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StarCraft 2 Beta |OT| (Beta Now Reopen, GL HF)
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Procarbine
Forever Platinum
ZealousD said:
At a higher level of play this is true, but if I were to guess, low level players will have a much easier time running and stopping with stimmed marauders than trapping with forcefields. I'd even guess that in low level play the shields might miss by a lot and hurt the zealots.
EDIT: PS: Updating now, tonight the war is on.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Anyone else get annoyed when people spout glhf at the start and then pull some bullshit all-in strat? One of the two of us ain't going to be having fun you nitwit.
mescalineeyes
Banned
Oh it's not blizzard I am pissed at.mcrae said:
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I only say GL, I dont care about your fun factor!Son of Godzilla said:
mescalineeyes said:
I played the beta last night on 10.5.8, not sure how it requires 10.6.4
Of course I am using a Macbook with the X3100 so the game looks like Starcraft 1 but it still runs pretty quick on low everything :lol
It ran faster for me last night then when the Mac Client first launched
ChronicleX
Banned
Son of Godzilla said:
I either lie or say some random bullshit to confuse them, works best if your random. Example pick random then announce in chat a race you are not so they fuck up their build order should they beleive you :lol Or "Plz don't die too fast, I want to practice this XXXX Rush" then do a fast expand
throwawayname
Member
winnarps said:
i must have one left somewhere
pm me
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
after such a long break, I'm almost afraid to go back and see if I'ms till King of the Losers.
I feel like I've forgotten how to play.
I feel like I've forgotten how to play.
joelseph said:
What is it then?
If I say good luck to an opponent before a basketball game when we are lining up for the tip off, I wouldn't expect him to tell me to fuck off.
Edit: I bet btkadams wouldn't be so brave if we had some sort of system implemented that showed your real name instead of an internet handle... ;P
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Pfft, I've played like 30 games and I still can't figure out when to get a geyser as Terran.Cru Jones said:It will probably take you about 10 games to get back into it and remember your build orders, etc. Just do it
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
I "gl hf" regardless, one time I gl hf'ed during a worker rush. Ezrarh and I each built one worker and sent our first 6 to one of our enemy's bases, disabled him but ultimately did no damage, said gl hf just before we hit.
We ended up winning too, even though my toss macro was bad, they ended up being worse. I think I posted that replay up here earlier in the thread.
We ended up winning too, even though my toss macro was bad, they ended up being worse. I think I posted that replay up here earlier in the thread.
Nardonicus
Member
Rez said:
Just dive in dude. It's the only way.
I felt like I was starting at square one yesterday. Of course I still don't really know wtf I am doing. I never played SC1 and only had the SC2 Beta for about a month for the 1st phase before it went down.
I was in gold before, but now, for phase 2, I got bumped down to Bronze :lol
I feel totally lost, but damn its so fun. When I win a game, I want to play again to relive that wonderful feeling, and when I lose I need to play another game to try and win.
mescalineeyes
Banned
markatisu said:
well I rolled back to 10.6.3 and SC2 was all like nuh-uh, sorry.
I can tell it's optimized better, but the input lag is still insane.
BishopLamont
Banned
Not sure about America or wherever you are but Australia has EB Games doing a midnight launch.ZealousD said:
BishopLamont
Banned
Marauders only look good coz people like to spam the basic units against them (rines, zealots, lings). They get slaughtered by everything else past that.
Mudkips said:
But you are, gl hf is "common courtesy". You meet someone, you decide to play a game of chess, the least you do is say "Hi". This isn't some 40 man TF2 server where you coming and going is hardly noticed, this is a pretty personal thing. So try and be nice and breed a good athmosphere.
And you don't have to gg but say something, even "damn, thx, bye" is vastly better than simply rage quitting. Is nice
BishopLamont
Banned
"I feel shit coz I'm a lazy asshole and people know that".Zyzyxxz said:
FoxSpirit said:But you are, gl hf is "common courtesy". You meet someone, you decide to play a game of chess, the least you do is say "Hi". This isn't some 40 man TF2 server where you coming and going is hardly noticed, this is a pretty personal thing. So try and be nice and breed a good athmosphere.
And you don't have to gg but say something, even "damn, thx, bye" is vastly better than simply rage quitting. Is nice
Zyzyxxz said:
Yes to "bless you", but only because it's futile - I sneeze in bursts of 40.
I am more than happy to engage in standard pleasantries in person.
I am more than happy to exchange them online with total strangers.
But for random matchups, I simply don't see the point in following the standard script.
It is insincere. You are not wishing the person good luck. You are competing against them, hoping they lose. Hell, I know people who time when they say it in an attempt make their opponent take a second to respond during a key point in the initial few seconds of the game.
Saying "gg" is even more insincere. Most of the time "gg" is said by soon-to-be victors, and it comes off as "I win, you lose!". Other times it's said by one person on a team, as a way to deride their allies' performance. Other times it is said by the soon-to-be loser as "You got me.".
Rarely is it actually used to mean "good game".
Do whatever you want, but I choose to say "good luck" or "good game" only when I actually mean it.
The problem I have with it (as I stated) is that if you don't mindlessly spam "glhf" and "gg" at the start and end of every game, people then think you're an asshole.
GG I can understand if you end up having a long game that goes back and forth. GLHF is a completely hollow gesture I find. I don't want to wish my opponent good luck. I want to win. Him or her having good luck means I can lose. Have fun also is something I don't do. Them having fun is them proxying me and I hate that. A simple hi or hello is fine I think though at the beginning of a game.
Anyway other then is anyone having worse lag then before? To the point where the screen freezes for almost a minute, the waiting box doesn't appear, but then unfreezes? Last game I played I think the other player had it as well.
Anyway other then is anyone having worse lag then before? To the point where the screen freezes for almost a minute, the waiting box doesn't appear, but then unfreezes? Last game I played I think the other player had it as well.
BishopLamont
Banned
Thats the problem right there, noone thinks you're an asshole, its something you concocted up in your brain because of your guilty conscience which makes you really an asshole. You're also confusing GG with GG NO RE.Mudkips said:
gl hf
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
gl hf is as much a part of my game starting process as apm spam is, it's automatic. I don't care if the person responds, I really don't care what they respond with. I'll talk a little with them if they say something interesting or have an interesting name. Otherwise, I don't really process or care about what the other person is saying because I'm playing Starcraft, and to play it well you've gotta be fast and focused.
I live for game ending comments though, my favorites are from winning with proxy hatch, always hilarious.
Also, this is taking forever to update. The download was initially at like 340 kb/s and going very fast, now it's going between 8 and 25, anyone else seeing this? There aren't any options for me to play with either =\
I live for game ending comments though, my favorites are from winning with proxy hatch, always hilarious.
Also, this is taking forever to update. The download was initially at like 340 kb/s and going very fast, now it's going between 8 and 25, anyone else seeing this? There aren't any options for me to play with either =\
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Trasher said:
THE HYPE
Mudkips said:
The meaning of GLHF and GG has changed over the course of their use, and means more than what they just say. It's part of etiquette. A gesture of good spirited competition, similar to touching gloves in boxing, or a handshake at the end of a tennis match. You aren't wishing your competitor luck in winning the match. You're acknowledging him and wishing him the best, as he should to you. GG should only be called by the loser, signalling the end of the game. Almost always bitterly, but being satisfied that the outcome was fair. The victor should return with a similar gesture. These are the types of things that bring a sense of healthy competition. You should not be mindlessly saying it, although it is certain that there people out there that do. But by not doing it at all, you aren't treating the game with any of its due respects. It doesn't matter if your opponent is random or not, they are still part of the community.
Yeah, you're an asshole.
Shalashaska161
Member
Man, sometimes life is unfair. The new PC I ordered finally came in yesterday, and I was planning an entire weekend of Starcraft 2 shenanigans. Unfortunately, the videocard is borked meaning the game freezes up after a couple minutes. So no beta for me.
Orangepeel
Member
I've been droped/disconnected off bnet twice now, annoying times...