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DeCoup
Profile Joined September 2006
Australia1933 Posts
August 22 2009 14:50 GMT
#61
You can chat to your friends (including party chat and group chats which you create), you can whisper anyone, you can chat with people in a game lobby, you can chat with players in game. The only thing you can't do (on release) is chat in a big random room before joining a game.

Meh? I can live with that till they release whatever their planning.
"Poor guy. I really did not deserve that win. So this is what it's like to play Protoss..." - IdrA
Archerofaiur
Profile Joined August 2008
United States4101 Posts
August 22 2009 15:03 GMT
#62
You can chat with your friends but not the blizzard community as a whole. One of the big reasons Blizzard holds up for removing Lan is to unit the community.
http://sclegacy.com/news/28-scl/250-starcraftlegacy-macro-theorycrafting-contest-winners
Nottoway
Profile Joined August 2009
United States15 Posts
August 22 2009 20:15 GMT
#63
I'm sorry, but I am completely taken back by this decision by Blizzard. Chat Channels are the best place to meet people to play game with. You honestly think people are going to want to put up with meeting people via ladder only? That or meeting people by other friends? That is completely retarded. Screw this IM shit, whispering worked fine for me.

I am so pissed right now.
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
August 22 2009 20:58 GMT
#64
I miss when you could go into a Brood War ASD-1 channel and find the top players of that country there and also challenge people for games ect. Was like that until they for some reason made you join a seemingly random number a little while ago.
Maybe just europe had active national channels but still.
Well atleast I have SC1 to fall back on if SC2 is unplayable.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
Nottoway
Profile Joined August 2009
United States15 Posts
August 22 2009 22:46 GMT
#65
The lobby system in WC3 worked 100% fine, no need to change it. Just add new features like the IM thing.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
August 22 2009 22:49 GMT
#66
On August 22 2009 23:50 DeCoup wrote:
You can chat to your friends (including party chat and group chats which you create), you can whisper anyone, you can chat with people in a game lobby, you can chat with players in game. The only thing you can't do (on release) is chat in a big random room before joining a game.

Meh? I can live with that till they release whatever their planning.

Some people have been saying it will be like facebook (I guess? I have never used facebook or any of the other "social networking" sites) and you can only whisper people on your friends list...?

I think this is terrible, but I know others think it's great.

Sigh I don't know if I have the energy to fuss about this, I might just play and ignore the fact that battle.net 2.0 isn't really my cup of tea so far.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
D00dles
Profile Joined June 2008
Cambodia217 Posts
August 22 2009 23:26 GMT
#67
On August 22 2009 17:58 starPride wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2009 14:08 sdpgposd wrote:
What they're trying to do is incorporate the addictive factors that keep people playing in WoW (achievements, more personal friends/IM interface/list, non smurfable acc) to help them generate the most amount of money possible. I assume theres gonna be a subscription cost - thats gonna fucking suck. I dont want ANY of that fucking bullshit. It makes me want to not buy the game, its such a negative factor for me. But noobs like it and blizzard realise this so obv they wanna get the most money out of retards as usual and forget about those good games they used to make. Sigh.

I'm probably not gonna buy the game at all, it sounds very bad in lots of different ways - gameplay (not just chat/friends list etc).

Fucking hell blizzard, can you just make the game GOOD and cut out the 'oh but we can get more money out of people if we do this' fucking bullshit attitude thats ruining your games.


Ya so if they keep this shit up i'm not gonna recognise this as starcraft - a bit like american psycho 2 being a complete joke compared to the original.

your trolling really really bad. they have stated many times THERE WONT BE a subscription . but there will work like a silver/gold thing... just gold gives a few extra features.


WAIT WAIT WAIT, so you're saying there's "no" subscription but a silver service and a gold service which would give more things? I'm going to go ahead and say that'd be a one off payment but with Blizzard, you just can't be sure..

I mean, no public chat channels? Are you serious? It just seems to me like Blizzard have jacked idea's from steam, facebook and microsoft.

They delayed SC2 beta for B.net 2.0, i can only imagine how SC2 will make a great divide.
"This. How people cant see it is beyond me... how making a copy of something is stealing is also beyond me. Is it stealing to make a photo copy of a book?" - HuskyTheHusky
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
August 22 2009 23:32 GMT
#68
Another thing to bitch about w00t! Whats next guys?
When I think of something else, something will go here
foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
August 22 2009 23:39 GMT
#69
I hope they at least implement some rudimentary chat channel function.
觀過斯知仁矣.
Ranix
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States666 Posts
August 22 2009 23:42 GMT
#70
On August 23 2009 08:32 blade55555 wrote:
Another thing to bitch about w00t! Whats next guys?


Depends on what Blizzard says next.
Legends never gg
Bash
Profile Joined August 2007
Finland1533 Posts
August 22 2009 23:43 GMT
#71
(IRC)
I can't sing and I can't dance, but still I know how to clap my hands.
XXehh
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada122 Posts
August 23 2009 02:39 GMT
#72
You guys are sad -.-. Obviously they know more then you. They have better plans for chat channels and are not retarded. Use your heads, Blizzard isn't dumb.

Relax and wait for more news.
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
August 23 2009 02:42 GMT
#73
On August 23 2009 11:39 XXehh wrote:
You guys are sad -.-. Obviously they know more then you. They have better plans for chat channels and are not retarded. Use your heads, Blizzard isn't dumb.

Relax and wait for more news.

K, fanboy, almost everyone in this thread has valid concerns. Blizzard is a bloated company now and they don't always see things clearly.
♞
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-23 03:01:18
August 23 2009 02:59 GMT
#74
On August 23 2009 08:32 blade55555 wrote:
Another thing to bitch about w00t! Whats next guys?

Why does it bother you so much that this bothers us?

I'm happy about 90% of SC2, so why not discuss the 10% I'm not happy with?

On August 23 2009 11:39 XXehh wrote:
You guys are sad -.-. Obviously they know more then you. They have better plans for chat channels and are not retarded. Use your heads, Blizzard isn't dumb.

Relax and wait for more news.

My big problem with this is they keep saying "not at launch".

Online replays?
"Would love to, but not at launch"

Chat channels?
"We are gonna have something even better than this, but at launch you get nothing"

You know, WC3 has gone 7 years without online replays... Do you understand why it worries me?
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Sharp-eYe
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada642 Posts
August 23 2009 03:09 GMT
#75
On August 23 2009 11:59 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2009 08:32 blade55555 wrote:
Another thing to bitch about w00t! Whats next guys?

Why does it bother you so much that this bothers us?

I'm happy about 90% of SC2, so why not discuss the 10% I'm not happy with?

Show nested quote +
On August 23 2009 11:39 XXehh wrote:
You guys are sad -.-. Obviously they know more then you. They have better plans for chat channels and are not retarded. Use your heads, Blizzard isn't dumb.

Relax and wait for more news.

My big problem with this is they keep saying "not at launch".

Online replays?
"Would love to, but not at launch"

Chat channels?
"We are gonna have something even better than this, but at launch you get nothing"

You know, WC3 has gone 7 years without online replays... Do you understand why it worries me?

WAT? No online reps in war3? how do the pros communicate... its not like all the teams live under the same roof (i know World Elite does.. but thats it).

But I think we should try to just keep our faith... watever is left of it anyway.
Are you truly so blinded by your vaunted religion, that you can't see the fall ahead of you? - Zeratul III AKA WikidSik ingame (anygame)
RyanS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States620 Posts
August 23 2009 03:16 GMT
#76
I don't want it to be an xbox live type of system where you get to a screen to select what type of game you want and then it just says "searching for players" and you join up with random people. Sometimes you just want to chill in the channel and chat with some friends, or go to another clan channel, etc. The community aspect is what helped Blizzard's previous games to be a success and still be played today.
Altair
Profile Joined August 2009
243 Posts
August 23 2009 05:29 GMT
#77
I don't think removing the public chat channels is a bad idea most of them are empty. -_- And no I'm not a Blizzard spy.

blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
August 23 2009 05:41 GMT
#78
On August 23 2009 11:59 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2009 08:32 blade55555 wrote:
Another thing to bitch about w00t! Whats next guys?

Why does it bother you so much that this bothers us?

I'm happy about 90% of SC2, so why not discuss the 10% I'm not happy with?

Show nested quote +
On August 23 2009 11:39 XXehh wrote:
You guys are sad -.-. Obviously they know more then you. They have better plans for chat channels and are not retarded. Use your heads, Blizzard isn't dumb.

Relax and wait for more news.

My big problem with this is they keep saying "not at launch".

Online replays?
"Would love to, but not at launch"

Chat channels?
"We are gonna have something even better than this, but at launch you get nothing"

You know, WC3 has gone 7 years without online replays... Do you understand why it worries me?


Because so far Everything that has been announced that's different about sc2 you guys all bitch how terrible it is. Do you guys like the being able to hide behind terrain? Do you like the watch towers? I am curious if you guys went and threw a hissy fit when that was announced too. The only thing I have been disappointing about other then beta not being released was the no replays online at launch. Otherwise I haven't heard anything disappointing yet but you all here have for some weird reason. You guys don't like the new higher ground way or nothing so I'm wondering what do you like?
When I think of something else, something will go here
RyanS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States620 Posts
August 23 2009 06:22 GMT
#79
On August 23 2009 14:41 blade55555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2009 11:59 FrozenArbiter wrote:
On August 23 2009 08:32 blade55555 wrote:
Another thing to bitch about w00t! Whats next guys?

Why does it bother you so much that this bothers us?

I'm happy about 90% of SC2, so why not discuss the 10% I'm not happy with?

On August 23 2009 11:39 XXehh wrote:
You guys are sad -.-. Obviously they know more then you. They have better plans for chat channels and are not retarded. Use your heads, Blizzard isn't dumb.

Relax and wait for more news.

My big problem with this is they keep saying "not at launch".

Online replays?
"Would love to, but not at launch"

Chat channels?
"We are gonna have something even better than this, but at launch you get nothing"

You know, WC3 has gone 7 years without online replays... Do you understand why it worries me?


Because so far Everything that has been announced that's different about sc2 you guys all bitch how terrible it is. Do you guys like the being able to hide behind terrain? Do you like the watch towers? I am curious if you guys went and threw a hissy fit when that was announced too. The only thing I have been disappointing about other then beta not being released was the no replays online at launch. Otherwise I haven't heard anything disappointing yet but you all here have for some weird reason. You guys don't like the new higher ground way or nothing so I'm wondering what do you like?


We like our StarCraft developers like we like our women, obedient and cooking up stuff we like.
bLah.
Profile Joined July 2009
Croatia497 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-23 10:11:19
August 23 2009 10:09 GMT
#80
I'm also worried about that "not at launch" thing. It seems to me like they are holding all that content so they could put it in expansions because people don't like to pay 50$ just for few new missions and 2 new units, so it will be like "new expansion with chat channels!" and stuff like that and that troubles me, I don't want to wait 1-3 years for something as basic as online replays, chat channels etc.
And the reason why I believe that is that they haven't changed anything after that delay. They have 6 months more to do such things but everything is still "not at launch".
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