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L0n3W0olf
Profile Joined April 2010
Slovenia34 Posts
June 08 2010 12:50 GMT
#61
Buy it, because it's a great, no, EPIC game. Although I'm not too keen on b.net 2.0, atleast it's better than the DRM crap everyone wants to force on us.
killercheebo
Profile Joined November 2009
Korea (North)46 Posts
June 08 2010 12:52 GMT
#62
On June 08 2010 20:43 Archduke wrote:
Boycott? Because of the things that are wrong with B.net 2.0? Why? Think very hard about how this will affect your ability to enjoy the game. Also, think about WoW at release. Then think about WoW right now. Blizzard will change the game to suit the players' needs.

tl;dr If you like the game, buy it. B.net 2.0 will get changed.


thing is, b.net 2.0 will NOT be changed. only thing that will change is theyll add small chat (which is worse than 1.0's). no cross server. no lan. no watch replay with friends. theyll charge money for premium maps and extra money for all these services, etc.
NORTH KOREA PWNS AT SC
RoyalCheese
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic745 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-08 12:59:52
June 08 2010 12:57 GMT
#63
I am going to buy the game, because its so awesome. I hope they will implement chat functionality though because im new to the starcraft community and i would love to find some sc2 friends coz my irl friends are too much of an pussies to not play HoN all the time ^.^. Besides, Day[9] said they will fix bnet2, so i trust him

abit about charging for maps...i mean, who cares really? it will just give us great-quality maps for like...$1? i think its a good thing
Kennigit: "Chill was once able to retire really young, but decided to donate his entire salary TO SUPPORT ESPORTS"
khellian
Profile Joined February 2010
Korea (South)922 Posts
June 08 2010 12:58 GMT
#64
WTF lol, why boycott!?

If we think longterm, Blizzard will give the players what they need since it's in their interest that the game is a huge success and continues to be played for a long time. I have no doubt they will get it right eventually.
LittLeD
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden7973 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-08 13:03:21
June 08 2010 13:02 GMT
#65
On June 08 2010 19:27 shawabawa wrote:
Bnet has screwed up a little bit, but after trying out wc3 custom games yesterday I have to say I absolutely love the new custom game browser in comparison. I can't believe people want to go back to the shitty wc3 system where games appear randomly on your list and joining with friends is nearly impossible.

They need to add LAN/non-bnet hosting and it will be awesome. I'm not really going to miss chat rooms. No cross realms really does suck too, hopefully they'll change that at some point.


SC2 is still by far the best game released in several years, definitely going to buy it.


Weirdest post I've ever seen. There was nothing wrong with the Wc3 Custom game system, its rather the SC2 system that's failing cuz you simply cant name your games and that way make people understand what mode/gametype ur choosing as Husky explained. And considering playing with your friends in the Wc3 custom games. Just add them to friend list and you will see the game they joined, then type in the same name into the bar and join the game? What is your problem seriously.

On topic: I will wait with buying the game until they fix the Bnet. In the mean time ill just stick to Wc3
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iamho
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3347 Posts
June 08 2010 13:03 GMT
#66
im not going to "boycott" the game for bnet 2.0 or anything, i'm just not going to buy it because its a mediocre game not worth $180 of my money.
killercheebo
Profile Joined November 2009
Korea (North)46 Posts
June 08 2010 13:08 GMT
#67
On June 08 2010 21:58 khellian wrote:
WTF lol, why boycott!?

If we think longterm, Blizzard will give the players what they need since it's in their interest that the game is a huge success and continues to be played for a long time. I have no doubt they will get it right eventually.


i know whats going to happen long term

what these fools are doing is to take advantage of SC1's reputation and fanbase to maximize their profit for wings of liberty, and it is a mistake. they will lose fanbase and money in the long term, and they probably wont realize it until their sales on next 2 expansions go down, and lot of people start pirating the game. too bad blizzard is going to kill their successful SC franchise, and there wont be an SC3.
NORTH KOREA PWNS AT SC
Nafaltar
Profile Joined May 2008
Germany302 Posts
June 08 2010 13:09 GMT
#68
SC2 itself is amazing so I will definitely buy it, however if the lack of certain features in B-Net 2.0 persists I will probably stop auto-buying blizzard games. I mean I am not an MMO type of player, but because WoW was Blizzard made I went and gave it a try anyway. It just always felt to me like Blizzard had this community thing going on and now they are trying to hard and this community feeling of playing Blizzard games might get lost.
Spawkuring
Profile Joined July 2008
United States755 Posts
June 08 2010 13:09 GMT
#69
Boycotting is utterly pointless if you don't have a massive nation-wide movement for it. Blizzard certainly isn't going to budge financially because of a few people refusing to buy something, especially since gamers are notorious for caving in and buying it anyway. If the polls were 99% in favor of boycott, then you might have shaken the corporates a bit, but this is absolutely nothing.

Not gonna boycott. No point in doing so.
Takkara
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2503 Posts
June 08 2010 13:14 GMT
#70
Assuming they didn't even ship 1v1 with SC2 it's still worth the price. Have you seen these UMS maps? This game will have amazing longevity if for no other reason than because of the amazing depth of the UMS map editor. You will play entire games inside of SC2. Not DotA. It will make DotA look like some noobies first map in the WC3 editor. You'll play amazing games of amazing depth.

Then you factor in:
- a really deep and potentially challenging single-player.
- a really well developed match-making system
- solid gameplay and commitment to work on balance

Balance that against
- no LAN
- no cross-region
- no public chat channels
- no public replays

And you still come out overwhelmingly ahead in terms of value gained for your money. Figure a movie costs what about 10 bucks for 2 hours. So we can roughly price enjoyment at $5/hr. Are you really saying that you cannot get 12 hours of enjoyment out of Wings of Liberty? Really?

Let's times that by 5. You're paying $1/hr for fun, for 60 hours of fun. You still think you can't get 60 hours of fun out of Wings of Liberty?!

Let's try $.25/hr. So 240 hours of fun out of Wings of Liberty. 10 days played worth of fun. You'll collect that in no more than a year, easily. You think you can't get that out of Wings of Libery?!

You're lying to yourself if you say that. You can get that out of the UMS maps alone. Even with a shitty 1v1 system. Even if SC2 fails as an esport. You can get that much fun out of the game. And therefore only have to pay $.25/hr for your fun. It's awfully hard to find things to do with your time that are cheaper.
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SiNiquity
Profile Joined April 2010
United States734 Posts
June 08 2010 13:20 GMT
#71
Buying, but only because I got 25% off for preordering through Gamestop. Given the lack of price budging on Blizzard games I don't think I'd get a better deal.

But absolutely agree with the posters here -- Blizzard's off the auto-buy list.
'i' before 'e' except after 'c' ~ it's scientifically proven.
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
June 08 2010 13:22 GMT
#72
Seriously people there are better things to boycott then a game or a game company. It is not like they are killing people like Nestle (google it). If you want to boycott something, boycott them or many companies that abuse cheap workers from poor countries. At least Blizzard and Activision pay their programmers well.
soverRR
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden348 Posts
June 08 2010 13:24 GMT
#73
I'm still undecided. It pisses me off something enormous when I think about the direction that blizzard is taking, but it is a very fun game and I accidentally happen to belong to the group of gamers that isn't extremely affected by any of it. Chat channels or not, cross-region or not, LAN support or not, I'd still generally only be playing with my IRL friends since I'm lucky enough to a bunch of those who is of diamond quality.

So I'm not very affected by it, although the desolation and difficulty to make new friends is very infuriating. Even so, I still consider boycotting it while thinking about what complete douchebags blizzard is being.

We'll see when push comes to shove, I won't pre-order it anyway.
killercheebo
Profile Joined November 2009
Korea (North)46 Posts
June 08 2010 13:26 GMT
#74
On June 08 2010 22:14 Takkara wrote:
Assuming they didn't even ship 1v1 with SC2 it's still worth the price. Have you seen these UMS maps? This game will have amazing longevity if for no other reason than because of the amazing depth of the UMS map editor. You will play entire games inside of SC2. Not DotA. It will make DotA look like some noobies first map in the WC3 editor. You'll play amazing games of amazing depth.

Then you factor in:
- a really deep and potentially challenging single-player.
- a really well developed match-making system
- solid gameplay and commitment to work on balance

Balance that against
- no LAN
- no cross-region
- no public chat channels
- no public replays

And you still come out overwhelmingly ahead in terms of value gained for your money. Figure a movie costs what about 10 bucks for 2 hours. So we can roughly price enjoyment at $5/hr. Are you really saying that you cannot get 12 hours of enjoyment out of Wings of Liberty? Really?

Let's times that by 5. You're paying $1/hr for fun, for 60 hours of fun. You still think you can't get 60 hours of fun out of Wings of Liberty?!

Let's try $.25/hr. So 240 hours of fun out of Wings of Liberty. 10 days played worth of fun. You'll collect that in no more than a year, easily. You think you can't get that out of Wings of Libery?!

You're lying to yourself if you say that. You can get that out of the UMS maps alone. Even with a shitty 1v1 system. Even if SC2 fails as an esport. You can get that much fun out of the game. And therefore only have to pay $.25/hr for your fun. It's awfully hard to find things to do with your time that are cheaper.


thing is, according to their EULA and terms of service, blizz has every intellectual right to take those great "UMS" maps and charge people money every time they download it
NORTH KOREA PWNS AT SC
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
June 08 2010 13:27 GMT
#75
If I hadn't played the beta, I wouldn't even consider not buying it, but now it's a reasonable option coz I have played the sequel of the holy game and I can die in peace. Plus I'd end up saving a shitload of money when you add the expansions.
Kruxt
Profile Joined April 2010
United States113 Posts
June 08 2010 13:27 GMT
#76
To the people who will not purchase "Boycott" Starcraft 2.... What are you thinking? The gameplay itself is awesome. Battle.Net 2.0 has its issues, but theres always hoping they come to their senses...
Protect Ya Neck
ROOTdrewbie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1392 Posts
June 08 2010 13:27 GMT
#77
if you don't buy sc2 then you are crazy ! ;(
www.root-gaming.com
Spawkuring
Profile Joined July 2008
United States755 Posts
June 08 2010 13:30 GMT
#78
On June 08 2010 22:26 killercheebo wrote:
thing is, according to their EULA and terms of service, blizz has every intellectual right to take those great "UMS" maps and charge people money every time they download it


They also have the EULA right to ban you at anytime. Doesn't mean that they will actually do it though. The bad press would make such an action have large consequences for Blizzard. Very few EULAs are used down to the letter. For the most part they are just legal safeguards.
Illison
Profile Joined May 2010
United States48 Posts
June 08 2010 13:31 GMT
#79
I would probably buy the game regardless of whether there was multiplayer or not. I do want to see how the protoss(right, they are the last expansion?) comes out on top of this one.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
June 08 2010 13:32 GMT
#80
I won't buy. Bnet is bad and i don't think it will get better and SC2 late game is a joke.
First ten minutes of the games are quite fun though.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
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