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StarCraft 2 Beta |OT| (Beta Now Reopen, GL HF)

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TurtleSnatcher

Member
Zzorram is now in the Beta.. :)


Thanks to my friend invite. He has a lot of post activity in this thread so I know he will be active - So yay!


From Blizz CM on Bnet forum regarding invalid key on friend keys.

Yes, it's a known issue with some keys. We're looking into the issue as we speak.
In the meanwhile you could tell your friend to try to enter only 26 digits of the key, this means that he has to leave out the very last digit as he probably received a 27 digit key.

Thank you for your understanding :)
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clav

Member
steadfast said:
So I sent a friend the invite key and when he tried to register it this morning, battle.net said it was invalid.

Has a keygen already been engineered? Do I blame Kim Jong Il? I feel horrible for getting his hopes up for nothing.
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http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23767190758&sid=3000

Looks like it might be a widespread issue.

Same here. Sent one to a friend. He says it's invalid.

TurtleSnatcher said:
Zzorram is now in the Beta.. :)


Thanks to my friend invite. He has a lot of post activity in this thread so I know he will be active - So yay!


From Blizz CM on Bnet forum regarding invalid key on friend keys.
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The original key is 26 characters long though........
 
P

Procarbine

Forever Platinum
garath said:
So as a Starcraft newcomer, I've been trying to get the basics down as well as learn the game - units, tech trees, etc. I've made some good progress and won the last couple I played by some miracle (it's more quality of opponents as opposed to my own skill) but I'm still working out an efficient starting build order.

Currently playing Protoss (though terran looks like another possible race for me), any suggestions on a quick and dirty build order to start the game off and be able to hold off any quick rushes?

I don't have a set plan yet but I've been mostly creating probes until I have about 9 mining, (boosting when it's available) then I go create the first pylon. After that I pump out another probe and build a gateway. Immediately after I build my first refinery, then I generally pump out a couple more probes to get the gas while I build a couple zealots. It's never consistent and mostly a mess from here.
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I don't have any build advice for you, as I only play zerg, but you need more than 9 workers on minerals.
 
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Won

Member
aznpxdd said:
Which one of you has the most post count in this thread and still doesn't have a key?
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I only have 24, but it would obviously increase with a key. :p

Also hand it out on the begging thread.....enough of this stuff here!
 
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Corum

Member
New AI preview for the less favoured Blizzard people.

Version 7.0 Preview:
- Reactive AI. AI will understand different strategies and how to counter them.
- Attack code overhaul. AI will understand which units are good for what and will use them accordingly. For example, if he masses marines and marauders as well as a few reapers, he'll use the reapers to attack your workers while attacking you at the front with MMs.
Unit logic overhaul. Individual units are now less stupid. SCVs repair damaged buildings and stanks (in the heat of battle ). Queen uses creep tumors, terran buildings lift off when taking damage from ground units. The list goes on.
-Customizable difficulty. You will now be able to modify the difficulty easily. This won't only be -APM changes and mineral bonuses. Setting the AI to easy mode will mean he'll be slower to counter, he might forget to counter, he won't reach saturation as fast, he won't mass as many units. All of these options will be open to the end user.
-Many, many more additions and modifications.
 
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TurtleSnatcher

Member
aznpxdd said:
Which one of you has the most post count in this thread and still doesn't have a key?
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Who Posted?
Total Posts: 5,709
User Name Posts
Ice Monkey 242
Zzoram 202
TurtleSnatcher 175
Hazaro 169
TheExodu5 159
Pandaman 141
The Lamonster 126
aznpxdd 122
Fragamemnon 114
autobzooty 109
ZealousD 109
mint 106
Milabrega 101
Scrow 97
Door2Dawn 96
Minsc 71
Trasher 68
nilbog21 57
InsertCredit 44
FromTheFuture 42
claviertekky 41
zoukka 40
Wedge7 39
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If hes account sharing - isnt he okay then and doesnt need one?
 
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Won

Member
Corum said:
New AI preview for the less favoured Blizzard people.

Version 7.0 Preview:
- Reactive AI. AI will understand different strategies and how to counter them.
- Attack code overhaul. AI will understand which units are good for what and will use them accordingly. For example, if he masses marines and marauders as well as a few reapers, he'll use the reapers to attack your workers while attacking you at the front with MMs.
Unit logic overhaul. Individual units are now less stupid. SCVs repair damaged buildings and stanks (in the heat of battle ). Queen uses creep tumors, terran buildings lift off when taking damage from ground units. The list goes on.
-Customizable difficulty. You will now be able to modify the difficulty easily. This won't only be -APM changes and mineral bonuses. Setting the AI to easy mode will mean he'll be slower to counter, he might forget to counter, he won't reach saturation as fast, he won't mass as many units. All of these options will be open to the end user.
-Many, many more additions and modifications.
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That thing starts to sound dangerous.....next step...taking over the world.
 
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Pandaman

Everything is moe to me
TurtleSnatcher said:
If hes account sharing - isnt he okay then and doesnt need one?
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well he only gets a few hours in the late evening. plus it opens up more available keys for gaffers as more friend invites go out.

i figure if i get a key in the next invite, he gets it. but if he gets in we might both get keys in the next invite, which would be +2 keys for gaf.
 
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Hawk SE

Member
steadfast said:
So I sent a friend the invite key and when he tried to register it this morning, battle.net said it was invalid.

Has a keygen already been engineered? Do I blame Kim Jong Il? I feel horrible for getting his hopes up for nothing.
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The exact same has happened to me.

I received a key, but when I tried to put it in - I got: Key is invalid.

I sent an e-mail to Blizzard Support
 
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TurtleSnatcher

Member
Pandaman said:
well he only gets a few hours in the late evening. plus it opens up more available keys for gaffers as more friend invites go out.

i figure if i get a key in the next invite, he gets it. but if he gets in we might both get keys in the next invite, which would be +2 keys for gaf.
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eh no one knows if they are doing friend key waves again after this.

They may just do normal waves.

He is tied with autobzooty in posts.. wonder if that guy has a key?

nilbog21 said:
YO WHO WANTS TO PLAY SOME 2v2s? TURTLE U ON? ID?

what are the ID's of people that are always on/decent ?
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I'm at work.. And if I play from the office its usually at 5pm cst.
 
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Yaweee

Member
TurtleSnatcher said:
eh no one knows if they are doing friend key waves again after this.

They may just do normal waves.

He is tied with autobzooty in posts.. wonder if that guy has a key?



I'm at work.. And if I play from the office its usually at 5pm cst.
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They might not have to do any more waves of either; part of giving keys to people to give to their friends probably leads to keys being given to people interested in actually playing the game, rather than the people that will play a few matches then let their key idle; I suspect a rather large percentage of the initial keys were given to WoW players that don't really care.
 
H

hyduK

Banned
So I'm guessing that instead of a wave on beta invites, they gave people keys to give the friends? And suddenly I wish I had friends :lol :lol .

Oh well, Day[9] still loves me.
 
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Pandaman

Everything is moe to me
TurtleSnatcher said:
eh no one knows if they are doing friend key waves again after this.

They may just do normal waves.

He is tied with autobzooty in posts.. wonder if that guy has a key?
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Im just fighting for my brother in arms, man. :p

after he's locked in ill flip a coin between neo, yaw and ter. :lol
 
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Orangepeel

Member
I know it's ot and theres another thread, but is anyone playing the broodwar right now? I'm bored =/

*oh and friend invites :3 thats pretty cool... I guess... too bad I dun have any friends...

*wink* /love
 
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infinityBCRT

Member
TurtleSnatcher said:
Zzorram is now in the Beta.. :)


Thanks to my friend invite. He has a lot of post activity in this thread so I know he will be active - So yay!


From Blizz CM on Bnet forum regarding invalid key on friend keys.
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hmm-- my friend only had 26 digits and its still not working for him.
 
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Freakinchair

Member
steadfast said:
For fucked up friend invites, just saw this:

http://www.sc2pod.com/trackers/blue/starcraft-2/?id=5101

They say it should be sorted out by tomorrow
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Yep - All my friends in the beta got their invites this morning. One of them sent me one and the key is invalid. Im pretty sure the problem is pretty widespread at this point - really hope they get it fixed for today because I REALLY wanted to play some fucking Starcraft 2!
 
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ZealousD

Makes world leading predictions like "The sun will rise tomorrow"
Milabrega said:
:lol Zealous step ya game up!
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:lol

Yeah, I knew I was pretty bad, but I had no idea I'd be losing even in the Bronze league. I never really played SC1 Ladder so that's likely a contributing factor.

TurtleSnatcher said:
If hes account sharing - isnt he okay then and doesnt need one?
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I still really want a key of my own. I don't need to fuck up Panda's record any further, lol.
 
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TurtleSnatcher

Member
ZealousD said:
:lol

Yeah, I knew I was pretty bad, but I had no idea I'd be losing even in the Bronze league. I never really played SC1 Ladder so that's likely a contributing factor.



I still really want a key of my own. I don't need to fuck up Panda's record any further, lol.
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:lol

Oh yea now I remember you saying you were losing 3 in a row in Bronze last night :lol
 
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ZealousD

Makes world leading predictions like "The sun will rise tomorrow"
Pandaman said:
i dont mind, but i'll be poking fun at it forever. :lol
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If you really want a laugh, check the replay for the TvT Steppes of War ranked match I did. :lol
 
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Pandaman

Everything is moe to me
ZealousD said:
If you really want a laugh, check the replay for the TvT Steppes of War ranked match I did. :lol
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replays are stored locally, but i can see the score summary. :p

did he just expand all over the map or something? 74 workers, damn. :lol
 
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ZealousD

Makes world leading predictions like "The sun will rise tomorrow"
Pandaman said:
replays are stored locally, but i can see the score summary. :p

did he just expand all over the map or something? 74 workers, damn. :lol
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Okay, so we're just playing normally, and I figured he was a bit of a noob, because he kept sending like 2 marines to my base to get slaughtered every 2 minutes. Did not capture his natural. I send a sizable force up to his main base around the time I hit Tier 2, and I slowly beat him down with attrition and siege tanks. He lifts off a couple of his buildings, and I have to build some Vikings in order to kill them. Figured I had won and he just wanted to delay the inevitable as long as possible.

Next thing I know, there are BATTLECRUISERS and BANSHEES knocking on my third expansion.

Early in the game, he had built a second command center I didn't see and landed it on the protected expo in the southeast. The whole time I was killing his main base, he had built 3 starports at his protected expo. I simply did not have enough Vikings to deal with those Battlecruisers at this point, and even though the battle went on for another 10-15 minutes, I lost.

aznpxdd said:
Do you want your own key Zealous?
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Si
 
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Pandaman

Everything is moe to me
ZealousD said:
Okay, so we're just playing normally, and I figured he was a bit of a noob, because he kept sending like 2 marines to my base to get slaughtered every 5 minutes. Did not capture his natural. I send a sizable force up to his main base around the time I hit Tier 2, and I slowly beat him down with attrition and siege tanks. He lifts off a couple of his buildings, and I have to build some Vikings in order to kill them. Figured I had won and he just wanted to delay the inevitable as long as possible.

Next thing I know, there are BATTLECRUISERS and BANSHEES knocking on my third expansion.

Early in the game, he had built a second command center I didn't see and landed it on the protected expo in the southeast. The whole time I was killing his main base, he had built 3 starports at his protected expo. I simply did not have enough Vikings to deal with those Battlecruisers at this point, and even though the battle went on for another 10-15 minutes, I lost.
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I cheesed mila and another gaffer in a similair fashion, we had a three person FFA on the four player map with the natural and a rock expansion in base. at the start, i picked terran and floated up behind the rocks and rushed banshees.

to anyone exploring, they'd have to guess which of the two free bases was mine and which rocks to attack.
 
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ZealousD

Makes world leading predictions like "The sun will rise tomorrow"
Pandaman said:
I cheesed mila and another gaffer in a similair fashion, we had a three person FFA on the four player map with the natural and a rock expansion in base. at the start, i picked terran and floated up behind the rocks and rushed banshees.

to anyone exploring, they'd have to guess which of the two free bases was mine and which rocks to attack.
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Well he wasn't really cheesing with a banshee/battlecruiser rush or anything. He had a pretty sizable main. 2 racks and 2 factories. But just as I was finishing off his factories, he started building those starports. The time he wasted flying those buildings around was all he needed to get a force up.
 
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Pandaman

Everything is moe to me
ZealousD said:
Well he wasn't really cheesing with a banshee/battlecruiser rush or anything. He had a pretty sizable main. 2 racks and 2 factories. But just as I was finishing off his factories, he started building those starports. The time he wasted flying those buildings around was all he needed to get a force up.
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ah, i see.

battlecruisers are weird in sc2, much stronger then before. they dont really have to worry about storrms and it seems corrupters are the only truly viable anti air against them as you'll have them ready for the broodlord evolution anyway.
 
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