EPTI would even keep it uncensored w/o mods/GMs
let private channels moderate themselves and just remove pub channels if bots are such an issue
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billyX333
United States1360 Posts
I would even keep it uncensored w/o mods/GMs let private channels moderate themselves and just remove pub channels if bots are such an issue | ||
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teapot
United Kingdom266 Posts
I'm slightly suspicious that they might not add the irc chatrooms we are hoping for. Why? 10 years ago irc was a popular way to chat. It probably made sense to make the first battle.net around this framework. Now Blizzard are trying to build the game around modern social networking e.g. MSN and Facebook. Most people do not use IRC to chat to their friends. IRC just isn't perceived as relevant anymore. It is like archaic internet. Unfortunately it is still very relevant in gaming, IMO. Because IRC style chat is very useful for brining like-minded people together and for all the other reasons cited in the OP of this thread. It works in a way that the MSN/Facebook method cannot provision for. But has the think tank at Blizzard HQ figures this out yet? You can see why we should be concerned. | ||
KwarK
United States42985 Posts
On May 19 2010 19:04 Plexa wrote: Furthermore, I've known Tabyling for a long time now (05 i think?). We met on bnet and are good friends. The sheer amount of time we spent repping/chatcrafting in random channels etc far out weighs the time we actually spent gaming. Perhaps we're just not much of the gaming type, but the social aspects of SC1 are desperately lacking in SC2. To date, my only fond memory of SC2 is gaming with Manifesto otherwise I've been mostly bored out of my skull. A few interesting questions to ask yourself are - How many games of SC2 can I recall vividly? (compare w/ SC1) - How many memories have I made during SC2? (compare w/ SC1 and specifically, where those memories occurred). Try 2v2ing with skype. It's great fun. I spend more time 2v2ing than 1v1ing at the moment. Laddering 1v1 is pretty dull but with an active vent full of guys you've known forever it's not so bad. | ||
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Darpinion
United States210 Posts
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Gamer0ne
Bulgaria51 Posts
On May 19 2010 20:02 Darpinion wrote: They (Blizzard) has already officially stated that they are going to have chat rooms after retail release. I don't believe that not having a room to chat in is a reason to give up playing a game. It's Starcraft not Chatcraft. Quite the opposite,in fact.They have stated that there will be NO chat rooms. At least not in the original game(so 9 months+ best case scenario) | ||
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HubertFelix
France631 Posts
You should wait for the release for a more social game  People saying "it's not a chat game" etc .. Imagine if you do not have friends on beta, it can be pretty boring  | ||
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rbkl
772 Posts
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Firebolt145
Lalalaland34493 Posts
Maybe they'll add it after the May 31st deadline? One can wish. | ||
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Bane_
United Kingdom494 Posts
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KwarK
United States42985 Posts
On May 19 2010 20:02 Darpinion wrote: They (Blizzard) has already officially stated that they are going to have chat rooms after retail release. I don't believe that not having a room to chat in is a reason to give up playing a game. It's Starcraft not Chatcraft. The game being incredibly dull is a good reason to stop though. Laddering is boring alone. | ||
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Xyik
Canada728 Posts
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Daniri
387 Posts
On May 19 2010 20:04 Gamer0ne wrote: Quite the opposite,in fact.They have stated that there will be NO chat rooms. At least not in the original game(so 9 months+ best case scenario) As I said they keep giving different answers but the latest answer was that there will be chat channels ideally in some patch after launch. | ||
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Aylear
Norway3988 Posts
On May 19 2010 19:14 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: I agree this is such a huge miss. I have some confidence Blizzard will change this because it would simply be unbelievably strange if they didn't. The battle.net that is used for the Beta is a big mess running on old worthless WC3 code and 3 steps down from any sign of common sense. As a gamer I'm not capable of deciding not to play SC2 over some chat functions though. I feel the same way exactly. I would expect Blizzard to add this feature (maybe even into the beta when it starts up in phase 2?) into SC2 later because it's such a huge part of the game experience. Didn't they at some point say that they were developing Battle.net 2.0 in concordance with SC2 or something? I can't imagine they aren't planning this kind of stuff. But, yes, Blizzard has me by the balls. I just can't choose not to play this game over some missing chat functions. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
The worst thing is I think blizz said they wouldn't put that into the game for a while... So ridiculous. | ||
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barth
Ireland1272 Posts
On May 19 2010 19:10 Plexa wrote: .. it's a Beta with less than two weeks left. If the social aspects were considered a major issue by Blizzard they should have attended to them by now (imo). However, from their interview answers on the subject it appears that this is not going to be the case. Oh well, it's not like I've purchased/will purchase SC2 at this rate anyway. I`m fairly sure I recall Dustin saying in one of his recent interviews that chat rooms will in fact be implemented (of a slightly different kind but I doubt it will change the good social side of them). Not like you need much testing of a simple chat room. The "final stage" of testing is still ahead of us and I think it`s safe to say there will be lots and lots of new non gameplay related stuff introduced, including chat rooms. | ||
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Persev
United States127 Posts
This is beta though. If you feel like your navigating a cold and barren maze in search of cheese while someone is observing you...maybe you are! | ||
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Longshank
1648 Posts
I`m fairly sure I recall Dustin saying in one of his recent interviews that chat rooms will in fact be implemented (of a slightly different kind but I doubt it will change the good social side of them). Not like you need much testing of a simple chat room. The "final stage" of testing is still ahead of us and I think it`s safe to say there will be lots and lots of new non gameplay related stuff introduced, including chat rooms. Indeed, they've already said they will be adding chat rooms, calm down. | ||
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Starparty
Sweden1963 Posts
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Dionyseus
United States2068 Posts
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MidKnight
Lithuania884 Posts
On May 19 2010 18:56 moopie wrote: I believe they actually stated they won't have it ready by launch. As for the OP, I completely agree with your post. Oftentimes after playing, I would go 'cool off' on bnet, often times meeting back up with people I had played with earlier that night, chatting, sometimes setting up new matches, etc. It was a good atmosphere (aside from the spambots, but those can be dealt with). Yea, I think they have..The problem is.. HOW HARD IS IT TO PROGRAM A FUCKING CHAT ROOM? Wouldn't it take like 1 guy and like 5 hours? Seriously.. | ||
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