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NetEase Counts Down to Starcraft II Beta?

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StarcraftWire.net reports that NetEase, the Blizzard-appointed distributor of StarCraft 2, Diablo 3 and WoW in China are holding a countdown for some game with graphics very similar to Blizzards.

Combined with Blizzard representatives in China engaging the Chinese fansite community in the last week, it seems likely to be a countdown for the Chinese StarCraft 2 beta. There's currently no official information when the Beta might start in the West.
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Wuushu - 232 days 11 hours ago
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Wooohoooo, it's getting closer!
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thetamer - 232 days 11 hours ago
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Hmm, I don't know if Blizzard would have let China of places know first if I'm being honest...
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Recka - 232 days 11 hours ago
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well why not? Starcraft is played alot among the Asian community so why not release there first? Don't get me wrong I could be WAY off about it being the date... I hope it is but
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Leord - 232 days 11 hours ago
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Considering that StarCraft 2 most likely will make the most money in China, it's likely.

I mean, even if a much lower percentage of gamers in china plays than anywhere else, the amount of games sold/subscribed to will still be a LOT higher.
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Fyzzu - 232 days 11 hours ago
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Really doubt this is the beta. I'd love to be wrong, though.
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Leord - 232 days 11 hours ago
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I wouldn't say I didn't have my doubts, that's for sure.
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Dorjan - 232 days 11 hours ago
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China know and we don't! How unfair! :(
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Leord - 232 days 11 hours ago
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The graphics are very similar to the ones on WWI, that has to be said...
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ZidaneNL - 232 days 7 hours ago
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I don't think it's the SCII beta either, but I'm keeping my hopes up! ^_^
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kuangtu - 232 days 7 hours ago
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It's very unlikely to be sc2.

xyx could be a lot of things, but nothing closes to Starcraft. And I don't think NetEase would do a count down for that.
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kuangtu - 232 days 7 hours ago
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163,aka NetEase, like to use aabbreviation of a game to name its second-level domain. For example, wow.163.com, it's the website for World of Warcraft. In the domain name, xyx.163.com, xyx could be a abbreviation of many Chinese character combinations, but none of them is close to Starcraft.

The background music is not Starcraft style at all, not even close.

NetEase won't suddenly open a site with count down for Starcraft when they didn't update their official Chinese Starcraft 2 site (starcraft2.com.cn) for more than a year? Also it's unlikly for them to know the fixed date of the beginning of SC2 beta.Even they do, they won't dare to open up a count down so hastily.
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