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Starcraft II delayed till 2010
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Not surprised, due to all multiplayer being through Battlenet and no LAN support the whole system would need a beef up. One of Starcrafts big bonuses was excellent LAN gaming so now anyone who can't/won't have broadband is buggered. Great work there Blizzard 
This and the release in 3 parts fiasco makes Blizzard look like they're taking the piss.
This and the release in 3 parts fiasco makes Blizzard look like they're taking the piss.
discouraging, given that there was a pretty polished looking demo available what, 2 years ago? I know the delay now is battle.net rather than the game itself, but still.
Not surprised, due to all multiplayer being through Battlenet and no LAN support the whole system would need a beef up. One of Starcrafts big bonuses was excellent LAN gaming so now anyone who can't/won't have broadband is buggered. Great work there Blizzard
This and the release in 3 parts fiasco makes Blizzard look like they're taking the piss.
I have read on blogs that supposedly they were re-looking into a LAN option after the whole asian gaming scene freaked out on their forums.
Fixed that for you. If that is true I will have to re-evaluate purchasing it but, as it stands, without LAN support I'm going to either avoid it or wait until it hits the bargain bin. I was excited about it too...
Almost all the RTS gaming I do is LAN based, so unless they make a change, my puny connection won't be able to do it and I won't buy it.
I just dug up this from last year, unless things have changed then Diablo III aint going to have LAN capability either. Yay Blizzard, as an 'anti-piracy' measure you've handed it wholesale to the pirates who will reverse engineer it to support LAN. I was going to buy these on release day but not sure I'll bother with them now.
Blizzard are probably too busy working on World of Starcraft of whatever their next monster cash cow is and that's the real reason behind the delay.
Blizzard are probably too busy working on World of Starcraft of whatever their next monster cash cow is and that's the real reason behind the delay.
/me takes deep breath.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Now all I got to look forward to this year is Jumpgate Evolution and I bet that will slip to next year as well.
Oh well. At least the chances that it won't be bug ridden lag fest is good with Blizzard not rushing it out.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Now all I got to look forward to this year is Jumpgate Evolution and I bet that will slip to next year as well.
Oh well. At least the chances that it won't be bug ridden lag fest is good with Blizzard not rushing it out.
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I hope though that they do rethink their LAN based gaming. It is a shame that everything has to through some 3rd party system.
I hope though that they do rethink their LAN based gaming. It is a shame that everything has to through some 3rd party system.
Almost all the RTS gaming I do is LAN based, so unless they make a change, my puny connection won't be able to do it and I won't buy it.
LAN play will be available, but you'll have to connect via Battle.net to other players on your LAN. Basically to authenticate your copy of SC2. The actual playing will still be over LAN not Battle.net.
Of course, that sucks for the situations, when your internet connection doesn't work or you simply don't have one.
Of course, that sucks for the situations, when your internet connection doesn't work or you simply don't have one.
StarCraft = WarCraft in space. I've played and enjoyed them both, and there's not much difference between the two other than the setting.
There's enough that's different about them such that WarCraft doesn't have several cable channels devoted to broadcasting professional matches. How many WarCraft 'sports' announcers and color commentators are there? Not YouTube people. Real, paid, professional, salaried TV channel employees. Now how many StarCraft announcers and color commentators are there? At least a dozen.
That only proves that space battle is more popular than fantasy battle.
Minerals and gas, gold and lumber
Supply depots, farms.
Peasant, SCV
Battleships, Gryphon Rider
Build stuff, make armies, go squash your enemies. Build stuff, make armies, go squash your enemies.
You get the idea. It's the same game. Still both are fun to play, though.
Nah, I don't get the idea. StarCraft has "It" in a way WarCraft doesn't. Dawn of War never caught on the way SC did. Furthermore, most of the games that come out of Korea are fantasy based, not space based.
Really, your line of reasoning is essentially, same genre, same game. Why do CS and CSS each individually have more people playing it than every other FPS combined? These are 10 and 5 year old games, respectively.
This is stupid. WC3 and Starcraft are not similar at all. WC3 is about managing small amounts of units, leveling your heroes via creeping. Micromanaging. Starcraft is more oriented towards large battles. They are the same genre, and that's where the similarity ends.
You obviously don't watch Korean tv. True, WarCraft is not as popular amongst the pro scene in Korea but it does have its crowd and tv broadcasts (MBC) and others which is also in the same company as ESPN. I myself competed in WarCraft and my Korean clan was sponsored by AMD. My uncle during his prime was also a top SC player...Hyun Joon Kim (often in top 10) and I had the wonderful opportunity in meeting great SC players at various pc bangs (pc rooms).
Other comments have been made concerning changes in LAN that will hurt the Asian pro scene. Blizzard CATERS to the Asian scene more so than the America market - thanks in large part to StarCrafts immense success in Korea.
