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Even Blizzard is coming in with some fire
Just scrolling through Facebook and witnessed a murder. #Disney #BoycottEA #YouMustConstructAdditionalPylons
Nov 14, 2017 9:10 PM
ReallyNotAVampire
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Just scrolling through Facebook and witnessed a murder. #Disney #BoycottEA #YouMustConstructAdditionalPylons
4DFlash
S A V A G E
theforceiswith
Number of launches detected: nuclear
BrownskinOriental
Last I checked, you gotta mine for minerals and vespene gas. Fake news!
getmo
Gotta get that production up, son.
samsonguy920
Would you say they had rookie production?
Burritoheart
the pylon building is on cooldown. you can spend 4.99 to build a pylon now!
Curiousone545
Fuck, I love Blizzard.
RealScienceMan
Shit they gave me heart of the swarm for buying wings of liberty a few days ago.
NoOfficerImJustNotSober
So is it telling me starcraft is free
rallen9268
Also a 7 year old game. Blizzard got their money's worth out of the game. Now it's just left overs for the peasants.
idkalotaboutnothing
had to scroll way too far for this. It's nice that it's free though, it would be cool if non-maintained games went free after 5-10 years.
rallen9268
Yeah. Unfortunately, most are taken out back, behind the barn, to have their brain blasted out.
ikindacarebutimostlydont
Like Blizzard is one to talk
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BurntAndBranded
Yeah remember the real money auction house in Diablo 3? Unless you're an indie gane developer or CD projekt red then you have no say.
RobotMassacre538
But Blizzard was the first ones to start this whole Lootbox craze, they just did it correctly while all the other ones didn't
TheManInTheWall
Number of hours required to beat a korean in starcraft: 7.8x10^18 hours
DoublevBomb
0 - "not possible"
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Nah, it will take less time than that to develop the genetic engineering technology to turn YOU into a 12 year old Korean.
DoomSkuller
That's only if the Korean stays at the same skill level. But after a week they'll have got better than someone else playing 7.8×10^18hrs
hotdropoclock
Error: North Koreans have no access to internet, results with South Koreans have resulted in infinite failure cycles.
Nightcaste
If you can't beat them in the first hour you're screwed.
LetMeGoogleThatShtForYou
Starcraft 1 or 2?
getmo
Does it matter?
GlacialFlour
I beat a korean once in Brood War. 3x actually. We went to the same school and he wouldn't talk to me for a week. I am white.
ReallyNotAVampire
White Power?!
GlacialFlour
Protoss power.
GlacialFlour
We played PvZ, I out-zerged him with mass upgraded zealots fast. No time for tech, biatch.
SLAANESHonNSFWposts
Sure, they pull you in with promising everything is free and then you find out you have to spawn more overlords.
DevonGronka
Krrrrrrrttchrrrr
bluemyles
they always get you with the overlords
Gxgear
That can be arranged, just need a volunteer ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
[deleted]
[deleted]
OurFutureOverlordsAreWatching
Come fly with me!
MandaloreTheDefiler
What was?
CptButtbeard
"WE REQUIRE MORE VESSSPEENE GASSSSS"
BC2k2
"NAHT ENUFF ENERGYYYY!"
Kaesden
When I first played starcraft 1 I heard it as lesbian gas. It is forever now known as lesbian gas to me.
DrKriegersClone
So ... ? https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/southparkfanon/images/6/60/QueefSisters.jpg
GutsTheStruggler
VESPENE GEYSER DEPLETED
HD226868
*1 battlecruiser vs a single phoenix* "ABANDON SHIP!"
G0MeatCube
"GEEESSSHHHHPBPBBTPTPTTT HAAAARRRRR"
BroadFjord
Ah can't build thair!
marquizzo
I see you unlocked the "Speak like an overlord" ability.
CommunCreator
“All for the swarm!”
nostetselyk
EA Starcraft- Just $24.99 gets you 500 Vespine Gas!
unitedstateoftexas
Congratulations, you are a perfect tool for Blizzard marketing!
borgmaster
What they dont tell you is that you constantly have to spend resources to build units to destroy your enemy. Its a viscous cycle.
DelightOne
I hope the free game will bring more long term players as the game feels pretty much dead to me.
lysani
I hopped back on to it recently after the WoL F2P change, and noticed a ton of new people in the co-op
PassiveAggressivation
...but they sold all three campaigns separately...
lysani
Each campaign in SC2 is about as long as all three campaigns together in SC1. At least that's how it seemed when I played through recently.
ReallyNotAVampire
Probably because they were done like 5 years apart...
lysani
Wings of Liberty 2010, Heart of the Swarm 2013, Legacy of the Void 2015. 2-3 years in between each one with D3 and WoW stuff shoved in.
getmo
Play SC2? I would be DE-LIGHTED TO, SIR.
Yinyang107
PRO-CEDIN'!
BenShambrook
Blizzard earn the majority of their profits from loot boxes in overwatch. Glass houses and all that...
PeterNormal
We require additional Pile-ons
tpgreyknight
Number of additional pylons required: all
MLGsamantha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5e6eG6bXAQ
MightyIink
At least those pylons are free, could you imagine if they weren't!!!
iputthefiresout
Bitches don't know about my additional pylons
KLUSTENATOR
Canon rushing noobs: priceless
MyDragonHeartedSpirit
I can't build there.
Sklumlord
SPAWN..MORE...OVERLORDS!!
Dallium
Artanis' lvl 15 ability in coop is "start with 200 supply"
vonBoomslang
Dehaka and Nova have maxed supply from the start, the Horners get double supply depots and Fenix can get some free supply from his masteries
DragonDildoChandelier
YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL PYLONS. ALL OF THEM.
inmediasrays
The Protoss do not run from their enemies. Aiur is our homeworld. It is here that we shall make our stand!
DukeDarkwood
I smiled when I saw it was a tag.
rickster470
Nice.
pinipf
Unless you have a max level Artanis :D
booee
You require more vespene gas!
Jaymezians
You require more vespine gas.
NoThisIsNotMyImgurAccount
Number of supple depose required:additional
SuicideBear
Haha ALL THE TIME !! You made me laugh,take your +1
methix
afriendinneedsafriendindeedafriendwithmemesisbetter
DoomSkuller
You must construct additional pylons!
VoidofStatic
You must STILL construct additional pylons!
MindRape
From the minimap, I can tell you have 2 mining bases (maybe a 3rd awkward one top right) and approximately 716 pylons. No probe selected soo
tpgreyknight
Those are rookie numbers
Mumalot
"You must place THAT in a power field"... entire landscape is pylons, uhhhh shit; i forgot to leave room for useful things.
emkev
(PSI MAX REACHED)
Piloerection69
*EOHW*
Sirsir94
NOT ENOUGH MINERALS. NOT ENO-NOT ENOUGH MINERALS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzccCLaLMmw
tankytaurus
This is wpic
FriskyDing0
Is wpic a thing? Like pwned? Or just a typo, about to gain traction and become a thing, like pwned? Let's make it a thing. A wpic thing.
tankytaurus
Nah just typo but let’s do it. It’s gonna be wpic
TheBreadlord
"Season 3 Episode 1"
DeadZygote
Zug Zug...shit. I mean, For Aiur!
ReadOnlyMemories
Khas il'adare
DukeDarkwood
En taro Adun!
bigdinger81
Adun toridas!
rengelmann
Ready to serve
KLUSTENATOR
This is not warcraft in space! It's much more sophisticated!
nordicfatcheese
Lok'tar ogar! For the Swarm!
LookingForWorkInColorado
Dabu. Dabu. Dabu.
onerepmax
"My life for aiur! Uhhh i mean ner'zhul!"
schleppelthebogeyman
"all i see is darkness..oh, my hoods down"
KLUSTENATOR
I told you my name, it's Duran. Duran!
krazy8ba11
"If I have wings....why am I always walking?"
TheManInTheWall
I have my DoW 1 right now, thank you very much
Pootisborn
Spess Mehreens!
YoureBeingSieged
One of my favorite games. Shame DoW 3 didn't live up to it.
onlyhalfghost
I'll meet your Dawn of War and raise you a Command & Conquer Red Alert.
AbigailLongbottom
Overwatch has micro transactions to buy loot boxes... fortunately they’re for only cosmetic items.
cpnbeeb
And have made Blizzard over one billion dollars. They're still somewhat culpable to the whole games as a service problem.
raidleadergutts
The point is that no one HAS to buy them as they provide NOTHING towards game performance.
cpnbeeb
Because no other developers are going to see what a success paying for cosmetics has been and want to get on that gravy train, nah.
shinagami091
HoTS is the same way, so is Hearthstone but the latter is a collectible card game so it kinda makes sense. you can also grind in all 3 games
shinagami091
to get the loot boxes without paying money, just takes time.
GrungirStoneheart
Yeah and not some damn 40 hour grind fest
ServantOfTheGodEmperorOfUsersub
There's a reasonable level of micro transactions I'm willing to accept so long as the earnings are used reasonably.
samsonguy920
micro transactions are fine as long as they are not pay to win. That's part of the big deal people got against EA. Only way to win BF2 >
samsonguy920
> is to do nothing but play the game while giving up your job and family, or pay for it.
WhoShotMeInTheHead
The last 7 co-op commanders have to be purchased to play though, that i know as i've played co-op for the past year
cinemaislifeandviceversa
Is coop something a newcomer to starcraft can or should play? Will I get paired with equally (non) skilled teammates?
WhoShotMeInTheHead
Co-op is a fun experience, whether casual or hardcore so don't worry about it. Multiplayer is vastly different from Co-op though. Too grindy
JayEnfield
I'd be a lot more enticed if they'd bundle the fuckers up once in awhile. Buy all 7 for $20 or somesuch.
MisterJthePuddin
YES!
zackofspades
Yeah they’re kinda just ignoring the leveling mechanic...but hey, I had fun playing. I’m a Blizz fan.
Lavaflow
They changed it so you can play any of them till lvl 5, you only need to purchase to hit 6+
WhoShotMeInTheHead
I didn't know as i don't follow blizzcon but that sounds amazing for new players. I don't regret buying them though, keeps the game alive
SentencesThatStartWithBitch
What do the commanders do? And is SCII now free to play or just the expansion?
SomethingsNotQuiteRight
It's free to play, you can buy the expansions. If you already bought the game you get the first expansion for free/.
Khyron2k
Every commander has unique units, abilities, upgrades, buildings, etc. So playing each one in co-op is a different experience.
Khyron2k
Dehaka for example grows to be the size of a building and godzilla stomps around, while Swann has a laser with infinite range.
Khyron2k
Or there's Nova with super, super strong units that cost a TON versus Stukov, who has units with timed life that are incredibly cheap.
absoluttalent
I swear, I'm not a fanboy, but i freaking love blizzard. Been playing nothing but overwatch, Diablo and heroes.
MoistenedPenguin
I hate the art style in all of their games personally, and that ruins the experience enough that I just can't play them.
Smadronia
Go grab SC2 while you're at it, it's free right now
absoluttalent
Had it since launch.
hurrdurr69
Not a fanboy but plays nothing but blizzard games :^)
samsonguy920
"I'm not an addict but I fucking love Cap'n Crunch!"
DBenign
I recently got into Heroes after swearing off MOBAs after a bad experience with LoL in 2011. I've been loving it.
absoluttalent
I honestly can't stand LoL or the other one. But i was drawn to heroes
samsonguy920
Blizzard also confirmed they are going to have original WoW servers. No set timetable as it was stated a lot has to be done to make it >
samsonguy920
> happen, but it is going to happen. I'm stoked. I started way back less than a year after the game left Beta.
samsonguy920
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/11/world-of-warcraft-classic-is-official-will-bring-vanilla-wow-back/
samsonguy920
(And before some wag says something, they have a dedicated separate team working on it.)
shinagami091
My main game is HoTS. Has been since it released from Alpha. Happy to say I own all of the heroes except Alextraza which was released today
ImABloodThirstyDuck
I got her this morning! She’s super fun. Totes gonna buy her Dark Queen skins. Now we just need Deathwing.
shinagami091
I completely agree. Theyve proven they can do dragons in HoTS so now they basically HAVE to do him.
JapAnus
Ehhh, overwatch still has the lootbox cancer. I am however still hooked on starcraft and Warcraft
NonexistentGecko
Except Overwatch loot boxes are purely and entirely cosmetic. No pay-to-win. Which really, there isn't much wrong with that.
IKnowYouHateMeYes
The lootbox hurts no one. It's purely cosmetic.
JapAnus
It's the principle of the matter. If I pay for a game I'm expecting for that to be it. Expansions are literally my only exception.
watchrinserepeat
I think post-production work is outside of that, but that is just my view.
SomethingsNotQuiteRight
extra content being free and cosmetics being paid for is a good way to not split the community into those who can/cant afford the new stuff
TehSeksyManz
IKnowYouHateMeYes
Nope. Purely cosmetic stuff that is added later and holds no value is something you shouldn't be entitled to. People are free to buy 1/2
IKnowYouHateMeYes
2/2 them or not as it holds no special benefit. Also, you still get loot crates by levelling up and other ways, so yeah.
KingCornish
The poor finance and marketing team at EA who probably gave a great presentation on how much money this would make them, soon unemployed.
Zademan
Whoever came up with that idea for a Star Wars game deserves it
kiddub
They're still going to make millions, once every one gets over themselves and really want to play as Kylo because they're just as emo.
draconichide
Nah the real edgy kids play Darth maul and as sad as I'm to say boba fett. (I'm a huge mandolorian fan)
LiamNeesonOfficial
2. Industry model; most of the money is made from addicts. Companies that adopted that model thrived and bought out companies that...
FckyourselfSarah
Only if it doesn't make money.
LiamNeesonOfficial
1. Id like that to be true. Very much. But, gaming industry has changed so much in past 10 years. They have switched to a gambling...
bringbakfirefly
Yeah you think your job sucks. They're walking on coals all day everyday.
Metrophage
They'll point the finger at the community managers for not polishing a turd.
LiamNeesonOfficial
3. Stuck with old model of better games. Good games survived long enough to get eaten up by Candy Crush companies that grew fat off whales.
erik4556
You could just replay to each comment instead of making us dance around the reply chain to find your whole comment.
theglimmeringwarlock
Good, they can all burn in gamer hell.
Lindead
DickPicsForTitPics
It seems to be dipping at the very end tho. Can't be making them too happy
MinMinForTheWin
The axis have no units. X is obviously year, but y is a 0-100 integer. For all we know it could stand for farts per hour in their boardrooms
Lindead
Type "electronic arts stock price" into google, you'll get chart. If not happy, you'll have links to other websites to confirm data.
AllTheNamesSindKaput
Sauce?
Lindead
Type "electronic arts stock price" into google, you'll get chart. If not happy, you'll have links to other websites to confirm data.
AllTheNamesSindKaput
No chart for this mobile pleb :(
Lindead
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EA?p=EA Maybe this one will open on mobile.
CommentBot3000
Nah, they'll fire the developers for implementing it wrong then give the marketing team a raise.
Margleblargle
Sooooo much this, it hurts
Satherian
This may sound dumb, but why don't the developers quit and find a better company?
IllCaesar
Because there is an absurb amount of game devs. Its the kind of softwaredeveloper everybody wants to be so there
IllCaesar
is never a shortage. There's never really any room for advancement. Further, there's no job security either. Gaming also has the worst 2/3
IllCaesar
crunchtime out of any facet of the programming industry. Being a game developer sucks. https://kotaku.com/tag/video-game-layoff-stories
RocketBryan
There are a surprising amount of studios that are owned by EA or that they have stake in, so rotating studios to escape isn’t always easy.
Spord
Tied to location, enjoy the work, no other options, freelance too risky, family to support, any number of reasons.
lerzz
Imagine that dev interviewing for their next job...
McMasterx
"So you were fired by?" "EA" "For?" "Listening to the gamers" "OUT, GIT OUT VERMIN"
ItsFunnyBecauseItsTrue
I've worked in software and respectfully disagree. Dev positions are harder to fill while marketing candidates are cheap and plentiful!
RocketBryan
Could you please tell the entire game industry that? In my experience, software =/= game industry. It’s like the Wild West over here!
Margleblargle
Eh, with the ea track record of buy/gut, I don't really think that applies here
ItsFunnyBecauseItsTrue
Fair enough, I don't know the video game industry very well
noctynight
And then disband the studio... again...
FatherMcLaser
This is awful and cynical but I agree with you
freezingpilot
It's EA. Much like Russian history, EA's actions can be described with the phrase: "And then things got worse."
ThePowerToKillAYakFrom200YardsAway
EA has entered the Bolshevik revolution of our decade.
IllCaesar
My money is on Bioware going first but yeah, Bioware, DICE, and even Maxis are all on death row right now.
DoublevBomb
One of their better-handled series, usually. Certainly not a Real-Money Auction House or a Let's Normalize the Shit Out of Lootboxes-Watch.
TekkieX
At least Overwatch boxes are cosmetic items only.
EarlLemon
They still RNG BS lootboxes, and they still way worse then a shop you can just buy whatever you want.
TekkieX
You can still buy whatever you want, of course you just need to buy between 10 and 30 lootboxes to maybe get enough credits.
Darohan
You don't have to buy loot boxes though, it's entirely possible to get them for free at a not-unreasonable rate.
DoublevBomb
Except that, for the first year or so, duplicates were a massive part of the loot table. At level 75 you'd start having 2-3 dupes per box.
DoublevBomb
You could have 11% of the game unlocked and still be drowning in duplicates for characters you never play and would never unlock things for.
DoublevBomb
I got a four-duplicate box FOUR TIMES before level 150.
Darohan
This is true, but in my belief we were well enough compensated for the dupes, allowing you to buy the items you want eventually.
StankyPankySammich
I mean, this must be new, I reloaded the game from blizzard and after the tutorial, I clicked campaign and it asked for money. So, idk.
Smadronia
They're offering up sc2, the full Wings of Liberty gsm, for free for a few weeks
PeggingandTransFanboyExPlusMachina
It is new. They made Wings of Liberty free as of today.
amstrad
If you already owned Wings of Liberty they're giving you Heart of the Swarm for free too.
Deadmedic
This is new
AngelRick
This is a new thing. Previously you could only get SC2 as a "trial version" now I think they're moving it entirely to free to play.
QuackDodgers
Not the expansions. Just the base game.
AngelRick
Oh gotcha, my info is only what I've gathered. I bought all the expansions and knew they were moving to fully(?) F2P recently.
lysani
Only Wings of Liberty is free. If you owned WoL prior to the change, they gifted Heart of the Swarm to you.
lysani
Technically, SC2 was shipped as three separate games. You don't need one to play the others.
QuackDodgers
What? I own the game and both expansions, you definitely need to own them to play them, unless you're strictly talking multiplayer
lysani
Huh, could have sworn that they made it so you didn't need WoL to play HotS or LotV. Guess not.
lysani
After searching, I was partly correct. LotV was shipped as a standalone expansion that doesn't require WoL or HotS to play.
SemperFiZero
Power overwhelming!!!!!
GrabYourGunAndBringInTheCat
There is no cow level
ZKrock
Terror all consuming!
SemperFiZero
Operation cwal, then zergling rush!!
AuraChanneler
dont forget to modify the phase variance!
SemperFiZero
Well I roll with those two and something for nothing. Only vs family. Against people no cheat codes.
Ovvscolofex
Black sheep wall
ILiveUnderARock
Something for nothing
BroadFjord
Radio free zerg
Arkvoodle
Blizz got nice enough to let you buy actual money things with in game WoW gold.
DrKriegersClone
Is that the mechanic they use to monetize Chinese prison labour being forced to play the game and sell game gold to western teenagers?
hotdropoclock
Bizzard has wares if you have coin
Kinknonymous
That is actually a tired and true method to combat gold-selling/farming. Other MMOs like EVE Online and Tera have done it to great effect.
Baromian
WoW is kinda like the Roman Empire. It didn't create anything new it just took the best ideas and did it better than everyone else.
AWanderingFlame
Activision is starting to drag them down.
Nodaddystahpls
"Starting"
LtStudmuffin
True, but wasn’t a pay to win motive they had in mind. It was to combat gold-selling while offering a time vs. money exchange
Howdoilife
If only the price of the WoW token hadn't shot up so much, I paid for my sub for a full year with just gold. Too much now though.
oneELECTRIC
Not only that but it removes currency from the game which should reduce the prices on the market. kind of a win/win
purgethefilthyheretics
Wouldn't removing it from the market increase its value? I am economic yes
Kommadore
Exactly, it should combat the hyper-inflation WoW is plagued by.
purgethefilthyheretics
Ah alright I see, I misunderstood the problem that they were trying to change. Thanks my friendo
2ti6x
considering wow is designed to be a huge timesink, thats still fair.
auscaliber
Also to try to stem the slow death of WoW
auscaliber
Okay imgur, saying a declining playerbase is not only so insulting it better not get left there, its also worth downvoting even if true. jfc
Worgenmaster
I have no idea what you are saying...
auscaliber
That I have no idea what's so utterly abhorrent about saying there's a declining playerbase, even if its true, that it deserves downvoting.
Worgenmaster
Honestly though. Legion really helped bring back a lot of players. I doubt they will be in trouble for a long time.
bringbakfirefly
I still miss the D3 auction house. Gold is useless in that game.
SpunkyGoon
You haven't played in a while have you?
bringbakfirefly
Been a couple months. Did something change? I have $9 billion to spend!
ShrubNinja
That was happening either way with people buying gold. This way players aren't going through shady third party sites and such.
cellpunk
They used that as a gold sink in an attempt to improve WoW economy. However, it's also extremely beneficial to good players. Pro pro, I say.
NotMyUsualOnlineName
Too bad they fucked up the economy in the first place by indirectly selling gold. Granted, it didn't create new gold, just transferred some
NotMyUsualOnlineName
that already existed in-game. It's kind of screwy how it works. Player A buys a game time token for real money, player B buys the token from
NotMyUsualOnlineName
player A for gold. Player B can use the token to add game time, or to add X amount of credit to their bnet account (now, it took Blizz
NotMyUsualOnlineName
almost 3 years to add the second option). The gold price of tokens still hasn't recovered, it more than tripled the day the second option
Zademan
Gave me something to use extra gold on
B99Reactions
Would be the end of it of they would charge you for stuff on an outdated game
rotten2core
Let's talk about the Diablo 3 market situation.
Raithlyn
Let's not.
Baromian
It was bad, game destroying bad. blizz admitted it. Removed it. Diablo 3 is now a very good and popular game. Good talk?
justsomeoneonimgur
I agree
rotten2core
Cool, let's talk about the year and a half it was up and the time they thought selling gold on the real money AH would fix it? Better talk?
theplayahaterball
Yeah no...somewhat true. The price is based on other players buying tokens to buy gold. So essentially you just sell gold and buy sub in 1
Smadronia
Can buy destiny 2 as well
SirSnickleFritz
Wow isnt their only game. Overwatch and hots both have that option. Then again, so does Battlfront2...
Meiling00
I just spent gold in wow to add to my bnet balance to transfer 3 characters. $90 is what it would have cost. Good guy blizzard.
shinagami091
But you can use the blizz balance to buy anything from blizzard, even from their merch store. That equates to something tangible at least!
Meiling00
Oh yeah! For sure! I love blizzard
igniteice
Right but someone else gave real money to blizzard for the gold
MadDucks
is this like buying PLEX (30 days game time) in Eve online?
Meiling00
You csn spend the Gold to buy game time or to buy other in game blizzard stuff for any of their games.
MadDucks
neat. so it's essentially the same. i think Eve has been doing that for over a decade. it's nice to see it somewhere else!
demodulated
Yes, to my knowledge Eve did this concept first and Blizzard borrowed it.
vowofloudness
Can't tell if "Good guy blizzard" is genuine or sarcastic.
Meiling00
It was a genuine good guy blizzard scenario. Gold in the game isn't hard to get and them allowing you to use the Gold to buy services or (1
Meiling00
2) even things for their other games is great! If i wanted i could have used that $90 I traded gold for to buy hearthsone cards or OW boxes
emkev
I think he means he spent in game gold to transfer the characters instead of paying real money to transfer the characters.
vowofloudness
So it's a good thing then? It costs $90 to transfer characters but you can choose to work it off in the game instead so it's good?