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There's been discussion in the thread "Limited region "linking" announced" that we may be able to buy a TW account to play on the KR server after this linking happens. I wished to create this thread to centralize the discussion as I read the whole thread but didn't know how to do it.
I'm really keen on buying a TW account but I need some help. As we know from the other thread,
+ Show Spoiler +sells it for around $70 US.
Apparently you need a Taiwanese NID thingy, but people have said you can just use an online generator (question: why can't you just use a generator for the analogous Korean ID thingy?).
I don't want to buy it from the above link, as the following place says that you can now get it for under $40:
+ Show Spoiler +http://tw.battle.net/sc2/zh/blog/100552?page=2
The Taiwanese eBay comes up with 0 results when I search "starcraft 2", so there must be no listings in English. This doesn't help.
+ Show Spoiler +http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-TW&u=http://www.tw.ebay.com/&ei=j60bTtOWIoy4sAPCpoycBQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Debay%2Btaiwan%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DwOT%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Divns
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One poster said that you can just change your region to TW in the battle.net settings and have a TW account that runs on English. Nobody disputed this individual's claim, yet somebody quoted this post and said that you need a Taiwanese NID. But, if you can find a generator of these IDs as other posters said, what exactly is stopping me from just changing the region on my current account to TW? Will I lose the ability to revert the region back to NA afterwards?
Thanks for any help!
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you need to search Starcraft2 in chinese in Taiwan ebay...
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id be interested in these answers too, but if I recall reading; I think the Taiwan SC copy is a "pay-per-month" thing; so while you found a $40 price, it may be only 60-days playcard kinda like WoW does.. I remember someone saying it costs like $200 to get a full unlimited-time license.
(dont quote me on it, not confirmed but just saying what I heard)
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On July 12 2011 12:26 Skyze wrote:
id be interested in these answers too, but if I recall reading; I think the Taiwan SC copy is a "pay-per-month" thing; so while you found a $40 price, it may be only 60-days playcard kinda like WoW does.. I remember someone saying it costs like $200 to get a full unlimited-time license.
(dont quote me on it, not confirmed but just saying what I heard)
They are all the same game, just 40-60 bucks. There is no pay to play anywhere. But ya searching in English probably won't do you any good. Try chinese
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星海爭霸 = starcraft, though it doesnt look like theres any listings on ebay anyway
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SEA is not TW though, so not sure whether the gamepoints you buy there will be usable in TW server
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Game Region Warning
Retail copies sold in United States (your account country) will connect to the North America game region.
Will I still be able to play on tw or KR if i buy from a US IP address?
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On July 12 2011 12:41 sandyph wrote:SEA is not TW though, so not sure whether the gamepoints you buy there will be usable in TW server
Well the MyCard points can just be added to your TW bnet account. 150 gets you 30 days (about 6 bucks), 1950 is the full version which equals roughly 75 USD.
I'm searching around for a TW Guest Pass, but I'm not sure if they exist or not. I guess 6 dollars to play on the Korean server for 30 days wouldn't be too big of a deal. It would probably be really fun.
Will I still be able to play on tw or KR if i buy from a US IP address?
You need to create a TW Battle.net account.
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If you guys are looking for KR accounts pm EZPikachu. He may be able to help u out
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you can wait till 7/14, the TW version will be 1150NTD, which is 40 USD.
EZPikachu's KR account is too expensive...he asked for 100 USD
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On July 12 2011 13:53 nkwd wrote:
you can wait till 7/14, the TW version will be 1150NTD, which is 40 USD.
source?
That's quite a discount :O
edit: for now i've gone for the 150pt 30 day option to test how the EU/kr lag is.
IF your right about the 40dollar 1150 card in 2 day's ill go for that too
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Thanks. Their naming convention for products is bizarre
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OOOOO can't read but I believe you because it is on the TW bnet website
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Not sure how much I bought my copy for (I think like 1800 NTD which is around $60) but that was back around release.
Pretty sure you can get it cheaper for now.
Also, when I bought the game, I did not need a Taiwan ID#. That was a while ago and they might've added that requirement since but I would find that more than a bit odd.
Lastly, when I bought the game, it was no different from the US version. You pay once for the game, install it regularly, and you're done. No monthly fees, no points or whatever. I believe they have point cards and daily SC2 passes (which seems to me like a consideration for Net Cafes).
I have not logged onto my Taiwan account in a very long time but I guess I could give it a try sometime.
P.S. I guess I should also mention my suggestion that you make a new Bnet account instead of adding the game to your existing Bnet account like I foolishly did.
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It's not a pay-by-the-month thing. I use a Taiwan account pretty regularly.
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