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shawster
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada2485 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 04:51:11
August 04 2011 04:50 GMT
#181
disagree with having terran. i understand they do it to avoid people just dling the game and playing vs bots, but make it so somehow people can experience all the races.

maybe make some more restrictions? time limit or something.
LAN-f34r
Profile Joined December 2010
New Zealand2099 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 05:05:54
August 04 2011 05:03 GMT
#182
On August 04 2011 13:50 shawster wrote:
disagree with having terran. i understand they do it to avoid people just dling the game and playing vs bots, but make it so somehow people can experience all the races.

maybe make some more restrictions? time limit or something.


They already have 7 day passes which give you full access. Time limits are annoying (I wouldn't have bought sc2 if i hadn't (hypothetically) borrowed my mates account and laddered for a while).

I think they should either have put in a "pick a race and you are stuck with it" (ie you can pick zerg but then you can't play terran) or make everyone random. But oh well.
The only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already have it. It's through our pane (pain) we window (win though).
ilovelings
Profile Joined January 2011
Argentina776 Posts
August 04 2011 05:05 GMT
#183
On August 04 2011 12:31 PassiveAce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 12:05 ilovelings wrote:
Suddenly TvT will be everybody's best MU.

On a more serious note though, Does this have to do with that LAN client that has circulated through google?


I think that was some sort of crack that allowed you to set up your own server. This is legit.



I have it. It's a cracked client + a bnet 2.0 emulator. Everyone connects to the IP and that's it.
People is diying.
Z3kk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4099 Posts
August 04 2011 05:07 GMT
#184
Man, no protoss or zerg pissed me off because I'm too poor to afford the game right now lol T_T
Failure is not falling down over and over again. Failure is refusing to get back up.
Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
August 04 2011 05:45 GMT
#185
On August 04 2011 14:03 LAN-f34r wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 13:50 shawster wrote:
disagree with having terran. i understand they do it to avoid people just dling the game and playing vs bots, but make it so somehow people can experience all the races.

maybe make some more restrictions? time limit or something.


They already have 7 day passes which give you full access. Time limits are annoying (I wouldn't have bought sc2 if i hadn't (hypothetically) borrowed my mates account and laddered for a while).

I think they should either have put in a "pick a race and you are stuck with it" (ie you can pick zerg but then you can't play terran) or make everyone random. But oh well.


That wouldn't make any sense since you could just make multiple accounts for each race.
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
kedinik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States352 Posts
August 04 2011 05:53 GMT
#186
My girlfriend got disappointed when she heard you could only play as terran. She doesn't "want to be a bunch of space hicks."
Dakk
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden572 Posts
August 04 2011 06:10 GMT
#187
Awesome! Maybe i can get some of my friends to start now.
I will not fear, Fear is the mindkiller. Fear is the little death.
mRandy
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden146 Posts
August 04 2011 06:16 GMT
#188
Sounds cool but i guess they can only play in the practice league.
http://sv.twitch.tv/ulfkennethz
Ketch
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands7285 Posts
August 04 2011 06:27 GMT
#189
Playable race? Only Terran? Way to go to promote Terran play ...

Demo idea sounds good though! Might get some friends interested...!
maartendq
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium3115 Posts
August 04 2011 06:36 GMT
#190
On August 04 2011 06:04 ZenDeX wrote:
It's a nice step. But it would have been nicer to:
- Give all three races.
- Access to ladder.
- Access to all maps.

Then disable Singleplayer. From there they can apply microtransactions to:
- missions
- decals
- portraits
- challenges

I think that works best.

That would kind of make me regret ever having bought the full version since I played the campaign only once.
Herper
Profile Joined January 2011
501 Posts
August 04 2011 06:39 GMT
#191
On August 04 2011 15:36 maartendq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 06:04 ZenDeX wrote:
It's a nice step. But it would have been nicer to:
- Give all three races.
- Access to ladder.
- Access to all maps.

Then disable Singleplayer. From there they can apply microtransactions to:
- missions
- decals
- portraits
- challenges

I think that works best.

That would kind of make me regret ever having bought the full version since I played the campaign only once.


I didn't even buy it for the single player lol. Just played it once since I thought I might as well.
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3456 Posts
August 04 2011 06:48 GMT
#192
Here's surprising news.
This should save people some grief.
Nice move by Blizzard.
A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
aethereality
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada62 Posts
August 04 2011 06:49 GMT
#193
Another tool for ESPORTSvangelism!

Seriously though, pretty awesome.
mprs
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2933 Posts
August 04 2011 06:54 GMT
#194
On August 04 2011 14:07 Z3kk wrote:
Man, no protoss or zerg pissed me off because I'm too poor to afford the game right now lol T_T


I don't understand how you can be pissed off?

As of yesterday, you didn't own the game.
As of today, you own a bit of the game.


Shouldn't you be at the very least neutral if not happy?
We talkin about PRACTICE
AugustDreams
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia127 Posts
August 04 2011 07:06 GMT
#195
This feels kinda weird to be honest, I mean It could draw some new players in but really I don't see that being a problem at all considering SCII's popularity. I don't own SCII but the only reason is my computer sucks, if I had a better one I'd just buy the actual game.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AugustDreams - My Let's Play Channel!
ChadMann
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia128 Posts
August 04 2011 07:08 GMT
#196
rad... an incoming influx of nub Terrans.... Just what this game needs.. .lol
-_-

But really, hopefully it promotes the game more and there are more people to try and buy sc2.
#1 ANZ SC2 Team Manager https://twitter.com/ChadMannSC2
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
August 04 2011 07:27 GMT
#197
I like things that promote the thing I do. Good job Blizz.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
DoofUndance
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands22 Posts
August 04 2011 07:28 GMT
#198
This is great. I send the link to all my friends who should play Starcraft. I understand they choose Terran. I think people who played games like Red Alert and stuff like Terran to start with and it keeps the other races 'mysterious.' I can imagine that new players think 'Oh man I realy want to try the other races, I'm gonna buy this game!'
Can I borrow some ambition?
vertical101
Profile Joined April 2011
Hong Kong311 Posts
August 04 2011 07:52 GMT
#199
can i make a korean account in starter edition? do i need a SSN?
Black.Tea
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany22 Posts
August 04 2011 08:06 GMT
#200
This sounds like a better version of the demo version of the game which i downloaded before I was able to afford the actual game.
Additions are like: 1 extra mission, limited multiplayer, different maps.
I would totally agree that the multiplayer functionality makes it very appealing, though. Much more so than the previous demo. I was a little worried when i read about parties not being possible (as the main purpose would be to game with friends and not getting stomped by the tons of more experienced players out there), but having read through this thread, I will definitely try to set up some games with a couple friends (they are already into watching starcraft anyways). Great move by blizzard!
I can imagine that new players think 'Oh man I realy want to try the other races, I'm gonna buy this game!'
Totally agree with this. I was just so bored by terran after a couple of weeks with the demo that it made me buy the game (i didn't even think of multiplayer at the time).
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