wraggster
February 11th, 2011, 01:44
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Ryan Winzen's dream of using the StarCraft 2 mod tools to create his own full-fledged MMORPG wasn't crushed by Blizzard -- rather, it was only renamed. Winzen's "World of StarCraft (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/world-of-starcraft)" mod, which saw its video demos pulled from YouTube (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/world-of-starcraft-mod-zerg-rushed-by-blizzard-lawyers/) by Blizzard (citing copyright violations), is now known by a much less infringing title: "StarCraft Universe (http://www.techspot.com/news/42356-world-of-starcraft-reborn-as-starcraft-universe.html)." (We just hope the Lego Universe folks don't take umbrage with the new moniker. Yeesh.)
It seems the modders that are working on StarCraft Universe with Winzen have also adopted a much more realistic set of goals to go along with the new name. For instance, they're adhering to the 12-player cap that's applied to all other player-made StarCraft 2 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/starcraft-2) mods. We guess that makes it just a "MORPG," now -- though that also sounds like the name of some kind of exotic alien species. But hey, that's kind of appropriate too!
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/10/world-of-starcraft-mod-reborn-as-starcraft-universe/
Ryan Winzen's dream of using the StarCraft 2 mod tools to create his own full-fledged MMORPG wasn't crushed by Blizzard -- rather, it was only renamed. Winzen's "World of StarCraft (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/world-of-starcraft)" mod, which saw its video demos pulled from YouTube (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/world-of-starcraft-mod-zerg-rushed-by-blizzard-lawyers/) by Blizzard (citing copyright violations), is now known by a much less infringing title: "StarCraft Universe (http://www.techspot.com/news/42356-world-of-starcraft-reborn-as-starcraft-universe.html)." (We just hope the Lego Universe folks don't take umbrage with the new moniker. Yeesh.)
It seems the modders that are working on StarCraft Universe with Winzen have also adopted a much more realistic set of goals to go along with the new name. For instance, they're adhering to the 12-player cap that's applied to all other player-made StarCraft 2 (http://www.joystiq.com/game/starcraft-2) mods. We guess that makes it just a "MORPG," now -- though that also sounds like the name of some kind of exotic alien species. But hey, that's kind of appropriate too!
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/10/world-of-starcraft-mod-reborn-as-starcraft-universe/