Blizzard can probably ditch the entire BW population and they still will be fine. I really don't see them yielding. Plus their programmers are probably busy working on Facebook integration.

savz

8 Posts

May 29 2010 23:27 GMT

#1344

I contacted a friend of mine who is a news writer at a major gaming magazine and he got pretty excited about this.

He said the story will focus on community reactions (the amazon thingy etc) rather than the actual interview lol.

Archerofaiur

United States4101 Posts

May 29 2010 23:28 GMT

#1345

On May 30 2010 08:27 savz wrote:
I contacted a friend of mine who is a news writer at a major gaming magazine and he got pretty excited about this.

He said the story will focus on community reactions (the amazon thingy etc) rather than the actual interview lol.

TheTuna

United States286 Posts

May 29 2010 23:29 GMT

#1346

On May 30 2010 08:15 E_minus wrote:
Blizzard can probably ditch the entire BW population and they still will be fine. I really don't see them yielding. Plus their programmers are probably busy working on Facebook integration.

I seriously doubt that-the BW population is going to be the core, initial wave of users from which word of the game will spread. If they lose most of the BW playerbase that's going to hurt them severely in terms of the game's long-term community.

n.DieJokes

United States3443 Posts

May 29 2010 23:36 GMT

#1347

Holy fuck... what am I going to play from here out? I'm absolutely sickened with Sc2 (not just this interview but the three years before the multi-player is complete by which time I'll be 21; the murdered social aspect and the game itself), I have a hard time believing Scbw will survive and in college my 6112 port can't be opened. I already gave up console gaming and fps's, every other rts I've played has felt like shit in comparison to brood war. Damn

Kezzer

United States1268 Posts

May 30 2010 00:36 GMT

#1348

On May 30 2010 08:28 Archerofaiur wrote:

Show nested quote +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_gst-Ryh3g

haha so fitting

ayekuf

United Kingdom91 Posts

May 30 2010 00:44 GMT

#1349

well this guy seems like a right cunt

zTz

United States476 Posts

May 30 2010 00:52 GMT

#1350

Chat channels are good for getting games going and meeting new people. Other than that it's easy enough to invite entire f list into party chat. Chat channels in BW turned bnet into a chat room with possible games. Not a game with chatrooms...

ProMeTheus112

France2027 Posts

May 30 2010 00:58 GMT

#1351

I'm supporting the blockade idea...
this interview is unbelievable.

Yasuchika

Netherlands20 Posts

May 30 2010 01:04 GMT

#1352

Disappointed in the attitude of this gentleman towards his customers.

drakes1988

United States21 Posts

May 30 2010 01:05 GMT

#1353

im so scared... so scared

triangle

United States3803 Posts

May 30 2010 01:26 GMT

#1354

Shockingly terrible interview.

iheartpurplez

Canada54 Posts

May 30 2010 01:45 GMT

#1355

after reading the first quarter i was eagerly waiting for that one part where you say you were just making it all up....

but that never came.

i hope eventually there will be ICCup 2.0 or some sort of patch/crack which would allow for global play and LAN.

Sprouter

United States1724 Posts

May 30 2010 01:48 GMT

#1356

bnet with no chat? wtf blizzard. activision sucks massively.

i have a feeling diablo iii isn't going to fare as well either

fevax

Turkey143 Posts

May 30 2010 01:49 GMT

#1357

Also, please dont leave out online replay watching. It was not mentioned a lot but lack of this feature is alos another step backwards.

Amm92

Sweden24 Posts

May 30 2010 01:52 GMT

#1358

I'm just.... Speechless... I don't know what to say, how can they just IGNORE the community like this? 'Cause that's all they're doing, effing IGNORING the community, which you need for the game to be kept alive!
This interview has to be a seriously delayed april's fool.

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

May 30 2010 01:58 GMT

#1359

Please guys make some noise. We can't let blizzard act like complete retards without at least flooding 1 or 2 threads on their tard-fest forums.

We're asking for chatrooms. If they can't give us chatrooms, something awful is happening.

Jenslyn87

Denmark527 Posts

May 30 2010 02:00 GMT

#1360

I actually like the way B.net 2.0 is moving. I think they should be continuing to work in concordance with the current philosophy. Here's a suggestion:

B.net Dating Domain. This should be an integral part of B.net, giving nerds the chance to find love on the cyberspace while duking it out in a nice game of Starcraft.

Practically, I imagine having 2 different friends lists. One should be the regular, the other could be called "potential b.net love interests" and feature the players you have met that you are interested in on a deeper level. Let me explain.

When you face off agianst an opponent in the ladder games, each player should be able to mark a heart shaped figure on the upper right corner of the screen. If both players have the figure marked at the end of the game, your opponent will automatically be added to your "potential b.net love interests" list. In this way, people can socialise over a game of Starcraft and potentially connect on a deeper level too!

The achievement system could be modified to be a part of this. Achievements like "player" for having 10 players of the opposite sex on your friends list is just one possibility.

I do recognise that there aren't that many female players, but bringing this aspect into the game might attact a whole lot, evening out the numbers.

Best of all: Everyone is a Starcraft fan, so you are guaranteed to meet a lot of nice girls or boys who enjoy the same leasure time activities as you do!