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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.
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free hots? that's nice. A little justice for Chinese players! gogo own Koreans now 
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China6331 Posts
I'm still on vacation, will add more details later, the page was pulled later other day.
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Good news for the Chinese players! I hope their ladder session isn't nearly as aggravating as mine, and that their banelings disintegrate Terran hope!
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as long as they dont get global play it will stay bad news
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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
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won't change much, they could have just purchased a korean or taiwanese copy if they wanted to play.
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Hehe i have to buy CN version of sc2 :D.
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Poland3758 Posts
On June 28 2013 18:12 GreyKnight wrote:
won't change much, they could have just purchased a korean or taiwanese copy if they wanted to play.
Isn't it like half the price?
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wait, so they didn't already have hots? didn't know that...
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It's nice that WoL owners get it for free, but they did have to experience quite a delay in order to get that. Congrats to China on finally getting to play a pretty neat game.
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I wish China would become a powerhouse in SC2.
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sigh... only 25usd.... HotS is still too expensive for me =(
srsly hope blizz throws a discount soon
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No Global Play...
Well, not surprising but still sad.
Anyway hopefully we'll see more interest for SC2 in the Chinese scene, and more talent grow and develop. ^^
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no global play... rofl.. China's Goverment is retarded ...
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Huh... China is getting Hots for my Birthday.
You're Welcome China!!!
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Nice Price Policy. and I mean it. With the rate of piracy there
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Awesome! I hope the Chinese scene gets huge.
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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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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
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Must be tough for game companies, knowing the biggest market in the world is trapped behind such a paranoid firewall
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Poland3758 Posts
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.
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On June 26 2013 19:56 digmouse wrote:Update: official annoucement via official website: http://sc2.163.com/articles/1001/70078Title 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?
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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/1001/70078Title 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.
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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!
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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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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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They were waiting for hellbats to get nerfed.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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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no global play 
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Glad to see China able to get HotS I was actually thinking they wouldn't get it until the fall
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On June 28 2013 18:37 Ry2D2 wrote:
wait, so they didn't already have hots? didn't know that...
china doesnt have dota 2 yet either, it takes a long time to settle with a publisher there and remove everything they want to be removed and set it up for their servers,etc.
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seeing those viewer counts China can attract in SC2, I hope to see the SC2 scene in China begin to blossom
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On June 29 2013 01:02 TheRealNanMan wrote:Glad to see China able to get HotS I was actually thinking they wouldn't get it until the fall
exactly
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The communist government has the power on everyone, they can choose who to kill or not, they also force abortions on women who often commit suicide after that. I know it doesn't have anything to do with the game itself, but it's just important to know, that we need to fight for our freedom against big governments that become corrupted. I pray China will have more freedom.
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So stupid that there government can just say, "Sorry you no play with other people in the world". Shame on Blizzard for letting it happen. Just as bad as google saying, "Yes we will censor Chinese searches"
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chinese government still pretty op...
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But will it still be subscription based? That's one of the main reasons it isn't popularized yet I think :/
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wow...I'm not surprised at all that they're getting it this late. I feel bad for mainland chinese people...(despite there being multiple ways around this)
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On June 28 2013 18:06 sSooG wrote:
as long as they dont get global play it will stay bad news
China will never get global play, at least not in the forseeable future.
Apparently there's something called "politics"...
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Would be nice if the price policy extended to people who buy the game at north american prices. Just because a region of the world has a strong aversion to paying and a strong desire to pirate it does not entitle them to paying less than everyone else.
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What about Hongkong ? do they follow the rest of china regarding something like this ?
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On June 30 2013 17:29 BoggieMan wrote:
What about Hongkong ? do they follow the rest of china regarding something like this ?
Hong Kong belongs to the KR/TW region, all WoL copies purchased in HK was converted from SEA to KR/TW at HotS launch.
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On June 30 2013 17:29 BoggieMan wrote:
What about Hongkong ? do they follow the rest of china regarding something like this ?
Internet browsing is free in Hong Kong and they get first releases of games in English, usually not localized. I got my copy of SC2 in Hong Kong when it was first released globally instead of waiting for it to come out in Mainland China.
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On June 30 2013 17:40 Caihead wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2013 17:29 BoggieMan wrote:
What about Hongkong ? do they follow the rest of china regarding something like this ? Internet browsing is free in Hong Kong and they get first releases of games in English, usually not localized. I got my copy of SC2 in Hong Kong when it was first released globally instead of waiting for it to come out in Mainland China. There are still a few blocked websites and things we can't search, but generally free.
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On June 30 2013 05:38 dyDrawer 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 China will never get global play, at least not in the forseeable future. Apparently there's something called "politics"...
On June 29 2013 04:43 jyuj wrote:
So stupid that there government can just say, "Sorry you no play with other people in the world". Shame on Blizzard for letting it happen. Just as bad as google saying, "Yes we will censor Chinese searches"
It's just that Chinese internet sucks, yes it's filtered by the government but the great firewall of China doesn't even add much latency. There are too many people for the infrastructure available, making everyone lag. No one wants to play with laggers and I think that Blizzard's decision isn't that bad.
When TL banned Chinese players from TSL did you also say "Shame on TL for letting it happen" ?
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Last I've heard, SC2 community in China is really small these days, and the whole CN server is a hacker's server with not many people playing. Don't really think that HoTs will stir up anything in China, as far as I can tell..... there are too many MMOs and other games the younger generation enjoys.
And SC2 isn't net cafe friendly, you have to have your personal account to play, I see people on League of Legend almost every net cafe I went to in China, rarely do I see anyone on SC2.
Although I could be narrow sighted. So don't quote on me, but that's just how I feel.
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On June 29 2013 01:12 brieN wrote:Show nested quote +On June 28 2013 18:37 Ry2D2 wrote:
wait, so they didn't already have hots? didn't know that... china doesnt have dota 2 yet either, it takes a long time to settle with a publisher there and remove everything they want to be removed and set it up for their servers,etc.
china will prob never have dota 2 for years to come because of league of legend
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If I bought WoL outside China, will I still be able to get the standard version for free? And about fricking time.
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On July 03 2013 10:30 Ayush_SCtoss wrote:
If I bought WoL outside China, will I still be able to get the standard version for free? And about fricking time.
definitely no, it's only free for WoL China
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On June 29 2013 04:08 SaintFrancis wrote:
The communist government has the power on everyone, they can choose who to kill or not
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I have to agree with u on this part. Painful truth
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Awesome news. The more people playing, the better!
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On July 03 2013 09:35 iky43210 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2013 01:12 brieN wrote:On June 28 2013 18:37 Ry2D2 wrote:
wait, so they didn't already have hots? didn't know that... china doesnt have dota 2 yet either, it takes a long time to settle with a publisher there and remove everything they want to be removed and set it up for their servers,etc. china will prob never have dota 2 for years to come because of league of legend
Dota 2 is coming to China at the end of this year. Perfect World already obtained the distribution right within China from Valve.
But yeah, LOL is huge in China, really doubt that Dota2 can compete with it at this point.
Also, its not exactly free Hots. You have to pay a monthly fee in order to play(I think it was about 20RMB a month). If you pay 90RMB which is about 15USD you will get both WoL and Hots lifetime subs. For people that already paid 90RMB to buy lifetime subs for WoL, they will get free lifetime Hots subs.
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rofl.. dota 2 will be released then. sc2 has no place in china against dota 2.
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Did they have to change most of the textures to pandas? Any screenies?
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While the game is cheaper compared to the rest of the world, SC2 will still have a hard time going up against the release of Dota 2 (which would be free).
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I live in China at the moment... Will I be able to play on the Chinese server, or would I have to buy a Chinese version of the game first?
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On July 03 2013 17:56 Caphe wrote:Show nested quote +On July 03 2013 09:35 iky43210 wrote:On June 29 2013 01:12 brieN wrote:On June 28 2013 18:37 Ry2D2 wrote:
wait, so they didn't already have hots? didn't know that... china doesnt have dota 2 yet either, it takes a long time to settle with a publisher there and remove everything they want to be removed and set it up for their servers,etc. china will prob never have dota 2 for years to come because of league of legend Dota 2 is coming to China at the end of this year. Perfect World already obtained the distribution right within China from Valve. But yeah, LOL is huge in China, really doubt that Dota2 can compete with it at this point. Also, its not exactly free Hots. You have to pay a monthly fee in order to play(I think it was about 20RMB a month). If you pay 90RMB which is about 15USD you will get both WoL and Hots lifetime subs. For people that already paid 90RMB to buy lifetime subs for WoL, they will get free lifetime Hots subs.
i wasn't even talking about its size. League is owned by Chinese company, while dota is not. You will be sure that they will pull every little string and tapes they can to delay dota from releasing as late as possible.
Would not even be surprised if something happens and dota 2 is delayed even further
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it seems they have changed pricing a little bit also... i couldnt buy the 20 yuan a month subscriptiom... so i just bought the 90 yuan... T_T...
and yes the chinese server is still crappy as hell... just smashed a low gm while im in eu top diamond/lowmasters...
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On July 04 2013 10:22 nick1689 wrote:
I live in China at the moment... Will I be able to play on the Chinese server, or would I have to buy a Chinese version of the game first?
If you wanna play with lag, you can use your own account and choose the TW/KR region...
if you wanna play without lag, buy a game-card or your "chnese" paypal" to buy the game digitally... keep in mind you have to fill everything in like name, address, idnumber etc etc etc... I just "stole" one to play on the chinese server :D
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