Malta Soron

No. 2 shots, 0 shots on target.

I think you’re right in principle, but I don’t think it really makes a difference in this case. Nobody who isn’t already playing SC2 is going to play it now, and there’s no way to spend money on the game if you’re only playing multiplayer (and/or you already bought the expansions).

Also, the ladder bug is really stupid: my MMR/skill level is Diamond but I got placed in Silver, and the unequal games got tiresome after a while. (You can only do so many Thor rushes in a row :P ) So I don’t think anyone who returns to scratch the itch will stay around for long.

I know the feeling; I quit playing SC2 when Blizz decided they didn’t care about it anymore. Recently I felt nostalgic and played a few games. It was fun, but it’s obvious Blizz still don’t care about the game (at least not enough to fix the ladder bugs).

They’re not gonna profit from you playing it. Just go and have fun while the servers are still online.

I don’t think the “no patches” thing was all that true for PC games. I’ve been gaming since the first Fallout and for practically every game I could/had to download one or more patches from the official website. For multiplayer games like Warcraft 3 you had to make sure everyone was using the same patch. One of the major advantages of Steam was automating the update process.