Great job mike!

Garnett is obnoxious

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elephants. lol.

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I think you did a great job and from what I saw it looked like you were there as a minority representation. Based both on the way you were cut into as well as what was said by the host after the two opinions, they wanted to make you look like more of a fanboy than someone to take serious.

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Wow, I think that Garnett and Kevin are unbelievably short-sighted over this matter.

Blizzard will innovate. Blizzard will have something attractive.

Do they forget the fact that so much has changed in the gaming industry since Starcraft came out to work in SC2s favor?

What do I mean? Namely:

1. Gaming on the whole is more popular -- the market is bigger.
2. 8 Million players for WoW that believe in Blizzard can't be wrong... I predict most WoW players will at least try it.
3. Online gaming is bigger as well. People want games that give solid online play.
4. Everquest II came out with an expansion that was basically utilizing content from the orignial EQ and it proved to be a massive success comparatively.

I could go on and on and on and on and on. The game will be fine.. it will be fun.. it will be successful. Case closed!

Great job Mike!

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hahaha, elephants, i cracked up! XD

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Starcraft was (is) the bomb!
Starcraft 2 will be the bomb.dot.com!
Nice job Mike.

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Garnett is a freaking moron. There is no way there putting this game on the New consoles. Who ever heard of any descent RTS on a console.

I think Mike was dead on balls accurate. It's a technical term.

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YAY ELEPHANTS!!!! I LOVE ELEPHANTS. but pretty good job!

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gg mike

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Did you get an "I survived G4TechTV...my brain not so much..." tshirt?

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@ Chedder

I hate it when people make comments like "Who ever heard of any decent RTS on a console" as if it can't be done. People were saying that exact same thing about first person shooters in the 90s. It can be done and will be done given the right talent to figure out how to make it work. Progress is already being made.

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@ RiLLs

I'm not saying it can't be done. Take a look at AdvanceWars. IMO one of the best strategy games every made. FPS games lend themselves to the console very well. However the only reason they do is because of the limited number of things going on at any one time. (i.e. You pick up a gun, you aim while moving, you shot while moving, aim jump and shoot.) However with RTS games you have a lot more things going on at a time. The mechanics of RTS games just don't lend themselves to consoles. in RTS game you have units harvesting, you have to build multiple different types buildings and bases. And each of those buildings produces several types of units, all the while you have to reconnoiter your enemy, build units to counter his strategy, send those units to attack at strategic points on the map, at the same time manage your economy and tech up.

I just don't see that happening on any of the new consoles. Unless of course they come with a keyboard and a mouse. That's the only way they would work.

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@11
no.. it won't be done unless they get away from that little silly gamepad and stick to something new.
I don't think that a Mouse and a Keyboard are the perfect input devices, there is much to improve there. But a gamepad with 2 joysticks on it will never enable you to move fast enough around your units and the map to live up to the speed of the game.

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And still, to prove the fact.
There is not one single Shooter on a Console that can be played against a PC gamer.
They just can't compete with the other input devices

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Did anyone ever play command and conquer for N64? biggest waste of money in my life. hence, the skeptics of RTS's on a console :P

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Its hilarious to me that Kevin at the end says that he's going to spend time in WoW, because Starcraft 2 won't offer anything innovative and new.

HELLO. EARTH TO KEVIN. WoW has almost nothing new or innovative... just a LOT of uniqueness and a lot of his aforementioned spit and polish on other ideas by other people.

I didn't really believe it when people called Kevin stupid before, but this, this is amazing.

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It's worth noting that the first Starcraft was released for the Nintendo 64 as Starcraft 64.

That being said, I agree that it is very unlikely we'll ever see Starcraft II on a console.

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even though its AOTS, and on present day G4, and garret lee was kinda being a dick, i think it was a good segment, and you handled everything very well mike. gj

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Gah, second time i have seen Attack of the Show like this. You did great out there, and honestly, they should just make this segment called 'The Loop' much longer because its obvious that 5 minutes isnt enough to get anything good for the minority (and they KNOW IT -_-)

Anyway, Garret is wrong, i agree. If he looked into Blizzards past involving console gaming (I.e. Starcraft 64 and Ghost), you can see that Blizzard blundered both times. One being not so good a game, and one never even being made. Compare that to their domination on the PC gaming crowd of RTS and MMO players, its a simple duh that they wont put Starcraft 2 on consoles.

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