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AureS
France108 Posts
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
Yes, I want chatrooms. Yes, I want LAN. Yes, I want to play with my cousins in Poland. I've played StarCraft for about eight years now and if it doesn't have anyway of these I'm not playing this game. | ||
Whakkah
Sweden113 Posts
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Ruthless
United States492 Posts
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Squeegy
Finland1166 Posts
On May 29 2010 18:32 Lord_of_Chaos wrote: Just having the old system allowed chat channels for clans and groups AND allowed everything else. No matter how they implement this function for clans and groups it will be more hassle to get everyone there for a tournament or a clan war, and outright impossible to just slide in there and hang with the best players on the server and play some matches with them. That is actually what I'm wondering about. What will be the actual difference between chat channels and whatever it is that Blizzard is going to implement. I mean, they are obviously trying to make Battle.net 2.0 some kind of Web 2.0 system. Will the difference between the new and the old be so huge? At least it seems to me that these group and clan chats will be basically the same thing as chat channels. I could be wrong though. | ||
norbertg
Hungary40 Posts
Another retarded interview. This time "chat rooms are soooooo 2002." And other jazz. | ||
Mios
United States686 Posts
The longer they remain silent the less hope I have. | ||
huyNh
Canada366 Posts
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shalafi
394 Posts
On May 29 2010 19:13 norbertg wrote: http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/sc2-forebodes-d3-doom-bashioks-rebuttal/ Another retarded interview. This time "chat rooms are soooooo 2002." And other jazz. Yeah, what a disrespectful CM. He isn't part of the RTS community, he has no idea how this works and he thinks he can tell us what we need/want. | ||
fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
On May 29 2010 18:17 Ai52487963 wrote: I agree that as far as a long-term business model, it is a very bad approach. But from what I can see, it feels more and more like Activison/Blizzard is becoming less and less concerned with long term business models. I feel that by centralizing BNET 2.0 as this megalithic thing around which SC2 is based, SC2 is basically serving at the whim of BNET 2.0. If they decide to axe the current bnet system for 3.0 or something (a la how xbox live for the original xbox just went down recently in favor of more support for the 360 platform's online service), then SC2 goes down with it unless they port it to 3.0. The idea isn't so much as to pander to the fanbase much anymore I don't think. They'll take community feedback to some extent, but not business advice, which I can understand. If a majority of their income is going to come from the casual gamers, then designing SC2 in a manner similar to xbox live seems like a good investment. I've noticed a lot of similarities between 2.0 and the 360 version of xbox live and the outlook doesn't look spectacular, especially if former live people are working on the bnet 2.0 platform (I may be wrong on this, but I think that's right). Casual gamers won't know what they're missing in SC2 probably and they won't mind buying SC4-5 or WC5-6 because of that I think. The flashy way of presenting something with little substance in an online gaming platform seems to be what sells, including achievements, marketplace (note similarities between live and BNET 2.0) and friends lists. I almost think that Blizzard's reputation is so strong that Activision/Blizzard can get away with selling what we would deem a less than optimal product for short term profit and suffer little to no reputation-based damage. It's such a shame, too, since there's nothing really wrong per se in SC2 as far as gameplay or customizability goes, it's just the online service that needs a significant retooling. The fact that SC2's core gameplay was delayed for so long is only so much more aggravating. Maybe Blizzard has invested too much in this to admit they were wrong, to redesign their online service model? I mean, they're dead set on the online service model they have, based off the purchasing plans for lower-income countries. I don't think BNET 2.0 is going away anytime soon. I can only hope that if it becomes more Steam-like (read: less restrictive) by DIII, then a lot of outrage will be quelled. However, I think that a lot more backlash will arise against BNET 2.0 if it's in its current state when DIII is released. It's quite a conundrum and risky endeavor to centralize such a monumental game with so many features on a system like this. If BNET 2.0 is to become Activison/Blizzard's Xbox Live (without the subscription 'fee' ), then they're headed in the right direction for money street. I wonder if they realize that xbox 360 doesn't have keyboards. | ||
IaniAniaN
Canada555 Posts
On May 29 2010 19:13 norbertg wrote: http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/sc2-forebodes-d3-doom-bashioks-rebuttal/ Another retarded interview. This time "chat rooms are soooooo 2002." And other jazz. I actually can't believe Blizzard let someone conduct an interview like that. He's representing a huge company and writing like an angry teenager. I'm pretty sure I'd fire him, or at the very least not let him represent the company. He seemed more intent on running his mouth and towing the company line than actually interpreting the problem, while giving honest answers. | ||
Aphelion
United States2720 Posts
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skeldark
Germany2223 Posts
On May 29 2010 19:13 norbertg wrote: http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/sc2-forebodes-d3-doom-bashioks-rebuttal/ Another retarded interview. This time "chat rooms are soooooo 2002." And other jazz. i thought bliz is walking the wrong way. i were totaly wrong! bliz is flying with m3 the wrong way! | ||
Scheefe
Netherlands226 Posts
What a quote. Now I am worried as well. It seems like they are not really paying any attention to the community's wishes. | ||
Zerum
Sweden348 Posts
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Perfect Balance
Norway131 Posts
*tear* ![]() | ||
iFU.pauline
France1409 Posts
People would have to do like wow, and blablating on stupid blizzard forum just to get into a clan. | ||
Morvan
Switzerland38 Posts
On May 29 2010 19:33 Perfect Balance wrote: When I log on to Battle.net 0.2, I feel so... so... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbvDFV7DWhY *tear* ![]() Why is everyone so fucking stupid? Why aren't more people interrigent, rike me ?:[ | ||
HubertFelix
France631 Posts
Maybe it's to keep 10$/month by WoW players who want to have a community of something. I don't know what the reason is, but there is a purpose for sure. | ||
iFU.pauline
France1409 Posts
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