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On April 15 2009 06:38 exeprime wrote:Show nested quote +On April 14 2009 23:01 Chuiu wrote:
Here at Blizzard we strive to make players wait for content. We find that forcing people to wait months between Blizzcasts, Battle Reports, and general updates to our games and websites is the best way for people to lose interest and find better things to occupy their time. We only hope that everyone can appreciate the hard work that we put into stalling as long as possible because we're too damn busy owning n00bs as our undead warlocks. Yes because we can all see how eeeeeeeeeeverybody is losing interest in SC2, right?
of course you wont find ppl loosing interest in a SC hardcore site like TL, thats OBVIOUS, but outside of TL is totally different story, the hype of the game is not same it was when the first trailer came up, it wasnt same when they announced it will be playable in blizzcon2007, if ur saying that ppl will stop and not buying the game probably not, ppl will still buying the game if they come up in 2010, but the hype is lost, i dont know why blizzard makes all this hype, website, and updates to site if they are not going to keep on doing it, whats the reason then to do it?
what was the last update we got from SC? Q&As from march? what happen to the potcast? they barely mention something, and the things they mention were just stupid small things(buildings of protoss different now OMG) when was the last time the updated the starcraft2.com website? or added new units? instead of wasting time on a freaking sc2 aprils fools they should put more BR and updates relevant to the game to keep the hype up.
How about regular weekley or montly polls on sc2? new walppaers of ppl testing the game, or just plain screenshots, or a blog talking about a liltle of the roadmap, i enjoy going to Delphi development blog and read stuff they are doing like the new framework and engine they are developing for this or the next year, and complications they have, etc etc.
I mean Blizzard do great games, and puting SC2 and diablo3 websites are amazing but they barely update it, so whats the point? i was all hype about D3 also and i didnt even knew about the new character like 2 weeks ago, bc there is NO POINT going to blizzard websites to check for infor if they dont update in a regular basics.
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On April 15 2009 07:30 sgt_cr wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2009 06:38 exeprime wrote:On April 14 2009 23:01 Chuiu wrote:
Here at Blizzard we strive to make players wait for content. We find that forcing people to wait months between Blizzcasts, Battle Reports, and general updates to our games and websites is the best way for people to lose interest and find better things to occupy their time. We only hope that everyone can appreciate the hard work that we put into stalling as long as possible because we're too damn busy owning n00bs as our undead warlocks. Yes because we can all see how eeeeeeeeeeverybody is losing interest in SC2, right? of course you wont find ppl loosing interest in a SC hardcore site like TL, thats OBVIOUS, but outside of TL is totally different story, the hype of the game is not same it was when the first trailer came up, it wasnt same when they announced it will be playable in blizzcon2007, if ur saying that ppl will stop and not buying the game probably not, ppl will still buying the game if they come up in 2010, but the hype is lost, i dont know why blizzard makes all this hype, website, and updates to site if they are not going to keep on doing it, whats the reason then to do it? what was the last update we got from SC? Q&As from march? what happen to the potcast? they barely mention something, and the things they mention were just stupid small things(buildings of protoss different now OMG) when was the last time the updated the starcraft2.com website? or added new units? instead of wasting time on a freaking sc2 aprils fools they should put more BR and updates relevant to the game to keep the hype up. How about regular weekley or montly polls on sc2? new walppaers of ppl testing the game, or just plain screenshots, or a blog talking about a liltle of the roadmap, i enjoy going to Delphi development blog and read stuff they are doing like the new framework and engine they are developing for this or the next year, and complications they have, etc etc. I mean Blizzard do great games, and puting SC2 and diablo3 websites are amazing but they barely update it, so whats the point? i was all hype about D3 also and i didnt even knew about the new character like 2 weeks ago, bc there is NO POINT going to blizzard websites to check for infor if they dont update in a regular basics.
Not only does what you say not matter, but it's also been said about every Blizzard game. SC2 will have massive sales, as usual.
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Any hype that Blizzard loses will be instantly restored when the beta is released. Quit being so silly.
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On April 15 2009 07:30 sgt_cr wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2009 06:38 exeprime wrote:On April 14 2009 23:01 Chuiu wrote:
Here at Blizzard we strive to make players wait for content. We find that forcing people to wait months between Blizzcasts, Battle Reports, and general updates to our games and websites is the best way for people to lose interest and find better things to occupy their time. We only hope that everyone can appreciate the hard work that we put into stalling as long as possible because we're too damn busy owning n00bs as our undead warlocks. Yes because we can all see how eeeeeeeeeeverybody is losing interest in SC2, right? of course you wont find ppl loosing interest in a SC hardcore site like TL, thats OBVIOUS, but outside of TL is totally different story, the hype of the game is not same it was when the first trailer came up, it wasnt same when they announced it will be playable in blizzcon2007, if ur saying that ppl will stop and not buying the game probably not, ppl will still buying the game if they come up in 2010, but the hype is lost, i dont know why blizzard makes all this hype, website, and updates to site if they are not going to keep on doing it, whats the reason then to do it?
Really, I mean really, this is the biggest load of crap i've read in quite some time. Every single person I come across in real life or on the internet that are interested in pc gaming all say the same thing about their most anticipated title and that is Starcraft 2, its not even unusual to be playing a multiplayer game and starcraft 2 gets brought up in the conversation. Hell I was playing tf2 yesterday and we ended up talking about starcraft 2 for a good 2 hours.
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Could anyone ever maintain hype outside of their core audience for 2 years+?
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so i guess all u guys go to blizzard.com and starcraft2.com everyday(couple of times a week) to see new updates and new features in the site or news right? i mean bc the hype is still on the air, quit fooling urself, the hype is there but not the same level at it was on 2007 to 2008.
I would like to know the google analytics stats of www.starcraft2.com from 2007 to 2008, and 2008 to 2009, just to compare how often does ppl tend to look for new information on starcraft2.
Iam pretty sure if the keep the BRs or new things every month, your conversations about SC2 will be even moooore than 2hours.
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Who cares about hype? The only hype that's needed is when the game is going to be released.
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If they constantly updated that shit and constantly did press conferences, and videos and all that, then there's way less time for development. Blizzard isn't sitting around on their asses, allowing hype to die as they eat lunch and talk about sports. The SC2 dev team is working really hard to get the beta up ASAP, so they can see a 2009 release like planned.
Hype is important, but too much hype is redundant. The hype is planted. I was playing Cs source earlier and they were talking about SC2. Everyone I know, people who hardly play PC games, all know about SC2. I have friends from CS begging me to teach them SC so they're prepared for SC2. The hype is there. What's the point of creating all this crazy interactive content if these people are already interested enough in the game to spam F5 on a now empty page. (battlereport2)
I'd rather them develop the game than re-affirm already excited fans. Stop being so high maintenance.
Edit: Seriously. How cute are SC2 fans?
"You put so much work into the April fools joke! Why didn't you spend that time DEVELOPING?"
"Where's all the content we expect from you for some reason? Stop developing and spend some time adding random screenshots and videos so that I can fap about how I'm delaying development."
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whats the point of creating all this sites, features, brs, etc to create hype, community if they are not even going to mantain it? im not asking for daily mantainance, but 2nd BR in 4-5 months?
When was last time they added new stuff to the website? whats the point of having them if ur not going to put new info on them?
Im not asking for the dev team to go and maintain the sites, thats not their job, maintaining the content of the sites are done by someone else, same as how the things works on the forums of blizzard, if you if you do a lilttle research you can see that the managers from Europe and Korea, are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more active with the community than the managers on America.
Blizzard might be the best company of video games, but can they get bettter?? hell yeah.
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On April 15 2009 11:25 sgt_cr wrote:
whats the point of creating all this sites, features, brs, etc to create hype, community if they are not even going to mantain it? im not asking for daily mantainance, but 2nd BR in 4-5 months?
When was last time they added new stuff to the website? whats the point of having them if ur not going to put new info on them?
Im not asking for the dev team to go and maintain the sites, thats not their job, maintaining the content of the sites are done by someone else, same as how the things works on the forums of blizzard, if you if you do a lilttle research you can see that the managers from Europe and Korea, are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more active with the community than the managers on America.
Blizzard might be the best company of video games, but can they get bettter?? hell yeah.
Those companies are localization branches. They do little to no actual development. That gives them a lot more time to devote to the community.
Everyone knows Blizzard games take forever to make. Everyone also knows that they're worth the wait. Their track record speaks for itself.
We're pretty clearly in the final stretch toward the beta. Hang tight like everyone else is.
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I stopped going to the official site after the second day. Official sites, for anything, are always the last place to go for real info.
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On April 15 2009 12:51 Daniri wrote:
I stopped going to the official site after the second day. Official sites, for anything, are always the last place to go for real info.
haha isn't that the truth.
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On April 15 2009 11:02 404.Nintu wrote:
If they constantly updated that shit and constantly did press conferences, and videos and all that, then there's way less time for development. Blizzard isn't sitting around on their asses, allowing hype to die as they eat lunch and talk about sports. The SC2 dev team is working really hard to get the beta up ASAP, so they can see a 2009 release like planned.
Hype is important, but too much hype is redundant. The hype is planted. I was playing Cs source earlier and they were talking about SC2. Everyone I know, people who hardly play PC games, all know about SC2. I have friends from CS begging me to teach them SC so they're prepared for SC2. The hype is there. What's the point of creating all this crazy interactive content if these people are already interested enough in the game to spam F5 on a now empty page. (battlereport2)
I'd rather them develop the game than re-affirm already excited fans. Stop being so high maintenance.
Edit: Seriously. How cute are SC2 fans?
"You put so much work into the April fools joke! Why didn't you spend that time DEVELOPING?"
"Where's all the content we expect from you for some reason? Stop developing and spend some time adding random screenshots and videos so that I can fap about how I'm delaying development."
Yes, this is truth!
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On April 15 2009 11:02 404.Nintu wrote:
Edit: Seriously. How cute are SC2 fans?
"You put so much work into the April fools joke! Why didn't you spend that time DEVELOPING?"
whats wrong with that
i'd rather see BR2 then the april fools joke
heck the april fools joke is the only deadline they seem to be able to work to
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On April 15 2009 11:25 sgt_cr wrote:
whats the point of creating all this sites, features, brs, etc to create hype, community if they are not even going to mantain it? im not asking for daily mantainance, but 2nd BR in 4-5 months?
When was last time they added new stuff to the website? whats the point of having them if ur not going to put new info on them?
Im not asking for the dev team to go and maintain the sites, thats not their job, maintaining the content of the sites are done by someone else, same as how the things works on the forums of blizzard, if you if you do a lilttle research you can see that the managers from Europe and Korea, are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more active with the community than the managers on America.
Blizzard might be the best company of video games, but can they get bettter?? hell yeah.
Why waste all that time and money on actual updates when you can maintain the same amount of hype by showing fans the whiff of an update?
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On April 15 2009 18:25 PobTheCad wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2009 11:02 404.Nintu wrote:
Edit: Seriously. How cute are SC2 fans?
"You put so much work into the April fools joke! Why didn't you spend that time DEVELOPING?"
whats wrong with that i'd rather see BR2 then the april fools joke heck the april fools joke is the only deadline they seem to be able to work to
Because the time spent on April's Fools is completely negligible and it shows how entirely stupid you are by making a point out of it. What do you think was lost in the hours it took them to do it? More importantly, what do you think might have been gained?
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Chill guys...
We all know it takes alot of time to balance out units, but those are designer's job. The stuff for april's fool are most likely made by map makers, assets creators, or normal programmers. My point is, they don't have everyone in the team to work on everything they do. So maybe even Blizzard don't make those april's fool stuff, you still won't see beta or battle reports any sooner?
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On April 15 2009 07:30 sgt_cr wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2009 06:38 exeprime wrote:On April 14 2009 23:01 Chuiu wrote:
Here at Blizzard we strive to make players wait for content. We find that forcing people to wait months between Blizzcasts, Battle Reports, and general updates to our games and websites is the best way for people to lose interest and find better things to occupy their time. We only hope that everyone can appreciate the hard work that we put into stalling as long as possible because we're too damn busy owning n00bs as our undead warlocks. Yes because we can all see how eeeeeeeeeeverybody is losing interest in SC2, right? of course you wont find ppl loosing interest in a SC hardcore site like TL, thats OBVIOUS, but outside of TL is totally different story, the hype of the game is not same it was when the first trailer came up, it wasnt same when they announced it will be playable in blizzcon2007, if ur saying that ppl will stop and not buying the game probably not, ppl will still buying the game if they come up in 2010, but the hype is lost, i dont know why blizzard makes all this hype, website, and updates to site if they are not going to keep on doing it, whats the reason then to do it? what was the last update we got from SC? Q&As from march? what happen to the potcast? they barely mention something, and the things they mention were just stupid small things(buildings of protoss different now OMG) when was the last time the updated the starcraft2.com website? or added new units? instead of wasting time on a freaking sc2 aprils fools they should put more BR and updates relevant to the game to keep the hype up. How about regular weekley or montly polls on sc2? new walppaers of ppl testing the game, or just plain screenshots, or a blog talking about a liltle of the roadmap, i enjoy going to Delphi development blog and read stuff they are doing like the new framework and engine they are developing for this or the next year, and complications they have, etc etc. I mean Blizzard do great games, and puting SC2 and diablo3 websites are amazing but they barely update it, so whats the point? i was all hype about D3 also and i didnt even knew about the new character like 2 weeks ago, bc there is NO POINT going to blizzard websites to check for infor if they dont update in a regular basics.
Because here at Blizzard we can. YES WE CAN!
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On April 15 2009 18:25 PobTheCad wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2009 11:02 404.Nintu wrote:
Edit: Seriously. How cute are SC2 fans?
"You put so much work into the April fools joke! Why didn't you spend that time DEVELOPING?"
whats wrong with that i'd rather see BR2 then the april fools joke heck the april fools joke is the only deadline they seem to be able to work to
perhaps that's because it's a deadline and there is no real deadline for br2, nor is there a deadline for any game. their games and--apparently--their videos are done when they are done.
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this whole thing is so silly. why did they half release it anyway? and they ask us to "not tell spoilers" nigga pleez
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