No Monthly Payments for StarCraft II

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Posted 5th Jun 2009 05:25 AM by Deep.Thought

Karune has finally officially addressed this issue which has concerned many fans since rumours and hints of the monetization of battle.net 2.0 began to surface. While some aspects of the new system may be require a fee, simply playing the game online will be free. Karune had this to say:

	Blizzard Quote: (Source)
	When a player buys the StarCraft II box at retail, they will have the ability to play on the new Battle.net for free. For those listening to the latest Activision Blizzard conference call, Mike Morhaime also mentions it there as well.

If you buy the game, you can play online for free; the way things should be.

Karune also addressed concerns regarding the matchmaking process. He ensures fans that high skilled players will be matched against challenging competitors while lower level players will be matched against opponents of similar skill.

	Blizzard Quote: (Source)
	Making sure players of all levels are able to have a fun multiplayer experience is a top priority for us. More info regarding this effort will be revealed in conjunction with info on Battle.net. For now, know that if you don't have 300 APM...it’s quite OK. We've got plans to keep online play fun and challenging at the same time, while also making the atmosphere feel less intimidating for the vast majority of us who aren’t pro-level players.

Filed Under: Battle.net, Blue Posts, Multiplayer, Karune

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PIESOFTHENORTH

Posted 05, Jun 2009 07:00 AM

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If i remember right, this was already mentioned by a blue back at the old forums pretty early on.

Leord

Posted 05, Jun 2009 05:37 PM

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I am fairly certain you are not right. I have met several of the blizzard ppl, and they have consistently declined to give a straight answer. They have said very fuzzy ones, which lead to this rumour… some of them are pretty clear if you just read between the lined.

Behind the words you could clearly read:

“No fees, promise, but I am gagged by PR, so please ask something else”

PIESOFTHENORTH

Posted 06, Jun 2009 03:16 AM

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I dunno I remember a blue saying something like “Battle.net will continue to be free to use but we are going to be monetizing some features, we sort of have to.”

probably not exact quote but same idea.