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SC2: Sceptre our new WFC player. Tons of replays of last week's WFC. A ZvT RotD!

MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice ActorKirkland, WARegistered User regular
edited April 2011 in Games and Technology
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The Starcraft II discussion thread
(Channel PA on NA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVmbUbVfBXA



The SC2 thread proudly presents!

1. The Weekly Forum Challenge

(Organizer: MNC Dover)
-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.

-When does all this begin?

How does this Sunday sound? I'm taking applications now!

-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. :D

So, who's in?

Our fifth WFC player will be Sceptre! Here's his info:

Forum name: Sceptre
B.Net ID with 3 digit code: Sceptre.691
Race played: Protoss
Rank: Diamond
Do you want a coach?: Hell yes I want a coach
Timezone: Mountain time (GMT-7:00 or EST -2:00 or PST +1:00)
bo3 format

Challenge our player by sending him a PM, post, or b.net message to set up times!

Here are the replays of the WFC prior:
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2. PA showmatch series #1

(Organizer: Enigma435)
When you step on this deck, you be ready to fight, or you dishonor the reason why we're here. Now remember this: When you fight a man, he's not your friend.

Watch PAers engage in friendly (most of the time) combat for your entertainment!

3. Replay(s) of the day! (4/17)

(Organizer: whoever created this thread)

A random replay of the play donated by our forum-goers. Make sure to upload your replay submissions to submit your replay using gamereplays.org. And be a pal and mark your replay as ROTD material in your post so they're easier to find.

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Start here to better craft some stars.
The SC2 thread goes a million miles per hour and will leave you in the dust if you aren't prepared. All things are open to discussion here from build orders, practice partners, race match-ups, tournament talk, and general bizarre Korean stuff (usually brought to you by the letter S and the number 86). In order to keep up, I highly recommend you check out the following resources:
  • General
    • Team Liquid. Team Liquid is the biggest Starcraft related fan site out on the Internet today. They follow everything Starcraft related including the pro scene. Many great articles, forums, and information can be found here. A must bookmark for any Starcraft fan.
    • Wellplayed.org. Starcraft 2 aggregation site from the SCReddit group.
  • Talk shows
    • State of the Game podcast. The pillars of the starcraft 2 community --- JP, EGIncontrol, Liquid`Tyler, and Day[9] --- talk (mostly) about current events in the starcraft community every Tuesday.
  • Educational


OK that's all cool, but I want to play with some PA people.
1) Log into Battle.net and join channel PA (on the NA realm). We all hang out there. Chat, 1v1 lobbies, and team shenanigans are always going on!

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.

3) Register with the PA SC2 1v1 Ranking site. Sign up for this awesome site to see where you stand amongst fellow PA members. Remember, this is important in the nurturing and expanding of your e-peen. Add yourself by clicking on [Manage Characters] on the top right side.


JK. I like watching Starcraft instead. Where can I watch some good games?
Major tournaments. Starcraft is e-sports. Follow these major tournaments and you will not be disappoint.
  • The GSL. The premiere korean starcraft 2 league. Where the best go to play. Casted by Tastetosis, the casting archon.
  • The TSL. Team Liquid's major tournament where foreigners stomp koreans and everyone attributes it to lag.
  • Major League Gaming. North American e-sports powerhouse now features Starcraft 2 (as long as their stream is online). "tahts halo dont worry".
  • North American Star League. The upstart league headed by fan-favorites Incontrol and Gretorp. $400k up for grabs in the first season alone.
  • IGN Pro League. Everyone's getting into e-sports, even IGN! 16 of the top players from North America duking it out for fabulous prizes.

And those are only the major ones! Follow the Team Liquid Tournament Tracker for more competitive goodness.

Streams. Perhaps you prefer something more intimate. Maybe watching starcraft 2 like it's Being John Malkovich? Thanks to the power of the Internet, there are infinity streams available for your voyeuristic pleasure. Here are our favorites.

Want more streams? Check out Teamliquid's live video stream page for more goodness.

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    "Guys I have to sleep soon I won't stay up long enough to make the new thread."

    Or wouldn't you.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I christen this the marriage thread. Wedding advice required in every post.

    JAEF on
  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Make sure she isn't infested?

    Arthil on
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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Oh so Grandmaster league went live? Interesting

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  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Also:
    exoplasm wrote: »
    Some guy got his girlfriend to play "strip starcraft" wherein she would be laddering on a stream a removing an article of clothing after every win. Originally they wanted to do full nudity, but they settled on underwear due to JustinTV rules, but still got banned.

    Not sure why anyone thought it was a good idea.

    VODs or it didn't happen

    NAO!!!
    :x


    also, seguer fighting!!

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  • peacekeeperpeacekeeper AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    why is it every time i open painusers stream he's not playing

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    As for the question in the last thread, I live in the far northern reaches of sweden. But I have to go to work around 15:00 and come home at around 22ish.

    So pretty much exactly when dreamhack is, but can hopefully see vods later if any of the games were good :P.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Only for china and sea so far

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  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Watched the replay you put up in the other thread Dhal, was that guy really supposed to be ranked that well?

    Admittedly his APM were far higher than yours, but only for... well, maybe 2 minutes.

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I looooooove how many people idle at 200-300 APM when nothing is happening.

    And then they have to build something or micro a battle and it drops to ~70.

    Then they go back to 300 APM of having nothing to do and missing important things on the minimap.

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm kinda guilty of spiking apm at start, mostly because I sit spamming the e button to build probes instead of just clicking it when I get close to 50 minerals.

    Helps getting started, although once you start scouting and stuff I don't really have enough to keep up with the actual important things :P.

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  • romanqwertyromanqwerty Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    oh man...I am so sick of these friday parodies.

    The first few were funny, but now they're just boring.

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  • YannYann Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    If morrow wins over MC I'm naming my firstborn after him!

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So the NA servers shut down while I am finishing up a terribad ZvP on Shakuras. He had no mining bases left but kept sending DTs to my mining bases while I was killing his base... He wouldn't give up! And then the server shut down and I have no idea if that counts as a win or a loss. :x

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  • peacekeeperpeacekeeper AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i thought all swedes were named bjorn? is that not true?

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    exoplasm wrote: »
    So the NA servers shut down while I am finishing up a terribad ZvP on Shakuras. He had no mining bases left but kept sending DTs to my mining bases while I was killing his base... He wouldn't give up! And then the server shut down and I have no idea if that counts as a win or a loss. :x

    a draw

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i thought all swedes were named bjorn? is that not true?

    You're thinking of norway.

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i thought all swedes were named bjorn? is that not true?

    I had an ancestor way, way back named Bjorn son-of-Bjorn.

    So yes I think you're right.

    e: At least as far as Nords are concerned.

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  • His CorkinessHis Corkiness Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    DreamHack stream is up, dunno when the games are starting though

    http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/dreamhacktv

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Oh awesome, Jay is MCing Dreamhack, I used to play Quake with that guy.

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  • PoolCuePoolCue Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    shit this is looking pretty good

    nice MC

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Morrow starts 2-0 against MC, Swedish bias, I don't think even MC can win a bo3 if he starts 2 games down.

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  • peacekeeperpeacekeeper AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    noone will outdo the screen brightness and largeness of overlays of dreamhack, NOOOOO ONE!

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Morrooooooooow.

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  • KambingKambing Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    MC trying to please the crowd while he beats down morrow...and it works!

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  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    What a weird thing to say all of a sudden though. Morrow getting stomped :(

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  • exoplasmexoplasm Gainfully Employed Near Blizzard HQRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    exoplasm wrote: »
    So the NA servers shut down while I am finishing up a terribad ZvP on Shakuras. He had no mining bases left but kept sending DTs to my mining bases while I was killing his base... He wouldn't give up! And then the server shut down and I have no idea if that counts as a win or a loss. :x

    a draw

    According to the b.net website it actually counted as a win! 8-) And it was worth 30 points!

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    It will be sad if MC's able to win this game.

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  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I dunno, I think he would have earned it if he did.

    edit: Scratch that.

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Morrow is playing really well against MC right now.

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Morrooooooooooow!

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Weird choice of build by MC for that map. Morrow responded perfectly, though. :^:

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  • His CorkinessHis Corkiness Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    kedinik wrote: »
    Morrooooooooow.
    kedinik wrote: »
    Morrooooooooooow!
    Behold the nuance.

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  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    .. are the players in little booths made out of soundproof glass?

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Yes

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  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    According to Idra and Huk, the booths are actually not really soundproofing at all, but they have those huge headphones that block sound.

    Really odd choice by MC. Why blink stalker on such a good map for Colossus?

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  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Here's a HD-stream from a Swedish "newspaper" site (horrible tabloid). Great stream though.

    http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/spela/article12866551.ab

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    OGSMc looking like a baller. Perfect response, cool as a cucumber.

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  • His CorkinessHis Corkiness Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So is that ever supposed to work against someone as good as MC?

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  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    What a fucking heroic hold by MC. Fantastic forcefields and sim city.

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