I would love a name system similar to Steam (your displayed name is totally changeable at any time (can be letters, numbers, whatever)) while your basic steam id is used for friend requests and login (similar to how your battle.net account is used for login and real id friends).

I don't really see why your displayed name or StarCraft 2 name has to be 'sticky' (and cost $$ to change at all...).

The custom games too, obviously.

Gyro_SC2

Canada540 Posts

October 24 2012 18:54 GMT

#402

I think its time to hurt LOL !

We should have Blizzard DOTA in competition with them.

Which game will you play: stupid urgly LOL or a free starcraft 2 super high graphic + blizzard DOTA + new system crazy custom game+ HOTS !!!

Swish 41

Germany154 Posts

October 24 2012 18:57 GMT

#403

I think its a bigger playerbase. If I look at other gaming forums, the SC2 threads are completly dead there and you cannot find other SC2 players. Non of my friends plays SC2 anymore, because ladder is just no fun at all if you don't follow the scene and have the time to watch alot of VODs.

So: F2P SC2 MP (if they don't let you pay for Maps etc)

Kishin2

United States7534 Posts

October 24 2012 19:02 GMT

#404

I'd have a balanced game. That would make it more fun to watch.

benthekid

United States132 Posts

October 24 2012 19:12 GMT

#405

Infestor/Broodlord or Terran lategame buff...nuff said

Demicore

France503 Posts

October 24 2012 19:14 GMT

#406

Other - automated tournaments!

pete275

Argentina1 Post

October 24 2012 20:09 GMT

#407

Why does the LAN option have a little comment from the poll creator? I would vote for just LAN, or "LAN (and I know it's possible, stop bullshitting us)".

duct_TAPE

492 Posts

October 24 2012 20:11 GMT

#408

On October 24 2012 15:05 jayaiwhy wrote:
Spectator client + cute little things like betting feature that gives you points for some cosmetic, etc.

You've made a fantastic idea here!

I'm trying to imagine logging into SC and the next thing I see is several small icons of popular SC pro's using their ingame clients to get some people watching. I click the one showing "NSH_Seal vs Seed" and bet all-in on Seal "cause I feel like he is a hidden talent that hasn't shown his full potential yet", the series goes all the way to game 5, Seal pulls off a close win! and I gain a little chunk of "battle.net chips" that you'll be able buy small rewards with, and be placed on a betting scoreboard were there is prestige in being a good better!

I could see this being a really fun feature.

MasterKang

United States1373 Posts

October 24 2012 20:15 GMT

#409

What about unranked laddering?

MasterKang

United States1373 Posts

October 24 2012 20:16 GMT

#410

On October 25 2012 04:14 Demicore wrote:
Other - automated tournaments!

thisx1000

benzcity07

United States79 Posts

October 24 2012 20:18 GMT

#411

Awesome post Sheth! Really appreciated it! I had to think really really hard but an ingame client to watch would just be too amazing.

A free to play model would be my next vote. Hopefully having SC2's revenue restructured would persuade Activision to give Blizzard a bigger development team.

WeedRa

Germany815 Posts

October 24 2012 20:22 GMT

#412

for sure i wanna watch pros play!
would be so cool and i'm sure ALOT of players would improve fast!

pzea469

United States1520 Posts

October 24 2012 20:36 GMT

#413

Edited: meh, nvm.

AzureD

United States320 Posts

October 24 2012 21:35 GMT

#414

Why is there no resume from replays option? Is it because it is certain to come?

I voted custom games because I think that is important for the longevity of Starcraft 2. I remember in the old days that new maps did not have difficulty finding players to join because they would show up at the top for a brief period until you remade the game. You could advertise in the game name what your map was about or why you where making this map for example.

At the very least the default join custom game screen should be a list of what game lobbies are currently open.

snively

United States1159 Posts

October 24 2012 21:41 GMT

#415

WOW, 14% of the people who voted so far want a free to play multiplayer?
i dont understand. why?

Digitalis

United States1043 Posts

October 24 2012 21:42 GMT

#416

I want more of my friends to play, so I want free to play multiplayer.

Bunn

Estonia934 Posts

October 24 2012 21:45 GMT

#417

My ideas:

*I'd welcome the possibility to spectate ladder games and tournament games. Very often tournaments have so many games, that some won't even be aired, so that would help solving some problems.
*Free name change isn't exactly compulsory, but it wouldn't hurt. When no free name change is given, at least some proper clan system should be implemented.
*Cross-region play should be definitely available.
*The game should be made free to play. Firstly, it would definitely help to grow the casual scene. In addition to that, new blood for the comp. scene. Most of the current top tier players we know, are still from 2 years ago. New names are hard to come by.

*Game design must be reviewed. As of now I feel that most of my ladder games are exactly the same, unless they reach 20-30 mins. A simple push can snowball into becoming unstoppable. They can be stopped, but that depends entirely on a single unit(e.g zerg depends entirely on infestors, late game PvZ mothership). When I play a game of DotA, it doesn't FEEL repetitive. It may look like it, but it doesn't. Sc2 does feel repetitive.

*Interface and the social side of things must be improved. A new player doesn't know what chat channels to join, or even find the "friends" button. Look up Dota2 interface to see greatness.

Cheers!

klipik12

United States241 Posts

October 24 2012 21:59 GMT

#418

The problem with the current leader (in-game live spectating) is that it effectively denies streamers of all the viewers they have who don't have the game. It would need to have its own $$-generating system for the players or be linked to twitch, like in T:A.