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[Ashhong]

hey guys i dont know if anybody still needs keys, but i went to gamestop and got a few today if anybody needs some. i only ask for a few $ so that i dont have to go back and cancel it. PM me

 

[Terproerg]

GG demi .

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Goddamn Zerg. I just lost like 4 matches in a row against Zerg players. I really need to find some matrix of what unit counters what.

 

[Ferrio]

Anyone wanna team up for a 2v2?

 

[mr stroke]

Is there a secret to turtling in this? I can't seem to block anything

I block the ramp with a building and build a load of bunkers and missile turrets but as soon as a small rush comes I am toast. Anyone know the correct turtle method(if there is one?)

 

[NeoUltima]

Why am I winning all my placement matches :/...I feel like I am just getting lucky and they will put me in some super league and I gonna get whooped :lol

NeoUltima.neoultima

 

[Haly]

Is there a secret to turtling in this? I can't seem to block anything

I block the ramp with a building and build a load of bunkers and missile turrets but as soon as a small rush comes I am toast. Anyone know the correct turtle method(if there is one?)

Terran: One barracks two supply depots to completely cut it off.

Protoss: Two buildings built edge to edge will only allow the smallest units to go through and force armies to funnel through or knock down the buildings. Put a zealot there to stop it. Another option is to create a one square gap, which will require two Zealots to block completely. Don't use pylons to block, it makes them vulnerable.

Zerg: Make a wall of spines, at your hatchery arced so people can't weave around it. It's an ersatz wall.

Turn on grid view while building to see how much space the buildings take up.

 

[JonAmikar]

North America: Amikar.crust

 

[Trasher]

4-1 this time during placements and they gave me Gold again. Thought I might hit Plat this time. The game I lost I could have easily won too, but I made a dumb mistake early on and got beat by a friggin double gateway build lol. Oh, and the last game I played the guy told me he was gonna report me for hacking! Apparently scouting his natural with my observer is considered hacking??? :lol He had a weird build too where he went double robo bay and then just massed Stalkers and Immortals. He got smoked.

Oh and one more thing. For some reason during the first game of my placement matches my keyboard didn't work! No binds, no messaging, nothing! I had to click EVERYTHING, but luckily I was able to pull that one out. :lol Next game I played it worked fine though. Dunno what was up with that.

 

[SteveO409]

So, uh, who wants to share a good site full of tactics and faqs? I'm pretty terrible at RTS games, but love them to death. I got the beta key, and would like to do... well... decent. Haha.

http://www.teamliquid.net/

Check the forums and SC2 beta part

 

[MisterAnderson]

ill play with ya for bit pyro

Sorry man I was on and then ate some food after I played a round with Trasher. Are you AndroiD?

Also, Zzoram what's your name/identifier?

 

[Sloegr]

Why am I winning all my placement matches :/...I feel like I am just getting lucky and they will put me in some super league and I gonna get whooped :lol

NeoUltima.neoultima

That happened to me as well. I ended up playing some very bad players and being placed a league or two higher than I deserved. I wasn't in the beta when there were 10 placement matches, but that might be nice to see again in retail (when our accounts aren't getting wiped every other minute).

How do the beta vets feel about that? Does having five placement matches rather than ten seem to make any difference?

 

[Zzoram]

Sorry man I was on and then ate some food after I played a round with Trasher. Are you AndroiD?

Also, Zzoram what's your name/identifier?

Steam.zzoram

 

[mr stroke]

Terran: One barracks two supply depots to completely cut it off.

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is it worth putting a defense on the ramps(bunker,missile turrets, or troops)

 

[jasonng]

jasonng.minkis

I was tempted to make my name sound korean to be intimidating when in fact I'm terrible.

Spoiler

I'm chinese

. Anyways, I'll add you guys when I can. Looking forward to some friendly matches.

 

[Spl1nter]

Splinter.plinter

up for some 1v1 or 2v2

 

[Darkatomz]

Ugh... I hate this computer so much. My 8800gts 640mb isn't holdng up, I keep crashing out of my games. I'm still trying to lower my setting to get the game to work, but I'll definitely need to get a completely new powerhouse in the future, maybe when the end of summer rolls around or something.

 

[Haly]

is it worth putting a defense on the ramps(bunker,missile turrets, or troops)

There is never a time when playing terran where you shouldn't be making troops. You can't straight turtle like toss with cannons (and that's rarely a good strat anyway). Put them behind the rax/depots and around the cliffs overlooking the ramps. One bunker where the cliff kind of juts out or behind the depots in case they break through should be enough.

Turrets are primarily a guard against aerial harass and detection so put them where you'd expect air to come in (rarely the front door because you'll have rines there), near your mineral line or at the center of your base to uncover observers.

 

[NeoUltima]

GGs Ferrio. That second game was unfortunate, but o well.

 

[Won]

God, I spent the whole day in the damn editor, messing around with random stuff. :lol
Need to learn more!!

 

[Ashhong]

whos playing? someone add me to the gaf chat please, about to sign on

ashhong.gaf

 

[Milabrega]

I've updated the list. Add me Milabrega.milabrega. On now and just started a gaf convo so send me a message for an invite, though I may be slow to respond if in game.

List: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20918204&postcount=11057

 

[DurielBlack]

Ugh... I hate this computer so much. My 8800gts 640mb isn't holdng up, I keep crashing out of my games. I'm still trying to lower my setting to get the game to work, but I'll definitely need to get a completely new powerhouse in the future, maybe when the end of summer rolls around or something.

My 8800 GTX from like 2006 or whatever runs it on ultra at 1680x1050 with no problems (in 2v2s at least). This game is probably pushing its limits during the large battles though.

I want to build a new comp in the next year or so I think, that way I will be future-proofed for the next two SC2 games as well as the custom mods and stuff or if they do a slight graphics upgrade like they did with the last WoW expac.

 

[Corran Horn]

My 8800 GTX from like 2006 or whatever runs it on ultra at 1680x1050 with no problems (in 2v2s at least). This game is probably pushing its limits during the large battles though.

I want to build a new comp in the next year or so I think, that way I will be future-proofed for the next two SC2 games as well as the custom mods and stuff or if they do a slight graphics upgrade like they did with the last WoW expac.

my 8800 GT runs this fine on Ultra all. I updated my CPU Memory to more modern stuff though. Can run at 45-60 FPS for most part unless alot of action

 

[Xirj]

I've updated the list. Add me Milabrega.milabrega. On now and just started a gaf convo so send me a message for an invite, though I may be slow to respond if in game.

List: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20918204&postcount=11057

Add me to the list:

xirj.xirj

 

[delirium]

I'm having an issue where after I patch the game and launch it, it loads for a second then crashes. I can't even make a character profile to report it on Battle.net. I even tried reinstalling and repatching. Anyone know about this?

 

[Ashhong]

fucking hate getting double teamed in a FFA with friends. got reaper harass in the back while other guy was hitting me with a warpprism drop in my nat. i was doing a damn good job until terran fucking dropped thor on me

 

[Corran Horn]

fucking hate getting double teamed in a FFA with friends. got reaper harass in the back while other guy was hitting me with a warpprism drop in my nat. i was doing a damn good job until terran fucking dropped thor on me

that reminds me of the Day9 cast....GUYS ITS A FREE FOR ALL!

 

[Hazaro]

haz (dot) ard again

 

[Shambles]

Just waiting for the magical email from Amazon. (Amazon Canada is now taking preorders). I will be with you soon brothers!

 

[mbmonk]

Is it pretty standard as Protoss to put 3 probes per assemilator for gas, and roughly 2 probes per mineral patch?

 

[Pandaman]

Is it pretty standard as Protoss to put 3 probes per assemilator for gas, and roughly 2 probes per mineral patch?

yes for gas, alittle more than 2 per patch for minerals.

i dont really keep count though, i tend to just eyeball it.

 

[Mengy]

Okay, I'm installed and patched up. Bnet name is:

Mengy.craft

See you guys online!

 

[Spl1nter]

so is there a chat going on?

 

[Olivero]

Oh, there is another patch... Le sigh. Servers are up tonight, right....?

 

[mbmonk]

yes for gas, alittle more than 2 per patch for minerals.

I ran test of 2 probes per mineral patch and 3 per mineral patch. 2 per seemed better, didn't try 2.5 per patch though .

i dont really keep count though, i tend to just eyeball it.

Lol. Neither do I, but I like having a solid number as a guide.

Thanks

 

[Trasher]

so is there a chat going on?

Yes. For those of us in the US anyways. Message me if you want in: Trasher.trasher

 

[Deleted member 17706]

So how do chat rooms work in this game? I really liked the old Battle.net's system, but I can't seem to find any chat rooms in SC2.

 

[Corran Horn]

DARK TEMPLARRRRRRSSSS

 

[aznpxdd]

So how do chat rooms work in this game? I really liked the old Battle.net's system, but I can't seem to find any chat rooms in SC2.

There aren't any chatrooms right now, you'd have to be invited to one. Just add some people from the list and ask them to invite you to the chatroom.

 

[Ferrio]

Lost my last game in my placement match, so I only placed gold. For the better I suppose.

 

[Spl1nter]

great this time my placement matches qualified me for platinum going to get destroyed. I went 4 and 1. my apm is like 40 im fucked

 

[Chris R]

I ran test of 2 probes per mineral patch and 3 per mineral patch. 2 per seemed better, didn't try 2.5 per patch though .



Lol. Neither do I, but I like having a solid number as a guide.

Thanks

For a normal 8 mineral patch, I believe the "best" number is 18 harvesters or 2.25 per node. Saw some very complex math equations somewhere on these beautiful interwebs stating that much as fact (while also stating that high yield bases aren't worth the hastle).

 

[hyduK]

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=119064

Some reading for anyone wanting to learn Terran.

 

[vazel]

I love the scalability of this game. My gaming PC's motherboard is RMA'ed so I'm having to use my backup PC with an Athlon XP 2800+ and Geforce 6200 and I'm getting framerate in the 20s. I only played in the beginner practice match so far though.

 

[Orangepeel]

DARK TEMPLARRRRRRSSSS

lol, twice!

good games tonight, may jump in later and get some more ladder games.

 

[Milabrega]

Since patch I can't go longer then 20 minutes without having the beta client crash. Looks like I won't be able to play for a week or two. Hope you pulled out the win JonAmikar. The Ultralisks building should put us over the top.

 

[momolicious]

My 8800 GTX from like 2006 or whatever runs it on ultra at 1680x1050 with no problems (in 2v2s at least). This game is probably pushing its limits during the large battles though.

I want to build a new comp in the next year or so I think, that way I will be future-proofed for the next two SC2 games as well as the custom mods and stuff or if they do a slight graphics upgrade like they did with the last WoW expac.

Did they upgrade Warcraft 3 graphics in the expansion pack? I couldnt notice any upgrade in graphics.

 

[Spl1nter]

Since patch I can't go longer then 20 minutes without having the beta client crash. Looks like I won't be able to play for a week or two. Hope you pulled out the win JonAmikar. The Ultralisks building should put us over the top.

shame it didnt To bad the patch fucked up your client.

 

[NameGenerated]

Wow, I actually won a game. It was a practice unranked beginner game though, but still.