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Doomforge
Admirable
Undefeatable Hero
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posted June 24, 2008 09:05 AM |
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btw the requirements are fake.
Even before that was stated, it was pretty obvious to me (there is absolutely no need for such kind of games to require more than 16 kb/s connection.)
Seems it was written by a person clueless about how online games work.
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JoonasTo
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted June 24, 2008 10:56 AM |
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I'm with you right there Doomforge with the 1 Mbit being too much but I disagree about that 16 kb/s. Age of Empires (the first one) doesn't play well without at least 28 kb/s. I just have to point out that C&C 3 needs a 512 kb/s connection (stated in the requirements) so that might still be true with 1 Mbit for StarCraft 2.
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Doomforge
Admirable
Undefeatable Hero
Retired Hero
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posted June 24, 2008 11:04 AM |
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If sc2 uses the same data transfer mechanics as SC1 and Warcraft III, it should work fine with 8 kb/s.
The game obviously does not transfer flashy graphics and other stuff, just important details like unit positions, map changes, resource data etc, so no matter how hard the game is for our CPUs, it should NOT require a fast connection. If it does, it's just another failure of the game makers 
It's all about optimalization, after all.
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xerox
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
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posted June 25, 2008 12:45 AM |
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Blizzard games are made so that most computers can handle them and not look super bad so i to think they are fake.
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Over himself, over his own
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted June 25, 2008 03:23 AM |
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Found a new article on Starcraft 2 today. The corrupter unit sounds strangely appealing to me.
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The giant has awakened
You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
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winterfate
Supreme Hero
Water-marked Champion!
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posted June 25, 2008 03:44 AM |
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@Omega: LOL!
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The Zerg no longer have buildings, as nobody used them in the original Starcraft, instead opting to spend al their resources on zerglings for a rush. Instead, they now utilize Sand Worms... Westwood Studios sued Blizzard...however Blizzard won the lawsuit by flying every last surviving lawyer of the recently imploded South Korea over to the United States to fight the case for them.
I nearly dropped out of my seat laughing at this (especially the bolded parts).
Besides, Zergling rushes only work against newbies/slow players. 
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JoonasTo
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted June 25, 2008 11:10 AM |
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@Doomforge: Maybe some idiot invented a way to quadruple that information.
But seriously games do need more bandwith for something nowadays. C&C (the first) works fine with a serial connection but neither age of empires or age of kings don't. I quess it's just a way to mess things up or something.
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Instead, they now utilize Sand Worms... Westwood Studios sued Blizzard
LMAO!
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posted June 25, 2008 04:07 PM |
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Panda - As Blizzard always does include pandas in all of its games, there will surely be a panda unit in the next April Fool's. You must know that all features appearing in today's April Fool's are actually very serious things though deeply by producers in the past. So there might be a new species in space that all look like panda. Well, it's possible.
Why not?
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Ghost - Now capable of using their rifles to make a 1-shot kill. However, this doesn't work on buildings, as their heads are difficult to find.
 How clever
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Darkshadow
Legendary Hero
Cerise Princess
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posted June 25, 2008 06:44 PM |
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Quote:
Ghost - Now capable of using their rifles to make a 1-shot kill. However, this doesn't work on buildings, as their heads are difficult to find.
But what if its a head building?
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watcher83
Supreme Hero
Child of Malassa
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posted July 01, 2008 01:26 PM |
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Quote:
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Ghost - Now capable of using their rifles to make a 1-shot kill. However, this doesn't work on buildings, as their heads are difficult to find.
But what if its a head building?
maybe like tanya from ra?
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Mamgaeater
Legendary Hero
Shroud, Flying, Trample, Haste
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posted July 01, 2008 09:29 PM |
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wasn't that c4?
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Protection From Everything.
dota
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted October 11, 2008 04:06 AM |
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From BluesNews:
StarCraft II Trisected [October 10, 2008, 9:02 pm ET] - Share - 14 Comments
The big news today out of BlizzCon is that StarCraft II is being divided into Terrans: Wings of Liberty, Zerg: Heart of the Swarm, and Protoss: Legacy of the Void, three separate standalone campaigns that will be sold separately, each highlighting one of the game's races, with the decision to subdivide the real-time strategy sequel said to be the alternative to either delaying or scaling back the release. Shacknews quotes Blizzard's Rob Pardo saying the second and third games "will be like expansion packs, but we really want them to feel like standalone products." Word is the Zerg campaign will emphasize RPG elements, the Protoss campaign will focus on diplomacy, and the Terran campaign will also feature a Protoss mini-campaign. Shacknews also offers a coupe of cut-scenes, one fully rendered, and the other using the game engine.
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The giant has awakened
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Wrath and raving I will not stop
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Mamgaeater
Legendary Hero
Shroud, Flying, Trample, Haste
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posted October 11, 2008 04:43 AM |
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i don't know why but i just lost a little interest in buying sc2
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Protection From Everything.
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted October 11, 2008 04:53 AM |
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I'm sure the feeling will pass when the game is released.
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The giant has awakened
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Wrath and raving I will not stop
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booboo
Adventuring Hero
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posted October 13, 2008 01:02 PM |
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I think we can all safely say that Blizzard have turned into some really greedy mofos. This is too transparent, I believe and my interest for this game has reached 0 suddenly
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JoonasTo
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted October 13, 2008 01:08 PM |
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No way I'm buying StarCraft 2 after this. NO WAY!
Illegal downloading though...
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Shares
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I am. Thusly I am.
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posted October 13, 2008 04:05 PM |
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@Doomforge: Maybe some idiot invented a way to quadruple that information.
But seriously games do need more bandwith for something nowadays. C&C (the first) works fine with a serial connection but neither age of empires or age of kings don't. I quess it's just a way to mess things up or something.
The AoE games may even lag when using local networks with 100 MB/s, between two "good" computers. And Diablo III is coming too! God I'm excited! And Fable II and a new Prince of Persia! Well that's what I'm waiting for.
EDIT: Oh! I also read somewhere that Blizzard is working with a third project (Except for WoW)!
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JoonasTo
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted October 13, 2008 09:28 PM |
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Well, shares, mine for sure doesn't.
What might that third be? I hope it's Starcraft ghost.
*falls back to earth* oh right, they cancelled it. 
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doomnezeu
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Miaumiaumiau
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posted October 15, 2008 03:23 PM |
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Well, shares, mine for sure doesn't.
What might that third be? I hope it's Starcraft ghost.
*falls back to earth* oh right, they cancelled it.
It's the "unnamed MMO, different from WoW". It will also be on consoles, since most of the guys doing SC: Ghost are involved.
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DruidElder
Hired Hero
replier in pictures
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posted October 16, 2008 10:34 PM |
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don't know if you already knew buy I've heard rumors that Starcraft II is coming out 3 december 2008 according also according to wikipedia these heroes might come in SC2 (it's copied)
Tychus Findlay
Tychus J. Findlay is a Terran marine who first appears in the StarCraft II cinematic trailer,[62] in which he is shown being encased into marine armour. He is also the subject of a promotional statue for StarCraft II.[63] According to an interview with Blizzard's Nick Carpenter, Findlay is to be a prominent character in StarCraft II.[64]
According to his criminal record within the trailer, Findlay is a convicted criminal from Mar Sara, sentenced for murder, piracy, theft, larceny and narcotics offenses, and is also suspected of several other crimes.[63] It is also revealed in the trailer that his death sentence was commuted for service in the Marine Corps. At BlizzCon in August of 2007, Findlay was shown in the single-player campaign demonstration, in the service of Jim Raynor, although Matt Horner reports he has gone missing later in the demo. 2008 Blizzcon expanded on Findlay's role further, revealing he escaped from prison and, in the Terran campaign's opening missions, tracked down Raynor and recruited him to work for the Moebius Foundation.
Valerian Mengsk
Valerian Mengsk is a twenty-two year old[65] Terran male in the StarCraft series. He is the son of Arcturus Mengsk[65] and the heir to the Terran Dominion. He is one of two characters in the StarCraft series to appear in a novel before appearing in one of the games. A disciple of Japanese martial arts,[65] he is described as "brilliant and a bit arrogant for knowing it"[65] and is a keen archaeologist.[65] According to Firstborn he was raised in secrecy on a number of worlds across the Koprulu sector[65] during the Sons of Korhal terrorist campaign. The identity and fate of his mother have not been revealed.
Valerian Mengsk first features in the novel Firstborn, in which he enlists Jake Ramsey to investigate a Xel'Naga temple[65] on Nemaka, later attempting to have Ramsey and his archaeological team taken for interrogation and Ramsey subjected to extensive psychological and mental testing to garner the information he had acquired. However, the team is killed before questioning and Ramsey escapes.[65] Frustrated, Valerian sends a fleet under his personal employ to retrieve Ramsey after deliberately hiding knowledge of Ramsey's powers from his father.[66] Valerian Mengsk's character was confirmed to appear in StarCraft II[67] during Blizzcon of August 2007. Chris Metzen has explained that as StarCraft documented his father's rise to power, in StarCraft II, Valerian, not content to just be "Emperor Mengsk II", will make his own name in the Dominion.
Nova
November Annabella Terra,[24] normally known by her codename Nova, is a ghost agent for the Terran Dominion, and the protagonist of the StarCraft: Ghost sub-series. Despite the postponement of the Ghost game, her character still continues through StarCraft Ghost: Nova, a novel covering Nova's early life that was meant to accompany the game's release.[68]
According to StarCraft Ghost: Nova, Nova is the daughter of one of the highly influential Confederate Old Families,[24] and despite having unusually high psionic potential her father is able to prevent her from being taken into the Confederate Ghost Program.[24] However, after her family is murdered by an anti-Confederate resistance movement, Nova flees to the undercity of Tarsonis and is forced to work for an organised crime boss who wants to utilise her psionic powers for his ends. During the Zerg assault on Tarsonis at the end of StarCraft's Episode I, a Confederate wrangler eventually tracks her down and is able to get her off the planet, inadvertently ending up in the Sons of Korhal fleet.[24] As a result, Nova voluntarily trains as a Dominion ghost agent and has her memory wiped to remove the reminders of her family's murder and her involvement with the Tarsonis underworld.[24]
Due to the postponement of the StarCraft: Ghost game, Nova has not been featured in any media since. However, it has been speculated that Nova may have a role in StarCraft II as her armour discreetly appears in concept art[69] depicting Arcturus Mengsk. At Blizzcon in August 2007, Blizzard Entertainment claimed that if there was a role for Nova in the game, she would appear, but she would not be in the game just for the sake of being in it.
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