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juicyjames
United States3815 Posts
THIS IS REGION-SPECIFIC, SO PLAY ONE GAME ON ALL REGIONS.
http://us.battle.net//sc2/en/blog/9369230
http://eu.battle.net//sc2/en/blog/7940922
* Receiving incoming transmission. Comm-link established: *Greetings, Commanders. The opportunity to celebrate a 15-year anniversary doesn't come around very often, and we're thrilled to share this epic StarCraft franchise milestone with all of you. Following its release on March 31, 1998, StarCraft warped millions of us through time and space to the 25th century, where we explored the unruly Koprulu Sector for the first time. We built armies and brought ruin to countless enemy bases as we helped the terrans, protoss, and zerg wage war against each other. The release of StarCraft: Brood War just nine months later saw the Queen of Blades become one of the most iconic villains of all time, and the popularization of professional StarCraft competition in South Korea. Fast-forward through twelve long, anticipation-filled years to 2010, when StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty was finally unleashed upon the world. We guided Jim Raynor's actions as he fought valiantly against Arcturus Mengsk's Dominion forces, and cheered on as professional competition, now fondly referred to as StarCraft II eSports, exploded in popularity on a truly global stage. Now, with less than one month behind us since the release of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, we're faced with not just Kerrigan and her ferocious brood, but the realization that time really does fly when you're having fun. In just a few short days, we'll be celebrating fifteen wonderful years of StarCraft. We're pleased to invite you to take part in the festivities with a brand-new Feat of Strength achievement, as well as three portrait rewards which feature the original Terran, Protoss, and Zerg StarCraft box art.We feel these portraits pay homage to StarCraft’s remarkable history, and are a great way for everyone to take part in the 15-Year Anniversary. However, those of you who seek to unlock these unique rewards will need to first face a perilous field operation: Mission Objective:
- Play one game of StarCraft II in any online mode before 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 17. (1 Remaining)
Beginning March 31 now, play one Arcade, Custom, Ranked, Training, Unranked, or Versus A.I. game to earn the StarCraft 15-Year Anniversary Feat of Strength achievement. As soon as you've received the achievement, all three portraits will be permanently unlocked in your StarCraft II character profile.We know what you're thinking, and no, this isn't an April Fool's joke, though it is important to note that Campaign, Offline Custom Games, replays, and observing your friends' games don't count toward reward progress, so make sure to play in one of the previously listed online game modes. Furthermore, the Feat of Strength will be awarded only after your game is over, so if you leave that 4v4 ladder match early, the achievement will not be given to you until everyone else has left the game as well. Please join us in celebrating StarCraft's 15th birthday by showing off your new portraits in Battle.net from March 31 to April 17—and we kindly encourage you to share all of your favorite StarCraft memories with us using the #SC15 hashtag on Twitter. We have one final parting gift that we hope will embolden your forces to victory as you embark on this assignment. Please enjoy the stunning desktop wallpaper image below, which features full-body art for the Terran Marine, Zerg Hydralisk, and Protoss Zealot. Commanders, the time to act is now. Rally your troops, log in to StarCraft II, and commence the annihilation of your opponents. We await word of your triumphs on the battlefield. * End Briefing *
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Wow great!! Cant wait to get the crappy protoss one!
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United Kingdom12022 Posts
Totally going to use the protoss one. I've always loved that piece of art for some reason and I realise I'm Terran, but damn <3
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not sure i can accomplish that feat of strength....it is so daunting.
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On March 30 2013 06:06 juicyjames wrote:
Yes. Awesome.
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China6329 Posts
I was only 10 years old when SC was released, can barely understand what that game was talking about...
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Best Starcraft memory: BW
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Yay new portraits. Boo, starting March 31st. My inner 5-year-old wants to earn them NOW!
2 days of waiting? Ain't nobody got time for that.
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I want that protoss portrait. I loved the art style of SC1 protoss.
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Love the wallpaper, already changed mine 
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So looking forward to that Zerg portrait.
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Hey cool, gonna rock the Toss one for awhile even though I'm Z.. Nostalgia :D
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Amazing! Can't wait for March 31. This game just keeps getting better and better. Happy 15th anniversary StarCraft!! :D
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WHAAAAAT!! Yes!!! This is awesome!!! That box art man... ALL THE CHILLS!
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I own the box with the Protoss art. I didn't even know they had different versions.
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United Kingdom12022 Posts
Thinking about this for a second, I wonder if the whole thing going on in Korea on the third? of April has anything to do with the 15th anniversary?
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When I click on the wallpaper, it takes me to their wallpapers page but that one isn't there.
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On March 30 2013 06:51 BearStorm wrote:
I own the box with the Protoss art. I didn't even know they had different versions.
same ahah xD but i think what they mean is the faces on the boxart it had the other 2 faded on the background behind the protoss one xp
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On March 30 2013 07:00 GizmoPT wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2013 06:51 BearStorm wrote:
I own the box with the Protoss art. I didn't even know they had different versions. same ahah xD but i think what they mean is the faces on the boxart it had the other 2 faded on the background behind the protoss one xp
Nope, there was 3 different box arts for Starcraft one of each race.
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* Receiving incoming transmission. Comm-link established: *
Greetings, Commanders.[...]
Playing in my head with adjutant's voice.
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holy shit, "receiving incoming transmission...greetings commander", reading has never felt so real (like i'm hearing it) in my life.
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Funny, I was just talking about the "original 3 box covers" for sc1! (I have the P and Z somewhere...)
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Yeah, there were 3 on release. Shortly after it was only sold as in the protoss box (making the Terran and Zerg boxes somewhat rare).
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juicyjames
United States3815 Posts
On March 30 2013 07:00 Doodsmack wrote:
When I click on the wallpaper, it takes me to their wallpapers page but that one isn't there.
Fixed.
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I remember (maybe it was during reddit ama) suggesting bringing some og sc1 art as icons. So glad they listened and for such an event too!
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This is so awesome of Blizzard to pay homage to the game that started it all, was expecting we'll get some shiny new SC2 portraits.
I hope we get more BW stuff, miss them overmind sounds ;;
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So sick :D i remember those images from the starcraft 1 box i had ages ago, it is however lost in time 
i can't believe i was 4 years old when starcraft 1 came out :O
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juicyjames
United States3815 Posts
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I love achievements, thx Blizzard! Now I only want Abathur as new Zerg advisor and I'll be so happy!
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hum...so just 1 game before april 17? i think i cando that
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The achievment just poped up here but no portrait...
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Awesome! My new favorite portraits.
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Throwback Starcraft portraits. Words cannot express... ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/8yrtbQv.png)
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i got the achievement but the portraits are not showing up under earned. strange all around
edit: restarting the game fixed this
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Should make it a much harder. This is too easy...
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I can also confirm that if you played ranked matchmaking in Wings only that you still get the achievements once you've done the rest. You do not have to do ranked matchmaking in HotS in order to fulfill this requirement. 
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On March 30 2013 09:34 Garnet wrote:
Should make it a much harder. This is too easy...
How so? This is not meant as a hard reward.
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something weird happened to me now on europe i got the achievements but with no images really weird bug i guess ?
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I think this fucked with my portraits. They were OK before, but now...
![[image loading]](http://www.picresize.com/images/rsz_screenshot2013-03-29_17_58_12.jpg)
Can't believe it's been 15 years!
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My dad played the first Starcraft the day it came out. What an amazing 15 years it's been, he says.
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12519 Posts
This sounds like a call to any BW fans who own SC2, but have abandoned it permanently. Some may even find it motivating enough to install it again, if they uninstalled it.
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Oh snap...this is friggin' awesome.
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as for the wallpaper everything looks to great
but we all know if it was to scale that the marine would be a hobbit ):
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for the guys having problem just logout and relog
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12519 Posts
As for celebrating, it would be nice if we could dig up the earliest recorded English commentary to a Starcraft game in existence.
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Thank god it is only one haha
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Woho! Some great SC moments:
- Playguuuuuuuuuuuuuuu:
+ Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpuv7VPb2rA
- JangBi's sick psi storms:
+ Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IbwjeCx6U
- And finally an insane classic game between Tempest and Light (hero dragoon)
+ Show Spoiler +
Lets hope for 15 more good years! Thanks Blizzard!
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TLADT24920 Posts
interesting move by Blizzard although I would've expected more from them lol
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Wow, surprised it's already here. I was just browsing my portraits then I saw they were unlocked. Haha, awesome!
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I just got the achievement and portraits!
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The hydra portrait is the best one.
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They should have made having SC:BW on your B.net account a pre-requisite. =P
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Oh man I love that protoss portrait so much! Sucks that I play T, as I would love to play with a bit of pride in my race, but damn do I love the box art protoss portrait.
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If you dont have hots yet but you have wol and you play them on wol will they transfer onto hots if you register the games on the same account?
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On March 30 2013 15:47 RodrigoX wrote:
If you dont have hots yet but you have wol and you play them on wol will they transfer onto hots if you register the games on the same account?
Portraits and achievements earned, as well as career stats, etc are transferred over to HotS. If you are able to earn this in WoL, you will have the portraits when you buy HotS and add the Key to your same BNet account.
Side Note: I got a funny bug when I earned this achievement: At first it was a black box and the achievement was called "Swarm Campaign" until it randomly fixed itself. My friend had the same thing happen to him, only he didn't have the portraits unlocked until he restarted his SC2 client.
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Russian Federation163 Posts
ohh god love this portraits
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So ugly, yet so nostalgic! I love little additions like this, I totally forgot it was already 15 years ago Starcraft first came out :o
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Like Day[9] would say: Got 'm !
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wow, the protoss one is the ugliest thing ive ever seen :D
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All my art buddies on facebook all commented on the fact that Mr--Jack's wallpaper is also an homage to the style of J.C. Leyendecker, like the covers Leyendecker used to illustrate for Saturday Evening Post. (edit: LOL I just read that addendum in the op with that fact told by Cloaken)
Happy 15 years, Starcraft!
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On March 30 2013 22:03 butterstulle wrote:
wow, the protoss one is the ugliest thing ive ever seen :D
kinda, but still has some style 
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Using the kinda-ugly Terran portrait since 30 minutes!
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On March 30 2013 22:03 butterstulle wrote:
wow, the protoss one is the ugliest thing ive ever seen :D
I dont get it, its the great nostalgic SC1-portraits we're getting.. I love em!
![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dFQmvkaeca8/TFS3AOQEtPI/AAAAAAAAAA0/wR9_P2JRPpk/s1600/starcraft-logo.jpg)
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So cool! Really glad they have done something like this. 15years.. wow!
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On March 30 2013 09:34 Garnet wrote:
Should make it a much harder. This is too easy...
1000 wins with each race and random. No cheeses allowed. They'll give you $2000, too.
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On March 30 2013 22:03 butterstulle wrote:
wow, the protoss one is the ugliest thing ive ever seen :D
What's wrong with it? Looks like a standard protoss face to me.
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F**** I have missed it!!!! nooooooooooo :/
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Isn't it for only 1 day? wow great!!
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On March 31 2013 05:04 Scrutinizer wrote:
F**** I have missed it!!!! nooooooooooo :/
You have nearly 3 weeks...
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On March 31 2013 05:12 ZAiNs wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 05:04 Scrutinizer wrote:
F**** I have missed it!!!! nooooooooooo :/ You have nearly 3 weeks...
lol
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I guess we have to wait for the 20 year anniversary to get the BW Kerrigan Art portrait :/
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really good effort, devs!
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Got my protoss portrait, its awesome .
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On March 31 2013 05:24 Gamegene wrote:
I guess we have to wait for the 20 year anniversary to get the BW Kerrigan Art portrait :/
A blizz poster on reddit hinted at something being done for the anniversary of BW coming out, I'd not lose hope yet.
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HI
I keep getting an error when I unzip the mod and map files am using winrar
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On March 31 2013 06:51 vahgar.r24 wrote:HI I keep getting an error when I unzip the mod and map files am using winrar
wth you talking about ? lol
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On March 30 2013 10:38 Whalecore wrote:Woho! Some great SC moments: - Playguuuuuuuuuuuuuuu: + Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpuv7VPb2rA
- JangBi's sick psi storms: + Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IbwjeCx6U
- And finally an insane classic game between Tempest and Light (hero dragoon) + Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzPiDOh9430 Lets hope for 15 more good years! Thanks Blizzard!
One you forgot
-Reavereavereavereaver
+ Show Spoiler +
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Yay! I got mine today. They are awesome! I won't switch my portrait now for a while. :D
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Kind of is silly that they're making these limited (instead of just available to everyone or play 10 games, and you get it) "and" not putting it in the front page of SC2 (when you log in) to show you how to get it (you can't get it in campaign, so if I had a casual friend who is playing the campaign and not noticing that you have to play a random online game to get it, they won't get it).
It's an easy achievement to get but that means new accounts won't get them (and the portraits are nice).
It's not a big deal but it'd be better (since it's easy to get one) if they just made the an achievement you get after playing any 10 games or whatever (so new accounts in the future can get them too).
Edit - I understand the whole "15 year anniversary, so that means limited time only" a bit... but it would still be nice if these would be just available (they could celebrate the 15 year anniversary thing by rewarding players, at any time instead of limited time, who play any 15 games of SC2 now or in the future >.>).
Edit 2 - Also these achievements are region specific. So if you play on multiple regions and want the portraits for all of them, remember to play for each and every region. (I always disliked this about battle.net. They do have the ability to make achievements global, like with any collector's edition or the beta portraits for example, so not sure if they can do the same for any FoS or achievement but if they can, that'd be neat.)
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Why don't they do it like they do in WoW anniversaries? You get the reward for logging in during the period, no games required.
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On March 31 2013 10:23 Goldfish wrote:
Kind of is silly that they're making these limited (instead of just available to everyone or play 10 games, and you get it) "and" not putting it in the front page of SC2 (when you log in) to show you how to get it (you can't get it in campaign, so if I had a casual friend who is playing the campaign and not noticing that you have to play a random online game to get it, they won't get it).
It's an easy achievement to get but that means new accounts won't get them (and the portraits are nice).
It's not a big deal but it'd be better (since it's easy to get one) if they just made the an achievement you get after playing any 10 games or whatever (so new accounts in the future can get them too).
If you only play campaign are you really going to care about portraits that only you're going to see?
On March 31 2013 10:23 Goldfish wrote:
Edit 2 - Also these achievements are region specific. So if you play on multiple regions and want the portraits for all of them, remember to play for each and every region. (I always disliked this about battle.net. They do have the ability to make achievements global, like with any collector's edition or the beta portraits for example, so not sure if they can do the same for any FoS or achievement but if they can, that'd be neat.)
It doesn't make sense to me to have accounts that have 0 games show up but have all the online multiplayer achievements, portraits and rewards on them. Campaign achievements and rewards are the only real valid argument I could see because that's single player and who the fuck is going to play the campaign several times just so he can have the same narud portrait on 2-3 servers.
Pretty simple fix for all of this would be to just have the same account for every single server. So you basically get 1 ID, 1 set of achievements, global clans (WOW THIS WOULD BE COOL), 1 friend's list maybe not because you wouldn't be able to chat cross server (or can you). Everything except your match history and obviously your league border but hey maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to display all the different server leagues attached to your account.
But this would probably piss off all the smurfers who're paranoid that people might recognize their name that no one cares about.
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On March 31 2013 10:47 paralleluniverse wrote:
Why don't they do it like they do in WoW anniversaries? You get the reward for logging in during the period, no games required.
Probably because they want people to play their game instead of just logging into it lol.
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OMG awesome. I love all 3 of these and have no idea which I'll choose!
It would be awesome if they added other old portraits too like old Artanis, Fenix, old Stukov, Dugalle, and Duke. Old Adjutant would be really awesome.
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To me who didn't really dicover StarCraft until the late 00's, the Protoss portrait is StarCraft 1/BW, since that's the cover art used on the vanilla+BW release that's been available for the last few years. I absolutely love it. :D
On March 31 2013 14:14 TechNoTrance wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 10:47 paralleluniverse wrote:
Why don't they do it like they do in WoW anniversaries? You get the reward for logging in during the period, no games required. Probably because they want people to play their game instead of just logging into it lol.
Yeah, and I don't think logging in is actually enough for the WoW ones. That would mean just getting to character select and then exiting again. You still have to actually play the game by entering the World of Warcraft with a character.
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On March 31 2013 16:28 Ejohrik wrote:To me who didn't really dicover StarCraft until the late 00's, the Protoss portrait is StarCraft 1/BW, since that's the cover art used on the vanilla+BW release that's been available for the last few years. I absolutely love it. :D Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 14:14 TechNoTrance wrote:On March 31 2013 10:47 paralleluniverse wrote:
Why don't they do it like they do in WoW anniversaries? You get the reward for logging in during the period, no games required. Probably because they want people to play their game instead of just logging into it lol. Yeah, and I don't think logging in is actually enough for the WoW ones. That would mean just getting to character select and then exiting again. You still have to actually play the game by entering the World of Warcraft with a character.
WTF! You actually have to LOG IN with your character in WoW? Seriously? My mind is BLOWN.
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does this apply to WOL? so i just go 6 pool and quit game then i get these avatars?
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On March 31 2013 10:47 paralleluniverse wrote:
Why don't they do it like they do in WoW anniversaries? You get the reward for logging in during the period, no games required.
Are you actually hinting that you think the requirements for this are too hard? 0_o
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On March 31 2013 16:38 justiceknight wrote:
does this apply to WOL? so i just go 6 pool and quit game then i get these avatars?
Yes. I just ran unit preloader on each server to get them.
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hmm i just played a custom game did not get any notification
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Northern Ireland25419 Posts
Hopefully I can afford to get my own account before this ends, enjoying these oldschool portraits
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Seems like playing a single game is a pretty big deal for a lot of people.
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I got mine.
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On March 31 2013 21:28 Maxd11 wrote:
Seems like playing a single game is a pretty big deal for a lot of people.
i dunno, i've been playing all night and haven't gotten them yet. i see other people have them in the chat channels and stuff so i don't know what's going on.
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On March 31 2013 22:24 CycoDude wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 21:28 Maxd11 wrote:
Seems like playing a single game is a pretty big deal for a lot of people. i dunno, i've been playing all night and haven't gotten them yet. i see other people have them in the chat channels and stuff so i don't know what's going on.
check you rewards, i didnt get a popup
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I got mine on all servers, so can confirm everything is going smooth !
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On March 31 2013 22:40 Zaphid wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 22:24 CycoDude wrote:
i dunno, i've been playing all night and haven't gotten them yet. i see other people have them in the chat channels and stuff so i don't know what's going on. check you rewards, i didnt get a popup
ah, i see them there. i hate it when that happens. apparently i got them two days ago lol.
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This is legit. I've been playing this game since I was 12. I love the new portraits.
I've made so many StarCraft raps I love this game so much.
Today I'll be coming out with a 15 year anniversary rap for StarCraft.
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This is awesome!
I am waiting to use mine though so the concentration of people with these portraits drops off a bit haha
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This is awesome of Blizzard to do. I love me some portraits.
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