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Topic: StarCraft II Beta (Read 326436 times)
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Vaiti
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Was going to be playing game throughout the night. Been playing alot of practice games with the AI just to get a hang of the hotkeys and what does what.
vaiti.vaiti, I'm in GMT +2
I'm going to have to buy a new mouse for this game alone. I keep sendind order to units then rushing off to do something else, then seeing a minute later that the earlier units didn't get the click. My undead mouse is going to be the death of me.
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Wolf
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I got a Deathadder 3.5G recently and I'm very happy. It's an awesome mouse if you got big palms and don't feel like shelling out for a Mamba. I really feel like playing tonight, but I have a raid and I'll go fail with a gimped setup, subs and undergeared people, while other people do whatever they want. Wonder if there's some hidden truth about me somewhere in that last sentence :P |
As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Wolf
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Got some more keys to give, if anyone's still looking
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Phry
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A friend of mine could use one, I sent you a PM. :)
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Engels
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inflicts shingles.
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Got some more keys to give, if anyone's still looking
I wouldn't mind giving it a shot either. |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
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Segoris
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Got some more keys to give, if anyone's still looking
I'd love a key if you have extras. Also, if we use a key, can we invite someone as a guest pass from our beta activated account then? I thought I remember hearing about that but I'm not too sure anymore. |
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Merusk
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Badge Whore
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More invites went out as I got in, check your b.net accts.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Segoris
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Yeah, I'm still not lucky enough for the new wave of invites.
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Ironwood
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Played a BLINDING game as Zerg yesterday and I think I've finally got the hang of them.
If the Zerglings don't work, it's worthwhile bearing in mind that what the Protoss and Terran call a Fast Expand, the Zerg merely know as an 'Expand'. Hatchery the whole bloody map, you know you want to.
Further, I'm becoming a master at the Nydus Worm.
Opening two at the same time, one obvious, the other hidden, is the current key to success. They usually run to cover the eruption they see, at which point the ally base gets SWARMED.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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K9
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I've been playing zerg, it definitely requires a lot more though than either protoss or terran. Zerg are definitely the most vulnerable to an early rush, and you have to be always thinking more in advance and planning where you are going next. That said, if you can make it to about 10 minutes, you should be in a strong position to win.
Still have a lot of difficulty with Siege tanks in the middle of a marauder/marine ball, and I'm yet to really get the hang of banelings. Brood lords also feel a bit weak. That said, just had three bizarre games vs terrans. The first rushed to nukes and was using those to pressure me before I got detection (this was really frustrating). Next rushed to battlecruisers, and managed to whittle down about half of my natural, but then lost out to a mass of hydralisks. Third guy just turtled up on two islands like mad, with about 50 vikings and missile turrets everywhere. He couldn't move off, but pushing onto his island was two hard. I only won when I manage to catch his vikings moving between the two corners. Motherfucker turtled for 35 minutes and then had the gall to say I had an annoying strategy.
Still, I'm improving with zerg.
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Ironwood
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Seige tanks are dealt with by burrow. Get it quick and get it early. Roaches that are slowly swarming towards the tank are awesome.
Battlecruisers are dealt with by the awesome power of the Nydus Worm.
Turtling, deal with it with the Nydus Worm.
Really, it's all about your Nydus Worm.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Mosesandstick
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What about infestors? MC-ing a siege tank should lead to a lot of collateral splash damage at the least right?
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Ironwood
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That used to work; these days you have to either have a LOT of energy laden infestors or they're going to focus fire on you and those things are made of tissue paper.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Malakili
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What about infestors? MC-ing a siege tank should lead to a lot of collateral splash damage at the least right?
You're best off mind controlling a big unit of some sort, BC or Thor if they have them. If they attack moved, a lot of their units will start firing on it, taking the heat off your units AND killing one of their big guys. A tank could be a decent target though, if they have none of the bigger units. |
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K9
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Making Fungal Growth a wee bit cheaper would be nice I think.
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I love the smell of facepalm in the morning
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kidder
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Wolf if you have another key, I have a friend who would be very happy to get one. Thanks for the hookup earlier.
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Wolf
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Bah just left the office :( I can send on tuesday (national holiday monday right before beta ends is so much win)m
Btw anyone know why we euros don't have the patch yet?
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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bhodi
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No lie.
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We don't either. Patch is imminent, b.net shut down about 15m ago.
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Thrawn
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Just got back in, looks like ladder reset and 3v3 and 4v4 are open now.
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"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
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Ironwood
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These patch notes look bullshit.
Is this patch now bullshit ?
LET ME IN DAMN YOU.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Ironwood
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Wow. Losing my win/loss record is just fine.
Losing all my friends list ? Not so much.
No, actually, I change me mind. I've lost my ranking so I have to do the pre-ranks again which is an effort in utter frustration when you get partnered with a chap who has NO IDEA how to play.
That was an embarrassing loss.
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« Last Edit: May 22, 2010, 01:53:04 AM by Ironwood »
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Wolf
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My game bugged, can't patch :( Uninstalling right now so I can do a full reinstall :(
Also - real friends persist, at least they did in the last couple of patches. They just have to create an account so you can see them.
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Wolf
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is bnet buggy? I get dropped the second I start my second drone :(
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Mosesandstick
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Wait, 3v3s and 4v4s? FILTHY EUROS UNITE!
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Wolf
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completely down atm :( Can't connect. Oh, well. Getting dropped out of two placement matches is pretty FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Mosesandstick
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I'd just like to add, I'm pretty sure this time I won't get stuck in the copper leagues. Willl ultralisks running over my forcefields into my soft unprotected sentries and stalkers become a reality? :(
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Ironwood
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Two placement matches with Diddies and then the 3rd, we're about to romp it and I get dropped.
Yay.
(Yes, I know, beta and whatnot.)
Also, I tried my hand at 3v3. It's no fucking fun WHATSOEVER. Was up against 3 terran who just put missile towers and seige tanks all over the map. You literally can't do anything.
Massive resource stalemate for hours ??! That sounds like FUN !!!
Count me outta that shit.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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K9
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Yeah, battle.net is being really screwy today. That said I'm fucking around in my placement matches because I'd rather not get stuck in a higher league.
Also, I don't like the change where they only way to add friends seems to be either through facebook (?) or by passing around your logon details. Why remove the option to add by in-game id?
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I love the smell of facepalm in the morning
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Ironwood
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Did they ? I don't like that shit either.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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K9
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You can still add people by directly interacting with their profile (either from a joint match, or from a replay or a battle report) I think; but that's a ton of hassle.
Given up on SC2 for today. Loosing BNet connections in all but one of my games is getting fucking annoying.
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I love the smell of facepalm in the morning
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Ironwood
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Ditto.
Yeah, this whole 'right click to add' thing is great if you ever see your friends.
And that would require getting into a fucking league...
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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naum
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OK, have beaten the computer AI though I haven't played against a real live opponent.
Never got into SC much back when, was more into the AoE/AoK/Kohan stream, so I was totally clueless about the various units and structures…
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trias_e
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Two placement matches with Diddies and then the 3rd, we're about to romp it and I get dropped.
Yay.
(Yes, I know, beta and whatnot.)
Also, I tried my hand at 3v3. It's no fucking fun WHATSOEVER. Was up against 3 terran who just put missile towers and seige tanks all over the map. You literally can't do anything.
Massive resource stalemate for hours ??! That sounds like FUN !!!
Count me outta that shit.
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Thrawn
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Hm, first 3 games when fine but a few minutes into my 4th the game kind of half froze. I could still clock and select and everything, but nothing was happening or moving and no notice of me or the other player disconnecting.
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"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
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bhodi
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No lie.
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Everyone's freezing. It's a b.net issue.
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