" My overwhelming excitement for this product has been tempered by the startling reveal that Jim Raynor's unit does not say "This is Jimmy".  What were the Blizz Team thinking? Is it going to be some late game wink and nod type thing or is the prolific line to be forgotten all together? "

anyone getting a bad sound delay on the archived videos?

" FUCKING FUCK.   Fuck you, GiantBomb. Fuck you, Blizzard. Fuck you, StarCrat II. Fuck You, StarCraft II Live.  I have been contemplating building a new high end gaming rig just for Star Craft II for a few months, now. As I've pointed out in many other bitchy posts of mine, I can't justify all the cash and effort to build a rig just for the one game that I have cared about on PC in the last two years. $60 for SC2 is one thing. $60+$2,000 is ridicuous, for one game.  It used to be no big deal for me, but that was when there were enough enticing PC-only games each year to make it a no-brainer but for me to build a sweet new toy every year. No longer the case.  But god damn it. With about eleven hours left before the digital download unlocks, I'm finally caving in and just placed an order for all the parts I need for a sweet new system. I'm a fucking sheep. I am so weak willed. GOD DAMN IT! I SUCK! "

" @Tru3_Blu3 said:

" @Branthog said:

" FUCKING FUCK.   Fuck you, GiantBomb. Fuck you, Blizzard. Fuck you, StarCrat II. Fuck You, StarCraft II Live.  I have been contemplating building a new high end gaming rig just for Star Craft II for a few months, now. As I've pointed out in many other bitchy posts of mine, I can't justify all the cash and effort to build a rig just for the one game that I have cared about on PC in the last two years. $60 for SC2 is one thing. $60+$2,000 is ridicuous, for one game.  It used to be no big deal for me, but that was when there were enough enticing PC-only games each year to make it a no-brainer but for me to build a sweet new toy every year. No longer the case.  But god damn it. With about eleven hours left before the digital download unlocks, I'm finally caving in and just placed an order for all the parts I need for a sweet new system. I'm a fucking sheep. I am so weak willed. GOD DAMN IT! I SUCK! "

$600-$700, actually. "

Seriously I just bought myself a $600 rig, works great.  >.> who needs to pay $2000?  "

" The chat is full of asses. I'll just watch on GB from now on. "

" @Tru3_Blu3 said:

" @Branthog said:

" FUCKING FUCK.   Fuck you, GiantBomb. Fuck you, Blizzard. Fuck you, StarCrat II. Fuck You, StarCraft II Live.  I have been contemplating building a new high end gaming rig just for Star Craft II for a few months, now. As I've pointed out in many other bitchy posts of mine, I can't justify all the cash and effort to build a rig just for the one game that I have cared about on PC in the last two years. $60 for SC2 is one thing. $60+$2,000 is ridicuous, for one game.  It used to be no big deal for me, but that was when there were enough enticing PC-only games each year to make it a no-brainer but for me to build a sweet new toy every year. No longer the case.  But god damn it. With about eleven hours left before the digital download unlocks, I'm finally caving in and just placed an order for all the parts I need for a sweet new system. I'm a fucking sheep. I am so weak willed. GOD DAMN IT! I SUCK! "

$600-$700, actually. "

Seriously I just bought myself a $600 rig, works great.  >.> who needs to pay $2000?  "

" @Taklulas said:

" @Tru3_Blu3 said:

" @Branthog said:

" FUCKING FUCK.   Fuck you, GiantBomb. Fuck you, Blizzard. Fuck you, StarCrat II. Fuck You, StarCraft II Live.  I have been contemplating building a new high end gaming rig just for Star Craft II for a few months, now. As I've pointed out in many other bitchy posts of mine, I can't justify all the cash and effort to build a rig just for the one game that I have cared about on PC in the last two years. $60 for SC2 is one thing. $60+$2,000 is ridicuous, for one game.  It used to be no big deal for me, but that was when there were enough enticing PC-only games each year to make it a no-brainer but for me to build a sweet new toy every year. No longer the case.  But god damn it. With about eleven hours left before the digital download unlocks, I'm finally caving in and just placed an order for all the parts I need for a sweet new system. I'm a fucking sheep. I am so weak willed. GOD DAMN IT! I SUCK! "

$600-$700, actually. "

Seriously I just bought myself a $600 rig, works great.  >.> who needs to pay $2000?  "

Suckers, that's who. :P "

Am I the only one who is so excited that they couldn't sleep (though I'm up all night anyway, by default) and is waiting until the unlock hour, even though they know that by the time that comes . . . and they get it installed . . . they'll be too tired to bother playing and will probably just go to bed for twelve hours?

 Played the first 3 campaign missions thus far and I'm loving it.
 
Blizzard really know how to hit that sweetspot between presentation and streamlined pure gameplay - as well as keeping the recommended hardware speccs low while pulling off a great looking game.
 
Never before have I seen characters as alive as Jim Raynor et all, albeit I've seen many rendered with a way higher polycount and texture resolution. There's just that extra bit of magic dust glimmering in the eyes of Blizzards characters, that just puts them above and beyond their competition.

"  Played the first 3 campaign missions thus far and I'm loving it.   Blizzard really know how to hit that sweetspot between presentation and streamlined pure gameplay - as well as keeping the recommended hardware speccs low while pulling off a great looking game.   Never before have I seen characters as alive as Jim Raynor et all, albeit I've seen many rendered with a way higher polycount and texture resolution. There's just that extra bit of magic dust glimmering in the eyes of Blizzards characters, that just puts them above and beyond their competition. "

" Am I the only one who is so excited that they couldn't sleep (though I'm up all night anyway, by default) and is waiting until the unlock hour, even though they know that by the time that comes . . . and they get it installed . . . they'll be too tired to bother playing and will probably just go to bed for twelve hours? "

W00t W00t!

Goddamn thats like 4am UK time... GRR.

Here's every TNT:  
  
Kessler: The chat has a question: Does this game have (tired giant bomb joke)? 
 
Ryan: That is a terrible question 

" Here's every TNT:    Kessler: The chat has a question: Does this game have (tired giant bomb joke)?  Ryan: That is a terrible question  "

"

"

 StarCraft II is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void.    

HEY U GUIS WANT TO PLAY SUM STARCRAFT?
 
''Fuck you'' Brad is my new dekstop lol.

Dang. Exiting full screen mode stops the stream and bolts me over to the justin.tv page.
Flash players continue to have ridiculous quirks that self respecting media players do not.

Archived videos aren't loading for me... 

Wow only found this now, the news story was hidden in all the shovelware.

"

          I bring gifts. "

Is this Battletoads?

i love giant bomb streams, but seriously brad was trying to play a singleplayer game like it was a multiplayer clickfest. 

Girls that dig sitting in on Starcraft marathons are bad ass in my book. Wish I could say the same for my wife.

bra must be the worst sc2 player ever. so many mistakes, oh well.

I'd love to see how all these tough asses in the comments playing the game with thousands of people watching (and commenting) on launch day. Brad did great!

" @WhatTheDang said:

" Here's every TNT:    Kessler: The chat has a question: Does this game have (tired giant bomb joke)?  Ryan: That is a terrible question  "

Yup. 100% agreed. You come to expect it on every live feed now. "

" @fedorajay said:

" @WhatTheDang said:

" Here's every TNT:    Kessler: The chat has a question: Does this game have (tired giant bomb joke)?  Ryan: That is a terrible question  "

Yup. 100% agreed. You come to expect it on every live feed now. "

Wait. Are people blaming Matt for that or the community? Because as far as I'm aware, Matt's questions only come from the chat, so blame those idiots asking the questions, not the messenger. "

I don't know if anybody here could answer this, but I noticed my copy of StarCraft II says "For European servers only", does that mean I wouldn't be able to play against americans, australians and koreans even if I wanted to?

By the way, I heard of the "StarCraft 2 might melt your CPU/GPU and set your apartment on fire" issue, so I looked closely on the core temperatures when I installed and ran the game. Interestingly enough, the Installer created more heat than the actual game. During install the CPU temperature was around 67-73 degrees celsius, during gameplay it kept between 55-65.

There is a way to change your copy of SC2's region (Ex: Korean copy playing on NA servers etc). Just search.