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StarCraft MMO gets funded in Kickstarter

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/747939120/starcraft-universe?ref=category

If there are any SC junkies in the forum who are interested

$85K, not bad for a F2P game

 

They are still getting funds via paypal http://upheavalarts.com/starcraftuniverse/subscribe/compare

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How in the world is this legal lol

 

In what sense?

They have the OK from blizzard plus blizzard sees it as

  • People see this and buy Starcraft to play it (even though I heard you ca play it with a free account it might entise people to buy the game to play other mods)
  • Someone else is creating a mod that might sell units money in the pocket for blizzard
  • it's in the EULA that Blizzard owns that map not the creator (after that whole dota incident)

This is hardly anything blizzard need to be worried about and is only a good thing for them.

It's nice to see a major project take place for Starcraft 2 since the Arcade scene is horrible as is. No good games just the same remakes from WC3 and not even a better version. You have games with horrible models that don't match the game unlike WC3 that had everything from animals, fences, and fountains.

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That's one of the most half-baked kickstarter pages I've ever read. I can't believe this is getting funded...

 

Pretty decently documented for it's size, and come on, they're only asking for 80 grand. This isn't Star Citizen or anything.

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That's one of the most half-baked kickstarter pages I've ever read. I can't believe this is getting funded...

It's actually NOT that bad, I mean we've all seen MUCH worse :)

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is the whole MMO going to be a SC2 map/mod or multiple maps/mods?

 

is the MMO data stored on battle.net or another server?

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is the whole MMO going to be a SC2 map/mod or multiple maps/mods?

 

is the MMO data stored on battle.net or another server?

It is going to be an arcade game, you could call it a mod, but with a third person perspective,basically every aspect of the game is gonna be made by them

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So basically they want people to fund a mod? There are so many grammatical mistakes in the description. If you don't put the time and effort to make your description professional looking (spelling, grammar, punctuation) then how do you expect people to trust you with their money? Linus said this looks half baked. I think he is giving it too much credit. You do not need $84,000 to make a Starcraft II mod. Falskaar didn't even cost $84,000 and it is considered by many to be the best Skyrim mod out there.

 

I forsee a lot of backlash against this when the funders realize what they just paid for.

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double post my bad. For some reason when I reloaded the webpage it put this twice

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is the whole MMO going to be a SC2 map/mod or multiple maps/mods?

 

is the MMO data stored on battle.net or another server?

 

Multiple maps, chapters if you will.

And I would assume it's a continuous leveling so I would say like other games the data is on blizzard servers and it just recognizes your account and brings up your character.

 

You do not need $84,000 to make a Starcraft II mod. Falskaar didn't even cost $84,000 and it is considered by many to be the best Skyrim mod out there.

 

Yea but that mod was made by a kid living at home with his parents. Not needing to pay for rent or food. This could be made by a couple of people who need to pay for those.

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Star Citizen needs 21million to get fully funded how in the universe are they planing on making something on this scale with just 80k? Unless of course they are trying to prove to Blizzard that there is a demand for it....

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Multiple maps, chapters if you will.

And I would assume it's a continuous leveling so I would say like other games the data is on blizzard servers and it just recognizes your account and brings up your character.

 

 

Yea but that mod was made by a kid living at home with his parents. Not needing to pay for rent or food. This could be made by a couple of people who need to pay pay for those.

fair enough. I didn't think about that.

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Star Citizen needs 21million to get fully funded how in the universe are they planing on making something on this scale with just 80k? Unless of course they are trying to prove to Blizzard that there is a demand for it....

This is no way at the scale of Star Citizen, team is smaller, hardware is smaller, the graphics level on itself in completely in another scale.

Personally I have tried the intro and it has a lot of potential for what it is trying to make (Also I am a SC2 fan and one that never thought he would see something like this come to life)

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i cant belive it. So dumb

 

Just look what icefrog did to dota, one of the best games ever made, so much time, so much effort, and never asked for a damn penny

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How the...why...what...?

 

Is 84 grand even enough to make a decent MMO? Plus it's going to be free to play...

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Just keep this in mind when donating

 

http://betabeat.com/2012/04/this-is-what-a-kickstarter-scam-looks-like/

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