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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    wait, psi storm hits air units? I've tried it and it didn't seem like it did anything

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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Arkan wrote: »
    wait, psi storm hits air units? I've tried it and it didn't seem like it did anything

    It does indeed.

    Rend on
  • Indica1Indica1 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    Starcraft isn't a sport. Sorry.

    neither is fucking your mother but I try to be courteous to her too

    That was in response to they guy calling it a sport. But mom jokes are always fun. :mrgreen:

    Also, E-sport? really?

    so people making gangbusters for playing it in a competitive league, sometimes on teams, televised

    not a sport?

    okay

    It's a sport in Korea, and no where else. There are no StarCraft matches on TV here, sorry. This has been pointed out several times: If you play in a Korean professional league, it may be a sport for you. For everyone else, it's not a sport anymore than Wii Bowling is.

    so just because there is only a major professional football league in the united states, playing it anywhere else makes it not a sport?

    i'm not saying one should treat it as a competitive sport if they don't want to -- but to not acknowledge as a sport because you aren't playing it competitively is silly.

    It's not a sport because it involves a keyboard and a mouse.

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  • rehtonAesoohCrehtonAesoohC Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Anytime someone replies about the whole manners thing, I'm going to annoy them into submission.

    On a side note, I am getting good at the early-mid game, but any mid-late gameplay for me is just awful. My macro falls apart, I stop microing units, etc etc.

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  • KetherialKetherial Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Rend wrote: »
    Ketherial wrote: »
    Rend wrote: »
    Also, sentries for guardian shield make small-damage attacks like hydras and mutas want to shoot themselves.

    what exactly does guardian shield do?

    and is there any zerg unit that does high damage? the answer is roaches, isnt it?

    Reduces ranged damage by 2. It's like giving your whole army 2 BONUS armor upgrades. And it's stupidly good.

    i assume that once i kill the sentry, the shield dissipates, right? it's not like the scroll of protection that they had in wc3 is it?

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Rend wrote: »
    Arkan wrote: »
    wait, psi storm hits air units? I've tried it and it didn't seem like it did anything

    It does indeed.

    huh

    do you have to target it directly at where you see the unit from the default camera angle, or the point on the ground it's hovering above

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  • iowaiowa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    yes it hits air. it doesnt seem to do much because it....doesnt do much as long as the guy doesnt sit in the middle of it after the cursor shows up

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Goes away w/Sentry death yes.

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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ketherial wrote: »
    Rend wrote: »
    Ketherial wrote: »
    Rend wrote: »
    Also, sentries for guardian shield make small-damage attacks like hydras and mutas want to shoot themselves.

    what exactly does guardian shield do?

    and is there any zerg unit that does high damage? the answer is roaches, isnt it?

    Reduces ranged damage by 2. It's like giving your whole army 2 BONUS armor upgrades. And it's stupidly good.

    i assume that once i kill the sentry, the shield dissipates, right? it's not like the scroll of protection that they had in wc3 is it?

    yes. However, if the player is decent he'll keep the sentry back far enough that killing it will be difficult for you. Also he'll have more than one so guardian shield can be kept up.

    Rend on
  • KetherialKetherial Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Indica1 wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    Starcraft isn't a sport. Sorry.

    neither is fucking your mother but I try to be courteous to her too

    That was in response to they guy calling it a sport. But mom jokes are always fun. :mrgreen:

    Also, E-sport? really?

    so people making gangbusters for playing it in a competitive league, sometimes on teams, televised

    not a sport?

    okay

    It's a sport in Korea, and no where else. There are no StarCraft matches on TV here, sorry. This has been pointed out several times: If you play in a Korean professional league, it may be a sport for you. For everyone else, it's not a sport anymore than Wii Bowling is.

    so just because there is only a major professional football league in the united states, playing it anywhere else makes it not a sport?

    i'm not saying one should treat it as a competitive sport if they don't want to -- but to not acknowledge as a sport because you aren't playing it competitively is silly.

    It's not a sport because it involves a keyboard and a mouse.

    nice.

    personally, i dont think anything that involves balls is a sport. those are just games.

    the only real sports are hunting, fishing and murder.

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  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Arkan wrote: »
    wait, psi storm hits air units? I've tried it and it didn't seem like it did anything

    I have this problem with ground units as well. It must be bugged or something.

    being sarcastic because of how meh it is

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    iowa wrote: »
    yes it hits air. it doesnt seem to do much because it....doesnt do much as long as the guy doesnt sit in the middle of it after the cursor shows up
    There used to/still is a bug that happens sporadically. I have watched Psi Storms on top of my Broodlords do absolutely nothing. Obviously, most of the time this doesn't happen, I can only remember it in one game, but it was strange that once...

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    well that actually makes templar decent anti-air, since most of the big air units have energy bars you can nuke with feedback

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  • ApogeeApogee Lancks In Every Game Ever Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    kime wrote: »
    iowa wrote: »
    yes it hits air. it doesnt seem to do much because it....doesnt do much as long as the guy doesnt sit in the middle of it after the cursor shows up
    There used to/still is a bug that happens sporadically. I have watched Psi Storms on top of my Broodlords do absolutely nothing. Obviously, most of the time this doesn't happen, I can only remember it in one game, but it was strange that once...

    Y'all know you need to aim for the marker below the unit, right? If you click ON the guy it'll miss by a mile.

    Grounds you can just click on, yes.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Arkan wrote: »
    well that actually makes templar decent anti-air, since most of the big air units have energy bars you can nuke with feedback

    You know what's decent anti air?

    Phoenixes.

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  • Indica1Indica1 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    okay spot the odd man out:

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    alistair-overeem.jpg

    edit: hopefully this can be taken in the humorous way it was intended.

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    BlackDove wrote: »
    Arkan wrote: »
    well that actually makes templar decent anti-air, since most of the big air units have energy bars you can nuke with feedback

    You know what's decent anti air?

    Phoenixes.

    I said decent, not amazing

    decent as in 'functional and perhaps pretty good in certain situations'

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  • ApogeeApogee Lancks In Every Game Ever Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Look at the size of his belt! His pants must be heavy.

    I love the 'tough guy' expressions, and how asian dude #2 is doing the same thing as muscle man below.

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Question: Nuke an immortal: Does it just take 10dmg?

    I'd assume yes, but i am curious.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Indica1 wrote: »
    okay spot the odd man out:
    IMG_0604.jpg

    5936_802368709519_842572_46769951_4067424_n.jpg

    alistair-overeem.jpg

    edit: hopefully this can be taken in the humorous way it was intended.

    the e stands for electronic.

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  • iowaiowa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    holy shit idra has no thumbs no wonder the dudes always pissed

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  • ApogeeApogee Lancks In Every Game Ever Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    No, he dies.

    Edit: or takes like 200 dmg I can't remember. At any rate abilities ignore Hardened Shields.

    Apogee on
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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Wow that's what Idra looks like?

    I am kind of imagining him playing SC2 with a plate of grandmother's cookie's next to the keyboard now.

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  • nealcmnealcm Alvarian AlvarianRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Question: Nuke an immortal: Does it just take 10dmg?

    I'd assume yes, but i am curious.

    according to starcraft wiki
    Nuclear missiles ignore the hardened shields ability

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  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ketherial wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    GnomeTank wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    Indica1 wrote: »
    Starcraft isn't a sport. Sorry.

    neither is fucking your mother but I try to be courteous to her too

    That was in response to they guy calling it a sport. But mom jokes are always fun. :mrgreen:

    Also, E-sport? really?

    so people making gangbusters for playing it in a competitive league, sometimes on teams, televised

    not a sport?

    okay

    It's a sport in Korea, and no where else. There are no StarCraft matches on TV here, sorry. This has been pointed out several times: If you play in a Korean professional league, it may be a sport for you. For everyone else, it's not a sport anymore than Wii Bowling is.

    so just because there is only a major professional football league in the united states, playing it anywhere else makes it not a sport?

    i'm not saying one should treat it as a competitive sport if they don't want to -- but to not acknowledge as a sport because you aren't playing it competitively is silly.

    It's not a sport because it involves a keyboard and a mouse.

    nice.

    personally, i dont think anything that involves balls is a sport. those are just games.

    the only real sports are hunting, fishing and murder.

    To be semi-serious, a friend of mine has a really good working definition of sports and competitions. Hunting and fishing would both be considered competitions, not sports because sports allow one to directly affect the outcome of the opposing players. Football, baseball, soccer, and so on. A player can literally stop the opposition.

    Competitions include Track and Field, Gymnastics, Diving, Swimming, Cheerleading and so on because you can not directly affect the opposition.

    I know you were just joking, but just thought I would share my friend's wisdom.

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  • iowaiowa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Wow that's what Idra looks like?

    I am kind of imagining him playing SC2 with a plate of grandmother's cookie's next to the keyboard now.

    there's no way he could look any different if you think about it.

    he looks like that cannibal from sin city

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Wow that's what Idra looks like?

    I am kind of imagining him playing SC2 with a plate of grandmother's cookie's next to the keyboard now.

    idra.jpg

    the non cheese man himself

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  • FrontierPsychiatryFrontierPsychiatry Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I love the hilarious uniforms that pro starcraft players wear.

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    idra has some serious buttchin going on there

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  • KetherialKetherial Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    is it really that different from this?

    2005GirlsBowlingTeam.jpg

    this?

    Olympic+Media+Summit+Day+2+A80o47rE0b1l.jpg

    or this?

    StewartTony5-1Collage.jpg

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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I love the hilarious outfits that pro starcraft players wear.

    They're aerodynamic.

    Edit: I want SC2 players to wear wet suits, hell yes.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    It's nice to know i could crush idra's entire body with a single hand. Since that's what people who act like him make me want to do.

    don't forget:
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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Arkan wrote: »
    idra has some serious buttchin going on there

    should be called idrachin

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  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Harry Potter plays starcraft?

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    harry potter didn't have a buttchin, though

    it's hypnotic, I can't look away

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    I think it's hard for someone not to rage at mario kart, while shouting "Fuck you Donkey Kong. Whose dick did you suck to get all those red shells?"
  • StreltsyStreltsy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Wow that's what Idra looks like?

    I am kind of imagining him playing SC2 with a plate of grandmother's cookie's next to the keyboard now.

    That was before he went off to train at the CJ Entus academy for wizards, sorcerers, and and SC nerds.
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  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    too easy?

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    Daniel-Radcliffe-harry-potter-premiere.jpg

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  • KetherialKetherial Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Lilnoobs wrote: »
    To be semi-serious, a friend of mine has a really good working definition of sports and competitions. Hunting and fishing would both be considered competitions, not sports because sports allow one to directly affect the outcome of the opposing players. Football, baseball, soccer, and so on. A player can literally stop the opposition.

    Competitions include Track and Field, Gymnastics, Diving, Swimming, Cheerleading and so on because you can not directly affect the opposition.

    I know you were just joking, but just thought I would share my friend's wisdom.

    i like this distinction, except, im wondering, does that mean "within the rules of the game" affect the opposition? because in track and field and most races, you could of course stumble on someone (or bump cars with him) and it happens all the time in short track speed skating, nascar, pretty much any tight race.

    whatever the case, sc2 is definitely a sport then.

    edit: as are billiards, curling and any number of silly things. happily bowling no longer qualifies as a sport.

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Lilnoobs wrote: »
    too easy?

    IMG_0604.jpg

    Daniel-Radcliffe-harry-potter-premiere.jpg

    it's mostly the hair - in that other picture posted last page he looked more like weird al's long-lost son

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    I think it's hard for someone not to rage at mario kart, while shouting "Fuck you Donkey Kong. Whose dick did you suck to get all those red shells?"
  • Wicked Uncle ErnieWicked Uncle Ernie Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ketherial wrote: »
    speaking of ultras, im excited to see what they do. they should, at the minimum, make it so ultras can move over / above units like collossus do (i think).

    Ultralisks still have the same problem Battlecruisers have:

    Too much overhead, too many hard counters for the investment.

    Neither are bad units when viewed in a vacuum, just in terms of cost / ability, but when you consider their availability, costs (in terms of required upgrades and required buildings for production) and how relatively easy it is to counter a unit with such significant initial costs, its still hard to justify their production.

    Ultralisks aren't bad! Use them to support banelings or zerglings against infantry! Battlecruisers aren't bad! They fly and are really tough and shoot lasers and have a super big laser! But losing a 200-ish gas unit hurts significantly, and losing a 200-ish gas unit that also requires about 600+ gas in upgrades and buildings before even reaching the field is brutal.



    I think they should have the upgrades built in and have a much higher up-front cost, coupled with being quite a bit tougher. That smacks of Supcom's super units though. But honestly, i can't see any other way to make them viable. Unless you're fighting someone who doesn't scout, or are bullheaded enough to just jam these big units into your army, they really arent cost effective.

    People will love them when BGH comes back.

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