I had no idea...

[Barabajagal]

Other Starcraft Expansion Packs?
StarCraft: Retribution
StarCraft: Insurrection
I'm downloading em both off some torrents, and I'll upload em to my site when I'm done. Did anyone else know about these?

[Spht]

That brings back memories ...

[disco]

That brings back memories ...

Yeah.  I remeber seeing these for sale on ebay years back, but I always assumed they were just some fan created campaigns or something like that.  Never really bothered to look into them.

[l)ragon]

Theres a few more campains that they did iirc, not sure if they were sold though.

[LordNevar]

They were basically just map packs from what I remember. Other than that I never really knew too much about them.

[Barabajagal]

Well, Retribution finished downloading, just waiting on Insurrection now.

[Warrior]

They are "unofficial" addons made by other people. Retribution is quite good.

[Barabajagal]

Actually, it says they're both endorsed and authorized by Blizzard...

[Warrior]

unofficial and authorized are two distinct things..

[LordNevar]

Like Diablo - Hellfire, Blizzard authorized Sierra to make it, but officially didn't want anything to do with it.

[Barabajagal]

Retribution is an authorized expansion pack to StarCraft, published in 1998 by WizardWorks Software, independently from but endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment.

StarCraft: Insurrection (formally known as Insurrection: Campaigns for StarCraft) is an authorized add-on pack for StarCraft developed and published by Aztech New Media and released on July 31, 1998.

From the wiki pages I linked to. Next time, read the links a little bit. Those are the first sentences on both pages.

[Warrior]

Retribution is an authorized expansion pack to StarCraft, published in 1998 by WizardWorks Software, independently from but endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment.

StarCraft: Insurrection (formally known as Insurrection: Campaigns for StarCraft) is an authorized add-on pack for StarCraft developed and published by Aztech New Media and released on July 31, 1998.

From the wiki pages I linked to. Next time, read the links a little bit. Those are the first sentences on both pages.

AUTHORIZED AND OFFICIAL ARE DIFFERENT THINGS. Official is when it's produced, marketed, and sold by Blizzard entertainment.

Next time, get your facts right before you try to be an asshole.  I wish I could make a machine to stick my hand through your monitor, grab your face, and bash it on your PLUM keyboard over and over.

[Barabajagal]

I'd say anything that's authorized and endorsed by Blizzard can be counted as official. I think you're using official incorrectly.

[Warrior]

I'd say anything that's authorized and endorsed by Blizzard can be counted as official. I think you're using official incorrectly.

I think you're using it incorrectly. You can authorize and endorse something without it being an Official product made by Blizzard.

Do you see a special version code for Insurrection or Retribution? Do you see special Battle.net icons for it? Do you even  see any new units/tilesets added? Any new functionality?

NO. It's a goddamn map pack.

[Barabajagal]

It's still recognized by Blizzard as an expansion pack... that's what Authorized tends to mean in this context... recognized as part of something by the creator of said something. How much more official does it need to be for it to be official?