I have come across a semi-recent interview between Reddit and Dustin Browder done in Oct 2011 @ Blizzcon 2011, for the expansion set - Heart Of The Swarm. Nonetheless, there are some Wings Of Liberty questions in here that might be of interest to you fine Starcraft II folks. It is short-ish interview that lasts about 16 mins, but who cares, right? This is Dustin Browder, THE man himself, talking about your favorite game and its future!
Enjoy responsibly
A few fun things to note in this interview:
Live event connectivity issues and ways Blizzard is looking into them
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Plans to include more community-based/GSL maps into the Ladder pool
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Updates to stat tracking and the post-game screen
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Tonight marks the 13th year of existence of Blizzard Gaming Night starting at 8:00 PM EDT. We invite everyone to come onto SC2 to meet, greet, play some games and have some fun. We will be in the channel op BGN. Hope to see a number of the BF community there tonight as we conclude 2011 and look forward to 2012!
See you tonight and as always, may your 4 pools be merry and bright.
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It is happening this weekend starting from Friday Oct 14th till Sunday Oct 16th, 2011: MLG is going to Orlando! Are you going? Do you live close by? Be sure to NOT miss this incredible event!
If you are going, you may obtain the details for the venue on MLG Pro website.
For many of you Starcraft II lovers, you may be envisioning yourself comfortably tucked beneath a thick blanket on these chilly Fall days watching the event on the MLG Pro League streams, and sipping on some favorite beverage of your choosing. However, let us inform you of ways to enjoy this event at a whole new level:
Click on the link above to access the Blizzard page which links the details of each individual venue shown below.
Blizzard has put together a list of Barcraft venues where you can enjoy MLG Orlando at its fullest in the company of your fellow Blizzforumers and/or your fellow Starcraft II fans and players! Here are the details of the different venues:
NOTE: For those in the Toronto, Canada area, here are a couple of known locations where barcrafting will occur:
Attention, StarCraft II ladder warriors! Season 3 is now locked.
At the end of each ladder season, leagues are “locked,” which means players can no longer be promoted or demoted out of their current league or division, and bonus pools will stop growing. That’s no reason to quit playing: even after leagues are locked, players will still be able to play out their remaining bonus pool and compete for standing within their divisions until the season ends two weeks later. The matchmaking skill ratings which determine league promotion and demotion will also continue to update during the lock, so games played during the lock still count toward Season 4 league placement.
Now that the lock is in effect, Season 3 will soon come to an end. We’ll be turning over to Season 4 during the week of October 24. Season milestone rewards will be awarded and bonus pools will reset with the beginning of the new season. Hidden skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season though, so players who have completed placement matches in a previous season will only need to play one new placement match after Season 4 starts.
Beginning with Season 4, two changes are coming to future ladder seasons:
Seasons will now last for approximately two months.
Grandmaster league placement time will be reduced to one week (from two weeks) to account for the reduced season length.
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