@Flyingwizard
So your account is a US account and the key is a US key right ?
You can still download the us client and play the game in US server. Just for the sake of trying out the beta.
But hurry up i have heard that the beta closes today but im not sure.
Flyingwizard wroteAnyone knows if i can get the installer files given to me on a DVD, will I be able to install them on my PC even if they were downloaded on a different one?
Yes you can install the game. you can also just copy and paste the installed game files(from another pc) no need for an installer for it. The game patches itself if theres a patch missing.
Well I've just been with their support and it seems the Beta keys are region-free keys. Since my account was registered from www.battle.net (hence it redirects by default to the US database regardless of your country) it was labeled as US account and as such, the beta was registered under the North American phase.

The beta closes on June 7th, there's still time. I am downloading the installer from my friend's private server so I hope it will be up and running soon.

How big are the patches? The installer is already 1.6GB in total!
Flyingwizard wroteWell I've just been with their support and it seems the Beta keys are region-free keys. Since my account was registered from www.battle.net (hence it redirects by default to the US database regardless of your country) it was labeled as US account and as such, the beta was registered under the North American phase.

The beta closes on June 7th, there's still time. I am downloading the installer from my friend's private server so I hope it will be up and running soon.

How big are the patches? The installer is already 1.6GB in total!
Oh that clears it on the key part.

The patches are around 2Gb and a bit more. Not sure cause it doesint really put how big they are but i they all took me around 9 hours to download all of the patches on my 512k connection during unlimited nights.
why lately the games tends to have huge patches !!!

Anyway I started playing SC online, i know its an old game, yet there is always dozens of people playing it at any time you log-in, & the funny part is that I'm playing it through Cyberia. :lol:
I must say... wow !!

I played like 34 games yesterday and only won 2 haha..

I hate the rushing tactics because protoss are so disadvantaged on early game and i'm playing protoss all the way.

Games end in like max 11mins :(

Must practice more but the graphics are very nice and the lag is non-existent except once every 10 games and both me and my opponent just 'hang'. Apparently that was due to bnet servers since they went offline later on at night.

Overall, pretty nice :)
Not waiting for Starcraft II per se, but waiting for an AOS map (DotA style) to be created for that game.
Flyingwizard wroteI must say... wow !!

I played like 34 games yesterday and only won 2 haha..

I hate the rushing tactics because protoss are so disadvantaged on early game and i'm playing protoss all the way.

Games end in like max 11mins :(

Must practice more but the graphics are very nice and the lag is non-existent except once every 10 games and both me and my opponent just 'hang'. Apparently that was due to bnet servers since they went offline later on at night.

Overall, pretty nice :)
This game doesn't have servers, it uses P2P (Peer 2 Peer) much like that of CoD MW2 & other RTS games CoH, DoW2 . . .
a month later
OK guys I found out, that you can download any version of the client of the game directly from blizzard, so for those who have pre-ordered the US version of the game, you can download the European Client, & then download the entire European game, offcourse that is after you recieve & install the US version of the game. because u need the code/serial etc...

Flakk check it.

PS: sorry for bringing this old topic back.
Thanks for the headsup shatilov, ill check it out.
7 days later
8GB download is really an overkill.

Does anyone have the discs ?

I guess my copy will arrive early August but I could use someone's help if you got the discs (i.e: I could arrange for a small fee)
Flyingwizard wrote8GB download is really an overkill.

Does anyone have the discs ?

I guess my copy will arrive early August but I could use someone's help if you got the discs (i.e: I could arrange for a small fee)
From where did you pre-order it ?
No one has it already ? My CD-Key is activated on BNet and ready to go, pending full game installation.
just got a copy of Starcraft 2 at Virgin Megastores in city mall. Its an EU standard version fully packaged.

If you havent bought it yet go there now and get a copy.
How much did it cost you ? I didn't know Virgin gets computer games so fast...

Would you be willing to copy the DVD for a certain price and maybe meet up somewhere?
Nevermind. For those that came across this topic and for lack of an answer above, the price is 69,00 USD.

If you are planning to buy the game, I am selling the full original disc package along with an unused online CD-KEY (EU) region, for $50.
Hey I have bough starcraft 2 and it's awesome but the problem is the skirmish mode (versus a.i) doesn't work . I just can't create a game . They tell me no content found or something like that
Because you need to have an Original Cop of the game, the pirated "cracked" versions of the game allow you to play only the Single Player Missions.