Global Play Coming to StarCraft

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Global Play Coming to StarCraft

As many of you likely know, starcraft 2 is region-locked, meaning you cannot play with people who live in different areas. A Global Play option, similar the one in Diablo 3, will be added to Starcraft 2 in a future patch. With global play, you will be able to switch which region you are playing on, allowing you to battle with friends from across the world. You can read the full article here, or join the discussion here.

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Creation25 Nov 11, 2012 at 22:07 UTC - 0 likes
good job Blizz
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BasharTeg Nov 10, 2012 at 23:50 UTC - 0 likes
Does this mean you will be able to personally publish maps in other regions? That would be useful...

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zeldarules28 Nov 10, 2012 at 22:27 UTC - 0 likes
No- at least not as far as I can tell. Like I said, Diablo 3 allows cross-region play with no additional licenses, so I would assume this is a similar system.

"Players will be able to freely switch between regions via the StarCraft II login screen."

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SCFF Nov 10, 2012 at 21:43 UTC - 0 likes
@zeldarules28: Go

Do you still have to own an account for the region?
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zeldarules28 Nov 10, 2012 at 19:12 UTC - 0 likes
Yes Jake Cake. Just like D3, you just change your region from the options menu in the client. No extra downloads required.
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JakeCake26 Nov 10, 2012 at 18:03 UTC - 0 likes
Awesome news, I have all regions already, but with this it seems like it's going to be a simple option in the settings menu instead of me using 50Gb for a seperate installs for each region. Can anyone confirm this?

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Eimtr Nov 10, 2012 at 16:49 UTC - 0 likes
Well, it's about time.
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libertymonk Nov 10, 2012 at 15:20 UTC - 0 likes
@michael, Yeah, but they are also adding separate MMRs in HotS for each race.

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Vicboy Nov 10, 2012 at 12:52 UTC - 0 likes
This is good news. I'm glad Blizzard is doing a few things to make the current BNet much like the older times.

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Hookah604 Nov 10, 2012 at 09:32 UTC - 0 likes
Why didnt they do this from the start?... I guess we all know why :( ....

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