Global play and those with multiple SC2 copies? - Page 7

On January 27 2013 07:35 figq wrote:
Ah, but you got something - you got another region play - at a time when others who only bought one copy couldn't get it. At that time that luxury was expensive. Now it's cheaper.

On January 28 2013 06:43 Rhine wrote:
So because Blizzard implemented a feature that people wanted, you should get something more? You bought the benefit of multiple accounts earlier than everyone else. That's what you purchased with money. It just seems awfully entitled to now request compensation. You can't ask for stuff if you've paid full price for something that goes on sale later, even if the price was supposed to be lower in the first place. You bought it and enjoyed the benefits since you thought it would be useful for you.

The question of whether global play is a luxury or not is meaningless. You bought multiple copies. The developer can just as well maintain segregated play and you can do is voice your opinion by not giving them your money. People rightfully complain about lack of global play, but it turns out it's not such a big deal. Those highly interested people are willing to pay more for that feature. Now that feature is provided for everyone included in the price. In the eyes of the developer this is extra effort on their part (for no monetary gain) and now they have to also compensate the hardcore people? Why should they even implement this, considering people didn't think it was that big of a deal in the first place?

On January 27 2013 07:35 BigAsia wrote:


Its not a conspiracy theory, it was a business strategy. I mean they had global support for Warcraft 3 (not sure about Starcraft, and Warcraft 2), so its really no excuse not to have it in Starcraft 2 from the beginning. Also how do you know its relatively marginal? You'd have to find the number of extra copies of WoL that were sold to people who bought them for the purpose of playing on other regions.

On January 28 2013 06:46 figq wrote:
What is bait and switch, however, and should definitely be fixed - is that you buy 2 copies of WoL and now they are merged into one, because they are both on the same real ID, so you can't have 2 different playing IDs anymore. Obviously, for every copy of the game you paid, you deserve a separate playing ID, so they need to fix this asap.

On January 28 2013 04:01 eScaper-tsunami wrote:


LOL how is it the same thing?

The current situation boils down to:

Scenario A:
1. Person A buys x regions of sc2 and puts it into 1 b.net account
2. Blizzard implements global play
3. Person A now only has 1 global play sc2 account and 1 b.net account

Scenario B:
1. Person B buys x regions of sc2 and puts it into x different b.net account
2. Blizzard implement global play
3. Person B now has x global play sc2 account and x b.net account

Simply put, it's just blizzard should've told people to to add seperate sc2 accounts instead of cramming them all into 1 b.net account, risking losing all your money from global play.

On January 28 2013 07:00 Lonyo wrote:

Blizzard are removing something.

I already paid for more, they are taking away what I paid for. I paid for 2 SC2 accounts, they are taking one away, and upgrading the other.
Now I would have one SC2 account and not the 2 I paid for.
So yes, I should get something to replace the SC2 account they are taking away.

On January 28 2013 07:18 Elairec wrote:
No, actually he should have 2 accounts and 8 playable "characters". Please just let this thread die because so many people aren't comprehending what the problem actually is.

On January 28 2013 07:44 aike wrote:


It's not blizzard's fault he's an idiot. I have 3 copies of sc2. Guess what, they are all on different accounts. Because I knew this would happen. He bought the extra copies for the strict purpose of playing on other servers. They didn't take anything away by adding global play, they GAVE HIM MORE. Before global play, did he have 2 NA accounts? no. So he didn't lose anything, therefor blizzard doesn't owe him anything. He bought the accounts to play other servers, guess what, he was allowed to play on other servers. Aka he bought a product, and used it. having used said product, he is entitled to nothing more. As someone said earlier... Just because I bought the game day 1 for $60, and someone else didn't buy the game until just now for $40, it doesn't mean blizzard owes me $20 because the game is now cheaper. We buy things because we want to play something NOW, not in 2 years. You bought extra accounts so you could play other servers NOW. That's how things work. He literally lost nothing, and by not losing anything he is not owed anything.

On January 27 2013 07:35 eScaper-tsunami wrote:
I have 2 regions under 1 b.net acct. With global play, even though there's still 2 acct linked, I can only login to one.

On January 28 2013 07:52 Conti wrote:

Funny how he "literally lost nothing", yet both him and you bought exactly the same.. and here you are, having twice as many SC2 accounts as him. Must be magic happening.

On January 28 2013 07:00 Lonyo wrote:

Blizzard are removing something.

I already paid for more, they are taking away what I paid for. I paid for 2 SC2 accounts, they are taking one away, and upgrading the other.
Now I would have one SC2 account and not the 2 I paid for.
So yes, I should get something to replace the SC2 account they are taking away.

On January 28 2013 08:38 aike wrote:


Sally has 2 apples, and bill has 2 apples. A week later, Sally has 4 apples and Bill has 8 apples. How many fewer apples does Sally have week 2 than she had week 1?