I still think that it'll be best for you to get a copy of 1 region first, wait to see if Blizz is gonna free us of region-locking & if not, then only you purchase another copy for other region.

Actually, Boxer did complain that replays are killing off creativity since you have to spend so much time to draft out a BO but after 1 or 2 games, you can pretty darned sure that your opponents have hatched perfect counter to the BO that you just spent a few months on.

From an audience's perspective, this is good as we'll get to see new things constantly like how player A gonna counter player B's strategy which was supposed to counter player A's earlier strategy.

However, from a player's perspective, this is a very irritating & frustrating aspect of having your BOs exposed in 1 or 2 games after you've spent weeks of sleepless night, squeezing your brain out for a new game-breaking BO. Imagine having 4 weeks of your hard work being copied by some opponents! Audience & fans might go ooh-ahhh for 1 or 2 games & that's it. 4 weeks of hardwork for 2 games' worth of cheering plus your BO being copied by your opponents... that's like rubbing salt into your wound!

In pro-gaming, BOs can be a very big deciding factor. Look at Bisu when he came back from Thailand hibernation. Fuah... BW fans were proclaiming the return of P god (something like that) but it only lasts a few games once his so-called heavily-innovated BO was dissected to nothing.

In pro-gaming world, you can be pretty sure that almost everyone have more or less the same level of micro & macro as you so you gotta rely on something else to get yourself ahead. Micro-macro can be trained up & will remain with you all the time but a particular BO can only be used until someone is able to come up with a perfect counter.

Replay kills pro-gamers.

I think I've been harping on pro-gaming too much today. As I've mentioned, replays are a good tool for analysis but at the same time, they punish creativity too... harshly.

Ouch, that's harsh!

I'm not sure if you've misunderstood but I did mention the scenario as in pro-gaming level. What good is excellent micro & macro if you've got your BO wrong or not ready to face his army onslaught? Timing, map-awareness, scouting. These are all important aspects as well.

What I'm trying to say is replay reveals BO & BO do play an important part in SC. Good micro & macro doesn't necessarily > good BO. The same goes the other way, of course but the most important information that can be obtained via replays are BOs.