zomg Starcraft 2 beta down but not really May 28, 2010

Blizzard is currently constructing additional pylons

*Update: The current phase of the beta will be extended to Monday June 7, 2010 from May 31, 2010. One more week of awesomeness wooot!

Zomg. I got a beta key today. But just as I got into a game, the servers shut down and kicked me out 15 minutes in while giving me constant reminders that “The system will shut down in X minutes”. RAAGGGEEE. Apparently this is how blizzard uploads patches… Anyway, a recent patch made it possible to play super awesome custom user maps on multiplayer, so that means you can play tower defense, cat n mouse, and a whole bunch more that I don’t remember right now (can’t wait for Simpsons,  golems, and cannon defense ). Speaking of custom maps, the included galaxy editor (that was made available in an earlier patch) is quite comprehensive and complex, allowing you to do a lot of cool stuff. It’s so cool, I can almost forgive the decade long development process and the fact that it should be all one game, not part of a trilogy. Nonetheless, its still awesome and I will probably take July 26th off to wait in line with all the other fanbois.