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A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away... wait, wrong “Star” series. Still though, it's a pretty fitting descriptor of the amount of time Blizzard fans have spent clamoring for a StarCraft MMO, but so far, no good. That, however, is where an old saying comes into play: If you build it, they will come. Here, though, it's more like “if you unknowingly give them the tools to build it, they'll get fed up with waiting and do it themselves.”
Using StarCraft II's suitably beefy editor, an intrepid (and undeniably gutsy) modding team has taken it upon itself to make World of StarCraft from not-quite-scratch. Currently, the mod's still in its infancy, and there's always the chance that Blizzard's waiting in the wings with a nuclear-strike-sized lawsuit to snuff out the whole thing. Granted, the World of StarCraft team has at least presented some pretty strong evidence in its favor.
“You created a tool that allowed us to do anything with your assets. You encouraged us to use your assets and were eager to see what we might come up with. You had to have seen this coming,” wrote Ryan Winzen in a forum post addressed to Blizzard.
We'll get in touch with Blizzard to see if WoS (which – at the very least – is no threat to WoW in a battle of acronyms) is in for a long and fruitful life or an immediate death sentence. In the meantime, why not check out World of StarCraft's first trailer? Edit: Well, that didn't take long. We'll keep you updated on this one, but the prognosis isn't good.
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Frivera
January 19, 2011 at 5:27am
Lol, did everyone forget that Blizzard is part of the Activision evil empire? You think that bunch of greedy bastards are gonna risk letting the fans have some fun with their mod even though it isn't costing them ANY money at all? of course not, let's get cracking and find a way to make them pay for this. There's money to be made mateys ARRRRRRR
mesiah
January 19, 2011 at 12:20am
Yeah, I'm done with Activision. They are nothing but a bunch of goons stifling the gaming world with ridiculous litigation.
somethingelse
January 18, 2011 at 10:30pm
You know, I have a feeling Blizzard would actually allow this...but it's activision property now and who are fckin goons.
If this mod was to actually happen and worked well, I would have played it just because there is no monthly fee...which is the only reason I don't play WoW.
Burn in hell Activision
