Starcraft 2 beta for this summer confirmed! - Page 2

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ZoW

United States3983 Posts

May 07 2009 23:44 GMT

#21

My bets on end of july/mid august

Trozz

Canada3454 Posts

May 08 2009 00:03 GMT

#22

This is crazy news.
Looks pretty legit to me.
Still, I don't buy it.

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

May 08 2009 00:07 GMT

#23

looks like an end of year release, which is fine with me.

uglymoose89

United States671 Posts

May 08 2009 00:13 GMT

#24

finally -.-

atleast we get to see alot of player vods and content when they do release the beta!

CursOr

United States6335 Posts

May 08 2009 00:25 GMT

#25

On May 08 2009 07:50 Newnoise wrote:

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Well this is how I think about it, look at the length of Blizzards earlier betas:

Starcraft beta: < 4 months
Brood War beta: < 2 months
Diablo II beta: 3 months
Diablo II: LoD beta: 2 months
Warcraft III beta: 4 months
Warcraft III TFT beta: 4 months
WoW beta: 5 months
WoW TBC beta: 2 months
WoW Wotlk beta: 4 months

So I guess the beta is going to be < 4-5 months long. Then I think it would be perfect to release it before the holidays in november-december, or even earlier if they start in the early summer.

best post ever. assuming you didnt make all that up. ty ty

Meta

United States6225 Posts

May 08 2009 00:29 GMT

#26

On May 08 2009 07:57 Renaissance wrote:
by first I mean I'm happy I was the first to know D:

well you fail, because the OP was the first to know.

if anything you should have said second.

and either way you should have just not posted.

I can't wait for the beta, I opted in with my friend's kick ass computer so hopefully that ups my chances

Daniri

387 Posts

May 08 2009 00:32 GMT

#27

On May 08 2009 07:50 Newnoise wrote:

WoW beta: 5 months

8 months.

SoleSteeler

Canada5411 Posts

May 08 2009 00:33 GMT

#28

The original WoW beta went from March till November, which is 8 months. It wasn't 5. TBC also went from September till December or January, which is longer than 2 months. But MMO's are a lot different, beta-wise.

keV.

United States3214 Posts

May 08 2009 00:51 GMT

#29

I just raised my hand in triumph in the middle of class and then got called on. Luckily, I am a true genius and knew that fwrite and fread both returned size_t. Thanks for making me look smart and for the great news. OP is my daily hero.

DeCoup

Australia1933 Posts

May 08 2009 01:01 GMT

#30

What months are summer in the US?

SoleSteeler

Canada5411 Posts

May 08 2009 01:10 GMT

#31

Summer is officially June 21 - September 21. But I doubt they'll follow that exactly. Personally, I'm hoping for before June 21.

DeCoup

Australia1933 Posts

May 08 2009 01:11 GMT

#32

They start summer half way through a month? wtf... lol

DeCoup

Australia1933 Posts

May 08 2009 01:15 GMT

#33

Hmm... if they start the beta at the end of June, and do a 4 month beta, A 2009 release would not give a lot of time for production/distribution...

Grommit

United States162 Posts

May 08 2009 01:18 GMT

#34

On May 08 2009 10:11 DeCoup wrote:
They start summer half way through a month? wtf... lol

Summer goes from June 21st (the summer solstice) to September 21 (the autumnal equinox)

They'll probably arrange the beta so the game will be ready for release during the holiday season.

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

May 08 2009 01:28 GMT

#35

w00t

chobopeon

United States7342 Posts

May 08 2009 01:29 GMT

#36

hallelujah

Chuiu

3470 Posts

May 08 2009 01:31 GMT

#37

I'm predicting June/July which means the game will have a winter release.

keV.

United States3214 Posts

May 08 2009 01:32 GMT

#38

If anyone thinks Blizzard is aiming for the holidays you are totally wrong. They are well beyond the need for "Black Fridays" and Christmas sales. I would suspect another "when its done" release date.