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GENERAL
- Global Play is now live.
- Players can now easily switch between regions via the new “Regions” button on the StarCraft II login screen.
- Your game language and user interface will not change when you change regions.
- Your character profiles and ladder data are unique to each region.
- When your region’s game servers are undergoing maintenance, you may be able to play in a different region that is not down for maintenance.
- For more information, please visit our Global Play FAQ on our support site.
BUG FIXES
General- StarCraft II will no longer download upcoming patch data while the game is running.
- Fixed an issue where players would be unable to change their language if patch data was not 100% downloaded via the game launcher.
- Fixed several issues causing the game to turn unresponsive when pausing and leaving the game in various states.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the game to run low on video memory.
- Fixed a desync that could occur between Mac and PC if an AI was scouted with a cloaked unit.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in rare situations when force-quitting StarCraft II.
- Fixed a number of crashes that could occur when viewing and rewinding replays.
- Fixed an issue where players could not hear voice chat when using the FMod provider.
- The language selection dropdown should no longer display an incorrect language.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when playing some Arcade games when using a custom hotkey profile.
- Fixed a countdown display issue when utilizing the Take Command feature in the Korean and Taiwanese game clients.
Battle.net- It is now possible to properly un-bookmark Arcade maps from outside of the Bookmark page.
- Fixed a number of issues related to the “only officers will be shown” warning text reserved for Groups with large rosters.
- Clans and Groups rosters are no longer sorted in reverse order.
- Clans and Groups are now defined properly in chat when typing in a game.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when creating a Clan or Group using certain combinations of special characters.
- Fixed a display issue that could occur when scrolling down a large Group roster list.
- It is now possible to use special characters in Clan and Group names.
- It is now possible to use spaces in the names of groups in the Russian game client.
- Fixed an issue for players in Korean or Taiwanese game clients who were unable to add Battle Tag friends in certain situations.
Editor- Fixed a crash that could occur when double-clicking an .SC2Map file while the editor was downloading required dependencies.
Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/8953698/StarCraft_II_Wings_of_Liberty_Patch_205_Notes-3_5_2013
Known issues 2.0.5 : http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2267599524
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Katowice25012 Posts
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It is now possible to properly un-bookmark Arcade maps from outside of the Bookmark page.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Holy shit my minuscule gripes will finally be atoned!
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No way :D Global Play ftw :D
Edit: I guess global play isn't really live yet. I knew there was a regions button, but it still doesn't work T_T
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is it already live or just a prewiew of whats coming ?
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Time to help with overloading the Korean servers!
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On March 06 2013 04:30 samwise_the_brave wrote:
is it already live or just a prewiew of whats coming ?
There is maintenance the coming night for EU so I suppose it will go live then.
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I hope this fixes fps drops
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Sweet, cant wait to play against some different styles from different regions. Also its pretty wicked that you can play a different region if yours is down
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Hasn't global been live for a couple of weeks already?
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I've been playing on different regions for the past two or so months already, but cool they finally released it for everyone without having to do additional stuff. Also GJ doing the 'no more downloading while playing game' stuff.
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Finally time to hang out with Flash,NesTea,Life,Parting and the other cool kids...watch out Korea here i come!!!
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Sweet patch, cant wait to try global play out. The low video issues is interesting and may explain why I may have been having trouble.Overall, good patch! Thanks blizz!
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For those who weren't aware, Global Play has already been live for a couple months - you just had to download the regions.xml file. But good now that everyone knows about it.
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Wait what ? Global play had always been live
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does this mean i can switch to KR and get more rolled than I do on US?
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Great timing! One week before the game basically dies :p Better late than never though. Good features for the people who are staying with wol.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
On March 06 2013 04:47 Havik_ wrote:
Great timing! One week before the game basically dies :p Better late than never though. Good features for the people who are staying with wol.
Well, this basically.
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So many bugfixes! Beautiful!
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YES! My voice language won't be stuck in Chinese anymore!
And Global play is cool too I guess.
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On March 06 2013 04:44 KirA_TheGreaT wrote:
Wait what ? Global play had always been live
No, it was never officially released prior 2.0.5.
Fans just figured out how to use it prior 2.0.5
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Wonder if koreans see this as "my quality of practice is slightly declining"
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On March 06 2013 05:12 Zenbrez wrote:
Wonder if koreans see this as "my quality of practice is slightly declining"
Doubt it, it wont' even affect them as if a foreigners MMR gets that high then yeah.
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2343 Posts
On March 06 2013 04:47 Havik_ wrote:
Great timing! One week before the game basically dies :p Better late than never though. Good features for the people who are staying with wol.
These changes and features will stick around in HotS too you know...
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Global play, cool! I was a bit worried clicking on this, thought my race would get nerfed. 
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Blizzard what should i do with my 10 accounts? :o
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Maybe this means I can actually download it now.
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So wait, when is this going live in the EU?
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I totally love this update!!! I wish it came 2 years ago! :D
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Wow, I am surprised they fixed the video memory bug as I had that very problem, although I have not tested to see if my problem was fixed.
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Nice news but a bit late...1 week before HotS
Is the patch already live?
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Seems cool!
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Do you have separate MMR in different regions? I assume you do.
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I'm super confused. Global play has been live for weeks? I've had that region tab for a while using that fix someone posted.... I stopped playing on Europe because I use micro intensive strategies and the slight delay was just really annoying...
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the technology is finally here.
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Hurray.... NOT... My graphics bug is still here ;/ ....
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Didn't we already have this for a few months >< But YAY it's official now! Glad for the bug patch though, few friends encountered some so good to see them be smashed.
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rofl....says clinet mismatch. STill straneded on NA!
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I suggest all people who use global play should install the Leatrix Latency Fix for better connections across the globe.
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On March 06 2013 05:53 FabledIntegral wrote:
I'm super confused. Global play has been live for weeks? I've had that region tab for a while using that fix someone posted.... I stopped playing on Europe because I use micro intensive strategies and the slight delay was just really annoying...
There's your answer right there. Global play wasn't implemented in one big swoop, it was gradual preparations of coding were implemented in the patches, and people were abusing some of the global play implementations (i.e. parts that were finished earlier but unreleased) to access other servers. Now that they have officially finished everything, they activated the region button, which had most of its code already implemented since it was finished before everything else.
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On March 06 2013 06:07 Leetley wrote:
I suggest all people who use global play should install the Leatrix Latency Fix for better connections across the globe.
Can you give more information regarding this? Do you just download and install? Or do you need to set up something specific for starcraft?
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I hope the fix the new campaign bug where its impossible to rebuild spider mines even if you purchased that ability......
Other than that excited for global play!!!
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On March 06 2013 06:13 da_head wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2013 06:07 Leetley wrote:
I suggest all people who use global play should install the Leatrix Latency Fix for better connections across the globe. Can you give more information regarding this? Do you just download and install? Or do you need to set up something specific for starcraft?
While I'm unfamiliar with this Leatrix fellow and his projects, I am familiar with adjusting TCPAckFrequency, which is what their "fix" does. It's system-wide tweak that may improve performance for many games, so you don't need to do anything specific for SC2. While I'm not sure how much it'll help with SC2, I very much appreciated the lower latency while playing World of Warcraft.
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so how's the ping from west coast to KR server?
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Nice, Global Play!
Now im gonna go on KR server and get owned, lol
Edit: KR server not yet patched.. t.t
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um... i can play on SEA and NA but not KR and EU
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[*]Global Play is now live.
welcome to 2001 guys
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i've had this for a while because of the regions.xml trick, so should i delete that file now?
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QUESTION:
I was trying to do the Global play but got this.
So NA works for me but thats it...
what do i do?
+ Show Spoiler +
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Same MMR league/rank and everything for global play?
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On March 06 2013 07:13 ChoDing wrote:QUESTION: I was trying to do the Global play but got this. So NA works for me but thats it... what do i do? + Show Spoiler +
kor and europe havent patched yet so we cant play on it just yet.
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On March 06 2013 07:29 da_head wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2013 07:13 ChoDing wrote:QUESTION: I was trying to do the Global play but got this. So NA works for me but thats it... what do i do? + Show Spoiler + kor and europe havent patched yet so we cant play on it just yet.
ohh thank you so much!!!
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Just played 3 exciting and latency filled games on SEA server. That was fun. ^_^
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Poor Koreans. They're about to have to wade through thousands of EU and US players wanting to play on "better" turf.
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I love how there is a link to the IEM stream on the main screen in game. If they continue to do this for major tournaments, tournaments might get significantly more exposure.
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On March 06 2013 07:56 aksfjh wrote:
Poor Koreans. They're about to have to wade through thousands of EU and US players wanting to play on "better" turf.
Yeah, it will be interesting to see how many foreigners reach masters on their.
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isn't global play in for a while now? i had atleast the chance to get owned on the korean server a bit^^
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Blizzard is such a good sport... Don't they realize they are losing a lot of money from multi account holders?
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On March 06 2013 08:41 riceant wrote:
Blizzard is such a good sport... Don't they realize they are losing a lot of money from multi account holders?
You mean the people who already purchased multiple accounts? How are they losing money from them if they've already bought the game?
Also just tried playing on sea, 200+ ping, really unplayable. Oh wells.
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On March 06 2013 08:41 riceant wrote:
Blizzard is such a good sport... Don't they realize they are losing a lot of money from multi account holders?
Are you serious? The people who bought more than 1 Account are are joke! Maybe 0.05% at max.
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Northern Ireland174 Posts
in the immortal words of Tychus.... "hell it's about time"
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Well... koreans Ready or Not, Here I Come! Please not laugh too much
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Going to have to try the Korean ladder come Hots. Hopefully I can also use the portraits I got from playing on a PC Bang during my trip to Korea last summer too!
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Oh so this is it......I got another patch last night in SEA so this is what its for lol
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How can you tell/change which server/region the launcher is getting patches from? I have a US client but I had been playing some on the KR server. Now I can't get it to download 2.0.5, and trying to log into US kicks me back to the loader again.
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Global Play a week before HotS comes out? Nice. Also, there is no lan so unless I want to play with 300 ping I have to stick to NA. Thanks anyways Blizzard....
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Global play has been out for a while, for those who didn't know.
But the "Change Region" button has finally arrived with all regions accessible with 1 client!
Can finally free up some space as I preferred several clients over relocalizer
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I already lag on NA server as is, not sure I can even function on the other servers at this point.
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On March 06 2013 10:50 Enki wrote:
Global Play a week before HotS comes out? Nice. Also, there is no lan so unless I want to play with 300 ping I have to stick to NA. Thanks anyways Blizzard....
IMO there needs to be a mod note at the top of this thread or something that explains that every single time Blizzard releases an expansion for a game there is a patch for the base game that adds in the quality of life features from the expansion. It's not an issue of them not caring enough or being incompetent.
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Nice! Time to finally play in Korea!
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I got really excited when I saw there was a patch... and then I read the patch did nothing to fix the issues with WoL balance . . . and then punched myself for being excited about something blizzard was doing as a non-zerg player.
edit: their... there... why do we have 2 of these in english language? such a dumb language... and NO i will not learn it properly - what is this communist china?
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It surprisingly isn't too laggy from NA to Asia.
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is this should be live in eu? client crashes every time here..
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Awesome! I haven't been on in a few weeks, so I'll definitely give this a try soon.
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On March 06 2013 12:45 mhael wrote:
I got really excited when I saw there was a patch... and then I read the patch did nothing to fix the issues with WoL balance . . . and then punched myself for being excited about something blizzard was doing as a non-zerg player.
edit: their... there... why do we have 2 of these in english language? such a dumb language... and NO i will not learn it properly - what is this communist china?
$40 balance patch is coming next week ^_^
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Cool now i can go cheese on the Korean server
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Global play. sweet, prepare for the endless waves of brazilians playing on NA. now you know how dota players feel.
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On March 06 2013 14:53 MallardTwo wrote:
Global play. sweet, prepare for the endless waves of brazilians playing on NA. now you know how dota players feel.
You're a couple years too late since they merged the Latin and North American servers in 2011....
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Anyone on EU actually have the regions button on their login screen? I was thinking of playing on NA since EU is undergoing maintenance, but even though my game version is 2.0.5 I can't seem to get it to work.
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new internet connection just ready for Korean server!!!
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On March 06 2013 14:49 CloudMage wrote:
Cool now i can go cheese on the Korean server
More like they will cheese you. KR is very aggressive haha. However, it is still a very fun experience!
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still get huge lag when press menu, the game literally freeze for like 20 sec;
its really annoying especially when u lose a game and want to make a new one
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On March 06 2013 08:13 Rebel_ wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2013 07:56 aksfjh wrote:
Poor Koreans. They're about to have to wade through thousands of EU and US players wanting to play on "better" turf. Yeah, it will be interesting to see how many foreigners reach masters on their.
Indeed, but perhaps we'll just hear alot of "I'm Diamond but i should really be Masters because Blizzard wouldn't promote me.."
And my client got bugged after the patch, SO SAD RIGHT NOW D;
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Global play !! This is gonna help guys like me !
I have the EU version of SC2 but I live in Japan. Unlike people here, I'm not looking for better competition on KR server but only because it's the server on which I should have the best ping by far (it's the case with speedtest).
Finally I will have a decent ping when I'm not playing with my friends on EU. I have a good connection but still the ping is hurting for good micro.
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would have been nicer to have this way before T.T
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On March 06 2013 15:48 Loire wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2013 08:13 Rebel_ wrote:On March 06 2013 07:56 aksfjh wrote:
Poor Koreans. They're about to have to wade through thousands of EU and US players wanting to play on "better" turf. Yeah, it will be interesting to see how many foreigners reach masters on their. Indeed, but perhaps we'll just hear alot of "I'm Diamond but i should really be Masters because Blizzard wouldn't promote me.." And my client got bugged after the patch, SO SAD RIGHT NOW D;
Thats exactly my experience... I started playing Wol after the HotS beta was done. Rank 1 7pp pts dia with 33-9.
but now is the lock so no promotion for me :'(
does anyone know if one still can get promoted by leaving the league and playing the placement match even during the seasion lock?
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Russian Federation4295 Posts
Now instead 2-3 characters you can have... 16 characters!
4 profiles per each region
Double it, because different ranking for Ranked and Unranked automatch.
In reault you got possibility to have 16 profiles instead 2-3 ones
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That's something that Blizzard should've done 3 years ago.......
I guess the techonology just wasn't there yet.
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Has anyone from NA had any luck getting into KR? I've been trying the past few hours but so far I keep getting game client version issues. I'm assuming its cause korea hasn't been patched yet but I don't 100% know if thats the case.
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On March 06 2013 17:25 BlackPanther wrote:
Has anyone from NA had any luck getting into KR? I've been trying the past few hours but so far I keep getting game client version issues. I'm assuming its cause korea hasn't been patched yet but I don't 100% know if thats the case.
Yes Korea always gets patched last and hasn't been patched yet. I think that happens ~ 01.00AM Thursday Korea time (i.e., in about 7.5 hours, but not 100% sure).
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On March 06 2013 17:28 dani` wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2013 17:25 BlackPanther wrote:
Has anyone from NA had any luck getting into KR? I've been trying the past few hours but so far I keep getting game client version issues. I'm assuming its cause korea hasn't been patched yet but I don't 100% know if thats the case. Yes Korea always gets patched last and hasn't been patched yet. I think that happens ~ 01.00AM Thursday Korea time (i.e., in about 7.5 hours, but not 100% sure).
Damn I was hoping to play tonight haha. Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow after class to get stomped lol.
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I'm confused. Global play already was enabled if you changed the regions.xml file.
Does this just make it an official change (without needing to do that) or is it only because I have a SEA copy (that already had the region button) that this approach already worked? It looks like it was working for non-SEA users, so this is just a formality, no?
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Fixed a desync that could occur between Mac and PC if an AI was scouted with a cloaked unit.
I am so grateful that I'm not the QA who had to figure out how to reproduce that bug.
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On March 06 2013 17:34 BlackPanther wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2013 17:28 dani` wrote:On March 06 2013 17:25 BlackPanther wrote:
Has anyone from NA had any luck getting into KR? I've been trying the past few hours but so far I keep getting game client version issues. I'm assuming its cause korea hasn't been patched yet but I don't 100% know if thats the case. Yes Korea always gets patched last and hasn't been patched yet. I think that happens ~ 01.00AM Thursday Korea time (i.e., in about 7.5 hours, but not 100% sure). Damn I was hoping to play tonight haha. Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow after class to get stomped lol.
Could also be 1 day later than I said so don't get your hopes up too much 
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amazing!! This is great!! Do we need to create a new account on each server? or will my username from europe be used on other servers??
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On March 06 2013 17:37 Fuchsteufelswild wrote:
I'm confused. Global play already was enabled if you changed the regions.xml file.
Does this just make it an official change (without needing to do that) or is it only because I have a SEA copy (that already had the region button) that this approach already worked? It looks like it was working for non-SEA users, so this is just a formality, no?
I would assume yes!
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If you cant see the region selection to the left at login screen, click the icon next to your battle net login name, when you hover over it , it says : back to account entry
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With Global play, will I be able to see people on my friends list if they are on a different server to me?
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Sweet, so does this mean they dragged new optical cables across the Pacific and Atlantic? It's good to know the technology finally caught up to our dreams....
lawl
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Playing on the Korean servers will certainly be one hell of an experience ! Very nice
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On March 06 2013 19:32 Tommylew wrote:
amazing!! This is great!! Do we need to create a new account on each server? or will my username from europe be used on other servers??
You create new account.
Log out than wait a second. "Region" option will pop out on the left side. Change the server, connect and you will be given option to create new account on that server.
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On March 06 2013 21:11 niilzon wrote:Playing on the Korean servers will certainly be one hell of an experience ! Very nice
Routing from Europe to Korea is terrible. Expect at least 400ms.
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Finally, global!!!
On March 06 2013 04:25 stichtom wrote:
[*]StarCraft II will no longer download upcoming patch data while the game is running.
LOL
Good to go!
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"Fixed a crash that could occur when playing some Arcade games when using a custom hotkey profile."
I got bluesceened two times since the new patch. Really hoping this fix solved this issue.
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it'll be interesting to see what league everyone places in globally as opposed to their current league level. it'll give an excellent level of competitive comparision. i think we'll have to start a new thread about that one
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HUUUUUGE IEM info when logging in, nice lol
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hopefully global play will mean shorter queues and not us getting rolled by other regions  . Time will tell haha.
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Is it live in EU cause i don't see any "region" button.
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On March 07 2013 03:19 fireforce7 wrote:hopefully global play will mean shorter queues and not us getting rolled by other regions . Time will tell haha.
it just means you can log into other servers (not that you'll queue against them - unless they're on 'your' server etc).
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no region change button for me  Eu here ... any help ?
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On March 07 2013 00:36 Inori wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2013 00:32 striderxxx wrote:
it'll be interesting to see what league everyone places in globally as opposed to their current league level. it'll give an excellent level of competitive comparision. i think we'll have to start a new thread about that one not gonna work right now. 3 games I played on SEA were all vs players with 1 to 5 games played (guess where they're from)
Estonia? :D
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If you switch region than switch back does your profile information stay?
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"StarCraft II will no longer download upcoming patch data while the game is running."
Thank you! I had to kill the updater agent every time I launched the game.
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I can log into NA, EU and SEA, but not KR. Anyone else having this problem?
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On March 07 2013 08:33 CapTanObviOs wrote:
I can log into NA, EU and SEA, but not KR. Anyone else having this problem?
Maybe KR isn't patched to 2.0.5 yet?
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Hmm.. it took 20ish minutes to load a replay from previous patch.. anyone else having the same issue?
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Region button disappeared for me, on NA
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