As was foretold, we've added advertisements to the forums! If you have questions, or if you encounter any bugs, please visit this thread: https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/240191/forum-advertisement-faq-and-reports-thread/
We're funding a new Acquisitions Incorporated series on Kickstarter right now! Check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pennyarcade/acquisitions-incorporated-the-series-2

[StarCraft 2] THIS THREAD IS DEAD! POST IN THE NEW ONE!

1121315171899

Posts

  • JibbaJibba Registered User regular
    JYP JYPed things up.

  • kedinikkedinik Captain of Industry Registered User regular
    Frozenzen wrote: »
    This map seems hilariously bad PvZ though, or is JYP just misplaying it really badly? (not that unexpected if it is the case)

    It seems like a really bad map for protoss.

    I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
  • theSquidtheSquid Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    shwaip wrote: »
    Jibba wrote: »

    wow the "wrong letters for gg" dqs are dumb

    That is stunningly terrible, I get strict rules on chatting but if you can't figure these things out on a case-by-case basis you're objectively intellectually limited.

  • RedOneRedOne Registered User regular
    Is it me or are there more people in the beta now? Thereby making the leagues more "normal"

    I'm smashing these gold players now and there are apparently 1k games going on right now when last week there were only 500~

    This season I'm 31-20, which is much better compared to the 55-78 or whatever it was last season.

    1495255-1.png?1331518337
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    mech tvp still fucking blows

    BNet-Vari#1998 | Switch-SW 6960 6688 8388 | Steam | Twitch
    Dhalphir3cl1ps3
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    I'm done til pros start playing

    I'm not interested in being the guy who figures shit out at all. no more losing to proxy reaper into widow mine with expand. just not excited about the game now.

    when people start playing I can feel like I did something well or wrong, right now I just have no fucking idea what's going on. no fun for me, not my style. wol it is til this becomes official.

    BNet-Vari#1998 | Switch-SW 6960 6688 8388 | Steam | Twitch
  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    wow, that's a pretty radical turnaround from earlier when you played that great TvT.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Although - now that you mention it, playing WoL once they implement that nerf for infested Terrans does have a certain attraction.

  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    GoRush was disqualified for typing "ㅎㅎ" instead of "gg" (ㅎㅎshows up if you have a Korean keyboard and you type key corresponding to "g" without changing the setting to English

    That is just beyond idiotic.

    Steam ||| SC2 - Jaziek.377 on EU & NA. ||| Twitch Stream
    Duke 2.0
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    yeah it is I was really into it, tonight changed me around!

    don't mean to sound like I'm hating on hots or anything, there's nothing wrong with it. I just find this part of the process less interesting.

    BNet-Vari#1998 | Switch-SW 6960 6688 8388 | Steam | Twitch
  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    What happened tonight that changed your mind?

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Yup, hosts are useless midgame.

    ed: Yup, hosts are completely and utterly useless midgame.

    MMMig on
    l4lGvOw.png
    Witty signature comment goes here...

    wra
  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    B-but MMMig. Zergs are just using them wrong. You need to.. harass with them or some stupid shit like that. *eye roll*

  • crucialityfactorcrucialityfactor Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Please tell me someone else saw Parting v Nestea game 5.

    Edit: it was kinda really dumb...but at the same time glorious.

    crucialityfactor on
  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    Woo~ Go Scarlett!

    MMMigcrucialityfactormEEksaJibba
  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    Total boss. I've always really enjoyed Scarlett's zvz. Right from when she first came onto the scene with ultralisk rushes.

  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    -
    Variable wrote: »
    I'm done til pros start playing

    I'm not interested in being the guy who figures shit out at all. no more losing to proxy reaper into widow mine with expand. just not excited about the game now.

    when people start playing I can feel like I did something well or wrong, right now I just have no fucking idea what's going on. no fun for me, not my style. wol it is til this becomes official.

    HTOMario just published a new replay pack: http://www2.zshare.ma/hlhw98ifc87t

    He's not a pro, but he's solidly GM playing mech in (I believe) every match up. I'm downloading it now, so I can't comment on it atm, but I'll post later if you're interested.

    Steam - BNet: Yilias #1224 - Riot: Yilias #moc
    Variable
  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    Scarlett is up against Nestea next round, could be a great match. I'm going to give it to Nestea, because he is the master of mixing up different builds and throwing people off guard in ZvZ and that has historically been Scarlett's weakness. On the other hand, it'll be cross server, so anything could happen.

  • fatalspoonsfatalspoons Registered User regular
    What are you all watching?

  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    Steam - BNet: Yilias #1224 - Riot: Yilias #moc
  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    MKP, MC, and six Zerg players in the ro8.





    yay...

    SorC
  • Panda4YouPanda4You Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    Mother of fuck, missed scarlett :<

    Anyway, I think someone from around here raised the point, but I just fucking love sending out 2 drones to scouts vs terrans on 2p maps!
    If you're lucky the dude leaves after 2-3 scv kills :D And that's just what I need right now as I'm cheesing my way to that 1k win-portrait. 189 to go...

    Panda4You on
  • GalyGaly Registered User regular
    coming back to this game after a long break and decided to learn a new race (was zerg) since i was practically starting fresh anyways

    and i picked terran

    god help me

    mustache w/ hat c|:{
  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    God help you indeed. I say start out playing mech. They're much less mechanically (pun intended, and made) demanding compared to bio. Mech is very powerful, especially in HotS.

  • GalyGaly Registered User regular
    i'm following filterSC's bronze to master series which focuses on bio and so far it's going well

    it's amazing how having simple benchmarks like 50 SCVs at 10 minutes focuses your play

    so far i've progressed from bronze to gold over the last week doing nothing but 1 rax FE into a 10 minute bio push in every matchup

    i'm not even scouting! just macro macro macro. really great way to learn the game again.

    mustache w/ hat c|:{
  • shwaipshwaip Registered User regular
    TheBog wrote: »
    God help you indeed. I say start out playing mech. They're much less mechanically (pun intended, and made) demanding compared to bio. Mech is very powerful, especially in HotS.

    i say learn to 1 base macro first. do a 1 base, 3 rax (2 tech, 1 reactor) build. push so you hit right as all your ups (combat, stim, conc) finish. focus on never missing a mule, never getting supply blocked.

    kedinik
  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Galy wrote: »
    i'm following filterSC's bronze to master series which focuses on bio and so far it's going well

    it's amazing how having simple benchmarks like 50 SCVs at 10 minutes focuses your play

    so far i've progressed from bronze to gold over the last week doing nothing but 1 rax FE into a 10 minute bio push in every matchup

    i'm not even scouting! just macro macro macro. really great way to learn the game again.

    if every player did wht you're doing we'd have triple the amount of diamond and master players in a matter of weeks.

    Galy
  • crucialityfactorcrucialityfactor Registered User regular
    What? Played the game?

  • shwaipshwaip Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Galy wrote: »
    i'm following filterSC's bronze to master series which focuses on bio and so far it's going well

    it's amazing how having simple benchmarks like 50 SCVs at 10 minutes focuses your play

    so far i've progressed from bronze to gold over the last week doing nothing but 1 rax FE into a 10 minute bio push in every matchup

    i'm not even scouting! just macro macro macro. really great way to learn the game again.

    if every player did wht you're doing we'd have triple the amount of diamond and master players in a matter of weeks.

    alternatively he could just switch to zerg. it's pretty ez over here.

    MMMig
  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    widow mines and hellbats are a fucking menace in PvT when they go mech.
    The hellbats are not armored, they just tank the shit out of dmg. Gotta keep making colossus to clear these jerks out.
    And widow mines, be exploding all over your shit, and reinforcements

    mastman on
    ByalIX8.png
    B.net: Kusanku
  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    Make archons vs hellbats.

  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    oh shit they're biological, yessss. ty.

    I uhh, don't keep track of a lot of the new units...

    mastman on
    ByalIX8.png
    B.net: Kusanku
  • jaziekjaziek Bad at everything And mad about it.Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Galy wrote: »
    i'm following filterSC's bronze to master series which focuses on bio and so far it's going well

    it's amazing how having simple benchmarks like 50 SCVs at 10 minutes focuses your play

    so far i've progressed from bronze to gold over the last week doing nothing but 1 rax FE into a 10 minute bio push in every matchup

    i'm not even scouting! just macro macro macro. really great way to learn the game again.

    if every player did wht you're doing we'd have triple the amount of diamond and master players in a matter of weeks.

    Not really, it would just make diamond and master a hell of a lot harder to get into.

    Steam ||| SC2 - Jaziek.377 on EU & NA. ||| Twitch Stream
  • GalyGaly Registered User regular
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Galy wrote: »
    i'm following filterSC's bronze to master series which focuses on bio and so far it's going well

    it's amazing how having simple benchmarks like 50 SCVs at 10 minutes focuses your play

    so far i've progressed from bronze to gold over the last week doing nothing but 1 rax FE into a 10 minute bio push in every matchup

    i'm not even scouting! just macro macro macro. really great way to learn the game again.

    if every player did wht you're doing we'd have triple the amount of diamond and master players in a matter of weeks.

    it's funny because i literally 7 RR'd my way into diamond back when the game came out before i started branching out and learning 'macro' as a zerg

    i now realize that my macro was complete shit even though I would have said otherwise back then

    mustache w/ hat c|:{
  • RedOneRedOne Registered User regular
    Galy wrote: »
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Galy wrote: »
    i'm following filterSC's bronze to master series which focuses on bio and so far it's going well

    it's amazing how having simple benchmarks like 50 SCVs at 10 minutes focuses your play

    so far i've progressed from bronze to gold over the last week doing nothing but 1 rax FE into a 10 minute bio push in every matchup

    i'm not even scouting! just macro macro macro. really great way to learn the game again.

    if every player did wht you're doing we'd have triple the amount of diamond and master players in a matter of weeks.

    it's funny because i literally 7 RR'd my way into diamond back when the game came out before i started branching out and learning 'macro' as a zerg

    i now realize that my macro was complete shit even though I would have said otherwise back then

    I 7RR'd from bronze-gold before settling in platinum with macro openers. Still working in crossing into the diamond range. I haven't played any WoL in a while, however

    I personally like then 1base -> 2base -> 3base style of learning

    1495255-1.png?1331518337
  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    I don't even know how to play on one base. Can't afford shit.

    ByalIX8.png
    B.net: Kusanku
  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    Nathanias cassting Proleague:

  • RedOneRedOne Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    http://drop.sc/294403

    Here's a pretty epic ZvT

    It's against this guy I play with sometimes. He's super, super cheesy and takes a lot of games off of me as a result. This game he rolls Terran and tries to do some harass with widowmine drops. I'm completely unprepared so they do good damage and deny a lot of mining time. Eventually, I get my three bases and macro hatches up and max out on 2/2 ling/bling/muta and go attack only to find he made Battlecruisers. He kills my mutas, but I think I do some damage with the lings.

    The game really spirals out of control, but luckily for me, I manage to keep him pretty much on 2 bases for most of the game using banelings to suicide into his command centers since it takes me quite a while to build up to an army that can kill his army of battle-cruisers, ravens and MMM straight up. I deny him bases for basically about 20 minutes until I get ultralisks out, by then the game is pretty much over. I max out on ling/bling/ultra/corruptor and make my final attack. He floats all his buildings and forces me to hunt them down. Pretty happy I beat him though, since he's diamond in WoL and HotS

    Edit: Even though I won, I'd appreciate it if anyone pointed out flaws in my play :>

    RedOne on
    1495255-1.png?1331518337
    Variable
Sign In or Register to comment.