They are thinking in the same way as the corrupted Blizzard.

I see the Battlenet 2.0 the same way as IWNet: An instrument to control the entire game, including it's life span regardless on the integrity of the community. At the same time, Activision Blizzard wants to capitalised on the game. Competitive crowd is definitely gone,if Blizzard doesnt want to add those missing features.

The casual wont care,and Activision still earn millions from these people.

I'll buy it, because SC2 is a sequel i have been waiting since BW, but definitely wont play it as long as TF2 or DoW1.

Those "private" servers are why SC1 and DotA become famous. Without them, SC1 would be forgotten long time.Taking away LAN will not fix the piracy problem. Hackers will still find ways to emulate the whole server. I heard that they somehow manage to get it work now.

I doubt removing LAN is just because of piracy,as Blizzard themselves said fighting piracy is a losing battle.

The main game client download seem much faster for me,IMO.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: May 31 2010, 02:52 PM

I think the SC1's version is 1.15.

You still need to download one patch,i think.

It shouldnt matter if you only play SP,as it works even on 1.0.

They only ask you to download if you press Multiplayer. I had quite a long wait for the patch,and there isnt any patch notes from what i remember.

Whatever i say, it's just a waste of effort and time, as there is nothing to say to you people. You are happy with the game so be it then, but is there a need to go on and on with this? The videos and so on are proves, but you all just ignore it. Fine by me.

You want me to post a warez link? No thanks. Go find it yourself,and these things will happen sooner or later.

Cant be bothered,as it will be a waste of time. You email to them didnt actually end up with anything fruitful.

Back when SC2 just announced, people were complaining about the ugly Siege Tank. Blizzard changed it to the current awesome one 3 months later. If they could see the problem, they would have known by now. The amount of unhappy people isnt just a few people, but definitely not to the scale of MW2's no dedicated servers. They dont even give a damn about MW2's dedicated server issue, even it spans all the way to gaming mainstream media like PC Gamer and Gamespy who are also not happy with. What makes you that they will do something about this?

They drove the Guitar Hero franchise to the ground,while the ex-competitor, Harmonix still alive and kicking,again with their competitor, EA and MTV. It's just funny to see how much shit Kotick has done past few years,and he is still there.

The privacy issue is just temporary,apparently,which also doesnt make any sense for removing the identifier to encourage people to use the facebook.

Facebook integration is just a gimmick for you to add friends. At least it doesnt show "XXXX has won 3 league games in the past 1 hour".

You are not alone.

Lagging a lot tonight.

Hey,ProtossSC.

Good luck in the tourney.

Hey man, do you play Protoss?

Okay,any tips on how to counter mass Marauder and Hydra?

Also, what is the best thing to do when you are playing a PvP?

Thats why im really worried when they announced IAH gonna manage the SEA server here.

Gonna be epic disaster,if they still keep the Hellgate attitude in SC2.

What a load of bullshit from these people.

Even if they have the awesome custom map editor, it doesnt mean the game gonna last if the servers are shit. IAH needs to go and get someone else like Hypernia to host the servers.

CoH is still the best RTS ever, in terms of graphics, animations and gameplay. No RTS, even SC2 come close to it. I hate it when people put SC2 like a gift from god,while other RTS are rubbish.

If you play a game for 2-3 years, thats good enough for me and no way im gonna stick to a game for 10 years. There is always improvements in gaming,and i find it is better to keep moving forward with newer games than sticking to one forever.

Also,

Cost of TF2: 50USD to 2.50USD once.
The fun im getting: Infinite, as one server down, i can move to the other servers.

Cost of SC2: 109SGD x 3, as it's 3 games now.
The fun im getting: None, as IAH is incompetent.

IAH are the people who put me off buying Hellgate a few years back, not the game quality. Even though it sucks too.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jun 2 2010, 06:25 PM

The worst thing is, im stuck with them,as Australia also in the SEA servers.

Damn.

Lets hope they improve, but i dont have much hope on these people.

The Aussies and NZ hates the fact that their version of SC2 is also SEA.

It's subjective,but they are still RTS at the end of the day. CoH definitely have it's shortcomings but it's still the best RTS i ever played.

Those people always put in the way that others RTS are crap,compared to SC2. As if playing 2-3 years is bad.

If i manage to accumulate 100 hours in 1 game. Im happy. Really happy.

Definitely wont exceed 200 hours for me.

Thats good news.

Just keep IAH away from the game.

To be honest,the price is quite steep,like RM250 for a game,regardless it's quality.

MW2 was bad, SC2 is even worse.

Im paying more for SC2,so i should be the one complaining.

TF2 is using a brand new engine from 2004's Half Life 2. It is upgraded for TF2 and HL2 EP2. Then, upgrade again for L4D2.

FYI, TF2 was in development for 9 years,and there is a point where they just dump everything including codes and changed to the current art style. There is definitely way more iterations in TF2 than SC2,as most of the mechanism is very solid,even now with updates.

TF2 isnt just a couple of maps and shit. It was bundled in Orange Box at 2007. It wasnt actually a standalone game. There is still story, models,voices and so on in Portal and HL2:EP2. No matter what, Orange Box is the most value for money game one can ever buy. 5 games, that includes 3 brand new games and a very addictive MP game. No regrets buying this game.

The problem here is Activision,as they charge all their PC games for 60USD. And Kotick thinks that it's still too cheap for him. If you are happy to pay RM250 for SC2, Kotick will raise it even further to keep you happy.

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Added on June 3, 2010, 1:30 amAs long as it's fun, does it matter it's esports material or not?

Even if SC2 released last year, it will still cost 60USD,as thats the standard price for an Activision game. I expect it to increase even more with later expansions.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jun 3 2010, 01:30 AM

They should have just gone for some localisation like what most EA games have been doing. Even though the price have inflated slightly for past few years but it's still way cheaper than Activision games.

The way Blizzard charge for SC2 still doesnt justified for RM248. You can pretty much get 2 other retail games with that price.Also, not everyone acutally bother about competitive gaming or even the ladder.

Splitting the game to a campaign only would be great, but i think, the root of the problem is the high price from the beginning.