EPTBaishok: "There will be chat channels" - Page 2
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Corrupt
Bulgaria1312 Posts
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Debarbie
Sweden204 Posts
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Baarn
United States2702 Posts
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Myles
United States5162 Posts
On June 15 2010 10:37 setzer wrote: It is so hard to believe these guys when everything they say is contradictory. Dustin Browder: "we are looking at ways to include LAN capabilities to those who buy the game." Rob Pardo: "LAN is evil and will never be included; iccup is a pirate server." DB: "we are hoping to include chat channels shortly after release" Frank Pierce: "we have no plans to include chat channels" Bashiok: "We'll have private chat channels, they just aren't making it in for the release date." I will believe it when it see it. This is what scares me. Everyone is saying different things. There has been little to no consistency on answers to the many pertinent questions. | ||
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byobong7
United States207 Posts
The Frank interview was the anomaly instead of the rule to their rhetoric over time. They have said there will be private chat channels since I can even remember the subject coming up. | ||
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voltik
United States42 Posts
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Uhh Negative
United States1090 Posts
On June 15 2010 10:26 Myles wrote: Wait...what? That's absurd. Chat channels have already been implemented, they've been implemented for over 10 years. They had to develop facebook integration from scratch, they already have chat channel code and any coding monkey could write it in a couple hours. Hell, a UMS was made specifically as a chatroom - there's no way in hell that chat channels are more complicated than facebook integration. I'm pretty sure you are wrong. Chat channels are far more complex than "Facebook integration". And by "Facebook integration" I mean that b.net can search your facebook for people on b.net. Know what that means? It just checks the emails of people on facebook and sees if it matches up to any on b.net. People go really overboard on this whole "Facebook integration" thing. It's not like you have FB chat on b.net or something. It's a simple little app that some people will find useful. Public chat channels, on the other hand, are more complex, albeit probably not too complex for the guys making the games. I'm sure they could implement chat channels pretty easily, but to say that the so called "Facebook integration" is more complex is a bit absurd  | ||
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Takkara
United States2503 Posts
1) There will be chat channels 2) Still won't be many public chat channels 3) Blizzard chose not to support chat channels because of spam and lack of moderators/money to hire moderators. We talked about this weeks ago... | ||
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goswser
United States3519 Posts
 ! I guess Day[9] was correct after all. | ||
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Myles
United States5162 Posts
On June 15 2010 10:41 Uhh Negative wrote: I'm pretty sure you are wrong. Chat channels are far more complex than "Facebook integration". And by "Facebook integration" I mean that b.net can search your facebook for people on b.net. Know what that means? It just checks the emails of people on facebook and sees if it matches up to any on b.net. People go really overboard on this whole "Facebook integration" thing. It's not like you have FB chat on b.net or something. It's a simple little app that some people will find useful. Public chat channels, on the other hand, are more complex, albeit probably not too complex for the guys making the games. I'm sure they could implement chat channels pretty easily, but to say that the so called "Facebook integration" is more complex is a bit absurd The point is that they've had the code for chat channels for 13 years. You're right that it's probably not difficult to implement either one. But I can't see how creating something from scratch can be easier then using something that has been around as long as chat channels have. | ||
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Lysenko
Iceland2128 Posts
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
Give us a proper, public response from people who matter. Like they said they would. | ||
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GodIsNotHere
Canada395 Posts
On June 15 2010 10:47 Myles wrote: The point is that they've had the code for chat channels for 13 years. You're right that it's probably not difficult to implement either one. But I can't see how creating something from scratch can be easier then using something that has been around as long as chat channels have. Yeah this is what pissed me off the most they had the ability to implement it but decided not to bother but still found the time to throw in Facebook. First thing that comes to mind is one of those "FUUUUUU" pictures lol | ||
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Half
United States2554 Posts
The point is that they've had the code for chat channels for 13 years. You're right that it's probably not difficult to implement either one. But I can't see how creating something from scratch can be easier then using something that has been around as long as chat channels have. Are you serious? Are you seriously suggesting that in order to make Chat channels work in b-net 2.0 you just copy paste? ... wow. | ||
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
Poll: ok now remove region lock? yes (33) i dont care (3) whats region lock?? (2) no (1) 39 total votes Your vote: ok now remove region lock? (Vote): yes | ||
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Baarn
United States2702 Posts
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Thrasymachus725
Canada527 Posts
This appeases you guys? So let me get this straight... All this whining, and crying and screaming and such over chat channels has only been because people can't tell the difference between Private and Public? I thought you guys wanted Public Chat rooms... you know the ones full of guild recruitment spam and chat bots, with very little actual meaningful communication ever going on... Maybe this is why I have been so confused about the demand for chat channels. I thought you guys all wanted Public Chat channels, and I couldn't understand why... they are old news, a thing of the past, a place for spam and for people to abuse anonymity. But in Reality you guys wanted Private chat channels... Which Blizz has been saying they will have, and never denied they will have... Ugh hopefully this is the end of the chat channel debacle... | ||
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Jovian
United States39 Posts
As someone who has played Starcraft since release (And I am sure that all others that have will back this up) SC1 was horribly broken from launch. It wasn't until patch 1.07 IIRC that it started to resemble the perfect game that it is today. Bnet slowly evolved and they fixed and perfected the game. Anyone else remember when you just auto-quit a game when your opponent was Zerg and they 4-pooled? It was unstoppable just about. But it was fixed, and now its the model of a perfect RTS but it took YEARS to balance it out to be like that. Every time I see posts about how this is crap and that is crap... #1 It is BETA so Yes please do voice your opinions - but try to take a stance similar to Day9 and TLO. The game has not been out long enough to truly assess if something is truly OP or UP - people just have not had enough time to figure out a way to work with what they have to the greatest potential. Yes sometimes seem to be obviously OP but you don't do a mass nerf, you do exactly what Blizz is doing and do it gradually. Same thing with the chat channels. At first they thought that they would NOT need them. It may seem obvious to others that they would but ok so they messed up. It will be fixed because of the massive feedback from the community, but just try to be a little more grown up about it. Name one time that Blizz let the SC community down and did not correct it? It may take longer than YOU want it to - but just have a little patience. I have full faith in Blizz because of how they have handled things in the past. Think about it - would you really want to have SC2's launch delayed a few months - or have Chat enabled in a post-launch patch? I know that I would prefer the latter. | ||
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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
On June 15 2010 11:01 Jovian wrote: You guys have GOT to realize... SC2 will NOT be perfect from launch. . I think people are more mad about BNET 2.0 not being as good as BNET 1.0 at launch. | ||
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Baarn
United States2702 Posts
On June 15 2010 11:01 Zanez.smarty wrote: What? This is news to you guys? Blizz has been saying that Private Chat Channels will exist for ages. Everyone blew a fit when they said that Public Chat Channels weren't going to be implemented... This appeases you guys? So let me get this straight... All this whining, and crying and screaming and such over chat channels has only been because people can't tell the difference between Private and Public? I thought you guys wanted Public Chat rooms... you know the ones full of guild recruitment spam and chat bots, with very little actual meaningful communication ever going on... Maybe this is why I have been so confused about the demand for chat channels. I thought you guys all wanted Public Chat channels, and I couldn't understand why... they are old news, a thing of the past, a place for spam and for people to abuse anonymity. But in Reality you guys wanted Private chat channels... Which Blizz has been saying they will have, and never denied they will have... Ugh hopefully this is the end of the chat channel debacle... It won't. Should make a poll asking people if they cry just to cry. This seems to be the case again. | ||
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