31-05-2010, 02:59 PM
Quote:We got an interview with Blizzard's Global Manager for Community Development, Kevin Yu, and he has hinted us that, Blizzard is working to build on the Oceania community, and are ready to listen to our demands. Nontheless, here is the interview with Kevin Yu.
Will there be any launch events happening when Starcraft II is released?
Kevin Yu: Well, everything turns on! Haha! We will have events and stuff going on around the world, but I believe most people would rather buy the game, get home, install it and start playing it right away. That'll be very exciting itself.
When Battle.Net servers go live, will Singapore players be given a choice to play with their friends in the US, and local buddies at the same time?
Kevin Yu: Currently we're building up in Singapore, or South East Asia , it kind of works in a step by step process. We're getting out here, creating our offices, working with IAH, localising customer support, have local servers with lower latency, clearing out all of those issues, all in the process of creating higher levels of support for the players here. And we will continue to move down that direction. While right now, you probably wont be able to connect with players there[US Servers] on day one, but historically, if you look at World of Warcraft, people wanted to be able to connect to different realms and we found different ways to allow players to be able to connect with other people different battlegrounds and such. I can't say specifically what we will do in Starcraft 2, but we definately listen to our player's demands. We will see whats the most logical way to give players the best possible experience. But thats a step-by-step process. We want to start with first making the game a great experience within South East Asia, before moving on to expanding that. We will add on more features, as we see the demand for it. We don't want players to wait another 6 more months for the game, while we add stuff.
Will the best case scenario be that I buy both the US and Asian versions, just to be able to play on both servers?
Kevin Yu: Yes, when it releases on day one, if you want to connect with your friends in the US, get the US box or if you want to play with Koreans, then get the Korean box. However if you want to get the best experience out of your game here in South East Asia, you should get the local boxset. The latency, the community, those things are going to really define the experience, and you don't want to miss out on that.
Source: http://gx.com.sg/Blog/Blog.aspx?id=cee4c...5983a2e67e
OMG!!! IAH!!! WTF?!?!?! Another Hellgate London in the making? Geez.............
Not only that, it's going at $109 at the License 2 Play @ Expo for preorders... crazy!!
