EPTBW v1.16 servers?
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GeLaar
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Bonyth
Poland553 Posts
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Jealous
10115 Posts
On October 29 2018 05:55 GeLaar wrote: I was wondering if there are still some active servers out there where one can play pre-remastered Brood War. Why would you? Brood War and acecss to Battle.net is free now. | ||
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GeLaar
2421 Posts
On October 29 2018 06:00 Bonyth wrote: google Iccup Thank you! On October 29 2018 06:06 Jealous wrote: Why would you? Brood War and acecss to Battle.net is free now. I've always been suspicious of Blizzard trying to retake control of BW, and I didn't like the changes they made in the new versions. Anyway, I was just curious whether playing v1.16 is still possible. | ||
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Jealous
10115 Posts
On October 29 2018 06:37 GeLaar wrote: Thank you! I've always been suspicious of Blizzard trying to retake control of BW, and I didn't like the changes they made in the new versions. Anyway, I was just curious whether playing v1.16 is still possible. What changes did they make to the regular BW version (non-RM)? | ||
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GeLaar
2421 Posts
On October 29 2018 06:44 Jealous wrote: What changes did they make to the regular BW version (non-RM)? Perhaps nothing. I stopped following this long ago and maybe I confused what was being done in RM with what was done in BW. But as far as I can tell, v1.16 is the last patch that has a stand-alone download. Anything newer you have to get from Blizzard directly, every time you want to upgrade a copy. Which means that it is available only as long as Blizzard makes it so. This is the sort of stuff that bothered me. | ||
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Tappo
101 Posts
On October 29 2018 06:55 GeLaar wrote: Perhaps nothing. I stopped following this long ago and maybe I confused what was being done in RM with what was done in BW. But as far as I can tell, v1.16 is the last patch that has a stand-alone download. Anything newer you have to get from Blizzard directly, every time you want to upgrade a copy. Which means that it is available only as long as Blizzard makes it so. This is the sort of stuff that bothered me. Would you prefer having to download an upgrade from a third party side? Because thats more safe? By the way: How do you make it through 2419 posts without catching wind of ICCup? | ||
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GeLaar
2421 Posts
On October 29 2018 10:21 Tappo wrote: Would you prefer having to download an upgrade from a third party side? Because thats more safe? By the way: How do you make it through 2419 posts without catching wind of ICCup? I have the v1.16 on my hard drive, downloaded long ago from Blizzard's official site. So I can install from CD and upgrade to this version without even being online. The fact that you can only get 1.16 from a third party site now is just one aspect of the bigger issue that access to patches can be restricted, especially if they are never made available as stand-alone downloads that can be stored offline. I know of ICCup, I just didn't know if there were any active servers around that were still on 1.16. Hence my question. As for making it "through 2419 posts"... I've been around since long before ICCup was a thing. | ||
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Yanokabo
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KameZerg
Sweden1761 Posts
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Lorch
Germany3674 Posts
I understand where you are coming from OP, I don't like how reliant the current scene is on Blizzard either. | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6635 Posts
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Moataz
Egypt267 Posts
On October 29 2018 06:06 Jealous wrote: Why would you? Brood War and acecss to Battle.net is free now. access ^, Is there are any tournaments that don't require a certain amount of SCR MMR, and one could join using the free SCR ? @GeLaar, I also don't like the transition to SCR and won't buy it unless they make some efforts. What I really like is not a server, but if there is a sub-forum or a community or discord specifically for 1.16. | ||
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outscar
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ProMeTheus112
France2027 Posts
On October 30 2018 20:01 outscar wrote: It's your choice if you wanna stick around with iCC but it's super dead, so you will be bored super fast. If you want to be a little competetive don't bother and play on RM. You can play it free but no ladder and on old graphics. too bad | ||
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JoinTheRain
Bulgaria408 Posts
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iopq
United States905 Posts
On October 31 2018 00:30 JoinTheRain wrote: RM is the only way to play 1v1 for fun. I know a few more sites for one on one fun | ||
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Cele
Germany4016 Posts
Are we still talking about bw? (; | ||
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Jealous
10115 Posts
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GeLaar
2421 Posts
Since I'm not active, I'm not really the right person to propose this, but if there are others who prefer v1.16 over the revamped versions, why not organize ICCup meet-ups here? | ||
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JoinTheRain
Bulgaria408 Posts
I would even play Quake II if it is possible. @iopq, this looks suspicious somehow.  | ||
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