IANAL, but I don't buy it.
The GPL is based on copyright.
If I sell a product that doesn't contain *any* of your copyrighted code (and API calls certainly can't be copyrighted), you have no basis to sue me for copyright.
So.. it's basically gauntlet?
Steam doesn't. Some games (Bioshock) had install limits, but I believe that was completely separate from Steam.
You are correct about the replay, and I did try that. I think I'm just not dedicated enough at this point in time for a game like Starcraft II, which is aimed at professional gamers to a degree no other game ever has been.
I hear you. Starcraft has always rewarded hard work and creative thinking. Because of this, people have been willing to devote large swaths of time to playing and getting better. Most of these people are currently in the beta.
I exaggerated above, but realistically, I often lost games in less than four minutes (with it taking another minute to be finalized).
Yeah, this is one of those changes that I like, but it can be a bit brutal. Starting with 6 workers instead of 4 cuts down on the ramp up time.
In tournament settings, this is exactly what you want in a game; something that can be won or lost at any minute of the game (excluding perhaps the first 3).
Yes, I definitely like this. SC II does a good job of getting you into the action quickly and presenting you with an every increasing array of possible dangers at various time points.
I just happen to think the learning curve from noob to low-level novice might be much higher this time around, and I think that might turn off a number of people from getting good enough to at least have some fun.
It will be interesting to see what happens when the game ships. When the less hardcore players get in the game will the bronze league be a satisfying place to compete and learn how to play?
Watch the replay... do what your opponent did to you to the next guy.
I'm really enjoying the game. Having played way too much Starcraft certainly helped get me in shape for SC II, but there are differences and you do have to practice to get the timing down. Remember that there are a disproportional amount of good players in the beta, so it can be a little rough when you go against someone who's got the timing down to the millisecond.
You need two formats to cover all modern browsers. Not complicated. Plenty of people do it already.
I actually had mod points, but there was no option for +1 awesome.
Really? Because I only beat WOG out of some demented need to finish something I start and an unfulfilled hope that at some point I would understand what everyone else saw in the game.
On a scale of 1 to 5, I give it 3.
I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?
'No,' says the man in Washington, 'it belongs to the poor.'
'No,' says the man in the Vatican, 'it belongs to God.'
'No,' says the man in Moscow, 'it belongs to everyone.'
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...
Rapture.
I was talking to some kid on steam about Starcraft, and he was telling me that the Zerg used to give him nightmares. He was 11 when it came out. I told him I had been 27. He was shocked that someone as old as I was would still play games.
The best laid plans of mice and men are held up in the legal department.
