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http://us.battle.net/en/int?r=sc2
This is pretty cool IMO. I know a lot of people who didn't want to pay full price for this game and I'm gonna convince them to get an account now.
Spread the love!
EDIT3: On November 24 2011 12:16 RaiNDrOP17 wrote:
I called customer support, and asked if they could switch a new account to Eu, and the guy said "Because of the black friday deal we will not be able to transfer accounts to Eu at this time."
EDIT2: apparently you can do this to get a EU account
On November 23 2011 06:03 EtherealDeath wrote:
This is effectively EU as well. I had one of my NA accounts changed into an EU one by calling Blizzard, took about 3 business days for the change to take effect.
EDIT: Sry to all EU players this is NA only : / maybe a mod can edit the title to include NA? thanks
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Is it on sale in other regions also?
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Quite interesting... Maybe I'll buy a second copy for an EU or KR account now...
Or is it only for NA version?
Edit: I just checked on the EU store, and it still says 59.99£, I guess it's NA only...
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oh this is only NA : /
It's a black friday deal and that's an Amercan thing i'll fix the op
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Wow I feel so bad cuz I basically forced my friend to buy this game at full price last week. If he had hesitated like he wanted to he would totally snatch it up now. I'm a douche XD
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Damn! So lame, I was going to get my European friends to buy it 
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I NEED to tell my friend about this. Thanks for posting this. 
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are the korean version still private, you still need a unique number like SSN to buy a license ?\
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On November 23 2011 05:59 jarod wrote:
are the korean version still private, you still need a unique number like SSN to buy a license ?\
Now that KR merger with TW you can get a Taiwan account the normal way
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On November 23 2011 05:57 mki wrote:Damn! So lame, I was going to get my European friends to buy it
Yea this sucks.
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This is effectively EU as well. I had one of my NA accounts changed into an EU one by calling Blizzard, took about 3 business days for the change to take effect.
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On November 23 2011 06:03 EtherealDeath wrote:
This is effectively EU as well. I had one of my NA accounts changed into an EU one by calling Blizzard, took about 3 business days for the change to take effect.
You bought an NA account and then changed it to EU for free?
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hmm protoss ladder account? I may just have to do this!
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Can't you buy this, then call Blizzard and ask them to change your region to Korea if you want to play in the Korean server?
I am pretty sure that is allowed :D
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On November 23 2011 06:07 carloselcoco wrote:
Can't you buy this, then call Blizzard and ask them to change your region to Korea if you want to play in the Korean server?
I am pretty sure that is allowed :D
Exactly, its what I did with my copy. Just because the game is based on the NA server, doesnt mean you have to be
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On November 23 2011 06:07 carloselcoco wrote:
Can't you buy this, then call Blizzard and ask them to change your region to Korea if you want to play in the Korean server?
I am pretty sure that is allowed :D
Has anyone EVER gotten their NA successfully changed into a Korean one? Laddering in Korea is like... the greatest way to train. If this is so I'll buy a copy.
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I need a creditcard to buy one which I dont have I am from europe and we barely use them damn cards here... anyone has some solutions? :O
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On November 23 2011 06:03 EtherealDeath wrote:
This is effectively EU as well. I had one of my NA accounts changed into an EU one by calling Blizzard, took about 3 business days for the change to take effect. Call them for free via skype +18005925499. They will swap NA accounts to EU and vice versa in a matter of seconds.
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time to stock up on smurfs!
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I have already convinced all of my friends to purchase this game... yup.. all both of them..
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On November 23 2011 06:21 GMonster wrote:
time to stock up on smurfs!
lol.. deezer going to have a field day
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Excellent opportunity to try a new race without having to go through the frustration of getting stomped 30 games in a row.
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lmao, bought another account yesterday ~~ though on a different site, so not that much more expensive :S
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Crap, I just bought the game yesterday at full price... X_X
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hmm $30 dollar spending limit for family gifts. time to get for my cousin? probably
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On November 23 2011 06:19 ribboo wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 06:03 EtherealDeath wrote:
This is effectively EU as well. I had one of my NA accounts changed into an EU one by calling Blizzard, took about 3 business days for the change to take effect. Call them for free via skype +18005925499. They will swap NA accounts to EU and vice versa in a matter of seconds.
Do you tell them you bought the wrong region by mistake or ....?
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Is this a devious plan to get people buy more accounts (zerg/protoss/terran) right before expansion, so you have to buy multiple copies of expansions too? -.-
I'm tempted to buy another one, grr
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Finally, i've been waiting for over a year for a sale, now I can finally play this game. The anticipation has been brutal.
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On November 23 2011 06:39 nukkuj wrote:
Is this a devious plan to get people buy more accounts (zerg/protoss/terran) right before expansion, so you have to buy multiple copies of expansions too? -.-
I'm tempted to buy another one, grr
Why would you have to buy multiple expansions?
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So if this is a Black Friday deal, then does it also apply to Canadian citizens or is it strictly in effect in the U.S?
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On November 23 2011 06:39 nukkuj wrote:
Is this a devious plan to get people buy more accounts (zerg/protoss/terran) right before expansion, so you have to buy multiple copies of expansions too? -.-
I'm tempted to buy another one, grr
This is the only reason why im hesitating on buying another account....
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I got it at release and didn't pay more. Amazon.co.uk for the win.
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HMV had SC2 on sale for $20 awhile back and their site still lists it at that price. Going and getting it price matched at places that actually have it in stock from employees who don't check HMV store stock (they're always out) is a good way to get a good deal in Canada.
Not sure where else HMV has stores other than Canada and Hong Kong, and I have no idea what the price in Hong Kong is.
http://www.hmv.ca/Products/Detail/583759.aspx
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Sweet, I have my toss and zerg account, time for terran and random!
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A pity Bliz doesn't allow you different MMRs for each race... they want you to buy more copies instead.
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On November 23 2011 06:43 TR wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 06:39 nukkuj wrote:
Is this a devious plan to get people buy more accounts (zerg/protoss/terran) right before expansion, so you have to buy multiple copies of expansions too? -.-
I'm tempted to buy another one, grr Why would you have to buy multiple expansions?
As far as I remember, Warcraft 3 and WoW expansions have had serial keys that bind to your account. So I figure this would be the case in SC2 aswell. Then again, I haven't had multiple copies on same b.net account and I can't confirm if they are upgraded when buying single expansion (WC3/WOW).
Can anyone confirm which way does it work?
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On November 23 2011 06:18 Rk0 wrote:I need a creditcard to buy one which I dont have I am from europe and we barely use them damn cards here... anyone has some solutions? :O
Having the exact same problem here, although I had my friend try but he seems to be getting an error. Someone help us!
An error has occurred.
There has been an error processing your request.
For assistance, contact Blizzard Customer Support.
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On November 23 2011 06:08 zZygote wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 06:07 carloselcoco wrote:
Can't you buy this, then call Blizzard and ask them to change your region to Korea if you want to play in the Korean server?
I am pretty sure that is allowed :D
Has anyone EVER gotten their NA successfully changed into a Korean one? Laddering in Korea is like... the greatest way to train. If this is so I'll buy a copy.
Not that im implying that you are in any specific league, but if your in gold league, playing on KR server isnt going to help you anymore then playing on NA server....
I think this applies to anyone Bronze - mid-high master's
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this available in canada?
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On November 23 2011 06:51 nukkuj wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 06:43 TR wrote:On November 23 2011 06:39 nukkuj wrote:
Is this a devious plan to get people buy more accounts (zerg/protoss/terran) right before expansion, so you have to buy multiple copies of expansions too? -.-
I'm tempted to buy another one, grr Why would you have to buy multiple expansions? As far as I remember, Warcraft 3 and WoW expansions have had serial keys that bind to your account. So I figure this would be the case in SC2 aswell. Then again, I haven't had multiple copies on same b.net account and I can't confirm if they are upgraded when buying single expansion (WC3/WOW). Can anyone confirm which way does it work?
This isn't WC3 where you can make as many accounts as you want for Bnet 1.0
How likely do you think Blizzard will implement a second cd key just to prevent people with legit WoL copies from being able to pirate HotS?
One account per cd-key = have fun buying more copies of HotS just to make your smurfs capable of playing post expansion.
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On November 23 2011 05:53 lurked wrote:
Quite interesting... Maybe I'll buy a second copy for an EU or KR account now...
Or is it only for NA version?
Edit: I just checked on the EU store, and it still says 59.99£, I guess it's NA only...
You could possibly buy that NA version and then ask Blizzard to switch that account to EU.
I know it's possible from EU to NA, but I'm not sure if NA to EU is fine.
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pretty sure amazon.co.uk had better deals already with free shipping...
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Nice, I improved my LA account from temporary to unlimited for just R$ 18,00 (around $10)
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nevermind, already answered in thread!
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Where dat snitch at?36969 Posts
OMFG........
Half the price that I paid for in the US..... T-T lucky...
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On November 23 2011 07:09 darkness wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 05:53 lurked wrote:
Quite interesting... Maybe I'll buy a second copy for an EU or KR account now...
Or is it only for NA version?
Edit: I just checked on the EU store, and it still says 59.99£, I guess it's NA only... You could possibly buy that NA version and then ask Blizzard to switch that account to EU. I know it's possible from EU to NA, but I'm not sure if NA to EU is fine.
I just did it from NA to EU... They didn't even ask why I wanted to change my account's region =P
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thanks for sharing. bought 2 for my friends who have been sharing an account from another friend. (bronze / diamond player)
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this pisses me off because i just bought another copy last night for 59.99 Lol
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Wow, I just bought the game yesterday.
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Deezer is going to have a field day with this.
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On November 23 2011 07:28 Pinguski wrote:
Wow, I just bought the game yesterday.
I feel you dude, this hurts my heart so much
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By the way, Target's been selling SC2 games at $30 since last week, just to let you guys know.
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This tempts me to get a KR or NA account... Getting both would maybe be overkill but I'm torn between better people to play against and better latency >.<
Edit: Oh it's dollars, I was thinking euros for some reason... If KR accouts are also 30 dollars I might just get both I guess.
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They are actually providing me with a full refund and said I can repurchase for the lowered price, THANKS BLIZZARD! <3
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On November 23 2011 07:36 ChrisGraphex wrote:
They are actually providing me with a full refund and said I can repurchase for the lowered price, THANKS BLIZZARD! <3
Oh that's nice of them.
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On November 23 2011 07:36 ChrisGraphex wrote:
They are actually providing me with a full refund and said I can repurchase for the lowered price, THANKS BLIZZARD! <3
When did you buy it?
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On November 23 2011 06:51 nukkuj wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 06:43 TR wrote:On November 23 2011 06:39 nukkuj wrote:
Is this a devious plan to get people buy more accounts (zerg/protoss/terran) right before expansion, so you have to buy multiple copies of expansions too? -.-
I'm tempted to buy another one, grr Why would you have to buy multiple expansions? As far as I remember, Warcraft 3 and WoW expansions have had serial keys that bind to your account. So I figure this would be the case in SC2 aswell. Then again, I haven't had multiple copies on same b.net account and I can't confirm if they are upgraded when buying single expansion (WC3/WOW). Can anyone confirm which way does it work?
I have multiple wow accounts under same battle net one, have to buy expansion for each account separately.
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I've already got two SC2 accounts! The bastards!
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Can I buy this as a european person? Ain't bad price for a sc2 NA account incase.I wanna join some US cup some day.
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On November 23 2011 08:12 Mithriel wrote:
Can I buy this as a european person? Ain't bad price for a sc2 NA account incase.I wanna join some US cup some day.
The offer says it is valid only for the US and Canada.
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I just got my copy a week ago xD same like I did with HoN... kind of used to it right now.
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Thanks for the heads up! This is great! I'm buying some xmas gifts for friends!
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this. is. AWESOME.
ive been watching streams a lot and ive kinda wanted to buy it again, but not for 50. this is perfect!
im pretty excited for this. when i got it on release day, i had an old laptop to play on, so i had sold it cuz i just couldnt run it that well.
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Good time for euros to pick up an NA account.
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It is also on sale for the same price at Target.
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On November 23 2011 08:13 carloselcoco wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 08:12 Mithriel wrote:
Can I buy this as a european person? Ain't bad price for a sc2 NA account incase.I wanna join some US cup some day. The offer says it is valid only for the US and Canada.
Also Latin america.
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On November 23 2011 07:43 Playguuu wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 07:36 ChrisGraphex wrote:
They are actually providing me with a full refund and said I can repurchase for the lowered price, THANKS BLIZZARD! <3 Oh that's nice of them.
Same thing happened with me. 
Thanks, Blizz.
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It's kinda sad that the game is still 59.99euro in UE.
A lot of people won't buy it since it's one year old but still so high price.
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I managed to use my UK visa card and the purchase went through just make sure you choose america when it asks what region you want to play on
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You can email blizzard and they will switch your USA account to Europe and vice versa, It resets your stats and all obviously.
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limit 5 per customer hehehehe
pretty good move by blizz.
they're like, lol, we could have given them a name change for christmas but no lets make them buy another one instead but on the cheap!
gotta hand it to them, they are pretty smart.
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On November 23 2011 08:33 Pri1230 wrote:
I managed to use my UK visa card and the purchase went through just make sure you choose america when it asks what region you want to play on
Was that with a US or EU battle.net account?
Edit: I figured it out.
For all in the EU wanting a US account you have to change the region on the top left when on the buy digital games screen on battle.net
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Anyone able to figure out a way to pay with paypal? There's an "other payment options" drop down at checkout but there aren't any options in it :|
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On November 23 2011 08:34 Msr wrote:
You can email blizzard and they will switch your USA account to Europe and vice versa, It resets your stats and all obviously.
Wow, is that true? Is that only possible from USA to EU and viceversa, or to every region?
So, i could buy a NA account for 29$ and then change the region to EU, right?
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i ordered one just right now :D i wasted my name changed and i needed one to change it :D, now i will change this one to TW so i can play in Korea too :D
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It's a big sell-off before upcoming HOtS.
Be ready guys!
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On November 23 2011 08:42 MelodyBW wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 08:34 Msr wrote:
You can email blizzard and they will switch your USA account to Europe and vice versa, It resets your stats and all obviously. Wow, is that true? Is that only possible from USA to EU and viceversa, or to every region? So, i could buy a NA account for 29$ and then change the region to EU, right?
Technically yes. You just need to contact Blizzard on their 1-800# and just state that you received a NA Sc2 however you already have a NA account and was wondering if there is anyway to make this a EU account.
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On November 23 2011 08:43 LatsyrC wrote:
i ordered one just right now :D i wasted my name changed and i needed one to change it :D, now i will change this one to TW so i can play in Korea too :D
You can't...
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License limit reached You already have the maximum number of StarCraft II licenses for this game region.
Oh well...
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Uhm nice but I know plenty of stores here in Sweden that has had that price since like summer oO
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Now x6CuteAngel or whatever his name is can change his name for half the price!
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does anyone know any online retailers that have the lowered price? i just cancelled my amazon order after seeing this...
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Awww NA only
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so you can't switch this to the TW / KR server if you buy it originally from NA or whatever? I would buy 2 in that case.
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On November 23 2011 09:23 Catchafire2000 wrote:
License limit reached You already have the maximum number of StarCraft II licenses for this game region.
Oh well...
That is because you already have a NA key attached to your account. You are limited to one SC2 key of the same region per account. If you want to get another then you need to make a new bnet account.
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On November 23 2011 09:23 Catchafire2000 wrote:
License limit reached You already have the maximum number of StarCraft II licenses for this game region.
Oh well...
thats pretty simple, u just need to create a new account with other Email address and there u go.
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On November 23 2011 09:54 LatsyrC wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 09:23 Catchafire2000 wrote:
License limit reached You already have the maximum number of StarCraft II licenses for this game region.
Oh well...
thats pretty simple, u just need to create a new account with other Email address and there u go.
Wait so how many are you allowed under one single account? One?
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Na and Canada only
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does the price drop effect retail stores too?
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On November 23 2011 10:09 lgn! wrote:Na and Canada only
You say that like Canada isn't part of NA.
I was really hoping we could get a TW one too . O well then I guess.
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is eu noticeably harder than NA at highdiamond/low master mmr range? if so, i might buy one and switch it to EU.
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On November 23 2011 10:28 apalemorning wrote:
is eu noticeably harder than NA at highdiamond/low master mmr range? if so, i might buy one and switch it to EU.
After experience from playing on both I'd have to say.. not really. The skill level feels exactly the same until you reach the top 10% of masters. I'm a foreign exchange student from US studying in London (was 1600 masters season 3). I notice that you play a lot more "known" names on EU server than you would on NA so EU is definitely more top heavy with high level players.
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Thanks a lot for posting this, I think I just convinced two more of my friends to get the game and I love giving lessons to new players. Now we are six nerds strong
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On November 23 2011 10:38 zJayy962 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 10:28 apalemorning wrote:
is eu noticeably harder than NA at highdiamond/low master mmr range? if so, i might buy one and switch it to EU. After experience from playing on both I'd have to say.. not really. The skill level feels exactly the same until you reach the top 10% of masters. I'm a foreign exchange student from US studying in London (was 1600 masters season 3). I notice that you play a lot more "known" names on EU server than you would on NA so EU is definitely more top heavy with high level players.
thanks! i'll go with a taiwan account and play on kr! <3
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Thanks for posting this. I'll be pick up another one for sure and hopefully have some friends come along and buy it too.
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This sale led to quite some interesting scenarios. I ran across 2 other guys who had gotten a brand new account in the placement matches. Not very often a Masters level player plays a diamond level player for placement into gold or platinum ^^
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NICE only NA though? lol i might have bought a korean one xD
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On November 23 2011 10:11 CustomKal wrote:You say that like Canada isn't part of NA.
Official site says: Offer Avaiable Only in UnitedStates and Canada, i just quoted that :|
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On November 23 2011 11:36 lgn! wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 10:11 CustomKal wrote:On November 23 2011 10:09 lgn! wrote:Na and Canada only You say that like Canada isn't part of NA. Official site says: Offer Avaiable Only in UnitedStates and Canada, i just quoted that :|
North America is different from the United States -.-
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Good move by Blizzard
Just to show how backwards Australia is, in some places, I've seen SC2 for $100!
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On November 23 2011 11:59 Azzur wrote:
Good move by Blizzard
Just to show how backwards Australia is, in some places, I've seen SC2 for $100!
You know their salaries are about 1.5x larger than Americans right? They get paid more for the same amount of work so things cost more for them.
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On November 23 2011 11:53 diarsenic wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 11:36 lgn! wrote:On November 23 2011 10:11 CustomKal wrote:On November 23 2011 10:09 lgn! wrote:Na and Canada only You say that like Canada isn't part of NA. Official site says: Offer Avaiable Only in UnitedStates and Canada, i just quoted that :| North America is different from the United States -.-
Ye lol sorry, i wrote NA just because of the sc2 server
My mind is always in starcraft mode, i need help T_T
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This is a good deal.. but I don't know if it's exactly worth it? HOTS will be out in the near future and I don't know if I want another NA account. If it was for all servers I'd definitely by a Korea account though.
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On November 23 2011 12:00 MuseMike wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 11:59 Azzur wrote:
Good move by Blizzard
Just to show how backwards Australia is, in some places, I've seen SC2 for $100! You know their salaries are about 1.5x larger than Americans right? They get paid more for the same amount of work so things cost more for them.
Hmm... $100 is not justifiable no matter what salaries are. When it first came out, I bought it for $70 (Dick Smith in Aust) when many shops were selling for $100. It's been more than a year, and no shop should be selling a year-old game for $100.
And it's a small wonder why the retailers in Aust are complaining about Online stores...
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On November 23 2011 07:32 ToDieFoR wrote:By the way, Target's been selling SC2 games at $30 since last week, just to let you guys know.
Must be your local target as mine doesnt. I know because I just bought my brother the game for 50$. But it was the hardcopy in a box, which makes for a better gift anyway. Oh well.
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On November 23 2011 11:59 Azzur wrote:
Good move by Blizzard
Just to show how backwards Australia is, in some places, I've seen SC2 for $100!
on battle.net its still ~$90 for a digital copy
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So, to verify, there's absolutely no way to use this deal to get a KR account?
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If I had the spare money I would love to buy a smurf or two :/
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If this deal could be used to play on the KR ladder, they would sell so many 2nd copies.
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And they said I was a fool for waiting... Been looking to pick it up for a while now. Thanks for posting this :D
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sweet deal. EU doesnt have black friday?
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only for NA
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Can we pre-order this through TL (gotta support the site we all love). Or is this only on battle.net?
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Small note for those who bought the game recently and would like to benefit from the sale: you might want to try and send a ticket to Blizzard asking if you can still benefit from the sale.
I bought my game less than 24h before the sale began, so I sent a ticket and got refunded.. I don't know how much lenient they are on this, but it's still worth a try..
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quick question, if you want a 2nd account in a different region, do you buy the 2nd game on the account you already have then transfer to the server you want? Or is it safer to make a whole new account, with a different email and everything?
also how do you get two sc2's installed on your computer? can I use the American install of sc2 and connect to different servers on b.net? or do you need to use two different installs?
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On November 23 2011 12:35 Azzur wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 12:00 MuseMike wrote:On November 23 2011 11:59 Azzur wrote:
Good move by Blizzard
Just to show how backwards Australia is, in some places, I've seen SC2 for $100! You know their salaries are about 1.5x larger than Americans right? They get paid more for the same amount of work so things cost more for them. Hmm... $100 is not justifiable no matter what salaries are. When it first came out, I bought it for $70 (Dick Smith in Aust) when many shops were selling for $100. It's been more than a year, and no shop should be selling a year-old game for $100. And it's a small wonder why the retailers in Aust are complaining about Online stores...
It is. What is the min wage + average wage for Australia?
Lets just say for example in the U.S. the average person makes $15 an hour. Min wage is currently $8.
If in Australia the average is $22.5 (if we convert it to USD) and min $12 then it makes sense.
An exact comparison (2 exact same jobs):
People work at a fast food place in US and make $8.
However if said person works at fast food place in Australia and made $12 (then this applies to every other job too) then it'd be fair for games to cost more (publishers want to take advantage of higher wages made by Australians and Australians will still pay the same percentage of their salary as Americans).
Another comparison is inflation:
Back in 1900s things cost pennies. Rarely more than a dollar. However people also only made pennies to for wages.
*Inflation happens
Now things cost more but people make more money.
Of course I don't know if people really make 50% more in Australian or not >.>. Just a comparison to show why if a country makes more money than another, it is justifiable for it to cost more (in either case, they'll be paying the same percentage of salary for something for example).
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wow thats a great price. too bad I all ready payed full price for my game when it first came out.
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anyone manage to change their account to KR/TW region??
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i want to buy it but there are some doubts floating in my head...
i buy it now, hotS will come out and i have to buy again.
assuming there will definitely be a WoL + HotS bundle because you need WoL to play Hots, I'm thinking blizz will not charge 90 - 120$ for a game.
Possibly 90$. i can save 30 if i buy now i guess. this is assuming HoTS is 30$.
There's also a chance of sale % off when hots comes out like how ppl got WoL for 40$ or something when it came out...
I don't know, either way I'd probably have to spend aorund 60.
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Juan better stock up now while the going is cheap, talk checksix into buying him 10, should last for a couple months.
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On November 23 2011 14:44 Goldfish wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 12:35 Azzur wrote:On November 23 2011 12:00 MuseMike wrote:On November 23 2011 11:59 Azzur wrote:
Good move by Blizzard
Just to show how backwards Australia is, in some places, I've seen SC2 for $100! You know their salaries are about 1.5x larger than Americans right? They get paid more for the same amount of work so things cost more for them. Hmm... $100 is not justifiable no matter what salaries are. When it first came out, I bought it for $70 (Dick Smith in Aust) when many shops were selling for $100. It's been more than a year, and no shop should be selling a year-old game for $100. And it's a small wonder why the retailers in Aust are complaining about Online stores... It is. What is the min wage + average wage for Australia? Lets just say for example in the U.S. the average person makes $15 an hour. Min wage is currently $8. If in Australia the average is $22.5 (if we convert it to USD) and min $12 then it makes sense. An exact comparison (2 exact same jobs): People work at a fast food place in US and make $8. However if said person works at fast food place in Australia and made $12 (then this applies to every other job too) then it'd be fair for games to cost more (publishers want to take advantage of higher wages made by Australians and Australians will still pay the same percentage of their salary as Americans). Another comparison is inflation: Back in 1900s things cost pennies. Rarely more than a dollar. However people also only made pennies to for wages. *Inflation happens Now things cost more but people make more money. Of course I don't know if people really make 50% more in Australian or not >.>. Just a comparison to show why if a country makes more money than another, it is justifiable for it to cost more (in either case, they'll be paying the same percentage of salary for something for example).
I see what you're getting at with the minimum wage argument, but it's all quite irrelevant.
All that matters in being competitive on an international market is exchange rate and cost of shipping (which for purely digital content is zero).
If the exchange rate is bad then Australians are not justified in complaining about "overpriced" items. There is no simple solution to a bad exchange rate. If there are other reasons why the items are expensive (a general lack of competitiveness due to perhaps government regulations, monopolies or price fixing coalitions) then they have justified complaints imo. If the cost of shipping is what makes the prices high then perhaps there is a way around that (purchasing digitally).
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NA only
I wish SEA will have that kind of discount... 700k IDR is not a happy price for me
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This is awesome. I have been waiting for a discount for so long.
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Nice, it's only ~22 euros so it's really affordable. Might ask some of my friends to finally buy it.
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On November 23 2011 08:41 godulous wrote:
Anyone able to figure out a way to pay with paypal? There's an "other payment options" drop down at checkout but there aren't any options in it :|
I'm wondering this as well. I don't have a credit card. I think it's one of the differences between NA and EU. NA makes use of a ton of credit cards and EU has a ton of "online payment systems" (specific ones nationally, general ones or allowing payments as a deposit and so on) :o I've never "needed" one so I can't justify a yearly fee for it.
But I'd love a work around, even if anyone is experienced with one of those online credit card thingies. Where you can get a virtual card and then charge it with a system like paypal and use that to purchase an NA account. Think it would be great if some light could be shed on how those options would work. Thanks in advance!
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Is this only available on blizzcard store or you can get it for $30 at stores like BestBuy etc.?
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if i buy a NA copy can i play on the SEA servers as well? or is it just NA only?
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Nice to know about the promotion. I also wonder if they will have SC2 on sale around the time of HotS's release or have some kind of package or what.
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On November 23 2011 21:21 JiSu wrote:
Is this only available on blizzcard store or you can get it for $30 at stores like BestBuy etc.?
this is what i'd like to know, currently blizz don't take korean credit cards to buy na accounts
edit: never mind, i just got mine to work. yay!
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Epic, told my friend who recently got into it (via starter edition), he is buying it
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Can you use this for a tw account ? pls pm me if it can be done
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On November 23 2011 21:37 ChriS-X wrote:
if i buy a NA copy can i play on the SEA servers as well? or is it just NA only?
I wanna know too. can I buy a NA copy and play on SEA servers? I wanna buy the whole game, hate playing on prepaids.
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I feel bad for people that just paid $60 for an NA account. Hahaha
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On November 23 2011 15:04 Lokian wrote:
i want to buy it but there are some doubts floating in my head...
i buy it now, hotS will come out and i have to buy again.
assuming there will definitely be a WoL + HotS bundle because you need WoL to play Hots, I'm thinking blizz will not charge 90 - 120$ for a game.
Possibly 90$. i can save 30 if i buy now i guess. this is assuming HoTS is 30$.
There's also a chance of sale % off when hots comes out like how ppl got WoL for 40$ or something when it came out...
I don't know, either way I'd probably have to spend aorund 60.
You gonna play WoL when you have HOTS? Why?
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On November 23 2011 12:00 MuseMike wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 11:59 Azzur wrote:
Good move by Blizzard
Just to show how backwards Australia is, in some places, I've seen SC2 for $100! You know their salaries are about 1.5x larger than Americans right? They get paid more for the same amount of work so things cost more for them.
Actually median household income is pretty much exactly the same, but Australia has a much higher tax burden.
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edit: nvm got it to work (:
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On November 23 2011 23:32 Rk0 wrote:
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I've been getting the same error since last night. I'm wondering if anyone else is having this problem.
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On November 23 2011 23:32 djcube wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 23:32 Rk0 wrote:
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......? I've been getting the same error since last night. I'm wondering if anyone else is having this problem.
I removed all the spaces between the digits and it did the trick for me, I used a prepaid card from 3vcash so if any other europeans without a creditcard tries to buy this, it'll work with that 
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Blizzard why y no like Europe! xD
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I really need a SOLID statement about this, is it possible to buy the NA copy from EU, calling to blizzard making it EU/TW or whatever you prefer etc? from an EU Bnet account ofc.
trying to get like 10 friends of mine to start :D
Also, anyone confirming this: what exactly did you tell blizzard?
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On November 23 2011 23:44 Mawn wrote:
I really need a SOLID statement about this, is it possible to buy the NA copy from EU, calling to blizzard making it EU/TW or whatever you prefer etc? from an EU Bnet account ofc.
trying to get like 10 friends of mine to start :D
Also, anyone confirming this: what exactly did you tell blizzard?
You are allowed to transfer an account once. Transferring from NA to EU or EU to NA, I've done myself. It's a smooth five minute call, you'll answer some account questions and your account will be transferred within a matter of seconds.
Transferring to/from KR might be problematic however. As KR has got a different support, with different tools and such.
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Why blizzard.. I was discount on different regions!
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On November 23 2011 22:39 zyrene wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 21:37 ChriS-X wrote:
if i buy a NA copy can i play on the SEA servers as well? or is it just NA only? I wanna know too. can I buy a NA copy and play on SEA servers? I wanna buy the whole game, hate playing on prepaids.
i've been told by my friend that you cant, but your friends on SEA can go on NA to play with you, it's up to you to convince them
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Also at least Amazon.fr has the game for 29.90€ for any Europeans trying to get it
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On November 23 2011 06:18 Rk0 wrote:I need a creditcard to buy one which I dont have I am from europe and we barely use them damn cards here... anyone has some solutions? :O
Just bought it on a visa electron, you don't need a credit card and I'm from europe just add your address and it should work fine =] and Thanks OP for the heads up.
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On November 24 2011 00:37 conz wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 06:18 Rk0 wrote:I need a creditcard to buy one which I dont have I am from europe and we barely use them damn cards here... anyone has some solutions? :O Just bought it on a visa electron, you don't need a credit card and I'm from europe just add your address and it should work fine =] and Thanks OP for the heads up.
Look a few posts up
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On November 23 2011 15:08 LuckyFool wrote:
Juan better stock up now while the going is cheap, talk checksix into buying him 10, should last for a couple months.
lol
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On November 23 2011 23:36 Rk0 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 23:32 djcube wrote:On November 23 2011 23:32 Rk0 wrote:
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......? I've been getting the same error since last night. I'm wondering if anyone else is having this problem. I removed all the spaces between the digits and it did the trick for me, I used a prepaid card from 3vcash so if any other europeans without a creditcard tries to buy this, it'll work with that
Hm, I'm not putting any spaces and I still get the message.
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On November 24 2011 01:18 djcube wrote:Show nested quote +On November 23 2011 23:36 Rk0 wrote:On November 23 2011 23:32 djcube wrote:On November 23 2011 23:32 Rk0 wrote:
An error has occurred.
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......? I've been getting the same error since last night. I'm wondering if anyone else is having this problem. I removed all the spaces between the digits and it did the trick for me, I used a prepaid card from 3vcash so if any other europeans without a creditcard tries to buy this, it'll work with that Hm, I'm not putting any spaces and I still get the message.
Check to see if any of the information you filled in is correct.
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Really sad the EU don't get it but still hoping that Blizzard change and that they include EU into the deal.
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Oh very cool, gonna have to get some more people online! Woot Woot!
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I paid 40 € on release day at saturn for my copy, last christmas i got some friends into it, when amazon did its "buy 2 games- pay only the expensive game" special right before or after christmas, they got it for 20€ then.
Was kinda hoping to do this with HOTS again, but it's not ready apparently, perhaps next Christmas...
(You could buy 2 copies of the same game)
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gonna get one, and try to change to TW, will update u guys
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Anyone have luck with getting a TW/KR account with this? if so how did you accomplish it?
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I am having some difficulties buying the NA edition and was hoping that someone could be so nice to buy this game and send it to me as a gift. Ofcourse I will pay in advance using paypal. I have tried buying it myself using virtual credit cards (yes like 4 different versions) called with blizzard for over an hour on the phone with no succes. So if anyone could be so nice, I would very much like to play on the US servers but blizzard is making it me very hard to do so. I am even prepared to pay a little extra for the effort.
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Nice blizzard. Maybe I'll buy a smurf or something.
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Just so you all know, they did NOT let me purchase the American version and transfer it over to the Eu server. Which was really a bummer. :/
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On November 24 2011 10:16 RaiNDrOP17 wrote:
Just so you all know, they did NOT let me purchase the American version and transfer it over to the Eu server. Which was really a bummer. :/
How did you contact them? What did they say?
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I called customer support, and asked if they could switch a new account to Eu, and the guy said "Because of the black friday deal we will not be able to transfer accounts to Eu at this time."
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Is this deal on available through their site or can you get it at some other place like gamestop also?
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Name change is only $30 this week :D
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It's a sale? That sucks. I thought it was a price drop, it's been already a year after all with the expansion looming about.
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On November 24 2011 12:16 RaiNDrOP17 wrote:
I called customer support, and asked if they could switch a new account to Eu, and the guy said "Because of the black friday deal we will not be able to transfer accounts to Eu at this time."
But.. maybe they will transfer it once the black friday ends? Or all games bought this week won't be able to transfer to EU? maybe we can just buy it, activate the key once the weeks finishes, and then transfer account to EU..
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On November 24 2011 10:16 RaiNDrOP17 wrote:
Just so you all know, they did NOT let me purchase the American version and transfer it over to the Eu server. Which was really a bummer. :/
I would try again. Maybe you'll get lucky with a different employee. Try and find the one sucker who didn't get the memo lol.
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I'm really debating, because i could just transfer my first account technically, so i don't know why they would care. I will probably purchase it tomorrow and pray they do it haha.
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On November 24 2011 14:03 MelodyBW wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 12:16 RaiNDrOP17 wrote:
I called customer support, and asked if they could switch a new account to Eu, and the guy said "Because of the black friday deal we will not be able to transfer accounts to Eu at this time." But.. maybe they will transfer it once the black friday ends? Or all games bought this week won't be able to transfer to EU? maybe we can just buy it, activate the key once the weeks finishes, and then transfer account to EU..
Blizzard aren't stupid. They can see you paid 29 bucks for the game, and they will not transfer it to EU.
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well seems like again Blizzard - to say it as it is - fucks with Europeans. First still no PTR, now this action.
I'd love to buy an additional account, but not if I have to play with lag
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On November 24 2011 18:50 Tofugrinder wrote:
well seems like again Blizzard - to say it as it is - fucks with Europeans. First still no PTR, now this action.
I'd love to buy an additional account, but not if I have to play with lag
Blame your country for not being greedy fucks and running a sexy ass shopping holiday that follows a cram-your-face holiday.
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On November 24 2011 18:50 Tofugrinder wrote:
well seems like again Blizzard - to say it as it is - fucks with Europeans. First still no PTR, now this action.
I'd love to buy an additional account, but not if I have to play with lag
How are they fucking with us? We don't have Thanksgiving, hence no Black Friday sales. If this counts as Blizzard "fucking with us", then every company whose products are sold in Black Friday sales are fucking with us.
On November 24 2011 18:56 stevarius wrote:
Blame your country for not being greedy fucks and running a sexy ass shopping holiday that follows a cram-your-face holiday.
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Well, there's Christmas.
Although yes, our traditional holidays tend more towards alcoholism than consumerism.
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On November 24 2011 18:28 yeint wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 14:03 MelodyBW wrote:
But.. maybe they will transfer it once the black friday ends? Or all games bought this week won't be able to transfer to EU? maybe we can just buy it, activate the key once the weeks finishes, and then transfer account to EU.. Blizzard aren't stupid. They can see you paid 29 bucks for the game, and they will not transfer it to EU.
They aren't stupid, they are just greedy as fuck.
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On November 25 2011 00:18 MelodyBW wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 18:28 yeint wrote:On November 24 2011 14:03 MelodyBW wrote:
But.. maybe they will transfer it once the black friday ends? Or all games bought this week won't be able to transfer to EU? maybe we can just buy it, activate the key once the weeks finishes, and then transfer account to EU.. Blizzard aren't stupid. They can see you paid 29 bucks for the game, and they will not transfer it to EU. They aren't stupid, they are just greedy as fuck.
this
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On November 24 2011 18:28 yeint wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 14:03 MelodyBW wrote:On November 24 2011 12:16 RaiNDrOP17 wrote:
I called customer support, and asked if they could switch a new account to Eu, and the guy said "Because of the black friday deal we will not be able to transfer accounts to Eu at this time." But.. maybe they will transfer it once the black friday ends? Or all games bought this week won't be able to transfer to EU? maybe we can just buy it, activate the key once the weeks finishes, and then transfer account to EU.. Blizzard aren't stupid. They can see you paid 29 bucks for the game, and they will not transfer it to EU.
I meant I could transfer my original account, which isn't a problem.
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On November 23 2011 06:07 carloselcoco wrote:
Can't you buy this, then call Blizzard and ask them to change your region to Korea if you want to play in the Korean server?
I am pretty sure that is allowed :D
if you NA or EU i would not just because of lag... and a delay witch might blow =/
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39.99 euros, 29.99 pounds
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Wow, how can they even call that a sale? You can still get a copy of Starcraft 2 from retailers in the UK for less than that on a normal day. They're putting it on sale for £29.99 when most retailers already sold it for that if not less -_-
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