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| Karmeck wrote: | | If you cheat at starcraft 2 and get caught and banned you have to buy a new copy to play the game again. |
No different to steam?
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 04:59 Post subject: |
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yeah I watched the blizzcon stream this afternoon on a talk on sc2. It turned out to be pretty much all about battlenet.
It seems like blizz took cues from all the developments in the pc gaming market in the last few years, as well as the social networks like fb/my space and etc. The new battlenet seems to be a more smooth version of steam. They worked a lot to make it more social orientated though, with some features such as being able to give your friends on battlenet your own alias. I really like this feature because for games that I have not played in months, like GW or games on steam, I have a lot of friends who I dont remember. I know I have a friend from here and there and we did this and that, but I dont remember their random nicknames anymore. They said they took this cue from google talk where you were able to assign your friends your own names instead of seeing their name/email all the time.
you will be able to communicate with people playing other Blizz games such as the future D3 and WoW through Battlenet.
on the topic of achievement, the reward for unlocking them is the ability to unlock more avatars for your account on battlenet. You can unlock symbols which will show up on your units during gameplay (kind of like warhammer I think).
On the issue of protection, it seems that they are planning on making battlenet a very internet orientated service. If you are not connected to the internet, you will have to be signed in as a guest and be in offline mode. You can only play single player in this mode and can't unlock achievements.
you will also need to authenticate your copy through an internet connection. At the conference, some people booed at this haha. It's going to be interesting to see if blizzard can use the internet authentication smoothly, and weather or not you need to authenticate to activate the offline guest mode (I think you do?).
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 05:17 Post subject: |
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| clragon wrote: | yeah I watched the blizzcon stream this afternoon on a talk on sc2. It turned out to be pretty much all about battlenet.
It seems like blizz took cues from all the developments in the pc gaming market in the last few years, as well as the social networks like fb/my space and etc. The new battlenet seems to be a more smooth version of steam. They worked a lot to make it more social orientated though, with some features such as being able to give your friends on battlenet your own alias. I really like this feature because for games that I have not played in months, like GW or games on steam, I have a lot of friends who I dont remember. I know I have a friend from here and there and we did this and that, but I dont remember their random nicknames anymore. They said they took this cue from google talk where you were able to assign your friends your own names instead of seeing their name/email all the time.
you will be able to communicate with people playing other Blizz games such as the future D3 and WoW through Battlenet.
on the topic of achievement, the reward for unlocking them is the ability to unlock more avatars for your account on battlenet. You can unlock symbols which will show up on your units during gameplay (kind of like warhammer I think).
On the issue of protection, it seems that they are planning on making battlenet a very internet orientated service. If you are not connected to the internet, you will have to be signed in as a guest and be in offline mode. You can only play single player in this mode and can't unlock achievements.
you will also need to authenticate your copy through an internet connection. At the conference, some people booed at this haha. It's going to be interesting to see if blizzard can use the internet authentication smoothly, and weather or not you need to authenticate to activate the offline guest mode (I think you do?). |
that system could be GREAT in diablo III, I personally hate steam, but I love the new steam community feature, I add a lot of my games to the steam launcher just to use the chat stuff |
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 06:50 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 08:22 Post subject: |
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Karmeck
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 12:17 Post subject: |
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| Submiqent wrote: | | Karmeck wrote: | | If you cheat at starcraft 2 and get caught and banned you have to buy a new copy to play the game again. |
No different to steam? |
there u can play on non vac servers.
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 16:58 Post subject: |
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The new Battle.net looks sweet and i really like that i can chat to my friend if he is playing SC2 and im playing WoW at the same time. Really like that and the achievements will get me hooked on the games even more because im a achievement whore but one thing i didnt see. Just point it out if you saw it. They talked about shared achievement points. If i log in with my Battle.net account to SC2 can i check out all of my previously earned achievements in WoW? and if i log in to WoW can i see somehow what achievements i have earned in D3 and SC2. Just some braging rights in lets say open channel in D3 and you forgot the achievment name so u can easily check it out and even link it. Will that be possible??
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 17:39 Post subject: |
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lol Achievements
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 18:01 Post subject: |
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Achievements, the GAME SELLER!! o wait, no one cares..
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 18:17 Post subject: |
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| pr0pht133 wrote: | | Achievements, the GAME SELLER!! o wait, no one cares.. |
Isnt it obvious that i do?? Achievements make u push that extra for that extra something. I was asking just if anyone has any information on it!
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| Posted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 17:01 Post subject: |
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oh wow just saw part of the presentation on the new game editor. they made a third person shooter out of it! the build they were playing did not have mouse support but apparently it has already been made and is possible from the map editor. it was pretty much starcraft ghost from SC2 map editor haha.
edit: and they are makign a pseudo lan mode. this is why people reserve judgment when it comes to blizz.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60156
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Nov 2009 22:45 Post subject: |
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there was a Big update last week,so let put it here
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| Quote: | Karune and Cydra (yes, both -- looks like some miscommunication at Blizzard) have informed us that the official StarCraft 2 web site has just got some major updates. Among these are:
* a short story centered on the Terran discovery of the Changeling,
* details on singleplayer storytelling and multiplayer map design,
* new character bios for Tychus, Zeratul, and Raynor, and
* lots of new art and screenshots
Expect updates to SC2Pod's galleries and wiki soon. (feel free to log in to the wiki and help, as there is quite a bit of new info here, with bios, stories, maps, etc.) Check out the site now! |
Changeling Gameplay
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Nov 2009 23:16 Post subject: |
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Awesome. Absolutely stoked for this shit.. Can't wait.
I might even buy a POS windows based system again to play it.. Not sure how iMac would handle graphics on high.
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Nov 2009 02:47 Post subject: |
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| wgem wrote: | Awesome. Absolutely stoked for this shit.. Can't wait.
I might even buy a POS windows based system again to play it.. Not sure how iMac would handle graphics on high. |
What is the speed of CPU and how many RAM ? [ Apple Menu --> About This Mac ]
What GPU ? [ Apple Menu --> About This Mac --> Click `More Info...` button --> Select Graphics/Displays ] |
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Dec 2009 09:59 Post subject: |
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What's the progress of this game, long time that I heard something about it?
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Dec 2009 11:46 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Dec 2009 11:58 Post subject: |
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You forgot a 0 in the end
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| WhiteBarbarian wrote: | | wgem wrote: | Awesome. Absolutely stoked for this shit.. Can't wait.
I might even buy a POS windows based system again to play it.. Not sure how iMac would handle graphics on high. |
What is the speed of CPU and how many RAM ? [ Apple Menu --> About This Mac ]
What GPU ? [ Apple Menu --> About This Mac --> Click `More Info...` button --> Select Graphics/Displays ] |
That doesn't necessarily mean you will get comparable to Windows results. From my testings (universal binaries vs. Windows native), OS X had considerably lower results in GPU related tests (games, video playback, etc) on the same machine with same hardware. |
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Dec 2009 01:40 Post subject: |
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| PDSOUNDS wrote: | | What's the progress of this game, long time that I heard something about it? |
It was delayed due to battle.net 2.0.
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Dec 2009 15:20 Post subject: |
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StarCraft II wins Wired.com's Vaporware 2009 Award
| Wired.com wrote: | 1. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Another year, another âalmost doneâ video game taking top prize.
This time, it goes to StarCraft II, Blizzardâs long-anticipated sequel to the real-time strategy blockbuster StarCraft: Brood War. The game picks up the story where the first game left off, continuing the battle between the Protoss, Terran and Zerg. But the alien super-races must have signed some sort of armistice, because 12 years have lapsed since StarCraftâs release, and thereâs still no StarCraft II.
We were supposed to see a StarCraft II beta during 2009, but itâs been pushed back to first half of 2010. And the latest official announcements from Blizzard have pegged the game for a final-code release later in 2010. The company says the upcoming launch of its Battle.net online gaming service is to blame.
So, we realize weâre bending our own rules a little to include StarCraft II on this yearâs list. But we reserve every right to do so based on several factors.
First, a playable version of StarCraft II debuted over two years ago at BlizzCon 2007. Thereâs been no action since then, just an agonizingly long wait. Furthermore, weâve seen first-hand reports, videos, demos and written reviews of the game all along, and the whole experience has been built up into an epic tease.
Finally, the public is downright irate. We received more votes for StarCraft II from Wired.com readers than every other item on this list combined. Hereâs a sample of some of your comments:
âI donât care what Blizzard says. It will never, ever be released.â âFireyFate
âThe waiting sucks. It has been what, 12 years, since Brood War came out? Come on, Blizzard.â âAaron James Tangoan
âIâve gone from âI need thisâ to âI could not care less.ââ âLuis Frost
âPerhaps itâs taking them extra time to figure out how to take the LAN networking code out.â âAndrew Lett
âStarCraft: Brood War = Best RTS ever. StarCraft II = Best RTS never.â âBill Cameron
âI remembering pre-ordering it for my brotherâs birthday back in August of 2008 when Circuit City was still in business.â âwhoisdarr
âSo without Duke Nukem Forever, how am I supposed to get my name in the Vaporware survey? Guess I bet on the wrong horse. Shouldâve picked StarCraft II.â âDennis Murphy |
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Dec 2009 15:36 Post subject: |
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âPerhaps itâs taking them extra time to figure out how to take the LAN networking code out.â - ouch! 
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Like I said, I compared native games (with Universal binaries, for maximum performance), not some emulation crap. Doom 3, Prey and BioShock were among the tested games, as well various media players. All lagged behind their Windows counterparts. Sadly, I have not had the time to do the same with Linux applications, but I believe the situation will be much better because of continuously updated drivers.
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Dec 2009 17:24 Post subject: |
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Better to just bootcamp into windows... ?
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Dec 2009 17:33 Post subject: |
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I believe so, yes, but of course don't take my word for it. It is best to either try the demos (or full games  ) for both platforms and see which work best.
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Dec 2009 18:15 Post subject: |
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| iNatan wrote: | | Like I said, I compared native games (with Universal binaries, for maximum performance), not some emulation crap. Doom 3, Prey and BioShock were among the tested games, as well various media players. All lagged behind their Windows counterparts. Sadly, I have not had the time to do the same with Linux applications, but I believe the situation will be much better because of continuously updated drivers. |
Oh, I wasn't sure what you meant by Universal binaries. At glance, Cider ports are Universal too 
Need to check bundle contents to be sure.
I didn't tried Mac versions of Prey and BioShock, only Doom 3 and at naked eye comparison it run great. Did you measured the FPS ? What was the difference ?
Agree on Linux ports, with so many Linux nerds and zealots tweaking it everyday it definately should have better drivers
| FriendlyBus wrote: | | Better to just bootcamp into windows... ? |
Usually so, but as long as you don't judge performance purely on number of FPS-es Mac versions could be good too. Personally I can't see difference between 30 FPS and 30+ FPS, for me as long as game runs at least @ 25 FPS it's ok, @ >= 30 - awesome 
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But in general, if someone is into games, it would be better to have a standalone PC or console. More convenient this way. I settled for Apple notebook + desktop PC combo. I will stop upgrading PC as soon as there will be console with native support for keyboard and mouse and Turn Based Strategy games, mods support would be nice too |
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System Requirements Revealed{official}
http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/comments/starcraft-ii-system-requirements-revealed/
| Quote: | Minimum Requirements:
Operating System
Windows XP / XP64 (Service Pack 3)
Windows Vista / Vista64 (service Pack 1)
Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor
Intel Pentium IV 1.3GHz
AMD XP 1500+
Memory
(Windows XP) 512mb
(Windows Vista) 1024mb
(Windows 7) 1024mb
Graphics
3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM
such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better
Hard Drive
15Gb (of free space) -
DirectX
DirectX9.0c
Recommended Requirements:
Processor
Intel Pentium D
AMD 64 X2
Memory
(Windows XP) 1024mb
(Windows Vista) 2048mb
(Windows 7) 2048mb
Graphics
3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM
such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better |
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