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Heart of the Swarm Coming to China July 17th - Page 2

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TheSwamp
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1497 Posts
June 28 2013 11:57 GMT
#21
Awesome! I hope the Chinese scene gets huge.
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Aridhol
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany59 Posts
June 28 2013 12:04 GMT
#22
Good news.
Nuclease
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1049 Posts
June 28 2013 12:08 GMT
#23
On June 28 2013 18:06 sSooG wrote:
as long as they dont get global play it will stay bad news


Blizz has nothing to do with that. Blame the Chinese government.
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nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3764 Posts
June 28 2013 12:10 GMT
#24
On June 28 2013 19:44 NexCa wrote:
no global play... rofl.. China's Goverment is retarded ...

Yea, they are retarded because of lack of SC2 global play...

Out of thousands of things

geez
DavoS
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States4605 Posts
June 28 2013 12:17 GMT
#25
Must be tough for game companies, knowing the biggest market in the world is trapped behind such a paranoid firewall
"KDA is actually the most useless stat in the game" Aui_2000
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3764 Posts
June 28 2013 12:22 GMT
#26
On June 28 2013 21:17 DavoS wrote:
Must be tough for game companies, knowing the biggest market in the world is trapped behind such a paranoid firewall

World can only pray for Chinese paranoid goverment and Big Firewall of Chine to collapse.
TeSLLive2
Profile Joined February 2013
United States35 Posts
June 28 2013 12:44 GMT
#27
On June 26 2013 19:56 digmouse wrote:
Update: official annoucement via official website: http://sc2.163.com/articles/1001/70078
Title says it all :p
Digital Deluxe will be available for a price of 150 CNY(appox. 25USD), and as previously announced, all current retail Wings of Liberty players will get the standard version free, with the option of upgrading to digital deluxe for 60CNY(appox. 10USD).
A remainder: Global Play is not available for Chinese server.
So, because I paid 90 RMB for a full sc2 WoL Account a year ago, that means I get a free upgrade to HoTS?
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-28 12:49:09
June 28 2013 12:48 GMT
#28
On June 28 2013 21:44 ESLTaiwan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 26 2013 19:56 digmouse wrote:
Update: official annoucement via official website: http://sc2.163.com/articles/1001/70078
Title says it all :p
Digital Deluxe will be available for a price of 150 CNY(appox. 25USD), and as previously announced, all current retail Wings of Liberty players will get the standard version free, with the option of upgrading to digital deluxe for 60CNY(appox. 10USD).
A remainder: Global Play is not available for Chinese server.
So, because I paid 90 RMB for a full sc2 WoL Account a year ago, that means I get a free upgrade to HoTS?

Yes your account will be HotS on July 17th with no further payment required.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
June 28 2013 12:49 GMT
#29
good stuff.
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shin_toss
Profile Joined May 2010
Philippines2589 Posts
June 28 2013 12:55 GMT
#30
nice chinese. !
AKMU / IU
surfeis
Profile Joined June 2013
China1 Post
June 28 2013 13:22 GMT
#31
As a player in china,I have to say I heat the "chinese firewall",because of that,I have to buy SC2 of TaiWanese,it's not only means extra spending,but it's means laaaaaaag!
emanresU
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany393 Posts
June 28 2013 13:46 GMT
#32
Wasn't china huge into Brood War as well? I think i saw WCG 2009 finals the other day and they were held in China and there were A LOT of people, would love to see that again; good news for sure.
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Copymizer
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark2107 Posts
June 28 2013 14:00 GMT
#33
On June 28 2013 22:46 emanresU wrote:
Wasn't china huge into Brood War as well? I think i saw WCG 2009 finals the other day and they were held in China and there were A LOT of people, would love to see that again; good news for sure.

China still has a big following in broodwar because its so accesible etc and can run on any pc nowadays.
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tianGO
Profile Joined August 2010
Argentina591 Posts
June 28 2013 14:00 GMT
#34
They were waiting for hellbats to get nerfed.
"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."
Clbull
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1439 Posts
June 28 2013 14:43 GMT
#35
On June 28 2013 18:08 CoR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 28 2013 18:06 sSooG wrote:
as long as they dont get global play it will stay bad news


sry but they have to blame the chinese firewall for that ^^ its rly laggy vs chineses

Lag ain't the problem. China doesn't want any anti-government ideas to spread around.
codonbyte
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States840 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-28 15:25:54
June 28 2013 15:21 GMT
#36
On June 28 2013 21:10 nimdil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 28 2013 19:44 NexCa wrote:
no global play... rofl.. China's Goverment is retarded ...

Yea, they are retarded because of lack of SC2 global play...

Out of thousands of things

geez

It's not just global play that's the issue. The Chinese government actively censors the internet for it's citizens; a policy that many, many people strongly disagree with. China not getting global play is just one of a long laundry list of symptoms of that policy.

Edit: this post may not be correct. I originally assumed that it would be legal for Blizzard to implement global play, but that China's censorship firewall created too much lag. But now a user is saying that it would actually be illegal for Blizzard to implement global play in China. Please see the post below where I try to resolve the issue.
Procrastination is the enemy
codonbyte
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States840 Posts
June 28 2013 15:23 GMT
#37
On June 28 2013 23:43 Clbull wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 28 2013 18:08 CoR wrote:
On June 28 2013 18:06 sSooG wrote:
as long as they dont get global play it will stay bad news


sry but they have to blame the chinese firewall for that ^^ its rly laggy vs chineses

Lag ain't the problem. China doesn't want any anti-government ideas to spread around.

Wait... so China actively forbid Blizzard from setting up a server that would communicate with outside servers in China? I thought that China's censorship firewall just created too much lag for global play to be possible, not that they actively prevented Blizzard from setting up global play. What exactly are the laws that server owners are subject to in China?
Procrastination is the enemy
Elucidate
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
205 Posts
June 28 2013 15:41 GMT
#38
Free is nice.
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
June 28 2013 15:46 GMT
#39
On June 29 2013 00:23 codonbyte wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 28 2013 23:43 Clbull wrote:
On June 28 2013 18:08 CoR wrote:
On June 28 2013 18:06 sSooG wrote:
as long as they dont get global play it will stay bad news


sry but they have to blame the chinese firewall for that ^^ its rly laggy vs chineses

Lag ain't the problem. China doesn't want any anti-government ideas to spread around.

Wait... so China actively forbid Blizzard from setting up a server that would communicate with outside servers in China? I thought that China's censorship firewall just created too much lag for global play to be possible, not that they actively prevented Blizzard from setting up global play. What exactly are the laws that server owners are subject to in China?

Not true, mostly have nothing to do with firewall and stuff, it's just Blizzard and NetEase being conservative plus there are more non-political tech issues like payment and BN games stuff. DotA 2 which recently launched in China is right on the same Steam server playing with rest of the world.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
June 28 2013 15:48 GMT
#40
On June 28 2013 18:08 CoR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 28 2013 18:06 sSooG wrote:
as long as they dont get global play it will stay bad news


sry but they have to blame the chinese firewall for that ^^ its rly laggy vs chineses


Ah yes, the old adage to BW and how teams hated playing against us.
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