Starcraft Discussion : Othor Games

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:45 am

Pretty sweet, I was (re)playing my first placement match, and then I get dropped right when I'm about to win. Awesome. I'm not even going to try playing until this get fixed, because I've been reading on Battle.net's forums, and this is happening to a lot of people, along with severe lag.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:01 pm

Just played 3 games with no lag/drop issues, seems like they might have fixed it.

Also, I just got promoted to Platinum, yay!

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:58 pm

Also, I just got promoted to Platinum, yay!

You are in the 2nd best league now!

No more copper, but there is a new diamond league. Just sayin, if you didn't know.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:21 pm

You are in the 2nd best league now!

No more copper, but there is a new diamond league. Just sayin, if you didn't know.

Yeah, I know. I am definitely not diamond league material. But still, cooler than hanging out right in the middle; at least now I know I'm above average.

*edit* Although I'm going for the beta crusher achievement, which means I have to get some wins as Zerg, which means I'm probably going to get bumped back down to gold soon. I svck at Zerg.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:33 pm

Yeah, the Zerg are IMO the toughest race to master. But can be very effective.
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Also I hate how you have to add someone using their email now...What ever happened to using plain usernames.

» Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:17 am

Yeah, the Zerg are IMO the toughest race to master. But can be very effective.

I can tell this is true because they keep kicking my :spotted owl: , but I sure haven't gotten them to work yet. I think it's probably because they're the hardest race to cheese with. The only way to do effective early harrassment as a middling-bad zerg player is to rush lings, and that'll cripple your economy way more than reaper harrass or 2-gate pressure seem to.

I'll figure something out, I just have to lose a lot first.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:18 am

Also, what to do when Bnet keeps crashing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-hsh6G3dcc&playnext_from=TL&videos=QBGI5dm6blw&feature=sub

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:58 pm

Woot, got my five zerg wins without dropping leagues. Lost a bunch, but that's okay.

Mutas are pretty good. And 6lings are funny.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:42 pm

How to win 3v3 a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cVOwh200V0&playnext_from=TL&videos=vgLbpr6DwRk

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:35 pm

How to win 3v3 a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cVOwh200V0&playnext_from=TL&videos=vgLbpr6DwRk

Just watched that. Sounds funny. Seems like it'd probably be effective for people (like me) who aren't good enough to multitask both micro and macro well for the player who's doing micro (Husky in that game) to let his allies do his macro for him. Does shared unit control let you build stuff at your buddy's buildings?

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:40 pm

Whats a money map?

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:20 pm

Does shared unit control let you build stuff at your buddy's buildings?

I would think so but not sure. I think it only allows control over your allies units. But it definitely is a good strat. I mean I'm a pretty good macro player but terrible at micro.
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El Di4blo
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Money_maps

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:19 pm

Well I just got done playing one last good game. Wont be around to buy it when it comes out, im leaving for the Marines tomorrow. Need to get some sleep before im off. But I just had a pretty epic game, Terran v. Terran, I was focusing on ground units more while the other player was focused on air. Eventually won when he didnt have any anti-air and I decided to build air.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:41 pm

Whats a money map?

A map in which your minerals and vesphane are unlimited, they're stacked on top of each other and they are incredibly close to your command center/hive/nexus.

It makes for super fast game play and massing of large forces. No expansions are required as there are enough resources in your base.

http://forums.battle.net/?sid=5000

EDIT: I just played one with 5 other people. Man they're SO bad. I think I've gotten too used to play strategically.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:50 pm

Anyone else watch the HDH finals?

Whitera vs Idra was an awesome match up.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:49 am

Also, the beta has been extended to June 7th.
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/28/starcraft-2-beta-extended-to-june-7/

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:21 am

Also, the beta has been extended to June 7th.
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/28/starcraft-2-beta-extended-to-june-7/

:celebration:

HDH Invitational was sweet, but I was sad that (3rd place match spoiler) TLO lost.

From the same commentators, here's my favorite game of SC2 I've seen so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGP1-R9rugo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkygqX_JIjk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sphi1jD_LnI, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE2Jnr0rU0

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:51 pm

This ranking system is so broken. I'm in the 1v1 bronze league yet I play someone whose in the silver league. Wut...

Also it's too bad that everyone in this game believe it's all about rushing..

» Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:02 am

Does anyone else dislike the revamp of the dark templar? In Starcraft 1 they were depicted as honorable assassins, ragged in clothes; they were more like Zeratul. Now they're scythe wielding, mean faced dark knight looking guys.

» Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:39 am

Does anyone else dislike the revamp of the dark templar? In Starcraft 1 they were depicted as honorable assassins, ragged in clothes; they were more like Zeratul. Now they're scythe wielding, mean faced dark knight looking guys.

I mean, I can't imagine the actual plot of the game is going to portray them too much differently from SC1...that whole "persecuted but honorable assassin" mystique is really all there is to the DTs. As to their looks, I think they look pretty sweet now.

No, my problem with the DT revamp is that they become normal Archons now.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:24 pm

Some thoughts on Battle.net 2.0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-r_uCaFxg8

It's a long video but some of the things Blizzard is doing is ridiculous.

» Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:22 am

Some thoughts on Battle.net 2.0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-r_uCaFxg8

He talks a lot but for some reason I don't turn it off.

Also, KIIIITTY!!!!

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:57 am

Some thoughts on Battle.net 2.0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-r_uCaFxg8

It's a long video but some of the things Blizzard is doing is ridiculous.

I actually watched that last night. He makes excellent points, and it really makes you wonder what the hell Blizzard is doing.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:52 am

Also, KIIIITTY!!!!

Yeah, lol. They're so cute.

But I mean having region locked games where you can't play with any europeans if you're american. That's just dumb.

Also no LAN play and chat rooms is a big negative. I'm hoping Blizzard will fix it.

» Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:11 am

I am addicted to BattleCraft.

Just had an epic 29 minute match. First 27 minutes was pretty evenly matched. I did have to save my ally with an armageddon and I gave him overall a couple thousand minerals. The last 2 minutes decided the end. I massed air and took down my opponent. Tried ground before, the 500 mineral Immortals + Colossus, but he also had some defence units. After he was down, the next dropped damn quickly. Most of my air units survived and went on to his base. He masses Marines, I armageddoned, he managed to kill my guys, my team-mate had sent in loads of Lings and Colossus, I sent Mutas as backup. BLAM! Victory thanks to me.