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08th September 2008, 00:55

Karune Answers SC2 Questions

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StarCraft 2 is one of the most anticipated games of 2008 and possibly in gaming history. What makes it more exciting and nerve wrecking is Blizzard’s motto, “it will be released when it’s ready”, but there are many conventions throughout the year such as BlizzCon, PAX, etc. United State- Kevin “Karune” Yu, who is StarCraft 2’s community manager, was at Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig, Germany where myStarCraft.de got an interview with Karune. The interview consists of questions about StarCraft 2 (of course), Diablo 3, World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich-King, and StarCraft 2's Beta date. Below is a small preview of the interview and you can read the rest here.

Karune w/ The1Crow at BlizzCon 07
The1Crow with Karune at BlizzCon 2007

What are your tasks at blizzard?

Like a lot of the community managers for World of Warcraft and such we are really trying to build a very lively and driving community for StarCraft 2 to be a very positive eSports game as well as a community building game as well to really build a surrounding around the actual game itself so we are really interacting with a lot of fansites, talking to a lot of fans making sure that they also get their input heard on the game that you know is been anticipated for 10 years as a sequel. It's been again really really fun.

With every week we’re moving towards the beta. Can we get a specific date or is it still closed?

Unfurtionately you know we at blizzard  do well of these dates but when it’s ready for beta it’s gonna be out. We do wanna make sure that the game is quite playable and we can make he most use of the feedback especially for a lot of the balance and stuff. Finding that magic formular of those units so they’re working together in a way that’s very positive to make the game both competitive and fun. Fun for new people that are just joining in, fun for the people who already been playing StarCraft very hardcore. Once the dev team is confident enough that they have that down than I think that’s when beta is gonna kick around.

Can we expect any new announcements at the blizzCon this year?

It’s definitely one of those things where we have to wait and see but historically at blizzCon we have talked about a lot of new things so I think it’s defiantly worth keeping your eyes on blizzCon for sure.

 


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(last year)  #1 imported_ixion
imported_ixion
Lol so thats how he looks
(last year)  #2 Snotty
 
tall with glasses, yep that's him - TEH Crow
"I pick my nose, therefore I am"
(last year)  #3 imported_JoeZoo
 
Karune's first answer may have been the longest sentence in the known world.

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