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CaptainPlatypus
United States852 Posts
On July 18 2009 04:14 Spawkuring wrote: http://www.gamer-source.com/index.php?cmd=article&sec=news&act=view&id=213 Blizzard is going to a large LAN gathering in Spain to show off SC2. Either this is a huge case of irony, or Blizzard has a surprise in store. The above post wins. | ||
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dhe95
United States1213 Posts
Also, no doubt that sc2 will be on torrents within hours of being released btw. Doesn't matter because there's going to always be a way for private servers to be run. I bet there's an experienced hacker out there that's willing to hex edit some files to let SC2 connect to an IP, then packet sniff and suddenly you got another PvPGN. | ||
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DeCoup
Australia1933 Posts
On July 20 2009 19:14 dhe95 wrote: ...Chinese people won't buy SC2 since their parents won't let them/too cheap to buy it. I'm serious about this. Doesn't matter because there's going to always be a way for private servers to be run. I bet there's an experienced hacker out there that's willing to hex edit some files to let SC2 connect to an IP, then packet sniff and suddenly you got another PvPGN. Yes, but apart from the ability to pirate the game, why would you want to? Playing is free, theres features galore, a private server would still require logon to play LAN (it would just be a logon to the private server instead of b.net)... What would you gain from doing it?This is the point that blizzard is trying to make with b.net 2.0. If they can make b.net good enough, what possible reason will you have to use a pirate server, except to play a pirate copy of the game? Why did people play iccup? (With the exception of piracy...) 1 reason. They could play at 'LAN latency'. Do you expect b.net 2.0 to have this flaw? Clearly it wont. Net coding has improved in the last 10 years. Piracy is terrible and I hope to hell blizzard delivers such a good product in b.net 2.0 that the only reason to play on a pirate server is piracy. Because then I won't have to play with those kinds of people. I have no problem with iccup because it IS a superior product to battle.net. Blizzard could have quite easily seen that iccup had worked out how to produce LAN latency and incorporated it into battle.net, but they didn't. And that is their own mistake, and why iccup is still so popular. If there is another reason to play on a pirate server that I have not considered here please tell me, so I can remove my bias on the subject  edit: Oh and the 'I am poor so I'll pirate it' argument is crap. I can't afford a BMW, and you don't see me jacking one. | ||
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
On July 20 2009 19:14 dhe95 wrote: Chinese people won't buy SC2 since their parents won't let them/too cheap to buy it. I'm serious about this. Also, no doubt that sc2 will be on torrents within hours of being released btw. Doesn't matter because there's going to always be a way for private servers to be run. I bet there's an experienced hacker out there that's willing to hex edit some files to let SC2 connect to an IP, then packet sniff and suddenly you got another PvPGN. I'm not sure if you will be paying for the actual SC2 disc in China. Rob Pardo stated a month ago that BattleNet 2 was going to be free to play in Europe and North America, but he didn't say anything about Asia. They might be charging SC2 per hour in China instead, something most Chinese gamers are used to, and can better afford than paying one big lump sum. | ||
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SpiritAshura
United States1271 Posts
On July 20 2009 22:29 DeCoup wrote: ...Yes, but apart from the ability to pirate the game, why would you want to? Playing is free, theres features galore, a private server would still require logon to play LAN (it would just be a logon to the private server instead of b.net)... What would you gain from doing it? This is the point that blizzard is trying to make with b.net 2.0. If they can make b.net good enough, what possible reason will you have to use a pirate server, except to play a pirate copy of the game? Why did people play iccup? (With the exception of piracy...) 1 reason. They could play at 'LAN latency'. Do you expect b.net 2.0 to have this flaw? Clearly it wont. Net coding has improved in the last 10 years. Piracy is terrible and I hope to hell blizzard delivers such a good product in b.net 2.0 that the only reason to play on a pirate server is piracy. Because then I won't have to play with those kinds of people. I have no problem with iccup because it IS a superior product to battle.net. Blizzard could have quite easily seen that iccup had worked out how to produce LAN latency and incorporated it into battle.net, but they didn't. And that is their own mistake, and why iccup is still so popular. If there is another reason to play on a pirate server that I have not considered here please tell me, so I can remove my bias on the subject edit: Oh and the 'I am poor so I'll pirate it' argument is crap. I can't afford a BMW, and you don't see me jacking one. Chances are you jacking a BMW has more repercussions than stealing a video game since you know, basically nothing happens when you steal a game these days online, but if you steal a car...... | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
On July 21 2009 05:08 SpiritAshura wrote: Chances are you jacking a BMW has more repercussions than stealing a video game since you know, basically nothing happens when you steal a game these days online, but if you steal a car...... Just because you don't get caught as easily, doesn't make stealing games morally acceptable when stealing anything else isn't. It's also still technically illegal. | ||
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Shade692003
Canada702 Posts
On July 20 2009 22:29 DeCoup wrote: ...Yes, but apart from the ability to pirate the game, why would you want to? Playing is free, theres features galore, a private server would still require logon to play LAN (it would just be a logon to the private server instead of b.net)... What would you gain from doing it? This is the point that blizzard is trying to make with b.net 2.0. If they can make b.net good enough, what possible reason will you have to use a pirate server, except to play a pirate copy of the game? Why did people play iccup? (With the exception of piracy...) 1 reason. They could play at 'LAN latency'. Do you expect b.net 2.0 to have this flaw? Clearly it wont. Net coding has improved in the last 10 years. Piracy is terrible and I hope to hell blizzard delivers such a good product in b.net 2.0 that the only reason to play on a pirate server is piracy. Because then I won't have to play with those kinds of people. I have no problem with iccup because it IS a superior product to battle.net. Blizzard could have quite easily seen that iccup had worked out how to produce LAN latency and incorporated it into battle.net, but they didn't. And that is their own mistake, and why iccup is still so popular. If there is another reason to play on a pirate server that I have not considered here please tell me, so I can remove my bias on the subject edit: Oh and the 'I am poor so I'll pirate it' argument is crap. I can't afford a BMW, and you don't see me jacking one. Exactly. It is ridiculously easy to play on a private server on WoW. It's a matter of editing a single file. You can play WoW for free instead of 15$ a month. Yet people don't do it. Why? Because Blizzard's service is that much better. Same thing will happen in Bnet 2.0. Edit: Zomg marine icon. | ||
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Tonyoh
France218 Posts
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Felby
Norway81 Posts
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closed
Vatican City State491 Posts
Of course ICCUP is not prepared to be playable by 5 million players, but it does not die with 5000 logged in, right? On July 01 2009 03:26 B1nary wrote: Not to encourage pirating, but I heard (from a friend) that the players on HaoFang are generally really really good, like >250apm even in 1v1 noob games. Can anyone verify/refute this? The average players are probably as crappy as everywhere else. | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
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Skew
United States1020 Posts
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TW WiNNinG 54
United States250 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
I mean, even from just a PR perspective. Why mention the BAD before the good? It just seems silly. | ||
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