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http://us.starcraft2.com/dominion/
Blizzard has gone all-out trying to get people to share content on Facebook.
Here's an excerpt from the FAQ:
How can I help advance the progress bar?
The progress bar will advance when you take the entrance exam, submit propaganda posters to the art contest, or click on any of the Facebook Like or Share buttons found throughout this website. You can Like and Share as many things as you wish; each time you Like or Share something, it advances the bar. Keep in mind that as more content is unlocked and as more propaganda poster submissions are added, there will be more and more items to Like and Share.
Read the rest of it here: http://us.starcraft2.com/dominion/faq.xml
Thoughts?
Edit: tweaked some wording to reflect that I am not really for or against this whole thing. After all, there are prizes for good artists, and that's always fun.
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I will never understand all the Facebook hate around these parts. Facebook is much bigger than SC2 like it or not.
On that note stupid casual fans will love this shit. I think its just silly personally.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50704 Posts
Whatever,it doesn't really affect anyone but blizzard themselves.
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Looks kind of silly and a way to hype Starcraft 2 up. I don't blame Blizzard for doing it though.
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I don't understand what the point of this is, perhaps cuz I'm just interested in the multiplayer aspects of SC2 :/
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On June 16 2010 11:17 stalife wrote:
I don't understand what the point of this is, perhaps cuz I'm just interested in the multiplayer aspects of SC2 :/
To generate hype..... Sort of is a proven tactic in business.
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If you've ever used Facebook, those quiz things are all over the place. Like what color are you, what star wars character are you. It's really not a big deal nor does it take a lot of work.
Why are they crazy for doing free, effective advertising? Some PR guy probably did this, as long as they don't take up developer hours with it, it's fine by me.
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Great way to get the word out, but it's facebook and lame.
Got Firebat btw
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Sweden33719 Posts
Super lame but super standard these days.
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On June 16 2010 11:18 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Super lame but super standard these days.
Very true. You would not see shit like this is stupid people did not fall for it. I bet money that thing will have 10k shares on Facebook by tomorrow...
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Don't get me wrong, I am actually a social media marketer by trade and education. Blogs, Twitter, and Facebook are a big part of my real-person job. I just feel though, as a player, that I don't need all my friends from high school and distant relatives to know that I'm playing SC2 all damn day. =P
I'd rather play with anonymous people and kill other anonymous people all day long. Facebook makes it unnecessarily personal.
Example: When casting things for iCCup I had a pretty large friends list because I had to be able to invite people to tournament games and showmatches or whatever, but when someone whispered me in a game I had no idea who they were half the time because I know them as their in-game name and not "Brian Fellows" or whatever the case may be. At least let players like me have some sort of menu option for toggling real names and in-game names.
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Facebook is a great thing for people to communicate, but many people that play games don't want their friends to know they play because by most people it is looked down upon and will cause teasing.
I think it is a interesting idea to try to get gaming more of a mainstream thing by having something that is already mainstream integrated into the game and hopeing to transfer some of the people on facebook to SC2. It is also a free way to advertise just as a shirt with Nike printed on the front, people will see that their friend is playing sc2 or friends and that game will be on their mind as well as the company that made it prompting them to buy the game.
I don't like it but regardless it is in the game.
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The more shares it gets the more publicity the game gets, the more publicity the game gets the more people play it. The more people that play it the more people want to watch it ... see where I'm going?
Why trash facebook if it potentially makes e-sports stronger? The whole strength in every main stream sport is that the "everyman" has probably played it at one time or another so its much more fun to watch for them.
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On June 16 2010 11:22 JoshSuth wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I am actually a social media marketer by trade and education. Blogs, Twitter, and Facebook are a big part of my real-person job. I just feel though, as a player, that I don't need all my friends from high school and distant relatives to know that I'm playing SC2 all damn day. =P
I'd rather play with anonymous people and kill other anonymous people all day long. Facebook makes it unnecessarily personal.
Example: When casting things for iCCup I had a pretty large friends list because I had to be able to invite people to tournament games and showmatches or whatever, but when someone whispered me in a game I had no idea who they were half the time because I know them as their in-game name and not "Brian Fellows" or whatever the case may be. At least let players like me have some sort of menu option for toggling real names and in-game names.
They do with Real ID
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On June 16 2010 11:18 holy_war wrote:
Great way to get the word out, but it's facebook and lame.
Got Firebat btw
I got the Firebat too....
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And we wonder why the game has no chat channels....
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On June 16 2010 11:24 Archerofaiur wrote:
And we wonder why the game has no chat channels....
You gotta sign up and unlock them dude. 
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Firebat too...what is this.
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Nothin lame about it. Super good way to promote your product.
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