without an official word from blizzard this article is basically clickbait | ||
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Jae Zedong
407 Posts
On March 15 2017 01:28 [[Starlight]] wrote: 11 million copies sold, #6 selling PC game of all-time. It was a hit in other places than just Korea, obviously. Yup, it was very very popular. I played on B.net all the time from 1999-2010 or so, always lots of players online. Even the UMS scene was incredible! I think it was the second most popular online game in the west behind only Counter-Strike during the early years before WoW was released. | ||
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lestye
United States4209 Posts
On March 15 2017 00:03 Musicus wrote: I think it's funny how sc2 fans seem to be more excited about this than BW fans. The classic BW won't cease to exist. Fish and iCCup will still be around. BW pros won't touch the game if the gameplay is not exactly the same. So what's there to complain about? This is all around exciting news and imo it's about new and young players getting to enjoy BW. It's about people who will only play what appears in the bnet launcher. I don't mind the BW graphics at all, they look awesome to me, but I'm old and grew up playing C&C on N64. If this version gets 12 - 18 year olds to play some StarCraft and it looks less offputting for twitch viewers, that's a win for me. I never played the multiplayer, but I would try for sure if it's in the bnet launcher and offers matchmaking. (Like Ret I'd just need custom hotkeys if I wanted to play for real :p) The only thing to worry about is, if it's true or not. Classic BW won't cease to exist, but tournament organizers could easily be suayed to use the remastered version for their tournaments. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19366 Posts
On March 15 2017 01:53 lestye wrote: Classic BW won't cease to exist, but tournament organizers could easily be suayed to use the remastered version for their tournaments. We shall go wherever Bisu goes. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
On March 15 2017 01:53 lestye wrote: Classic BW won't cease to exist, but tournament organizers could easily be suayed to use the remastered version for their tournaments. I think that could only happen with 100% identical gameplay and then I see no problem with it. Otherwise Flash, Bisu and the rest would never touch it and without them tournament organisers would not touch it either. A remastered version in bnet should be celebrated by everybody who likes the pro scene. Because for the pro scene, getting young/new players and viewers into SC is the most important issue. And that's exactly what a higher resolution and bnet support will achieve. If there are then still people who don't like it, just because of the graphics and battle.net, I think they are being ridiculous. But they'll still have the original and other servers at least. | ||
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Cricketer12
United States14000 Posts
does this mean forcefields wills be in BW HD? | ||
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia19366 Posts
On March 15 2017 02:26 Cricketer12 wrote: does this mean forcefields wills be in BW HD? That'll happen the day dropships can carry siege mode tanks. | ||
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InfCereal
Canada1759 Posts
On March 15 2017 02:29 BisuDagger wrote: That'll happen the day dropships can carry siege mode tanks. They removed that, actually | ||
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
There is literally nothing new in this news. last year even IGN and Gamespot covered it, with more news expected in september and at BlizzCon and nothing happened. So I really doubt the timelines which are given to us, they don't make any sense. Not a single PR stunt or ad for this in march when it is to be released in May or June? Hell no. And other than the dates, it does not say anything new. We knew that this was coming since they had open positions on their career page for exactly this. Diablo and WarCraft will also see HD versions compatible with modern systems and bnet 2.0. It's been known for such a long time. But if lots of Koreans say that this is the most reliable site ever compared to iNews24, then I will be hyped  .Edit: Same news last year: http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/05/starcraft-hd-remaster-reportedly-incoming Korean sites are known to report this every few months for the clicks I think. | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
Just kidding, I want this to be good, but given Blizzard's track record, I highly doubt they are going to do anything other than appeal to SC2/Overwatch/Hearthstone/WoW players and if you think they are going to try to stay true to the original Brood War and what we (as a community) think makes the game great, you're in for huge disappointment. I'm trying not to be pessimistic, as I love this game more than anything. But if this ends up splitting the community because their philosophy of "not changing gameplay" doesn't involve bug fixes, same resolution, or control group selection, I will personally take a shit and mail it to Bobby Kotick. | ||
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