EPTThe future of starcraft broodwar
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noodlesoap35
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LML
Germany1774 Posts
If that ever were to happen, we currently have shieldbattery.net as our refuge. In the past there were more private servers, but most of those have shut down (partly due to Blizzard's demand iirc). | ||
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Garrl
Scotland1975 Posts
What we need is a documented cleanroom reverse engineered open source clone of BW, which would put the power to fix any problems in the community's hands. There is an open source project around BW (OpenBW) but afaik it probably wouldn't hold up if they threatened that project. | ||
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jinjin5000
United States1467 Posts
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pebble444
Italy2500 Posts
This should not worry you at all. Nothing will ever stop you from opening up Starcraft and play a game, whenever, whatever. As I said, the game will never truly die. It’s been played even I 2014, I remember, when nobody pro was really playing it. But I was, and hundreds of others too. It’s just too good to be true, and is, but do not expect a presidential treatment at all times | ||
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outscar
2832 Posts
We had good resurgency when Sonic backed up, kudos to him and saved post KeSPA era, then Afreeca saved it and then Remastered happened but it was 5 years ago. We need something new to bring the life back to the game. | ||
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Puosu
6992 Posts
On August 15 2022 05:57 outscar wrote: BW will die when youngest current KeSPA player will retire, even though we got amateurs rising to back it up. My only worry is how long ASL is going to keep seasons running. We had good resurgency when Sonic backed up, kudos to him and saved post KeSPA era, then Afreeca saved it and then Remastered happened but it was 5 years ago. We need something new to bring the life back to the game. whats this got to do with server availability for casual/non-pro players? | ||
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HOLYBATS
Turkey745 Posts
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Evilbringer
Czech Republic84 Posts
But do not expect any updates at all - they dont really care about their games any more. | ||
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Gigocap
1 Post
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4374 Posts
On August 15 2022 16:36 Evilbringer wrote: If there can be said something good about Blizzard, it is fact, that they maintain servers for all games they released. Including games like Diablo 1. So in that way will SC:BW survive. But do not expect any updates at all - they dont really care about their games any more. I think they will put a little more attention in next year, maybe an update or two.Surely some special 25th anniversary event. Have hardly played myself lately, just no time nowdays but as others said Warcraft II and Diablo I are still able to be played on battle net.The bigger issues are lack of action against hackers and general decline in user base, Doubt the server will be shut down in the next 5 years. | ||
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Mutaller
United States1051 Posts
On August 15 2022 18:21 iPlaY.NettleS wrote: I think they will put a little more attention in next year, maybe an update or two.Surely some special 25th anniversary event. Have hardly played myself lately, just no time nowdays but as others said Warcraft II and Diablo I are still able to be played on battle net.The bigger issues are lack of action against hackers and general decline in user base, Doubt the server will be shut down in the next 5 years. I think SC2 will get the most of the anniversary tbh. They will label it 25 years of StarCraft rather than 25 year anniversary of the original StarCraft. They did this for the 20th anniversary | ||
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jchassoul
Costa Rica72 Posts
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tec27
United States3702 Posts
On August 15 2022 00:31 Garrl wrote: They weren't really taking care of the game prior to remastered, either (pain to even set it up, needed dodgy launchers on >Windows XP, lots of modern routers refused to work even with port forwarding), and there's more and more precedent for companies just turning off servers (eg: https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-to-shut-down-multiplayer-and-online-services-for-15-games-in-september-2022) that even singleplayer games are unplayable. The PR hit is apparently worth it, because it gets people to move to sequels. What we need is a documented cleanroom reverse engineered open source clone of BW, which would put the power to fix any problems in the community's hands. There is an open source project around BW (OpenBW) but afaik it probably wouldn't hold up if they threatened that project. ShieldBattery already adds features and fixes bugs on the existing game client, with no real dependency on Blizzard's servers (outside of them verifying that you've purchased whatever graphics/sounds/interface that you're trying to use, which even a full reimplementation of the client would need to do). The power is already in the community's hands, not really sure why people act like something new needs to be created. | ||
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outscar
2832 Posts
On August 15 2022 13:43 Puosu wrote: warcraft 2 is still fine on private servers, brood war will be too whats this got to do with server availability for casual/non-pro players? No pros -> no tournaments -> no viewers -> no multiplayer -> no server. The main problem isn't even the server but ghosttown, there'll be no one to play with. | ||
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TMNT
3111 Posts
On August 16 2022 09:24 outscar wrote: No pros -> no tournaments -> no viewers -> no multiplayer -> no server. The main problem isn't even the server but ghosttown, there'll be no one to play with. So true. A lot, if not all players get into the game after watching pro-level games and getting inspired. The pro scene has to keep going to maintain that spark. We're not getting excited and logging into the game just from watching old VODs. Evidence : many players only returning after Remastered and watching ASL/BSL. | ||
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BonitiilloO
Dominican Republic627 Posts
current progamers will be way to old to keep playing this game imo. | ||
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MeSaber
Sweden1235 Posts
On August 16 2022 11:25 BonitiilloO wrote: well there arent any new players coming to Broodwar Whats your source on that? Dont you see how stupid you look just sitting here guessing like this? You dont know anything about the state of the game in Korea for example. Anyone can make a stupid claim like that, im gonna do one now: SCR is growing, based on exactly nothing but intuition. | ||
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XenOsky
Chile2298 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + i've heard that shit since 2003 | ||
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JoinTheRain
Bulgaria409 Posts
All in all I'm not too worried about the near future of BW. But 30 years from now? Come on, that's ridiculous, I can't imagine young people getting too much into our archaic beloved game and the older folk can't play at a pro level that long as they have other responsibilities. | ||
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