I think it is very likely that they will be giving a second account, but you can only use one at a time.

I mean SEA basically gets an extra account already, it is well within possibility that they are doing the same elsewhere.

Impervious

Canada4222 Posts

February 05 2011 18:17 GMT

#65

On February 06 2011 03:16 PointyBagels wrote:
I think it is very likely that they will be giving a second account, but you can only use one at a time.

I mean SEA basically gets an extra account already, it is well within possibility that they are doing the same elsewhere.

Which hints at cross-realm play.....

Which sucks, cause I've already spent money to get an account in EU to play with some family members.....

Which makes me

tainted muffin

United States158 Posts

February 05 2011 18:18 GMT

#66

I'd love this so much if blizzard goes through with it!

allowicious

United States972 Posts

February 05 2011 18:20 GMT

#67

I thought when you logged in SC2-1, it took you to the normal server (US, EU, etc), and if you logged in SC2-2, it took you to the PTR. Personally, I don't think they are giving us a 2nd account. I think they are just giving us an easier way to log in to the PTR without having to open a different client.

petzergling

538 Posts

February 05 2011 18:25 GMT

#68

probably just setting up a system that allows you to buy multiple game accounts on your own for like 15-20$ or something

shtdisturbance

Canada613 Posts

February 05 2011 18:27 GMT

#69

I am trying to switch races with out tanking my ranking so this would be awesome =) hope it is 2 accounts and no more.

Gingerninja

United Kingdom1339 Posts

February 05 2011 18:28 GMT

#70

one is a PTR account (a clone of your actual account for PTR purposes) and the other is your actual account. Same deal as WoW. Although it'd be nice if they let us at least play cross region at some point, SEA already can.. why not us.

Keitzer

United States2509 Posts

February 05 2011 18:29 GMT

#71

it's probably like wow... you can have multiple accounts per battle.net account, however only 1 cd key works...

which means, if you want 2 starcraft accounts on your battle.net (and to be able to choose between them) you'll need 2 starcraft 2 games (with 2 different keys)

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

February 05 2011 18:29 GMT

#72

You can have multiple accounts linked to one battle.net account but you have to buy another copy of the game(or make a trial account) . This isn't anything new, it came when blizzard made everyone have battle.net accounts.

Xswordy

United Kingdom425 Posts

February 05 2011 18:30 GMT

#73

This looks nice , very useful if you want to change races or just to have some fun. But I don't see why blizz would do this as they are going to lose $$$ since pro's won't buy other copies to smurf.

Anyway , I would be super happy if this is gonna happen

Trentelshark

Canada385 Posts

February 05 2011 18:32 GMT

#74

This looks like WoW when they always open up the free trials. At this point when I sign in I have something like 5 options, with only 1 main account and the remainder being free trials. Maybe it will be an option to link multiple account types to 1 e-mail (ie. 1 NA key, 1 EU key, etc) and make it hot-selectable?

Grummy

Sweden70 Posts

February 05 2011 18:33 GMT

#75

Blizzard already stated they dont want smurfs so I wouldnt get my hopes up. But it looks kinda awesome. This is gonna be awesome if its true, I am dying to ladder as zerg (without getting completely destroyed)

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

February 05 2011 18:35 GMT

#76

When you load the PTR client you get SC2-1 which is the name you chose on PTR last time and you get SC2-2 which is brand new. Neither have anything to do with the live servers

Annq

Germany104 Posts

February 05 2011 18:36 GMT

#77

Why should we buy another licence? We bought Starcraft 2 already, why aren't we allowed to switch between europa/na/sea

CruiseR

Poland4014 Posts

February 05 2011 18:46 GMT

#78

if i have two EU cd-keys , but i never used one of them, can i for example 'swap' cd-keys with someone who has unused NA or KR cd-key to play on another region?

Tatari

United States1179 Posts

February 05 2011 18:48 GMT

#79

On February 06 2011 01:29 wuddersup wrote:
Doubtful it'll happen. 2 accounts per key would mean less sales. That doesn't bode well for Bobby Kotick.

Wiping his rear end with Benjamins wasn't enough for him? T_T

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

February 05 2011 18:50 GMT

#80

On February 06 2011 03:46 CruiseR wrote:
if i have two EU cd-keys , but i never used one of them, can i for example 'swap' cd-keys with someone who has unused NA or KR cd-key to play on another region?

You can ask in blogs or w/e I'm pretty sure someone would switch you ^^