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  • fatalspoonsfatalspoons Registered User regular
    spoons be my sparring partner. need to whip myself into shape.

    I wouldn't be much of a sparring partner for HOTS. I've barely played it, and am horrible at it.

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    One thing I'm noticing on Dragon's stream, the new marines that come out of the barracks are already grouped into his main army group.

    How's that done?

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    MMMig wrote: »
    One thing I'm noticing on Dragon's stream, the new marines that come out of the barracks are already grouped into his main army group.

    How's that done?

    I saw what looked like that too... no idea

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  • KambingKambing Registered User regular
    Only way I see how is to go:

    Select all army
    Add to group

    But that selects all army units and adds them.

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  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    There's a button that selects all army?

    If so, that might be it though, because it caused some of his drops to come back before dropping since they were still part of the main group.

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  • crucialityfactorcrucialityfactor Registered User regular
    spoons be my sparring partner. need to whip myself into shape.

    I wouldn't be much of a sparring partner for HOTS. I've barely played it, and am horrible at it.

    Sigh...I try to reach out to you and all you do is push me away.

  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    Kambing wrote: »
    Only way I see how is to go:

    Select all army
    Add to group

    But that selects all army units and adds them.

    that makes sense

    is there a select army hotkey thing like with idle scvs?

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  • KambingKambing Registered User regular
    MMMig wrote: »
    There's a button that selects all army?

    If so, that might be it though, because it caused some of his drops to come back before dropping since they were still part of the main group.

    Yes. It's one of the UI buttons in the bottom left. Believe it is bound to f2 by default.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    Kambing wrote: »
    P.s., for maps I recommend:

    Newkirk City
    Akilon Wastes
    Star City or Howling Peaks
    Daybreak LE
    Cloud Kingdom LE

    The other maps are trash and shouldn't be up for consideration. Order doesn't matter too much. I personally prefer Howling Peaks, but I figure people have more of a problem with Howling Peaks than Star City.

    (Alternatively, if there's other maps people want to play on that aren't in the beta yet, I can see about getting them published. However that'll require that they are publicly available which is likely not the case for most of the GSL maps we'd want.)

    I don't like star station or howling peaks, personally. korhal city is garbage? that one doesn't bother me so much.

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  • fatalspoonsfatalspoons Registered User regular
    spoons be my sparring partner. need to whip myself into shape.

    I wouldn't be much of a sparring partner for HOTS. I've barely played it, and am horrible at it.

    Sigh...I try to reach out to you and all you do is push me away.

    I know. I'm a terrible boyfriend. :P

  • KambingKambing Registered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    Kambing wrote: »
    P.s., for maps I recommend:

    Newkirk City
    Akilon Wastes
    Star City or Howling Peaks
    Daybreak LE
    Cloud Kingdom LE

    The other maps are trash and shouldn't be up for consideration. Order doesn't matter too much. I personally prefer Howling Peaks, but I figure people have more of a problem with Howling Peaks than Star City.

    (Alternatively, if there's other maps people want to play on that aren't in the beta yet, I can see about getting them published. However that'll require that they are publicly available which is likely not the case for most of the GSL maps we'd want.)

    I don't like star station or howling peaks, personally. korhal city is garbage? that one doesn't bother me so much.

    In-base nat + fat ramp to main = no.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    fair enough

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Kambing wrote: »
    Kambing wrote: »
    P.s., for maps I recommend:

    Newkirk City
    Akilon Wastes
    Star City or Howling Peaks
    Daybreak LE
    Cloud Kingdom LE

    The other maps are trash and shouldn't be up for consideration. Order doesn't matter too much. I personally prefer Howling Peaks, but I figure people have more of a problem with Howling Peaks than Star City.

    (Alternatively, if there's other maps people want to play on that aren't in the beta yet, I can see about getting them published. However that'll require that they are publicly available which is likely not the case for most of the GSL maps we'd want.)

    Done deal.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    jesus christ, watching whitera play vs phoenix vs muta. even with 7 range phoenixes, the muta speed buff makes it nearly impsosible to completely avoid damage

  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    WhiteRa has demolished this zerg like 5 games in a row now.

  • fatalspoonsfatalspoons Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    jesus christ, watching whitera play vs phoenix vs muta. even with 7 range phoenixes, the muta speed buff makes it nearly impsosible to completely avoid damage

    Isn't that a good thing? Wouldn't want pheonixes to be totally immune to mutas.

  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    fungal is OP. Glad grubby won that series, phew. Last game was sweet.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    jesus christ, watching whitera play vs phoenix vs muta. even with 7 range phoenixes, the muta speed buff makes it nearly impsosible to completely avoid damage

    Isn't that a good thing? Wouldn't want pheonixes to be totally immune to mutas.

    When I say you can't avoid damage, I mean when the Zerg goes mass muta and has 30 or 40 of them, you can't engage without losing phoenixes, and if you lose phoenixes 1 for 1 with mass muta you will lose. whitera was playing against a zerg doing exactly that, and if the Zerg hadn't been dumb enough to engage the phoenixes at the end over the top of 3 archons, he would have won, too.

  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    jesus christ, watching whitera play vs phoenix vs muta. even with 7 range phoenixes, the muta speed buff makes it nearly impsosible to completely avoid damage

    Isn't that a good thing? Wouldn't want pheonixes to be totally immune to mutas.

    Well according to blizzard, phoenix are meant to be a viable counter for mutas, and that has literally never ever actually been the case.

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  • TannerMSTannerMS "I'm confidence cause I'm zerg!" Registered User regular
    The Phoenix player always wins per cost and per supply. They also have the faster and stronger unit. Phoenixs counter mutas if you aren't playing catch up.

  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    TannerMS wrote: »
    The Phoenix player always wins per cost and per supply. They also have the faster and stronger unit. Phoenixs counter mutas if you aren't playing catch up.

    Which means by Blizzard counter logic (that is, break glass in case of X), phoenixes fail miserably.

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  • TannerMSTannerMS "I'm confidence cause I'm zerg!" Registered User regular
    I guess people need to use their free hallucination to spot gas timings. Thre's no other reason for a Zerg to be on 6 gas at that point.

  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    what is this on ESL.tv now? Is this live, or just like, best of IEM from this year?

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  • dexterdexter Registered User regular
    hey guys, if i currently have both SEA and NA sc2, and I want to prepurchase HotS. I usually play on NA, but if I want to be able to play on both do I need to upgrade my SEA account and then just use the NA region for HotS? Also, how do I go about getting the beta key, just for upgrading, or did you need to get the digital limited edition version or something?

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    dexter wrote: »
    hey guys, if i currently have both SEA and NA sc2, and I want to prepurchase HotS. I usually play on NA, but if I want to be able to play on both do I need to upgrade my SEA account and then just use the NA region for HotS? Also, how do I go about getting the beta key, just for upgrading, or did you need to get the digital limited edition version or something?

    HotS will have global play, any version can play on any region.

    You need to preorder from Amazon to get a beta key.

    dexter
  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
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    COME ON! Thorzainnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! I traded for you, you gotta do it for me!

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  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    proleague tonight....all mirror matches

  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    @SorC - WhiteRa released another Hots Replay pack.

    http://white-ra.com/replays

  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    who is this casting proleague

    and why

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    fucking FINALLY rank 1 in my division

    that took three nights of loss streaks hovering between 2-5 before breaking through with a win over a Zerg

  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    815165 wrote: »
    who is this casting proleague

    and why

    SNM and Whiplash. SNM has been a big part of the community for awhile, doing a lot of translation stuff. Whiplash was a second tier pro on VT way back. But both are awful at casting.

    As to why, it is because Kespa couldn't find anyone else to come live in Korea and cast for them.

  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    mEEksa wrote: »
    815165 wrote: »
    who is this casting proleague

    and why

    SNM and Whiplash. SNM has been a big part of the community for awhile, doing a lot of translation stuff. Whiplash was a second tier pro on VT way back. But both are awful at casting.

    As to why, it is because Kespa couldn't find anyone else to come live in Korea and cast for them.

    Except for Doa but they decided to fuck him over because Kespa.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    HotS is increasing my APM as Protoss for the first time in I don't know how long. Rarely a game goes by where I don't average over 200 ingame, because there's just so much to DO now. Control oracles, activate voidray charges, micro your mothership core, warp prisms as always but now they aren't the ONLY harass option so people often dont defend against them properly, stronger phoenixes, tempest position control.

    I hardly ever actually control my army in a battle now, despite the fact that there is stuff to control, because I'm two screens away warping in zealots to attack an expansion and flying in a pair of oracles that I saved from the start and have been gaining energy all game to harass another base.

  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    Random thought popped into my head while watching Taeja vs Bogus tank wars: wouldn't it be really worth it to send a few SCVs to your tank line to keep your tanks repaired? That way you would always win against the opponent trying to creep their tanks forward and slowly whittling you down.

  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
    Man, Taeja is doing work this game. BO disadvantage and great defense by Bogus, but NOPE. Taeja smacks him down.

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  • RedOneRedOne Registered User regular
    Ughughugh
    I can't play starcraft since in out of town
    Though I will get a solid few days of practice prior to the tournament

    Diamond and above players: what league did you start in and how long did it take you to break into your current league. I saw this question on reddit and it made me curious

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  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
    edited December 2012
    it's done.

    IT'S DONE.

    TFUNK, CHAMPION OF ALL HEARTS EVERYWHERE, GOING TO CLOSE IT OUT.

    (or, more likely, eg-tl wins in ace)

    Euphemon on
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  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    It was really important that TL-EG pick up 3 wins by this set, because now their two worst players are up. I could easily see this going to ace with Dear pulling off the upset win against whoever TL-EG sends.

  • EuphemonEuphemon itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata woRegistered User regular
    Thorzain SO HANDSOME.

    CALL ME XOXO

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