EPTSEA copies to get NA access - Page 9
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9033 Posts
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Bobgrimly
New Zealand250 Posts
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
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iloyi
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Btw, the reason for the extra cash needed for the SEA version can be found here: http://gameaxis.com/the-official-word-on-the-starcraft-ii-pricing/ On July 23 2010 19:14 Crywolf wrote: How much will the SEA digital copy cost? There are variety of different prices in SEA region. Do we need to have to download both SEA and US clients to be able to play in both servers? We have to switch clients in order to play in the server we want or do we only download one server and can switch back and forth? You can check this thread out. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=128164 From the facebook faqs, they are working out the details about the need to download the US client or the ability to switch region with just one client. | ||
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siman
Hong Kong28 Posts
I prefer English but just worry about the connection since SEA does not has beta I played beta with Taiwan version (Chinese) on Korean server, and English on US server. Both work pretty well from Hong Kong. In case SEA has a poor connection I could still go US, and I love the number of custom maps in US server  | ||
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FALAPARK
United States224 Posts
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tyCe
Australia2542 Posts
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dbddbddb
Singapore969 Posts
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Darth_Ihsahn
Mexico138 Posts
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RumZ
United States956 Posts
but this is a good step, I guess. | ||
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Deeeno
Australia52 Posts
1. "Oh my god, why do they get cross region play and we don't, this is lame" 2. "Salutations ! We get cross region play down under!" I'd like to rmeind people that this is not cross region play. It may SEEM like it and you might think it is, but it certainly isn't. This is the acquisition of 2 different region accounts cheaper than you otherwise would have. If it was indeed cross region play, you'd be able to play on NA whilst talking to people on SEA, which is evidently not the case. You wonder why they would do this for SEA and not elsewhere ? Well we could speculate on that in many a way but even just reading this thread shows reason enough to do it. Have a look at the quantity of people in SEA regions who were going to just buy the NA version. By doing this it changes these peoples mind to suddenly acquire the SEA version (funnily enough the more expensive one) to get what they were going to get anyway, the ability to play on NA. However, now they will also have access to the SEA server and will be more likely to make use of it which in all is likely to increase traffic on the SEA server justifying the expenses they have in creating it. Seems kinda silly to get all in a huff about selected cross region play when that isn't really what is happening don't you think? True cross region play would not require logging into an effective different account to play on the other server, nor cut you off from the other server whilst doing so. So yeah, try not to get all worked up about it, it really doesn't change all that much for anyone as it seems you could have always acquired accounts for other regions. Just my 2 cents... well maybe more like 5 cents but same difference. | ||
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Herculix
United States946 Posts
at the same time, i'm worried that if EVERY player from SEA has access to a US server, and it turns out that most SEA players go US most of the time, wouldn't that make the servers significantly laggier? that IS why they have the SEA server, isn't it? | ||
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im a roc
United States745 Posts
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scottyyy
United Kingdom796 Posts
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URvis
New Zealand57 Posts
Well, skepticism. Just because they've only announced this though, doesn't mean that they're not going to be adding crossregion play. It really just proves that they can at some point. | ||
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Roniii
United States289 Posts
On July 23 2010 12:37 Vedreth wrote: Awesome!!! To be fair, the gaming scene in Aus / NZ isn't the most impressive. when they charge as much as they do for games it doesn't surprise me. | ||
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Deeeno
Australia52 Posts
On July 23 2010 22:56 im a roc wrote: How does it make sense that NA players aren't allowed to play on SEA, then? If they really wanted to play on SEA servers, they would have decided to purchase a SEA version just like those of us down here would purchase an NA version if that is where we chose to play. In fact now, you too have the option of purchasing a SEA copy and getting both SEA and NA if you really want. Needless to say, if you consider the more serious levels of gaming down here there isn't really much going on (English language based, which coincides what this whole decision is about) and any reasonably serious gamer down here is going to have been looking elsewhere, where the scene is of a higher standard. @Herculix, Every player 'can' does not mean every player 'will'. You will have the more general population of player generally sticking here as the competition won't mean much to them and their friends will be down here doing the same and so on. Also the account duality it creates means people would think of considering it as a training ground to try out silly things or just relax and practice an off race so it could just as easily balance out enough such that the SEA server does see enough action. | ||
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Sadist
United States7310 Posts
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davsp
Philippines62 Posts
On July 23 2010 22:26 FALAPARK wrote: sigh unfair, the only thing i dont like about this is the language, now i need to learn korean O.O For one thing, Korea isn't part of SEA. Secondly, most of the countries in SEA are fluent in English, I doubt you would be able to distinguish us at all. | ||
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