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[Melismatic]

Hi everyone,

Just a general post about Starcraft 2 really.

Does anyone know the official release date? I've seen some youtube videos of the online play. The new Battle net looks amazing.

Also, will the online play be released when the game is released?

[bookman]

Melismatic, on 08 March 2010 - 01:41 PM, said:

Hi everyone,

Just a general post about Starcraft 2 really.

Does anyone know the official release date? I've seen some youtube videos of the online play. The new Battle net looks amazing.

Also, will the online play be released when the game is released?

As I recall it is slated for a summer release, and it will include the Terran episode, but multiplayer will include all factions.

[Janichsan]

Melismatic, on 08 March 2010 - 01:41 PM, said:

Hi everyone,

Just a general post about Starcraft 2 really.

Does anyone know the official release date? I've seen some youtube videos of the online play. The new Battle net looks amazing.

Also, will the online play be released when the game is released?

There's a multiplayer beta, but so far only for Windows and only for limited participants. As far as I understood that, there might be a Mac beta upcoming, but no idea when. And the release date? When it's done.

[Melismatic]

Janichsan, on 08 March 2010 - 01:45 PM, said:

There's a multiplayer beta, but so far only for Windows and only for limited participants. As far as I understood that, there might be a Mac beta upcoming, but no idea when. And the release date? When it's done.

Well I hope they release it this year. They've got everybody excited about it now.

I've heard a rumours of an online fee too. Which I find hard to believe seeing as they make millions of WoW alone.

[devSin]

Hmm, Rob is too busy doing Valve's dirty work now, so the Mac beta test is TBD.

The game is still scheduled for 1H10; definitely this year at any rate. From what they've announced, there's no fee for Battle.net, but it's possible some specialized services may be provided at cost (same as with some WoW services that have additional cost).

[dojoboy]

I'm certainly ready for this.  I especially like the ability to find like-skilled players in Battle.net for MP.  I'm already for my group -> Casual Newbs 'R Us.

[icemac]

Got my beta invitation last week and i think that indicates that the mac beta is close.
Blizzard was quoted that it would be mac beta in april and so far i know a few mac users who have gotten a beta inv most have opted for bootcamp since we can download the PC beta atm.
I'm still patiently waiting for the mac version, hope it comes soon.

[bookman]

Starcraft 2 and the Valve games are going to keep me busy for quite a while, atleast until Diablo 3 comes out.

[XxtraLarGe]

I got a Mac beta invite on Saturday morning, but when I logged in to battle.net, SCII wasn't in my list of games, so I can't download the client. I saw one posting related to this on the battle.net forum, but I can't post anything because I don't have the SCII key. Has anyone else run into this issue?

[jptelthorst]

XxtraLarGe, on 10 May 2010 - 09:42 AM, said:

I got a Mac beta invite on Saturday morning, but when I logged in to battle.net, SCII wasn't in my list of games, so I can't download the client. I saw one posting related to this on the battle.net forum, but I can't post anything because I don't have the SCII key. Has anyone else run into this issue?

Exact same thing happened to me.  I contacted blizzard and here is the reply I got:

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Greetings & Salutations!

Thank you for contacting Blizzard Entertainment Technical Support. My name is Lucy, and I will do my best to get you back in the game.

I apologize for the confusion. You should get the SC2 beta in your us.battle.net account page in a few days.


Have an Epic Day!
Sincerely,
Lucy T.

[Mister Mumbles]

jptelthorst, on 10 May 2010 - 10:17 AM, said:

Exact same thing happened to me.  I contacted blizzard and here is the reply I got:

Guess I should send an e-mail their way as well because I have the very same issue.

[XxtraLarGe]

Gratzi!

jptelthorst, on 10 May 2010 - 10:17 AM, said:

Exact same thing happened to me.  I contacted blizzard and here is the reply I got:

[Mister Mumbles]

I guess somebody must have read that e-mail I sent this morning, since the beta appeared on my account page after I came home from work. I didn't get a reply e-mail though. *shrug* Works for me. Downloading now...

[Mister Mumbles]

I'm positively surprised. Judging from people's previous impressions I was almost expecting a travesty on my Maccer, but it turns out it runs the game quite well on medium on native res. Don't knock that integrated 9400M. Even at that 'lower' setting the game looks really good. I wouldn't be surprised if the performance went up a little more as Blizzard tweaks the game more. Though the loadtimes could be a bit shorter.

So my first match as novice Zerg vs Terran didn't go much of anywhere for a while until I brought out the big guns. He just obliterated my Zerg army with them damn siege tanks. Enter the toughened Ultralisk; those sure ripped his troops a new one. The winning stroke was taking a group of my overlords and dumping six ultralisks and a few dozen hydralisk in the back of his main base. Not much of a defense there as he was more worried about the front. It didn't help him that he was very slow in expanding his resource gathering effort. Well, 'twas fun.

The differences/non-existence of some units definitely threw me a bit. It will be a bit of a learning curve. Is there any way to permanently expand creep? So far I only found out about the temporary creep the overlords can ooze onto the ground. I can see how well that could work in tandem with the tunnel though.

I'm definitely looking forward to getting reacquainted with the SC universe.

[BenRoethig]

Me too.  Got the email friday morning, the beta finally showed up last night after an email to blizzard.

[BenRoethig]

Well, I've found out two things so far.  1) its everything I expected.  2) I'm really really really rusty.  I wish there was a tutorial before throwing you back in the fire.

[badger2d]

Pegasus, on 11 May 2010 - 12:36 AM, said:

Is there any way to permanently expand creep? So far I only found out about the temporary creep the overlords can ooze onto the ground. I can see how well that could work in tandem with the tunnel though.

I'm definitely looking forward to getting reacquainted with the SC universe.

The Queen can make a creep tumor, which expands creep, and which can generate more creep tumors as well.

[Mister Mumbles]

Sounds thoroughly disgusting. Me like! I've always been a fan of the Zerg.

[XxtraLarGe]

BenRoethig, on 11 May 2010 - 07:36 AM, said:

Well, I've found out two things so far.  1) its everything I expected.  2) I'm really really really rusty.  I wish there was a tutorial before throwing you back in the fire.

+100% agree with you on the tutorial. I got owned in my first newbie game. I guess I must have played it a lot though 10 years ago, because I instinctively remembered to hit the space key when new units were created. The game plays fairly well on my 24" iMac as well, but when I crank up the settings, it becomes really laggy. That's another area where a tutorial would help, since you could experiment with your settings and not have it count against your newbie games.

Pegasus, on 10 May 2010 - 09:40 PM, said:

I guess somebody must have read that e-mail I sent this morning, since the beta appeared on my account page after I came home from work. I didn't get a reply e-mail though. *shrug* Works for me. Downloading now...

I didn't get my follow-up email until I had already downloaded & played a couple of games.  

[BenRoethig]

Honestly, I'm pretty impressed by the performance.  I wouldn't call my ALU iMac exactly cutting edge and it runs at native 1600x1080 resolution at medium quality without a hiccup.