EPTOn May 22 2010 16:09 rexyrex wrote:
when will protoss get a buff for once?
when will protoss get a buff for once?
If you start out on a mountaintop, there's nowhere else to go but down
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Wings
United States999 Posts
If you start out on a mountaintop, there's nowhere else to go but down | ||
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
On May 22 2010 12:31 Koltz wrote: Perhaps the lag is caused by the switch to UDP from TCP? Which is counter-intuitive since UDP is supposed to be faster (albeit less reliable). It's not counter-intuitive. They've been running their TCP-based networking code for years, and over that time they have worked out the bugs in their TCP networking layer. Replacing TCP with UDP basically means that a hefty portion of their low-level networking code has to be rewritten. This new code simply hasn't be exercised and debugged yet. Granted, the real problem is that some idiot networking programmer over at Blizzard made the decision to use TCP in the first place. This is brain-dead simple stuff that I would expect any networking programmer who could get hired at a game developer to know, and this guy blew it. It's an RTS game FFS; you're passing controller data which might get up to 20 bytes per frame. You can send 30 frames worth of data across and still not blow the packet size. Ensuring the data gets there (which is what TCP is for) isn't your problem; you can resend it with the next frames' of data. Latency is your enemy. Because of this nonsensical screwup, in the middle of Beta, mere months from release, when this stuff should be settled and Blizzard shouldn't be rewriting major low-level systems, Blizzard has to swap networking protocols in order to get better latency. It's the right thing to do, but only because the wrong thing was done a long time ago. I hope that Blizzard fired that networking guy, though. The one who analyzed the networking structure of an RTS game and felt that TCP was the best way to go. It's like looking at going to the moon and thinking, "If I could just build a really big gun, with a lot of gunpowder, I'd make it!" | ||
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osten
Sweden316 Posts
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CagedMind
United States506 Posts
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
On May 22 2010 12:57 Bosu wrote: Oh so after losing 1 game you are certain the game is imbalanced. Please. Read the post, it's 4 not 1 | ||
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Trok67
France384 Posts
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Highways
Australia6124 Posts
I cant play anything on Battle.Net. Any ideas why my download keep failing? No problems until patch 13. | ||
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IndecisivePenguin
United States771 Posts
On May 22 2010 16:51 Highways wrote: "There was a problem downloading this content please try again later." I cant play anything on Battle.Net. Any ideas why my download keep failing? No problems until patch 13. Are you having a universal Battle.Net issue too? I can't even get on BW. | ||
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Kira.Yami
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Cham
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Zerksys
United States569 Posts
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Decko
United States150 Posts
On May 22 2010 09:58 KiWiKaKi wrote: your 2 cents is not even worth a penny Actually, it almost costs two cents to make a penny. MIND BLOWER! :D | ||
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AdunToridas
Germany380 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9113/asdca.png) I'm really quite shocked of the new patch. What does that red line under my account name mean? Is this for real?! | ||
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Ksyper
Bulgaria665 Posts
 And now I can't connect. | ||
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iNty.sCream
Germany195 Posts
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
On May 22 2010 19:01 AdunToridas wrote: I'm really quite shocked of the new patch. What does that red line under my account name mean? Is this for real?! You thought that the beta would go on forever? Edit: Also there has already been confirmed that in for example Russia you will have the option to buy a dirt cheap version of the game with a small monthly fee instead of buying a permanent copy like you do in the US or in Europe. It is even upgradeable to a permanent non monthly fee account if you pay for the difference in purchase price. On May 22 2010 16:09 rexyrex wrote: when will protoss get a buff for once? Phoenixes being able to shoot while moving was a buff and voidray change was a buff, also the defense buff with cannons getting +50 health was also mostly a protoss buff since protos builds the most towers. | ||
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Squirrel
United States1102 Posts
Edit: Beat to it =( | ||
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AdunToridas
Germany380 Posts
On May 22 2010 19:06 Klockan3 wrote: You thought that the beta would go on forever? No but June 21 is a bit early for the July 27 release date... | ||
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Inhumoff
Norway28 Posts
You were Dropped do i dare play more LOL | ||
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
3 times in a row have I been getting dropped and I really thought it was my internet messing with me LOL. Does it make sense to continue playing now ? im now 1-3 due to 3 drops (was promoted to gold pre-patch 13) so I guess I'll have to start from bronze or something >< | ||
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