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I'm wondering when do you people expect that SC2 will be released?
I was actually expecting it to come out last year :confused: ,turned out it was a bit to optimistic :p
So whit all the "new info":rolleyes: that was released this year, what are everybody's predictions for the actual release date?
And polls are fun, nuff said:D
Within 1.5 years.
Between 6-9 months.
Ya same here, between 6 and 9 months.
Between 6-9 months - May-June
April at the earliest.
It's definitely a lie.
I'm gonna be optimistic and say about 1 year.
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I voted 6 months but I meant to pick 9 >_<, there's no way they'll be able to do all of this with the beta not even started yet in 6 months.
6-9 months. I'm hoping May 31st (just after the release of StarCraft: Ghost: Spectres).
I'm hoping tomorrow but we all know hopes are meaningless.Quote:
I'm hoping May 31st
Someone should make a statistical graph showing promised dates vs actual dates and then plot a curve to predict when the actual date will be.
in a year is a very realistic release date.
shut up.
March i vote.
Somewhere between 9 months and SC2 is a lie.
The chances of sc being delayed a year or more I would put a very very slim.
Wow, 9 more months. Jeez, they're certainly taking their time. I think the biggest problem is they spend way too much time playing the game and not enough time making it.
Statistically, such a graph would be uselessly skewed towards "Infinite difference."Quote:
Originally Posted by n00bonicPlague
Now, if we were to omit Duke Nukem Forever, then it'll work.
lol, I was only talking about Blizzard games :P
Then at the high end, we get (due by Christmas j/k) StarCraft: Ghost!Quote:
Originally Posted by n00bonicPlague
good point lol
It still amuses me to read in the cover of the SC:Ghost novel about how the book is supposed to give a good back-story to the upcoming game XD
I'm gonna have to say sometime between May and July 2010.
Btw, I love how no one chose 3 months, lol
a year and im being optimistic...
Wow :o , people actually expect it to be released in the next 6 months. The beta hasn't even started, heck it hasn't even been anounced :p ( they don't just start the beta, they announce it's start in advance) So with that in mind i doubt the beta will only be 3-5 months, and you have also remember it takes 1-2 months for the game to finalize and to publish .
hoping for beta to start by the end of November, then a Mid-May release (the day after spring semester finals, maybe?)
Plenty of betas for their previous games have started without any kind of warning announcement. Sometimes hints are dropped/leaked a day or two before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perfecttear
I don't know enough about past game betas to say they've never given official warnings, but I definitely expect the first wave of beta invites to go out with little or no warning (which is usually a pretty good warning in itself, since a lot of first waves are very limited).
I'm predicting it comes out in June, so Ill round that to 9 months. Not only that, but Im hoping it comes out in June. Ill have a new computer by then, and it will be nice to play it for the first time on a brand new computer.
IIRC, Warcraft III gave a one month heads-up for their beta. It was their last RTS that saw production, too.
I'd say in about 6 to 7 months!
Thats good to know, I think we'll get our heads up in November, then beta starts in December. And then a 6 month beta, knowing the expectations SC2 has as an e-sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimera757
No, that's what I was thinking, including augustQuote:
Originally Posted by Freespace
I hope it's less than a year. Maybe 9 months, but i wouldn't hold my breath about that. I have the feeling that this is going to be a loooong beta.
Can you link to anything about that? I know they obviously got some heads up, because the beta was distributed by mailing discs, wasn't it? Didn't think it was a month though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimera757
With WoW beta news I'm used to being told via gaming sites that "emails are starting to roll out" to select users.
I imagine SC2 would mimic WoW with a simple email -> download client.
Link: http://web.archive.org/web/200202060.../betafaq.shtml
Can I still sign up for the beta?
No, sorry, the beta registration closed on Friday, January 11, 2002.
When will the beta test participants be announced?
If you are selected, you will receive an email within the next several weeks. If you are not selected you will not receive an email. We are unable to comment on the status of any application so please refrain from contacting us regarding your application or email status.
When will the beta discs be mailed?
We will make an announcement once the beta discs have been sent. Please watch www.blizzard.com for that announcement.
Link: http://web.archive.org/web/200204021...com/war3/beta/
2-7-2002
Warcraft® III: Reign of Chaos™ Beta Testers Selected
We're pleased to announce that the participants for the Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Beta test have now been selected. Over 100,000 people entered and approximately 5,000 people were randomly selected to take part. The Beta discs have been sent via Federal Express and will arrive in the next few days. Please do not contact Blizzard Entertainment regarding the status of your application; selected testers will receive an email from us confirming their participation in the next few days. We would like to thank everyone who applied and please continue to visit www.blizzard.com/war3 for more information on the game. We look forward to seeing you on Battle.net®.
Also, this link has a partial changelog. :)
Does anyone still have one of those disks? Are they playable? How about SC?
The beta disks were multiplayer only, and you can't play them on battle.net for various reasons (wrong version, etc).
Apparently someone set up a StarCraft I beta server, for anyone who either has the disk or downloaded some version of them.
I tried an emulated version of the StarCraft 1 beta a while ago, around the time I started coming to SClegacy. It was, I think, a build in December '97.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimera757
There's not a whole lot to mention, but the biggest difference was probably the game speed (fastest use to be a lot faster). That and the costs were radically different, some things costed only minerals and only gas, and resources came in 10s instead of 8s.
The zerg probably had the most differences, I remember the defiler having different looking abilities, and the overlord being really fast. The templar also has psi assault. And the zealot did 4 attacks instead of 2.