Java isnt as good for big games since you have to use the java virtual machine, which somewhat hinders performance but allows compatability on mac, windows and linux.
I wasnt going for the "full scale game" im just talking a small project that we can all get our names on, and i wasnt going to replicate starcraft i just wanted the "feel" of it plus without any 3D moddeling it would make it that much easyer. Thanks to all the people who support the idear, but like i said its not definant but if the right amount of people are interested than maybe we could make something of it.
Thats true, i got into 3D modeling a little bit but it wasnt my area though i can make a skin for a 3D model pretty well. When i was in school my friends and i made a photographic map of our school in Quake 3 it was almost exact. it also got us into a lot of trouble.