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I call lies on the 16 year olds saying they played Starcraft at 4 years old. EDIT: OK, I've been proved wrong on this, I admit defeat and take back, there were no lies to be had But back on topic, the first game I played properly was Age of Empires, at 8-9, I never won a single game but I used to love building up all those houses... fond memories. I've never played Starcraft though, so I don't plan on getting Starcraft 2 | |
Well guess we can say bye to John for a while. Though he may mutate into a greater being and conquer us all. | |
I went to Wal-Mart to pick mine up, there was no line at all. In fact, as soon as 12:00 hit, they put the stand up with a ton of SC2 boxes and I ended up being the first to purchase the game from the store. There aren't any GameStops or anything of that sort near here, and I wasn't planning on traveling a few towns away to one with the chance that there might be a line. | |
Got my CE showing up here in the morning, didn't feel like a midnight run was in order, but I'm certainly looking forward to checking it out tomorrow. | |
Who needs pathetic midnight releases, when you can have the collector's edition delivered to your doorstep in the morning? I gots me a holographic flash-drive, bitches. As for my contribution to discussion value, I actually was playing RTSes out the ass when I was 5 years old. I remember having bitching LAN parties in the back of our house, most of which would last for days upon end, as my parents and their friends got drunk, and just owned eachother at Starcraft, Metal Fatigue, Total Annihilation, and all that good stuff.. Ahhh, the good times.. | |
Installing as we speak. Plus got a Protoss poster and a mouse pad. Yay? | |
Isn't the CE like $40 more though? Expensive flash drive... (I'm aware it comes with other things as well) | |
Not my cup of tea personally, however... New Zeland and Australia had it before you!!! | |
Yes, but fortunately, it wasn't my cash being spent on it. So I am satisfied. Daddy Whorebucks has gots some bling in his wallet. | |
I could have gone to the Midnight release, but I felt like playing Dragon Age: Origins. So I did. I still don't see how cleansing the Werewolves of their curse isn't helping them, but alas. | |
Sir, I like your style. | |
I, too, am awaiting the deliciousness of having it delivered to my doorstep. I ordered one day shipping, so I'm hoping that the GameStop they're sending it from had the foresight to mail it so it will arrive here on release date. And I was also a five year old RTS gamer!
How'd you get that? I demand to know where I can get one of those posters! | |
Thanks, John. My aching knees weren't making me feel enough like a withered old man tonight. | |
Again, I can't stress enough how happy I am I don't have to do my store's midnight launch for this game. I drove by an hour ago, just to check it out. There were like 60 people there. So glad. Well, enjoy your game everyone. | |
A courier should be bring mine in the next 8 hours. And he is going to end up with a bad case of dead if it takes more than 8 hours. | |
Damn, still an hour and a half to go on the Pacific coast. I think I'll head out in an hour or so - still got stupid homework to do... | |
I see what you did there... And, hey! My pre-order confirmation from Best Buy just came in! Guess I'll be driving 100 miles to town tomorrow to pick that shit up. Awesome! Maybe I'll get my Collector's Edition after all... | |
AHHH I'm SO pissed, not that Starcraft II is released but that I worked until 1 am today and was right next to the Gamestop that I pre-ordered at and my boss wouldn't let me leave for five minutes because apparently,"The Sequel to THE Best RTS Game EVER!" is not a good enough excuse. | |
... while in Australia, gamers have woken up and have been playing their freshly-mailed copies for several hours already. :P (and at least one of them is unimpressed) | |
ONly thirty to forty? Thats hardly a release. thats more like a business day for a gamestop. | |
First day shipping has never felt so long. I expect many a Starcraft 2 quiz in the coming days. | |
I failed in my Pre-Ordering... I pre-ordered my copy of the Collectors Edition from a Best Buy that was not doing a Midnight event, so I have to wait until 10am to pick up my copy... I am a Sad Panda... | |
11:11 PM here... *Stares at the clock* | |
This is the first Midnight release I've gone to (apparently one time zone behind yours). My computer is down loading VERY slowly, estimated time as of this post 4 hours. | |
Yay for Starcraft 2! Gonna get my copy today! | |
Hey, I've played Starcraft when I was 4, and I'm 16 now. | |
AHHH CAN'T YOU FOUR CORES MOVE ANY FASTER?! 56 percent done... | |
Just came home to my Limited edition waiting for me,Oh hell yes :D | |
Depends if we decide not to evac him. | |
We just gotta neural parasite him and plant the idea that work and responsibility are better than Starcraft. It might take three to four hundred attempts before it sticks. | |
Why the hell do people have midnight launches for things? I mean, fuck. What is so awesome about waiting in the cold at some stupid hour for something that really doesn't mean that much... Radelaide is bitter because she might have to go to another store for a midnight launch for the iPhone 4. | |
12 years since Starcraft 1... What's 16-12? There ya go. On Topic: I really wish I could get it, but my PC is utter shit. | |
Hell yeah, I was at mine. Downloading it right now. I Can't wait, though my friend and I did get some drinks, afterward. | |
got my CE, and got a nice poster from piss easy questions the gamestop guy asked =D | |
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StarCraft II: Midnight Launch Detected
In the dead of the night, dozens of true Raynor's Raiders gathered in a GameStop in Durham, North Carolina to pick up the long, long-awaited StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
There were at least thirty, maybe forty gamers crowded into the GameStop at New Hope Commons in Durham, NC. At least one of them already had his copy of StarCraft II, but many were there in anticipation of one of the most long-awaited sequels in recent memory. While new arrivals trickled in the door as the minutes counted down to midnight, the three earliest in line had already been there for several hours.
16-year-old Sam (Zerg) and Jake (Terran) were true StarCraft kids - they were only four years old when the first game came out, and yet remember playing it shortly after its release. "I really love RTS games," said Sam. "I played a ton of Age of Mythology, and I really love dino-bugs so I just thought the Zerg were awesome."
For him, then, there was no question that he'd be in practically first in line for the successor to what some people consider one of the finest RTS and PC games ever made, especially after learning how to play his beloved Zerg in the game's long beta test. Jake's 13-year-old brother Kier, on the other hand, never played the first title (he was barely a year old at the time, so we can forgive him), but had been pumped up for the launch nonetheless by the two older boys.
Not all of the attendees were as young, though - many were all too aware of the 12-year wait between the first StarCraft and its successor. "The first game came out at a really good time for me," said Rob, 36. "We were 25, my friend just got a house, so I'd lug my 17" CRT monitor over there in the back of my compact for LAN parties."
Matt, 32, who was fourth in line behind the young trio, had also been waiting years for StarCraft II. Though he hadn't been in the beta, he said that he enjoyed coming to midnight launches like this one - and had last been at one like this for Mass Effect 2.
He said that he would go home and immediately start on the Terran campaign to find out what happened. These sentiments were echoed by the young man standing behind him - Jeff, 20, who boasted that he would go home and "play the campaign until 4 AM."
Frankly, that doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. And hey, look! It just finished installing. How about that.
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