Starcraft 2 closed beta starting this month.

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#1 pvtdonut54
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Will it be released this year? It seems as though its just around the corner.

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#2 deactivated-5cf4b2c19c4ab
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i want in the beta
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#3 thusaha
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I hope so.
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#4 RichardStallman
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Hopefully, I don't think I can live another year of not playin SC2.
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#5 n00bkid
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How do you get into Beta? link isn't working for me for some reason.
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#6 LordAinav
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Like I said before, 2010 PC GOTY confirmed. :)

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#7 RichardStallman
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Like I said before, 2010 PC GOTY confirmed. :)

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And probably GOTY overall.
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#8 Rob_101
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Closed meaning they will be giving out keys but there will be a NDA on the beta???

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#9 RyuRanVII
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Thanks god! (I mean, Blizzard!)

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#10 Espada12
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They stated they wanted a mid 2010 release so it's coming out this year more than likely.

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#11 klusps
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Hope I could get into the beta. Yea for Blizzard!

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#12 Drazule
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It's coming this year. Blizzard said this year will be the first year they ever released two game. Starcraft 2 and WoW:Cataclysm.

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#13 ironman388
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god i signed up so long ago. i cant wait to see if i got in

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#14 kozzy1234
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God I would LOVE to get in this beta.

Starcraft1 was the last RTS game that I was good at online.. now adays I just get pwned lol.

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#15 gunmaster55555
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God I would LOVE to get in this beta.

Starcraft1 was the last RTS game that I was good at online.. now adays I just get pwned lol.

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Yeah I am praying I somehow get into the opt in :P. Have to agree with the people saying this will be goty it most definitely will.
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#16 Salein
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Its gonna be Great! Allways connected Experience Competitive Arena Fore Everyone
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#17 clixshper
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Im sure there will be a heap of invites because they will want to stress test their battle.net servers to see how many people can log in and play without causing too much lag or slow data performance.

Im sure it will come in waves just like in all CB events, one week, then the 2nd and so forth untill the server can occupy that amount.

Because hell will break loose on day one ahahaha, i can see 1000s of people loggin in at the same time, will be great to see :D!!

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#18 UOStock
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remember the 1st time you played SC, and you were running around with your little Terran miners and just trying to pump out Marines asap. I can't wait to have that feeling back! It's been years :P
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#19 shafrox
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How do you signup for the closed beta?

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#20 GazaAli
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Im waiting for a key, but im not chosen yet :(
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#21 DanielDust
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How do you signup for the closed beta?

shafrox
From your battle.net account, you must have at least 1 Blizzard game iirc.
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#22 Drazule
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From what I've read they're only sending out 10,000 keys(at least at first), making the chances about 1/100.

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#23 zomglolcats
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[QUOTE="LordAinav"]

Like I said before, 2010 PC GOTY confirmed. :)

RichardStallman
And probably GOTY overall.

GOAT. Game of all time
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#24 SpaceMoose
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Should be great, even though I haven't been in much of a gaming mood lately.
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#25 Philoshperstone
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I want game =[
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#26 spiderman120988
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Just recovered my Battle.net details so I'm ready to go! I signed up for the beta last May so I hope I get picked! =D
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#27 F1_2004
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It's never gonna live up to SC1 judging by gameplay videos, unless they completely revamped the gameplay between the last video and now. So, not guaranteed GOTY.
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#28 DanielDust
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It's never gonna live up to SC1 judging by gameplay videos, unless they completely revamped the gameplay between the last video and now. So, not guaranteed GOTY.F1_2004
SC 1 wasn't that great of a game though, it was quite "horrible" at first compared to the final polished product (which took years). Of course it won't be perfect at launch but SC1 also wasn't released in 2010, so I don't see what SC 1 has with SC 2 not being 2010 GOTY. It certainly looks like the best game coming out this year, by far, 2nd would be Chaos Rising, other than that nothing worth mentioning (for me at least), sure there is also Napoleon Total War, but that one's in the "not worth mentioning" category.
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#29 RichardStallman
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[QUOTE="RichardStallman"][QUOTE="LordAinav"]

Like I said before, 2010 PC GOTY confirmed. :)

zomglolcats
And probably GOTY overall.

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GOTYAY Game of the year, all years.
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#30 F1_2004
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[QUOTE="F1_2004"]It's never gonna live up to SC1 judging by gameplay videos, unless they completely revamped the gameplay between the last video and now. So, not guaranteed GOTY.DanielDust
SC 1 wasn't that great of a game though, it was quite "horrible" at first compared to the final polished product (which took years). Of course it won't be perfect at launch but SC1 also wasn't released in 2010, so I don't see what SC 1 has with SC 2 not being 2010 GOTY. It certainly looks like the best game coming out this year, by far, 2nd would be Chaos Rising, other than that nothing worth mentioning (for me at least), sure there is also Napoleon Total War, but that one's in the "not worth mentioning" category.

There's Mass Effect 2, Guild Wars 2, Mafia 2, Rage, Metal Gear Solid game, Deus Ex 3, Max Payne 3, BF1943, batman2 etc etc, nevermind potential sleeper hits. There's tons of GOTY potential this year. SC2 will immediately be compared to SC1's current status, because we're in 2010, not 2000. I'm sure it will be a very high quality game, but will it be as crazy as SC1? I doubt it.
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#31 Mograine
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It's never gonna live up to SC1 judging by gameplay videos, unless they completely revamped the gameplay between the last video and now. So, not guaranteed GOTY.F1_2004

Judging by gameplay videos, StarCraft would have never lived up to the other RTSs out at the time, either.

Gameplay videos are meant to show the most content available at the time rather than what you can do in a game, not how a game is supposed to be played at one hundred percent or how you WILL play it, plus we still haven't seen enough from the Zerg.

Also, StarCraft 2's map editor promises to be friggin' huge, and gameplay videos can't show its efficiency because of its own nature. Couple that with the insane amount of games that were created on the original SC plus what you gain in the transfer to a full 3D environment, and well, it's pretty impressive.

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#32 F1_2004
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Hmm? SC1 was a hit when it was out, one of the highest rated games of its year. The gameplay vids for SC2 are played by pretty skilled testers, unless the gameplay is drastically changed then that is a good indication of what we're gonna be seeing during the beta.
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#33 Mograine
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Hmm? SC1 was a hit when it was out, one of the highest rated games of its year. The gameplay vids for SC2 are played by pretty skilled testers, unless the gameplay is drastically changed then that is a good indication of what we're gonna be seeing during the beta.F1_2004

I know, I'm just saying that the vids don't make games justice.

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#34 SpaceMoose
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[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="F1_2004"]It's never gonna live up to SC1 judging by gameplay videos, unless they completely revamped the gameplay between the last video and now. So, not guaranteed GOTY.F1_2004
SC 1 wasn't that great of a game though, it was quite "horrible" at first compared to the final polished product (which took years). Of course it won't be perfect at launch but SC1 also wasn't released in 2010, so I don't see what SC 1 has with SC 2 not being 2010 GOTY. It certainly looks like the best game coming out this year, by far, 2nd would be Chaos Rising, other than that nothing worth mentioning (for me at least), sure there is also Napoleon Total War, but that one's in the "not worth mentioning" category.

There's Mass Effect 2, Guild Wars 2, Mafia 2, Rage, Metal Gear Solid game, Deus Ex 3, Max Payne 3, BF1943, batman2 etc etc, nevermind potential sleeper hits. There's tons of GOTY potential this year. SC2 will immediately be compared to SC1's current status, because we're in 2010, not 2000. I'm sure it will be a very high quality game, but will it be as crazy as SC1? I doubt it.

I so wish that Guild Wars 2 was coming out this year. No way though. Nope, not going to happen. I'll be glad if the beta even starts this year.