-What the hell is the Weekly Forum Challenge (WFC)?
The WFC is a new idea I came up with that will pit one forum member against everyone else in the forum. Basically, you apply to be in the WFC and when your name is called, you take on everyone else in the forum.
-Huh? Why would I want to do that?
Because it's fun, keeps the forum more interactive, and allows you to improve your game by playing a lot of different playstyles.
-OK, who do I play against?
Everyone. It doesn't matter if your Bronze or Master, these games are no ranks barred. Yeah, if you're a Bronze level player you'll probably get splattered, but you will be learning something and have a set of replays from which to study. You could use this opportunity to practice a single build and see how it fares against several other types of builds. Either way, it will be a good learning experience and fun!
-Sounds interesting....what are the rules?
If your name is called, you will take all invites from Sunday to Saturday that week. Opponents can challenge you via forum posts, PM's, or on B.Net. You must try your best to take on every challenge, so be prepared to spend a few hours on b.net during your week.
-I'm only a Bronze leaguer. I'll get squashed so I don't want to enter.
Hold on there a minute, I'm not done yet. Any WFC entrant can request a live-coach regardless of their rank. Yes, any rank. The coach may only give advice during play in ally chat to you and you cannot ask questions. The coach also cannot tell you what the enemy is doing or steer your build to screw over the enemy. Only tips like, watching your supply counts, build more structures, drone up, scout, expo, spend money, etc. The coach can be anyone the WFC wants and can change from game to game. You can talk with your coach before and after games to discuss strats, build orders, and the like.
-Awesome! I think I want to participate. How do I enter?
PM a message to me with "WFC" as the title and the following information:
-Forum name
-B.Net ID with 3 digit code
-Race played (please only use one to reduce headaches)
-Rank
-Do you want a coach?
-Timezone (easy conversions for us lazy Americans please)
-At least three different weeks you want to apply for with your most favorable choice first (example: 03/20-03/26, 03/27- 04/05, and 04/13-04/19)
-Your choice of how you want to play matches, either bo1 or bo3
-Great, I sent out the information and got accepted. Now what?
Now you have to openly accept challenges from the forum. Post the time or times you will make yourself available for matches. Other people can set-up appointments for matches or play however you choose. If you only want to accept appointments great, if not, you can do a first come, first pwned set-up.
-What maps do we play on?
For bo1's, the WFC player gets to choose the map. Sorry folks, that's the advantage of manning up and taking on all comers. For bo3's, the first game is on Shakura's Plateau with the loser choosing the next map from the official Blizzard Ladder pool. Yes this means the maps may change over time. We'll manage.
-What happens when my week is over?
You gather up all your replays, name them "WFC vs (insert enemy name), add them to gamereplays.org (info found in the OP), and then post EVERY SINGLE GAME into a single spoilered post. The thread creator will add your games into the OP and they'll stay there until the next person's turn is over.
-I had an emergency mid-week! What do I do?
No biggie, we all understand that real life stuff happens. Let everyone know and I'll do my best to find someone to fill in the spot. No problem at all.
-Anything else?
Glad you asked. I really think this can be fun, especially if we have some of our more charismatic people bring some light-hearted, jaw-jacking to the table. I'd also really like it if some of the lower ranked players step up and give this a go. In reality, it's no different then playing against PA people anyway, but now it will have more of a focus. You can have a target on your back which might change the way you play by adding or removing pressure.
ABOVE ALL, I just want everyone to have fun and play more SC2.
So, who's in? 
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2) Sign up for a replay site such as gamereplays.org or drop.sc. This is a site where you can upload your replays. The perfect way to share your replays with the thread and get advice on how to get better. Gamereplays lets you post the cool banner that you frequently see on the internets and drop.sc lets you upload replays without having to create a new account.
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You're jailed, genius.
Yeah I know you guys just have to wait 3 months.
mc owns
puma is cool
and between mc v sen and mc v puma we got to witness two of the best series in their matchups ever
nasl can't ruin matches like that
you're really trying to shove gretorp down our throats
but
he did an alright job with the final games. daycontrol for nasl2, though.
Exactly.
Yessssssss.
wait, CSLL is THIS Friday. Ok, that's what I originally thought, and will be able to play. geezus i'm an idi10t
Joe's Stream.
Day will never settle down as a salaried full time caster for someone else's league.
isn't there a contract for the sponsors that they have to pay those winnings? Seems a bit off that they can just decide "haha nope" and not pay.
Take them to court? Beat them with a stick? Send hatemail?
Did MC win
was it close at least?
well i mean
sometimes when those type of things happen it can be shady depending on how naive the parties involved are
edit: vari puma won
and yes watch all the games of mc v sen and mc v puma
so
fucking
good
1) terran wins
2) mc loses (I went over yesterday that I don't REALLY hate him, I just get rage going when I watch him because he is hax... having the chance to watch a terran beat him is worth quite a lot to me right now)
3) artosis was right
I vow to watch at least those series when I get home in... 6 or 7 fucking hours
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also i don't know about the vods, maybe search on youtube, i'm sure someone will have them up at least for a bit at some point
*As his scv scouts a second empty base*
"Wait, wait, we can spawn close positions on this map?!"
"Yeah"
"how sad"
Pulls his scv line and a-moves over the spines, queens, and lings that I had been massing.
:rotate: Blizzard maps :rotate:
According to some twitter things (that I saw on Reddit), Startale is about to get even awesomer. I found the vods on Youtube, but I don't know how long they'll last. Watching Sen vs. MC and Puma vs MC is in my queue.
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Ok, well, maybe not that short, but that map fucking sucks.
It is literally impossible to stop the bottom of your ramp from being bunkered as a Protoss if the terran decides he wants to make two barracks and try for it. The distance is just too short.
I downvote Slag, Delta and Scrap as Terran and Protoss.
I'd downvote Scrap but I just metagame the ladder vetos, everyone else vetos it so I may as well get a free veto. I sometimes get ZvZ on it and people try to do builds that hold your ramp with roaches on normal maps. They die horribly.
If we had five versions of Xel'Naga caverns with varying map architecture/base placement/tower placement I would actually be happier with that.
a fading melody - my indie platformer for the xbox 360
Personally I think the 4player maps that have close spawn disabled are all excellent maps.
Although I don't mind the disabled close spawn maps, it makes them all into 3player maps as far as scouting is concerned, which is fun sometimes, but I don't like it when zerg can eliminate one position so swiftly with the overlord at close air.
I also dislike how easy it makes proxy aggression even though I rarely run into it.
On shakuras for instace, you can proxy as if it were a 2 player map, but your opponent potentially has to scout two locations to know you're not proxying.
I think they just need to rework how they set up the ramp / main position, close air is also so fucking close as air it feels silly. (even if this helps with mutas it isn't right)
Speaking of being crushed, I'd love to play in the CSLL on Fri but I work 6-9pm EST - doh! =( At least I can still watch a few matches after I get home.
I'm not really saying make every map the same in all respects, I would simply prefer it if you always know where your opponent spawns in a 1v1, and the rush distances are always about the same so you can have accurate timings across all maps. Beyond that you could still have a ton of variety in the way the maps are laid out, the way bases are set up, etc, to keep things interesting.
That said I don't really care about map variety at all, personally (I understand many people do). I come from a lot of DotA and LoL where you basically just play on the same map every game. That in itself was never an issue for me. You learn the map like the back of your hand and the developers can fine-tune it to perfection, as well.
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Every terran I have met on that map in the past week has tried some dumb shit vs me.
One of them I saw send an SCV down his ramp and continue in that direction. I harass his rax worker, go down, no cc, he keeps chasing me far with another SCV. Something is obviously up, behind his LOS blocker, two makaesque barracks.
Drop two spines, make a queen at the front some lings. Inevitable SCV allin. Leaves game.
Next guy tried to proxy one behind my gold minerals, even though I saw him lay it down with my OL then fucked with him with a drone, got 3 SCVs to red hp with that drone and he kept trying instead of just cancelling immediately and only being a little behind. SCV marine push held easily. He then went blueflame helllions and marines and I had to pull out of my nat but was far ahead and lost no drones, push him back with lings and mutas. Take whole map.
Fucking everyone.
Yeah, Xel'Naga Caverns is easily the best map Blizzard has made.
Metalopolis non-close spawn is also fantastic.
Which makes it all the more dismal that those two maps, one of which has been here since beta and the other since release (Xel'Naga was in only at release, right?) are still the best example of Blizzard mapmaking.