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Yggdrasil · Local time: May 17, 2007, 03:04 PM

Maybe the announcement will be that they've finally finished Ghost.

Though honestly I'm praying for a Starcraft 2. A Starcraft MMO would just be kinda... iffy. I'd only buy it if its monthy payments were tied with WoW's, that way when you pay for a month you have a month to freely jump between WoW or Starcraft. But somehow I doubt it'll happen. Also considering the fact that the announcement is being made in Korea, the land of Starcraft, I think it definitely seals the deal on the fact that its going to be a starcraft game of some sort.

Comon Starcraft 2!

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Yggdrasil · Local time: May 18, 2007, 10:57 PM

I'm just glad its now finally in stone that Starcraft 2 is under development. Then again for the most part a lot of people had already seen it coming.

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Yggdrasil · 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUXoekeDIW8

YouTube link for the CG intro.

thank you for that link.

In anycase now with this announcement I can say the world has just become more just. Although it may come at the cost of a large portion of the internet.

Do I spy... marines with riot shields? In those screenshots up on IGN?

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Yggdrasil · 03:01 AM

The screenshots that are up on IGN show a rather cartoony appearance. I really hope they drop that later. God knows how long Blizzard has in mind to keep us waiting. So thing may still change quite a bit. Isn't the screenshots based on some very early, possibly pre-alpha build?

Though some details surfaced from Gamespot that has me a tad bit worried:

Originally Posted by Gamespot

Morhaime then introduces the lead designer of the project to discuss it--none other than former EALA designer Dustin Browder (who worked previously on The Battle for Middle-earth and Command & Conquer series)

Mind you if I remember correctly this guy left before C&C3. But the point is this game isn't exactly under the same management as SC1. I'm a tad bit nervous blizzard might screw up on this...

Also on one of the screenshots you see this mining poster saying "Real men drill deep."

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Yggdrasil · Local time: May 19, 2007, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by NaYa NuhYa

I hope they don't shut downStarcraft after starcraft2 comes out

Originally Posted by Starcraft 2 FAQ section

Will we still be able to play the original StarCraft on Battle.net after StarCraft II is released?

Yes, you will.

So if Starcraft 2 turns out to be the kinda game Warcraft 3 was for the warcraft RTS franchise, at least you have a fallback.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yggdrasil · Local time: May 19, 2007, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Auditor

Hot damn..the only game that will make me upgrade my PC.
And I hope it can surpass the original, since none of the original members/developers are left.

I wouldn't say 'none' of its original developers are left. If I remember correctly the majority of people who left blizzard were the folks behind Diablo. Who are now working under Flagship Studios and working on ~~Diablo3~~ Hellgate London.

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Yggdrasil · Local time: May 19, 2007, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Nation

Still, given that the protoss and terran units are generally bipeds and walk up right, it wouldn't be too hard to swap out the models for something different in the future, say a graphical change from somewhat-cartoony to a more gritty & dirty appearance.

Given that the last 3 games Blizzard has made (Warcraft 3 and its expansion and World of Warcraft) have all had this cartoon like appearance I'd have to say that the chances of Blizzard going back and all of a sudden changing the style to a more realistic appearance is small.

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Yggdrasil · 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Nation

Well, I was talking more on a "IF THIS HAPPENED" rather then what they Should/Would do.

My comment wasn't pointed at you, I was just saying that in my point of view a dramatic shift from its current graphics to a more gritty and real looking set would be improbable given Blizzard's recent works.

Originally Posted by BigHairyFeet

Ygg, there's higher rez shots you can use for your sig on the SC2.com website (unless that IS the higher rez)?

I culled that screenshot off the video link from sc2.com, it isn't from the wallpapers section nor the artwork section. However after taking the screenshot I did have to compress it. But if you do have a better looking version of that shot in the video I'd be glad to have it.

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Yggdrasil · Local time: May 20, 2007, 12:20 PM

So if protoss get the Mothership and the Terrans retains their nukes, what do the zerg get as their "ultimate unit"? The collective mass of Zerglings that is the zerg rush?

Originally Posted by espressivo

Have they taken out older any units? Did they take out the dragoon for the immortal?

Yes Dragoons are gone. According to the official website the sacred site dedicated to the creation of dragoons was overun by the Zerg. I guess that cybernetics core wasn't so important after all.

Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek

Yeah, but half the time your Ghost gets found out before the nuke hits anyway.

Thats very true. Although personally I like to just flood the map with Ghosts to keep them on their toes. Then in the middle of a huge attack when I'm pretty sure they're already occupied I let the missiles fly. I tend to land a few nukes that way. Also it seems in the vid the wait time for the nukes is much shorter, but the laser marker is this huge "lawl, ground zero for t3h nuke, find the ghost!!!"

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