MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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I'll be damned if I want to micro my troops while running away from an explody bug, by running one at a time back into the explody bugs, all while managing an economy, scouting, watching builds, etc. It looks entirely too much like work.
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Merusk
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Tricia Helfer (BSG's '6' Cylon) is the voice of Kerrigan. Voice Director is the woman who was the VD for most of the WB cartoons: Animaniacs, Batman TAS, Justice League, Green Lantern movies, etc.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Cadaverine
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Andrea Romano. She's like the voice director for everything. It's spooky.
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
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Merusk
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That's the one!
Also, 1k people from Blizzcon or the Online/DTV stream will get randomly selected for beta slots in sc2. Nice.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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schild
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That's the one!
Also, 1k people from Blizzcon or the Online/DTV stream will get randomly selected for beta slots in sc2. Nice.
Lame. There goes "everyone" getting a beta key (isn't that what it said when you signed up?) |
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Malakili
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It appears that beta has begun. From what I've heard (may not be accurate, can't be certain) you do NOT receive an e-mail if you got in, but need to sign into your account at battle.net to see. So, ya'll might want to check it out.
No beta for me :(
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Megrim
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Whenever an opponent discards a card, Megrim deals 2 damage to that player.
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Just saying now that if anyone has access and is not going to be playing, i will charitably relieve you of the duress of holding said account and will gladly play the game for you.
(no, didn't get betaed either T_T)
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One must bow to offer aid to a fallen man - The Tao of Shinsei.
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No beta here yet either.
It looks like from the buzz around town that big muckity mucks around the SC community got invites, and some high profile reporters/fansite folks got invites. The masses are still waiting.
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Vision
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Yeah, I have yet to receive my e-mail, or see it in my B.net account.
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Ingmar
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Downloading the client now.  |
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Malakili
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Downloading the client now. Can you confirm for us whether you got an e-mail or had to check your battle.net account? |
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Ingmar
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Downloading the client now. Can you confirm for us whether you got an e-mail or had to check your battle.net account? I didn't get any email about it, but SC2 showed up on the 'manage my games' page right at the front, clicking on it got me to a download link. |
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
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caladein
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I got an email about it a few minutes ago, but I hadn't checked my account before then.
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"Point being, they can't make everyone happy, so I hope they pick me." - Ingmar"OH MY GOD WE'RE SURROUNDED SEND FOR BACKUP DIG IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS MAN YOUR NECKBEARDS" - tgr
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schild
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:( :(
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Ingmar
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There appears to be  as well. I think. Need to re-read the thing I clicked past too fast. |
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schild
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Considering sites are doing livestreams, among other shit, I think this is the most universally ignored NDA of all time.
That said, break it somewhere else, I'd rather find shit out firsthand anyway.
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Ingmar
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
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Trippy
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God I love Blizzard.
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stu
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That's so Raven.
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Dear Diary,
Jackpot!
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Megrim
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Well, tell us your impression then. |
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kildorn
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I love that blizzard actually has the confidence in their games to go "you know what? tell everyone what you think"
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Ratman_tf
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I love that blizzard actually has the confidence in their games to go "you know what? tell everyone what you think"
Blizzard Beta means something totally different from every other developer's definition of beta also. |
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Lantyssa
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A finished game?
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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kaid
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or at least a close approximation to one.
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Nightblade
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I love that blizzard actually has the confidence in their games to go "you know what? tell everyone what you think"
...Or it was more the fact that everyone was leaking regardless of any agreement quickly glanced over by eager players. |
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kildorn
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I love that blizzard actually has the confidence in their games to go "you know what? tell everyone what you think"
...Or it was more the fact that everyone was leaking regardless of any agreement quickly glanced over by eager players. They drop their NDAs early pretty often. It's pretty much Friends and Family = don't talk about it, anything past that = go nuts. This compared to the new habit of dropping review embargoes the day before a game hits stores. There's a displayed confidence that people playing this will enjoy it, and convince others to play it. Not "shit, don't let anyone know what they're thinking about buying beyond marketing's box design!" |
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Ingmar
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Initial vague impressions: It's going to kick ass.  There's only multiplayer available currently. I only got in one 2v2 game in the practice league so far, but the game is clearly very polished already. I played protoss - on the map I played at least the starting mineral deposits are really pretty thin so you need to expand fast. The new protoss gunship things are pretty brutal. The matchmaking interface, etc., is pretty damn cool. There are achievements, but they're disabled right now. There's a ton of stats and replays and such available from the lobby too. Real ID does tell people your real name so don't sign up with anyone you don't want to know that. |
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naum
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How different is it from SC2?
Or just same game with spiffier graphics?
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"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
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Ingmar
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The core gameplay is exactly the same as SC1. Gather resources, build buildings and units, kill other guy.
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Fordel
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If Blizzard can make the future WoW and Diablo 3 battle.net interfaces as smooth and slick as the one in SC2 currently, then they will have officially 'won' video games.
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Lakov_Sanite
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If Blizzard can make the future WoW and Diablo 3 battle.net interfaces as smooth and slick as the one in SC2 currently, then they will have officially 'won' video games.
All battle.net games are going to be linked just like steam. They've already posted in-game screenshots from a wow friends list showing your online friends be they in SC2, on your server or even on other servers. I will assume the interface used between the three will be the same, albeit diff graphics. |
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Soln
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If Blizzard can make the future WoW and Diablo 3 battle.net interfaces as smooth and slick as the one in SC2 currently, then they will have officially 'won' video games.
yes wonder if I can take a leave of absence from work |
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Vision
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So I entered my beta key as soon as I found out the beta was out. Still haven't gotten a notice yet though.
Its incredibly frustrating.
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Fordel
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Just finished my first game, was dicking around against the computer (it defaults to very easy atm, which is *very* easy) and it's a little overwhelming at first, almost every unit has at least 1 special power, if not 2 or 3. But they are all awesome, be it voice acting or visuals or how they actually play.
If you even remotely enjoyed the original Starcraft, just clear your calendar at this point.
Though one thing I am having trouble adjusting too, is just how far my units can actually see. I was playing Dawn of War for the past couple of months, and in DoW, half your units can see past your screen real estate. The SC2 units are much shorter range and it will probably take some adjusting on my part.
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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taolurker
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I used to write for extinct gaming sites
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