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FreedonNadd
Profile Joined August 2010
Austria573 Posts
August 04 2011 08:32 GMT
#201
Finally I can play with friends who dont wanna invest too much in sc2. ^^
Some people wear Superman pajamas, but Superman has Day[9] pajamas.
Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
August 04 2011 08:35 GMT
#202
tbf, if the race you could only play was zerg, you would probably draw in absolutely no new players that have heard of sc2
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
Kage
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
India788 Posts
August 04 2011 09:10 GMT
#203
Does anyone know why buying an SEA account gives me a starter NA edition instead of the full NA login? TT
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
August 04 2011 09:18 GMT
#204
On August 04 2011 16:08 ChadMann wrote:
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.


Just play ladder and you won't come across them.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12680 Posts
August 04 2011 09:22 GMT
#205
On August 04 2011 17:32 FreedonNadd wrote:
Finally I can play with friends who dont wanna invest too much in sc2. ^^

you can't.
You can't set up a game with them according to the FAQ
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
DerBeefman
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany226 Posts
August 04 2011 09:33 GMT
#206
i always wondered what the blue star next to Xel'naga Caverns meant, and what blizz meant with a starter edition^^
extended thermal lances aka extended imbalances
Ghad
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway2551 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 09:48:22
August 04 2011 09:48 GMT
#207
On August 04 2011 01:29 enecateReAP wrote:
So this is what blizzard have been spending their time on...I'm not sure if I agree with them constantly saying that theyre too busy to do stuff and then bring something like this out, which quite clearly was due a year ago.

Props to Blizzard regardless.


Take into consideration that this starter edition is going to live for many years probably, through two expansions and hopefully beyond.

Seems like a great way to get new people into the experience!
forgottendreams: One underage girl, two drunk guys, one gogo dancer and starcraft 2. Apparently just another day in Europe.
NeonFlare
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Finland1307 Posts
August 04 2011 09:52 GMT
#208
Reminds me of SC1 demo, though it had different campaign that was prequel to actual game campaigns (which was pretty cool), but at least this one has more than 1 single map for TvT play. Byway was the sc1 demo map for multiplayer and it was hilariously bad (quite small and with only 1 expansions for each that were across the map for both players).
FieryBalrog
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1381 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 11:24:47
August 04 2011 11:23 GMT
#209
I can see why they limited the race to T, most casual players probably won't give a shit about ladder play so having all 3 races would be good enough for them

On August 04 2011 18:22 ETisME wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 17:32 FreedonNadd wrote:
Finally I can play with friends who dont wanna invest too much in sc2. ^^

you can't.
You can't set up a game with them according to the FAQ

Read the thread, the FAQ is badly written

you can still Invite to Game with the starter edition, a friend and i have been playing some customs for a few hours (he's on the starter edition)
I will eat you alive
spiksel
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands97 Posts
August 04 2011 11:55 GMT
#210
This is awesome!
p T r
Profile Joined November 2010
United States94 Posts
August 04 2011 11:58 GMT
#211
Hopefully this will convince my cheapskate friends to try out SC2
horste
Profile Joined February 2011
Belgium54 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 12:08:21
August 04 2011 12:06 GMT
#212
nvm, fixed it, my apoligies
asendent88
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom63 Posts
August 04 2011 12:56 GMT
#213
I can now intro sc2 to my friends without trial codes :D yay
One troll at a time
MinKi
Profile Joined September 2010
Korea (South)151 Posts
August 04 2011 14:08 GMT
#214
So don't waste your time downloading this if you have hopes of playing on the korean server, as you will still need to verify you have KSSN when registering your free account.
"I'm a starcraft jock. I'm not a nerd" - Artosis
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 17:05:14
August 04 2011 17:03 GMT
#215
Double post sorry.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 17:04:48
August 04 2011 17:04 GMT
#216
On August 04 2011 23:08 sohighandmighty wrote:
So don't waste your time downloading this if you have hopes of playing on the korean server, as you will still need to verify you have KSSN when registering your free account.


Couldnt you still get a taiwan account?

On August 04 2011 18:22 ETisME wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 17:32 FreedonNadd wrote:
Finally I can play with friends who dont wanna invest too much in sc2. ^^

you can't.
You can't set up a game with them according to the FAQ


yes you can, invite is different from parties.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States2803 Posts
August 04 2011 17:08 GMT
#217
Nice! I am going to see if I can suck a few friends into SC2 that didn't want to buy the game.
♞Nerdrage is the cause of global warming♞
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
August 04 2011 17:25 GMT
#218
Cool, hopefully I can trick some of my friends into getting addicted^^
jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
August 04 2011 18:19 GMT
#219
pretty cool effort by blizzard. especially the possibilty to watch replays is amazing to attract even more people to sc2 and the esport scene behind it.
http://twitter.com/jhNz
Flight
Profile Joined August 2010
Brazil163 Posts
August 04 2011 18:25 GMT
#220
They should have added a "Recruit a Friend" option. You could invite a friend through his battle.net account email, and he would download SC2 for free, but only be able to play unranked games on a small pool of 1v1 and 2v2 maps. He could only chat with you, and only join a lobby that you are present. No race restriction.

This would solve the "spawn" problem for people who want to play with a family member but doesn't want to buy a whole new account, and also would encourage people to buy the game after trying.
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