How do you guys see SEN and the whole SC community shift as we progress towards the future? What about when SC2 comes out? Will we be the same way we are now?

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Personally I think we will be more alive than ever as SC2 is on the brink of coming out. But will the people who stayed with SC since the beginning be legends? LoL, maybe I'm just thinking to much, or maybe I'm not. What do you guys think?

(and yes I know, I know SC2 has a couple of waiting time before it actually does come out.)

Depends on how the game turns out, should it not be as awesome as the original I imagine we will die out, should it not, however, we will probably rise in userbase a great deal.

People like me who post for the sake of posting and don't really contribute to the site that adding to the member count will most likely die out to all the relevant people. sigh.

I need to make something ASAP.

Starcraft is dying as is. Starcraft 2 will only kill it for good. An no, long time fans of it wont be legends, no one's going to care.

I can only assume that the warcraft map makers are going to be at the top of the line. We're just going to be some noobs asking for help (Directed to those that haven't used a warcraft editor) We'll catch up of course, especially if SEN continues to be a great source for the new map makers. How will we update the site to fit sc2? Will there be no more bw/sc help? Will the Wiki be mainly for sc2? how about the DLDB? Stardepot has its chances to rise also, just depends on which has the best help for sc2, and the better community. (This is all my opinion and beliefs.)

Agreed. I tried using WC3 map maker... I could not figure it out...

I actually really hope that the SC2 editor is better then the WC3 editor. Most likley it is going to be, I tried messing with the WC3 editor, it really didnt capture me enough to change from SC to WC, lol.

ah man we should look at the future positivity! We came this far with star craft and let us hope when the newest one comes that it will only bring us to a new lvl!! I will never forget the day I found starcraft on 64 I will never forget the day I found that I can play it online for free! and I will never forget the friends I made threw the life of starcraft. Its only been about 10 years for me but many of you been on here since it came out.as I see it... its just the next step into the world of starcraft!

1. Stupidity will once more take the stage.
2. Mass exodus of older members.
3. Slow stabilization and return to normality.

Repeat.

This sounds like a narrative text, but it soulds like reality . My first concern is the computer it will take to play sc2, man the graphics are awesome, but do any of us have a good computer? Ppl that play other games may, but i mainly play sc on my computer, so i never felt the need to upgrade it... it might be another issue determinating how much old players will go on sc 2, and if not enough of the oldies come, then the mapping comunity will be separated and both halfs are likely to die

SC2 will probably not be graphics intensive. Blizzard generally doesn't do that.

thats one of my concerns, i dont think my computer will beable to run sc2...

I started playing starcraft 5 years ago, i had to wait around for 2 hours each day after school at my dad's dental office and they had a spare computer so i started playing. Map making and UMS definatly hooked me, but then as my internet got worse i started doing more forum stuff, terraining and modding... and i think sc2 is going to totaly ruin both those things. The thing i love about starcraft is now is how simple it all is. I serously doubt that sc2 will have unit graphics that you can decompile and edit with paint.

I love how starcraft is so old, but so fun. People have made all kinds of maps, mods, terrain, everyone is constatly taking it to a new level. Starcraft is also one of the only online games i can play (and runescape lol) and it has entertained me for hours and days. Not to mention that starcraft got me into computer programing and 3d modeling, which are probably going to be my job after college.

I dont think im even going to buy sc2, i want to remember it as it is now, not all fancy and high tech... its probably going to be the same as Starwars empire at war, only without galactic conquest.

I agree with you about the awesomeness and simplicity of SC. And, even though they're simpler, to me the units look better than the SC2 ones do so far. SC units actually look solid, like real things, and so the feeling of being in a new world is much more real and immersive. SC2 units look like flashy undulating masses of polygons.

As for SC dying out, people may stop playing it online, but that doesn't mean mappers will stop. It's still a great way to have fun/make a world/tell a story, and as long as there are other people doing it, it'll be interesting. Most of the good maps nowadays are too complex to hold the interest of most pubbies. I may be wrong about that, but I do know that a lot of good maps are only played on SEN. And also think about Mods and how much SENers play them. Even a weekly mod night and map night is impressive for a single website. A mapping community can keep mapping alive, it doesn't need a huge public to keep it going. ALSO, imagine if mappers were the only people still playing SC. This could mean that the average quality of maps being played on BNET would rise, and attract more players.

Also remember that SC is much more portable. Starcraft will run on any computer (16MB of RAM!) that SC2 runs on, but SC2 will only run on a small fraction of those which Starcraft runs on. This means that Starcraft can still remain appealing and playable to those who don't care to invest in a gaming or even up-to-date computer (like, ahem, me). Right now, using WINE, Starcraft can run on a good range of *nix systems.

People still buy and fix up old muscle cars. People can still invest in Starcraft and take it to new levels.

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Jan 27 2009, 3:33 am by razorsnail.

Amen to that I like how the map editor is eazy to work on and how it is hard to make a simple systemw ith it... i mean, SC2 editor will surely be worst than WC3's... wich is actually a pain in the ass... i mean, if staredit would've been ad hard as worldedit to understand, i would never have came into map making, best game ever or not!
Plus, the warcraft 3 map making community almost flames you when you ask questions about basic stuff like making inventory item... how much ppl i saw answering to newbs (sorry for them) that does not know what is the diffrence between action and condition on this site??? I really hope that the help with the SC2's editor will be as easy as with StarEdit.

WC3 Didn't kill SC, and even WOW didn't. My assumption is that, of course SC will still be around. At the same time however, it's quite expected a lot of people will move onto SC, some people will probably play both simo- I can't say the word... wow...A word I don't know...

That aside, I probably won't be able to play SC2 either.

If starcraft 2's map editor delivers, the full power of wcIII, but also the option of the usability of SC1's editor, then I'm sold. But SCII should be out by the time I get back from Afghanistan. So we shall see... I've got about 3 months to get my SC RPG done for the contest, and well, I have to nix the GIGANTIC project I was working on... not that I was officially in the contest. It also doesn't help I'm working 12 hour days right now. Oh well.

I'll probably go back to sc1 for Nastalgia, just like I've gone back and played Red Alert, Marathon, Quake, Quake 3, and Unreal Tournament. So I'm not really worried about sc dieing, and well, this website is called "Staredit.net." I'm sure we won't have to be stupid and demand a "Staredit2.net." Or at least I hope so....

yeah wc3 map editor is just insane because you can do absolutely ANYTHING whatsoever other than change the game from wc3 to something else.. lol u can make a FPS on wc3