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 what video games could be come, andwe wa nttota ke t hisopportunity wi t h St arcraft 2 to push E-Sp ortsfo r ward .  B ut, w e reall y  h o p e t ha tlot so fpeopl e o ut ther e see howfun  i t is and jum p  o n board to  ma ke their own  to urname nt s f o r our  ga mes o r whoe v er's g ames. Aslo n g as w e  have a l ot  ofE-Sports out ther e ,w e'll have more  E-Spo rt s  p l a yer s,more sites  a nd bi g ger sit e s. I t 'sj ust good forthe busines s  ov erallan d b e causewe pu ts o m uch energyinto  it, it's  goodf or us.S o  we are  reall y h opi ng t h at  E -Sp or t s,i nthe Sta tes spec if ic allyandi n E urop e a s we ll ta kes off likeithasi n K oreawhere  it' shuge.  We se e tha topportunity lik e “w ow this i s s ofun ,there ' s no r eas onthis co uldn'tb e a  w o r l d- wide phenomenon” i ns t e ad  of onelimite d  t oa  few pla ce s i n th e world .Weh av en't got ten to th at  pointye t wher eweare  desi g ning  stuff  exclusi velyf or expansions, but we haven' t  b e e nt hrow ing  anything o ut.I f we  hav e  s ome t hingthatdo e sn ' t fit right now but  w e thin k it' s cool, we'll  ear markt h a t as “po ssib l ee xpansion”. Lik e atthis point we're go ing t o be don e with th e original  St arc raf t 2 h er e, Wings of L i b erty  w hen the y r ip it o utofour  co ld  dead han ds. We a re  g oi ng  to  pute very oun ce  of  e ner gy in t o this  rele asean dt hen  we'llw or r y  abo ut  t he e xpa ns ions. So i f  we  have a n awesome  id e a th at  w ill jus t not squeeze  i n, sure, w e' llearmar k that for  expansion. But we area lways w atc hingto s ay “hey d oes  thatsud d enly f it?” a nd if  i t f i t s, we ' l lput  i t in the s h i p.N o wear en't  leavin g any intentionalh ole s, is that wh atyoua r eask i ng ? Nowe are n ' t doing anythin g where we  t h in k “there's a h ol e herebut wecan f i ll it w ith the e xpansion” .We a r e  tr ying to ma ke thisgame comp l ete – li ke if  no body b uy s a ny ot her pr o duc t, th is gam eneedsto be  a wesome.Like if Blizzard gets h it bya met eor  tomorrow  an d  we  all die,  atleast Star Cra ftII wa s a w esome  – t h at 'sw hat i t ne e ds to be. T he n w i t hthe expansi o n s  th ere's  ju s t goin g to  be more, and wea re going to tu ne a n d  tw eak thega meplay and giv e y ou s ome more  s trategic op tions, b ut we ar e defi nitely  not lo o k in g  at th is l ike  we are g oin gt o inten ti on a lly le avebl anks t hat ca n  bef i lled later on. T hat w o u ld pr o bab ly be  p retty l a me ( laughs). N o, we are d efinit elythink ing ofth em assep ar ate produc t s, like
 what_video games_could become, and we_want to_take_this opportunity_with_Starcraft 2 to_push E-Sports forward._But, we really hope_that lots of_people_out there see how fun it is and jump on board to make their_own_tournaments for_our_games_or whoever's games. As long_as we have a lot_of E-Sports_out there, we'll have more E-Sports players, more_sites_and bigger sites._It's just good for the business overall and because_we put so much energy into_it, it's good_for_us.So_we are really hoping_that E-Sports, in the States specifically_and in Europe as well takes_off like it has in Korea where_it's huge. We see that opportunity_like “wow this is so_fun, there's_no reason this couldn't be_a world-wide phenomenon”_instead of_one limited to_a few places in the world.We_haven't gotten to_that point yet where we are_designing_stuff exclusively for_expansions,_but_we haven't_been throwing anything_out._If we_have_something that doesn't fit right now_but_we think it's cool, we'll ear mark_that as “possible expansion”._Like_at this point we're_going to be done with_the original Starcraft 2 here, Wings_of Liberty_when they_rip it out of our cold dead hands. We are going_to put every ounce of energy_into this release and_then we'll_worry_about the expansions.So_if_we have_an awesome idea that will just not_squeeze in,_sure, we'll earmark that for expansion._But we are always_watching_to say “hey does that suddenly_fit?” and if it fits, we'll_put it in the ship.No_we_aren't_leaving any intentional holes, is_that what you are asking?No we_aren't doing anything_where we think “there's a hole here_but_we can fill it with the_expansion”._We are trying to make this_game_complete_– like if nobody buys_any other product, this game needs_to be awesome. Like if Blizzard gets hit by_a meteor tomorrow_and we all die, at_least_StarCraft_II was awesome – that's what it needs to be.Then_with the_expansions there's just_going to be more, and we are going to tune_and tweak the gameplay and give you_some more strategic options, but we are definitely not looking at_this like we are going to intentionally leave_blanks that can be filled later on._That would probably be_pretty_lame (laughs). No, we are definitely thinking_of_them_as_separate products, like