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Now that Mike Morhaime has revealed that the beta is ready to go in February, I've been cleared by Blizzard PR to tell you guys this:
I was able to visit Blizzard recently to prepare for the launch of the beta. As such, on the day the beta launches, I will be posting interviews with:
Dustin Browder
Chris Sigaty
Rob Pardo
Greg Canessa
Greg's interview is by-far the most detailed and has a lot of good info about Battle.net 2.0, especially as it pertains to map-making. I also ask a lot of the guys about eSports and some other stuff.
Again, these will be posted on www.g4tv.com when the beta has launched.
And since you'll all probably ask, this does not mean that I know the actual launch date of the beta nor can I share impressions of B.net or the Beta Build at this time 
BETA IS LIVE: THESE ARE UP
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/702564/Celebrate-The-StarCraft-II-Beta-With-These-Exclusive-Video-Interviews.html
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:-) awesome can't wait to see these, do the interviews detail gameplay aspects as well or is it strictly battle.net 2.0 stuff?
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I don't know who you are but I would like to offer my daughter's hand in marriage. Thanks for the heads up!
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On February 12 2010 03:47 Response wrote:
:-) awesome can't wait to see these, do the interviews detail gameplay aspects as well or is it strictly battle.net 2.0 stuff?
I didn't ask a lot on gameplay specifics because the beta will be out and the community will be able to figure these things out much more than I could get in any questions.
I ask about eSports, the Leagues and Ladders system (VERY COOL INFO HERE), and more.
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On February 12 2010 03:50 empathe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2010 03:47 Response wrote:
:-) awesome can't wait to see these, do the interviews detail gameplay aspects as well or is it strictly battle.net 2.0 stuff? I didn't ask a lot on gameplay specifics because the beta will be out and the community will be able to figure these things out much more than I could get in any questions. I ask about eSports, the Leagues and Ladders system (VERY COOL INFO HERE), and more.
makes sense ^^
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thanks a lot. this is gonna be gorgeous! i hope you remember to bump this when beta hits cause by then we will be flooded with a lot of sc2 stuff.!!!
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Which sounds like the end of the month  (sclegacy has a interview and on one of the questions it says "its planned for the end of the month".
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On February 12 2010 03:47 choboPEon wrote:
I don't know who you are but I would like to offer my daughter's hand in marriage. Thanks for the heads up!
Haha that's hilarious.
OP thanks for doing the interviews and letting us know you will be sharing them. Look forward to checking them out.
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These past two days have filled me with nothing but nerd glee. Really looking forward to these videos, provided that I don't get into the first round of beta invites
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Do you actually work for G4TV or just a community member of that site?
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On February 12 2010 04:49 mrgerry wrote:
Do you actually work for G4TV or just a community member of that site?
I work for G4TV.
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Cool! Thanks for the heads up!
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Thanks in advance for these! I can't wait to watch; the leagues are one of the parts of bnet that I'm most anticipating.
Anything else you can tell us about what's in the interviews? 
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I would have asked you guys for questions, but I wasn't allowed to even say that I was going to Blizzard
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I will forgive you this time!
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On February 12 2010 03:43 empathe wrote:Now that Mike Morhaime has revealed that the beta is ready to go in February, I've been cleared by Blizzard PR to tell you guys this: I was able to visit Blizzard recently to prepare for the launch of the beta. As such, on the day the beta launches, I will be posting interviews with: Dustin Browder Chris Sigaty Rob Pardo Greg Canessa Greg's interview is by-far the most detailed and has a lot of good info about Battle.net 2.0, especially as it pertains to map-making. I also ask a lot of the guys about eSports and some other stuff. Again, these will be posted on www.g4tv.com when the beta has launched.And since you'll all probably ask, this does not mean that I know the actual launch date of the beta nor can I share impressions of B.net or the Beta Build at this time
Thank you for telling us. I will be sure to visit G4TV once beta launches.
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So would this mean you have impressions to share about the beta? I'm guessing the press beta has been released already.
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On February 12 2010 06:07 Knyteguy wrote:
So would this mean you have impressions to share about the beta? I'm guessing the press beta has been released already.
Can't share impressions until the beta starts and at that point you guys can form your own impressions or read those of players much better than I.
There is no press beta. I visited Blizzard.
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On February 12 2010 06:11 empathe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2010 06:07 Knyteguy wrote:
So would this mean you have impressions to share about the beta? I'm guessing the press beta has been released already. Can't share impressions until the beta starts and at that point you guys can form your own impressions or read those of players much better than I. There is no press beta. I visited Blizzard. Can you give us a warm fuzzy feeling by telling us it's awesome? 
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On February 12 2010 03:43 empathe wrote:
I was able to visit Blizzard recently to prepare for the launch of the beta. As such, on the day the beta launches
Awesome!
How long have you known about the beta?
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So, when you interviewed Dustin, did you sustain any... terrible terrible damage per chance?
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On February 12 2010 06:11 empathe wrote:
There is no press beta. I visited Blizzard.
Did you ask them for the interviews or did they invite you? I like hearing details like this. When I went to the June press event it was kinda a downer because they didn't reveal nearly as much as they wanted because of deciding to push back B.net 2.0 so I can't wait to see what they have to say on your site!
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On February 12 2010 06:45 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2010 06:11 empathe wrote:
There is no press beta. I visited Blizzard. Did you ask them for the interviews or did they invite you? I like hearing details like this. When I went to the June press event it was kinda a downer because they didn't reveal nearly as much as they wanted because of deciding to push back B.net 2.0 so I can't wait to see what they have to say on your site!
I approached them.
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Awesome! Can't wait to hear these! Maybe I'll understand the new ladder a little better before I dive into it afterwords. 
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On February 12 2010 04:57 HazMat wrote:
G4TV is amazing.
Yeah, Cops marathons are great.
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I actually just left G4TV... lol.
Took a job at Gamefly/Shacknews. Today was my last day at G4. Interviews will still go up over there when the beta hits, though. I'll bump and link.
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lol that's interesting but excellent nonetheless, OP. Much appreciated.
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On February 13 2010 04:54 Lefnui wrote:Yeah, Cops marathons are great.
Used to watch it when they had Ninja Warrior haha. Don't know how it is nowadays.
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On February 13 2010 07:17 empathe wrote:
I actually just left G4TV... lol.
Took a job at Gamefly/Shacknews. Today was my last day at G4. Interviews will still go up over there when the beta hits, though. I'll bump and link.
Pumped for the interviews. On a less serious note when you went to Blizzard Head Quarters and were talking to the team did you have to wear the Panda Bear hat? Were you allowed to talk if you weren't wearing THE HAT?!
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On February 13 2010 16:32 sword_siege wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2010 07:17 empathe wrote:
I actually just left G4TV... lol.
Took a job at Gamefly/Shacknews. Today was my last day at G4. Interviews will still go up over there when the beta hits, though. I'll bump and link. Pumped for the interviews. On a less serious note when you went to Blizzard Head Quarters and were talking to the team did you have to wear the Panda Bear hat? Were you allowed to talk if you weren't wearing THE HAT?!
No panda bear hat
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Sweet, looking forward to these.
How involved with SC2 do you plan to be, empathe?
Do you have a beta invite?
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On February 13 2010 14:13 HazMat wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2010 04:54 Lefnui wrote:On February 12 2010 04:57 HazMat wrote:
G4TV is amazing. Yeah, Cops marathons are great. Used to watch it when they had Ninja Warrior haha. Don't know how it is nowadays.
i used to watch ninja warrior marathons with an old girlfriend. that fact makes that relationship sound much cooler than it was.
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Thanks in advance for the interviews...I'm impressed that you could keep this a secret
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On February 14 2010 12:08 TimeToPractice! wrote:
Sweet, looking forward to these.
How involved with SC2 do you plan to be, empathe?
Do you have a beta invite?
Yeah, I have an invite. I'll be playing alot, hopefully taking video.
I'll also hopefully be covering the scene as it develops for work at Shacknews.com
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It doesn't make sense to me releasing these 'after' beta is out.
I mean, when the beta is out we can probably see by ourselves what all this is about, leagues, tournaments, b.net 2.0 etc.
Seriously, why not release the interviews now and get people hyped about the beta, rather than keeping the information till the last moment?
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On February 16 2010 15:30 Ahzz wrote:
It doesn't make sense to me releasing these 'after' beta is out.
I mean, when the beta is out we can probably see by ourselves what all this is about, leagues, tournaments, b.net 2.0 etc.
Seriously, why not release the interviews now and get people hyped about the beta, rather than keeping the information till the last moment? Probably because those were the conditions under which Blizzard agreed to the interviews?
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And maybe because when the beta will be out, people will say a lot of things, not true about the game, or not exact... and people who are not into the beta will get some bad informations.
I guess Blizzard would like to launch it with a lot of official informations.
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On February 16 2010 15:30 Ahzz wrote:
It doesn't make sense to me releasing these 'after' beta is out.
I mean, when the beta is out we can probably see by ourselves what all this is about, leagues, tournaments, b.net 2.0 etc.
Seriously, why not release the interviews now and get people hyped about the beta, rather than keeping the information till the last moment?
They probably won't have all features of b.net 2.0 ready at start of beta.
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On February 16 2010 15:30 Ahzz wrote:
It doesn't make sense to me releasing these 'after' beta is out.
I mean, when the beta is out we can probably see by ourselves what all this is about, leagues, tournaments, b.net 2.0 etc.
Seriously, why not release the interviews now and get people hyped about the beta, rather than keeping the information till the last moment?
Tsagacity is correct. To get these interviews, we agreed not to post them until the beta had launched.
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Excellent interviews. Apparently a large patch will be released post launch that will improve esport support of the game.
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damn all this beta stuff has gotten my panties all wet. fuck this looks awesome.
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if you listen to chris sagaty's interview, he talks about a patch they are preparing for e-sports content that wont make the release date.
It's official. There is a release date.
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bump
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damn the first interview is 22 mins. Its mostly bnet stuff but i couldn;'t help notice how much he moved his eyebrows! those things can move like 3 inches holy crap
First guy spends a good deal talking about custom map interface and map editors .Apparently you get your own bnet page (like steam) and you can publish your maps there
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