Wind of change within the Blizzard?

[Rui]

Bleh... I guess I'm going to wait some more decades for Warcraft IV, for Diablo 3 might even come first <_<

 

[Ihaterednecks]

Starcraft II looks awesome.

 

[lorothrigs]

Starcraft II looks awesome.

Hell, it's about time.

 

[The Last Istari]

As for the graphics, the editor will hopefully be like warcraft III, and here's where you might be interested... Seeing as hpw the Starcraft people look like War3 characters, and Blizzard's using mdl. Do you think, (if the editor has an import system) that we would be able to import the same things into starcraft II that we could in WC3?

 

[GST_Nemisis]

they might add some backward compatibilty but i would doubt it because mixing two engines is hard, thats what happened with .bsp files anyways. they might make a convertor for them.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFNKyfU4Jh8&mode=related&search=

GG. Owned.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

LOL loving the end of that vid!

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Those nukes are nice...

 

[SentryIII]

WC3 modding will pretty much die once SC2 comes out...

mmmmm...

...unless SC2 doesn't have the hero system that WC3 has. Of course they won't put it in the ladder games, but it would be nice if it was included solely for custom maps.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

or if people who dont wanna to play sc2 will keep modding, or if people keep modding wc3 for fun, or if sc2 modding sucks.

 

[Rui]

Sc2 doesn't allow the making of most maps such as LotR and others. So I dearly hope someone keeps holding on...

 

[Shadow_Fox]

Sc2 doesn't allow the making of most maps such as LotR and others. So I dearly hope someone keeps holding on...

That is true..but look at SC people made those strange LOTR maps simply because SC had a good world editor [at the time] and they weren't THAT bad....

 

[The_wand_mirror]

I just came back.. fuck it if its starcraft i think i acctualy may like this!! woohoo xD im glad afterall

 

[brad.dude03]

Indeed, i'm not much of a Starcraft fan, but I will switch over just to mod it. WC3 has gotten old, i'm sorry, but it has. I loved the game, but people are looking for something fresh, and the modding community will be balistic once people figure out how to use the WE effectively.

I want to be part of the revolution for a change

 

[GST_Nemisis]

the new starcraft might be very much fun, you may love it brad

 

[Rui]

It will never replace Warcraft... to roleplay, that is, and medieval stuff.

 

[brad.dude03]

But it's science fiction, so it's second best for sure

 

[Teh_Ephy]

agreed.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

depends whaT UR into, some some people always gunna be the likeing of suprememe commanders mored than wc3.

 

[Rui]

That's exactly what I'm saying. Being scient and stuff isn't any better. For those who appreciate medieval stuff, Starcraft will prove to be nothing else than a kill-Wc3. But that's just my opinion.

 

[Daminon]

Bah leave Warcraft!

 

[brad.dude03]

But it isn't. And it wont. Honestly, everyone was screaming bloody murder when WoW came out, because everyone thought it would kill WC3. But it didn't. Actually, it made WC3 even MORE popular, due to hundreds of thousands of WoW players who had never played WC3 wanting to get in on the story and the franchise. Same deal. WC3 will not die, and Blizzard has already proved this with the original Starcraft. If you make a game good enough, then people will continue to play it no matter how old it is. Starcraft was made YEARS ago and it is STILL played online. I'm thinking WC3 will be the same way.

 

[FrostyisdaKing]

i agree ScII will not kill wc3 we will lose about half our mappers i gues but it won't die. There will be a massive reorganization of many clans but most will jsut continue warcraft and include SCII in their list of mapping games. Our clan WWM is currently doing Supreme Commander, Warcraft III and soon SC II. But this can only help wc3 cuz soon we'll have tons of models and units we should be easily available to import into our wc3 maps.

 

[Rui]

People might have bought Warcraft III, but, I believe, with the aim to play the campaigns. That is, because Battle.Net is emptying everyday. I wouldn't be surprised if Blizzard decided to shut down the Battle.Net for Warcraft III.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Frosty, I don't think Sc2 models will be any good for Wc3 I'm afraid.

 

[brad.dude03]

Rui, that's just rediculous. The Battle.Net for WarcraftII is still up and running, and it has FAR less players than WC3.

Also, sure, they might just come for the campaigns, but then they get hooked on DotA, and it's one of those duel-addictions. The Battle.Net community is still running strong.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

And it costs very little to have it for Blizzard, so they really have no point in closing for at least 10 years... or less.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

well battle.net is just a server, they probably pay for the electrisity and thats it. its also probably used across the board on wc3 and wc2. so removing it for wc2 would be pointless.

 

[Shados]

Hell, battle.net is in essence just a chat and match-finding server, as the players host the actual games anyway, so the strain on the server is minimal.

-*meow*

 

[Teh_Ephy]

i doubt SCII will do anything to fatally injure WC3. maybe a noticeable wound, but WC3 will survive.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Wc3's death will simply be faster.