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StarCraft 2 Beta |OT| (Beta Now Reopen, GL HF)
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TurtleSnatcher
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...GregLombardi said:
Thats the point of a beta to fix kinks.. and to just randomly assume its down due to the amount of users is stupid.
So here's a few replays from last night.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SDFOCVJY
Mint (T) / BaginaPunch (Z) vs Zealous (Z) / Panda (P)
Twilight Fortress ~ 40 minutes
Highlight: Panda goes horribly wrong by blocking my zerglings with his sentries just before storming them to death. =P
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Demi (T) / Haly (P) vs Zealous (P) / Moofaa (P)
Kulas Ravine ~ 11 minutes
Moofaa and I go crazy, decide to do a double proxy rush. It works!
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Demi (T) / Zealous (T) vs Moofaa (P) / Panda (P)
Kulas Ravine ~ 27 minutes
Demi and I try to tech air, Mass Vikings and Mass Banshees. It doesn't work.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SDFOCVJY
Mint (T) / BaginaPunch (Z) vs Zealous (Z) / Panda (P)
Twilight Fortress ~ 40 minutes
Highlight: Panda goes horribly wrong by blocking my zerglings with his sentries just before storming them to death. =P
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Demi (T) / Haly (P) vs Zealous (P) / Moofaa (P)
Kulas Ravine ~ 11 minutes
Moofaa and I go crazy, decide to do a double proxy rush. It works!
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Demi (T) / Zealous (T) vs Moofaa (P) / Panda (P)
Kulas Ravine ~ 27 minutes
Demi and I try to tech air, Mass Vikings and Mass Banshees. It doesn't work.
then click the multiplayer button on the side of your replay screen. 
a pack of my own:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=327A0NCL
contains:
Panda/Mint Vs. Borg/Vautrin - we're tied 1-1 now.
Panda Vs. Soap - super bluff wins the game.
Panda Vs. Mila - Mila always beats me.
Soap Vs. Haly - best. game. ever. a shame spectator commentary isn't saved.
Panda/Mila Vs. Mint/Moofaa - *highfives mila*
@blizz: I'm Panda.Craft
a pack of my own:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=327A0NCL
contains:
Panda/Mint Vs. Borg/Vautrin - we're tied 1-1 now.
Panda Vs. Soap - super bluff wins the game.
Panda Vs. Mila - Mila always beats me.
Soap Vs. Haly - best. game. ever. a shame spectator commentary isn't saved.
Panda/Mila Vs. Mint/Moofaa - *highfives mila*
@blizz: I'm Panda.Craft
Mila linked me to the list (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19850112&postcount=806) which I apparently hadn't found, sorry about that. I added several people.
Two things I just found out, and someone please educate me if this is wrong:
1. No EU vs US play even on release? Does this mean we can't join a korean/EU/whatever server to play friends? That's sad. Maybe there was a huge discussion on this already and I just missed it.
2. If you only add people as "starcraft 2 friends", you can IM them, but is there any way for them to view your profile, add you as a friend, etc. just from the chat window? Otherwise I don't think they can even block you without asking for your ID.identifier.
Two things I just found out, and someone please educate me if this is wrong:
1. No EU vs US play even on release? Does this mean we can't join a korean/EU/whatever server to play friends? That's sad.
Maybe there was a huge discussion on this already and I just missed it.2. If you only add people as "starcraft 2 friends", you can IM them, but is there any way for them to view your profile, add you as a friend, etc. just from the chat window? Otherwise I don't think they can even block you without asking for your ID.identifier.
Hey door,
try going to your replay folder, right clicking on the replay you want to watch and choose the starcraft 2 as the program to open it with fix that issue when I had it. Might work with you.
Man, I took a few days break from sc 2 to play gow3 and some ff13, came back and I am doing horrible lol. Either I got rusty very fast or people got very good fast, hell maybe a combo of both.
try going to your replay folder, right clicking on the replay you want to watch and choose the starcraft 2 as the program to open it with fix that issue when I had it. Might work with you.
Man, I took a few days break from sc 2 to play gow3 and some ff13, came back and I am doing horrible lol. Either I got rusty very fast or people got very good fast, hell maybe a combo of both.
MisterAnderson
Member
Zzoram said:
I'll play, add me: VertigoII.vince
Ice Monkey
Member
Zzoram said:
i was idling along with 5 other gaffers, had no idea why nobody was playing and i didnt want to be the guy to be like "hey letrs all join a party, but you guys play each other"
Blizzard said:1. No EU vs US play even on release? Does this mean we can't join a korean/EU/whatever server to play friends? That's sad.
Yeah I wasn't sure as long I didn't have the beta myself, but this could be a real dealbreaker. No idea what Blizz was thinking there. :/
Also I'm at 3:2 on my placement matches. Expected much worse.
Playing random I have to say that I really like Protoss so far. Lots of fun stuff there.
Not so hot on Terrans. Not exactly sure why.
Well and the random god doesn't seem to hand out Zerg to me. So yeah!
Ice Monkey
Member
is there anyone here who didnt get a friend invite beta key other than me? This is starting to piss me off that somehow I wasn't part of the elite group who got friend invites.
Ice Monkey
Member
yes but i would have given a key here if i got one, is that reason enough to want a friend invite? lol
God, I need to learn how to spend ressources properly as soon as possible. Just had an 1h17min game against a Terran, who tried to rush with Banshees, but had no gameplan after that failed. He didn't even expand. Only flew around his main after he ran out of minerals. Shame on me, should have been able to end this game much faster.
Won said:God, I need to learn how to spend ressources properly as soon as possible. Just had an 1h17min game against a Terran, who tried to rush with Banshees, but had no gameplan after that failed. He didn't even expand. Only flew around his main after he ran out of minerals. Shame on me, should have been able to end this game much faster.
I feel you. It's definitely easy to get overwhelmed trying to maintain micro/macro across multiple bases while simultaneously maneuvering your army and trying to run harass. A lot of times when I'm doing well with harass I forget to macro entirely.
Its a tricky balance, but really rewarding when you do well.
MisterAnderson
Member
Hey Zzoram, not sure what happened I'm guessing you had to go or got disconnected after our match, I went AFK for a sec and when I came back our chat box was gone and you were offline, so if you did say bye or whatever, I didn't see it, but good games earlier and thanks for all of the tips!
Freakinchair
Member
haha wow. Me and FromTheFuture (Alumnus) just finished our 2v2 placement and we got... platinum. LOL
I expect to lose every game here on out but man we had a good laugh.
Turns out the best way to win a game is to assume the opponent is going with the most obvious strat and going with a counter to it. Once you get obs and you see what he's actually doing you can change. When we were up against terran/protoss I made collosi, like clockwork the enemy opponent went MMM/zealots teching to carriers. My collosi destroyed the MMM and we killed the protoss player before he could make more than one carrier. Games with zerg we assumed they were going to roach rush and I would tech to immortals. Worked for the last 5 games perfectly. Although now that I'm in platinum Im guessing this wont work so well anymore.
I expect to lose every game here on out but man we had a good laugh.
Turns out the best way to win a game is to assume the opponent is going with the most obvious strat and going with a counter to it. Once you get obs and you see what he's actually doing you can change. When we were up against terran/protoss I made collosi, like clockwork the enemy opponent went MMM/zealots teching to carriers. My collosi destroyed the MMM and we killed the protoss player before he could make more than one carrier. Games with zerg we assumed they were going to roach rush and I would tech to immortals. Worked for the last 5 games perfectly. Although now that I'm in platinum Im guessing this wont work so well anymore.
MisterAnderson
Member
I won 3 games in my placement 1v1 and ended up in copper :/ haha fail.
It'll be atleast another 4 or 5 ai practice matches before I feel like losing badly online again I think. I atleast got the hang of doing an early game with the terrans now, I can get a good starter economy going.
So now I've been messing around with mid-game and late game developments and I think building 2 structures for whatever unit it is you are going for seems to be a better idea. I'm also slowly figuring out some of the newer units, a pack of 4 ravens with maxed out energy can prove hilariously devestating to a base- you simply summon up 16 sentry guns.
I'm still not sure how I feel about having hellions and maruaders over firebats. Or the current setup for how nukes can only be stored 1 at a time at a ghost research building but whatever, I'm shitty enough that I doubt I can get far enough into a game to worry about ghosts
So now I've been messing around with mid-game and late game developments and I think building 2 structures for whatever unit it is you are going for seems to be a better idea. I'm also slowly figuring out some of the newer units, a pack of 4 ravens with maxed out energy can prove hilariously devestating to a base- you simply summon up 16 sentry guns.
I'm still not sure how I feel about having hellions and maruaders over firebats. Or the current setup for how nukes can only be stored 1 at a time at a ghost research building but whatever, I'm shitty enough that I doubt I can get far enough into a game to worry about ghosts
DurielBlack
Member
Freakinchair said:
Your right on most games, because right now MMM/Roach are probably the strongest strats available for Terran/Zerg (although certianly not the ONLY viable strats).
Protoss have good counters from Immortal/Collosus/Templar but right now it feels like it takes them a bit too long to get those higher-tier units assuming everyone is equal skill level. MMM in particular seems strong and from the number of people playing Terran it seems likely. Its not unbeatable but it seems as Protoss I have to work harder to beat it than I do against, say, Roaches.
PvP matchups seem pretty boring. Almost like whomever gets the first Collossus and doesnt get out-micro'd wins. I haven't played too many PvP matches though since everyone wants to play Terran/Zerg.
Protoss still get some cool stuff, like proxy pylon/gateway builds.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Im online.. Alt tabbing back and forth here and there.aznpxdd said:
FromTheFuture
Member
Anyone want to play with me? I'm not bad.
Alumnus.mosaic
Alumnus.mosaic
been teaching my friend how to play. frustrating. Why is zerg so hard and why do noobs pic them!?
Anyways been playign heaps of terran, ever since warp gate got nerfed by toss is troubled.
I started a new terran BO in which I do 2 supply depots instead of supply depot barracks to keep my income up. Also, when do you guys go com stat station?
Anyways been playign heaps of terran, ever since warp gate got nerfed by toss is troubled.
I started a new terran BO in which I do 2 supply depots instead of supply depot barracks to keep my income up. Also, when do you guys go com stat station?
Fragamemnon
Member
DemiMatt said:
double depot slows down orbital command, which in turn slows down mule, not to mention leaving you open against an early game rush.
I usually go orbital command on about 16 supply right after my rax is done.
when I fast expand (almost always against Zerg, save for a couple of maps, not so much against Terran and only on a couple of maps against Protoss), I hold off getting gas until after the CC is going.
SC2 workers are much more efficient at getting minerals than gas, and Terran can actually hold off quite a bit with marines+bunker+SCV repairing, so if you're trying to get an economical advantage with a fast expand I would suggest looking into skipping gas and just getting marines from one rax, then a second one after the CC is build+bunker.
For replays, check out Morrow or strelok's stuff from the the EU servers ( http://www.goodgame.ru/demos.php?ocd=view&id=22747 for a recent replay pack w/ them in it). Be warned though that the US servers are full of annoying people who have their own stupid brands of cheese and all-ins that you'll lose to from time to time with builds like this because the things they do are so awkward/ridiculous that you won't see them coming.