EPTPreview of patch 1.5 - Page 6
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JOJOsc2news
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HaXXspetten
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
We’ve heard concerns about the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty social experience and many of these comments boil down to, “the service feels empty” and “I don’t know where to go to find people.” First, we’ll allow players to resize their chat windows to fill a larger portion of the screen. What is this I don't even.. Okay okay, I'm sure this is just very unfortunate writing, but "You don't like our service because it sucks, but soon you can resize your chat windows!" is not exactly comforting, Blizzard.  And I have to admit, the idea to find people physically close to me (insert forever-alone joke here) is pretty darn awesome. And a lot of the other promised features (Streaming support? Ohmigawdyesplease!) sound pretty awesome, too. Wohoo! | ||
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grs
Germany2339 Posts
Contact & Communication <snip; just the intro> First, we’ll allow players to resize their chat windows to fill a larger portion of the screen. We’ll also remember the chat channel you were in as well as the position of that chat channel on your screen for when you next return to the game. This will allow players who want to recreate something that feels a lot more like Warcraft III or the original StarCraft to build their own interface that looks a lot like those older games. Ok, we can resize the chat windows better and it saves their position. Nothing really huge. Where are all the missing features, like clan channels, moderated channels, etc.? How will this increase the communication on bnet? Sorry, if I sound negative, but this sounds pointless. We’re also working on a feature that will help players connect with other players and games that are near their location (connecting through the same IP). We believe this will primarily be used by people in internet gaming rooms, offices, dorm rooms, and local tournaments where you just want to find the guy sitting in the desk next to you. Although this may not be ready in time for the release of patch 1.5, we do intend to have this available by the time Heart of the Swarm ships. This is not LAN, like some people say. This just makes it easier to find people while you are in a LAN, but still will be through bnet. | ||
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Arcanne
United States1519 Posts
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
On March 13 2012 03:52 Conti wrote: What is this I don't even.. Okay okay, I'm sure this is just very unfortunate writing, but "You don't like our service because it sucks, but soon you can resize your chat windows!" is not exactly comforting, Blizzard. And I have to admit, the idea to find people physically close to me (insert forever-alone joke here) is pretty darn awesome. And a lot of the other promised features (Streaming support? Ohmigawdyesplease!) sound pretty awesome, too. Wohoo! its so when you BM someone after beating them, they can make it bigger....? | ||
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TheKefka
Croatia11752 Posts
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ceaRshaf
Romania4926 Posts
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battyone
United States180 Posts
On March 13 2012 03:53 ceaRshaf wrote: The biggest move for Esports would be direct stream featured in the main page hud. But they may need to partner with twitch and maybe they don't like giving money away. That would be awesome, a way to get more casual people into watching the main events, sorta like that MOBA everyone loves. (I don't hate it , I just don't get it.) | ||
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supsun
United Kingdom343 Posts
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_Hadouken
United Kingdom1 Post
But I'm looking foreward to this update, especially the local matches feature. | ||
Chill
Calgary26004 Posts
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aScaris
Germany124 Posts
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JOJOsc2news
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On March 13 2012 03:55 Chill wrote: Doesn't seem that big to me... You can resize chat windows to be like BNet 1.0 and they made the join game system like BNet 1.0... lol. Basically, BNet 1.0 superior in every way? :D Stream feature could be interesting though. More details on that would be greatly appreciated. | ||
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Psychobabas
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battyone
United States180 Posts
On March 13 2012 03:56 JOJOsc2news wrote: Stream feature could be interesting though. More details on that would be greatly appreciated. You should try to get a Blizzard Employee on your show. I'm sure the community would have plenty of pitch...err...questions for a blue. | ||
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Weson
Iceland1032 Posts
On March 13 2012 03:55 Chill wrote: Doesn't seem that big to me... You can resize chat windows to be like BNet 1.0 and they made the join game system like BNet 1.0... lol. Basically, BNet 1.0 superior in every way? :D BNet 2.0 has facebook intergarion... nvm. | ||
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Exarl25
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On March 13 2012 03:55 Chill wrote: Doesn't seem that big to me... You can resize chat windows to be like BNet 1.0 and they made the join game system like BNet 1.0... lol. Basically, BNet 1.0 superior in every way? :D It's a start. They are at least acknowledging the problem, that bodes very well for HotS. | ||
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Tsubbi
Germany7997 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17750 Posts
On March 13 2012 03:48 Weson wrote: "We’re also working on a feature that will help players connect with other players and games that are near their location (connecting through the same IP)" What can this possibly mean? It sounds to me like you have a sort of buddy list of those players, I don't think it will help latency or anything. | ||
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