RIP Starcraft 2015

[ragnarok]

But at the end of BW, the plot does indeed go wherever it wants thereonin. Sc2 is evidence of this. Just look at the arbitrary nature in which it starts: 4 years has passed, the Zerg just happen to not do anything, lack of sufficient continuity with Raynor's characterisation, Mengsk is secure in his position, the Hybrids aren't even the focus, etc. This should fulfill your criterion that BW had an appropriate end.

Yes but that's because Kerrigan at the end of BW felt something was on the horizon.

Raynor's problem was he was unable to do anything about the Dominion propaganda machine. Personally I felt that was BS because you'd think the Dominion people would be able to look outside the box instead of just swallowing everything Mengsk says.

[Nissa]

One of my favorite memories of Starcraft was when I was on the now defunct Shattered Enigma forums, and we kept writing almost slash about other members of the forums -- someone was Mengsk's wife, Kerri kidnapped one of the guys, someone had me dragging Raynor to a friend's wedding, nonsense like that. It was dumb, but hilarious.

[The_Blade]

Ah the good old memories of SC roleplay. I really do no think the franchise will die right now, but the original culture of SC has (and maybe did way before LotV). I actually remember playing against several SC:BW progamers during the HotS beta (which marked the end of the last BW pro-scene). May were angry about being forced to transition into SC2.

It's time for a new culture and population. I don't know if reddit will be able to handle it though.

[Nissa]

That hurts me. I loved the old SC culture. Then again, we're all grown ups now, so we should be responsible and stuff.

Y'know, that would make a good story. Like, BFFs united by a common game, but then both life and the game changes, bringing everyone into separate directions.

[ragnarok]

That hurts me. I loved the old SC culture. Then again, we're all grown ups now, so we should be responsible and stuff.

Y'know, that would make a good story. Like, BFFs united by a common game, but then both life and the game changes, bringing everyone into separate directions.

That's the main problem if way too many years pass between sequels. New cultures come in that are suited to the new generations, which the old generations find largely boring or just plain total BS. I hope in time Blizzard understands this and in like 5 to 10 years from now, revert to the original culture.

[The_Blade]

That's the main problem if way too many years pass between sequels. New cultures come in that are suited to the new generations, which the old generations find largely boring or just plain total BS. I hope in time Blizzard understands this and in like 5 to 10 years from now, revert to the original culture.

There's not much Blizzard can do about it. Culture is a social phenomenon not a planned blue print. Blizzard has as much control over this as Hasbro over the Bronies. Reddit for instance brought down so many sites when it became popular. It was one of the first websites that worked as a social sink and it appealed to the new generations which like apps like Snap Chat and resources like Imgur. This was an unstoppable change in culture. Newer generations want little to no participation with Facebook and other social sites that record everything you do.

My critique on Reddit is that its greatest strength is also its major weakness. It is a great way to experience the StarCraft community in the present. There's always something to read. I go there daily. However, it's horrible at keeping a log of the past. Without a spotlight on content creators or profiles, the content shared is just like a passing viral video and not much is left after the spotlight moves on. This is why I am unsure about the furture of r/starcraft. As soon as there's nothing happening in two years or so. I fear its engine will slow down.

For me, the furture of SC is the responsibility of video bloggers. I trust them more.

[ragnarok]

There's not much Blizzard can do about it. Culture is a social phenomenon not a planned blue print. Blizzard has as much control over this as Hasbro over the Bronies. Reddit for instance brought down so many sites when it became popular. It was one of the first websites that worked as a social sink and it appealed to the new generations which like apps like Snap Chat and resources like Imgur. This was an unstoppable change in culture. Newer generations want little to no participation with Facebook and other social sites that record everything you do.

My critique on Reddit is that its greatest strength is also its major weakness. It is a great way to experience the StarCraft community in the present. There's always something to read. I go there daily. However, it's horrible at keeping a log of the past. Without a spotlight on content creators or profiles, the content shared is just like a passing viral video and not much is left after the spotlight moves on. This is why I am unsure about the furture of r/starcraft. As soon as there's nothing happening in two years or so. I fear its engine will slow down.

For me, the furture of SC is the responsibility of video bloggers. I trust them more.

I see. For me, if Blizzard does NOT keep the novels and games coming (however their quality is), I'll be forced to turn to SC fanfiction and everything. After BW, the fan community came up with tons of theories, wrote tons of fanfics, on what'll happen next. Unfortunately, I see little possibility of this happening after LotV's ending, except maybe in the form of one-shot fics to try to interpret the final cutscene.

[Nissa]

Eh, I'm still writing my Aldaris fanfic. In which Aldaris will get very furious at LotV.

[ragnarok]

Eh, I'm still writing my Aldaris fanfic. In which Aldaris will get very furious at LotV.

I know. It's just that the SC fics are becoming rarer and rarer. Ever since HotS was out, these fics have dropped to almost nothing.

[Gurluash]

Tbh, Epilogue is not part of the Protoss Campaign. It's an Epilogue to Starcraft 2 itself, so WoL, HotS, and LotV.
As for my story, my brother had a friend who pirated games, and sometimes brought new games to me. One day he got Starcraft for me, I immediately fell in love with the story and the game itself.
So as soon as I could, I bought it, and really enjoyed it.

Starcraft 2, is good but it feels like a different game, and not a sequel.