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StarCraft 2 Beta |OT| (Beta Now Reopen, GL HF)
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Mardil said:
Man, Reaper harass is amazingly effective at bronze-gold level. Especially against Protoss if they haven't put a cannon in their mineral line. If they aren't getting stalkers ASAP you can farily easily Micro their Zealots that come to stop you, especially with the speed upgrade being 50/50 now, I wonder how soon I could manage to sneak the upgrade into production.
I haven't used Reaper rush for a while, preferring to get tanks/air sooner, but I might try it again with the reduced upgrade costs.
watervengeance
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Alright, anyone want to play now?
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I'd love it if some of you guys posted some of your game replays in this thread. The more replays I watch, the wider my SC vocab of possible strategies gets.
If only I played as much as I thought about this game. I usually only play one or two matches a day, if that. Once I finish one match I'm usually spent. It's hard to get myself motivated to start over again without a bit of a cooldown time.
If only I played as much as I thought about this game. I usually only play one or two matches a day, if that. Once I finish one match I'm usually spent. It's hard to get myself motivated to start over again without a bit of a cooldown time.
Corran Horn
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The only really big one was the Game editor patch...which was around 500MB...the rest were not too largemcrae said:
watervengeance
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I'm so bad at 3v3 and 4v4...
Anyone want to play?
Anyone want to play?
Corran Horn
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if you get a group, surewatervengeance said:
PhoenixDark
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Server just go down? I got kicked out of a game with a huge lag spike out of nowhere
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for the last week or so it has said I've had four placement matches yet when in reality my ladder placement has been advancing in my profile screen.
Mardil said:
well considering the upgrade is to speed, which wouldnt have a huge effect for a ranged unit in a mass battle, i think your evaluation of their best use is pretty accurate. i'd like to see my terran partners try this more often. reapers can go where mutas cant, sometimes.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Damn I want to watch SC1 videos, all of Husky's and HD's SC1 videos are gone. Anyone know if they are randomly hosted somewhere? or a torrent? 
Corran Horn said:Damn I want to watch SC1 videos, all of Husky's and HD's SC1 videos are gone. Anyone know if they are randomly hosted somewhere? or a torrent?
Any event or league you're looking for in particular? nevake - Youtube and Jon747 - Youtube are good sources. TeamLiquid VOD is also a good spot.
So, I'm just getting across the issue that online play is going to be region locked. I can hardly believe it because it makes zero sense.
First question: Do we know if Australia is going to have its own region or will we be lumped in with the States?
Secondly, even if the answer to the first question is "yes", this whole thing is getting me to question whether I will even buy the game. I can't believe more isn't being made of it. I mean the only thing I can think of is that I'm interpreting the whole thing wrong, and that it's just the ranked matches that will be region locked.
Can someone confirm that I, as an Australian, will not be able to play against people from Europe, or possibly even Americans, in any way?
First question: Do we know if Australia is going to have its own region or will we be lumped in with the States?
Secondly, even if the answer to the first question is "yes", this whole thing is getting me to question whether I will even buy the game. I can't believe more isn't being made of it. I mean the only thing I can think of is that I'm interpreting the whole thing wrong, and that it's just the ranked matches that will be region locked.
Can someone confirm that I, as an Australian, will not be able to play against people from Europe, or possibly even Americans, in any way?
The problem is not with the unit, but what you give up.Zen said:
a 20 on 20 reaper / marine fight ends up even... but reapers cost an extra 50 gas each and take 40 seconds to build. That is far far too long. They should only be used in small numbers as a harassment unit imo.
Since medivacs and banshees can also fill this role I never get reapers.
You will be on the Asia server with an English client. Most of your matches will be with AU, NZ, and whatever north of you speaks English.legend166 said:
If you want to play on the US and EU servers currently you will need a second battle.net account, and thus another copy of SC II.
SiliconBean
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Is it possible for any jackass who was stubborn about not playing Starcraft 2 before launch able to somehow get a beta key and play?
Can't believe tanks got nerfed.
That's just. Ugh. Fuck.
Make Zerg better or something. :lol
Tanks will be the same in critical mass, but won't be as effective when you have 4 or so.
Tanks when you had 4 were not the problem. When you had 14+ tanks it was a problem.
Auto target AI with no overkill is too good.
That's just. Ugh. Fuck.
Make Zerg better or something. :lol
Tanks will be the same in critical mass, but won't be as effective when you have 4 or so.
Tanks when you had 4 were not the problem. When you had 14+ tanks it was a problem.
Auto target AI with no overkill is too good.
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patch is up bnet is down, apparently
NukeTheStars is a good SC1 commentator if you want to watch the OSL.
Roaches die in the same number of hits, so do hydras, and zerglings. More importantly marines with shield die in 2 hits, zealots die in 4 hits, and so do stalkers. This affects early TvP more than anything (The +1 negates those if it still gives +5 instead of lets say +4)Zen said:
Sure the splash might only now kill 80% of your units instead of 100%... but another 1 second and the next tank volley will obliterate you.
You are still going to have to walk into tank range and that is pure suicide.
I played a 2v2 yesterday where it was TTvsTP. I personally dread this matchup since it means they will have more tanks than me.
They both went Bio.
I contained them and expanded to the entire map before they stimmed into my 14 tanks. I didn't lose a single one. (Thank you PDD and Protoss meat shield) :lol
watervengeance
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Hazaro said:
TT in 2v2 is so scary if you let the game drag on. -shudder-
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annnnd we're back
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I'm going to do better than Bronze this time, I can feel it.
is delusional
-COOLIO- said:
Honestly, Reapers need fixing, and they've needed fixing for many a patch now. They are extremely powerful within the first couple of minutes, basically whenever an opponent has very few units, but they're absolute garbage after then. Require an Engineering Bay and then reduce the build time by like 10 seconds or so. It's the only Tier 1/1.5 unit in the game that has zero viability in the mid and late game.
Zen said:
See if I can get em... At work right now.
I actually faked worked and went to a mistress +5 who gets the reference
EDIT:
ChronicleX vs tlau
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M981E0KC
They actually played two games, most epic!
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hahahaha
made gold league.
it would have been platinum if I could actually work out how to counter early terran pushes. it feels like they can get out a solid force of marines and marauders before I can get enough zealots/stalkers out. I can never get enough Immortals either; I figure it would be foolish to tech to them that early and waste all them minerals.
Any tips as far as that is concerned? That's how I lost the two placement matches I lost.
I am proud.
made gold league.
it would have been platinum if I could actually work out how to counter early terran pushes. it feels like they can get out a solid force of marines and marauders before I can get enough zealots/stalkers out. I can never get enough Immortals either; I figure it would be foolish to tech to them that early and waste all them minerals.
Any tips as far as that is concerned? That's how I lost the two placement matches I lost.
I am proud.
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MisterAnderson
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wipe. Need to re-add. PyroGX here.