StarCraft 2 Beta Opt-In, Q&A, and Art Changes!

In an effort to condense the day's news, I'm creating one thread to discuss them all. I will link from here to other threads created by Seradin and Tychus respectively.

Click these links to discuss these topics individually:

Sigaty Interview

Beta Opt-In

Stay in this thread if you want to discuss the art changes to the Queen and Spawning Pool.

New Queen:



New Spawning Pool:

 

I am making a Digg right now. I will post the link later, you might want to include it.

 

Thanks for the combine man, oh i love the new changes.. i always thought the old spawning pool looked outa place.

 

Awesome, the old spawning pool reminded me of my dog's poop. Yeah gross I know, but I'm glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.

The new one's pretty cool.

 

Start Digging people!

We really need to beat the other sites who dug this already.
Come on, we have far more active members!

 

I've said it, and I'll say it again. The old spawning pool model looked like something from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r20/JACKOVER/charlie_and_the_chocolate_factory_0.jpg

 

More like a cinnamon bun from the Cholocate Factory It also kind of reminded me of a Moonwell from WarCraft 3.

 

New Spawning pool looks absolutely amazing!. Blizzard has done a great job with the Zerg art. Every single unit and building is looking very detailed. Right now, I think that Terran and Zerg are both looking to be extremely polished. On the other hand, I believe that the Protoss could use some polish. Some of the units don't look very detailed compared to the Terran and Zerg. Hopefully, Blizzard does another art phrase for the Protoss.

 

Could anyone compile a thread of all the new unit art.


Anyone wanna place bets as to when this bad boy will come out?

 

We have a sticky topic for that in the competitions board. Shouldnt be hard to find'... Since it's a sticky.

 

Loving the model changes, except I think the spawning pool should have 2 pools instead of one.
Good Luck to everyone on the beta opt in. = )

 

I kinda liked the old look of the spawning pool, but I do like the new queen look.

 

The art changes are amazing! Zerg now look less cartoonish. I like it.

 

I luv it, and the queen has like a web out like a frog, and a darker eviler look, wich I love! Notice they made both darker. Now it isnt as childlike. Good move.

 

I dunno, but all the zerg updates seem to make everything more shiny. The other models also stood out a lot more. Maybe it's just me but the shine they've put on everything takes away from the feel of the game. StarCraft I was dark and foreboding while this game appears to be all shiny and bright (I know people disagree with me and say check screenshots but I still find it to be a brighter, more shiny game)

Graphically it is a nice update but I still think they need to continue on to perfection.