Do you really want chat rooms? Hell yeah.

[tom_mai78101]

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It seems that the community themselves created a new meme out of an unacceptable answer made by Frank Pearce, co-founder of Blizzard.

For some reasons, that one thread has about 52+ pages x20 replies. It must've been an honor to hear that there really isn't any chat rooms at its current stage.

What do you guys think? Do you really want chat rooms?

 

[YourFace]

Mhm

 

[celerisk]

Yes, we really do want chat rooms.

Well, while that may not apply to those that are just happy with "click a single button to play a game",
there's also those that need to organize stuff involving more than one people.

Here's someone that explains it way better than me (you may ignore the cats...):
[youtube]M-r_uCaFxg8[/youtube]

 

[Doomhammer]

facebook integration was more important - sorry, pal!

 

[Miz]

Yes, we really do want chat rooms.

Well, while that may not apply to those that are just happy with "click a single button to play a game",
there's also those that need to organize stuff involving more than one people.

Here's someone that explains it way better than me (you may ignore the cats...):
[youtube]M-r_uCaFxg8[/youtube]

Yep, I watched that yesturday. Husky and the kitties. He and HD are probably the best commentators of SC2, and I do think he summed up the concern of people. All and all, I think the no chatrooms and the no worldwide access thing are the stupidest far beyond the cost related details

Obliviously Blizzard hates baby kittens if they ignore this message.

 

[2-P]

Wow, didn't think that there would be THAT many rage threads on the BN forums ha ha.

Oh and: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25172038640&sid=5000&pageNo=1

Read the first two posts. So freaking hilarious.

 

[Slapshot136]

@ above - it says it was deleted for me

 

[2-P]

Meh, I guess that's Blizzard's way of dealing with the issue...

 

[celerisk]

facebook integration was more important - sorry, pal!

You just trained your first Hydralisk
Publish this story to your Failbook wall or your friends' home pages?

Say hello to your friends:​

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Publish Cancel​

 

[Doomhammer]

You just trained your first Hydralisk
Publish this story to your Failbook wall or your friends' home pages?

Say hello to your friends:​

...​

Not published yet through StarCraft II(tm)

Publish Cancel​

Sounds more like Suaheli to me.

Even though I don't chat much, I am absolutely aware of how important channels are for organization and for community things (friends, clans, talking about strategy, etc.). Taking sth as crucial as the main communications tool and putting time and ressources into sth as secondary as facebook integration (which nobody asked for anyway) is starting to get ridiculous.
In some way, I'm really sorry for writing this stuff. I highly admire all the creativity and ingenuity Blizzard has always put in their games from the very beginning with Lost Vikings up to the current development. Blizzard makes amazing games, so amazing that there shouldn't be need for complaining at all! Whatever it is (maybe some mysterious purple meteorite), sth must have corrupted them.

 

[Slapshot136]

Meh, I guess that's Blizzard's way of dealing with the issue...

they said before that they wanted everything dealing with the chat rooms to be in this thread

 

[Daskunk]

facebook integration was more important - sorry, pal!

Hah. All they've done with facebook so far I doubt took up much time. They even said as much themselves.

People keep making mockeries that you'll be able to post things to your facebook wall through sc2, but blizzard said nothing of the sort.
Also;
If you hate facebook, why do you care if people post things to your wall? The feature won't get in the way. Its optional.
If you like facebook, why do you care if you can import your friends?

Blizzard has done some bad things, but facebook is the least of them all, IMO.

 

[Doomhammer]

Blizzard has done some bad things, but facebook is the least of them all, IMO.

It's not a bad thing at all. It's just a pretty useless thing at the place of a far more useful thing.

 

[Slapshot136]

It's not a bad thing at all. It's just a pretty useless thing at the place of a far more useful thing.

it's a pretty useless thing that gets a lot of attention, meaning it's not useless but a successful attention-getter

just look at how many people here complained about it for no real reason

 

[Doomhammer]

it's a pretty useless thing that gets a lot of attention, meaning it's not useless but a successful attention-getter

so its use is solely for marketing/advertising

just look at how many people here complained about it for no real reason

the reason is not the SC2 facebook stuff, but the neglect of the real important stuff.

 

[celerisk]

The real important stuff is the game.
And that part is working just fine.
Balance, of course, is, as always, open to discussion, but they are working on it.

While Blizzard has traditionally been known for their extremely "flexible" release dates, nowadays there's also Activision having a say in it.
That changes things slightly.

However, let's not forget that there's two expansions coming, within a year's distance.
Means that Blizzard will spend a lot of time working on SC2.
Also, Blizzard people are playing SC2 too, they don't go home and launch C&C.
And they also want, well, this and that and that too...

I wouldn't worry just because it isn't there yet.

 

[2-P]

Also, Blizzard people are playing SC2 too, they don't go home and launch C&C.

They don't play LAN at home, that's for sure.

 

[tom_mai78101]

They don't play LAN at home, that's for sure.

Correct, they only played in their office, which itself is their LAN. In fact, Battle.net is their public LAN and WAN, mashed together.

 

[celerisk]

Yep, I watched that yesterday. Husky and the kitties. He and HD are probably the best commentators of SC2, and I do think he summed up the concerns of people. All and all, I think the no chatrooms and the no worldwide access thing are the stupidest far beyond the cost related details.

Obviously Blizzard hates baby kittens if they ignore this message.

Thanks for the collection of feedback and the constructive tone. Always appreciated.

We're fully aware of the concerns that are being discussed in the various threads, on fansites, detailed through kitten videos, etc. and we're in the midst of working on a comprehensive address that should hit most of the major concerns. Just a heads up.

Seen somewhere here:
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25170840862&sid=5000&pageNo=3

"Constructive tone"... the bnet forums are even worse than here

 

[tom_mai78101]

Finally! We have Blizzard officially trying to mash everything up into one full address, or in alternate names, speech, that all of us can accept and stop complaining about "No chat channels" and stuffs.

I'm really looking forward to the addressing. It's been confirmed.