[StarCraft2] POST IN NEW THREAD!!

Lilnoobs

narwhal wrote: »

Guys, I may have gotten really excited about a panel at PAX about video games and education. And I may have gotten really excited about the rise of video games in our culture as seen by how esports is being taken seriously at sports conventions. And I may have just spent my Saturday afternoon writing an essay about why schools should move to include Bastion in their English curriculum... so far the rough draft is about 5 pages.
Yeah.

@narwhal

These may help.

Abstract

This article explores how research conducted in the emerging discipline of Game
Studies may be used to develop tools for teaching videogames in the English
and Literacy classroom. The article argues, by drawing on the debate between
‘narratologists’ and ‘ludologists’ that acknowledging and marking out the key
differences between videogame play and the ‘reading’ or ‘consumption’ of other
media texts is integral to the successful uptake and development of videogamebased
and videogame-centred curriculum.

Download full pdf (I assume you don't subscribe to academic journals)
http://depositfiles.com/files/1fign8rtw


Abstract

The need to expand traditional, print-based versions of literacy to also
incorporate attention to multimodal forms of text and literacy in the English
curriculum is now well established. Much can be learnt about students and
their literacy practices from the exploration of their engagement with digital
culture – particularly videogames – from their out-of-school lifeworlds. However,
the emerging set of skills and competencies or, the ‘new’ literacies and literacy
practices associated with multiple and ever-emerging genres generated through
information and communications technologies, present challenges in terms of how
they might be conceptualised as literacy (or not) and how the multiple dimensions
entailed in gameplay are increasingly a part of what it means to be literate in the
21st century. Drawing on two case studies of classroom work, the paper describes
approaches to conceptualising the complexity of digital texts and their access,
production and distribution and the opportunity to create spaces where students
could interact, socialise and learn in both the real and virtual world. Dimensions
such as play, interactivity, action, movement and time raise challenging questions
about the limits and possibilities of constructing games and gameplay as texts and
literacy practices that push the boundaries of literacy.

Download full pdf
http://depositfiles.com/files/4v9okb3r3


Hope these help.

Euphemon

CSTL week 3
Iowa vs Me

Spoiler:

me 2-0.
http://drop.sc/125868
http://drop.sc/125867

mEEksa

Meeks "The Best" Meeks is officially the Photon Cycles champion! Confetti, explosions, cheers!

fatalspoons

mEEksa wrote: »

Meeks "The Best" Meeks is officially the Photon Cycles champion! Confetti, explosions, cheers!

congrats meeks. Super close game. Next week, it's all mine.

Kambing

Casting Vari vs. Hummingbird with a drunk meeks!

http://www.twitch.tv/kambingsc

Dhalphir

Cantido wrote: »

Dhalphir wrote:

Cantido wrote: »

My co worker just explained to me that Proton Cannon friendly fire is a thing. My Overlord must have been sitting in just the right spot.

your coworker is retarded

I rewatched the replay and you're right. At 7:20 my Overlord is nowhere near the offending cannon. So why did this cannon kill the pylon next to it?

Well your opponent instructed the cannon to kill the pylon.

Why that might be, I can't imagine. Misclick, or trying to open up his wall to get out?

Variable

I can't believe how badly I fucked that bunker rush up in the first game

the whole point is to make 3 bunkers and I just totally forgot about needing the money to do so

Dhalphir

great thread

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=306311

Beefers

Ugh academics studying video games is awesome and all, but I can't help but feel the generational disconnect between the people studying games and the people playing them. I have done several lit reviews and research projects on the subject and it seems like a lot of time and effort to basically say the youth of today learn well through interaction and constantly changing stimuli. Having an environment where failure is a pathway to learning rather than punishment and comparison certainly helps as well. Play, interaction and the ability to learn things your own way are important, you will find the same thing published in research 2 generations ago. You can see the exact same stuff being applied to education prior to the age of computers, the only difference is the medium has changed from mechanical driven devices to computer driven devices. We are transitioning from a state of memorization to a state of application again, and will most probably ride out the cycle until we come right on back to the banking style of education.

narwhal

Hey guys I beat drunk meeks!

Variable

someone said they thought I was maphacking

makes me feel a little better

PantsB

Lemming and iowa posting in thread, what is this March 2011?

(Sick burn)

Impyrocker

PantsB wrote: »

Lemming and iowa posting in thread, what is this March 2011?

(Sick burn)

I think we saw simon around the other day too!

MMMig

So much chocolate
So much wine

yet I'm not drunk enough to forgo sleep and play until I feel bad about myself

fadingathedges

No good streams on TL, any suggestions for Smooth Viewing?

Lilnoobs

http://www.omegastreamers.com/

?

Dhalphir

had my first motorbike lesson today.

amazing fun.

Seguer

Lilnoobs wrote: »

http://www.omegastreamers.com/

?

site down?

fadingathedges

site bad?

Lilnoobs

Site's up.

Smooth watching & music.

Trunkers

MMMig wrote: »

So much chocolate
So much wine

yet I'm not drunk enough to forgo sleep and play until I feel bad about myself

@MMMig
I had a dream that I found a toy Goomba on a playground. I took it home and took pictures of it with my dog, then posted the pictures here for your amusement.

His Corkiness

Variable wrote: »

I can't believe how badly I fucked that bunker rush up in the first game

the whole point is to make 3 bunkers and I just totally forgot about needing the money to do so

as a terran you do kind of take minerals for granted

Variable wrote: »

someone said they thought I was maphacking

makes me feel a little better

That is the only situation in which I will BM someone. Don't care if you 6pool me, or do something stupid which ends up working anyway, but if you say I'm cheating then I'm going to drop all politeness.

mastman

Dhalphir wrote: »

had my first motorbike lesson today.

amazing fun.

yessss do eeeettt.

I can't wait to get my bike back out when it gets warmer. So excited cause it's the best

Dhalphir

mastman wrote: »

Dhalphir wrote: »

had my first motorbike lesson today.

amazing fun.

yessss do eeeettt.

I can't wait to get my bike back out when it gets warmer. So excited cause it's the best

it was only an introductory lesson. still time to wait before we sort out the finances for a bike as well as where the hell to keep it. two car garage filled with two cars - not sure where it can go.

kedinik

@meeksa @variable How are the games going?

MMMig

Trunkers wrote: »

MMMig wrote: »

So much chocolate
So much wine

yet I'm not drunk enough to forgo sleep and play until I feel bad about myself

@MMMig
I had a dream that I found a toy Goomba on a playground. I took it home and took pictures of it with my dog, then posted the pictures here for your amusement.

So it is written.
So it shall be.

Trunkers

kedinik wrote: »

@meeksa @variable How are the games going?

I play SorC in CSTL in about 12 minutes.

Variable

Trunkers wrote: »

kedinik wrote: »

@meeksa @variable How are the games going?

I play SorC in CSTL in about 12 minutes.

oh shit, how did this go?

@kedinik I lost to hummingbird, only set to have happened thus far. lost 0-2, gave him one good game.

SorC

SorC vs Trunkers CSTL week 3

Game 1

Spoiler:

Game 2

Spoiler:

Game 3

Spoiler:

Winner

Spoiler:

SorC

@Invictus
@Variable

RedOne

ew 3 pylon block

got advice to go 11overpool/18 hatch against protoss, which I will probably start doing since now that I'm facing plats, the ability to execute cheese has gotten better.

kedinik

Variable wrote: »

Trunkers wrote: »

kedinik wrote: »

@meeksa @variable How are the games going?

I play SorC in CSTL in about 12 minutes.

oh shit, how did this go?

@kedinik I lost to hummingbird, only set to have happened thus far. lost 0-2, gave him one good game.

Live report-style post since I had fun watching the deciding game.

Spoiler:

SorC stole gas, then both went phoenixes. Sorc had a few more due to gas steal but Trunkers defended well with stalkers and his own phoenix count.

Both players expanded with very similar armies while upgrading and teching. Trunkers opted for heavy ground upgrades and colossi tech while SorC secretly massed carriers behind his third. Trunkers responded to the scouted third with a bold double expand, one ninja'd in the corner.

Trunkers rolled out with a faster max, dark templar mixed in and a huge colossi count, obliterating SorC's ground army and 4th. He was, however, driven out with the reveal of the carrier fleet.

Trunkers grabbed blink and rolled out with his maxed army again, this time with more stalkers. However, the near-max fleet of carriers proved too strong for the army that was handicapped by colossi pop space.

SorC's carrier fleet began slowly-but-steadily wiping expansions out with chargelot support and in the end proved too strong for the void ray / blink army that Trunkers was able to amass before the fleet came knocking on his natural 3rd's door.

MMMig

RedOne wrote: »

ew 3 pylon block

got advice to go 11overpool/18 hatch against protoss, which I will probably start doing since now that I'm facing plats, the ability to execute cheese has gotten better.

That sounds like a horribly non-eco build.
14 pool should be enough. Just know where that probe is always.

Biosys

11 overpool 18 hatch ends up being the most economical build, apparently

it was in one of the tl topics with far too many graphs and computer stuff

marty_0001

>:[ Can't connect to Battle net for some reason. Then if I try to play offline it says "SC2 starter edition cannot be played in offline mode". Starter edition??

RedOne

Biosys wrote: »

11 overpool 18 hatch ends up being the most economical build, apparently

it was in one of the tl topics with far too many graphs and computer stuff

I've heard to always take those things with a grain of salt, but even if 11overpool IS non-economical, I can see being able to keep up as I will be droning to 3 bases anyhow. Or killing them with 10 roaches a few minutes later.

Trunkers

This ladder match ended badly for one of us:

Biosys

trunkers handing over ladder points

Spoiler:

Yann

RedOne wrote: »

Biosys wrote: »

11 overpool 18 hatch ends up being the most economical build, apparently

it was in one of the tl topics with far too many graphs and computer stuff

I've heard to always take those things with a grain of salt, but even if 11overpool IS non-economical, I can see being able to keep up as I will be droning to 3 bases anyhow. Or killing them with 10 roaches a few minutes later.

Overpool is a sexy build. Tricky with the gas timings though. You need some extra minerals early on to be able to spend all that larva.

Don't see a lot of pro's doing it either.

Rofflor

Dhalphir wrote: »

had my first motorbike lesson today.

amazing fun.

Your life expectancy is now reduced by 20 years.

kedinik

Ret 11 overpools.

Probably best non-Korean non-Stephano ZvP around.