Down the rabbit hole we go to discover an unparalleled version of battle.net
As you startup Starcraft II, you'll notice many new changes. In this world, we do not have to login online to play. Players are allowed to play tutorial, campaign or even skirmish/custom maps with computer. Multiplayer now includes both New Battle.net and.... LAN! That is right, SC2 will support LAN games. Another feature will be the joint support of Steam gamers and also Regional unlock. You may play against a player outside your region =)
When you load up New Battle.net system, many new changes will be implemented. First, Chat Room/Channels will come back. Once again, you may now idle away or rage up a storm. Clans/guilds will come back. Rule #1, never talk about the new channels. Each Clan will be allowed 1 bot for chat nerds to play around with; they will be able to ban someone from a channel, autogreet a user or even host a match. Another new change will be the Battle.net forum. Players can participate and read forum posts right inside battle.net without having to open a fail web browser. Each and every window you see will be moveable and resizable.
In the new Gamelist, there will be THREE ways of choosing how to setup your game displays. There is Created, SectionList and Top100 (popularity system).
In the Created section, players are now able to host (be dedicated/listen) games. That means that a player can start up custom/melee map and other players can see instantaneously what map you hosted. This way, there will be a mix of games being shown. Also, players hosting a map can input a quick Game Name to specify/advertise other players in joining the game. Game Name will also allow hosts to specifiy his or her game rules. In the 1st picture you will see that the Created section has a game name 1v1 phantom join now!. The host wants to play a 1v1 match phantom mode. WAIT A MINUTE... how can u play a phantom mode match 1v1? lol... Exactly, players can come up with ridiculous game modes WITHIN the map itself. Players who are hosting can dictate how many players are playing and what kind side rules will be followed. No more waiting for full house to start the game. Since Nexus wars is a popular map, you will see that being hosted more frequently. That may be something you don't want filling up your list.
You also have the choice to setup your game display as SectionList. Instead of seeing individual maps being hosted, each and every same publish map will be collapse under one name. Here you can get a big overall look of what DIFFERENT maps are being hosted, instead of different player hosts. When you instantaneously click on SectionList, the list will begin to fill up with many different maps that are being hosted. If a player is hosting another Desert Strike, the #lobby will increase INSTEAD of having another line added on.
Top100 aka Popularity list is the old system that everyone was forced play their custom games in. Here, you will now see a big error instead.
Thank you all for taking the red pill
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Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Nov 7 2010, 3:05 am by Queen-Gambit.
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