You don't have to be connected all the time to play. Are you guys crazy?  All that happens if you're not connected all the time is that your achivements arent stored.

that deal is for usa/na only... as usual

Updated the OP:

This available now on amazon for $29.99.  Looks to be just a black friday special, but its free shipping on the retail box.  http://www.amazon.com/Starcraft-II-Wings-Liberty-Pc/dp/B000ZKA0J6/ref=br_lf_m_409566_1_4_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=videogames&pf_rd_p=1334773502&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=409566&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0HQQFD1CYM4SSTAB53GT

Meh... the first one is better. And cheaper.

Amazon = no tax for most, retail copy with dvd, and free ship.  Blizzard likely = tax, no retail copy, but you can download it immediately. 

What tax?

People are talking about Diablo III where you will need to be online all the time, since it's a client-server game like in MMOs.

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As for SCII, I wouldn't buy it anymore. It's single player is pretty bad (worst storyline in quite some time) and multiplayer is, for me at least, much more fun to watch then to play myself.

Well, I agree re: multiplayer.  Couldn't disagree more re: the single player.  I loved it and got a substantial amount of replay out of it going for unlocks and playing on higher difficulty. 

Well the amount of modded maps that exist and everything from shitty FPS ro adventur games to their version of Dota to a version of Bejeweld extend its longevity quite alot. The biggest problems with the multiplayer is that it added very little  new to Starcraft 2. Heck you might play SC 1  and enjoy it nearly as much. There are no unit formations, no turning of buildings etc. Its game mechanics are still stuck in the early 90's. But that's part of its charm to I guess. But it  does also make the classic ladder mode extremely repetetive.

I liked the multiplayer myself. I liked the story to even though it's your typical  one-sides black and white story when i comes to the terran faction at least.
The way they expanded on Kerrigan was brilliant I think but even that part has some plotholes.  The campaign mode also has a small degree of replayability with different paths to take at a few locations and  different ways to solve various missions Achievement-hunting ain't my thing but it's there to for those that like it.

About D3, yeah I'm not buying that at all. Looks a bit to flashy to.