Re: Starcraft 2 and slow modem link

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From: Man-wai Chang ToDie 33.6k
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:42

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> back in 1998, the logical choice would naturally be to optimize it for
> broadband connections. 

Reasonable.

> How (un)playable that means  it well be on modems remains to be seen,
> until the game is released.

It would be better if one could choose map size based on expected speed
of connection, for example, 64-player for broadband and 8 player for 33.6k.

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Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:42:03 +0800
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