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163 (also known as NetEase), like to use an abbreviation of a game to name its second-level domain. For example, wow.163.com, it's the website for World of WarCraft. In this domain name, xyx.163.com, "xyx" could be an abbreviation of many Chinese character combinations, but none of them are close to StarCraft. The background music is not StarCraft style at all, not even close. NetEase wouldn't suddenly open a site with a countdown for StarCraft II when they didn't update their official Chinese StarCraft 2 site Starcraft2.com.cn for more than a year! Also it's unlikely for them to know the release date for the StarCraft 2 beta. Even if they do know they won't dare to open up a countdown so hastily.Kuangtu has some very good points here. URL, music and lack of official web page updates are all reasons to believe this is something other than StarCraft 2. However, the obscure title abbreviation could be specifically chosen to be different than any current game. If Kuangtu says he doesn't thin kit's the thing, then I would be inclined to believe him. He has an excellent sense of Chinese gaming industry, and at least a lot better than mine. We'll just have to see come Wednesday next week!
Yes, and that's why we all must look on this as objectively as possible. Could very well just be another random MMO from NetEase, with an inspired countdown from Diablo 3.
I doubt it actually looks like a protoss’ face…
Though i’m pretty much in doubt till i get something solid into my hands 
Nice find (y)
Aha May please! it looks the "Final Stretch" is being stretched too long now.
nice find!
i think it is possible and i am kinda 50/50 about that.
but it sounds kinda logically to me that netease, considering their latest deals with blizz, would be the first to get informed by blizz about the internal beta start annoucment date.
hope to see some change in the countdown picture like the D3 one had. this would drive the comm into a crazy hype :-D
This puts us roughly into next Wed, May 6th…so either way we’ll discover its true meaning soon. I prefer these shorter teasers which gives us less time to speculate =]
Who knows how long that counter's been there though?
Some battle.net members are obviously not impressed:
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=16474156428&sid=3000
Still, it’s Battle.net, I’m not expecting balanced opinions…
Leord, link to the counter on the NetEase website or something? Where did you get the image or the info? I am from Starcraft-esp press team and we are looking for it.
It could be those ones who were excited from the past countdown timers and have become jaded already. I resent the anger that comes out of the Battle.net forums directed at the news gathering you do. We're the ones who have to make the ultimate decision whether we believe it or not. Bringing us the information is just beneficial for everyone. I think it's interesting news, and even if it turns out to be another non-beta announcement, it is still great to have something -anything- to look forward to.
Ye, found it :D thx anyway :P
This is 100% logic. Blizzard would not have a beta countdown on their site. And ive also seen some pictures of protoss with a scar on the eye.
SO therefore they make it here.
mh the name of the picture is http://xyx.163.com/images/ds_d1.jpg
what could that mean? sounds not very sc like in my ears :-(
May be just a background music for the counter, really bad programed.
yery nice indeed...for falling aspleep :-) chinese people like this kind of music for their counters so why not? btw nice to see you around here trying to find out more about this. but i warn you: don't even think of possible hoax you can make up. i would be so mad! ;-)
not really...it could just be a background music for some casual game.
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