WWI Paris Coverage: LIVE!

[Joneagle_X]

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StarCraft2Forum.org coverage of the WWI convention in Paris, France starts today! Nikzad and myself are covering the event from the multitude of press and, in fact, we are at the moment awaiting the Blizzard presentation of their newest program.

We will continue to provide you with updates as we learn them. In the meantime we have a couple of interesting tidbits for you all. After playing the game a bit this morning, there are clearly some marked changes.* For instance, the Corruptor can now be morphed with only the lair tech, giving the Zerg a powerful anti-air unit at the earliest tier two possible. *

Also, we can confirm movement on the Swarm Guardian and its attack.* It attacks only ground units with an initial damage of 20 and spawns broodlings (about as weak as .5 zergling) who have a very short life span and low HP.* However, these little guys are great at drawing enemy fire.

We will continue to keep you updated! *

[Ych9]

Nice to see you giving us da heads up

Man. I can't wait to learn more about SC2!!!

[ijffdrie]

we love you guys
especially since the stream has too many listeners

[AcE_01]

wooo!!!!1
keep it up!! xD
but dam corrupter at tier 2!!!!!! thats good! hope it not OP right?

[Sargsaft]

plus: Diablo 3 has been confirmed....
greetings from Paris

[Prodigal]

The Stream Is Live Now!!!!!

[overmind]

comeon! update! the servers full!!!

[lurkers_lurk]

we should be moving onto the first Developer Panel of this event right now.

[Ximnipot69]

The next panel is Diablo 3 Design Fundamentals :)

[lurkers_lurk]

yes, it is, it will keep me occupied till its over, which is in about a hour. no more sleepyness.

after the raid is the SC2 Developer Panel, yeah, new info so soon.

[kuvasz]

I just managed to tune in, and I've got to say the HQ stream is excellent. SC2 is just on but they're not showing the screen for some reason. Thor still has two lives, nice.

[furrer]

I cant get it to work, but I think its because of my Media Player!? Does anyone know how to change it so it uses an other Player?

[Kimera757]

It didn't work on my Firefox, but did work on my Internet Explorer. Which browser are you using?

[furrer]

Both :)
The problem is that my Media Player dont work, so I need to get it to open an other Player.

[VodkaChill]

Can we ask for tommorow's list of panels and the times?

On the Live streaming page there is no mention of which panel will be show and I don't want to wait a panel and discover that it's about WoW. Please help me; I don't want to wake at 3am to be told ''hey everyone, we are going to talk about flying ponies''

Seriously I started the streaming and it was WoW questions again, the guy's important WWI question was ''I will ask a question about one of the most important aspect of WoW. Will there be any new flying mounts in the upcoming expansion?''

Worst is, he was dead serious and waiting for a positive answer with all his heart. I waited to see his face crushed with despair when the designer would answer no. But that never happened (most probably he took pity and hinted to something mount related) :(

[Ximnipot69]

StarCraft II Panel - Distinctive Artistry 9:30 - 10:30
Diablo III Panel - World Lore and Environment Art 10:00 - 11:00
World of Warcraft Panel - PvP Game Systems 13:30 - 14:30
Diablo III Panel - Denizens of Diablo 17:00 - 18:00

[furrer]

Found here:
http://eu.blizzard.com/wwi08/streams.xml

scroll down and youll see for both saturday and sunday.

[lurkers_lurk]

the 2nd day of WWI is about to start in 15-20 minutes. have fun watching it if you do / can.

[kuvasz]

Sc2 competitive play is on at stage 2. The nomad has the old model.

I will be updating this post with new or interesting information for those who have no chance of tuning in.

Starcraft II
zealots don't move faster than unupgraded SC1 zealots, by the looks of it
building placement is still grid based, but you can construct buildings very close to each other to wall off anything (unlike in SC1 where small units could pass between certain pairs of buildings)
constructions can be queued and the probe will start warping in one after the other
apparently Karune isn't such a good player :D
medivac heal is just a ray of white light going down to the injured unit

Diablo III
fire, cold, lightning, poison, and arcane are the current damage types in Diablo III
damage types affect the way the monster dies
monster + explosion = awesome is the basic equation of special effects (those are the exact words used)
relearning skills is a possibility
items: pants, shoulder pads
established lore (for monsters, characters, story) is followed and will not be changed without good reason
it's a secret whether there will be a secret (cow) level

[Psionicz]

My streams won't work properly, it buffers and stuff, then I hear some brief sound. Then it says theres a problem. Any help?

[VodkaChill]

Kuvasz don't forget the manibule like defence for Zerg, that acts like a sunken 1x1 building. I can't remember the name , but his has ''Colony'' at the end of it.

And the Roach seems managable for Terran in early game even with the regen. I think they got this unit right.

[Gasmaskguy]

What's the time in Paris now? What's the next thing up on the main stage?

[ijffdrie]

i think te hnext thing is the concert

[Seradin]

heh meh want to watch more HD Starcraft II Matches!!

[furrer]

Did you see them? They were great, the 3 first ever broadcasted live! I posted a pretty long post about them just 10 sec´s ago. Check it out, its here: http://www.starcraft2forum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=156506#post156506
Perhaps you can add some info that I didnt catch!

Edit: just saw you replied, ty.

[Gasmaskguy]

The concert's great. :D "Rogues do it from behind" :) Sam Didier is singing.

[kuvasz]

I'm so glad for this relatively heavy music. Since many people attended the invitational, I thought the concerts will be more mainstream and sort of neutral to please many people and upset as few as possible :)
I had no idea they were in a band (Samwise and Chris), or is this just a one off thing? Either way, the music is nice.

[furrer]

Ohh i hate heavy music...

[kuvasz]

The crowd fails bigtime. No cheering, no moshing, no nothing.

[furrer]

Yeah, at Blizcon etc. they were much louder (when they presented new things etc. the crow went WOWWWWWW)

[Gasmaskguy]

Lol kuvasz.. They can't mosh, they are sitting down. There should have been more cheering though.

[lurkers_lurk]

i think its because their mind were still numb from the news that D3 is now officially in development.

and that many of the new thing i think people didnt know what to feel about them.

[AcE_01]

dam crowd, atleast cheer. Havent they been to a rock concert?

[furrer]

should be closed?

[BirdofPrey]

May I introduce you to the Introduce yourself forum AND the edit button?

[AcE_01]

wow dood! u just tripled posted.
Welcome new guy. Please read the forum rules and introduce yourself in the "introduce yourself" threads.