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lastnode
Profile Joined November 2007
Sri Lanka23 Posts
February 01 2008 01:09 GMT
#181
Never! Stupid WoW fanboysgirls are giving Blizzard ideas. :/
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.
GeneralZap
Profile Joined January 2008
United States172 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-01 03:17:15
February 01 2008 03:12 GMT
#182
On May 21 2007 18:40 CowGoMoo wrote:
pay to play --> SC1 wont die after all.


It is an edangerment to e-sports. It must be terminated. If it is pay to play, I might not even buy SC2.


You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.


I must disagree, if a young adult is highly reistent to peer pressure, and has logic, sensibility, et cetera.
Death has lost its sting.
a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5214 Posts
February 01 2008 03:14 GMT
#183
dunno if i missed any drastic developments since this thread began, but i'll chime in on the OP

i think SC2 looks mediocre as is, and would be challenged to pay2play if it's still a similar product by the time release rolls around
you wouldnt feel that way if it was *your* magical sword of mantouchery that got stolen - racebannon
GeneralZap
Profile Joined January 2008
United States172 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-01 03:25:38
February 01 2008 03:22 GMT
#184
Pay to play is nice.

If you can't pay like $10/month your a cheap bastard. I guess most of the people who don't wanna pay are the 14-year olds who don't have money


This is foolish and selfish. They do not need 10$ a month. That is generally one hour of work, and when SC2 get's old, you could have given 360$ dollars if you played 3 years straight... Ridiculous. That is more ridiculous/worse than paying 360$ for a good game! It also endangers pro sports, and discourages pro gaming, because less people, (80% in this case), would play. While some could actually be better players than those who play online for 10$ a month.
Death has lost its sting.
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
February 01 2008 03:46 GMT
#185
On February 01 2008 12:22 GeneralZap wrote:
Show nested quote +
Pay to play is nice.

If you can't pay like $10/month your a cheap bastard. I guess most of the people who don't wanna pay are the 14-year olds who don't have money


This is foolish and selfish. They do not need 10$ a month. That is generally one hour of work, and when SC2 get's old, you could have given 360$ dollars if you played 3 years straight... Ridiculous. That is more ridiculous/worse than paying 360$ for a good game! It also endangers pro sports, and discourages pro gaming, because less people, (80% in this case), would play. While some could actually be better players than those who play online for 10$ a month.



Also, not everyone who plays SC lives in the United States, therefore, is kind of hard for people outside the US to get Dollars or internet dollars, ask me, my government has a cap on the amount we can spend on the internet (it's 400$ )
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
February 01 2008 04:54 GMT
#186
The p2p is when I purchase the box and my internet costs. That's it. If it was p2p such as WoW I wouldn't buy sc2.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Entertaining
Profile Joined September 2007
Canada793 Posts
February 01 2008 05:43 GMT
#187
Pay to play for me = hamachi forever
rushz0rz
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Canada5300 Posts
February 01 2008 07:26 GMT
#188
On February 01 2008 14:43 Entertaining wrote:
Pay to play for me = hamachi forever


Exactly what I was thinking. If its P2P how can they stop LAN?
IntoTheRainBOw fan~
wXs.Havok
Profile Joined October 2006
Argentina529 Posts
February 01 2008 11:33 GMT
#189
On February 01 2008 12:46 funKie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2008 12:22 GeneralZap wrote:
Pay to play is nice.

If you can't pay like $10/month your a cheap bastard. I guess most of the people who don't wanna pay are the 14-year olds who don't have money


This is foolish and selfish. They do not need 10$ a month. That is generally one hour of work, and when SC2 get's old, you could have given 360$ dollars if you played 3 years straight... Ridiculous. That is more ridiculous/worse than paying 360$ for a good game! It also endangers pro sports, and discourages pro gaming, because less people, (80% in this case), would play. While some could actually be better players than those who play online for 10$ a month.



Also, not everyone who plays SC lives in the United States, therefore, is kind of hard for people outside the US to get Dollars or internet dollars, ask me, my government has a cap on the amount we can spend on the internet (it's 400$ )


not to mention the money change.

Here 10 becomes 31.

But you cant ok "ok but we also get 3 times more number in the salary"

No, you get 600 dollars in USA for a crapy job, here you will get 220 dollars.

I wouldnt pay ever to play sc2 online. I would just wait for a national server and would shit on progaming.
Read this and you`re gay
bumatlarge
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States4567 Posts
February 14 2008 18:10 GMT
#190
Money is the reason I don't play WoW and still play SC. GGBLIZMYMONEYNOTURS
Together but separate, like oatmeal
Mnemosyne
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada54 Posts
February 14 2008 19:05 GMT
#191
blizz already making billions with wow, no need to get more from sc2, thats just plain stupid and no 1 will ever buy their shit agian
EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
February 14 2008 19:20 GMT
#192
who the fuck would vote "to pay to play?" That only works for mmo's, and people still complain about monthly payments for wow
D10
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Brazil3409 Posts
February 14 2008 19:45 GMT
#193
Cant have a decent mmo that is not pay to play, the very server structure wont allow that
" We are not humans having spiritual experiences. - We are spirits having human experiences." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32152 Posts
February 14 2008 20:31 GMT
#194
On February 15 2008 04:20 EpiK wrote:
who the fuck would vote "to pay to play?" That only works for mmo's, and people still complain about monthly payments for wow



A bunch of suckers or people who have their parents pay for things. Pay to play, soon youll be paying for account names, etc etc.
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Xeln4g4
Profile Joined January 2005
Italy1209 Posts
February 17 2008 16:16 GMT
#195
This is what i am going to do:

SC2 is P2P then i'll get it from friends or in some other way :-) and just play the single player campaign, then just stop playing

SC2 is free like SC1, i am going to buy the original game and eventually play it online, by the way, i own 2 copy of SC (english and italian) and 1 BW (italia)

$10 is not much that's true, but even if i use to spend a lot of time with SC, i have a family and i have other priority then paying for online gaming ... i am sure everyone who has to pay his own bills KNOW what i mean ...

Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
February 17 2008 19:21 GMT
#196
On May 21 2007 21:55 Kennigit wrote:
Not a chance in hell

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MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
February 17 2008 19:50 GMT
#197
No way they would make it P2P lol.
Nak Allstar.
GeneralZap
Profile Joined January 2008
United States172 Posts
February 17 2008 20:11 GMT
#198
On February 01 2008 12:46 funKie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2008 12:22 GeneralZap wrote:
Pay to play is nice.

If you can't pay like $10/month your a cheap bastard. I guess most of the people who don't wanna pay are the 14-year olds who don't have money


This is foolish and selfish. They do not need 10$ a month. That is generally one hour of work, and when SC2 get's old, you could have given 360$ dollars if you played 3 years straight... Ridiculous. That is more ridiculous/worse than paying 360$ for a good game! It also endangers pro sports, and discourages pro gaming, because less people, (80% in this case), would play. While some could actually be better players than those who play online for 10$ a month.



Also, not everyone who plays SC lives in the United States, therefore, is kind of hard for people outside the US to get Dollars or internet dollars, ask me, my government has a cap on the amount we can spend on the internet (it's 400$ )

Wow, that's awesome! I wish someone would get that in our country. They overcharge on cable and especially satalite internet here. In order to actually play SC my parents would have to pay 60$ more each month, and maybe even have to buy another dish.
Death has lost its sting.
Trainwreck
Profile Joined February 2008
United States40 Posts
February 17 2008 21:29 GMT
#199
P2P would suck :-/
SoleSteeler
Profile Joined April 2003
Canada5468 Posts
February 17 2008 23:18 GMT
#200
Can we just close this? Useless topic... obviously no one wants P2P, Blizzard hasn't even hinted that it WILL be P2P..

it

won't

be

P2P

case closed!
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