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    Starcraft 2 Beta

    Surprised there's no threads about it. Who's in it then?

    I've never really had an interest in Starcraft, but for some reason I find watching commentaries on youtube and livestreams of the game really fun. Seems like a very interesting game to me, I can't wait to try it out. Unfortunately I only opted into the beta a few days ago so it's unlikely that I'll get in. But from what I can see and from what I've read it seems like a great game so far, even in its beta stages.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    Have you seen Blizzard's NDA?

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    No, why? I'm fairly sure you're allowed to discuss it lol. Just about every forum I go to has a thread about it.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    NDA means that if you are beta testing the game, then you are not allowed to discuss.
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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    we don't here because if we had a good starcraft II thread, I'd have to start wearing rubber pants.
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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    Quote Originally Posted by Disturbedguy View Post
    NDA means that if you are beta testing the game, then you are not allowed to discuss.
    Yeah, that's what it means but Starcraft II doesn't have any sort of NDA like that. Or else there wouldn't be a public SC2 forum on battle.net.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    I seem to remember reading that the Starcraft II beta NDA had been lifted?

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    Quote Originally Posted by shackahn View Post
    I seem to remember reading that the Starcraft II beta NDA had been lifted?
    A bit of googling tells me it was lifted back in August.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    I don't believe betas generally have NDAs - Alphas sure.

    But as others have said this is very publically discussed and there are hundreds of youtube videos and strategy discussions floating about.

    Not in the beta myself but have played it quite a bit and have to say it is great fun and though initially I was unsure the more you play it the more you start to like it.

    It is a substantial improvement on the first (IMO) and runs beautifully on my rather modest setup.

    Now it's just a shame I suck so bad at it.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    Quote Originally Posted by bertie View Post
    I don't believe betas generally have NDAs - Alphas sure.

    But as others have said this is very publically discussed and there are hundreds of youtube videos and strategy discussions floating about.

    Not in the beta myself but have played it quite a bit and have to say it is great fun and though initially I was unsure the more you play it the more you start to like it.

    It is a substantial improvement on the first (IMO) and runs beautifully on my rather modest setup.

    Now it's just a shame I suck so bad at it.
    Pretty much in the exact same boat. Suck at it, but it's really fun.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    I could never get into the first one, I feel I might get sucked into this one because of the hype then find I dislike it just as much.

    I would be much happier if Blizzard dropped Starcraft II and finished Diablo III...

    ...and yes I expect abuse for saying that

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    Quote Originally Posted by shackahn View Post
    I could never get into the first one, I feel I might get sucked into this one because of the hype then find I dislike it just as much.

    I would be much happier if Blizzard dropped Starcraft II and finished Diablo III...

    ...and yes I expect abuse for saying that
    Nah, I'd be happy with that too, as much as I love Starcraft, I'm not too good at rts so Diablo III would be great right about now

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    The problem with starcraft and it's going to be the same problem with 2 is everything seems focused on tournament play.

    I watched some live streams of the beta and it looks really good, they seem to have kept the feel of the first game but 'upgraded' everything. But I've not seen or read about one much that wasn't just about winning as quickly as possible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blastuk View Post
    Nah, I'd be happy with that too, as much as I love Starcraft, I'm not too good at rts so Diablo III would be great right about now
    +1 for this

    D3 is the big release im waiting for tbh.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    Starcraft 2 is great. Can't wait to play it. SC1BW was one of the greatest thinking game of all time.

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    Re: Starcraft 2 Beta

    Quote Originally Posted by usxhe190 View Post
    Starcraft 2 is great. Can't wait to play it.

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