Seeing this kind of map pool one year after release really worries me about the future of sc2. It's scary how out of touch with the community they are, they have a ton of great community guys who could help them, but they don't take advantage of it. It's really sad, they are really wasting something. I don't know if they realise how e-sport can benefit them. I was not really into gaming before I discovered sc2 during beta. I watched hd and husky and it brought me to this community, and now I will buy sc2 expansions, but also diablo which i would never have bought if it wasn't for starcraft.
So sad

Rannasha

Netherlands2398 Posts

October 21 2011 08:56 GMT

#583

On October 21 2011 16:46 Trigger1101 wrote:
Can anyone help me ?

I am trying to buy a virtual ticket for blizzcon but when i enter my phone extension nr which is +46 for Sweden this is what i get: "INVALID PHONE EXTENSION".

Try 0046.

Meiffeltower

Sweden674 Posts

October 21 2011 08:58 GMT

#584

On October 21 2011 17:42 Andamanen wrote:

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Tournament streams are free and I think SC2 starts at 2100 CEST.
There's a schedule in US times: http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/event-info/schedule/friday-schedule

yeah.. i saw the schedule.. and it starts 12PM PDT?.. isnt that 1900 CEST?.. im confused :S usually there is a thing at the TL calander with a countdown..

Jiddra

Sweden2685 Posts

October 21 2011 09:32 GMT

#585

Kind of confusing about what is free and what is exclusive for the ticket. I assume the RTS feed is free the whole event.

Would be nice if the panels where free also.

On October 21 2011 17:58 Meiffeltower wrote:

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yeah.. i saw the schedule.. and it starts 12PM PDT?.. isnt that 1900 CEST?.. im confused :S usually there is a thing at the TL calander with a countdown..

12 PM PDT = 9 PM CEST = 7 PM UTC.

drew-chan

Malaysia1517 Posts

October 21 2011 09:41 GMT

#586

Nothing in the calendar?

Skullflower

United States3779 Posts

October 21 2011 09:53 GMT

#587

On October 21 2011 11:21 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:

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Eh...Idk if he was just having a bad tournament or something, but Xigua was far from impressive at IEM. He's supposed to be the best Chinese player as well if I'm not mistaken -_-

Does xiaOt still play anymore? I always had him pegged as the best chinese player.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

October 21 2011 10:00 GMT

#588

On October 21 2011 18:53 Skullflower wrote:

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Does xiaOt still play anymore? I always had him pegged as the best chinese player.

No. Last I heard was he quit to manage a team.

Meiffeltower

Sweden674 Posts

October 21 2011 10:38 GMT

#589

On October 21 2011 18:41 drew-chan wrote:
Nothing in the calendar?

like the upcoming events countdown.. i dont see the blizzcon there..

Marke

Sweden279 Posts

October 21 2011 10:39 GMT

#590

So... you cant watch the tournament at all if u dont pay?

MtlGuitarist97

United States1539 Posts

October 21 2011 10:41 GMT

#591

Wow that map pool pretty garbage. And no changes for season four map pool either. What are you doing blizz! I thought you cared about us! ;;

Full.tilt

United Kingdom1709 Posts

October 21 2011 11:08 GMT

#592

On October 21 2011 19:39 Marke wrote:
So... you cant watch the tournament at all if u dont pay?

All tournament games, SC2 and WoW, and the opening ceremony are free to watch in low quality. You only have to pay to watch all the panel and lore crap and to watch in 720p.

http://eu.battle.net/blizzcon/en/event-info/schedule/friday-schedule

MastrShaake

United Kingdom1 Post

October 21 2011 11:54 GMT

#593

Works out fine for me, my internet right now can't handle 720p streams

DoLookMoreLike

155 Posts

October 21 2011 12:03 GMT

#594

On October 21 2011 17:04 Dakkas wrote:

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On October 21 2011 04:53 Thorakh wrote:

On October 21 2011 04:44 jj33 wrote:

On October 21 2011 03:56 rysecake wrote:

On October 19 2011 17:47 BlazeFury01 wrote:

On October 19 2011 15:25 ch33psh33p wrote:
Bayyne, you can say what you want, but when Dimaga gets crushed, well we can come back to this. To suggest Dimaga can take down MVP is silly. He has maybe a 10% chance, if MVP is sick or something.

lol. Last time Dimaga crushed Nestea. This isn't Brood war where Koreans have complete dominance. It's SC2 where foreigners stand an equal chance.

Also, I seriously don't understand why some westerners/foreigners want Koreans to dominate the scene. They would rather root for a korean rather then somebody in their own country. Pretty retarded if you ask me.

What's pretty retarded if you ask me is how ignorant people like you are. Some of us don't give a shit what color their skin is but rather, how well they play. And no this isn't bw, foreigners definitely have a chance, but they aren't equal whatsoever. The best foreigners are on par with the above average koreans, not the top. And overall, the average foreigner is no where near the average korean. Which foreigner has an equal chance vs mvp and nestea? I really wanna know. Get your nationalistic ego out of here. I'm a caucasian American and I'll root for koreans anyday.

I salute you. I wish more people were like you.

I see tons of posts by people like that moron and they are obviously prejudiced against Koreans.

How is it any different than rooting for your country in any other sport? Stop calling others morons for disagreeing with you, seriously. I want foreigners to win. I don't care about seeing the best of the best matches, I want my part of the world to do well. Who are you to say my opinion is 'moronic'? Don't get me wrong, I love a good match, but I'd rather see a foreigner win.

As for one post up in the quotes, the best foreigners are on par with the top Koreans, minus the two select individuals you mentioned maybe. After the top foreigners it goes downhill pretty fast, I'll give you that, but there are enough foreigners who give the best Koreans a run for their money.

Racial bias. Nice to see, it's refreshing to see people wanting a lesser skilled player to win simply because they're "not korean". This is simply counter-intuitive to life; "I want the people that do not work as hard to beat people that work hard"

At the end of the day a lot of foreigners ackowledge that Korea is where you need to go to get better so it doesn't matter what you say. Your idols acknowledge that Koreans > foreigners.

And don't bring in Huk, he's the anti-Select.

Yes, how dare he root for the underdogs...

JediGamer

United States656 Posts

October 21 2011 12:06 GMT

#595

Thats a pretty heavy zerg pool if the player lucks out and has no close positions. Minus Xel naga of course. Sit with tanks at gold.. push, win. Shakuras is even though. Abysall and antiga are a nightmare though. Hope to see MVP win I can't root against him.

Pulimuli

Sweden2766 Posts

October 21 2011 12:17 GMT

#596

time for

MvP to rape!

lynx.oblige

Sierra Leone2268 Posts

October 21 2011 12:20 GMT

#597

I probably said this already but doesn't it make so much sense that the biggest SC2 tournament would conclude at Blizzcon? Surprised they didn't do this when the game came out. I would be surprised about Brood War if that KESPA thing never happened but yeah this is awesome.

Andamanen

Netherlands915 Posts

October 21 2011 13:06 GMT

#598

On October 21 2011 21:20 lynx.oblige wrote:
I probably said this already but doesn't it make so much sense that the biggest SC2 tournament would conclude at Blizzcon? Surprised they didn't do this when the game came out. I would be surprised about Brood War if that KESPA thing never happened but yeah this is awesome.

The $175 tickets are kind of crazy, though. I think the GSL finals are always free to attend.

mr_chapy

Ecuador33 Posts

October 21 2011 13:21 GMT

#599

I believe its going to be VERY interesting to see whos going to be third place in this tournament.