anyone know anything one way or another bout this?

2/22/2006 1:35:54 AM

Basically it's a stupid idea for them to do anything like this in the next two or three years or so. They have a stranglehold on the MMORPG market, and it would be pointless to spend money to split said market. Who the fuck thinks they're doing this?

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 1:50 AM. Reason : asdf]

2/22/2006 1:38:10 AM

Another starcraft game would be neat if they remembered to add the strategy this time.

2/22/2006 3:14:21 AM

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"Basically it's a stupid idea for them to do anything like this in the next two or three years or so. They have a stranglehold on the MMORPG market, and it would be pointless to spend money to split said market. Who the fuck thinks they're doing this? "

Maybe they're not making games to stranglehold the marketplace, and instead to advance the art of game-making?

I mean this seriously. No gaming company has yet to release a product that people loved, and then just did minor updates to it. We keep seeing new FPSes (as new as they can be), with newer tech, RPGs went through the evolutionary ladder, RTSes did the same, pretty much every game genre gets new games regularly (except for sports, but that's almost to be expected). I don't believe Blizzard will just stagnate of WoW. They will continue to make new games. A Starcraft MMO would be different that the Warcraft MMO (and should be). If it comes to pass, and is the same, i'll eat my words.

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 3:34 AM. Reason : ]

2/22/2006 3:31:26 AM

They wouldnt be splitting the market, they'd have both the fantasy MMO, and the scifi MMO markets now. Regardless, it all goes into their pockets.


However, i flat out doubt they'd ever do something like this simply because Starcraft wasnt nearly successful as the Warcraft franchise has been, and it would be a waste of internal resources to split work on two MMOs. they have their hands full with WoW as it is

2/22/2006 3:32:03 AM

they already denied these claims back at the blizzcon thing. they said they have no plans on ever releasing a starcraft mmo at the time being

2/22/2006 3:35:07 AM

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"Starcraft wasnt nearly successful as the Warcraft franchise has been"

Don't say that too loudly in Korea...

2/22/2006 7:47:28 AM

Koreans arent people. They're machines.

2/22/2006 8:02:51 AM

imagine the Iron Chef show but instead of making food you make forces of annihilation in those korean videos

2/22/2006 8:04:50 AM

I would love to see another Starcraft game though.




I miss it.

2/22/2006 8:28:03 AM

id have to agree that starcraft was the shit


niggas had guns so it didnt make me feel as lame as playing as orcs that threw axes


still rather have another Diablo, tho

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 8:52 AM. Reason : .]

2/22/2006 8:52:03 AM

and stim packs

AHHHHHHH THATS THE STUFF

2/22/2006 8:52:36 AM

after class today who wants to play some starcraft?
havent played it in forever(think its still installed on my comp too)

2/22/2006 9:03:51 AM

anyone that thinks that there was ANY strategy at all in starcraft needs to be taught what strategy is.

It all boiled down to who could hotkey shit faster.

2/22/2006 9:09:43 AM

starcraft was the quintessential RTS
asinine n00bs these days

2/22/2006 9:13:25 AM

^^ hahahaha

you obviously never played the game past the 'gather 5 resources' stage.

2/22/2006 9:20:56 AM

What you heard probably stemmed from the fact that blizzard just bought 1500 new opteron servers for battle.net and WoW. If you logically think about it, there wouldn't be a World of Starcraft without a starcraft II, Diablo III (in the works) or at least the first expansion pack of WoW.

Some webwriter speculated how awesome it would be if Blizzard ordered all those servers for world of starcraft, but I highly doubt they would order that many machines for a game not even announced.

2/22/2006 9:53:41 AM

I doubt they would make a Diablo MMO since WoW already has the Fantasy MMO thing down.

For Diablo III...im wondering if they are going full 3d graphics or if they will keep it sprite based.

2/22/2006 9:56:46 AM

and btw, starcraft was all about zomgbuildorder.

If you think it was a defining RTS in terms of gameplay, then you don't know the genre.

2/22/2006 10:08:31 AM

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"Maybe they're not making games to stranglehold the marketplace, and instead to advance the art of game-making?"

You are talking about Blizzard right? L O L.

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"starcraft was the quintessential RTS asinine n00bs these days "

This makes me a sad panda. Please play Total Annihilation.

2/22/2006 10:35:17 AM

i remember playing jackleg in starcraft....he'd blame a loss on n00b the cat.

2/22/2006 10:36:27 AM

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"Quote : "Maybe they're not making games to stranglehold the marketplace, and instead to advance the art of game-making?" You are talking about Blizzard right? L O L. "

Whatever their motivations are, they've still put out some of the best games ive played.

2/22/2006 10:39:04 AM

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"This makes me a sad panda. Please play Total AnnihilationWarcraft."

2/22/2006 10:40:17 AM

again anyone wanna play starcraft later?

2/22/2006 10:44:27 AM

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"If you think it was a defining RTS in terms of gameplay, then you don't know the genre."

Exactly.

2/22/2006 10:57:53 AM

^thats a completely different statement

than saying there was no strategy in the game

because you dont know the genre if you think thats the case either

2/22/2006 10:59:06 AM

Starcraft and Warcraft 2 are Hotkey wars.

Who can make Bloodlusted Orges 5 seconds faster?!?!

Who can make 10 Zealots 5 seconds faster!?!?

The game is only really fun if you let each opponent "turtle up." That way the game is based on strategy and micromanagement, instead of just raw speeeeeed.

2/22/2006 11:21:07 AM

ahh bloodlusted ogres

i can still hear that scream they let out.

my friend always played alliance, he would always turtle up, and he would always know its over when I bloodlusted my ogres.

2/22/2006 11:31:18 AM

GRUUUUHHHH GRUUUUUHHHH GRUUUUUH

2/22/2006 12:03:02 PM

^^ dude, alliance turtling??? who's ever heard of that?

oh wait every wsg game my guild is in when we are up against another full guild

2/22/2006 12:29:18 PM

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"This makes me a sad panda. Please play Total AnnihilationWarcraft."

So misguided.

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 1:03 PM. Reason : .]

2/22/2006 1:03:35 PM

plz to explain

TA was crap. I enjoyed TA:Kingdoms, but there was nothing revolutionary about it.

2/22/2006 1:06:52 PM

Due to the fact that you think there's nothing revolutionary about TA, I have to assume:

a) You've never played it
OR
b) You have no perception whatsoever of what you're playing

You claim TA sucks, and then tell me you liked Kingdoms: a rotten abortion of an RTS.

There's really no reason to continue this debate.

2/22/2006 1:16:15 PM

you never started a debate, you just made some retarded claim, nor have you backed up anything you've claimed.

youre the one that started the argument, not me. gg. Also, I said there was nothing revolutionary about Kingdoms, I made no claim on TA, lern2read


[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 1:27 PM. Reason : *]

2/22/2006 1:25:51 PM

Nice backpedal.

Look -- you think Warcraft is somehow a good RTS.

Good day, sir.

2/22/2006 1:33:35 PM

What backpedal? Youre the pussy running away from explaining why you think TA is for some reason THE RTS to look at.

2/22/2006 1:36:35 PM

Just play it. How could this require any explanation? Jesus Christ.

There's no accounting for poor-ass taste.

2/22/2006 1:39:05 PM

ah so in effect

you have no argument other than, because i liked it better.

gotcha

2/22/2006 1:48:13 PM

getting ready to play starcraft for the first time in forever, anyone wanna play a game?

2/22/2006 3:18:36 PM

Total Annihiliation had nowhere near the storyline of Starcraft, but overall the units were better and so was the gameplay. I miss both though... we need sequels for each.

2/22/2006 3:23:17 PM

I remember the games of TA that would go on for hours... ahh.. those were the days... I agree, they need to release a remake with better graphics or something.

2/22/2006 3:36:44 PM

I played TA a little bit, there were like a million units and crazy abilities so I think thats why people feel it is more strategic

back on topic, I would have preferred world of starcraft to begin with, much cooler characters,story etc and there are already too many geeky fantasy MMRPGS out there

2/22/2006 4:29:07 PM

NERF BATTLECRUISERS

2/22/2006 4:31:08 PM

The technology isn't in place for World of Starcraft.

Unless you gave it wow's super queer combat system.

Which works well for fantasy

But not so much for scifi.

WoS has to be an FPS MMO.

2/22/2006 5:05:58 PM

what units do you think you could choose from if they ever did make one?

2/23/2006 10:03:11 AM

OHHHH KAAAAAAY

2/23/2006 10:12:00 AM