Blizzard Email Mentioned in Tweet

[ego]

This likely came from the latest Blizzard Inside email which surfaced this morning. Taken verbatim:

I thought I was on that mailing list... I will have to watch for this.

[Sydarm]

this "beta" just seems like it's at a halt...

Like there is no information about it... they refuse to share any information ...Cavez and Sigaty are MIA from community relations... no BNET2.0 updates..

It just feels like this game is on hold again, much like how it felt in June

[DeathsAngel]

this "beta" just seems like it's at a halt...

Like there is no information about it... they refuse to share any information ...Cavez and Sigaty are MIA from community relations... no BNET2.0 updates..

It just feels like this game is on hold again, much like how it felt in June

"No news, is good news". The game is probably not on halt, the game is ready just waiting a good date to be released or still waiting for a stable B.NET2.0

So how can we interpret the fact that no community manager gives no release date?! Well think about this, if they say "It's delayed" it will cause a riot. If they say it's will be release at X date, then people won't be under the surprise effect and it forces Blizzard to release it as they said...

So stop trying to shoot hypothesis, just wait for it. If the game is launched in 2010 then the beta is yeah "soon", if not... just forget about it and... try not to cry.

[Gifted]

Blizzard has always been a "it's ready when it's ready" company. They've made MULTIPLE mistakes straying from that throughout StarCraft 2's public lifetime. I find it more reassuring to know they aren't telling us a date yet... as odd as that sounds. It means they're holding true to the path that works best for them instead of trying to wrongly appease the public.

Ultimate though, Bashiok said it best, it doesn't matter what they say... we won't be appeased as a public mob until the game is released. Nothing else, no matter how valuable, will be enough at this point.

[mgcemir]

Ultimate though, Bashiok said it best, it doesn't matter what they say... we won't be appeased as a public mob until the game is released. Nothing else, no matter how valuable, will be enough at this point.

i couldnt disagree with u more. treating his quote as something good is idiotic. basicly saying, giving us nothing is better than something. then why give us lame q/a , tree models, and endless macro debate. maybe say, beta will or will not start in a month so u dont have the need to stop by out twitter every second day so see the news, just come back in a month. no no no, dont give us proper news about the only thing we want to hear now and that is beta date, not beta, but beta date.

their cms suck, and am not ranting and trolling, but they honestly suck. maybe take a peak at sean at swtor official forums. there, ppl actually learn from their mistakes. like only few days ago, he said dont expect any major news for next 2 weeks. and after that ull know it will be something good, and in that time ull still get update every single friday at the same time. and like they said game is atleast 1.5 years away, not letting ppl quessing for months and months hoping it will be this year. and here i still remember chris and that lore guy in the interview almost 1 year ago to the date, saying we hope to bring sc2 to the players this year.

ppl at swtor forums are worried at what will 1.5years do to the hype for the gome(nothing imo), but i hope sc2 sales suck. i will buy the game, all three, and i will always buy blizz games, but i hope they have like 5mil total sales so they fucking learn how to properly do things. i just LOVE how mass effect 2 was announced 8 months ago and its becoming the best selling game in the history of ever

sry for the long post, i just had this in me since i almost didnt go with my hot gf on vocation last summer hoping i would miss beta start. good thing she doesnt know am such a nerd.

[Domi87]

Anyone notice how that client download page on the support site was deleted? Fucking lame.

[Sydarm]

Anyone notice how that client download page on the support site was deleted? Fucking lame.

You're right...it was

[Gifted]

i couldnt disagree with u more. treating his quote as something good is idiotic. basicly saying, giving us nothing is better than something. then why give us lame q/a , tree models, and endless macro debate. maybe say, beta will or will not start in a month so u dont have the need to stop by out twitter every second day so see the news, just come back in a month. no no no, dont give us proper news about the only thing we want to hear now and that is beta date, not beta, but beta date.

their cms suck, and am not ranting and trolling, but they honestly suck. maybe take a peak at sean at swtor official forums. there, ppl actually learn from their mistakes. like only few days ago, he said dont expect any major news for next 2 weeks. and after that ull know it will be something good, and in that time ull still get update every single friday at the same time. and like they said game is atleast 1.5 years away, not letting ppl quessing for months and months hoping it will be this year. and here i still remember chris and that lore guy in the interview almost 1 year ago to the date, saying we hope to bring sc2 to the players this year.

ppl at swtor forums are worried at what will 1.5years do to the hype for the gome(nothing imo), but i hope sc2 sales suck. i will buy the game, all three, and i will always buy blizz games, but i hope they have like 5mil total sales so they fucking learn how to properly do things. i just LOVE how mass effect 2 was announced 8 months ago and its becoming the best selling game in the history of ever

sry for the long post, i just had this in me since i almost didnt go with my hot gf on vocation last summer hoping i would miss beta start. good thing she doesnt know am such a nerd.

First, I feel it's disrespectful to outright call my opinion idiotic. I find parts of your opinion disagreeable but I won't outright judge them.

The reason why I said it's a good point is not because it's "right" or "great" but because in many ways it's become essentially correct. While a great amount of people can learn to be patient, the ultimate point is that the mob as a whole won't be able to be satisfied with what they can be told. Ultimately, today we were told something interesting regarding the Nullifier is now called the Sentry. This information will be great and held onto for about 1 to 2 days maximum, and it will be back to "alright, that was a nice time killer, where's beta?". If they say "beta will be at this date", no matter how many people will be happy, others won't be happy and will claim that it'll just be delayed like last time.

There's a plethora of people who are passionate about the game on these forums but have been eaten with pessimism and worries that a delay is around the corner, no matter how much good news slaps them in the face. Am I part of this crowd? No, is everyone like that? No.

Ultimately, whether it's good or not that it's gotten to this level is not my point or conversation, it's just that Bashiok, no matter how much you disagree with, said the most accurate PR examination possible at this point. The only way to make the entire StarCraft community as a whole happy is to take the next step, instead of merely talk about it. That's all I intended to say.

NOW.. let's get to your conversation...

I suspect this is where I would use the term "idiotic" if I were to mimic your post. For a person who wants to enjoy all three games, the last thing you'll want to wish for is a low sale count. Blizzard is a company, not a human being... the lesson learned would be "this IP won't make money, we should look to other avenues"... human beings would view it as "I'm sorry".

It's my opinion that is an emotionally spiteful response which ironically proves my suggestion that Bashiok is right even more. A person with the mentality which your posts suggest will only be happier if they SEE progress, not just read it.

Regarding how you feel the CMs at Blizzard are low quality:

Every method is different... I'd say that of all the times we'd have to complain about the mods at Blizzard, now is not it. They've been churning out almost 3-4 times the amount of information they've provided in the past. Just last week they had a day which involved 14 blue responses. You may hold onto the history as a whole, but I'd rather live in the present. They're ramping up their staff and the community's expectations of them. Blizzard has a pattern of when they do this as well. Another reason to be optomistic.

[Triceron]

Gotta admit though, most fans probably don't even know about stuff like the system reqs or the beta client download pages outside of SC2 fansites. Yet it's the hardcore who complain about 'misinformation' when they're actively looking for every nugget of info they can.

It's like sticking your hand over a flame and blaming the candle for getting burnt.

[mgcemir]

It's like sticking your hand over a flame and blaming the candle for getting burnt.

good point. but u gotta admit, it goes further than that. it would be maybe better to say," kid blames nestle for having bad teeth", or something like that. u know kid loves candy


and second,gifted, ye sry for calling your opinion idiotic. if i feel something is idiotic, it doesnt mean your idiot or moron or something else, just poor word selection on my side. i dont think your an idiot, and i like u, and am sry again if i offended hope no hard feelings ..