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FrogOfWar
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany1406 Posts
May 22 2010 18:33 GMT
#1
This being a beta test, It's kind of obvious, but since there is so much debate about this going on (much of which is totally justified), I thought it makes sense to post this Blizzard statement here:

Also, please note, that this is a beta test. Sometimes our developpers disable parts of the game, to get players to make extensive use of another part of the game. In this case, it is important that Real ID and the Facebook integration is tested thoroughly. This does not mean it will be the only option at release.


http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25026573332&sid=5010

(Btw I would also keep this in mind when thinking about balance changes. They might be only temporary to get people to use certain units and strategies for testing purposes. The apparent bogus reasons they give for some changes seem to point in this direction.)
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
May 22 2010 18:34 GMT
#2
seems fair enough
My. Copy. Is. Here.
xLethargicax
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States469 Posts
May 22 2010 18:35 GMT
#3
Damn, I feel lame for raging.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10760 Posts
May 22 2010 18:35 GMT
#4
Well there a big sigh of relief, this isn't like the best innovation they could think of t_T
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
AmstAff
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany949 Posts
May 22 2010 18:36 GMT
#5
ok. i hope they dont lie!
after 2 years i reached it = marine icon
GogoKodo
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Canada1785 Posts
May 22 2010 18:39 GMT
#6
I've was posting this around various places where I see people doing the whole THE SKY IS FALLING thing. Seems to be mostly overlooked in those other threads.
twitter: @terrancem
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
May 22 2010 18:40 GMT
#7
In your face locked.
You stupid stupid kid.
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
May 22 2010 18:42 GMT
#8
I dont think I will ever add anyone using facebook.
Schulzor
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany88 Posts
May 22 2010 18:44 GMT
#9
Wasn't that obvious?
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Skvid
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Lithuania751 Posts
May 22 2010 18:48 GMT
#10
On May 23 2010 03:44 Schulzor wrote:
Wasn't that obvious?

not for me it wasn't. I completely forgot about such a possibility, so thanks for posting it.
Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
May 22 2010 18:52 GMT
#11
This system of friends is too dumb for them to use while live, its annoying but I didnt expect it to be there when live.
DrivE
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States2554 Posts
May 22 2010 18:52 GMT
#12
On May 23 2010 03:42 Mastermind wrote:
I dont think I will ever add anyone using facebook.

Its actually more convenient than I thought, instead of asking for emails you can just add them all lol
LUCK IS NO EXCUSE
Maggeus
Profile Joined April 2010
France277 Posts
May 22 2010 18:55 GMT
#13
Guess that was the most logical move from a company that tries to listen to us.
Klockan3
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Sweden2866 Posts
May 22 2010 19:01 GMT
#14
On May 23 2010 03:42 Mastermind wrote:
I dont think I will ever add anyone using facebook.

It isn't for you, it is for the non geeks who don't talk much about their gaming. Imagine asking a friend of yours just out of the blue "Do you play starcraft?", with the facebook thing you automatically find all of your friends who use facebook and plays.

And seriously, I bet that everyone will have many friends on facebook who will play starcraft 2 that they didn't know about. When starcraft was new it was easy to find people who played it, but as it got older fewer and fewer played it. It will be the same thing with starcraft 2.

What they are doing is basically trying to make it as easy as possible for new players to get into the multiplayer part.
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
May 22 2010 19:03 GMT
#15
On May 23 2010 03:52 DrivE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2010 03:42 Mastermind wrote:
I dont think I will ever add anyone using facebook.

Its actually more convenient than I thought, instead of asking for emails you can just add them all lol

It's only convenient if you have all your sc friends on facebook. I do not.
Doso
Profile Joined March 2008
Germany769 Posts
May 22 2010 19:04 GMT
#16
but i don't have a facebook account...
actually come to think of, no one i know has one :p

Anyways, time to ask around for e-mail adresses i suppose
Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
May 22 2010 19:05 GMT
#17
I'm still mad, this is so damn inconvenient. But at least this won't be the system for release.
FrogOfWar
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany1406 Posts
May 22 2010 19:11 GMT
#18
On May 23 2010 03:40 SuperJongMan wrote:
In your face locked.
You stupid stupid kid.


What?
GogoKodo
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Canada1785 Posts
May 22 2010 19:12 GMT
#19
On May 23 2010 04:03 Mastermind wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2010 03:52 DrivE wrote:
On May 23 2010 03:42 Mastermind wrote:
I dont think I will ever add anyone using facebook.

Its actually more convenient than I thought, instead of asking for emails you can just add them all lol

It's only convenient if you have all your sc friends on facebook. I do not.

What's your point exactly? An optional service is only useful for those who use it!

Sure you might not use it, but why is it such a big deal that the service exists and that other people might like it.

Here's an example from the War3 Bnet, they introduced clan systems but I never made use of them. A lot of people did use the clan service but I can say that for a hell of a lot of other people they never touched it. Should I post about how the clan system is only convenient to the people who use it? What would the point be in doing so?
twitter: @terrancem
Niteo
Profile Joined April 2010
United States28 Posts
May 22 2010 19:16 GMT
#20
So in order to make the facebook friend integration feature work they are assuming a person would use the same email for their facebook login as their battle.net login? I mean how else do they find out your friend is in beta?

I haven't tried it yet for the sake of my own privacy.
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