StarCraft 2 Devs celebrating the (StarCraft 2 Beta? :)

xbillehx of SC2GDF happened on some high-yield minerals for news starved SC2 fans.  While checking out one of Jace Hall's (self-proclaimed best gamer) youtube videos, he caught a glimpse what appears to be a Blizzard developer party going on in a few frames. Re-wind and pause and you can catch something on the big screen in the background:

Joneagle of starcraft2forums.org:

There's been a lot of proverbial dirt flying around the StarCraft fansite arena this week. First there was a rumor tossed around by ThisIsGame.com (a Korean site) claiming the upcoming investor meeting would announce the StarCraft 2 beta. Then an unnamed fansite *cough* TheWarCenter.net *cough* leaked an entire e-mail from Blizzard. It all came to a head earlier this week and then one of our members brought our attention to a tidbit he and his friends gleaned from a blue post.

According to Bashiok Blizzard had a visit from internet personality and self-proclaimed "best gamer ever" Jace Hall. Bashiok said the visit was "recent" which means (through elementary detective work, Watson, since Blizzard takes almost all over December off) that it must have occurred sometime in January. In any case, Mr. Hall has published a preview of the third season of his show on YouTube. Where it gets real interesting is an almost invisible clip at 2:16 where a meeting of Blizzard employees including Chris Sigaty and Dustin Browder are having some beers celebrating something. What would they be celebrating? Well the giant projection of a StarCraft 2 menu stating "Welcome to the StarCraft 2 Beta" might just be an oopsie. Oopsie!




Not to downplay all this but, frankly, it all means nothing. That being said, we thought it was something everyone should be aware of just in case February 10th turns out to be D-day. Wouldn't want anyone to be surprised now. So take a look, come up with your own theories, and then blame it on the government, or the aliens, or whatever you need to. We'll continue to sift for the truth.


By the way, Bashiok, I'm loving your hilarity at 1:02. Wave off the camera, buddy. Next time might want a sheet over the board when you've got a rogue on campus! "Are you filming our design board?!" Classic. Also, if you're a Diablo III fan you might want to check out 0:58 when he actually records the design board. It means nothing to me, but it might make someone's day!

More screenshots from that split moment:






Yeah I colorized it to get some contrast in there, it was already pretty obvious lol!

Originally found by xbillehx of SC2GDF
Source: StarCraft2Forums
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