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Starcraft 2 Beta Key

Windfielder — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:41:13 CST

Hi everybody, I like everyone want beta key =). d

Site User Name: Ironcoop	Location SAN DIEGO, CA	Why you'd like a Starcraft 2 Beta Key My first PC game was also starcraft and i loved every aspect of the game. The multiplayer, the single player. The strategy and the gameplay was perfect. i played for so many years and it set the bar for all other games i would play. Im sure everyone remembers back when starcraft 2 was first announces, i waited so excited for a year, then another and another and it seemed that the popularity of WOW and other blizzard games left the HARDCORE starcraft fans wanting and waiting. But im glad i waited. I can wait to play beta and recindle the starcraft flame. P.S. i recently had bought starcraft battle chest for old time sakes and was glad to see battle.net still full.
dustpaint email thuw@live.com sc2 beta game key!	Seattle, WA	Because Starcraft 2 is going to be awesome and I'm good at pushing games to the limit, which helps me provide great feedback.
Sean Gothreau (Sean_0)	Toronto, ON	I've been playing Starcraft regularly for about 10 years now and still love the game. It's one of the few games I go back to constantly, for both the single player campaign and multiplayer. To be given the chance to help beta test Starcraft 2 would be an amazing opportunity. I'm sure Starcraft 2 will blow us away and more than live up to the great game that was the original Starcraft.
Ashley Dinwoodie	Sudbury, ON	I have not enough minerals to buy it from ebay.
BSOS	Geneseo, NY	I'd like to improve Starcraft 2 with the power of cynicism so that the final product has a fine, glossy finish.
cpc197c	Burlington, VT	I would love the chance to test out the game and make sure it is in a good position for final release. I cannot afford the ebay prices either :(.
blackice81	Indianapolis, IN	I wish Starcraft and Diablo were my parents. I am pretty sure that this would make me some kind of demon cyborg. I still play both of these games and I can't wait until this game comes out.
Lersha	Bromölla, Sweden	Starcraft is definitely one of THE best games out there, so who wouldn't want a Beta key?
MeisterKarl	Sölvesborg, Sweden	I love searching through games in order to find glitches and study which unit it takes to take down this and that unit. Therefore, 'd like a StarCraft 2 Beta Key. En taro Tassadar!
Daeavorn	Raleigh, NC	I love Starcraft and I think Starcraft II is going to be amazing. I really want to be able to take part in the beta test and help blizzard make this game the best game ever!
Jachensplace	Bromölla, Sweden	StarCraft was the first game i ever bought and it's still the best game i've ever played to get one of the beta keys for StarCraft II would be an honour for me.
Xism (Robert McDuff)	Omaha, NE	I am a huge gamer, and have had the pleasure of doing past blizzard betas. They are always a blast, and breaking things to fix them is always fun! Also... Starcraft and Diablo were the first two games I played online!
ShosuroRyo	France	I back on SC since a few months only but I (re) fall in love of this game. Can't wait for Starcraft II !!!
Teejnits	Columbus, OH	Back in 1998 I purchased my first video game for the PC. The only thing I knew about it at the time was what I read in my PC Gamer magazine and that the human race was fighting these "Xenomorphs" in the demo. Soon after I unboxed that piece of gaming history, I was entrenched in the epic battle between three opposing factions. To this day I have Starcraft installed on each of my 3 computers and still actively play over an hour daily. I can't wait until StarCraft 2! My life is incomplete until then!
bradfo83	Lansing, MI	Because My Life is for Aiur....
mkc2009	Vienna, Austria	Because Starcraft is the best game ever, and starcraft 2 will be dopetastic!
SoCalCruisin	San Diego, CA	I figured Since I'm already addicted to WoW and I have been waiting for Starcraft II for so long why the heck not? Besides i have never beta tested anything before...now would be the most opportune moment to start!!!
Anorus	College Park, MD	I've played every Blizzard game since Warcraft II. Starcraft was the first game that I actually played online, instead of just with friends. I beta tested Diablo 2, Warcraft III, and Warcraft III The Frozen Throne. Starcraft more than any one thing brought me not just into online games but the internet in general.
FriedRice89	San Jose, CA	Like everyone else, I want Starcraft 2 to come out ASAP!! With a beta key I'll work hard to find the glitches and help balance out the game so it can finally have a release date!!
sandsss	Stockholm, Sweden	Starcraft is my favorite game ever. Kerrigan is my hero. She's the queen ***** of the galaxy and I strive to be like her. Can't wait to play zerg in starcraft 2.
Druidz_Shades	Jönköping, Sweden	Im General manager of swedens biggest E-Sport Club Druidz and I would love to see if this are a game for us. And I love Games :)
Jbird556	Skövde, Sweden	I study computer games development at the University of Skövde and work with games on a regular basis, I'm a fan of the Starcraft franchise and I'm very excited to see what has been done to the concept and what can be improved through creativity and innovation.
pancak3s	West Covina, CA	I can't wait for this game to come out. I miss hearing "spawn more overlords." Yeah, I'm a zerg guy. I want to play the beta so bad that I got 3 request out for it plus I'm trying to get an opt-in from blizzard. This game will kick ass! I am wretched. But I am strong! I am the future. I am zerg!
MagMan68Classic	Novi, MI	I have been playing Starcraft since 1999 and it game is part of the reason why I am in college now studying to be a video game developer.
SaintKat	New Zealand	Starcraft 2 is the most highly anticipated PC game to date. As a lifelong gamer and avid fan of the original Starcraft franchise, I relish the chance to become part of the next evolution in gaming.
extisc	San Diego, CA	I have been a huge fan of Blizzard since I was first introduced to Warcraft 2 in 1996. I remember buying my copy of Starcraft on release day and spending an entire summer on Battle.net every night for hours. I've been anxiously awaiting the relesase of Starcraft 2 and would love to be able to help beta test it.
MutedHorn	Chicago, IL	I remember broadcasting my IP address in AOL chat rooms to play Warcraft 2 online (GOW ruled). I also remember my mother yelling at me for racking up the phone bill playing it with my friends over our 28k modem. Then Starcraft came and I spent days and days climbing that ladder system. I love RTS's and Blizzard makes the best. I can't wait for starcraft 2 to come out.
Skarphedin	Bergen, Norway	Sure, I can write up an essay on why I feel like I should get a beta key before others. But I'm not going to. I am a honest, huge Blizzard fan who wants to play SC2 as soon as possible. Simple as that :)
Impur1ty	Honolulu, HI	MANGO SENTINAAAAAAAAL!!!!!
freeskier428	Salt Lake City, Utah	Because I want to play SC2???
jobiasRKD	Edmonton, AB CA	Because I love RTS's and I still play Starcraft regularly despite owning and playing a large number of newer (but not better) strategy games. Also, I am a huge Blizzard fan boy.
thechiman	State College, PA	I just can't wait!
jacfalcon	Spokane, WA	I've been playing StarCraft for about 5 years, and it's officially my favorite game. I read all the books, and do my best to keep track of all the story. The balance of the game is AMAZING, and I'd really like to test the new one out to see how well they stayed true to the original. Thanks.
entaroadunbagel	ridgewood,nj	because my friends happen to have one and they will be miles ahead of me come the release of starcraft II ....plus this would liven up our shoutcasts.
FunKaDelWeak	Paris, France	Because i'm a huge fan of Stacraft, it has been my favourite game since i first clicked on "Multiplayer" something ike 8years ago, right after that I blew up my parent's connection with 200 hours off the original 50 we were paying for .... More over i'm a stupid moron not to have tried harder to get in the WWI in paris ...
ngefulPoet	Davie, FL
heva30	Reseda, Ca.	I have been waiting for ever for them to finally make a SC2, I bought the first one when it came out and tell this day still play it. I have yet to find a strategy game that even compares to this one. I would love a beta key.
maskataqk	America	I have been playing starcraft i know the story the protos,the zerg,the terran i i too want a beta key for starcraft2
Decko_Za	Africa
Poglogo	Edmonton, AB	The first time i played starcraft was when i was in the 3rd grade, i was amazed at the graphics and everything about it. i would like to have a starcraft 2 beta key.
Leightox	England UK	I really really want this key to give to my dad for his birthday me and him have been playing sc1 for years now and it would make both of our days!
Cubesoup	BC, Canada	I want a Beta key because i have been playing blizzard games as long as i can remember. I am currently sitting at C rank on iccup (starcraft : BW) and plan to play starcraft two competetively. i will be moving to Calgary (one of the largest cities in canada) soon and once there plan to organize events for starcraft two alongside college and playing the game competetively. i also feel that i could be of value as a beta tester as i have the mechanics (handspeed etc.) to play the game strategically instead of struggling to learn to multitask (hello warcraft three players :) ) it would also be amazing to get an edge on the competetion by seeing the game through to the final build from the start of the beta. depending on whether or not i get into the beta i might also do FPvods recording the game and expalining it to people less fortunate than myself.
CorndogBilly	Palmdale, CA	I have been playing Starcraft for years and I still never get bored playing it. I wondered, "will Blizzard ever make a sequel to this game?!" and they FINALLY did! Now I simply can't wait to be one the first to try it out. I'm Terran all the way, and I cant wait to try out their awesome new units (Especially the Thor). A beta key would be like Charlie's golden ticket to this gamer! =D
bbsoccergamer	Saginaw, MI	I have played starcraft since it was showed to me by a friend, and have created personal campaigns in the editor, and i have seen the footage and it looks awesome! i would really be interested in helping make it as balanced as the original one is! (random race FTW!) besides after preordering Ghost.. i dont want to wait any longer for a new Starcraft game that is actually going to come out! (besides being an Residental assistant in a college dorm, it might be a good tool to bring the residents together, and talking)
Qease	Holland, NL	i stil remember the release date of SC 1. it whas the first game of blizzard for me.... i stil have it and stil play it i cant wait til the next one shows up ^^. knowing the gmes of blizzard it will be a gread balanced game.... i hope they let me help balance the game even better in the beta! Star Craft PoWNd >.< 1337!
eebert3	Foster City, CA	When Starcraft came out the productivity of our entire company went to hell. I want to be the first person in my cube farm to play Starcraft II. I need to get the edge on my coworkers so I can destroy them when the full game is released.
wakka12321	Linköping, Sweden	I have been in several official Starcraft tournaments, and won some of them. But I have never ever had my hands on a Beta. So I want to be part of this really really badly. Im also a software programmer so analyzing and searching for bugs in programs is my daily work, which is why this would be a fun thing for me. Since I watched the trailer for Starcraft 2 it has been THE game for me. Starcraft has always been my favorite game of all time for years, but now it may have a competitor. I hope you pick me for my enthusiasm and lack of experience.
wildarms	Akron, OH	Every game needs beta testers and I'd like to see SC2 get the attention it deserves.
counterpunK	Bremerton, WA	Because, as of recently, I have gained a job, a beautiful girlfriend, and a tan. This needs to change. Please help me lose it all and in the process restore me to my former battle.net addicted glory.
Weemble	Uddevalla, Sweden	I've played SC a bunch, WC3 even more so (was a part of both the reign of chaos and frozen throne betas). I am a programmer and I love giving feedback. I have friends who are professional game testers whom I could consult regarding what feedback is constructive and so forth.

dex110

Washington, DC/Boston, MA

I played Startcraft endlessly and still do occasionally. I yearn for the new excitement of SCII and want to give my thoughts on the gameplay. I also have a mac, and you need feedback from macs right?

Tom French (savoie) Why? Sc2 it's will be the best game of the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i would test this game.......! thanks!
w4vez49a Telemark, Norway I really want to test this game in the beta to see if it's worth buying. Probably is. :P

ninja_jax

San Francisco, CA

I would love to test out StarCraft 2, but i don't have enough minerals to purchase a key or to make a SCV.

Proxzki Laurel, DE Saw the videos, game looks great, and I want to be among those who get to test it out in beta so it is at its best when

it is finally released. I played SC 1 and loved it. I also want to see if my comp can handle it before I buy it.

MYM]DarKai

Diegten,BL, Switzerland

I loved to play sc1 and i cant wait to test this awesome beta version of Sc2 ;)

Elmrig	Kobe, Japan	Im gonna get to the top of SC2 pro-gaming!
noxwayxhome	Carson city, NV	I would just like to play the beta. Let me and my small group of friends see what the Sc2 is going to bring.
Shielder Jack Windfielder	KL, Malaysia South-West, UK Brisbane, Aus	I like RTS. Has been following blizzard since Diablo II, Warcraft III, and Starcraft. Currently still having Starcraft installation in my PC, and still multiplayer with my brothers even I am not that good at it. Gotta follow the Blizzard trend and try it! The foundation of my gaming days have been built on blizzard games Diablo I+II, Starcraft, WCIII, WCIII:TFT, and WoW, being a mac gamer, which has recently evolved into Eve Online and Heroes of Newerth Beta(standalone game of the popular WCIII:TFT mod DotA) for my new gaming PC. To this day i get together a few laptops and desktops for a real easy going session, with friends on starcraft. cross platform mac<->windows, and it runs on bloody everything. A couple of us have played WoW since release date, up to now. These examples are a demonstration of my love for Blizzard's ability to create great multiplayer gaming experiences, and Starcraft II will be no exception by a long shot. I'd really enjoy a beta-key to provide articulate informing feedback, in terms of the fine-tuning the game will require at this stage of development, to help perfect Starcraft II become the great package of a game, it deserves to be. thanks for hearing(reading?) me out! Every day i dream of playing SC2, mmm i cant wait till it comes out new story line oh man cant wait any longer then there came a beta n now i cant play that :( my hole world came crashing down :( i so badly wanna play starcraft 2 beta Please!!!! BLIZZARDS # 1

Hokke	I would love a beta key, becuse i simply play starcraft all the day, simple and short.
Niklas - Sweden - Tyresö	... btw.. i like bunkers.. O.o

Starcraft 2 LAN Petition

smokey2k — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:01:31 CST

No LAN, No FUN, NO BUY!

SirLowKey

WTF!>?!? if i can't plan on the LAN i might as well just pirate the single player and wait for a hack to come out so i can play on the LAN

Blizzard has removed LAN abilities from Starcraft 2, a serious departure from the original. This really kills the spirit of local multiplayer play, including tournaments, playing in areas with no Internet access, and other scenarios where in-person play is highly important.	To sign the petition, simply join the site, then click EasyEdit. Add your name on the next row. On twitter? Click here to tweet about signing.
Please add your name (user name, handle, or real name) to the following petition if you would like Blizzard to bring LAN abilities back:

Name
Daniel Ivanov Decsev

Location
Hungary

Comments
With my friends we make lan partys in all summer near at river Danube deep in the forest, there is no internet connection here, we like that place cus very beatiful, but what we can do now, no lan no summer fun ?

Mathias Barfred

Denmark

You're ruining the game. It's as simple as that. No matter how much you think you're doing yourself a favour, you're not. Start acting like a serious gaming company, or loose your loyal gamers.

Andy Makous

Amman, Jordan

What. The. Hell. No LAN? That was really the reason I was looking forward to StarCraft Fine, at least they have Battle.Net support, but a) it lags like a B****, and b) there's always problems about my freaking firewall when I wanna play with friends. If they have to do that crap, then why not make it so that you have to register online like on battle.net before unlocking the LAN option. That would work, and would EVERYONE happy. And then they could use their insane programming skillz (like on the WoW servers) to prevent that part from ever being unlocked, by maybe making an installer, that only runs once, and you have to be connected to battle.net for it to unlock, so that pirates couldn't just pirate the installer. That would be a nice even go round, and everyone would be happy.

Mark Nelson

Phoenix, AZ

Long-time SC player, much less excited about SC2 thanks to this move by Blizzard.

StarFighter33

LA, CA

What will this do to the Korean pro market? I was hoping pro-leagues would be big in the U.S. as well.

Dustpaint

Seattle, WA

Don't mind using Battle.net, but really want LAN as an option for multiple players in one location with slow Internet connections.

Andrew Galbraith

Chicago, IL

LAN is sometimes the only option for people who may not have access to a strong internet connection. Come on Blizzard!

Shi Min Tan

Nagoya, Japan

Not fair. Don't like the direction Blizzard is heading in.

James Henderson

Birmingham,AL

I attend LAN events regularly that do not have an active internet connection. Please add it back

Tassio Canhadas

São Paulo, Brazil

Its meaningless disable this option, the question is: WHY NOT? put on? PLease understand us blizzard... Thanks!

Jeff Hill

Sacramento, Ca

What a terrible decision. LAN can lead to some of the most fun anyone can have with a Starcraft game. Please bring it back. Don't fix what ain't broke.

Wouter van den Boogaard

Beuningen, Holland

It would be nice the have LAN on SC2. the plane reason for me is: me and my friends play SC on LAN party's only the rooms we rent for the LAN have no access to the Internet. And we love to play the game with each other. If blizzard wants there fans to be happy why not put the option in?! (btw if they don't... half the worlds gaming press would piss on SC2 coz they don't have a LAN function)

Chris Mariani

Salt LakeCity, UT

WTB LAN! PST!

Elmrig

Kobe, Japan

Lan plix

JJ Hill

Redmond, WA

Attn. Blizzard: this is a big deal to us. It would mean a lot to your advocates to support LAN!

Erik Ebert

Foster City, CA

Without the ability to play locally with my friends over a LAN, SC2 loses a lot of its appeal.

EndersChosen

Rexburg, ID

If you take out LAN you take out the number 1 way I play this game. It doesn't make any sense to me to eliminate LAN for piracy reasons because there are other ways of going about preventing piracy and still having LAN play.

Jazz English

Renton,WA

I have a very week internet connection, and without land will not be able to play. Also, at my school the game is restricted online, however we would play SC1 via LAN in the computer lab every day at lunch. I was hoping to do this with SC2 when school starts up again.

Katie Metzelaar

Sacramento, CA

Removing LAN capabilities makes no sense, and in my opinion will definitely hurt long term sales of games like SC2 if they don't have LAN capabilities. The reason I even knew about and started wanting to play these games WAS because of friends at a LAN party. Not to mention internet restrictions that many family households or college campuses have preventing people form hosting their own games on battle.net. What is the fun in playing if nearly everybody you know can't host? And here I was really looking forward to this...

Joshua Pearson

Lehi, UT

My family can't play together on Battle.net. too laggy.

Bryce Ledner

Centerport, NY

There is no reason for my friends to buy this game if there's no LAN support, our gaming parties would be for naught!

Raj Anand

Brooklyn, NY

WTF? Say it ain't so. This kills some of my awesome gamer party plans for early 2010!

William Grim

Sleepy Hollow, NY

Keep LAN in SC2. It's the only good way to have a computer gaming party. What about people without Internet at LAN parties? Plus, why get all that latency when you could have instant network game communication? This is all about money, Blizzard, and it's ridiculous.

Apollo2030

Deventer, Holland

Come on, Blizzard we are playing SC for ten years or so and now with such a beauty SC2 we have to fight the bots? weforgot how it is to fight a bot, we didn`t it from first 3 months of playing SC - LAN is the core source of viability of this game. Otherwise it becomes something like "played and thrown" - big mistake IMHO

Rafael Sousa

Manaus, Brazil

No LAN? What? No money to buy Starcraft 2 too =/

Daniel Zeidman

Raleigh, North Carolina

How are the Koreans going to hold massive tournaments if they cant LAN? How are we going to play with our friends at home, or throw LAN parties? This doesnt make much sense. Please bring LAN play back!

Df_Yz

Ukraine

StarCraft 2 without LAN will die soon after release.

Jared Schmidt

Rockville, MD

The entire concept of LAN parties in my circle of friends kicked off with StarCraft. To be able to play locally, without having to worry about Internet connectivity and simply host a game right in the living room (or anywhere else in the house for that matter), has been the primary reason we have stuck with StarCraft for all of these years. No need to sign on or subscribe to a service — none of the hassles associated with other games and the reason those games generally were not played. It was easy to just be up and running regardless of who the host was. Please reconsider the impact this will have on the franchise and the gamer support.

James Scott

Forest, VA

StarCraft without LAN support is like cookies without flower, flat and mushy. LAN gaming was something I always looked forward to when some of my friends would get together, or for that matter, when my family was looking for something interesting to do, and StarCraft was always a big part of that.

Shea L (jacfalcon)

S, Washington

Wow, another reason for fans to wonder if Blizzard actually cares about them... jeez... PUT IT BACK!

Brandon

So Cal

This will not prevent piracy. This will anger fans and those who buy the game. EA must have bought out Blizzard.

jinchoung

glendale, ca

refrain from draconian attempts at CONTROL. you will alienate and fail. don't force people to hack the game to get something they expect. "customer is always right" and the more you resist that, the more resentment and ill will you will collect and the more you will inspire grass roots hacking to counter you. COMMUNITY in battlenet should be enough. the desire to belong to a community is a great way to appeal to legitimate purchase. strong-arming sucks and we'll hate you for it. be win7 not vista! finally, i am korean and i command you.

Fenn101

Pocatello, ID

Not having something as simple as LAN support in SC2 makes me rethink my purchase options.

Lasher

KL, Msia

Public wi-fi access is still very poor in this part of the world. LAN support is CRUCIAL.

Robert M.

Maryland

LAN support made Starcraft great. No LAN Support will make Starcraft II a failure. If the decision was hard, Blizzard, then it was WRONG.

Robert S.

Hagerstown, MD

This is a terrible decision. With no LAN support, I refuse to purchase StarCraft 2. My group has played StarCraft via LAN for many years. If you do not add LAN play back in to StarCraft 2, I guess it is time for my group to switch to Dawn of War for our LAN RTS of choice...

teejnits

Columbus, OH

I understand Blizzards theory that if people lug their computers/laptops around for a LAN party that they will still want to play on BNET... The problem is, I still have friends who just want to LAN... Sometimes we don't want to get onto a live server. I just came from a offline LAN party, so I know that exists. LAN may be a dying thing, but it's not dead yet, and of all games, with a history of LAN parties everywhere, Starcraft isn't the game to be removing LAN capabilities. Thanks.

Kaur Tammik

Tallinn, Estonia

I bought the original SC years ago and I have played on Battle.net less than 20 battles...though on LAN i play almost every other week. That´s because if we tried to host and play on the battle.net (with even as few as 3 people) against each other, latency proved a very big issue for us and thus we never play on battle.net. The whole idea and fun with LAN is that friends come together drink beer and play against each other..without that option we simply wont play SC2 other than just finishing the campaign and thats it. in about a few months the game will be dead for us. (quite a difference compared to SC1 which STILL is our top choice for LAN RTS)

Rebecca Rasmussen

Lafayette, CO

In our family Starcraft is one of the games we play the MOST at LAN parties. When the extended family gets together we play, but we don't always have internet connection. Without LAN we won't be able to play all the time. I love original starcraft. What's the point in buying the second if I can't play it with my family, particularly my husband? A date night for us is firing up the computers and playing.

Jonathan Walters

Orlando, FL

This is a poor decision that will alienate more players than it prevents from pirating the game. Has no company learned from examples like Stardock? If you make a quality, fun and well-supported product, people will pay for it even if it completely lacks copy protection. Eliminating what many diehard fans consider a 'core function' of the game will only anger the people that made the first game (and the series) as popular as it is and cause many more to pirate the game that would otherwise have not in the first place. Just hurts to see that money is more important than being loyal to the fanbase...

Jason Wood

Lehi, UT

This will not prevent piracy it will just hurt those of us who will buy the game and want to play on LAN. If you want to encourage people to use battle.net then make it so good that they want to. Don't make it our only option. I played Starcraft on bnet and LAN a lot. I still play Warcraft III on bnet AND LAN. I would like to play Starcraft II via bnet AND LAN. Pirates will make it work with LAN somehow and those of us who pay for the game will end up with a crippled version and the pirates will lose nothing. Terrible strategy Blizzard.

Schneff

Foxboro, MA

I used to play on battle.net all the time back when Starcraft had just come out. For the last 7 years or so I've been exclusively playing over a LAN against my friends. I've done this within the past week. This decision by Blizzard makes me want to pirate it instead of support them.

Alex

Holland, MI

Starcraft is one of the most popular games at LAN parties, this will change if LAN party is not available in Star Craft 2.

Mason Albright

Minneapolis, MN

Just cancelled my pre-order to the game today and now have decided not to buy it because Blizzard is completely retarded. Absolutely just ruined it with this final stunt they just pulled.

Steve Lott

Cincinnati, OH

Starcraft has always been the most popular game at our campus/work LAN parties. I don't normally even bother playing RTS games online anymore because LAN play has become the primary feature to me. This move by Blizzard has completely ruined my excitement for the game and in honesty, I probably will not by the game anymore.

Matt 'Mierdin' Oswalt

Cincinnati, OH

Blizzard is retarded for removing LAN from SCII. I've no desire to purchase the game anymore.

Art Quarequio

Bethany, CT

LAN was most of the fun in Starcraft! How can they possibly take that away?

Charlie Parker

Tulsa, OK

LAN was what made Starcraft for my roomates (not parents) in college so memorable. Please do not remove LAN access.

Tim Jahn

Seattle, WA

With slow internet LAN is the best way for all my friends to play games. Without it Blizzard is missing out on 10 purchases just from my little circle of gaming friends.

Stealth Albino

StarCraft has endured all these years party because it is in fact an awesome game, but mainly because of the ability to play over LAN. Should LAN support be unavailable in StarCraft II the game will never live up to what StarCraft was and is, and will more than likely die out within a few years. Not everyone has or desires to play over the internet. So long as 802.3 exists, so will LANs. They are by far the most effective way to play multiplayer games; not having to rely on an ISP, lag, server timeouts, and the other difficulties associated with playing over the internet. Blizzard, we are your loyal customers, many of us have been for years, and in this instance, we are right. We encourage you to not remove LAN support from the game, and by doing so we will continue to support you so long as you give us quality games.

Ben Simmons

Lincoln, CA

I still have SC on my computer because my friends and I enjoy playing it over a LAN. I've played a grand total of 2 battlenet games. No LAN suport in SC2 = me not buying it, and my friends not buying it.

Matthew

Maine

Removing LAN will completely ruin what my brother and I planned on playing together. On a side note, Blizzard is silly for thinking this will stop people from pirating and playing the game. There is always a way around it.

Michael

Chattanooga, TN

No LAN support? Why not? I mean isn't that just taking the choice right out of our hands. Seriously Blizzard, boo. I can't see a reason to not let your patrons, customers, supporters, etc. have the option of something that you've included in ALL of your games prior to WoW. And if fear of piracy is the real reason....yaargh prepare t'be boarded...cause this is a challenge that pirates, hackers, and other members of the underground cyber counter culture crave "HACK B.NET? OK!". Put it back! It won't make a **** bit of difference if you leave it out, someone will find a way to hack and slash. Another thing thing is that I'm not usually on b.net anyway. If I can find a way to get a seriously low latency game I'll do it and LAN is the way to go ....I'm rambling cause i'm pissed sorry....PUT LAN SUPPORT BACK.

Brendan

Johannesburg, South Africa

Not all of us have high speed internet, and not everyone in the world has an internet connection stable enough to support online play. If there's no LAN support, then there's no reason for me to buy the game.

Keith

North Port, Fl

Come on guys, seriously? LAN is a ridiculously fun way to play games, this really took away some motivation towards buying Starcraft 2

Jman

Fairbanks, AK

I don't buy RTS games that don't have LAN support. Making things worse is their claims of why they are doing it; they are doing it as an anti-piracy measure. I am so tired of the gimped-by-design craze that is going around in the name of anti-piracy. Besides I will bet that if they continue with the no LAN support, hackers will add it within a month or two.

Philtbc

Melbourne, Australia

Why is Blizzard breaking with this tradition?? ..as much as I want this game, I will not buy it if Blizzard leaves LAN support out of SC2...

Rory Conner

Stevensville, MI

This seems unfortunate. Truth be told I never used LAN when I played but I know of the major importance of LAN to Starcraft. Piracy may be a problem but this is not the way to solve it. I may still cave and buy the game however I will try to stay srong and support this cause.

Sanira Ninoje Silva

Colombo, Srilanka

Starcraft the best game ever, I cannot wait to try it on Lan...

Jordan McVicar

San Antonio, Tx

This is beginning to piss me off. I have had the game pre-ordered, paid in full for over a year now. Since then, they have broken the game up into 3 seperate games, and now they take away the LAN feature. I am getting ready to go back to GameStop and get my money back, and forget the game all together. Blizzard is ripping the heart and soul out of StarCraft.

Mathew west

Carson city, NV

I will not buy starcraft if it dos not come with lan support! Boycott!

Guillermo

Glendale, AZ

Put LAN support in the game, it's the best way to play the original

Victor Lara

Lima, Perú

Please don't do this blizzard. Don't force me to wait for the pirate copy, I've bought every game you've ever published because you make great games man, but this really sucks. Who am I supposed to play this with? Hell, the first Starcraft let me spawn off copies to my friends, now I can't even share the game in my own home? Are you going to make me pay for Battle.net too?

Ryan

Portland, OR

Question, Blizzard. If you do implement a required CD key check for Battlenet, why are you removing LAN? I'm sure we could have a compromise here, but for now, LAN please. Without it, the small groups of SC2 players simply won't exist.

R.Wells

Newberg, OR

My kids and I have purchased many Blizzard games from SC1 to Warcraf and WoW. My kids still play Warcraft III on our network at least once a week. We won't be buying SC2 if there's no way to play locally, more lost sales here Blizzard.

Thomas

French (Savoie)

WHAT!!!!! No Lan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blizzard -**** you; thanks!

Phillip Miles

Australia

We don't all have goog internet. Bettle.net is just not possible for me. Blizzard need to think some more on this even if the game takes longer to go gold.

S Hamm

Dover, DE

I have been preventing my children from accessing blizzard.net and I always play StarCraft with my kids. This is to protect my children from exposing themselves to predators. We were excited for Starcraft 2 for long time until today. Lack of LAN support really do DISAPPOINT my children and I will not allow them to buy StarCraft simply because it forces us to use Blizzard.net to connect us together. I have ZERO tolerance policy about allowing my children to expose themselves on the INTERNET.

GenThrift

China/Australia

The original Starcraft came with a "Spawn" copy option that encouraged players to share the LAN experience with friends. I'd have never even gotten into the game if my friends hadn't introduced it to me via LAN. Now people have to buy the complete game just to try it and we still can't LAN anyway. Lets face facts, this game will be hacked and will have some sort of LANsolutioncracked because it's what people demand. Hackers will get what they want but still they've never been able to get onto bnet. All this does is remove value for people who do buy the product andcriminalizesthem for needing to download cracks etc to LAN with friends. As an avid watcher of WC3 tournaments in Asia even the most important Bnet matches have lag and broadcasting issues while the televised LAN events run flawlessly. Finally, not everyone wants complete stat tracking. For many gaming is a way to relax not compeditively chase stats (profitable for blizzard as it may be) and often chasing stats causes many players to rig games, cheat and cause other sorts of online abuse.

Chilton

Australia

LAN was possibly the greatest thing about Warcraft series... me and my friends always get together and play lan games and we we're really looking forward to doing the same with starcraft 2.... if blizzard are doing this to stop piracy... well i will pirate the game because i think gaming companies have got to come to terms with piracy; accept it happens and and entice their customers into buying the game because they do what their fans want!!!

Tiago Carvalho

Sao Paulo - Brazil

What if I have two computers but without internet connection, even if I had internet connection it would end up being slow here in Brazil anyway, without LAN I will simply not play multiplayer...

Josh Martin

Richmond, VA

I've hosted many LAN tournaments for the original Starcraft and LAN play was absolutely essential for the experience to run smoothly. Even the old Starcraft would completely ruin the internet connection after more than about 8-10 people started playing on Battle.net. Blizzard cannot even try to pretend that the new game's packets will be smaller or that it will run smoother than the original game under the same conditions. No LAN play also ruins geographical competitive spirit. When I was in my college dorm, you could open up the old LAN game search and find maybe 6-10 open games within the dorm network and it was fun to always be playing someone in the same building as you. This is a bad move Blizzard, please reconsider.

Jeremy White

Bloomington, IN

Me and my friends get together and have LAN parties all the time. We don't always have internet access and removing LAN is crippling a feature that should be there to open up gaming oppurtunities.

Fabian Feldberg

Hagen, Germany

Honestly I can't understand what motivated Blizzard to do this, I regularly host lans with some friends and I know several people who decided not to buy Starcaft 2 because of the missing Lan option. Maybe they'll still buy it, because like me they are die-hard Blizz fans but Blizzard is throwing away lots of trust boni with this move. So Please reconsider guys ;)

Chris Fleury

Pittsburg, KS

I rarely played SC1 online. Most was in a LAN situation. We didn't always have internet access in the places we could find room to LAN. The pirates are going to find a way regardless of what you do. Don't alienate your paying customers to delay the inevitable. I will not purchase this game without LAN support even though I love Starcraft. No one else on this petition should either. Lower than expected sales might be the only way to get the message through and have LAN support patched in later.

Connor Morhart

Victoria, BC

First of all LAN is awesome for when your net is down, or when it's really laggy AND half of the blizzard fans will be SEVERELY pissed forever, and the guy above makes a good point.

Tommy Andersen

Telemark, Norway

What is SC whitout LAN!? Seriously! No LAN no game.. 'nuff said.

John Epperson

Seward, NE

I've always touted Blizzard's respect for their customers as the main reason that they have been successful. I have no desire to be a part of this. I used to use LAN all the time. Still do. Needless to say, I will not be recommending this game to any of my friends and family without it. I'm voting with my wallet and my recommendations.

Sebastian

Sydney, Australia

I am not a thief, just an old core gamer who is really p****ed, both petitions have about 17,000 and 87,000 names so far - that's a lot of families and hosters of LAN who are willing to boycott the game. I am still not convinced that this might not just be some marketing cr*p to get us all talking.

The average age of a game in Australia is early 30's, we have families now and are introducing our kids to games. Guess whose kids won't be allowed on b.net or on the internet for quite some time...

Short-sighted money grubbing tools... go away Blizzard, peddle your once great name. We will look to other games that will do what we want and spend our money there.

Drummond

Indianapolis, IN

I play (yes still play) my SC on LAN. I prob wont buy SC2 until it has some form of LAN support.. stupid

Convinced

Josh B

Lake Forest, CA

Honestly, no LAN support? I hold LAN parties all the time, and to have another so called 'anti-piracy' measure here just bums me out. World of Warcraft made Blizzard too large. Like EA, they'll learn the hard way what these measures do.

The way I've seen it, the less measures to anti-piracy, the less piracy that takes place. The reason I bought all the other Blizzard games was because it was easy and fun to set up for LAN parties.

Games with no piracy measures, like Half Life One, and a few others, are still selling. I bet that, within a few days of the release, there will be copies of the game, cracked copies, that everybody will have access to.

I'm sick of this anti-piracy ******** that everybody does. Half the games I buy I can't even play without downloading some illegal crack, just because of the copy protection, or whatever. It end up useless.

It's sad that Blizzard has come to the same situation. I don't know a single person at school that owns a single legitimate copy of World of Warcraft, aside from the usual stereotype rich kid. There are well over a thousand kids at my school, and more than half of those kids play. Obviously, something is going wrong when all of my friends don't pay for a game they waste their time on.

I still play LAN games of Starcraft on occasion, using my friend's CD. That's what made Starcraft so cool: with one CD, we could set up a whole house. The strange part was, after I played Starcraft, I bought the actual game, and one of my friends bought it as well. I lost the CD, but hell, LAN's fun. Don't get rid of it.

C Bingham

Alberta, Canada

As an owner of the original SC game, I am apalled by the fact that in your (BLIZZARD's) ignorance you are ignoring the very feature that gave you the ability to produce this sequel in the first place. SC 1 is arguably the best RTS game in history. You would think you might want that to continue but everyone is confused as to why you would leave LAN out. It is sickening to find another arrogant corporation that thinks they can squeeze another nickel and dime out of customers by making them think that they need to pay for additional services just to play your game. This is a bad move BLIZZARD!!. I am glad I don't own shares in your company and I am considering not even purchasing a copy of SC 2 and regarldess of how "great" the new features are. I wouldn't even recommend buying it to anyone. Pull your head out of the sand...

Jason Foley

Tennessee

I own a 16-port switch purchased specifically for LAN play. I also know many others that can't get anything other than dialup or *really* laggy satellite (1500ms+). Both DSL and cellphone service are spotty. Those who can get Verizon service get extorted @$60/mo for no more than a dollar worth of bandwidth (5GB/mo - $0.20/GB is high). Make LAN available and you won't be opening up the market for your competitors to release a superior product. Last I checked, Starcraft isn't the only RTS game on the market just as WoW isn't the only MMORPG. I also signed the petitionhere and there are over 100 thousand additional signatures.

Reynald Brassard	Vancouver, Canada	I'v been paying Starcraft since it came out, and most of my friends started playing because of LAN Parties. They're the kind of people who like sports and don't play video games, but when they watched how fun the LAN games were they got hooked and all of them bought it. I met many people who would have never played it without it having a LAN option, and i know for a fact they wouldn't be interested in playing Starcraft 2 if it doesn't have that. You can't make an RTS without LAN, it's unheard of! I myself love the story as well as the online play so i'm getting it regardless, but you're just hurting yourself Blizzard.
Jonathan McGahey Ala Negru De Respira Greu	Australia Romania	We used to do lan parties... we all had legal copy's and we all played lan... now that it's battlenet we'd all be using the net and that would be the most crap thing possible... this is the most stupid thing i have seen happen with a game that grew to the size it did.. Starcraft was a huge hit and then you reck it if something as stupid as this... don't you people think... you'd be getting way more sales if you put lan in... let's just say this is the most stupid thing i've seen so far.. i doubt any other company would be as stupid as to do this.... there's a very good reason people like lan... for one it's faster then going through the internet no matter what... your battlenet is never going to be faster then a lan game... admit it.. even bad computers play better lan then internet and i doubt your battlenet would make that any better now would it... think before you do things for once We've pirated Starcraft 1 like there's no tomorrow and removing the LAN abilities from Starcraft 2 won't change that fact even a little bit. Put protections in place, remove features, it doesn't really matter, you're just hurting the ones who really pay for your creations.
Jonathan James	Highland Falls, New York	Do they not realize that the point of LAN parties is to sit around with your friends ALL night/weekend/week, play games, eat pizza, and drink all while NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET! Not having LAN takes away the face to face contact people get from LANing it up. This is RIDICULOUS!! Completely and absurdly RIDICULOUS. I wasn't too happy about Blizzard canceling Starcraft: Ghost, I wasn't happy about the release date being pushed back too many times to count, I wasn't happy about the game being released on 3 different disks for the campaign of each race, I wasn't happy that a demo is not being released, and now I hear there is NOT going to be a LAN feature because of possible piracy?!?!?!?! How much do you want this game to fail Blizzard? Do you guys not realize you could make WAY MORE money with the release of this game than WoW could ever have in the years it's been online. Get your heads out of your rear ends and quit SCREWING OVER THE FANS OF STARCRAFT!
Trent Miles Jack Flaxton	Baton Rouge, LA South-West, UK	I have played your games since i was about 12 and i really enjoyed the game. I played when i was at home over B.net but most of the time and the reason i played to get good was to pit my skills i acquired over battle net against my friends in face to face combat via LAN. In fact during the last week i have played starcraft via LAN on 3 seperate occasions, and have personally owned 3 copies of the game because of destruction or loss. If starcraft 2 comes out without a lan i will not be able to go to my friends house and play together because they have a crappy internet connection, and what will be made worse is 6 computers all held together by that same crappy internet. Battlenet is not an option for us as I'm sure it isn't for many other people. On this note i am also very disappointed in Blizzard as a company. I used to respect Blizzard as the best company because of their devotion to their fans, the main incident that comes to mind is canceling Starcraft Ghost because it was a crappy game, so instead of releasing a crappy game and making tons of people pay for it, you canceled it and took the production hit so that your fans did not think any less of you. Where is this chivalry when it comes to making what by all accounts looks like a good game into a great game. Why are you stopping short of gold for the possibility of a few bucks here or there? No LAN... insane...

Richie	Medan, Indonesia	Well, surely Blizzard has some reasons not to support LAN in StarCraft II. However, whatever reasons they might have, LAN excitement is something that players cannot afford not to have. If players are not likely to play a game, what is the game for then? So, support LAN! Please...

Richie

Medan, Indonesia

Well, surely Blizzard has some reasons not to support LAN in StarCraft II. However, whatever reasons they might have, LAN excitement is something that players cannot afford not to have. If players are not likely to play a game, what is the game for then?
So, support LAN! Please...

Zerg

maskataqk — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:18:45 CDT

Zergling

The Zergling is the most basic combat unit for the Zerg faction. Zerglings are fast-moving ground units with a melee attack, and are typically used en-masse. They can be morphed individually into Banelings.

Hydralisk

the peaceful herbivore herds of slothien were assimilated into the zerg Swarm to produce one of the fiercest and most diabolical of the zerg strains. The evolutionary matrix of the caterpillar-like slothien was supercharged by the Overmind, twisting the hapless creatures

into the nightmarish killers known as hydralisks. These once mild creatures now hunger for blood and violence, and they are infamous for acting in a particularly savage fashion.

The spindly, snake-like hydralisks house hundreds of armor-piercing spines within their upper carapace plates. These spines have been specifically evolved from the defensive urticating hairs of the slothien and adapted to a new purpose. Hydralisks use powerful muscle contractions to launch the spines in volleys at enemies approaching from either the air or the ground.

Hydralisks are especially fond of lying in wait for their prey. Groups of them have been observed burrowing into the ground in the pathway of civilian workers, uncovering themselves when they sense an opponent is near. Ambushing from burrowed positions is a favored hydralisk battle tactic, with hydralisks showing a preference for waiting until an enemy has passed before emerging to attack, or boxing in a group of enemies to destroy them with a deadly crossfire.

Thanks to the remarkable musculature of a hydralisk (4,000 muscles compared to a terran's 629), the penetrative force delivered by a hydralisk spine is quite astounding. A single spine can easily penetrate 2 cm of solid neosteel even at maximum range. Under any circumstances, massed groups of hydralisks should be approached with extreme caution and preferably siege tank supp

Lurker

Lurkers make a return in StarCraft II. As in StarCraft: Brood War, Lurkers are morphed from Hydralisks and can only attack while burrowed. They can devastate packed groups of infantry as they attack in a line with their subterranean spines.

Baneling
The baneling is a creature so bloated with fluid-filled sacs that it can barely walk; instead, it moves itself by tucking into a tight ball and rolling. However, this ungainly appearance belies the fact that the baneling is an extremely dangerous organism, one of several new zerg specialists recently seen on the battlefield. When a baneling gets close enough to an enemy, the creature triggers a reaction within its volatile chemical payload that causes it to explode with devastating force and shower the immediate surroundings with searing acid. The baneling is destroyed in the explosion, which is very likely to inflict a huge amount of damage.

These living bombs are highly effective against both structures and ground forces; in fact, a clutch of them is capable of wiping out a group of vehicles and infantry in the blink of an eye. The banelings' lethality is further enhanced by the zerg predilection for burrowing. An apparently safe area can soon turn into a deathtrap as these monstrosities emerge and roll into the midst of their foes, giving them virtually no time to react.

At first the baneling was identified as an unstable zerg mutation of an unspecified genus. Subsequent observations have revealed it to be a morph of the zergling, the most numerous zerg subtype. Zerglings have been seen entering a brief chrysalis phase before emerging in their new form. This alarming development has demonstrated the advanced ability of the zerg queens to manipulate their offspring. Although the baneling is chemically volatile and unstable enough to explode at any time, the queens have engineered a morph that can contain its energies until just the right moment. By creating the baneling out of the most basic of zerg fighters, the queens have also ensured that an inexhaustible supply of raw materials is available for the task.

Terran commanders now train their troops to watch for these abominations. In the meantime, scientists are desperately trying to develop chemical rounds that will cause ban

Roach
The Roach is a specialized ground unit with the unique ability to very quickly regenerate damage. Used properly, Roaches can absorb tremendous amounts of damage and can only be killed with concentrated and heavy fire from enemies.

Starcraft 2 Units

maskataqk — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:08:20 CDT

Discover the various units of Starcraft 2.

Protoss See the Protoss Units: Colossus Dark Templar Stalker Mothership Reaver Phoenix

Zerg

Every day i will add more units.

Colossus

maskataqk — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:49:49 CDT

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Colossus! Help us improve this page by adding the Colossus information you have.he towering colossus is a protoss robot design dating back to the bloody conflicts of the Kalath Intercession. It strides across the battlefield on four tall, slender legs which give it an extremely high level of mobility. The great height of the machine allows it to step up and down cliffs and other steep elevations with little difficulty, and gives it a dominating field of fire.

The immense height of a colossus means it is vulnerable to attack from both anti-ground and anti-air units and structures

The heavily armored hull of the colossus carries two powerful thermal lances: one mounted on each side of its body. Complex focusing and targeting systems are used to pinpoint the continuous damage output of the thermal lances for optimal efficiency. As a target is destroyed, the lances are switched to a new target instantly so that a colossus' beam cuts a fiery swathe of destruction through multiple enemies with each firing cycle.

Taking advantage of higher ground

The colossus is unusual for the fact that it was created purely as a war machine. Most protoss robots are created for industrial or resource-gathering purposes. Even the much-feared reaver is at its core a mobile manufacturing unit re-tasked to the creation of scarab drones for long-range bombardment. The mass slaughter unleashed on the kalathi by roving colossi appalled the protoss.

At the time, the Conclave outlawed the manufacture of colossi, and existing machines were deactivated before being sealed away in distant asteroids and uninhabited moons. Centuries later the war against the zerg has brought forth these engines of destruction to do battle once more.

Zealot

maskataqk — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:48:06 CDT

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Protoss Zealot from Starcraft 2! Help us improve this page by adding the Protoss Zealot information you have.

or over a thousand years the Templar caste of the protoss have defended their people from threats both internal and external, dedicating their long lives to the pursuit of martial perfection. Zealots are peerless templar warriors who have yet to achieve the uppermost ranks of the Khala. Ever eager for battle, zealots train constantly to attune themselves more closely to the Khala's disciplines and prove themselves worthy of advancement. They exemplify the unbridled ferocity of the protoss at war.

The formidable physique of a zealot is further enhanced by cybernetic implants and their coveted power suit. Yet a zealot is far more than the technology they bear. Each zealot is trained for decades in hand-to-hand combat, tactics, pain tolerance and martial discipline. Zealots are taught to hate their enemies with a white hot passion and to hunt them down without mercy.

All protoss have some psionic power. Zealots focus their powers exclusively on the pursuit of war. Focus crystals in their heavy forearm units enable zealots to channel their strength of will into blades of pure psionic energy - their primary melee weapons. Using a limited form of precognition, zealots can even predict enemy movements, striking with deadly accuracy and dodging attacks by inches.

Some zealots have even developed the ability to turn their body into pure energy for a few microseconds. This allows them to move at lightning-fast speeds and strike suddenly against an enemy that thinks they are out of range.

In recent times the zerg invasion of the protoss homeworld of Aiur forced its evacuation to the distant dark templar world of Shakuras. The Templar caste as a whole, and the zealots in particular, seethe with shame at this dishonor. Many and loud are the voices raised demanding a return to Aiur, cradle of the protoss civilization. The zealots have thrown themselves into an even more rigorous program of training in preparation for the glorious day when their services will be called upon once more.

Phoenix

dustpaint — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:38:00 CDT

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Protoss Phoenix from Starcraft 2! Help us improve this page by adding the Protoss Phoenix information you have.

Reaver

dustpaint — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:32:57 CDT

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Protoss Reaver from Starcraft 2! Help us improve this page by adding the Protoss Reaver information you have.

Mothership

dustpaint — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:32:47 CDT

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Protoss Mothership from Starcraft 2! Help us improve this page by adding the Protoss Mothership information you have.

Stalker

dustpaint — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:31:51 CDT

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Protoss Stalker from Starcraft 2! Help us improve this page by adding the Protoss stalker information you have.

Dark Templar

dustpaint — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:30:53 CDT

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Protoss Dark Templar from Starcraft 2! Help us improve this page by adding the Protoss Dark Templar information you have.

Protoss

dustpaint — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:26:28 CDT

Here we will highlight the Protoss Units and game play for the Starcraft 2 game.

Colossus	Reaver
Dark Templar	Stalker
Mothership	Zealot
Phoenix

StarCraft 2 Videos

dustpaint — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:07:25 CDT

Check out these cool StarCraft II videos that have been released so far. Videos include official game trailers, interviews, and videos that fans have captured from events like Blizzcon that give you a special sneak preview of SC2 gameplay!

Latest videos added:

StarCraft II Battle Report 2

Starcraft II Battle Report 3 (added 6/22/09)

New Starcraft 2 Gameplay Video (added 6/30/09)

Dustin Browder G4 Interview (added 6/30/09)

Starcraft Trailer remake (added 7/4/09)

If you're still craving more after these sweet previews, check out the StarCraft II screenshots gallery.

Below are some of the original videos:

Official StarCraft 2 gameplay demo, part 1	Official StarCraft 2 gameplay demo, part 2
StarCraft 2 "Opening Cinematic" from BilzzCon 08	StarCraft 2 "Return of the Zerg" from BlizzCon 08
StarCraft 2 "Zerg versus Terran" from BlizzCon 08	StarCraft 2 Battlecruiser Demo from ESL 09

Starcraft Trailer Remake Using WOW Machinima

dustpaint — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:24:32 CDT

Myndflame is at it again. To promote Illegal Danish, Myndflame's popular World of Warcraft machinima series, they spent 700 painstaking hours recreating the Starcraft 2 Trailer. Take a look at their work and see what you think.

Watch the trailers side-by-side, or combined (stacked in one window) in the videos below:

Starcraft 2 Trailer Remake Using Warcraft Machinima:	Original Starcraft 2 Trailer:

Both Trailers at Once:

Hat tip: NewTeeVee

Blizzard Responds to No LAN Support

dustpaint — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:56:16 CDT

It is official. Starcraft 2 will have no LAN support and gamers are pissed. Hundreds of negative comments are found nearly anywhere the LAN news has been posted, petitions are launching, and some long-time Starcraft gamers are even considering a boycott despite their desire to play the highly-anticipated and long-time coming sequel. Why would Blizzard do this considering that people are still playing the original in a multi-player LAN setting over a decade after its release in 1998? Blizzard claims it is to safeguard against piracy. What still is not clear is what this will do to the South Korean market where Starcraft is a televised professional sport.	Photo credit: teamliquid.net
Here is Blizzard's Official Response to the Fan Outcry: "We don't currently plan to support LAN play with StarCraft II, as we are building Battle.net to be the ideal destination for multiplayer gaming with StarCraft II and future Blizzard Entertainment games. While this was a difficult decision for us, we felt that moving away from LAN play and directing players to our upgraded Battle.net service was the best option to ensure a quality multiplayer experience with StarCraft II and safeguard against piracy. Several Battle.net features like advanced communication options, achievements, stat-tracking, and more, require players to be connected to the service, so we're encouraging everyone to use Battle.net as much as possible to get the most out of StarCraft II. We're looking forward to sharing more details about Battle.net and online functionality for StarCraft II in the near future." said Bob Colayco at Blizzard PR	Here's the original statement that spurred the outcry: "We don't have any plans to support LAN" said VP of game design Rob Pardo in an IncGamers interview.

It is official. Starcraft 2 will have no LAN support and gamers are pissed.

Hundreds of negative comments are found nearly anywhere the LAN news has been posted, petitions are launching, and some long-time Starcraft gamers are even considering a boycott despite their desire to play the highly-anticipated and long-time coming sequel.

Why would Blizzard do this considering that people are still playing the original in a multi-player LAN setting over a decade after its release in 1998? Blizzard claims it is to safeguard against piracy.

What still is not clear is what this will do to the South Korean market where Starcraft is a televised professional sport.

Photo credit: teamliquid.net

Here is Blizzard's Official Response to the Fan Outcry:

"We don't currently plan to support LAN play with StarCraft II, as we are building Battle.net to be the ideal destination for multiplayer gaming with StarCraft II and future Blizzard Entertainment games. While this was a difficult decision for us, we felt that moving away from LAN play and directing players to our upgraded Battle.net service was the best option to ensure a quality multiplayer experience with StarCraft II and safeguard against piracy.

Several Battle.net features like advanced communication options, achievements, stat-tracking, and more, require players to be connected to the service, so we're encouraging everyone to use Battle.net as much as possible to get the most out of StarCraft II. We're looking forward to sharing more details about Battle.net and online functionality for StarCraft II in the near future." said Bob Colayco at Blizzard PR

Here's the original statement that spurred the outcry:

"We don't have any plans to support LAN" said VP of game design Rob Pardo in an IncGamers interview.

Starcraft 2 Walkthroughs

dustpaint — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:58:02 CDT

Check back here once SC2 has been released, and we'll keep you posted on all the best StarCraft 2 walkthroughs available!

**StarCraft II walkthroughs coming soon**

In the meantime, check out the Starcraft Videos section.

Dustin Browder

dustpaint — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:54:09 CDT

Dustin Browder is the lead designer of Starcraft 2. You'll often hear him in the Starcraft 2 Battle reports doing commentary.

Watch the Dustin Browder Interview with G4.

Dustin Browder Work History

Dustin has worked in the gaming industry since 1995. He has worked at:

Activision
Electronic Arts
Simon & Schuster Interactive
Blizzard

Dustin Browder has strong experience in developing real-time strategy games, including as the Lead Designer for:

Starcraft 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Generals

He was also the Game Design Director for The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth series.

Dustin Browder's Future

Dustin's future is bright. He has been one of the leading commentators for the Starcraft Battle reports, which may lead to a full-time focus if eSports grow outside of South Korea thanks to Starcraft 2. His stock is expected to rise dramatically once Starcraft 2 is realeased into the public.

Write for Starcraft 2 Contest

dustpaint — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:42:37 CDT

Fans of Starcraft 2 have an awesome opportunity to visit the Blizzard headquarters in California. A world-wide writing contest has been hatched and we've got all the details.

If you have some writing skills, you are invited to submit a piece of Starcraft 2 Fan Fiction, between 3,000 to 10,000 words. If chosen as the winner, you will meet the writers and staff behind the Starcraft lore.

Here's a statement from Blizzard about the contest:

"Whether you conjure stories in your free time or write for a living, you’re encouraged to participate. This contest is open to entrants from around the world, and will be judged by Blizzard Entertainment’s own writers and masters of lore."

The contest winner will get:

a trip to Blizzard HQ (flight & hotel)
a meal with the Blizzard lore staff
a Frostmourne sword.

Plus 7 runners-up will receive prize packages containing signed copies of the Blizzard novels: Diablo Archive, Warcraft Archive, StarCraft Archive, and the Warcraft War of the Ancients Archive.

For best chances to win, join our site and we'll share some tips from actual game writers on how best to impress Blizzard's Starcraft 2 writers.

StarCraft 2 Fansite

dustpaint — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:24:52 CDT

Starcraft 2 is being published 2009 and we couldn't be more excited. Starcraft Fans is your home for everything related to and about the StarCraft 2 game, including screenshots, cheats, inside info and more.

NEWS: StarCraft 2 Will Not Support LAN

Blizzard has made their first response to No LAN Support. We've launched a petition to encourage Blizzard to include it.

Please sign the Starcraft 2 LAN Petition and get other to do so as well.

StarCraft 2 Battle Report 3 Leaked

Battle report videos are a great way to see how StarCraft 2 game play will work and how it differs from the original StarCraft.

Watch the 17-minute Battle Report 3 Video

Watch other StarCraft 2 videos, join the site, and share your excitement for the release of StarCraft 2!

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New Starcraft 2 Gameplay Video

dustpaint — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:47:26 CDT

Recorded on 6/22/09, this is a 7-minute Starcraft 2 Gameplay video. Turn up your speakers and enjoy!

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