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Shade_FR
Profile Joined June 2010
France378 Posts
June 04 2013 10:28 GMT
#21
On June 04 2013 18:35 fusefuse wrote:
This way they can embed streams in their desktop client :o

hell yus

I didn't think of that... Clever, very clever.
EU Zerg player - Streaming @ http://twitch.tv/shade_cst
ThatGuyDoMo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia516 Posts
June 04 2013 10:31 GMT
#22
This looks SICK

Killmouse
Profile Joined August 2010
Austria5700 Posts
June 04 2013 10:58 GMT
#23
looks very neat!!! now every blizz game can read news about wcs!! and i also hope for some embedded wcs stream
yo
FluffyBinLaden
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States527 Posts
June 04 2013 11:01 GMT
#24
On June 04 2013 18:57 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2013 18:45 Kokosaft wrote:
On June 04 2013 18:35 fusefuse wrote:
This way they can embed streams in their desktop client :o

hell yus


this.

otherwise i wonder if they will add other games ( maybe only activison games ). i'd expect them to excluzively use it for blizz games though


Or maybe Valve and Blizzard team up and Blizzard runs their client as some sort of associated client to Steam. (Like there is some kind of main (but optional) connection between the two to mergin gaming experiences. DotA2 and SC can be like STEP Brothers!. Suddenly Blizzard mapmaking community getting a custom game maker influx from the massive valve related modding community! This leads to the true return of SNIPERZ and someone makes the entire dragonball saga ala TWC or Mission to Namek!

Also, entire steam community gets both dota 2 and sc2! New viewers and players!. Best part is, since Valve competitive community = CS, they already can be just as elitist and snobbish as SC community can be....No wait...it could be an elitism multiplier! Oh shit think There will be a elitism about elitism...elitists elitiziing their own elitizim to set their elite status appart from other elite statuses based solely on how elite they are!.

This must happen for the sake of all that is good and righteous in this world. If not, what do we have left to live for?


After reading this, I think I need to lie down. Oh dear.
Riddles in the Dark. Answers in the Light.
Brett
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Australia3821 Posts
June 04 2013 11:08 GMT
#25
Actually looks really nice. Hopefully it functions well.

Personally I'm not particularly bothered by all these launcher programs. My PC can handle these things pretty easily and I don't find them inconvenient at all.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12499 Posts
June 04 2013 11:19 GMT
#26
I hope they won't slow down the time needed to get into a game.
That being said, maybe they can move a lot from the in-game menu and more rooms for other things like customisation limitation?
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Maxil
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States11 Posts
June 04 2013 11:26 GMT
#27
What I would really like is to be able to go directly into a game from here. Like click a SC2 tab which takes you to a screen where you can choose a race, then choose what type of game you want to play. They link you to opponents via launcher and game opens directly to map load.

Savage88
Profile Joined April 2013
Germany132 Posts
June 04 2013 12:02 GMT
#28
Can this please stop? I'm already forced to use Steam, Origin and uPlay...
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1800 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-04 12:13:35
June 04 2013 12:13 GMT
#29
Microtransactions, imbedded streams, and a WCS hub, as well as being able to finally fucking be able to have all your real ids across all servers. Im all for this change, so long as sc2switcher.exe still works ;p
@MasterDalK | Maelstrom Entertainment | Streaming Every Esport Under the Sun
Wildmoon
Profile Joined December 2011
Thailand4189 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-04 12:31:44
June 04 2013 12:31 GMT
#30
On June 04 2013 19:16 Targe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2013 19:07 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On June 04 2013 19:00 Kokosaft wrote:
On June 04 2013 18:57 Targe wrote:
Why would Blizz team with Valve with Blizzard Allstars coming out?


why would valve team up with blizz when dominating the digital distribution market for pc games ?


Great questions! Thanks for the response. Now shut up and listen to my revelation.

1. Blizzard does not effect valves digital distribution domination. Valve will never sell or control blizzards IP's, and I doubt 3rd party devs want to regularly deal with activitison when it comes to developing IPs. Also, this cross promotion could be limited to SC2.

2. Blizzard all-stars is not targeted as an "esport" afaik. It could be the Gun-game, to valves De_dust2. They would get some attention as a hot and sexy alternative to Dota2 for a short while. which is better in valves eyes then boosting up LoL populations.

3. Im a genius with an I.Q. of infinity. My logic is flawless even if you can not comprhend my greatness. You may worship me, I will not stop you. But I will not listen for I cannot hear you over my blasting of Jock Jams Volume 4.

Wat.

Blizzard Allstars will directly contend with Dota 2 for popularity, Valve wouldn't support that, Valve doesn't share the same hate for LoL as the SC2 community and their Dota 2 player base will not be threatened by LoL as the majority of Dota 2 players who will actually purchase items will look down on LoL.

3. Is funny.


I have seen more hate toward LoL from Dota community than SC.
roym899
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany426 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-04 12:41:39
June 04 2013 12:41 GMT
#31
I like it because it may bring more people into SC2 when there are sales like there are in steam.
Bareleon
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
371 Posts
June 04 2013 13:30 GMT
#32
Is this like Steam where you can update your profile?
Arnstein
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Norway3381 Posts
June 04 2013 13:35 GMT
#33
On June 04 2013 20:08 Brett wrote:
Actually looks really nice. Hopefully it functions well.

Personally I'm not particularly bothered by all these launcher programs. My PC can handle these things pretty easily and I don't find them inconvenient at all.


That's not the problem, but the accounts you have to make. Right now I have Steam, GoG and Blizzard. I'm not making anymore accounts. If a game is released outside of those, I'm not buying it.
rsol in response to the dragoon voice being heard in SCII: dragoon ai reaches new lows: wanders into wrong game
MrGh0st
Profile Joined March 2013
United States35 Posts
June 04 2013 14:08 GMT
#34
SWEET!

Maybe after Blizzard gets all their games on one central Digital Distribution platform, they can flood it with shitty side-scrolling platformer Indie games!

HOORAY!
HOW THICK WAS THE GLASS?!
monkh
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom568 Posts
June 04 2013 14:15 GMT
#35
On June 04 2013 18:30 Sissors wrote:
I dislike it with Steam, I dislike it with Origin (Although I am part of the minority who rather has Origin than Steam as lesser of two evils), and I will dislike it with battle.net if you have to use it to use SC2.



How is Origin the lesser of the 2 evils?


I hope new Blizzard desktop client is more like a LoL client than Steam so I'm able to queue from desktop not load an unneeded bulky menu system.
Daeden.620
kidrobotx
Profile Joined March 2013
United States7 Posts
June 04 2013 14:18 GMT
#36
Does this mean we're one step closer to having a B.net chat client?
fuck the police
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-04 14:23:23
June 04 2013 14:22 GMT
#37
On June 04 2013 21:31 Wildmoon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2013 19:16 Targe wrote:
On June 04 2013 19:07 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On June 04 2013 19:00 Kokosaft wrote:
On June 04 2013 18:57 Targe wrote:
Why would Blizz team with Valve with Blizzard Allstars coming out?


why would valve team up with blizz when dominating the digital distribution market for pc games ?


Great questions! Thanks for the response. Now shut up and listen to my revelation.

1. Blizzard does not effect valves digital distribution domination. Valve will never sell or control blizzards IP's, and I doubt 3rd party devs want to regularly deal with activitison when it comes to developing IPs. Also, this cross promotion could be limited to SC2.

2. Blizzard all-stars is not targeted as an "esport" afaik. It could be the Gun-game, to valves De_dust2. They would get some attention as a hot and sexy alternative to Dota2 for a short while. which is better in valves eyes then boosting up LoL populations.

3. Im a genius with an I.Q. of infinity. My logic is flawless even if you can not comprhend my greatness. You may worship me, I will not stop you. But I will not listen for I cannot hear you over my blasting of Jock Jams Volume 4.

Wat.

Blizzard Allstars will directly contend with Dota 2 for popularity, Valve wouldn't support that, Valve doesn't share the same hate for LoL as the SC2 community and their Dota 2 player base will not be threatened by LoL as the majority of Dota 2 players who will actually purchase items will look down on LoL.

3. Is funny.


I have seen more hate toward LoL from Dota community than SC.


I'm talking about Valve as a company, not the Dota community, Valve obviously don't share that hate.

On June 04 2013 23:15 monkh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2013 18:30 Sissors wrote:
I dislike it with Steam, I dislike it with Origin (Although I am part of the minority who rather has Origin than Steam as lesser of two evils), and I will dislike it with battle.net if you have to use it to use SC2.



How is Origin the lesser of the 2 evils?


I hope new Blizzard desktop client is more like a LoL client than Steam so I'm able to queue from desktop not load an unneeded bulky menu system.



No way! God I hate the LoL system of doing things.
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
Sissors
Profile Joined March 2012
1395 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-04 14:28:25
June 04 2013 14:27 GMT
#38
On June 04 2013 23:15 monkh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2013 18:30 Sissors wrote:
I dislike it with Steam, I dislike it with Origin (Although I am part of the minority who rather has Origin than Steam as lesser of two evils), and I will dislike it with battle.net if you have to use it to use SC2.



How is Origin the lesser of the 2 evils?


I hope new Blizzard desktop client is more like a LoL client than Steam so I'm able to queue from desktop not load an unneeded bulky menu system.

Because I have had less issues with Origin preventing me from playing than steam. Both are unnecesary, but my experience is that Steam is more often irritating me with for example updates. I dislike that I need Origin, but imo it is more a background program than Steam.
Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
June 04 2013 14:32 GMT
#39
On June 04 2013 23:27 Sissors wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2013 23:15 monkh wrote:
On June 04 2013 18:30 Sissors wrote:
I dislike it with Steam, I dislike it with Origin (Although I am part of the minority who rather has Origin than Steam as lesser of two evils), and I will dislike it with battle.net if you have to use it to use SC2.



How is Origin the lesser of the 2 evils?


I hope new Blizzard desktop client is more like a LoL client than Steam so I'm able to queue from desktop not load an unneeded bulky menu system.

Because I have had less issues with Origin preventing me from playing than steam. Both are unnecesary, but my experience is that Steam is more often irritating me with for example updates. I dislike that I need Origin, but imo it is more a background program than Steam.


It takes a little work but steam and valve games in particular are some of the most open-to-the-user games out right now. I used to hate steam, and there are some faults, but the good stuff way outweighs the bad imo. I mean, their sales alone justify steam for me. Getting a relatively new game for 70% off around the time of a big release cycle is nuts.
GhostFiber
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia88 Posts
June 04 2013 14:37 GMT
#40
On June 04 2013 18:57 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Or maybe Valve and Blizzard team up and Blizzard runs their client as some sort of associated client to Steam.


Blizzard are in short supply of friends if you haven't noticed. Valve certainly aren't buddies.

If you know the relationship Valve has had with Activision/Vivendi, you will know this will never ever happen.
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