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Remember you can pre-order your copy through the TL store and help support Team Liquid! It's also an easy way to get a beta key!
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18845 Posts
November 13 2012 18:47 GMT
#481
Well I'll be ordering shortly! I still have not played HotS and supporting TL works for me.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
MstrJinbo
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1251 Posts
November 13 2012 18:48 GMT
#482
Preordered HotS for both my accounts. With the amount of time I put into sc2 it's well worth it.
chrisolo
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany2609 Posts
November 13 2012 18:48 GMT
#483
12.03 is an anagram for 2013 :D Did someone mention that yet?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - aka cReAtiVee
Xanbatou
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States805 Posts
November 13 2012 18:55 GMT
#484
If I pre-order from amazon, I can still download it digitally right?
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
November 13 2012 18:57 GMT
#485
On November 14 2012 03:48 chrisolo wrote:
12.03 is an anagram for 2013 :D Did someone mention that yet?

yeah!

should be released on the 20th of... wait
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
November 13 2012 18:59 GMT
#486
4 months to decide if i'm going to buy the game or not..ugh.

I love starcraft but i wasn't really into the WoL playstyle. I still watched every major tournament and followed the scene but quit playing myself after season 3. I didn't like the counter unit style and the general strategy/gameplay at a basic design level.

Will HoTS change the game that much? SC2 in today's state is pretty sad watching PvZ and seeing 2 viable strats, immortal allin, or turtle mothership/broodlord/infestor. Just sad gameplay really..
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StayPhrosty
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada406 Posts
November 13 2012 18:59 GMT
#487
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SUPER PUMPED!!!!!!
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Gojira621
Profile Joined October 2010
United States374 Posts
November 13 2012 19:00 GMT
#488
People bitching about the price seriously need to stop. Blizzard expansions have basically always been $40, like someone said, even when frozen throne came out. Every WoW expansion has been 40. 40 dollars is NOT A LOT OF MONEY. Even if you don't have a job or are too young for a job, you can find a way to build up 40 dollars in 4 MONTHS TIME. I'm almost hoping that these posts complaining about the price are just trolls because otherwise its just sad.
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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
November 13 2012 19:00 GMT
#489
On November 14 2012 03:39 beamlite wrote:
"Remember you can pre-order your copy through the TL store and help support Team Liquid! It's also an easy way to get a beta key!"

If I order through teamliquid I get a beta-key? How does that work?

You order it through our Amazon link and you get a beta key from Amazon.
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Xanbatou
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States805 Posts
November 13 2012 19:01 GMT
#490
On November 14 2012 03:59 crms wrote:
4 months to decide if i'm going to buy the game or not..ugh.

I love starcraft but i wasn't really into the WoL playstyle. I still watched every major tournament and followed the scene but quit playing myself after season 3. I didn't like the counter unit style and the general strategy/gameplay at a basic design level.

Will HoTS change the game that much? SC2 in today's state is pretty sad watching PvZ and seeing 2 viable strats, immortal allin, or turtle mothership/broodlord/infestor. Just sad gameplay really..


Yeah, I'm feeling similar. However, I know that I will get at least $40 out of the game out before the meta-game stabilizes into something boring, should that happen in HoTS too.
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
November 13 2012 19:02 GMT
#491
If i pay for the pre-order, can I later change for the Collector's edition?
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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-13 19:02:43
November 13 2012 19:02 GMT
#492
On November 14 2012 03:55 Xanbatou wrote:
If I pre-order from amazon, I can still download it digitally right?

No, you receive a physical box from Amazon. You will need to enter the key from the box into your battle.net account at which point you can download it or install from the DVD. You will be able to play the beta using the digital download however.
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beamlite
Profile Joined September 2010
118 Posts
November 13 2012 19:03 GMT
#493
On November 14 2012 04:00 R1CH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 14 2012 03:39 beamlite wrote:
"Remember you can pre-order your copy through the TL store and help support Team Liquid! It's also an easy way to get a beta key!"

If I order through teamliquid I get a beta-key? How does that work?

You order it through our Amazon link and you get a beta key from Amazon.


Awesome. Its been bought! Love you TL
Xanbatou
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States805 Posts
November 13 2012 19:05 GMT
#494
On November 14 2012 04:02 R1CH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 14 2012 03:55 Xanbatou wrote:
If I pre-order from amazon, I can still download it digitally right?

No, you receive a physical box from Amazon. You will need to enter the key from the box into your battle.net account at which point you can download it or install from the DVD. You will be able to play the beta using the digital download however.


Really? what about when the game goes live? Will I have to wait for my box to arrive, or can I also download a digitally copy from blizzard?

Additionally, doesn't amazon offer digital downloads for games? Are they not going to offer it for HoTS?
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
November 13 2012 19:05 GMT
#495
Nowhere on the amazon page I can find any information on the region. Is it possible to buy an EU version? Or, given global play, will the purchased game work with EU version automatically? Will the beta key be working with EU WoL?

Also, is it even possible to buy from Czech Republic? The page states " This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.", but fails to mention, which ones? Where do you find the shipping fee?

Excuse my ignorance, I have never bought anything from Amazon - nevertheless, for a first time buyer, the page considerably lacks information.
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dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
November 13 2012 19:07 GMT
#496
i think i did this last time for WOL. amazon has release day and next day delivery right?
Rannasha
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Netherlands2398 Posts
November 13 2012 19:09 GMT
#497
On November 14 2012 04:05 opisska wrote:
Nowhere on the amazon page I can find any information on the region. Is it possible to buy an EU version? Or, given global play, will the purchased game work with EU version automatically? Will the beta key be working with EU WoL?


If you have an EU-WoL, you need EU-HotS. After installing HotS, you can use global play, but the expansion needs to region-match with the base game. Currently you can preorder HotS via European Amazon websites through the TL affiliate link (click on WoL and search for HotS manually), but you won't get a beta-key.
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ndesktop
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Romania109 Posts
November 13 2012 19:10 GMT
#498
Sorry can't place an order for 39.99 USD and pay transport 29.50 USD. This is a box with a DVD, for God's Sake.
Mine more minerals.
speknek
Profile Joined February 2012
758 Posts
November 13 2012 19:10 GMT
#499
On November 14 2012 04:05 Xanbatou wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 14 2012 04:02 R1CH wrote:
On November 14 2012 03:55 Xanbatou wrote:
If I pre-order from amazon, I can still download it digitally right?

No, you receive a physical box from Amazon. You will need to enter the key from the box into your battle.net account at which point you can download it or install from the DVD. You will be able to play the beta using the digital download however.


Really? what about when the game goes live? Will I have to wait for my box to arrive, or can I also download a digitally copy from blizzard?

Additionally, doesn't amazon offer digital downloads for games? Are they not going to offer it for HoTS?

Yes you need the key in the box to activate the game, so you can't play before you have the key. Pre-orders usually arrive on the day of release (and often even a day or two earlier) so you most likely wont have to wait longer than someone buying digitally.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
November 13 2012 19:10 GMT
#500
Yeah, 40 dollars is way too much. Not like I'd have bought it for less, anyway. Maybe 20 dollars... That is, unless they manage to somehow make the game not be nearly as awful as it is right now.


Also to the people saying that's not full-price, I disagree. Full price isn't always 60 dollars, 60 dollars is for the most popular games. There's many full-price games at less than 40.



Also about the "that's like watching movies twice" argument, come on now. We're supposed to compare games to games, otherwise you could justify buying every game in the entire world.



It's too bad Blizzard hasn't yet found a way to utilize free-to-play in their games...
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