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[Starcraft 2] Beta End Postponed to June 7! The dancing worked!

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Holy shit!
    Sen attacked with 4 (or 5?) of his queens and a few roaches and won the match. The slow bitches kept transfusing and were immortal.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    ......and nice final game. Really pays to get that gold as soon as possible, especially before your enemy on Scrap Station.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Variable wrote: »
    Talith wrote: »
    Just sweeped my placement matches and got placed in Diamond.

    My last match was against a toss that wanted to cannon rush on blistering sands. Scouted it, killed it off with scvs before the forge warped in, then went MMG. I arrived just as two voidrays finish and razed the base along with the chumprays in glorious retribution.

    I've not been cannon rushed once but one time I just lifted to my natural. not ideal, and obviously the guy wasn't too good but it felt great.

    one time I got cannon rushed by another toss

    he wasn't very good but he managed to kill most of my main base with cannons

    thing is i had a scouting probe out before his cannons started so I made a forward base right next to his empty main and zealoted him to death

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  • iowaiowa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    placed diamond as zerg. played 4 ZvZs :/

    no one uses banelings yet so they were p easy. the non zergs i just went fast speedling and kept map control while expanding. later i'd do muta raids just to make him stay in his base while i macro'd to 200/200. now i understand why you pretty much have to harass zerg early to have a chance.

    iowa on
  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Woo! ranked 6th in my division in diamond!

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  • SF_DhalsimSF_Dhalsim Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So I'm still getting toss down as a race, and I can't figure out which is more important to get, 'Lot Charge or Blink.

    I think both are pretty situational and depends on the scout, but most of the time I can't figure out which oen to get right away.

    Suggestions?

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  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    SF_Dhalsim wrote: »
    So I'm still getting toss down as a race, and I can't figure out which is more important to get, 'Lot Charge or Blink.

    I think both are pretty situational and depends on the scout, but most of the time I can't figure out which oen to get right away.

    Suggestions?

    How good are you at microing? Stalker blink requires more micro than charge. If you feel very comfortable with your micro go blink I'd say. If not I would say go charge. Also if you are going to FF alot or if you are vs another protoss who is getting a lot of sentries for FF, definitely get blink first otherwise you could be very easily screwed.

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  • iowaiowa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    charge will fortify your main army better than blink generally. if you plan to fight like MMM i'd get charge. get blink if you expect to hold off something like banshee or muta harass or later broodlords. Or if you plan on some clever harassment and have good blink micro. I've heard people say that blink is decent vs terran mech but haven't really seen it used that well yet.

    zealots do tons of damage when they can get in and hit. if its a standard game id get charge.

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  • rehtonAesoohCrehtonAesoohC Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So I decided to mass marines in FFA the other night. It was pretty fun. I had 140 3/3 marines with stim roaming across the map like a giant cluster of insanity. One player said to some other random player: "Well I guess you win bro" and then I rolled up into "bro's" base with my marine army, stimmed them, and watched as his whole base got decimated in like 10 seconds, lol. His response? "Wow... um, nevermind. I guess you don't win bro."

    rehtonAesoohC on
    Was wowed by Rift so I'm trying that now.
  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So I decided to mass marines in FFA the other night. It was pretty fun. I had 140 3/3 marines with stim roaming across the map like a giant cluster of insanity. One player said to some other random player: "Well I guess you win bro" and then I rolled up into "bro's" base with my marine army, stimmed them, and watched as his whole base got decimated in like 10 seconds, lol. His response? "Wow... um, nevermind. I guess you don't win bro."

    I would have loved to seen that army melted by banelings

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  • ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Rivulent wrote: »
    Joril wrote: »
    So it says here, "playtime expires june 23". That's not the beta deadline. Are they going to charge a fee for playing online?

    The general concensus is that the timer was accidentally put in at this point, and it is only is going to apply to a few countries (Russia, I think is one).

    I could totally see Blizzard charging a monthly fee, but I would hardly doubt they'd be trying to pull a fast one and not announce it until the last second. Sort of like them eliminating LAN play, they announced it a year ago so the sting has seemingly wore off.

    Yeah, definitely sounds like the limited play purchase options for odd countries.

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  • RivulentRivulent Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So I decided to mass marines in FFA the other night. It was pretty fun. I had 140 3/3 marines with stim roaming across the map like a giant cluster of insanity. One player said to some other random player: "Well I guess you win bro" and then I rolled up into "bro's" base with my marine army, stimmed them, and watched as his whole base got decimated in like 10 seconds, lol. His response? "Wow... um, nevermind. I guess you don't win bro."

    Did you.... have any medivacs?

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

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  • rehtonAesoohCrehtonAesoohC Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    So I decided to mass marines in FFA the other night. It was pretty fun. I had 140 3/3 marines with stim roaming across the map like a giant cluster of insanity. One player said to some other random player: "Well I guess you win bro" and then I rolled up into "bro's" base with my marine army, stimmed them, and watched as his whole base got decimated in like 10 seconds, lol. His response? "Wow... um, nevermind. I guess you don't win bro."

    I would have loved to seen that army melted by banelings

    Haha, me too! But it was melted by like 5 colossii. It was pretty epic.
    Rivulent wrote: »
    So I decided to mass marines in FFA the other night. It was pretty fun. I had 140 3/3 marines with stim roaming across the map like a giant cluster of insanity. One player said to some other random player: "Well I guess you win bro" and then I rolled up into "bro's" base with my marine army, stimmed them, and watched as his whole base got decimated in like 10 seconds, lol. His response? "Wow... um, nevermind. I guess you don't win bro."

    Did you.... have any medivacs?

    Hahaha, nope! Just marines :)

    rehtonAesoohC on
    Was wowed by Rift so I'm trying that now.
  • X3x3nonX3x3non Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    Applies to any competitive game really.

    That is pretty much why Blizzard has implemented the different divisions in the ladder so that you end up playing with other players that also don't care about the minutia of Starcraft.

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  • PotatoNinjaPotatoNinja Fake Gamer Goat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    You could cancel your pre-order.

    Or you could make a post on a forum asking what those terms meant.

    If only there was a videogame forum that has a specific section (or perhaps a specific thread) devoted to StarCraft II, so your question would be appropriate, seen quickly, and hopefully answered quickly.

    C'est la vie, you can't always get what you want. Better cancel IMO.

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  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    Just play custom games and the single player and you will be fine =p

    Also if you need any help with anything let me know. I will review any replay footage you ask me to or even play games with you and help you with strategies etc.

    PS I am a diamond level player and I am ranked 6th in my division.

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  • Vic_HazardVic_Hazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    If wc3 is to be taken as any indicator, starcraft 2 will be worth it merely for the custom maps.

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  • ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    X3x3non wrote: »
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    Applies to any competitive game really.

    That is pretty much why Blizzard has implemented the different divisions in the ladder so that you end up playing with other players that also don't care about the minutia of Starcraft.

    Unless you run into entire nights of twink stomps like I do.

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  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    X3x3non wrote: »
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    Applies to any competitive game really.

    That is pretty much why Blizzard has implemented the different divisions in the ladder so that you end up playing with other players that also don't care about the minutia of Starcraft.

    Unless you run into entire nights of twink stomps like I do.

    do you mean people who purposely lose all 5 placement matches so they can rape bronze level players?

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I wanted to play, but I guess there's an issue with bnet right now?

    Tamin on
  • iowaiowa Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    i played 3 games a couple hours ago and had no problems. no freezes this time.

    iowa on
  • HerrCronHerrCron It that wickedly supports taxation Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    iowa wrote: »
    i played 3 games a couple hours ago and had no problems. no freezes this time.

    Same as.
    I think it's sorted now.

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  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    same I played a few games about an hour ago without any trouble

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  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Tamin wrote: »
    I wanted to play, but I guess there's an issue with bnet right now?

    Hahahah, this guy right here. He cracks me up
    In the EU we haven't been able to play at all since patch 13 hit
    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!

    Movitz on
  • YannYann Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Movitz wrote: »
    Tamin wrote: »
    I wanted to play, but I guess there's an issue with bnet right now?

    Hahahah, this guy right here. He cracks me up
    In the EU we haven't been able to play at all since patch 13 hit
    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!

    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!!!!

    Yann on
  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yann wrote: »
    Movitz wrote: »
    Tamin wrote: »
    I wanted to play, but I guess there's an issue with bnet right now?

    Hahahah, this guy right here. He cracks me up
    In the EU we haven't been able to play at all since patch 13 hit
    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!

    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!!!!

    Ohh....myy...god

    That was exactly what I was thinking! You and me brah, we like, get each other.

    Movitz on
  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Hm. I more meant that the game won't let me log in.

    Been out of town since patch 13 hit.

    Tamin on
  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Tamin wrote: »
    Hm. I more meant that the game won't let me log in.

    Been out of town since patch 13 hit.

    What a good time to be out of town

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    http://yfrog.com/estemppjj

    is what I'm getting.

    What I'm trying to ask is - am I looking at old information, and it should be working?

    Tamin on
  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    As opposed to having a weekend with quite a lot of hours set aside for just SC2 when the GF was out doing other stuff.

    The developments post patch 13 was suboptimal for me, to say the least.
    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!!!!

    Movitz on
  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Tamin wrote: »
    http://yfrog.com/estemppjj

    is what I'm getting.

    What I'm trying to ask is - am I looking at old information, and it should be working?

    Nope, that window was basically hard coded in there with patch 13 and have been showing ever since.

    EDIT Actually, now the windows says something like "Bnet sucks and you will be disconnected multiple times, have a nice day". It doesn't mention custom maps anymore.

    Movitz on
  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Movitz wrote: »
    As opposed to having a weekend with quite a lot of hours set aside for just SC2 when the GF was out doing other stuff.

    The developments post patch 13 was suboptimal for me, to say the least.
    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!!!!

    I didn't realize. Sorry!

    Tamin on
  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Tamin wrote: »
    Movitz wrote: »
    As opposed to having a weekend with quite a lot of hours set aside for just SC2 when the GF was out doing other stuff.

    The developments post patch 13 was suboptimal for me, to say the least.
    AARRgnbhghgnaruanr!!!!!!!

    I didn't realize. Sorry!

    No problem dude, I'm (mostly) joking. I went outside and looked at that big ball-y bright thing instead and had a few beers. It was nice, who'd have thunk it right?

    Movitz on
  • RivulentRivulent Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    CasedOut wrote: »
    X3x3non wrote: »
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    Applies to any competitive game really.

    That is pretty much why Blizzard has implemented the different divisions in the ladder so that you end up playing with other players that also don't care about the minutia of Starcraft.

    Unless you run into entire nights of twink stomps like I do.

    do you mean people who purposely lose all 5 placement matches so they can rape bronze level players?

    Seems like the more appropriate term is sandbagging. I think of always sunny when I hear twink now, (twink and bear analysis).

    Rivulent on
  • ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Rivulent wrote: »
    CasedOut wrote: »
    X3x3non wrote: »
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    Applies to any competitive game really.

    That is pretty much why Blizzard has implemented the different divisions in the ladder so that you end up playing with other players that also don't care about the minutia of Starcraft.

    Unless you run into entire nights of twink stomps like I do.

    do you mean people who purposely lose all 5 placement matches so they can rape bronze level players?

    Seems like the more appropriate term is sandbagging. I think of always sunny when I hear twink now, (twink and bear analysis).

    Although I love always sunny that term eludes me. I don't know if my term was correct, but yes pretty much higher level players on alternate twink accounts.

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  • CasedOutCasedOut Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Rivulent wrote: »
    CasedOut wrote: »
    X3x3non wrote: »
    This page. This page of this thread. This highlights my love/hate relationship with not only Starcraft 2, but any RTS game out there.

    There are like 100 words/abbreviations/nicknames for strategies, units, specializations, etc that I have no fucking clue what any of you are talking about. Yet to be competitive, you sort of need to be current on it. I have no clue as to where to look for help (short of here), not the time to research it if I did.

    Maybe I need to just cancel my pre-order :(

    Applies to any competitive game really.

    That is pretty much why Blizzard has implemented the different divisions in the ladder so that you end up playing with other players that also don't care about the minutia of Starcraft.

    Unless you run into entire nights of twink stomps like I do.

    do you mean people who purposely lose all 5 placement matches so they can rape bronze level players?

    Seems like the more appropriate term is sandbagging. I think of always sunny when I hear twink now, (twink and bear analysis).

    Although I love always sunny that term eludes me. I don't know if my term was correct, but yes pretty much higher level players on alternate twink accounts.

    just dont google twinks and you'll be fine

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  • RivulentRivulent Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
  • redxxiiredxxii Persona Non Grata Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Rivulent wrote: »

    This... epic!

    Edit: good 4v4 games last night. We had a rousing evening of mass T1 units and then marching them into our enemies bases. Mass Carriers and VR's are no match for 100+ marines!

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yesterday I had a toss player open by building on my gas. I walked 5 zealots into his base, killed 4 of his without taking any losses, and he starts raging
    "You are such a fagot" (sic)
    "What?"
    "Get good" /disconnect

    TL DR on
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