so if anyone follows my blog (i hope not, cuz it's quite boring LOL).. they'll know im in china

so i figured, why not play some starcraft at internet cafe's, since for BW, it is KOR>CHN>USA

so today in guangzhou, i went to two different internet cafe's.. and no one played starcraft :[

i saw some FPS, MMO's, music games like Audition, quite a few Chinese DotA, but NO STARCRAFT.

i'm guessing everyone plays from home.. or it's not that popular in China T_T

TelecoM

United States10638 Posts

June 09 2010 13:14 GMT

sad day for sure.

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

June 09 2010 13:19 GMT

Starcraft is usually launched via a launcher and they are all old versions.

disco

Netherlands1667 Posts

June 09 2010 13:21 GMT

On June 09 2010 22:19 haduken wrote:
Starcraft is usually launched via a launcher and they are all old versions.

What?

bubblegumbo

Taiwan1296 Posts

June 09 2010 13:32 GMT

Starcraft is not that popular in China. WC3 is.

apm66

Canada943 Posts

June 09 2010 13:35 GMT

On June 09 2010 22:19 haduken wrote:
Starcraft is usually launched via a launcher and they are all old versions.

LOL!

endy

Switzerland8970 Posts

June 09 2010 14:43 GMT

Yes, people in China use and old version, and play on a private server called VS.
VS works almost the same way as G-Arena. It is installed in every cafe. You need to create an account first though.

tyCe

Australia2542 Posts

June 09 2010 15:37 GMT

I never see Starcraft played in china. War3 is still extremely popular there though /yawn

Snausages

United States529 Posts

June 09 2010 15:51 GMT

I am in Shanghai vacationing right now and have went to several internet cafes here.

No one that I saw played SC1 or SC2.

All I saw was WC3, DotA, some other RTS's, some knock-off of Counter-Strike, WoW/other MMO's, Hearts, and other games (mostly casual ones).

SC isn't popular at all in China, it seems.

EDIT: On a side note, I also find it odd that a lot of people here still play King of Fighters '97 (oooold-ass game) and never play the newer installments or the Street Fighter series. Oh well, everyone has their preferences.

jamster1211

Taiwan153 Posts

June 09 2010 16:12 GMT

#10

when i went to china the hotel had like 3 channels for gaming
most of the games were wc3
however they did play one f91 games (vs a guy called "big panda")
it was the same game over and over though :/

Titusmaster6

United States5935 Posts

June 09 2010 16:30 GMT

#11

Guangzhou is my hometown! But yes, I have tried to play SC there too and failed.

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

June 09 2010 16:40 GMT

#12

If you wanna see SC in internet cafés you gotta go to Korea man T_T

emucxg

Finland4559 Posts

June 09 2010 17:59 GMT

#13

starcraft is dead 8 years ago in Chinese internet cafe lol

AyeH

United States534 Posts

June 09 2010 18:14 GMT

#14

that's funny... i've even seen people play sc in queens, ny at pc cafes...

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

June 09 2010 18:17 GMT

#15

On June 10 2010 03:14 YooNiEBaLooNie wrote:
that's funny... i've even seen people play sc in queens, ny at pc cafes...

Yes but have you seen Chinese people play sc in queens

omninmo

2349 Posts

June 09 2010 18:30 GMT

#16

people do not play starcraft in china in netcafes. it is no longer a popular title since it was designed in an age prior to gluttonous gimmickry and fascist operations. (also because its not marketable

half are playing wow, a chinese mmo, or dota

the other half are playing a browser game or one of countless dance titles. all are pay-to-play.

In any given netcafe there will be the one or two decent war3 or sc players who "used to play" that game and who will know about Mr Ma and other legends.
Even though everyone stills knows and appreciates the game they will say 操作要求太高了 or "the micro required is too high [to play]")...so they play mmos ...

People who are smart and good at games no longer play war3, sc, and the like with their time... rather, they play in online casinos... and live off of their winnings.

Most of the chinese SC scene takes place on a client similar to Garena (in fact it is exactly like garena since they copied VS who copied the HAOFANG game-client model).

anyway, the scene of good players is small and fairly tight-knit. You will need accounts on both QQ and VS game client to play with them. Be ready to play vs MANY zergs.

VS download
In top right of screen (blue shield like logo)

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

June 09 2010 18:48 GMT

#17

On June 10 2010 03:30 omninmo wrote:
People who are smart and good at games no longer play war3, sc, and the like with their time... rather, they play in online casinos... and live off of their winnings.

Maybe it's rather a generation thing?

]343[

United States10328 Posts

June 09 2010 19:11 GMT

#18

yeah, my "cousin" from Beijing (well he's really my mom's cousin but he's only like 3 years older than me) was into war3 and starcraft... i think just war3 now