Long time didnt play with you d.

Thats where i want to be,not Bronze.

Could get Gold or Platinum,though,as 2 of the placement match was dropped when i was winning.

Right,i know this since the patch notes came out.

Technically,they just get rid of Cooper and move every division down. Then, add Diamond on top. You think im stupid or what?

I expected to be at old Bronze/Silver since the day i got.

Yeah,i have added you.

Just that i didnt play today.

It is shared by default,for some reason.

[quote=XenoFr3ak,May 28 2010, 11:08 PM]
Region-lock news reveals ...
While we totally understand the reasoning but we can’t help to feel sorry for gamers that want to play with their gosu friends in Korea. Oh well…[/quote]

Source: Multiply 2.0

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Added on May 28, 2010, 11:10 pm

Source: GXblog

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IAH again?

Didnt these people cant really maintain a server?

They have to implement this before the second beta,if not, the esport is gonna be affected by it.

This is probably one of the most retarded thing that i have seen.

I just found this when i was looking for BO in Team Liquid. Someone actually compile what Activision Blizzard have done in past few years since the merger.

Source of the thread.

Here are some more interesting quotes from your beloved Kotick and Activision Blizzard that most would not have seen it.



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tl:dr version: Blizzard gonna milk the crap out of Starcraft 2,just like MW2 and Guitar Hero. At the same time, they dont care about what you think about it.

Blizzard has changed. They arent the saint of gaming anymore, but corrupted to the core. No LAN, they dont care,as they gonna charge you later for it. Region lock? Ok,they will change it for you when you pay them. Starcraft 2 is gonna be monetized piece of shit like Modern Warfare 2 or Guitar Hero,and i expect, no one will give a damn and everyone gonna buy it because we are all spineless idiots.

What a great game we have here,as the Beta isnt as any more polished as other game's beta but it potentially gonna make us to fork out more money for additional features. I expect the competitive people will be the first one to leave if Blizzard still give the dont care attitude in the full version. As far as i know, people at SC Legacy and Team Liquid isnt very happy with the game so far.

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Added on May 30, 2010, 3:30 pmGlad that you realise this,as im not the only one.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: May 30 2010, 03:30 PM

No company survive from being generous?

Why is Valve still around then? If Valve is being greedy, i dont think they will give out almost countless contents for TF2, and L4D2 or make your existing PC Steam games also work on a Mac without buying another separate mac only copy.

Just imagine the amount of revenue that Valve could get if they purposely make the PC version of TF2 only work on PC,and vice versa for Macs,considering the fact that there are getting more and more Mac users out there who also want to play games on it.

Every company has to think about it's profits, but the way Activision Blizzard is doing, thats way too much.People will know it sooner or later when they start making more and more crap. Then,they will feel the pain just like what happen to EA and THQ a few years back.

It's up to you to suck up to Blizzard.

Region lock will not affect us, but it will severely affect the competitive community. Tournaments like Asia versus Europe will not happen in retail SC2,as everyone have to buy 3 copies of SC2 to play with people in different region. While at the same time, Blizzard is pushing SC2 as esport. How will esport expand with the region lock? I like watching really good competitive gamers playing against each other,as much as playing it.

No LAN? Say you have a tournament in Mid Valley, and you dont have internet connection, can you play SC2 in the tournament? Or you are fortunately have internet connection, but Battlenet suddenly having maintenance, what will happen to that 200 people who are sitting there waiting for the game to start? You may not need it, but other people needs it.

Go watch Husky's video. He made very solid criticisms about that.



Also, have a look at Team Liquid's thread, seems like you are the minority who are happy with the current state of the game. 94% of people arent happy with it.

The same MW2 shit is happening again. If im not wrong, i heard IAH Games from Singapore is managing the servers in SEA,including Australia and NZ. They are the company for the horrible experience of Hellgate London which put me off buying the game.

If those people care about latency issue, would they even care of having a tournament in the first place. Idra admits it lags for him to connect from Korea to Europe or US, but he dont care,as he wants to have fun. I dont mind enduring lag if i get to have some fun with the people i like,as i really enjoyed to play with Aussies,even im in Malaysia in TF2. They are just a bunch of fun people to play with,compared to Singaporeans.

This isnt WoW, as SC2 is a completely different that is going to played by people from different community. Sure you rich MMO people have the money who buy all the ridiculous microtransaction that Blizzard sells. LOL at that stupid 25USD virtual ghost horse. RTS community arent like this,and we love to whine about every single thing that is out of place. Thats the majority of the RTS communities,as we care about the games we play.

Sure,this is a Beta, but consider this, how long has this game been in development? 1 year? 2 years? Thing that should be there, must be there by now,as it's called a Beta where the definition of a Beta should have all the intended features and it's used to iron out bugs. Where is LAN? Where is those WC3 chatrooms i loved? What sets Blizzard apart from EA or Relic is because they strive for perfection in everything. Now,they arent as good, because the share holders wants more money than quality.

MW2 is pretty much like NFS Carbon. Well hyped,sold well, but a fundamentally a buggy game. There definitely be one day where a Prostreet equivalent CoD release where majority of people start to get pissed, then, a Undercover version of CoD where everyone hates it to much to the point they refuse to buy it. Then,sales drop,and reboot franchise or close studio. Go google and see what happened to Neversoft now, or how is the C&C series heading. Sure,they can milk all they want, but when the consumers knows it's a mediocre product in a few years time, Activision Blizzard is gonna go down hard, just like EA a few years ago.

You can say i b**** a lot, go see other SC2 fan sites. Are these people happy? No,they arent.

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Added on May 31, 2010, 1:16 amI bring my com to other people's place all the time,as nothing beats playing a couple of rounds of L4D2 or TF2 physically with friends on your own computer. Playing on the internet or CC doesnt replicate the same feeling.

Thats what a LAN party is for.

If you never joined one, you'll never know how great is one.

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Added on May 31, 2010, 1:18 amNot only that, they want to control everything from the game's life cycle to those microtransaction.

Same shit again,except this time is SC2.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: May 31 2010, 01:18 AM

So,you are saying, forcing everyone to play on their region is better than letting people to choose which region to play?

Wait, isnt SC2 a SC1 in 3D now? There isnt any major changes,but look, does anyone care if it's a good game?

A typical game takes 2 years to make which is decent enough, how many years Blizzard took to make a sub standard SC2? TF2 took 9 years to develop, is it a good game now? Great games takes time to develop as they need time to iterate the game to be prefect. Duke Nukem Forever could be a great game,but it never release.

Yea,no one cares now as there is a hype. You'll see in a few year's time. The wallets speak the loudest.

Up to you to believe.

People like you are just hard to talk to.

Arrogant,just like Activison Blizzard.

So,you just want to carry this on and on.

Up to you then,as im sick of talking to all these blind blizzard fanboys. Yeah, Blizzard is still awesome.

You are doing it now.

Im not expecting it to be a free game in the first place. Your great experience doesnt mean that other people will have a great experience. Mine isnt that bad,but there are a lot of polishing left to do.

There are problems. Where is LAN? Chat channels? Region free? Those are the main criticism about the game,but are Blizzard listening to the problems? Nope,and they go and put Facebook in instead.

I dont see anything you debunked.

Yeah, very funny sarcasm. You think im stupid or what?

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: May 31 2010, 02:07 AM

Yeah, you'll be glad as i'll be gone if i dont buy it.

It's up to you to believe. Those are the little things that made SC1 great.

Go watch the Husky video please.

There are some obvious signs of Blizzard isnt the same as before. From the Frank Pierce's interview, it's obvious that they dont care about gamers at all,while all they concern is profit.

SC2 resembles MW2 day by day. I refuse to buy Blur now,as sooner or later,they gonna drive the whole franchise to the ground or fire everyone again. Activision Blizzard dont mind killing the whole team if they dont perform up to their expectations,which is a very milkable 100 million profit games per year. Go read up what happen to Infinity Ward, Neversoft and Red Octane. They are all closed down or half dead now.

Blizzard is definitely no longer independent,as those greedy shareholders are ruining what they have achieved since 90s.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: May 31 2010, 08:49 AM

Not like Blur is the only racing game out there.

Trackmania 2 is on the top of my list. Dedicated servers, tonnes of custom content, and an active competitive community.

Post it last night.

Cute kittens.

I dont think a revamp is needed,but just add those missing features that is present in WC3,for free. Go ahead and charge for skins and so on, i dont care.

It's getting disturbing in some sense as this is getting more and more similar to the whole MW2 no dedicated server issue.