I think pretty much noone thinks that making money of other peoples work is ok(main purpose of copyright is after all making sure the money(if any) goes to the right person). However many people argue that getting data for free is a right.
Because it would create a mess multiplayer wise. If each game contained unique multiplayer mechanics you'd end up supporting 3!=5 different combinations that can't play with eachother. It makes much more sense to make the differences in multiplayer decorative rather then as changed gameplay.
To make it even messier they actually have plans to make an expansion for SC2 that'll add a 4th race and it would be completely ridiculous if terran+expansion was a completely different game then zerg+expansion.
So my bet is on zerg/terran/protoss having the exact same multiplayer mechanics so they can play with eachother over b.net and on tournaments.
Considering that the 3rd campaign has a planned release of 2 years after SC2 I don't think you actually want them to release it as one game, unless you really like to wait 2 more years for it.
Also it's probably reasonable to assume that the blizzard developers are not complete retards. With 99% certainty I can say that anything introduced multiplayer wise in the 2nd and 3rd game will be patched into the first game.
Blizzard are very very serious about the multiplayer/e-sport capabilities of SC2.
>And certainly better than some overbloated Blizztard crap that, despite their assurance it doesn't end with a cliffhanger, will >most assuredly end in a cliffhanger, just like every other game they've ever made.
How can you call starcraft bloated after being a fan of CoH and DoW.
The whole game design is specifically anti-bloat where if a unit is not important enough to gameplay it gets cut so the number of units per team stay near the ideal number of 12.
Trademarks are product type specific, that is aslong as there is no risk of someone mixing up geode the processor with geode the program then the trademark does not apply.
Based on the amount of covers I've seen I'd say that performing is quite a lot easier then authoring and thus it makes sense that the authors get paid more.
Isn't a one off conversion by definition not a new model, I was under the impression crash tests are only performed on mass produced vehicles.
Anyhow atleast in Sweden all you'd most likely would have to do is to let a government mechanic go through your vehicle and approve it's safety(Which you have to do once a year either way).
The only country I know off which has a governing body handle the dictionary is france, everywhere else the dictionary is just an attempt to gather the common definitions not stricly define them.
1.1 There is no proof that "alternative" medicine works, which is why it's called alternative 1.2 The general idea is that the rich will subsidize the poor, the poor shouldn't get much poorer
2.1 When the treatment is free you can both get the treatment and send your children to collage 2.2 in more social contries like sweden collage is free
3. Insurance is the opposite of a lottery, it's really the ones without insurance that are gambling with the people with insurance is doing the sure thing.
As I stated in my post, Goverment healthcare does not remove private healthcare.
And some of your freedoms are rather silly, for example: "The freedom to keep the fruits of your labor." At no point in the history of mankind has this been true(Maybe in the cavemen days), there has always been someone around to take your stuff for "protection".
As with most other things it's just a question of how much you're willing to pay and if you're willing to subsidize those poorer then you.
I live in a country that's been socialized for almost 100 years (Sweden) and your list of freedoms look utterly silly compared to my lifetime of experience.
You're aware that socialised healthcare doesn't have to make private healthcare illegal right?
The general idea of socialised healthcare is that there will be a minimum amount of healthcare availbile for everyone and if that isn't enough for you then you can always pay more to get private healthcare, I fail to see the sacrifice of freedom,
It does work the same all over the world, Verified by Vista is a global program not UK specific. It's still rather rare AFAIK since I havn't seen it around much, then again I only use 2-3 different online merchants(World of Warcraft, Komplett.se(swedish version of newegg and datorbutiken.com(an alternative to komplett.).
Could people stop talking about Europe as if it was one place.
This is how it works in sweden: You either use the PIN or you use signature+ID, some merchants slack with the ID check but afaik IANAL that makes them liable.
When making online purchases it works the same all over the world, you use your card number+CVC code, however my bank offers virtual master cards where you can specify the amount of money it should contain and for how long it should last so if you generate a card with $20 that lasts 1 month you couldn't care less if anyone steals those details.
It wasn't any less deadly, it was just spread slower(because people with aids died faster and people lived less close together) and wasn't noticed(since it attacks the immune system it's always another disease that kills you)
How it worked was that you told it to go a certain path and it would kill everything it saw, skin everything it could and gather anything it happened to cross. Basically it was able to play the entire game for you lvl 1-70 and at 70 it could make you gold.
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I think pretty much noone thinks that making money of other peoples work is ok(main purpose of copyright is after all making sure the money(if any) goes to the right person). However many people argue that getting data for free is a right.
Because it would create a mess multiplayer wise. If each game contained unique multiplayer mechanics you'd end up supporting 3!=5 different combinations that can't play with eachother. It makes much more sense to make the differences in multiplayer decorative rather then as changed gameplay.
To make it even messier they actually have plans to make an expansion for SC2 that'll add a 4th race and it would be completely ridiculous if terran+expansion was a completely different game then zerg+expansion.
So my bet is on zerg/terran/protoss having the exact same multiplayer mechanics so they can play with eachother over b.net and on tournaments.
Yes, but none of the details are final yet (other then 3 massive campaigns).
It's not a size issue, it's a development time issue.
Considering that the 3rd campaign has a planned release of 2 years after SC2 I don't think you actually want them to release it as one game, unless you really like to wait 2 more years for it.
Also it's probably reasonable to assume that the blizzard developers are not complete retards. With 99% certainty I can say that anything introduced multiplayer wise in the 2nd and 3rd game will be patched into the first game.
Blizzard are very very serious about the multiplayer/e-sport capabilities of SC2.
Point 3 which you base your entire argument on is WRONG. The current plan is for 1 year cap between releases:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/918/918895p1.html
>And certainly better than some overbloated Blizztard crap that, despite their assurance it doesn't end with a cliffhanger, will >most assuredly end in a cliffhanger, just like every other game they've ever made.
How can you call starcraft bloated after being a fan of CoH and DoW.
The whole game design is specifically anti-bloat where if a unit is not important enough to gameplay it gets cut so the number of units per team stay near the ideal number of 12.
If it has been done do death since, why is starcraft and warcraft 3 still the most played RTS's in the world?
They're not communicating clearly because they haven't decided yet. SC2 is still far from release and the 3 games is still on the idea stage.
According to http://pc.ign.com/articles/918/918895p1.html they're planning to have a 1 year gap between games.
Trademarks are product type specific, that is aslong as there is no risk of someone mixing up geode the processor with geode the program then the trademark does not apply.
I'm not saying covers are bad, I'm just saying that good performers are alot more common then good authors.
Based on the amount of covers I've seen I'd say that performing is quite a lot easier then authoring and thus it makes sense that the authors get paid more.
Isn't a one off conversion by definition not a new model, I was under the impression crash tests are only performed on mass produced vehicles.
Anyhow atleast in Sweden all you'd most likely would have to do is to let a government mechanic go through your vehicle and approve it's safety(Which you have to do once a year either way).
IANAL but I'd that this was unwarranted because otherwise it could easily be exploited.
I fully agree with you.
The only country I know off which has a governing body handle the dictionary is france, everywhere else the dictionary is just an attempt to gather the common definitions not stricly define them.
1.1 There is no proof that "alternative" medicine works, which is why it's called alternative
1.2 The general idea is that the rich will subsidize the poor, the poor shouldn't get much poorer
2.1 When the treatment is free you can both get the treatment and send your children to collage
2.2 in more social contries like sweden collage is free
3. Insurance is the opposite of a lottery, it's really the ones without insurance that are gambling with the people with insurance is doing the sure thing.
I didn't mean freedom in general, just your list.
>The freedom to chose alternate, or non mainstream healthcare.
This remainds exactly the same with or without socialized medicine
>The freedom to not buy healthcare so that your children can afford get the best care possible.
I don't even get what you mean here
>The freedom to chose your treatments.
You can choose your treatments when the goverments pays aswell
>The freedom to *not* have healthcare.*
The police is not going to force you into the hospital
>The freedom to keep the fruits of your labor.
Tax isn't a new concept
>The freedom to not be part of a insurance-lottery.*
I'm not sure what you mean here either
>The freedom to care for yourself.
I don't see how this is lost
As I stated in my post, Goverment healthcare does not remove private healthcare.
And some of your freedoms are rather silly, for example:
"The freedom to keep the fruits of your labor." At no point in the history of mankind has this been true(Maybe in the cavemen days), there has always been someone around to take your stuff for "protection".
As with most other things it's just a question of how much you're willing to pay and if you're willing to subsidize those poorer then you.
I live in a country that's been socialized for almost 100 years (Sweden) and your list of freedoms look utterly silly compared to my lifetime of experience.
You're aware that socialised healthcare doesn't have to make private healthcare illegal right?
The general idea of socialised healthcare is that there will be a minimum amount of healthcare availbile for everyone and if that isn't enough for you then you can always pay more to get private healthcare, I fail to see the sacrifice of freedom,
It does work the same all over the world, Verified by Vista is a global program not UK specific. It's still rather rare AFAIK since I havn't seen it around much, then again I only use 2-3 different online merchants(World of Warcraft, Komplett.se(swedish version of newegg and datorbutiken.com(an alternative to komplett.).
Could people stop talking about Europe as if it was one place.
This is how it works in sweden:
You either use the PIN or you use signature+ID, some merchants slack with the ID check but afaik IANAL that makes them liable.
When making online purchases it works the same all over the world, you use your card number+CVC code, however my bank offers virtual master cards where you can specify the amount of money it should contain and for how long it should last so if you generate a card with $20 that lasts 1 month you couldn't care less if anyone steals those details.
It wasn't any less deadly, it was just spread slower(because people with aids died faster and people lived less close together) and wasn't noticed(since it attacks the immune system it's always another disease that kills you)
How it worked was that you told it to go a certain path and it would kill everything it saw, skin everything it could and gather anything it happened to cross. Basically it was able to play the entire game for you lvl 1-70 and at 70 it could make you gold.