Thread: Starcraft 2

Anyone else hyped? Man I love this game. I think I have invested more time with this game than any other.

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I loved broodwar, I wasted a really huge portion of my life on that.

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

I loved broodwar, I cherished a really huge portion of my life on that.

I fixed it for you!

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The first Starcraft was and still is my favourite game of all time, so you can imagine just how excited I've been since the day they announced the second one. I really cannot wait, and it's driving me nuts how there's been no announcement of a release date. I even watched the play-by-play video of two people in a skirmish, which I would never do for any other game, and I was excited the whole way through.

I didn't play the first one until later, thought I hear it is still popular. I'm not a fan of the RTS community/competitive scene sometimes, but I like well made, balanced RTS games and their artwork and so am looking forward to this.

I spent most of my younger life on starcraft, playing or making maps.

Great memories... I doubt I can run SC2 on my computer, but one day...

i....
cant....
wait...

Originally Posted by GestaltAlteration

I spent most of my younger life on starcraft, playing or making maps.

Great memories... I doubt I can run SC2 on my computer, but one day...

Starcraft 2 isn't that hard on your computer, so I've heard.

Yup, Starcraft 2. After the failure that was DOW 2, this is all I've got left to live for XD

3 MORE DAYS! I really don't have the discretionary funds atm, but I suspect I will break down and buy the game. Hopefully they will have a downloadable version, as my optical drive is defunct.

Woot for 50$ Best Buy certificate that's been sitting in my room for 5 months.

I gotta wait 'till the 1st when my brother brings me his old graphics card.

I weep >:' (

hehe, already pre-downloaded the client Just awaiting the release date so I can instantly purchase and play it! (okay so it's a bit behind the midnight retail release, but meh, not too bothered by that )

I cannot wait for this game. my friends and I are playing all day and night and day again!!

I already pre-ordered the game from amazon yesterday, can't wait!

ughu you guysss qq

this would easily complete my life

So excited for this, the game will be PnP when I get home from Stockholm, and then I'm off to a 4+ day lan party with my buddies, and they all play SC2 aswell

Originally Posted by Marvo

So excited for this, the game will be PnP when I get home from Stockholm, and then I'm off to a 4+ day lan party with my buddies, and they all play SC2 aswell

Did they ever make the call to put back LAN functionality? I suppose you could still have a LAN party, just sharing the host's bandwidth to connect to Battlenet

relevant link: http://www.starcraft-fans.com/page/B...No+LAN+Support

Originally Posted by Taosaur

Did they ever make the call to put back LAN functionality? I suppose you could still have a LAN party, just sharing the host's bandwidth to connect to Battlenet

relevant link: Blizzard Responds to No LAN Support - StarCraft 2

In Denmark we have monster connections. Battle.net won't really be a problem

Admittedly I've never played the original SC. It looks like I'm missing out...

I never lagged on battlenet here in the US either...but the whole point of lan was to be able to play without internet. What if my internet goes out and my friends and I still want to play? looks like we're sol cause blizzard had to be stupid.

You will be able to play offline by loading credentials onto your computer, much like Steam. There won't be LAN support, of course, but you will be able to play SP and against AI, I believe.

I never lagged on battlenet here in the US either...but the whole point of lan was to be able to play without internet. What if my internet goes out and my friends and I still want to play? looks like we're sol cause blizzard had to be stupid.

haha, try and apply that scenario to some sort of huge official LAN party or tournament Epic.

Originally Posted by SomeDreamer

haha, try and apply that scenario to some sort of huge official LAN party or tournament Epic.

It's a classic case of a media company opting to hobble their product and alienate paying customers on account of pirate hysteria. Of course, it's always a matter of how badly you want what they have, and in this case they're confident they have our nuts in a vise. And they're right

Originally Posted by Taosaur

It's a classic case of a media company opting to hobble their product and alienate paying customers on account of pirate hysteria. Of course, it's always a matter of how badly you want what they have, and in this case they're confident they have our nuts in a vise. And they're right

You know, compared to some of the DRM disasters you see in different games, I'd say that SC2 are one of the better ones. While it does suck, it will probably finally encourage LAN hosts to put some thought into their network setup, instead of just hammering up something cheap that won't hold 100 people connected to the internet at the same time.