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Hey guys,
So I'm living in China right now. My Chinese is horrendous, so instead of ordering a Chinese version of Starcraft II, I pre-ordered the English version from Play-Asia.com. I emailed Blizzard to make sure I could sign up on the Asian servers with my US copy, but they seem to be saying that's impossible, and I'll be stuck on the US servers with no way to switch to the Asian servers short of buying the local version of the game (which they say has no English support).
So I turn to you, fellow Starcraft II lovers. Is there any way to get around this?
Thanks for your help!
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normally it should depend on where you register on battle.net so for europe it would be eu.battle.net and so on
Thats as far as I know
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Hmm, well I told the Blizzard dude that I registered a Battle.net account in Taiwan, but he said it doesn't matter. He said the actual local version of the game will be linked to that area--e.g. you can't play on the US servers with a Chinese copy of the game and vice versa.
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Very unfortunate. There are gateway switchers, but you don't want to get your CD key revoked if Blizz keeps updating and checking for that stuff... I hope Blizz resolves this. This issue could affect a lot of people.
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I guess they have different keys for the differents areas/markets to prevent people from buying the cheaper version. Dunno how much Sc2 costs in China. The solution should be quite easy buy the chinese version --> asian key. Download --> US Client switch 1 file --> play on the asian server :o.
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For the beta you could copy the Base.sc2data file from the server you want to play on to your folder. For example, I downloaded the US version of SC2, got the Base.sc2data file from the KR client, and copied it over to the folder of SC2. This allows me to play on the KR server while using the English US client.
I'm not so sure if you would be able to do this after the release of SC2, but you'll NEED the key for the Chinese servers in order to play on their servers. This method only allows you to view the client in English.
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Thanks for the help, everyone.
So it looks like my best option is to buy the Chinese version instead of the US version, download the US client and switch out the Base.sc2data file. And there's no guarantee that will work with the release version of the game. >_<
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On July 13 2010 14:29 Tritone wrote:
Thanks for the help, everyone.
So it looks like my best option is to buy the Chinese version instead of the US version, download the US client and switch out the Base.sc2data file. And there's no guarantee that will work with the release version of the game. >_<
Just write an email again saying: I'm gonna buy the chinese SC2 create an chinese B.net Account. Will I be able to use an english client if switch the file. It already works in the beta.
Theres no reason why it shouldnt be working in the release imo. For what reason are they gonna change this unless the chinese Sc2 is censored etc.
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Good luck! Remember to post back here telling if it works.
And remember to back up everything before you do anything. Just in case.
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I did send him an email reply about switching out the Base.sc2data file, but I haven't received a response yet. He's mostly been using canned replies so far (I can tell because they reference World of Warcraft instead of Starcraft II!) but I'm keeping my hopes up. It's kind of disgusting how badly I want to buy/play this game and how hard Blizzard is making it.
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Maybe they're saying that the US key will only work registering on a US server?
But to be honest, the support really might not take into account the fact that you can swap out files. I doubt they would tell you this. So this might still work?
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On July 13 2010 15:05 Subversion wrote:
Maybe they're saying that the US key will only work registering on a US server?
I think that's exactly what is going on. Although the support drone never came right out and said it, that appears to be the mechanism involved in the region lock.
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That's what I've seen posted by Blizzard in past threads about this - the cd key will be region specific which is different to how it works for beta obviously. So if you buy a copy of the game in Australia you will be locked to the SE Asian server even if your b.net account is US (which it would be atm for most Aussies). However if you buy a US copy of the game you will be registering to play on the US server. I'm not sure that swapping out your .sc2data file is going to make any difference in that situation because the account validation on login will be against the original server.
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Today I played a korean language version of the game on the EU server (by switching the base.sc2data files). It worked fine.
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i think you can still buy a Chinese version(actually it is taiwan version cause it uses traditional Chinese, while Chinese mainland are using simplified Chinese) and i am sure BLZ will release a language RAR for someone like you to download and switch the language into english while you can still play in taiwan server.
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On July 13 2010 16:48 Comet702 wrote:
i think you can still buy a Chinese version(actually it is taiwan version cause it uses traditional Chinese, while Chinese mainland are using simplified Chinese) and i am sure BLZ will release a language RAR for someone like you to download and switch the language into english while you can still play in taiwan server.
I DOUBT it. I have asked Blizzard for YEARS to do something like that so I can play using a Chinese WoW client on the US servers and they just won't let it happen.
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On July 13 2010 16:20 reking wrote:
Today I played a korean language version of the game on the EU server (by switching the base.sc2data files). It worked fine.
yes but the system will be different on release. ATM you can use a beta key to register on any server and that won't be the case with release cd-keys
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On July 13 2010 17:20 StaR_Robo wrote:Show nested quote +On July 13 2010 16:20 reking wrote:
Today I played a korean language version of the game on the EU server (by switching the base.sc2data files). It worked fine. yes but the system will be different on release. ATM you can use a beta key to register on any server and that won't be the case with release cd-keys
That may be so, but that could just as easily be a change of how the servers who check your cd key works. Why would they change the file structure of the game?
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Well, I've canceled my pre-order. Another customer driven away by Activision-Blizzard's BS!
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This confuses me because I am in Japan and ordered the US version (I presume?) from Amazon, and I emailed Blizzard about the regions issue and they told me the opposite from you ie. that I would be able to play in the SEA region with it.
I wish they could just be clear about this. I would just cancel my order and do the digital download option from the SEA site, but it's the collector's edition so I don't want to dump it unless I have to.
Arrrgggghh.
At least I guess I can wave their email in their face if it turns out I can't use the product to play in SEA.
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