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http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=24915043027&sid=5000
We’d like to let all of our StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test participants know that the first phase of the beta test will be coming to an end in all regions on Monday, May 31. The beta test will be unavailable for several weeks while we make some hardware and software configuration changes in preparation for the final phase of the beta test and the release of the game. We plan to bring the beta test back online for a couple of weeks prior to the game’s launch to complete our testing. We’ll have more details to share about when this final beta-testing phase will begin at a later date.
We’d like to thank all of our beta-test participants for your enthusiasm, dedication, and valuable feedback during the beta test, and we look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the StarCraft II beta test as the game’s July 27 launch approaches.
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User was warned for this post
i tried to unstretch it yo
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Is that a good or bad news?
Hmm, i'd say good news :D
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Bad topic title. It is going down for a few weeks the being brought back up.
Edit: Topic should be Phase one of beta ends May 31st. Or something along those lines.
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On May 18 2010 02:15 MrRey wrote:
Is that a good or bad news?
Hmm, i'd say good news :D
NO IT'S NOT!
several weeks without sc2 ... how can you seriously say this is good news?
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good news to me  i had my need for speed world waiting xD
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haha 2 supply roach with no changes at release of the game ;d
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I will only be able to play for 5 days T_T
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change title to "Beta hiatus May 31st." please
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Can't change the title so a mod will have to do it.
I won't be able to play in July so beta ends for me on the 31st. Balls.
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Noooo sleep for a week and a haaaalf ! :D:D
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But what will I do in the meantime? My world is crumbling down.
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On May 18 2010 02:17 jacen wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 02:15 MrRey wrote:
Is that a good or bad news?
Hmm, i'd say good news :D NO IT'S NOT! several weeks without sc2 ... how can you seriously say this is good news?
Back to good old Sc1 =) thats how it gets good
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NOOOOOOOO!!! WHY IS LIFE SO CRUELLLL!?!??!?!?
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Well that means we're going to get some tournament action on steroids those last few days! Unless they're going to put them on hold during the hiatus...
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Blizz, I am disappoint.
Oh well, hopefully the beta won't be down for TOO long.
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Will anyone start playing BW again while the beta is down?
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Hey guys!
Let's play Broodwar!
Msg me for game!
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Wow, this is brutal!
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they gotta add some more decals, portraits, and stuff too
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well... that sucks, so may 31st then say 2 or 3 weeks off it comes back online around june 25th (guess between 2 and 3 weeks) out for maybe 2 to 3 more weeks before it goes offline again before game comes out. That gives somewhere between 4 and 6 weeks of beta time left to play start mass gaming now
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This is a big relief for me in many ways...I can finally get back to focus completely on other things.
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Well, that's good news since i'll be out of the country anyway No catching up to do when I come back! YAY
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rofl as soon as my summer starts there goes beta for a couple weeks
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iCCup get to work! We need you!! <3
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So what does this mean for map makers? Will we still be able to use the editor while the beta is down?
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oh god i hope this means blizzard is doing mass patching within the next 2 weeks, either that or the downtime is a giant patch since they said beta IS coming back a few weeks before retail.
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The mapmaker will be useable, i bet you anything they are taking it down so people make maps for a few weeks so once its back up and they have custom map hosting, it'll be all good ^^
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rofl woulda been nice to know this some time ago..... sigh
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On May 18 2010 02:23 ICanFlyLow wrote:Will anyone start playing BW again while the beta is down?
I have a feeling this will be a very, very popular time for BW ^^
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Too soon! Everyone play out tournaments quickly!
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What the hell am i going to do for 2 months then?
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dammmmmmmnnnnnn!
This is actually nice timing haha, 3 days after I move to Portugal
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On May 18 2010 02:27 Zilver wrote:
What the hell am i going to do for 2 months then?
probably closer to 1 month since they said they are coming back a few weeks before retail.
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Surely there will be some kind of private server system? For many the summer holidays are starting just about there and it'd be a shame if we were not able to spend the hot, sunny days inside practicing SC2..
..It's going to be a god damn pain if there's no private server available at that time. I wonder what IdrA and other Korean progamers are going to do during that time.
I would really really be interested in knowing how far the server emulation has gone with SC2, is it at all realistic to expect there to be an alternative way to play multiplayer after the official beta ends?
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Doesn't this totally fuck up the Arizona training camp?
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Next news: ICCUP season starts may 30th? :p
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Oh my god..
Now that my final exams are over... how am i supposed to survive this?
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lol@ slayer91. but noooooooooooooooooo. ill be soooo bored. i guess back to crappy AIs?
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I don't have the ability to create a new post, but certainly someone can use this. One of them is registered, don't remember which, think it was the 2nd one, posting them both just in case.
JMYRCE-MH7T-9RVV2M-78XK-DJWX8P
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Let me know if you got it :-)
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On May 18 2010 02:28 Puosu wrote:
Surely there will be some kind of private server system? For many the summer holidays are starting just about there and it'd be a shame if we were not able to spend the hot, sunny days inside practicing SC2..
..It's going to be a god damn pain if there's no private server available at that time. I wonder what IdrA and other Korean progamers are going to do during that time.
I would really really be interested in knowing how far the server emulation has gone with SC2, is it at all realistic to expect there to be an alternative way to play multiplayer after the official beta ends?
I've heard that the server emulation has pretty much come to a stop and they have failed. I think its mainly due to the fact they all got beta keys and were playing sc2 though.
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mothership...immortal... murader...and they are ending the beta....
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Let's hope they will add new maps and 3v3/4v4 when the beta restarts.
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I'm going to be so bored during the downtime.
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Lol, day school ends is the day SC2 beta ends
<_< >_< >_>
guess I'll get back to WoW Lol
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I think theyre going to add the singeplayer once the beta goes live again so Thumbsup!
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On May 18 2010 02:32 Omar91 wrote:
Let's hope they will add new maps and 3v3/4v4 when the beta restarts.
That's exactly what I'm thinking. I'm kinda glad to get a break so I can finally finish FF-X for the 3rd time lol
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On May 18 2010 02:34 ICanFlyLow wrote:
I think theyre going to add the singeplayer once the beta goes live again so Thumbsup!
I don't thinks so dude ...the beta is just for the multiplayer
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On May 18 2010 02:34 ICanFlyLow wrote:
I think theyre going to add the singeplayer once the beta goes live again so Thumbsup!
They said they are not testing campaign in beta
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On May 18 2010 02:36 AyJay wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 02:34 ICanFlyLow wrote:
I think theyre going to add the singeplayer once the beta goes live again so Thumbsup! They said they are not testing campaign in beta
Ahh.. my hopes were just crushed to bits
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Maybe they need the extra weeks to completely fix zerg, and maybe give it a buff or two ( but thats doubtful)
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"Several weeks".... isn't that like 6 months in Blizzard time? What's going on here?!?
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At least we'll be able to play single player custom maps... harharhar.
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It's sad that i just got my beta key, and I'll only be able to play for a few days, but on the other hand it's ok since end of 1st phase means the actual release is comming :D
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On May 18 2010 02:27 FortuneSyn wrote:
dammmmmmmnnnnnn!
This is actually nice timing haha, 3 days after I move to Portugal
Nice. Let me be the first to say welcome
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Hmm well hopefully what they unveil before the release will demonstrate substantial improvements worthy of taking the beta offline
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damn. i will miss you while your gone... beautiful sc2...
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Depending on how they use the downtime to patch and upgrade the server hardware, I'd call this good news.
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There is hope yet for lan latency!
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T T so far sc2 sux pretty much ; / many bugs that haven`t been fixed, no social or comunity friendly options (chats, gtv, clan support, custom keys). wtf is wrong with blizzard how the hell they want to take korea over if the game lacks so many things ?! unless the next reset along with patch want do some great changes to game i doubt there will be any point in getting sc2 before expansion set ; ///
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ohh so I guess we won't have any zerg updates... "stfu , take it as it is!"
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while servers were down for patching, i've seen the map editor fail to open, and be unable to play/test custom games
anyone happen to know if the map editor will work during the downtime, plus ability to play/test custom games?
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I have a feeling there will be some major overhauls to zerg.
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On May 18 2010 02:45 mijones wrote:
while servers were down for patching, i've seen the map editor fail to open, and be unable to play/test custom games
anyone happen to know if the map editor will work during the downtime, plus ability to play/test custom games?
I hope so. I plan on using the downtime to experiment with the editor more.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
aw well, back to the drawing board, at least i will get plenty of time to play LoL
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exams at 8th of june, so for me this is "good news"
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oh thank god, i'll have a few weeks of freedom before the overmind(blizzard) enslaves me once again.
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What should i spend my time on then?
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NOOOOO!!!
If when it comes back there are no balance changes i will lol :p
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Looks like no one has informations about the editor yet. If anyone knows, please post here.
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On May 18 2010 02:45 mijones wrote:
while servers were down for patching, i've seen the map editor fail to open, and be unable to play/test custom games
anyone happen to know if the map editor will work during the downtime, plus ability to play/test custom games?
I haven't been playing SC2 much but I have been working on a custom map gradually in my spare time. If I could continue to improve and test it in those weeks of downtime, it would be a great asset.
I know that you can test maps without logging on to Bnet, but if SC2 needs a connection to Bnet just to be able to run and test the maps, that will not be good. (Even if the editor continues to work, having a map editor without the ability to test maps is useless for custom, non-melee map creation. =/ )
At least we can hopefully look forward to the ability to play custom map games on Bnet (without needing everyone to run some 3rd party program).
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What to do for a month-ish until the 2nd phase of beta begins ;\
EDIT: To League of Legends!
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Horrible news.
I hate you Blizzard.
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ARGH! Each day less luv for us :/
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They should atleast keep the client usable so we can go over replays etc.
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I'm more concerned about how imbalanced this shit still is. Zerg's nerfs and lack of units is just terrible.
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On May 18 2010 02:52 Bill307 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 02:45 mijones wrote:
while servers were down for patching, i've seen the map editor fail to open, and be unable to play/test custom games
anyone happen to know if the map editor will work during the downtime, plus ability to play/test custom games? I haven't been playing SC2 much but I have been working on a custom map gradually in my spare time. If I could continue to improve and test it in those weeks of downtime, it would be a great asset. I know that you can test maps without logging on to Bnet, but if SC2 needs a connection to Bnet just to be able to run and test the maps, that will not be good. (Even if the editor continues to work, having a map editor without the ability to test maps is useless for custom, non-melee map creation. =/ ) At least we can hopefully look forward to the ability to play custom map games on Bnet (without needing everyone to run some 3rd party program).
apparently, from a user on the battlenet forum http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=24915043027&sid=5000&pageNo=3 :
YES YOU CAN.
Disable net connection now, fire up editor, test map, Have fun...
Unless they release a patch soon that will disable the editor. However YOU CAN BE OFFLINE, regardless of their servers with this build.
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I acutally like where this is going. The game is actually coming rather than being delayed And let's hope most balance issues have been solved. Or at least hope that the balance has been improved when the game releases.
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Ahhhh damn Whyyyy((( I have nothing planned for June then I leave July for the entire month.... Blahhhhhhhh. Back to BW its gona hurt my eyes so bad going from beautiful blonde skinny mini skirt sc2 to 250 pound sweat pant cottage cheese ass ugly SC1 Graphics.
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Cherish the moment as a means to improve your sc:bw skills.
It was fun whilst it lasted.
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No other game needs a hiatus between beta and launch.. hon didnt.. even C&C games dont do this bs.. I dont get why its so hard to make changes while people still play the old version
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On May 18 2010 03:01 CrunkOwns wrote:
No other game needs a hiatus between beta and launch.. hon didnt.. even C&C games dont do this bs.. I dont get why its so hard to make changes while people still play the old version
Maybe because they are preparing their billion servers for launch, localisation and shit...
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Well, they obviously have more than the right to do this, and better to do it now than when the game is launched so I can't blame them, but nevertheless it does suck. Hopefully it won't be down too long. gg
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awesome so it ends right after my finals
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I guess that means back to BW for 3-5 glorious weeks.
I hope iCCup doesn't go down in that time, or i'll have to play D2
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Yeah, finals coming up anyway. Oh well, it'll all be over on release date, so I start my summer vacation properly ) .
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DAMNIT. I JUST bought my computer to play sc2. rawrrrg
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On May 18 2010 03:01 CrunkOwns wrote:
No other game needs a hiatus between beta and launch.. hon didnt.. even C&C games dont do this bs.. I dont get why its so hard to make changes while people still play the old version
Don't compare SC with C&C. Ever.
On a more serious note, I'm sure Blizzard knows what they're doing. I'd say it's better if they make all the preparations they think is needed, and then release an awesome game, as always. Sure, it's sad that we will be without SC2 for a couple of weeks, but if you think about the time we had to wait for the BETA, this is nothing.
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world cup will start up in that time ^^
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On May 18 2010 02:29 mrJoe wrote:
Oh my god..
Now that my final exams are over... how am i supposed to survive this?
this.
i guess i'll resort to alcohol
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and I taught that it sucked cause I had to go away for 2 weeks (the 1st 2 weeks of june). For some reason... it's all good news for me! :D
No one will be able to improve while I'll be gone! hahaha!
Nways... it's all good should only be down for a week or 2 imo
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Blizzard, you've made me cry. D:
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And I haven't even used my 2 beta keys.
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It's bad that we won't get to play beta for a while, but it's awesome that the "real" game is getting closer!
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The game is getting closer. I'm just going to get more and more excited, and probably just mess around in older games for the time SC2 is down.
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Send me/PM me a key so I can play with my friend for 2 more weeks please
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Oh dear.. several... weeks? That is no good, I need to make ums scenarios to practice keeping my mechanics crisp during the downtime.
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On May 18 2010 02:16 Kralic wrote:
Bad topic title. It is going down for a few weeks the being brought back up.
Edit: Topic should be Phase one of beta ends May 31st. Or something along those lines.
It's only gonna be up for a couple weeks, couple meaning 2, so it's appropriate I'd say.
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FINALLY, more sc1 streams ;D
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Dang I actually wanted to go back and play some other games, but I guess I'll play more starcraft instead to get my fix in on that while it lasts. I was kind of getting used to tuning into all the weekend tournaments though .
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effff, just when my practicum finishes and i can play the phase ends =(
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oh... blizzard employees dont wanna work during the World Cup huh?
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I'm pretty sure everyone knows that this is just to allow David Kim and CowGoMoo to catch back up with everyone.
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good,then i have more time for Starcraft:Broodwar, if you have forgotten its 10 times better than sc2
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I dunno what I'm supposed to play now...definitely not going back to SC1 after playing with such a great UI, etc. for the last little while.
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On May 18 2010 03:31 LUE.Leoj wrote:
I dunno what I'm supposed to play now...definitely not going back to SC1 after playing with such a great UI, etc. for the last little while.
I'm going to play Mass Effect 2 and maybe ill buy Splinter Cell Conviction
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yes just in time for finals week!!! please stay down for 1.5 weeks!
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Lol, watch them revamp all the balances changes when Phase 2 starts. "ZOMG MOTHERSHIP HAS TELEPORT BACK! WOOT!"
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Oh cruel fate why do you mock me?
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if only i have a key, then i could've said "what should i do without sc2?"
but since i don't...
seems like loads more people will be playing BW with me then.
someone give me a key please!
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That sucks. I was planning to play a lot after my finals are finished next week. And I just got into the beta last week. Didn't play much last week because I was studying. So technically, I only have one real week with the beta. Great...
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This news made me so sad. Ruined my day . I hope they put it back on the last month before release at least :\
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"several weeks" = what?!
a month?
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Hopefully this means they'll be doing an overhaul to make zerg less boring.
Too bad they're probably just going to upgrade their servers so they don't start on fire at release.
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This is such bad news...
My friends and I were going to hold a tourney, not it's gotta be rushed! And what am I supposed to play now?!? AIYAHH
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Gogogo LAN functionality!
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Wasn't it amazon who said Beta till 5/31. Guess they were right. Nooo.
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What am I gonna do for my summer vacation now?
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RIGHT WHEN SCHOOL ENDS!
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YAY PPL WILL PLAY ICCUP AGAIN :D
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and all i wanted for my birthday was to play sc2.... now i have to wait *cry*
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I'm kind of glad. I want to spend a least a bit of time outside enjoying the weather
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This thread is full of nerdblood. I'm bleeding, too. Though for those who want to pass their exams, it will help. A LOT.
Early august (when everyone will have received his copy) will be an orgy.
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On May 18 2010 02:52 Bill307 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 02:45 mijones wrote:
while servers were down for patching, i've seen the map editor fail to open, and be unable to play/test custom games
anyone happen to know if the map editor will work during the downtime, plus ability to play/test custom games? I haven't been playing SC2 much but I have been working on a custom map gradually in my spare time. If I could continue to improve and test it in those weeks of downtime, it would be a great asset. I know that you can test maps without logging on to Bnet, but if SC2 needs a connection to Bnet just to be able to run and test the maps, that will not be good. (Even if the editor continues to work, having a map editor without the ability to test maps is useless for custom, non-melee map creation. =/ ) At least we can hopefully look forward to the ability to play custom map games on Bnet (without needing everyone to run some 3rd party program).
does this map happen to be of the team micro melee flavor?
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Wow, just tried to do some BW while the servers down... Soo tough on my eyes I could not believe the differance after playing SC2 for a month. I was in shock.
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Alot of people will be going back to playing Brood war I guess.
Awesome. I'l see you guys on ICCUP.
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....... I'm super sad now..... 2 weeks sounds like 14 years to me. it'll be the longest 2 weeks in a LONG time.
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On May 18 2010 04:00 DtE wrote:
This thread is full of nerdblood. I'm bleeding, too. Though for those who want to pass their exams, it will help. A LOT.
Early august (when everyone will have received his copy) will be an orgy.
Too bad i just finished my exams.
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WTF? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
But seriously, those changes better be damn well worth it
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Hmm, I wonder what this is about. Maybe the cross-game integration and preparing the servers for release?
Anyways... this is my face when I saw this thread (img, words do not express the same way lol):
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This must be the facebook integration
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kinda disappointing, but also interested to see what "phase 2" of beta will bring... hopefully some cool new features theyre working on.
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On May 18 2010 04:08 VX14 wrote:
kinda disappointing, but also interested to see what "phase 2" of beta will bring... hopefully some cool new features theyre working on.
Yeah. With all that downtime, I am curious to see what the game will look like when they bring it back up a couple weeks before release for us to test.
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Browder said it woudl take at lesat a couple weeks to switch over, which in my opinion means 3-5 weeks lol, so thats probably how long it'll be til the "second phase" if that.
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Phase 2 better have warden enabled or my preorder will be canceled.
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On May 18 2010 03:28 Dyno. wrote:
I'm pretty sure everyone knows that this is just to allow David Kim and CowGoMoo to catch back up with everyone.
haha =P
I will never catch up since I don't intend to play again any time soon.
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ono this means ill have to... go out? else i may die of boredom
coz i refuse to go back to WoW > that thing ruined my life
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Oh for gods sake I just got it a few weeks ago!
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I think I'm just gonna smash my head into a wall until I fall into a coma. Hopefully I wake up around the time to beta starts up again.
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I hope phase 2 means "open beta". I'm more worried when they say,
some hardware and software configuration changes
Should I put off buying my new computer to wait and see if the requirements change much?
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And i was planning playing all july since i had no work Very sadface.
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OMG i was looking to build a computer then play sc2 after my exams but GG.
i guess i can only hope for the best
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On May 18 2010 04:20 Le BucheRON wrote:I hope phase 2 means "open beta". I'm more worried when they say, Should I put off buying my new computer to wait and see if the requirements change much?
Yes of course, they will rewrite their entire graphical engine a month before release..
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On May 18 2010 04:20 Le BucheRON wrote:I hope phase 2 means "open beta". I'm more worried when they say, Should I put off buying my new computer to wait and see if the requirements change much?
They mean in terms of Battle.net and stuff. They were not using the same servers they plan to use for release. They were just using old WoW servers. Probably not the proper server software either. But no, this doesn't mean the system requirements will change.
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Thank god red dead redemption gets released the 21st. What would I do other wise :D
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Phase 1: Closed Beta
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit
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It's beta, stop overreacting. It's like people don't even know what beta means.
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On May 18 2010 04:22 iounas wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 04:20 Le BucheRON wrote:I hope phase 2 means "open beta". I'm more worried when they say, some hardware and software configuration changes Should I put off buying my new computer to wait and see if the requirements change much? Yes of course, they will rewrite their entire graphical engine a month before release..
As far as hardware software I imagine they will just be optimizing things, perhaps putting in AA etc
This will suck, my work slows down right after May for a few months so I was looking forward to more practice in between disc golf sessions out in the sun =\
Ah well, free beta game time is still cool so I can't complain.
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so umm.. does this mean the game will come out before july 27th?? T_T
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"several" usually means 4, so I'd guess all of June sans beta, probably 2nd phase starting after the 4th of July holiday up to release.
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So much for the game being well balanced for the release. I'll probably just wait for the full release if it's not back until july.
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This is wonderful, gives me a window of opportunity to study for my finals
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On May 18 2010 02:43 MadLag wrote:
T T so far sc2 sux pretty much ; / many bugs that haven`t been fixed, no social or comunity friendly options (chats, gtv, clan support, custom keys). wtf is wrong with blizzard how the hell they want to take korea over if the game lacks so many things ?! unless the next reset along with patch want do some great changes to game i doubt there will be any point in getting sc2 before expansion set ; ///
You really are whining over nothing, you know this, right?
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On May 18 2010 04:30 vesicular wrote:
"several" usually means 4
What? I agree that a couple is generally recognized as 2, but this definition of several has somehow eluded me.
Regardless, isn't it a little uncharacteristic of blizzard to leave a beta running up until launch? Have they done this before? Although, I suppose they haven't done a hiatus like this before either.
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Haha this is hilarious, I just got in through opt in yesterday and now beta is ending in two weeks....
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Its only going to be down a month, and my other games have been collecting dust...
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meh... marauders better not stay this way
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no way!! i have holidays on june this year..... goddamnit!
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On May 18 2010 04:41 roemy wrote:
meh... marauders better not stay this way
kinda ironic to read that from someone with such an awesome quote :p
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Sweet It was about time. THX BLIZZARD   
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This is terrible, what are we supposed to do without SC2 for (probably) a whole month.
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Also I don't even care about melee anymore, its so bland. Just going to do UMS when the game comes out.
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It will be down only for a few weeks so we will get it back again before release if I read that right... hopefully they are going to make it better while they have this time. We shall see.
What will I do without Starcraft 2 for a few weeks is the question.
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Ive never like, played regular starcraft at any level without sc2 beta i thought id go play that while i wait. how do you start out??
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On May 18 2010 04:42 7mk wrote:kinda ironic to read that from someone with such an awesome quote :p
inorite?
but still, none of the marauders' stats makes much sense...
- it has 1 more range than marines, yet it comes with 1 native armor. this was ok for the melee-firebat, but now it's just bawwww. better give it to the hellion.
- it has stim yet still "relies" on concussive shells.
- it has the armored attribute, although i can see why that's necessary for immos to counter them.
i'll probably find more once i'd focus my mind on it -.- *cheers*burp*
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On May 18 2010 02:28 Puosu wrote:
Surely there will be some kind of private server system? For many the summer holidays are starting just about there and it'd be a shame if we were not able to spend the hot, sunny days inside practicing SC2..
..It's going to be a god damn pain if there's no private server available at that time. I wonder what IdrA and other Korean progamers are going to do during that time.
I would really really be interested in knowing how far the server emulation has gone with SC2, is it at all realistic to expect there to be an alternative way to play multiplayer after the official beta ends?
Nope, Blizzard took legal action against all teams that was working on it.
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Now -----> May 31st: SC2
May31st -----> SC2: Thesis
SC2 -----> SC2
Tragically good timing by Blizzard. Now I can graduate
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I'm also seeing this as perfect timing. I'm out two weeks in June due to work trip and coverage of Devastation 2010. May 31st is gonna be a horrible day tho
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A few WEKKS with no starcraft? It's going to be like quitting heroin cold turkey.
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some1 please do something! (iccup)
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fml several weeks?
what will i do in the meantime?
work? masturbate?
i guess i'll play through ff7 again.
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On May 18 2010 02:23 SiegeFlank wrote:
Blizz, I am disappoint.
Oh well, hopefully the beta won't be down for TOO long.
You are disappointed...
that they are closing your free beta for a few weeks
to make major improvements?
Entitled much?
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oh what the $%"!?
i just finished my last papers today and only really got to play hardcore now, and i've only got 2 weeks of SC2? FML
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lemme just send out those beta keys i sold on ebay a while ago ...
im gonna f'n miss SC2 :/
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Ah crap. My last exam is 1.june. Now i have to play more before the beta ends. And my holiday weeks from work are in the middle of june. :<
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On May 18 2010 05:07 djWHEAT wrote:I'm also seeing this as perfect timing. I'm out two weeks in June due to work trip and coverage of Devastation 2010. May 31st is gonna be a horrible day tho
Looking forward to it, last years was excellent coverage. Hope you've been practicing more for those casuals!
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On May 18 2010 04:51 cocosoft wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 02:28 Puosu wrote:
Surely there will be some kind of private server system? For many the summer holidays are starting just about there and it'd be a shame if we were not able to spend the hot, sunny days inside practicing SC2..
..It's going to be a god damn pain if there's no private server available at that time. I wonder what IdrA and other Korean progamers are going to do during that time.
I would really really be interested in knowing how far the server emulation has gone with SC2, is it at all realistic to expect there to be an alternative way to play multiplayer after the official beta ends? Nope, Blizzard took legal action against all teams that was working on it.
Cause I mean, legal action has always worked well against online-based organizations (pirate bay?) Fact is, Blizzard is like a stubborn two year old trying to keep his cookie jar. When in reality after they throw their little fit, they will get bored, tired, then fall asleep which is around that time actual FUN is allowed. It'll happen, trust me.
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On May 18 2010 05:11 PanzerDragoon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 02:23 SiegeFlank wrote:
Blizz, I am disappoint.
Oh well, hopefully the beta won't be down for TOO long. You are disappointed... that they are closing your free beta for a few weeks to make major improvements? Entitled much?
I don't think anyone here feels like it is some kinda injustice. We are simply sad that this is happening. No entitlement, just
Just like how being disappointed that you didnmt win something doesn't mean you feel you should have won.
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hmm well least release is getting closer. Maybe I'll play Red dead redemption to fill the time.
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well this just kills my summer....
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On May 18 2010 05:18 Energizer wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 04:51 cocosoft wrote:On May 18 2010 02:28 Puosu wrote:
Surely there will be some kind of private server system? For many the summer holidays are starting just about there and it'd be a shame if we were not able to spend the hot, sunny days inside practicing SC2..
..It's going to be a god damn pain if there's no private server available at that time. I wonder what IdrA and other Korean progamers are going to do during that time.
I would really really be interested in knowing how far the server emulation has gone with SC2, is it at all realistic to expect there to be an alternative way to play multiplayer after the official beta ends? Nope, Blizzard took legal action against all teams that was working on it. Cause I mean, legal action has always worked well against online-based organizations (pirate bay?) Fact is, Blizzard is like a stubborn two year old trying to keep his cookie jar. When in reality after they throw their little fit, they will get bored, tired, then fall asleep which is around that time actual FUN is allowed. It'll happen, trust me.
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/29/blizzard-files-lawsuit-against-private-server/
http://www.wow.com/2008/07/15/blizzard-wins-lawsuit-against-bot-makers/
Blizzard is crafty with protecting their property these days.
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nooo! i cant wait for starcraft 2 to be released !!!
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I am going to guess 2nd phase of beta will be some kind of Server capacity test, to set things up to be able to deal with the amount of people playing after the release. Following this guess, I suppose lots of people still waiting for a beta key will get it.
On the other side, this phase will be very close to release, so if they realize the servers are not holding, there won't be much time to fix it.
Well, we shall wait and see...
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
Good, now people will go back to playing Brood War...
:S
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worst birthday present ever!
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On May 18 2010 05:10 HuK wrote:
some1 please do something! (iccup)
such a tease how they actually got a sc2 beta launcher on their site to download... from april fools joke one and a half month ago T_T
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GADS!
that makes me a sssssaaaaaaaaaaaadddd panda. Guess I'll just have to play play play.
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haha fuckin sweet..EVERYONE TO ICCUP!
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oh noes!
right when my semester ends!
aaaargh.....
guess i'll be playin' scbw then. ^^'
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lame....but sc:bw should be fun...a huge flood of rusty players playing 1/2 as good as they used to be
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This is great timing. Beta will be down during my last two weeks of school, including finals week.
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what am i gonna do for 2 mths?! what do normal people do?
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Where the fuck is our proleague?!?!!?!?
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guess its time to play ICCUP again -_-
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United States22154 Posts
of course I'm getting a new computer so that I can run SC2 on ultra, when does it arrive? May 31'st, *sigh*.
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FML, ends few days before I finish my 3 year uni course and conclude 21 years of education...
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On May 18 2010 05:18 Energizer wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 04:51 cocosoft wrote:On May 18 2010 02:28 Puosu wrote:
Surely there will be some kind of private server system? For many the summer holidays are starting just about there and it'd be a shame if we were not able to spend the hot, sunny days inside practicing SC2..
..It's going to be a god damn pain if there's no private server available at that time. I wonder what IdrA and other Korean progamers are going to do during that time.
I would really really be interested in knowing how far the server emulation has gone with SC2, is it at all realistic to expect there to be an alternative way to play multiplayer after the official beta ends? Nope, Blizzard took legal action against all teams that was working on it. Cause I mean, legal action has always worked well against online-based organizations (pirate bay?) Fact is, Blizzard is like a stubborn two year old trying to keep his cookie jar. When in reality after they throw their little fit, they will get bored, tired, then fall asleep which is around that time actual FUN is allowed. It'll happen, trust me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd#Blizzard_takedown_demand_and_lawsuit
Piratebay case is a bit different than this one... As this (bnet) is about intellectual property (cant find better words atm), and then breaking directly against DMCA and other stuffs.
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Their timing just seems to be impeccable... maybe should just return to BW for a while. Hope they give us a few more weeks to play in June/July...
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This thread is clear evidence of how we took that it was a beta for granted.
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On May 18 2010 02:36 fuzzehbunneh wrote:
Maybe they need the extra weeks to completely fix zerg, and maybe give it a buff or two ( but thats doubtful)
We can only hope...
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Also: As long as the server isn't based in the US, any and all private server shennanigans will be illegal, yet un-enforcable. Just wait for those crazy Danes to hack the server since hacking isn't illegal over there, then they'll make the Blizz Server protocol open source, then someone will plant a server on the canadian side of the border, or the mexican side of the border. Then provide the instructions from that nonlocal ISP.
As long as the server doesn't provide any actionable service to Canada, the Server is in this "gray zone" where it can be used as an illegal private server, and blizz has 0 controll over the servers existance.
Today's offshore poker servers and the UIEGA are a prime example of the US not being able to action against anything that's blatantly illegal. They couldn't attack the servers themselves, so they just make cashing the paycheck illegal, or giving them money illegal. Private servers will want neither of these two things from us. So we're good... just gotta wait.
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On May 18 2010 06:14 Drowsy wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 02:36 fuzzehbunneh wrote:
Maybe they need the extra weeks to completely fix zerg, and maybe give it a buff or two ( but thats doubtful) We can only hope...
Is never going to happen-.-
and wtf the game isn't even near finished
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On May 18 2010 05:10 HuK wrote:
some1 please do something! (iccup)
Not happening  . iCCup is out of the piss blizz off non stop business now!
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What am I supposed to do for the next few weeks? I can only find my BW cd and not my SC cd and I don't have it on my Bnet account. Damnit
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On May 18 2010 06:35 Legendary- wrote:What am I supposed to do for the next few weeks? I can only find my BW cd and not my SC cd and I don't have it on my Bnet account. Damnit
Come visit iCCup !
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Dangit I just realized something... we may not see the Ultralisk changes till after the offline period. D=
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Bad timing. I just got into beta recently and i have hardly gotten to practice. >_<
Thanks god I'v got a ton of anime to watch.
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school ends in June so I won't be able to start beta until July :|
balance changes I hope and pray for:
Changing phoenixes from shooting out of their ass with no player effort
The ultra buffs they promised us
Please don't be finished with the roach, it needs a role beyond meat shield!
Making templars one tech building for more use, and strengthen them and/or the archon
Make the largely unused air units worthwhile! Carriers, mothership, battlecruisers
Make the Zerg race strong, fun and diverse again
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bleh so lame they close it down for a few weeks
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:'(
imo TL should make a super short BW tourney <3
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I wish they had closed it now and opened it earlier. I think most people are currently very busy with school and at around it will finally start easening up at the start of June. ><
Oh well!
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On May 18 2010 06:43 SmoKim wrote:
:'(
imo TL should make a super short BW tourney <3
take all the BW players who switched to SC2 and see how sloppy theyve all gotten XD
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On May 18 2010 06:47 TheElitists wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 06:43 SmoKim wrote:
:'(
imo TL should make a super short BW tourney <3 take all the BW players who switched to SC2 and see how sloppy theyve all gotten XD
my god, I just played bw during the sc2 server down time.
It was horrible.
I was playing hunter for fun, I was honestly confused for like 15 minutes why there was only 1 gas at each base, I was constantly pressing V instead of O for overlord, I forgot to send the drones to the minerals basically every time they spawned after the first 2 minutes...
It took a while to send my whole army cause I was so used to just packing them in all one control group.
Jesus I played worse than a D- player
I seriously got 10 times worse compared to if I had just not played bw at all, which used to happen often enough
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On May 18 2010 04:20 Le BucheRON wrote:I hope phase 2 means "open beta". I'm more worried when they say, Should I put off buying my new computer to wait and see if the requirements change much?
if the requirements changed they'd only be lower.
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On May 18 2010 06:56 danl9rm wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 04:20 Le BucheRON wrote:I hope phase 2 means "open beta". I'm more worried when they say, some hardware and software configuration changes Should I put off buying my new computer to wait and see if the requirements change much? if the requirements changed they'd only be lower.
I think that is what he is hoping for.
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On May 18 2010 04:38 blyn wrote:What? I agree that a couple is generally recognized as 2, but this definition of several has somehow eluded me. Regardless, isn't it a little uncharacteristic of blizzard to leave a beta running up until launch? Have they done this before? Although, I suppose they haven't done a hiatus like this before either.
couple is not "generally recognized as 2." it IS 2.
several, however, is not synonymous with any number. it, in fact, just means "several," which is "more than a few."
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Looks like June is a month of SC1... JUST SC1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lol there goes all the tournaments
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Well I guess it's time to stockpile the replays and 'acquire' a solution in order to continue broadcasting.
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Man... good thing my school is quarter system and not semester or else I would have nothing to do after the beta closes temporary.
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isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers?
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On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers?
well it was a bit of a gamble to build this all around a game that's in the beta testing phase in the first place.
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ahhhh sad face...
On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers?
I think you're overreacting. It's not like we didn't know it was a beta. I think everyone expected for there to be some interim period between the beta and the actual release.
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On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers?
I think it's an inherent risk in running tournaments during the Beta stage of a game. I'm sure they'll come back once the game is actually released.
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Good thing we will still be able to play customs :D
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On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers?
That's why it's BETA
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I have already voiced my fears about large maps and the gamebreaking impact of the Nydus / Warp-Gate mechanics in several posts here. With the end of beta in less than two weeks I have this fear increased, because there are no really large maps out yet which should have come out for 3v3 and 4v4 matches. Even if they added the mechanics now there would hardly be enough time left to test the maps and balancing.
As always I hope I am wrong, but fear that I am not ... since this feels like Blizzard is "chickening out" of giving us larger maps.
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interesting to see when it gets back up again and what the final changes will be. too bad though no sc2 for the majority of june. you will be missed, beta!
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SGHFSFHSDFSDSSHIT
I never get to play anymore between school and work. I was thinking "Oh joy! School will be over soon and I'm going to finally have time to grind SC2 all night"
My dream is shattered...
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cant even watch any streams then
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awesome! Beta closes 2 days after my last exam...fml
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I mean, I'm sad that it's going down, but it's literally one week before my finals, which is pretty damn good timing.
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Didn't the Gamestop receipts state that the key would expire on May 31st?
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well, im sure most of us have put more hours into this free beta the total amount of hours of games we bought games this year.. lol i know i have.
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They dont expire... phase 1 will end on May 31st.
They can still play in phase 2.
Also, beta keys will eventually expire when the game itself is released.
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Damn I'ma be so bored for a month. D:
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If your life depends on beta... that's just sad.
Anyways, good to hear that beta is going to go offline for few weeks. Hopefully they make a lot of improvements during this time, including balances =)
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Lol. Im getting my new comp up at around the same time.
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Hopefully it will fix the heavily malfunctioning software
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I am so sad.
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at least they told us in advance
just imagine if TLI or H H got to the finals than the beta just stopped, hahaha
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Why are so many of you crying over the beta going offline? It's a good thing damnit!
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It is ok in my book, eather way I was playing way to much lately so I could use a break. But I was hoping Blizz would really try to fix Zerg boredom, nerf Mauraders, Void Rays ect ect and only way to do this is by community playing so they see how this affects balance. Seems they dont care much about mayor camplains.
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There go the SC2 Tourney section lol
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Do you think the system requirements will be changed or increased from the current list? I don't want to get everything for a new computer and find out its not good enough.
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Back to BW then I guess (:
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Played a fewgames back on BW, omg the pathing is retardedly frustrating if you aren't used to it, merely the timing on building my spawning pool was awful because hte drone got all caught up... on nohing... and was like 4 seconds late.
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuu
didn't even have all day marathons yet...
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sucks, at least they told us
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NO! but that keep me away from my computer to study my final exam
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I think theyll fix the game for sure.
And by fix, I mean theyll add facebook. Because it's just not SC without facebook.
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Yahoooo time to play WoW again
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what am i supposed to do for 3 weeks... oh yea! play the best game in the world! broood warr!!!
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WoW best news in weeks.
Ya nerds might actually get some sun on that pale skin of yours, let alone socialize with other humans at various events, talk, have fun, hey, maybe even have some imaginary casual sex with a hot girl at some bar, who knows right?
Before you know it, you'll be back in your caves playing SC2 all day. So don't worry. It wont be long :D
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On May 18 2010 06:37 DrivE wrote:
BROOD WAR IS BACK!
Yeah for a few weeks... then it's gone forever once SC2 gets back up and is released. A lot of the people here seem to word their posts like, "Oh my god, now people will play bw again, it's going to be just like it used to be again!" Sorry to say but it's not, so I wouldn't get too excited. Few weeks from now, BW (outside of Korea) will be just as dead again as it has been this last month or two. Only it'll be for the long term this time and when SC2 is released it's the final nail in the proverbial coffin. Time to join the herd and move on... BW had it's time and had a good run, but let it go, even Korea is going to eventually.
Anyways, "Several" weeks without SC2... that sucks. Well at least, maybe now I'll get some work done on my Jetski that I need to do before riding season really takes off up here in Montana. Of course though, once I have that work finished, SC2 will be back up in running, lol. ^.^
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Dragon age origins the expansion will finally go to use, but several weeks is going to be hursh
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maybe they're adding lurkers?
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On May 18 2010 08:46 StewKer wrote:Yeah for a few weeks... then it's gone forever once SC2 gets back up and is released. A lot of the people here seem to word their posts like, "Oh my god, now people will play bw again, it's going to be just like it used to be again!" Sorry to say but it's not, so I wouldn't get too excited. Few weeks from now, BW (outside of Korea) will be just as dead again as it has been this last month or two. Only it'll be for the long term this time and when SC2 is released it's the final nail in the proverbial coffin. Time to join the herd and move on... BW had it's time and had a good run, but let it go, even Korea is going to eventually. Anyways, "Several" weeks without SC2... that sucks. Well at least, maybe now I'll get some work done on my Jetski that I need to do before riding season really takes off up here in Montana. Of course though, once I have that work finished, SC2 will be back up in running, lol. ^.^
BW aint going to die, maybe for the first while. In ten years BW will probably be more popular than SC2. Its kind of like timeless classics, which BW is. SC2 is and will be popular but it still hasnt stood the test of time.
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Is it sad that this news depresses me so much? So much bleakness.
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On May 18 2010 08:35 red_b wrote:
I think theyll fix the game for sure.
And by fix, I mean theyll add facebook. Because it's just not SC without facebook.
I hope this was meant sarcastically ... because Facebook does not improve the game itself and the missing chat channels are a bigger negative than the stupid facebook which is simply a no-cost advertising for Blizzard and SC2. All those kiddies addicted to "managing their contacts" in social networks dont notice how much time they waste with updating their page and reading through the stuff ... which could be spent in real life actually talking to others.
In case that wasnt clear: I absolutely hate social networks on the internet ... as if people couldnt do it without the internet, they are just educated to be lazy and then are unable to do it in real life anymore.
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Ohhhh man June is going to be a sad month for me T_T;
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On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers?
Oh how quickly Blizzard owes us all 100% uptime on a BETA
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Great news, now i dont have to fail my exams :D
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On May 18 2010 05:24 nbMifu wrote:
I am going to guess 2nd phase of beta will be some kind of Server capacity test, to set things up to be able to deal with the amount of people playing after the release. Following this guess, I suppose lots of people still waiting for a beta key will get it.
On the other side, this phase will be very close to release, so if they realize the servers are not holding, there won't be much time to fix it.
Well, we shall wait and see...
You're right, if the 'release servers' can't handle the stress of the open beta, they won't have much time to install new hardware in time for the release. I remember when WoW launched, the servers were swamped and it took them about a month to add new servers and get them running stable.
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damn only 2 weeks to go ;(
that sucks
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at last something to get me off this damn computer....
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I'm really glad that the game is coming out so soon.
+ Show Spoiler +Especially considering how complete the zerg race is!
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The good news is that I can now watch the world cup free of distractions. The bad news is no SC2 for a month
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NOOOOOOO!!! ima cry.. i guess ill have a live for a few weeks....
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/me has a look at those "forbidden" solo player versions
but psshhhht
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United States4126 Posts
What will I do without SC2 for several weeks T_T
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Really hope after a few weeks there is a bit of a Zerg overhaul.
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On May 18 2010 09:50 Kinky wrote:
What will I do without SC2 for several weeks T_T
well I would be playing BW and TF2 just like I used to before beta.
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i never got to play beta so i am happy that people with beta can feel our pain :D
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what about the ladder reset thats supposed to come?
should i start trying to get the beta only achievements now? will people in the first phase be allowed back into the second phase?
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Well this sucks, sounds like we're destined for Broodwar for a couple of weeks.
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Disappointing... but at least I'll have time to go back to finishing Demon's Souls and Darksiders on my ps3 both of which I completely dumped when I got my sc2 beta key lol
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I was going to go on a 3 week vacation at the end of this month hah! Good timing.
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On May 18 2010 10:44 TyTaynium wrote:Well this sucks, sounds like we're destined for Broodwar for a couple of weeks.
Went ahead and fixed that for you
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On May 18 2010 09:18 Sigh wrote:
Great news, now i dont have to fail my exams :D
My thoughts exactly. We got this
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On May 18 2010 02:56 mijones wrote:apparently, from a user on the battlenet forum http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=24915043027&sid=5000&pageNo=3 : YES YOU CAN. Disable net connection now, fire up editor, test map, Have fun... Unless they release a patch soon that will disable the editor. However YOU CAN BE OFFLINE, regardless of their servers with this build.
It's times like these that I feel like an idiot.
On May 18 2010 04:01 danl9rm wrote:
does this map happen to be of the team micro melee flavor?
I'm afraid that's a closely-guarded secret...
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Noooooo T_T. My birthday is June 4th.
What a present =(
+ Show Spoiler + though i dont even have a beta key XD
But maybe this is a good oportunity for everyone to compare the feelings of playing SC1 and playing SC2.
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On May 18 2010 04:15 CowGoMoo wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 03:28 Dyno. wrote:
I'm pretty sure everyone knows that this is just to allow David Kim and CowGoMoo to catch back up with everyone. haha =P I will never catch up since I don't intend to play again any time soon.
What did you do with Oversky and KHB
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Well I better book work off on July 27th
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I find it funny how people say "damn... only two weeks more to play (as if it's a small amount) until i lose the ability to play for a whole two weeks!" Can't have it both ways.
This isn't a long time + it allows them to finalize a game that will soon be released.
However I will get rusty as hell i'm sure and forget builds etc. Will be rough when it comes back online.
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I'm banking on Blizzard being Blizzard and delaying the end of the beta's 1st phase.
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On May 18 2010 02:43 MadLag wrote:
T T so far sc2 sux pretty much ; / many bugs that haven`t been fixed, no social or comunity friendly options (chats, gtv, clan support, custom keys). wtf is wrong with blizzard how the hell they want to take korea over if the game lacks so many things ?! unless the next reset along with patch want do some great changes to game i doubt there will be any point in getting sc2 before expansion set ; ///
dont buy the game then you god damn whinging hate fest
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oh man. i am not looking forward to relearning the hotkeys for broodwar all over again.
however! i will look forward to wasting time watching awesome reps WITH other people again :D
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Just curious, does this mean that there could be possibly several huge/significant unit/race changes made before re-release? I still hope for some new units... =)
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Seems kind of risky to me. I hope the last beta works out ok cause it's probably what we're gonna be stuck with for a while. Already so much has changed in this beta but there's still a lot of work to do.
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Unlucky for some of the people who haven't had the beta for long.
Maybe they'll add a new race by the time it comes out
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I wounder how long a "couple weeks" is for blizzard?
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On May 18 2010 12:02 Dyno. wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 04:15 CowGoMoo wrote:On May 18 2010 03:28 Dyno. wrote:
I'm pretty sure everyone knows that this is just to allow David Kim and CowGoMoo to catch back up with everyone. haha =P I will never catch up since I don't intend to play again any time soon. What did you do with Oversky and KHB
how did Oversky get involved in all this?
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On May 18 2010 13:38 EnderW wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 12:02 Dyno. wrote:On May 18 2010 04:15 CowGoMoo wrote:On May 18 2010 03:28 Dyno. wrote:
I'm pretty sure everyone knows that this is just to allow David Kim and CowGoMoo to catch back up with everyone. haha =P I will never catch up since I don't intend to play again any time soon. What did you do with Oversky and KHB how did Oversky get involved in all this?
Oversky = inReach = War3 player iirc.
At the beginning of the beta, those three were dominating (esp. CowGoMoo, I miss him)
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then oversky was like "omg i have to scout, GG"
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just as a note, to "hack" the servers, and im sure this is no mean feat. But isnt all one needs to do somehow see the gamestate and send it over the network? I am a programmer, but I wouldnt know where to start to be reading the gamestate in memory. Also, Bnet is just a glorified chat room, couldnt we use the current method of spawning multiple players into a custom game as discussed in the turret defense 2010 thread, but over a lan or tunnel? This is PROBABLY all wrong, but a thought to get brains turning and someone much smarter than I will likely come up with an elegant way to do what I have no idea how to. I am however, willing to help if another hand is needed in the coding up once a plan is discovered.
Sitting back whining gets us nothing, we should instead try to figure out a way to IP/Lan with current hardware so we can continue to get our dose of cocaine, I mean SC2 in these coming dark times.
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Does anyone know if it will be possible to access our saved replays when the servers go down? Since it is saved as a "document" on my computer it seems like I would be able to just run the file through SC2 without online capabilities, but I am not sure if they have the true file stored on a central server or something.
These few weeks off will be an excellent time to look over lots of replays and try to correct mistakes in time for the real deal!
EDIT: After initial testing (turning off the wireless and trying to watch a replay) it either crashed or said something about in correct mod data. Once the wireless was turned on, I didn't need to log in and the replay worked, but that connection might just be available through a portion which will later be removed. I guess it will be a bit of a surprise if it works once the servers are off.
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None of you turbonerds remembered that World Cup in South Africa starts like first week of
june? :d
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I'm not sure I would consider the 11th within the first week of June.....
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On May 18 2010 15:41 imPERSONater wrote:
Does anyone know if it will be possible to access our saved replays when the servers go down?
My guess is that you'll have to do the 'crack' thing people did a while ago in order to watch replays when they didn't have a beta key. If it worked then, I'm sure it'll still work now.
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ugh, I'm always wary of underground fixes, but I can't imagine Blizzard will be too angry that we are clamoring to get at their game longer.
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On May 18 2010 15:51 imPERSONater wrote:
I'm not sure I would consider the 11th within the first week of June.....
Close enough
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damn i need to play more - must make my weekends free !!
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I guess Incontrol's training camp is out the door
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In reply to all those "cant be 3-4 weeks!!!" "they will delay beta phase" and stuff - i want u guys remember how it was in WoW, particually WoW EU that i took place in.
Closed Beta (key req) phase last for like 4-5 months and than the Day X came (it was 22 Jan if i rem correctly) and there was huuge gap (3weeks+). Than again very short Open Beta phase and release soon after that.
Timing is almost identical to current one.
Well at least here in SC2 we can do some comp-stomp and UMS stuff meanwhile.
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omg fuuuuuu i just got my beta key this month and was just placed in silver ytd-.-
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So what is the point of the month break?
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Good! I'll have more time for my exams now 
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awesome..beta end the last day of school.................
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I foresee a lot of BGH games since every single bit of my skill is gone since SC2 is out.
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I wonder what IdrA will be doing in the meantime since he is now dedicated to SC2 as a profession.
edit: 17 Pages on this in 12 Hours, TL.net is an amazing community
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It'll be interesting to see what hardware/software changes they'll do. Shame to see the beta go but I've not really played it as much as I should of done. I'll get some decent games in over the next few weeks though. ^_^
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WHY DOES IT END WHEN MY SCHOOL VIRTUALLY ENDS? T.T
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On May 18 2010 19:25 GhoSt[shield] wrote:
I wonder what IdrA will be doing in the meantime since he is now dedicated to SC2 as a profession.
edit: 17 Pages on this in 12 Hours, TL.net is an amazing community
It would be more amazing if every other post wasn't just some variation of, "THIS IS TEH SUX"
(but to be fair, this IS teh sux)
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they might come back with the region locked servers.....i fear the aus/nz community plea of not being put with the asia servers has fallen on deaf ears....
we can get about 150-165~ms on WoW, so i doubt SC2 would be any different....
i am not even sure how our servers to asia will be better...from memory it's actually worse since the route to US is more 'direct' than asia...which is why anything in asia runs like poop for us.
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Don't you see! Dustin is angry. Perhaps 1-800-Flowers and a nice card will get him to leave the beta running.
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I am going to be lanning on may 31. Does this mean that that entire day the servers will be up?
Otherwise the lan is probably going out the window...
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why is everyone so emo about this? take a break pplz TT
im kinda intressted to see what the 2nd phase will have to offer
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man hard to believe this is going down, this is the time I wish blizz would give lan support.
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On May 18 2010 09:16 prOxi.swAMi wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers? Oh how quickly Blizzard owes us all 100% uptime on a BETA
idk, i wouldnt be complaining if the servers went down if there was lan support so events, if not the ladder, could continue. it's just that an sc2 scene has rapidly come into being *even in the beta stages of the game* and blizz is showing how little they care about it. kinda sucks =/.
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thats so sad! hopefully the downtime is as short as possible :<
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I will miss it, hope it goes live more weeks before release
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Well, it's still beta for a reason. They're still trying to tweak the game for better balance. Hopefully, we'll see some useful changes after the downtime.
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Im already playing SC1 more then SC2 so i don't mind a couple of weeks of downtime.
I wonder what new beta content we will get after the downtime :O
Oh well, time to no-life Phantom games on Iccup 
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On May 18 2010 23:34 ShadezOwnage wrote:
I am going to be lanning on may 31. Does this mean that that entire day the servers will be up?
Otherwise the lan is probably going out the window...
just making sure my lan party is successful
Its like the perfect USA day to have a lan party.
bring on the boozed up SC2
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i have like THE WORST 2 weeks in front of me with exams and shit QQ
played BW yesterday after billion of years and i sucked so hard ;D
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damn i won't get to play.. i won't be back home in time.. time to start crackin wpas
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What are IdrA and those other Koreans living in semi-pro houses supposed to do now? I wonder if CJ will just let him take a month vacation or something lol.
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On May 19 2010 00:42 duckett wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 09:16 prOxi.swAMi wrote:On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers? Oh how quickly Blizzard owes us all 100% uptime on a BETA idk, i wouldnt be complaining if the servers went down if there was lan support so events, if not the ladder, could continue. it's just that an sc2 scene has rapidly come into being *even in the beta stages of the game* and blizz is showing how little they care about it. kinda sucks =/.
how exactly are the showing that they dont care? This is a esential phase for them to release the game. I think that taking it down to finish the job shows that they do in fact care.
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On May 18 2010 09:18 Sigh wrote:
Great news, now i dont have to fail my exams :D
Yeah man - exactly my thought ^^
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On May 19 2010 02:45 QuothTheRaven wrote:
What are IdrA and those other Koreans living in semi-pro houses supposed to do now? I wonder if CJ will just let him take a month vacation or something lol.
Dude I thought of this too lol! Maybe its back to the SC1 Chopping block until the game gets re-released =p, IdrA doesn't get vacations!!!!
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is it going to months or weeks?
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On May 19 2010 02:58 AdunToridas wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 09:18 Sigh wrote:
Great news, now i dont have to fail my exams :D Yeah man - exactly my thought ^^
Not mine... My last exam is on the 28th of May. Now I'm battling between squeezing as much SC2 as possible before my finals and actually getting some studying done. :/
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this sucks. i just bought my new pc and was hopin to play it. i have a few days before beta ends and then wait -.-
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I don't mind too much. June is the WC month anyway, beta and WC would take up all of my time! And i still have to work too...
But I wonder what the point of this is. Can't think of too many things:
- major overhaul based on data collected so far (unlikely, why all the balance changes then)
- they're not satisfied with SC2 and will decide whether to cancel it (they better not!)
- server localisation, next beta phase will feature the actual setup (with stress test)
I guess it's the last, anyone else got other ideas?
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On May 19 2010 06:48 aseq wrote:
I don't mind too much. June is the WC month anyway, beta and WC would take up all of my time! And i still have to work too...
But I wonder what the point of this is. Can't think of too many things:
- major overhaul based on data collected so far (unlikely, why all the balance changes then)
- they're not satisfied with SC2 and will decide whether to cancel it (they better not!)
- server localisation, next beta phase will feature the actual setup (with stress test)
I guess it's the last, anyone else got other ideas?
last option is the only one i can see being correct. they have put in too much time and effort already for it to be the first two
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On May 19 2010 00:42 duckett wrote:Show nested quote +On May 18 2010 09:16 prOxi.swAMi wrote:On May 18 2010 07:19 duckett wrote:
isnt this just like shitting on all the 3rd party tournaments and streaming that we have going that gets like thousands of viewers? Oh how quickly Blizzard owes us all 100% uptime on a BETA idk, i wouldnt be complaining if the servers went down if there was lan support so events, if not the ladder, could continue. it's just that an sc2 scene has rapidly come into being *even in the beta stages of the game* and blizz is showing how little they care about it. kinda sucks =/.
Its a beta, the entire purpose is to test and balance
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Such funky timing. Beta ends when my finals end and will most likely start back up when classes are in session again.
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They should seriously re-think this
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On May 23 2010 00:17 Wilko wrote:
They should seriously re-think this
No they seriously should not. Every Beta Blizzard has run basically has been done in two phases, one long first phase, and then after about a month break and some heavy changes, a shorter second phase follows. This is the best way for them to implement a Beta test, and doing it this way will allow players to play almost up until actual release of retail. The two-phase (or even multi-phase) Beta is common not only to Blizzard but many other developers; I'm sure there is a good number of changes that require server-side changes and general overhaul that can not be accomplished in a simple patch.
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A few weeks before summer vacation. Hopefully they will go back up when summer vacation begins.
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after patch 13 id be all for closing it down now until they can fix thier servers
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On May 23 2010 02:03 jamesr12 wrote:
after patch 13 id be all for closing it down now until they can fix thier servers
after patch 13 i dont even care anymore.
they can close it down until they learn how to balance games and make a real ladder system......................it sucks that we won't be able to play, but we won't have to see copper level (oh wait, we dont have that anymore...derp) players doing 90% wins from mass terran infantry all-ins.
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My warning in B.Net says it expires June 21, possibly a bug?
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On May 23 2010 02:40 HansMoleman wrote:
My warning in B.Net says it expires June 21, possibly a bug?
Blizzard has confirmed that this is a bug.
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If you ask me they should shut down beta 1st phase NOW and work on the issues and start 2nd phase asap.
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On May 18 2010 10:38 RealDeal wrote:
um, broodwar?
yeah whats that?
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On May 23 2010 02:56 DrivE wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2010 02:40 HansMoleman wrote:
My warning in B.Net says it expires June 21, possibly a bug? Blizzard has confirmed that this is a bug.
It's not really a bug, its just a placeholder text
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I think Blizzard should use the patch 12 version and work from there with implementing features that players have been requesting. I can understand that they will want to avoid LAN because of piracy but there is really no reason for removing chatrooms. The identificator System was also better than the current one.
Same goes for ultra buff/nerf which only managed to make the unit even worse...
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I think they should shut down the servers today or apply some kind of hotfix. This patch 13 beta is just making everything worse. Ppl wont stop complaining.
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do they say anywhere when they'll open up the second phase of the beta? and if having a beta key for phase 1 lets you play phase 2?? cause that would irritate me quite a bit if i needed a seperate key for beta phase 2.
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On June 07 2010 17:26 KrUnch wrote:
do they say anywhere when they'll open up the second phase of the beta?
I remember Blizzard stating that beta will be back "a few weeks" before retail launch.
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Sorry i'm sure this has been asked before; but does anyone know what time the beta goes down?
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On June 07 2010 21:15 zizou21 wrote:
Sorry i'm sure this has been asked before; but does anyone know what time the beta goes down?
Maybe when it's June 8 on California.
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