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pedduck
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Thailand468 Posts
June 24 2010 09:26 GMT
#41
I think these are measures to counter KFTC and KeSPA regarding their rules against term of services, adult rating and ip right things. So basically they don't sell the game anymore, they sell the right to play the game instead.

It seems Blizzard will do what ever it take to control the rights to broadcast, replay, selling UMS MAP.
heynes
Profile Joined July 2009
Germany201 Posts
June 24 2010 09:29 GMT
#42
Am I getting it right that the Korean WoW players dont have to pay the initial 60 bugs ??

I mean srysly i wanna save that 60 $ + expansions + the normal WoW account money.
How can they do such a thing only for korea... so sad... guess we europeans have more money so we can pay more...
Megaphone
Profile Joined April 2010
United States64 Posts
June 24 2010 09:34 GMT
#43
On June 24 2010 18:29 heynes wrote:
Am I getting it right that the Korean WoW players dont have to pay the initial 60 bugs ??

I mean srysly i wanna save that 60 $ + expansions + the normal WoW account money.
How can they do such a thing only for korea... so sad... guess we europeans have more money so we can pay more...


After a while, it'll cost more to pay for the game if you pay $10 a month.

So, unless you plan on playing the game for exactly 5 months and never playing ever again, yes, they save a bit of money. Honestly though, it.. doesn't matter.

Nothing's sad, except you not understanding what's going on.
heynes
Profile Joined July 2009
Germany201 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-24 09:43:27
June 24 2010 09:36 GMT
#44
On June 24 2010 18:34 Megaphone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2010 18:29 heynes wrote:
Am I getting it right that the Korean WoW players dont have to pay the initial 60 bugs ??

I mean srysly i wanna save that 60 $ + expansions + the normal WoW account money.
How can they do such a thing only for korea... so sad... guess we europeans have more money so we can pay more...


After a while, it'll cost more to pay for the game if you pay $10 a month.

So, unless you plan on playing the game for exactly 5 months and never playing ever again, yes, they save a bit of money. Honestly though, it.. doesn't matter.

Nothing's sad, except you not understanding what's going on.


If im an active korean WoW player i save 60 bugs + expansions ?
If im an active european WoW player i save nothing ?

Thats what i thought, which seems unfair = sad
*edit*

Allright i get it, my fault. Stop smoking weed before work kids.
zul
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany5427 Posts
June 24 2010 09:54 GMT
#45
and they revealed an airplane with a SCII Design --> http://www.playxp.com/sc2/news/view.php?article_id=1976986
keep it deep! @zulison
HenL
Profile Joined February 2010
Norway111 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-24 09:56:22
June 24 2010 09:56 GMT
#46
On June 24 2010 18:21 Megaphone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2010 18:00 HenL wrote:
Hmm, some info is conflicting with this:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=399267


What?


There was no announcement for "pro version with lan" thing or plan for starcraft 2 league.


vs


Previously rumored but now confirmed - Starcraft II Professional Edition will have LAN, but will only be available for televised tournament play in South Korea.
loadme
Profile Joined April 2010
171 Posts
June 24 2010 10:18 GMT
#47
can you please post any official source?
even if its in korean?

don't get me wrong here, but as far as i can see its only your private blog with this announcement.

anyway, thanks for informing us
Yes.
aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
June 24 2010 10:21 GMT
#48
so this is why blizzard doesn't want to give lan, so it can charge everyone a monthly fee for multiplier mode -_-
FlashDave.999 aka Star
Tianx
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States1196 Posts
June 24 2010 10:33 GMT
#49
On June 24 2010 19:21 aka_star wrote:
so this is why blizzard doesn't want to give lan, so it can charge everyone a monthly fee for multiplier mode -_-

This is completely false and not what the article said, at all. If you want to buy SC2 you get unlimited multiplayer for free, same as always. The only difference for paying, as has been stated five times in this thread already, is for WoW players who get it free.
Intrigue: "as i've said to many others your troubles in life may be directly correlated to your dirty protoss icon"
loadme
Profile Joined April 2010
171 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-24 10:39:12
June 24 2010 10:37 GMT
#50
this whole thing is a mess

"no lan!"
"srsly no lan"
"do lan while sharing 1 connection for 100 ppl!!"
"2 versions of starcraft. one is called "professional", but you can use LAN ONLY where we want you too, because its to make love with korea"

"who wants chat rooms?"
"no chat rooms!"
"chatrooms soon after release"...........

"no unique IDs"
"unique in some way now.."


"NO cross region play"
"NO NOT FOR NOW!!"
"NOT possible, because of the insane lag, what will drop everybodyds game experience to hell.
BUT if you BUY the game a second time, you actually CAN create insane lag and ruin the experience for everyone, because then you can play cross region"
"ok ok, we fooled you again. x-region is coming soon. you only will have to download another client. its for free!!"




ladies and gentlemen, this whole SCII release drives me crazy.
i never saw this company acting soooo confused and inconsequent in any other release before
Yes.
Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
June 24 2010 10:47 GMT
#51
More options are good news for Koreans, although I don't understand why there is only digital download and no retail version at all.
But why would Blizzard give away SC2 to WOW subscribers for free? I wouldn't call it unfair at all if a WOW+SC2 combo subscription would cost, say, $16 per month, still much cheaper than separate WOW and SC2 subscriptions.
Anyway, a smart move by Blizzard to get WOW players to try SC2 and vice-versa, bind customers to Blizzard and to ensure a long-term steady flow of money.
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
June 24 2010 10:54 GMT
#52
If you buy the 59 dollar version do you need to pay a subscription?
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
Anarion
Profile Joined June 2010
17 Posts
June 24 2010 11:16 GMT
#53
They just want to get some of huge korean sc fanbase to play and pay for WoW too, apparently guy paying for WoW for several years will bring more cash than guy paying for single sc2 copy.
Nothing new really, they did same trick with "free WoW with satelite tv subscribtion"(that was tv promotion tho).
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7035 Posts
June 24 2010 11:36 GMT
#54
On June 24 2010 19:54 n.DieJokes wrote:
If you buy the 59 dollar version do you need to pay a subscription?

No

Anyone willing to translate some netizen comments? I'd like to see how the general audience perceives SC2 right now..
Ryps
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Romania2740 Posts
June 24 2010 11:55 GMT
#55
Well you cant really call it free if your paying for it through another game...
WoW players wont really care.
thesage42
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden13 Posts
June 24 2010 11:58 GMT
#56
Allowing the large WoW playerbase to try out and play SC2 for free seems like a really good idea, aimed at strengthening SC2 as an e-sport. The one thing an e-sport needs more than anything else is viewers. Getting more people interested in the game is so important. Giving them another reason to keep paying their WoW subscription in the lull between expansions is a nice bonus.
Nao
Profile Joined October 2008
Poland166 Posts
June 24 2010 12:05 GMT
#57
Clever move by Blizz, since they lerned from WoW that subscription gives much more money than package release, they propably want to make evey other of their games, including SC2, upcoming Diablo3 and the"new" franchise into a subscription based play.

Since most people wouldn't buy a supbscription for each of SC2 or D3 and the new game, making Battlenet2.0 have it for all their games will bring them lot's of money.

Korea is propably their testing groud before rest of us will have this option.

Personally i don't like this, but times are changing and also it sucks for Koreans to not have adult nor box version.
On June 24 2010 18:54 zul wrote:
and they revealed an airplane with a SCII Design --> http://www.playxp.com/sc2/news/view.php?article_id=1976986

Holy shit, nice livery! Japan has pokemon on their 747 , Koreans get Badass Jim hahaha.
One cannot out-kwanro Kwanro. -Trap
moon`
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States372 Posts
June 24 2010 12:08 GMT
#58
Once again, I sense Blizz's catering to the casual scene. Not that that is a bad thing, but again they forget about the community that really made Broodwar what is is today..

It is rather perplexing as to why it only applies to Korean WoW players though. Perhaps the WoW scene in Korea is not too big due to the focus on more competitive-based games - and they are simply using this to get more WoW players.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like pandabearguy.
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7035 Posts
June 24 2010 12:11 GMT
#59
On June 24 2010 21:08 moon` wrote:
Once again, I sense Blizz's catering to the casual scene. Not that that is a bad thing, but again they forget about the community that really made Broodwar what is is today..

It is rather perplexing as to why it only applies to Korean WoW players though. Perhaps the WoW scene in Korea is not too big due to the focus on more competitive-based games - and they are simply using this to get more WoW players.

Catering to casuals like this, as in in ways that in no way hurt the competitive scene is actually good for the future of the esports scene. Casuals make a big part of potential spectators of the leagues and such. I think its a clever move from Blizzard to make trying out SC2 even easier for a WoW player.
Onlinejaguar
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia2823 Posts
June 24 2010 12:11 GMT
#60
I think getting more people into SC2 is good for everyone and will build Esports. I know when i buy a game i like to get a physical copy of it, so thats prob the only downside i can see for koreans.
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