watervengeance
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Amazing OP.
LET THE WAITING GAME BEGIN.
LET THE WAITING GAME BEGIN.
Spike said:
SUPARSTARX said:Can't wait!! few more days!!
claimed!
ZealousD said:Interesting. These are the exact same specs as the beta requirements.
watervengeance said:I don't see why they would change it.
Yoshichan said:Second time going through OP... so ridiculously good. Best OP ever?
What A Long, Strange Trip Its Been
by Zarhym
// Jul 20, 2010 1:46:06 AM UTC
It doesnt seem like that long ago that StarCraft II was announced. Its been just over three years since that news broke, but the game has been through various concepts and stages of development for far longer. Weve seen StarCraft II mature and grow throughout its infancy, and now it's almost ready to be released into the world. No part of this process has been more exciting and demanding than the extensive beta testing weve been conducting since February of this year. With the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty rapidly approaching, lets take a casual look back at some beta highlights. Slippers are suggested footwear for reading this article.
When the beta test first began, demand for keys was high. Enthusiasts were invited to participate in the beta test through many different methods, whether opt-in or via promotional opportunities. Let us look back with nostalgia on the key grab which took place on the StarCraft Facebook page. While it wasn't the most exhilarating promotional method at first (with only a few given out each day), that was quickly rectified with a relaunch of the contest, which then resulted in the distribution of many more beta invites. With a great deal of anticipation, excitement, and momentum from the community of testers wed assembled, we were very quickly under way. Players began giving feedback on everything from the user interface, new Battle.net design, and leagues and ladder functionality, to art direction, unit types, and game balance. Optional surveys linked to from within the game delivered us responses from tens of thousands of testers.
Of course, not everything was perfectly balanced and many changes were made along the way. Who could forget about the epic mothership or planetary fortress rushes destroying just about everything in their wake? And what good was a force of battle-hardened units when SCVs could get the offensive job done just fine? Oh and yes, honey, we shrunk the Thor. Watching battles play out with that behemoth hogging the map was certainly interesting, so much so that the terrans had to make some budget cuts and buy smaller parts.
One real game changer was the long-awaited introduction of the StarCraft II Editor. Custom map creation was available in late April, and map publishing became available approximately a month later. Committed testers painted the Internet red with footage of their unique maps, match shoutcasting, and live game streams. Some of the more popular videos racked up hundreds of thousands of views. There are still a great many gems out there if you haven't taken the time to check them out.
Its been a true pleasure to present years of work to our playerbase through the beta test. The beta has come to a close and the full game, including the single-player campaign, will hit stores shelves next week. As youre installing your copy, dont forget to reflect on all of the information weve released about StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the quirky bugs and balance issues tackled during testing, and last but not least, all of the blood, sweat, and tears of our testers -- your help was invaluable in making this the best game possible! Until then, wed love to hear your reflections on all things StarCraft II, from the initial announcement, to any beta testing experience you had or videos you've watched.
Cheers!
P.S. In before yo mommaship.
ZealousD said:
Milabrega said:ZealousD set up so many people claiming these avatars, I understand why he's doing it though. So when they have their Gaf avatar rights taken away, they'll know what its going to be like when they first pop onto Bnet2.0 a week from now and experience all of the online multiplayer features Acti-Blizzard has restricted that we used to take for granted in every other PC game.
Gribbix said:That version only allows free Battle.net access for 6 months.
StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty Pricing Announced
well you still have to have a video card. D:dwin45 said:I am interested in putting this game on my laptop with an i3 processor and 4GB of RAM. I don't have any video card though. How will this game run?
dwin45 said:I am interested in putting this game on my laptop with an i3 processor and 4GB of RAM. I don't have any video card though. How will this game run?
dwin45 said:I am interested in putting this game on my laptop with an i3 processor and 4GB of RAM. I don't have any video card though. How will this game run?
watervengeance said:If you're lucky, probably on low settings.
nope. at least, when i use my integrated card it runs like utter shit, I'm talking about the 4500mhd too. SO skippy in the menus too of all things. his i3 probably isnt very far from my 2.4ghz c2d either.
-Eddman- said:Thanks, now my reaction changes from "wow" to "fuck you Blizzard!". So now we are getting a shitty dubbed/crippled version of the game. Hope the american one works here as well
jasonng said:Yoshichan, I recall you giving up on this game multiple times during the beta.[/QUOTE]
Haha, that's just me raging when getting 6-pooled...! Did someone ever believe I gave up?! :lol
Crashing so hard lol. Like 5k people watching nothingSykra said:http://www.ustream.tv/day9tv
Day2 of Day9's tournament live now, White-ra vs Qxc and Idra vs Tester.
Sykra said:http://www.ustream.tv/day9tv
Day2 of Day9's tournament live now, White-ra vs Qxc and Idra vs Tester.
Chony said:I'm going to be in Korea for another month and a half, will I be able to play this at the PC rooms with just access to the computers or will I have to purchase the Korean version of the game or something similar? I usually just play off my steam account at PC rooms here (my laptop sucks) also because all the games (sans starcraft) are in Korean without an English option, thence, will there be an English option in the Korean version? I'm a little bit confused, I guess I could just wait until I get back to America (cries).
ZealousD said:You can get the DD version for the normal price if you want the unlimited plan.
Either way, I'm pretty sure that Latin America is being placed on the same server as the US.
Fucking intel has ruined PCs when they put this fucking garbage in every god damn PC.dwin45 said:I think the integrated card is an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD.
Shit.
~Kinggi~ said:Looks like the CE of the game went back up for preorder at AMAZON.
Corran Horn said:Double Cyber Core build with Chrono Boost on wrong structure :lol