Starcraft 2: It's alive!

[Alcibiades]

Beta keys are going for $200-$400 on ebay/craigslist. I'd sell that shit if I got one. 

Same

[Vince]

Who are the Southerners in StarCraft? The Zerg?

The confederitard hoomins, of course.

Ironic that Lettow's favorite game has the Confederacy going down in flames.

[stjaba]

Beta keys are going for $200-$400 on ebay/craigslist. I'd sell that shit if I got one. 

WHY DID I KNOW THIS  4 hours ago

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Edit: I actually don't know if I would have been able to sell my access- the people on ebay appear to be selling beta access cards they got at blizzard fan fests- I was invited because I "opted" in. It would probably be harder for me to sell whatever an invite. Also, it is almost definitely a breach of contract to do so. Although it is unlikely that I would actually be sued if Blizzard found out that I sold my invite, as a first year law student, I would not want to expose myself to legal liability.

[Alcibiades]

There are some mutliplayer battle reports on youtube that are really interesting.  Really looking forward to this, although I'm sure just like in Warcraft 3 most online games will involve me getting raped by Koreans.

#4 part 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8waUab_1pg
part 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNyg_EsJdA&feature=related

#3  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGonoCrql4

Thanks, been watching a few of these.

[Lettow77]

It is, indeed, lettow's favourite game.

The confederacy deserved to go down in flames. They became THE MAN in the first series. Then the sons of korhal did- and now raynor is the hero, representing ruralism, decentralization and defiance of authoritarian tyranny.

heee

[stjaba]

Played in my first couple games. To learn a little bit about the game, I played a few practice games against the computer. There's no tutorial or anything like that either. Anyways, in both my games it was clearly the opponents first time playing so it was a walkover. One annoying thing is that a lot of the maps have an anti-rushing feature- rocks that block your path to the opponent's base. You have to attack them for a minute or two before you can get through. I guess it's good for newbs, but it's tedious attacking several sets of rocks just to attack the other guy's base.

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Edit another cool thing is that games go by relatively quickly- much faster than War3. I won both my games in like 12 minutes.

[Alcibiades]

Played it, very enjoyable.  Exactly like the old one with new stuffz.

[DisturbedPervert]

I'm filled with INTERNET RAGE that you guys have beta keys and I don't

[Fate]

I wouldn't be surprised if they end up doing an open beta in a few months so they can truly stress test battle.net and open up a more diverse testing base. D2 was closed for a while but eventually opened up to the masses.

[Alcibiades]

Dont have a beta key


I'm just playing against the AI, wasn't as difficult as I thought it may be to get it to work.

[Strix]

Stopped at Game Stop for the new Battlefield and they were already taking pre-orders for it.

[MadImmortalMan]

Yep. This and Diablo 3 are already on sale for pre-order. I'm thinking of making a stock play on Activision-Blizzard's next couple earnings announcements.