EPTWhat are your thoughts and opinions if they are adding a 4th race?
New Race Rumor?
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DesOndaes
United States61 Posts
What are your thoughts and opinions if they are adding a 4th race? | ||
Excalibur_Z
United States12235 Posts
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Last Romantic
United States20661 Posts
close thread~ | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:05 DesOndaes wrote: Some say there will be a 4th race added to SC2 related to Infested Kerrigan or something. No official announcement has been made that says they won't. What are your thoughts and opinions if they are adding a 4th race? Blizzard states that there are "three distinct races" or something along those lines, so it's assumed that they're staying with the same T/Z/P from SC1, although if you have an official source with details on a new race, please link me. | ||
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DesOndaes
United States61 Posts
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Excalibur_Z
United States12235 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:17 DesOndaes wrote: It's a rumor going around, I personally think they could do it to add something new to the StarCraft world. 4 races instead of 3 would be insane. Assuming you mean the literal sense of the word "insane", which is to say "they'd have to be mentally unstable and clinically ill to consider doing this", I agree with you. | ||
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wishterran
United States1045 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:07 Excalibur_Z wrote: "Some say?" Nobody's saying that. There are only going to be 3 races. There may be a fourth faction in single-player or something, but that's not relevant to us. QFT | ||
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dronefromhell
Canada199 Posts
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Insane
United States4991 Posts
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Pressure
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Where art thou | ||
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Zor222
United Kingdom88 Posts
Of course, there are always minor non-multiplayer races, but who cares about them? :S | ||
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pooper-scooper
United States3108 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:26 HnR)Insane wrote: I could definitely see a 4th "semi-race" being in the game. For those who have played TFT, I mean like the Naga. Not a playable multiplayer race, but something which is basically a 4th faction for singleplayer. Xel'Naga or Hybrids, or something--not fleshed out/balanced. I think this will undoubtedly be the case. I'd love some more plot with the xel'naga. And they clearly have the time for it. | ||
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ChaosKnight
United States819 Posts
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useLess
United States4781 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:30 Zor222 wrote: It's clear that there is and there will be no 4th race. Of course, there are always minor non-multiplayer races, but who cares about them? :S Xel'Naga should play a more involved role in the campaigns, possibly with appearances and an army. | ||
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StreaK
Canada580 Posts
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davidgurt
United States1355 Posts
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jtan
Sweden5891 Posts
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Wasabi
United States3085 Posts
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weaksauce
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[angst]chraej
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Wysp
Canada2299 Posts
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IIICodeIIIIIII
China1101 Posts
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Servolisk
United States5241 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:26 Pressure wrote: KERRIGAN RACE Where art thou Maybe they'll go out with us SC players. | ||
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Wasabi
United States3085 Posts
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
just think hard. real hard here. if you are intelligent you should reach the same conclusion I did, that adding a 4th race would most likely hurt the game. if you need I can post my reasons for this again, tho it's in another thread already | ||
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Wasabi
United States3085 Posts
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
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Tarte
Canada933 Posts
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Wasabi
United States3085 Posts
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WhizKid77
China682 Posts
On May 21 2007 16:08 ChaosKnight wrote: Expansion Pack knowing blizzard, they might do something like this. blizzard loves hyping stuff up and arguably surprising its customers, so they might do something like make a major announcement for it right when the game comes out | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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rpf
United States2705 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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[angst]chraej
1445 Posts
On May 21 2007 21:30 rpf wrote: The only problem I have with people saying a 4th race doesn't exist is evidence from the SC campaign where a character states something to the effect of "the Protoss and the Zerg shall become one, and all will know the fury of the swarm." I'm pretty sure Kerrigan said it at the end of the Zerg campaign. + the "secret" campaign mission where you find evidence of merged protoss/zerg in tanks. i dont really remember exactly what its about, something with Infested Duran i think? | ||
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L!MP
Australia2067 Posts
expansion pack with a new race might be something to think about though  | ||
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Seraphim
United States4467 Posts
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b_unnies
3579 Posts
"How many races are in StarCraft II? In StarCraft II, players will see the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races. Our goal is to ensure that all the factions in the game play even more distinctly from one another than in the original StarCraft, while still maintaining the fine balance that helped make StarCraft such a classic. We're also introducing a number of new units to each race, as well as modifying some of the familiar units returning in StarCraft II. With these design refinements and the new features we have planned for the single-player and multiplayer elements of the game, StarCraft II will offer a next-generation StarCraft experience." it says "players will see the return of protoss, terran, and zerg" but it did not say there is only 3 races, or there is no 4th race | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
perhaps... there will be no more zerg (OMG) insted, it will be renamed "Kerrigen" lol | ||
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FirstBorn
Romania3955 Posts
THE CRITERS | ||
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Obi-1.Kulinobi
Czech Republic162 Posts
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:20 Excalibur_Z wrote: Assuming you mean the literal sense of the word "insane", which is to say "they'd have to be mentally unstable and clinically ill to consider doing this", I agree with you. QFT | ||
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Kacas
Brazil3143 Posts
so..they still have the old units like dragoon ^^v | ||
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shimmy
Poland997 Posts
On May 21 2007 21:41 [angst]chraej wrote: the "secret" campaign mission where you find evidence of merged protoss/zerg in tanks. Sorry I couldnt help myself. ![[image loading]](http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/559/art19da6.jpg) | ||
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Zironic
Sweden341 Posts
Scary stuff | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
On May 21 2007 15:07 Excalibur_Z wrote: "Some say?" Nobody's saying that. There are only going to be 3 races. There may be a fourth faction in single-player or something, but that's not relevant to us. Yeah, I'm assuming there's going to be an introduction with the Xel'Naga and the "hybrid race" created by Duran, but they'll be mini-races like the Naga at best. | ||
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Zironic
Sweden341 Posts
On May 22 2007 08:07 Equinox_kr wrote: Yeah, I'm assuming there's going to be an introduction with the Xel'Naga and the "hybrid race" created by Duran, but they'll be mini-races like the Naga at best. I agree, doubtful they want more then three races for melee play. | ||
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DesOndaes
United States61 Posts
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
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Purind
Canada3562 Posts
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minus_human
4784 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ok?+ Show Spoiler + I'm freaking serious! ! ! | ||
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[angst]chraej
1445 Posts
HAHAHA, love it. here is an upload of the video footage for the bonus mission: how CANT they add more onto the story line? ![[image loading]](http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7981/hybridwz4.png) | ||
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pat777
United States356 Posts
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Prose
Canada314 Posts
On May 22 2007 04:29 b_unnies wrote: hmmm can anyone quote blizzard that said there is no new race? according to the starcraft2.com faq's it says "How many races are in StarCraft II? In StarCraft II, players will see the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races. Our goal is to ensure that all the factions in the game play even more distinctly from one another than in the original StarCraft, while still maintaining the fine balance that helped make StarCraft such a classic. We're also introducing a number of new units to each race, as well as modifying some of the familiar units returning in StarCraft II. With these design refinements and the new features we have planned for the single-player and multiplayer elements of the game, StarCraft II will offer a next-generation StarCraft experience." it says "players will see the return of protoss, terran, and zerg" but it did not say there [are] only 3 races, or there is no 4th race Exactly. Carefully chosen words by Blizzard. A fourth race would be grand. Of course balancing four races would be difficult. It could be that the fourth race would be unplayable...until the Expansion Pack. Perhaps the shift towards spacial/dimensional specialization by the Protoss will serve to differentiate it from the psionic and feral flavour of the Hybrids? Could the Hybrids be the eventual manifestation of Xel'Naga? | ||
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Eggy-X17
United States133 Posts
The developers said explicitly there was not going to be a 4th race. Time for an opinion from every Harry, Dick and Jane moment. /me clears his throat An additional race added would increase the complexity for balancing. 3 races: (x * y, x * z, z * y) Adding a 4th: (x * y, x * z, z * y, a * x, a * y, a * z) Just adding one more race, doubles the balancing work they may have to do. They started in '03. All we know is some time after Frozen Throne's expansion pack. It could have been mid '03, late '03, don't know. I don't really care either. So three to four years to develop the game. I'm being generous with four years. Let's say three and a half. They developed supposedly a new gaming engine, first RTS to utilize the Havoc physics engine. On top of that creating the new units, converting stuff over, designing phase or essentially 'gathering all their resources' to pull together something like this is hard enough with three races. It's very difficult for me to imagine they could have squeezed a fourth race in during that time frame. And finally for reiterating purposes, Blizzard employees explicitly said there were only three in the round table discussions. I don't think they lie. They use artifice for sure when they announced, "at presently we have nothing yada yada we'll announce junk in the future" (paraphrased) when they were keeping Starcraft II under wraps as a surprise. (lawyer talk) Future being only two weeks long. When answering the interviewer's questions concerning a 4th race, there was no artifice or trickery of the type comparable to the SC 2 announcement. It was just an outright blatant, "3 races" by one of the lead developers. | ||
ManaBlue
Canada10458 Posts
The answer is that no one knows the answer. This is all wild speculation and will remain that way until we hear something from blizzard that leads us to believe otherwise. | ||
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
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shadowenergy
Australia78 Posts
On May 23 2007 17:29 Eggy-X17 wrote: There was a round table discussion with the developers (check out Yahoo's streaming coverage). The developers said explicitly there was not going to be a 4th race. . yes exactly, its time to stop all the rumors/theories, especially since blizzard specifically said there wont be a 4th race. which video for those of you who still havent seen it, please watch the roundtable video, either streaming or download: http://au.media.pc.ign.com/media/850/850126/vids_1.html what minute to watch in the hour long video watch from minute 29:50 (in the streaming version in the above link) to roughly 30:47 (I actually skimmed thru it to find the exact spot, where the designer discusses the secret mission and no 4th playable race) whats mentioned in short the designer specifically mentions that even though they had the secret mission in BW where the hybrid event occurs, there will only be 3 playable races in sc2. The reason behind this is that they want to work on making the 3 races more distinct from each other. He also stated that the hybrid storyline might appear as part of the sc2 story. | ||
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Eggy-X17
United States133 Posts
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
what makes you think they arent surprising u with a new race? ....... seriously.. | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On May 21 2007 16:08 ChaosKnight wrote: Expansion Pack Agree. | ||
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Eggy-X17
United States133 Posts
They're a company that is very concerned about "PR". They're not going to lie to their gamer base. They'll omit information however to build suspense. | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On May 23 2007 19:25 Eggy-X17 wrote: You're confusing omission of truth as being the same as an out right lie. They've never out right stated a lie. They were quiet for sure in regards to whether they were working on Starcraft 2 for several years, but they never said, "We're not working on Starcraft 2." Find a press release where they explicitly state they're not working on Starcraft 2 if you don't believe me.They're a company that is very concerned about "PR". They're not going to lie to their gamer base. They'll omit information however to build suspense. Eggy said it ~ | ||
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KodoU-
United States129 Posts
On May 23 2007 19:08 YoiChiBow wrote: Blizzard has held out on telling about SC2 for how long now? what makes you think they arent surprising u with a new race? ....... seriously.. Eggy makes me think they wont have a new race. he has good points. you have an idiotically invalid statement. ya. Personally i dont think there is going to be another race in SC2 maybe in the storyline but not melee play. ... Critters? lmfao. Thats what i wanna see. Someone said Nobody has added another race to an RTS. hey Please think for a minute. Slap yourself if you dont know where you went astray. than Read this. + Show Spoiler + Warcraft to warcraft3 dumbass. they went from 2 to 5 races? i think its 5... i havnt played tft in forever but either way. just dont talk ^^; Edit: Typo t.t | ||
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
On May 23 2007 19:21 Physician wrote: Agree. entropy you too? comeon has Blizzard EVER introduced a new race with an expansion pack? theyve had 3 RTS expansion packs and all of them added new units and upgrades and other more minor features | ||
Live2Win
United States6657 Posts
On May 23 2007 19:34 KodoU- wrote: Eggy makes me think they wont have a new race. he has good points. you have an idiotically invalid statement. ya. Personally i dont think there is going to be another race in SC2 maybe in the storyline but not melee play. ... Critters? lmfao. Thats what i wanna see. Someone said Nobody has added another race to an RTS. hey Please think for a minute. Slap yourself if you dont know where you went astray. than Read this. + Show Spoiler + Warcraft to warcraft3 dumbass. they went from 2 to 5 races? i think its 5... i havnt played tft in forever but either way. just dont talk ^^; Edit: Typo t.t actually it's 2 to 4. But for WoW they added like a bunch in their expansion pack... but that's different since it's not a RTS game and much easier to add things | ||
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
adding a new race to an RTS is similar to adding a new class to WoW which they did not do (though adding a new race is a much tougher task i'd say) | ||
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shadowenergy
Australia78 Posts
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Aerox
Malaysia1213 Posts
On May 23 2007 20:12 Raist wrote: entropy you too? comeon has Blizzard EVER introduced a new race with an expansion pack? theyve had 3 RTS expansion packs and all of them added new units and upgrades and other more minor features That's why if it happens, it's gonna be a good surprise. Seeing now as it looks impossible to add a 4th race with the balance and all... (but it can be done). | ||
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humblegar
Norway883 Posts
"Note that there will only be three playable races in StarCraft 2, the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg, and the storyline takes place four years after the original." Official faq "How many races are in StarCraft II? In StarCraft II, players will see the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races. Our goal is to ensure that all the factions in the game play even more distinctly from one another than in the original StarCraft, while still maintaining the fine balance that helped make StarCraft such a classic. We're also introducing a number of new units to each race, as well as modifying some of the familiar units returning in StarCraft II. With these design refinements and the new features we have planned for the single-player and multiplayer elements of the game, StarCraft II will offer a next-generation StarCraft experience." Good luck finding better references backing up a fourth race. You guys can talk about the expansion pack of course, but I really doubt Blizzard has put energy into deciding the expansion pack's content already, it would mostly be a waste of time until they know how sc2 turns out. | ||
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
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Ganfei1
China667 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
But yes, it'd be a lot for them to balance! But with all the hard counters the are introducing it should be easier... Still I do not think we will see a 4:th race for a long while (in pvp). And I have absolutely no facts to back that up. | ||
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
On May 24 2007 02:18 Cascade wrote: I don't really understand what Drain means with that honestly. First 4! = 24, not 10. Second the number of (non-mirror) matchup with n races would be n(n-1)/2, so 3 and 6. Or n(n+1)/2, 6 and 10, if you by some reason count the mirror matchups as well. But yes, it'd be a lot for them to balance! But with all the hard counters the are introducing it should be easier... Still I do not think we will see a 4:th race for a long while (in pvp). And I have absolutely no facts to back that up. Yes sorry ofc I mean the triangle numbers, I mixed up 1*2*3*4 and 1+2+3+4. And yes im counting the mirror matchups. Imo in starcraft only 4 of the 6 matchups are balanced TvP TvZ PvZ and TvT. Both PvP and ZvZ need more work. Im hoping all 6 matchups will be balanced in SC2. Adding a fourth race would only mean a lot more balancework. Im not talking about balance as in both races being equaly able to win which is obvious they are in a mirrormatch. Im talking about a balance in the gameplay so that one strategy or BO isnt better than all the other. So most of the units can be used etc. We dont want another ZvZ in sc2 plz  | ||
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Jaxx
Slovakia758 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
Secret mission: one of the last Z mission is to kill a protoss base within 30 mins. Do it in less than 20, and you go to the secret mission. Use the guardians to get an expansion asap. | ||
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shadowenergy
Australia78 Posts
On May 24 2007 02:34 Jaxx wrote: I remember reading sth about secret mission before, but I didn't have time so - how do I get there? heres the video on utube and remeber watch the video I linked on page 3 that clearly states that theres no 4th race(only 3 races), its worth watching for lots of nice info .hybrid mission part 1 of 5 (dont worry most parts are under a minute). part 2/5 part 3/5 part 4/5 part 5/5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z49dnHaWgdM&mode=related&search= watch the last part if you get bored seeing someone play a mission, it has the more important story elements. | ||
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aseq
Netherlands3978 Posts
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fallingdream
Romania452 Posts
EDIT: Watch the roundtable vid, it's in there somewhere. | ||
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
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Dendra
Croatia801 Posts
On May 21 2007 17:21 davidgurt wrote: Is this thread lame enough to warrant a temp ban? ye, he prolly read these news on some site few years ago when it was speculated there will be 4th race, mix of toss and zerg >,< | ||
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