Beta forums possibly being worked on right now

[SpikeVorador]

i really wonder how much they get paid for working in weekends, over-hours and sometimes sleeping in a couch, must be horrible that kind of life T_T, not wonder why they use beer to balance the game xD

[DemolitionSquid]

i really wonder how much they get paid for working in weekends, over-hours and sometimes sleeping in a couch, must be horrible that kind of life T_T, not wonder why they use beer to balance the game xD

Blizzard employees don't get paid. They get free lifetime subscriptions to WoW.

[Gifted]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/e...d-company.html

Just an old article that gives a clue why people are more than willing to work for the company. The treat their people right. Besides that, the people who work there are PASSIONATE about their projects and only want to see them suceed.

While many people who don't understand this style of business may view it as "bribery"... it's definately a level of "reward".

[Sydarm]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/e...d-company.html

Just an old article that gives a clue why people are more than willing to work for the company. The treat their people right. Besides that, the people who work there are PASSIONATE about their projects and only want to see them suceed.

While many people who don't understand this style of business may view it as "bribery"... it's definately a level of "reward".

I work for the government now, so it's pretty much opposite of that now lol

[rcp181]

must be horrible that kind of life T_T,

They've probably been playing SC2 during lunch breaks for the past two or more years

[Gifted]

Well, actually... lately it's also had a larger tinge of ME2 from what I hear I've played a few games of L4D2 with a few of them.

[The_Blade]

Blizzard is a succesful company like Relic and Westwood full of staff with passion. Mainly they get a lot of free stuff under their own brands; but I believe that the best profit out of it, is the feeling of building games that will be played for decades by people like yourself.

[Gifted]

To clarify from what I understand, the beta invitations can be given out days before the beta officially opens.

From my experience in the industry, this is a term of preferences that has some benefits and consequences in multiple ways. In light of your questions, I've gone out to realize a few of the words were translated poorly by google translate. For this reason it's good to see the updated translations (they are fixed in the news post)

Here are some pieces of information that we have to examine:

Post 2: When will you reply to those who opted in through Battle.net? (Or have they already been sent?)

Zhydaris: The invitations will start probably a couple of days before the actual launch of the Beta.

THEN re-examine post 1

Post 1: (Shows appreciation) Will Beta be released in phases still or is it a global release?

Zhydaris: God forbid, I am here on purpose. Then, the objective now is to release the beta "globally" , Then simultaneously in all regions. In case this is not possible due to unforeseen problems, the Beta for Europe and Italy will arrive in each case a very short distance (even a few days, not talking about weeks). But again, our plan is currently in Beta release simultaneously in all regions by the end of the month.

This can lead to one of two levels of speculation. Please understand that these are MERELY speculation and don't speak on them as if they're factual or else you will be misleading truth.

Speculation 1: Zhydaris was addressing the StarCraft Community as a whole. If this were the case, worldwide we can expect beta emails to come announcing that you can potentially download the game but not actually connect to the activated server until a specified time. This would ensure that there would be a solid stress test in place, build hype and also allow for a guarenteed solid playerbase at the start so people can see a more accurate portrayal of the service from moment one.

Speculation 2: Zhydaris was addressing the Polish StarCraft Community. If this were the case, it would involve beta being available to everyone at first, but due to the stipulations in Post 1, he's reinforcing a level of caution/patience/understanding in the Polish community that would avoid a public backlash and essentially place the expectation of a delay and a premature explanation why it would exist.

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Important point: I don't want to see posts after this that says "Option 2 is it!!". That would be, in my opinion, a complete disrespect of my opinion which you've asked for. I'm pointing out that these two speculations exist and should be viewed as speculation, no matter how much you feel you can put faith in one or the other, it will not be factual unless a blue post states so.

I hope you appreciate my thoughts on the matter

Figured I'd requote this as I think people missed it. BTW, Sydarm, I've found it interesting that you posted that "Facebook" picture after someone in the forums seemed to have posted it ^_^ Makes me speculate..

EDIT: I realized I got the timestamps backwards, sorry about the confusion. ^_^ But still, It looks like Starcraft2.com is all over it

[Sydarm]

Figured I'd requote this as I think people missed it. BTW, Sydarm, I've found it interesting that you posted that "Facebook" picture after someone in the forums seemed to have posted it ^_^ Makes me speculate..

i'll add you on facebook under that name if you wish =P
EDIT: oh ok LOL


PS: so with your translation, is it 100% true she said invites will go out before beta? im still confused for some reason

[Takyn]

The polish beta forums are linked on the welcome page again

http://forums.ba​ttle.net/welcome.html