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NevilleS
Canada266 Posts
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Vexx
United States462 Posts
On May 31 2010 01:53 Fatmonkey wrote: This makes me sad, but its like a David and Goliath situation. It would take millions of gamers to revolt to make a change. I just don't see that happening. You know, I don't know about that. Disconnected communities can't make it work (See MW2 or L4D2 boycott) but communities that are more organized have succeeded (See MMORPGs) time and time again. I feel like starcraft is really where it is now because of the community, because of iccup and competitive tournaments and leagues. Even though Blizzard is a big name, I don't think SC2 appeals to a mass audience the way WoW does. So basically, I would not be surprised if in fact the SC community is tight enough to say no. And to the other guy about no alternatives: you can just keep playing BW. SC is going to have 2 expansions so even if you don't play retail right away, you can hop in after the playing field is "reset" with the last expansion. | ||
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Half
United States2554 Posts
So was the boycott futile? You decide. | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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IceCube
Croatia1403 Posts
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Sadist
United States7291 Posts
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shurgen
350 Posts
On May 31 2010 01:34 UnderWorld_Dream wrote: Huge work into this, and very interesting. I hate money whores and i don't want my favorite game to be a product for the $profit of someone. But let's face it, the goal of any compagny is to make benifits and the more they do, the more they will try to do. For those saying: 'im not buying sc2 anymore': Well, are you really gonna sacrifice all the fun and entertainement you could have with this game because of that guy? You dont wanna lend your money to them? Well thats also a greedy comment IMO I mean, not being willing to buy a game because the owners are looking for profit is kinda greedy in itself, isnt it ? Just leave the money-minded people focused on their profits. I will be focusing on playing the game because that is what I like. They can have all the money they want i just don't care. I will have more fun than them in life then. Com on guys don't let this ruin your game. EDIT Hey this is a Starcraft progaming forum. Do not discourage people from buying the game in here, what the hell? This post just made me rage. I'm greedy for not wanting to pay a significant amount of money (at least $150 for all 3 campaigns + more if I want cross realm play) for an unfinished game that developers have not even been showing signs of listening to what the people want? Oh and this is a STARCRAFT programing forum (for now) not a STARCRAFT 2 progaming forum, as it kind of doesn't exist. Yay for Blizzard run e-sports I guess | ||
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sCCrooked
Korea (South)1306 Posts
Just leave the money-minded people focused on their profits. I will be focusing on playing the game because that is what I like. This is exactly the sheep mentality that will allow huge corporations to rape you monetarily and get away with it. When something is wrong, you're supposed to have the option to make it right. Well, are you really gonna sacrifice all the fun and entertainement you could have with this game because of that guy? The people who really know how to send messages to corporations will in fact boycott Bnet2, SC2, and any affiliated services. I am one of them. It doesn't matter how many securities Blizzard puts into effect, there's a hacker somewhere out there who will crack it and distribute it so the storyline/1P people can get their hands on it without paying these stupid fees. Feel free to take it up the ass but a mature adult doesn't get that "I have to have my new toy right now I don't care about the cost!" feeling. | ||
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Tidesson
55 Posts
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cloudJR
United States266 Posts
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UnderWorld_Dream
Canada219 Posts
On May 31 2010 02:24 shurgen wrote: This post just made me rage. I'm greedy for not wanting to pay a significant amount of money (at least $150 for all 3 campaigns + more if I want cross realm play) for an unfinished game that developers have not even been showing signs of listening to what the people want? Oh and this is a STARCRAFT programing forum (for now) not a STARCRAFT 2 progaming forum, as it kind of doesn't exist. Yay for Blizzard run e-sports I guess I'm only saying that being so concerned by the cost of the game is somehow greedy. But it's my opinon you can disagree i'm totally fine with it. It's a matter of how much you love something and how much you are willing to pay for it. Some people would not pay 5$ for sc2 while i would pay 200$ and woulndt care. (of course i would find it expensive but i'd just drink less beer??) Sadly this world is ran by profits and whatever you could do, it won't change. | ||
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Ome
Canada157 Posts
On May 31 2010 02:35 Diminotoor wrote: The people who really know how to send messages to corporations will in fact boycott Bnet2, SC2, and any affiliated services. I am one of them. It doesn't matter how many securities Blizzard puts into effect, there's a hacker somewhere out there who will crack it and distribute it so the storyline/1P people can get their hands on it without paying these stupid fees. Feel free to take it up the ass but a mature adult doesn't get that "I have to have my new toy right now I don't care about the cost!" feeling. A mature adult doesn't steal. | ||
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clickrush
Switzerland3257 Posts
so true! if you really want to boycott bnet2 and sc2 then do it without cracking the game. everything else is so phony | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
Makes me not want to play SC2 too much now...And makes me understand why Bnet is an unsalvagable mess. | ||
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love.less
United Kingdom293 Posts
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
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ElectricGrandpa
Canada8 Posts
Dude it's on patch 13 already... They're making tons of changes, maybe not EVERYTHING you want, but to say they're not listening at all is just crazy. I hate Bobby Kotick and Activision with a PASSION, but you have to be a bit realistic about this... Blizzard deserved to make way more money on SC and BW. If you think of how many hours most of us played those games compared to how little we spent on them, it's absolutely insane. If you don't like what they're doing with the game, then DON'T PLAY IT. It's that simple. The only people I hate more than Bobby Kotick are those that use excuses like this to STEAL a game. Come on, "they're charging to much for it, so I'm gonna pirate it to... um... boycott it, yeah". No, that's just you being cheap. $150 spread over a couple years is NOT a lot of money for a game you're gonna be playing a few hundred hours a year. Ok, I still hate Bobby more than you, but you're getting close  | ||
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mBombz
United States71 Posts
To be perfectly honest, I have also gone with that mentality of "oh well, I guess I'll just pay for it since I just really want to play the game". But I was a bit to ignorant with the ENTIRE situation of how this whole Activision/Blizzard merger really changed the company's mindset (I also don't play WoW so I wasn't informed about those microtransactions, etc.). So thank you for helping this fool out. It's unfortunately turning out to be one of those situations where the dev's want to put out their best product and give something truly special to us gamers while management just looks at the bottom line and how to increase that profit for their own use. I can't particularly blame them too much since that's essentially what lot of businesses do (e.g. how does this positively impact the company) but it's certainly going way to far. Thank goodness Blizzard has other games such as WoW to sort of pad the profit enough so that Blizzard can actually take their time to make SC2 (SC2 has been delayed and worked on for quite some time). Unfortunately, since BNet affects all the Blizzard products from here on out we are seeing less of that SC:BW/W3/D2 influence but replaced by management (as this post points out, Activision managers) who believes that this BNet (and other profit making models) is the way to go. Again, thanks for the great read and let's hope that at least some of our ideas (and let's be honest, mostly complaints) are not just heard, but are used. | ||
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Angryhorse
Sweden387 Posts
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Setz3R
United States455 Posts
Same with Blizzard....the addiction I had to play War2 story all day long, even jump on the multiplayer playing Archer Warz in a DEAD game. It's a damn shame...a damn shame. | ||
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