There's been a lot of proverbial dirt flying around the StarCraft fansite arena this week. First there was a rumor tossed around by ThisIsGame.com (a Korean site) claiming the upcoming investor meeting would announce the StarCraft 2 beta. Then an unnamed fansite *cough* TheWarCenter.net *cough* leaked an entire e-mail from Blizzard. It all came to a head earlier this week and then one of our members brought our attention to a tidbit he and his friends gleaned from a blue post.


According to Bashiok Blizzard had a visit from internet personality and self-proclaimed "best gamer ever" Jace Hall. Bashiok said the visit was "recent" which means (through elementary detective work, Watson, since Blizzard takes almost all over December off) that it must have occurred sometime in January. In any case, Mr. Hall has published a preview of the third season of his show on YouTube. Where it gets real interesting is an almost invisible clip at 2:16 where a meeting of Blizzard employees including Chris Sigaty and Dustin Browder are having some beers celebrating something. What would they be celebrating? Well the giant projection of a StarCraft 2 menu stating "Welcome to the StarCraft 2 Beta" might just be an oopsie. Oopsie!


Not to downplay all this but, frankly, it all means nothing. That being said, we thought it was something everyone should be aware of just in case February 10th turns out to be D-day. Wouldn't want anyone to be surprised now. So take a look, come up with your own theories, and then blame it on the government, or the aliens, or whatever you need to. We'll continue to sift for the truth.


By the way, Bashiok, I'm loving your hilarity at 1:02. Wave off the camera, buddy. Next time might want a sheet over the board when you've got a rogue on campus! "Are you filming our design board?!" Classic. Also, if you're a Diablo III fan you might want to check out 0:58 when he actually records the design board. It means nothing to me, but it might make someone's day!



Sources: Battle.net
DeckardLee, XbillehX, Vandal

P.S. - Anyone interested in D3 should notice there is a reference to "Cow Level" at the bottom of the shot!

Hahaha they've got some pretty funny stuff there. But I don't think anyone's this desperate to care about games to think of these snapshots as trustworthy sources.

... what? oh, sorry.. I got distracted with that chick flashing her enormous boobs.

This is good stuff btw xD thanks for the find jon

My fortune cookie was right!

Thanks for the credit and the full topic. I wanted to change the name of the other topic since the topic quickly changed Alas, I could not. This should help future conversation and keep things more orderly.

But, back on topic, good news guys. I have a good feeling about this February. I've never once had a good feeling about the beta. Even whenhey were so sure they'd make it in the summer, I still had a feeling they wouldn't. So, this is a personal first for me and has gotten my pretty hype. Clearly, this means something great is going to happen given my almighty clairvoyant powers are never wrong. You might want to file this under 1200% confirmed!

so u are a mentalist....thats great...i'll inform uri geller

That's a joke on how I seem to be the one of the only people left on SCLegacy that still believes a February beta is possible. It still very possibly could be later. I don't know. I'm just kidding around. It's how I stay sane in times like these.

DeckardLee it's people like you that make these times in waiting so livable. You give us hope. Hope for the beta where everyone else has lost faith in Blizzard you have not. And it's nice to know at least someone thinks these recent rumours might translate into a beta.

Hallelujah! My lonely soul hath found companionship!

Believers unite! Kill the heathens!