You Can Download StarCraft II Now (You Just Can't Play It) - Polidicks

[img]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/07/500x_starcraft_2.jpg[/img] [quote="Kotaku"]Don't wait until launch date to download your digital copy of StarCraft II. Grab all seven highly anticipated gigabytes worth of Blizzard's sequel right now so you're ready to play on July 27. You don't even have to pay! Blizzard is opening up digital purchasing for its long in the making sci-fi real-time strategy game in advance of StarCraft II's official launch. Simply head over to Battle.net, sign in, download and wait patiently. Then, on launch day, pay, activate and play. If you're planning on buying a boxed copy, perhaps at some midnight sale, this is not the version you're looking for. Move along. If you're planning on not leaving the house and opting for a digital download of StarCraft II, this is probably a good idea. The digital download version can be activated and played starting July 27 at 10:00 AM PDT[/quote] source: [url]http://kotaku.com/5588139/you-can-download-starcraft-ii-now-you-just-cant-play-it[/url]

What is StarCraft 2?

[QUOTE=Chickens!;23386886]What is StarCraft 2?[/QUOTE] Sequel to the most competitive RTS in the world. From blizzard. A brilliant game developer. ( the best in my opinion )

I'm actually more interested in the Galaxy Editor than the game itself.

This might not end well, pirate wise.

[QUOTE=Wheeze201;23386921]Sequel to the most competitive RTS in the world. From blizzard. A brilliant game developer. ( the best in my opinion )[/QUOTE] Since wrath of the lich king, they totally dropped the ball and sold out to twelve year olds.

Oh yeah i heard people died in Korea playing Starcraft 1 because they wouldnt eat or drink or sleep, and died from De-hydration.

Brohoster gave out 16 keys to FP so they could play it :buddy:

I didnt get one. Where's my 16 keys?

Meh, this is only for the fanatics who will want to play SC2 right at the 12:01 AM mark.

(part 1/3) anyways, I guess i'll download now and pay/play when the reviews are in.

Nothing new here, steams been doing it for a few years now.

[QUOTE=Chickens!;23386963]I didnt get one. Where's my 16 keys?[/QUOTE] You didn't win. :ohdear:

[QUOTE=Vinze;23386948]Since wrath of the lich king, they totally dropped the ball and sold out to twelve year olds.[/QUOTE] Even before that. WoW was the start of it, then came Burning Crusade finalizing it. Blizzard was my all time favourite developer, having made Diablo1 and 2, Starcraft and the Warcrafts. Now Warcraft has been made into an MMO, Diablo has been watered down (it has lost so many features compared to 2, not mention auto-stat placement) and SC2 has been made colourful. Actually, I think Blizz North was the Blizz I really loved, not the normal one.

Going to laugh if this manages to get cracked.

[QUOTE=Chickens!;23386886]What is StarCraft 2?[/QUOTE] You best be trollin'

[QUOTE=Vinze;23386948]Since wrath of the lich king, they totally dropped the ball and sold out to twelve year olds.[/QUOTE] I'm getting tired of saying this. WoW is blizzard's gold mine. They are using the money to make masterpieces like diablo 3 and starcraft 2. [editline]08:53PM[/editline] Wait where the hell do I download ? I don't have a clue. [editline]08:54PM[/editline] I know it's on my battle.net account but I can't see anything. [editline]08:56PM[/editline] [QUOTE=acds;23387066]Even before that. WoW was the start of it, then came Burning Crusade finalizing it. Blizzard was my all time favourite developer, having made Diablo1 and 2, Starcraft and the Warcrafts. Now Warcraft has been made into an MMO, Diablo has been watered down (it has lost so many features compared to 2, not mention auto-stat placement) and SC2 has been made colourful.[/QUOTE] I trust blizzard. Sure they removed the tetris styled inventory. And sure they are using auto-stat placement. But I have complete trust in them. All these changes are probably for the best. In my opinion manually placing stats and sorting out my inventory was getting a bit boring. Not to mention a hassle.

You can download it here: EU: [url]http://beta-eu.battle.net/en/info/digital-purchase[/url] US: [url]http://beta-us.battle.net/en/info/digital-purchase[/url]

[QUOTE=acds;23387066]Even before that. WoW was the start of it, then came Burning Crusade finalizing it. Blizzard was my all time favourite developer, having made Diablo1 and 2, Starcraft and the Warcrafts. Now Warcraft has been made into an MMO, Diablo has been watered down (it has lost so many features compared to 2, not mention auto-stat placement) and SC2 has been made colourful. Actually, I think Blizz North was the Blizz I really loved, not the normal one.[/QUOTE] This is probably one of the dumbest things I have ever read. Bravo.

Blizzard know what they are doing, let them finish their work.

After playing Company of Heroes I dont know if I could ever find a better RTS, at least now for a long time.

Awww shit yeah. I've already got it preordered and am planning to pick it up at midnight. Just shaving off time now before I can play. Thanks, Blizzard.

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;23387132]Going to laugh when this manages to get cracked.[/QUOTE] Fixed.

Aww shit, not for boxed copy people. BASTARDS.

[QUOTE=ketchup;23386928]This might not end well, pirate wise.[/QUOTE] Probably not. I'm still pretty bitter that they're probably going to release the other games at full price the coming years. I would have rather they finished the whole thing and then released it.

I want this game but they overpriced the son of a bitch

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[QUOTE=acds;23387066]Even before that. WoW was the start of it, then came Burning Crusade finalizing it. Blizzard was my all time favourite developer, having made Diablo1 and 2, Starcraft and the Warcrafts. Now Warcraft has been made into an MMO, Diablo has been watered down (it has lost so many features compared to 2, not mention auto-stat placement) and SC2 has been made colourful. Actually, I think Blizz North was the Blizz I really loved, not the normal one.[/QUOTE] Aha, no. You sound like the guy who wastes his time by going onto modern music videos on youtube and comments "What happened to real music" and gets 300 thumbs ups.

[QUOTE=Jund;23388091]Probably not. I'm still pretty bitter that they're probably going to release the other games at full price the coming years. I would have rather they finished the whole thing and then released it.[/QUOTE] Wiki says they'll likely be priced as expansions and I'm inclined to think that's reasonable, considering if you have one you have the full multiplayer experience already.

I'm gonna laugh my ass off if I wake up tomorrow morning only to find that the game already got cracked. And that wouldn't even be that far-fetched, being that the game is in the works for years now, and cracking it before it even got officialy released would bring massive cred to whichever cracking group did it. [editline]09:27PM[/editline] [QUOTE=acds;23387066]Even before that. WoW was the start of it, then came Burning Crusade finalizing it. Blizzard was my all time favourite developer, having made Diablo1 and 2, Starcraft and the Warcrafts. Now Warcraft has been made into an MMO, Diablo has been watered down (it has lost so many features compared to 2, not mention auto-stat placement) and SC2 has been made colourful. Actually, I think Blizz North was the Blizz I really loved, not the normal one.[/QUOTE] This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. [editline]09:30PM[/editline] Shit, the guy above me made an almost identical reply.:tinfoil: