that will be a bad idea first at all its not fair you want your favorite unit portrait but you cant reach it because you dont buy so stupid things
the second sc is so good game because everyone can reach what they would call of duty have some OP weapons if you buy them but that dont make the game fun oke the marketplace is just a cosmetic thing but its just unreal and no fun
you see sc is one of the last games without a marketplace thats the reason why sc is to populair and if you need thing for mapping you need to pay ? if that happen i stop with the editor)
and third blizzard have money enough they are the biggest game studio (whatever they host 3 games (and some small one) becuase they can realease there own game games like sims 3 are made by maxis and release by EA, EA is just the money maker for maxis same as HALO 1,2,3 (odst) reach wars (halo 4 and 1 remake not because 343 industry is just from Microsoft) Microsoft dont have make it but bungie microsorft say alone 0''here is your money gl hf'' we will release halo in 2-2-2007 os hurry thats the reason why blizzard say release TBA and soon TM
sort review if there come a marketplace i stop with sc and edited (maybe alone for MA3) and download the torrent for playing the campaign
sorry for some bad English i m dyslectic :(
Taintedwisp Authori got bored so i wrote this up on the bnet forums a while back :P
Battle.net Custom Games Shop.
Okay Heres the idea, A NEW UI shop where you buy portriats, Background pictures(New UI),Decals, and in the future Soundtracks to override your in game ones.
FAQ
What do I use to purchase These items?
Well I was thinking everytime you play a Custom game, you get 1,000 Credits win or lose doesnt matter, If you play a game that isnt in the top 10 maps you get 2,000 credits. This would Discourage playing page 1 maps every time and encourage trying new maps. You could also get an extra 250 or 500 credits for writing a review that is over 50 characters long
Are there any other ways to earn?
What can be purchased?
How Can Blizzard Monetize this?
Benefit for casual players?
Benefit for mappers?
Possible Problems/Solutions
Problem: Players may leave games for the credits.
Solution: Players only get credits if Victory conditions or defeat conditions are met, OR a player must stay in game for atleast 10 minutes.
Problem: Players May Join games just for the credits
Solution: So? haha, Thats actually fine, they may join a game and try it and love it.
Problem: If the above Problem was solved by making them wait(which is the better of the 2), then players would have to stay in games they dont like for 10 minutes
Solution: They can still get out of game and write the review to recieve 500 points, So they would still get something. But they would have to write a decent review
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