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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Alrighty, I know a lot of us don't actually play SC but we're pretty good about watching it. I was wondering if any PA people here in Seattle want to get together and reestablish a BarCraft scene in the area. Anyone?

    I am now in Seattle (weeee!), but I don't really drink and I've never been to a Barcraft. So I dunno how much I'd actually meet the criteria

    I don't drink either, but only sports bars have TVs and stuff. I'd be down with just eating, socializing, and watching SC with my PA brothers.

    Then I'm up for it if others are!

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    haha boxer vs rain

    is this to see how much support the stream gets I wonder

    sc2l is on, also... acer vs root, already 2 games in acer up 2-0. not sure who has played.

    edit - jinro had some fucking classic games too

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Alrighty, I know a lot of us don't actually play SC but we're pretty good about watching it. I was wondering if any PA people here in Seattle want to get together and reestablish a BarCraft scene in the area. Anyone?

    I am now in Seattle (weeee!), but I don't really drink and I've never been to a Barcraft. So I dunno how much I'd actually meet the criteria

    I don't drink either, but only sports bars have TVs and stuff. I'd be down with just eating, socializing, and watching SC with my PA brothers.

    Then I'm up for it if others are!

    Alright that's two now! If we can get a third we'll have a trio, four makes a team, and five a group!

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    sick, state just hallucinated stalkers to scare off mutas to save a group of sentries. awesome.

    edit - wish I lived in seattle!

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    sick, state just hallucinated stalkers to scare off mutas to save a group of sentries. awesome.

    edit - wish I lived in seattle!

    So do we man...so do we.
    MOVE HERE!

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  • LorahaloLorahalo Registered User regular
    I would, except it's alarmingly difficult to move to the US as an Australian with a year of university and no job experience under his belt :)

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    Finally.

    Now we can all get back to playing it, what took you so long?

  • MosezMosez Registered User regular
    So who's going to PAX?

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    Mosez wrote: »
    So who's going to PAX?

    I'm only going to be attending Monday. But I'd totally be down with saying hi to some fellow PA people.

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  • shwaipshwaip Registered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Alrighty, I know a lot of us don't actually play SC but we're pretty good about watching it. I was wondering if any PA people here in Seattle want to get together and reestablish a BarCraft scene in the area. Anyone?

    I am now in Seattle (weeee!), but I don't really drink and I've never been to a Barcraft. So I dunno how much I'd actually meet the criteria

    I don't drink either, but only sports bars have TVs and stuff. I'd be down with just eating, socializing, and watching SC with my PA brothers.

    Then I'm up for it if others are!

    Alright that's two now! If we can get a third we'll have a trio, four makes a team, and five a group!

    <- in

    (after 9/1)

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    That's 3! We're officially a trio! Who wants to make us a team?

    We'll need official names and logos soon. :D

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Mosez wrote: »
    So who's going to PAX?

    No moniessssss yet. Now that I'm in Seattle though, I'll be sure to go in the future!

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  • MosezMosez Registered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Mosez wrote: »
    So who's going to PAX?

    I'm only going to be attending Monday. But I'd totally be down with saying hi to some fellow PA people.

    Ah, that's a shame. I'll be there Friday to Sunday and am leaving Sunday night. I've never been, so I'll probably just be aimlessly wandering with my cousins. Any pro tips?

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    I'm totally down to go to PAX if someone wants to pick me up and drop me off in Oklahoma City

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    tugga wrote: »
    I'm totally down to go to PAX if someone wants to pick me up and drop me off in Oklahoma City

    Challenge accepted.
    Oh wait, I don't have any moneyz for that. :(

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  • fatalspoonsfatalspoons Registered User regular
    I'd love to go, but I have no more vacation time. :(

  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    Once I have my degree, I imagine PAX will be a regular thing for me. I'll even drag my girlfriend up there no matter how much she protests

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    tugga wrote: »
    Once I have my degree, I imagine PAX will be a regular thing for me. I'll even drag my girlfriend up there no matter how much she protests

    Fortunately for me, the girl I just started seeing has never been to PAX but always wanted to go. A win-win if you ask me!

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  • chuckleberryfinnchuckleberryfinn Ireland Registered User regular
    So many cool things in the US, I should check if Amazon are still hiring in Seattle.

    No Protoss players were underpowered during this post.
  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    So many cool things in the US, I should check if Amazon are still hiring in Seattle.

    Always hiring

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    So many cool things in the US, I should check if Amazon are still hiring in Seattle.

    Always hiring

    Yup, although I can't seem to get them to hire me. I need a better job so badly. :/

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  • chuckleberryfinnchuckleberryfinn Ireland Registered User regular
    No way, both programmers?

    No Protoss players were underpowered during this post.
  • Panda4YouPanda4You Registered User regular
    Oh shi- Mothership!

    Ah, MLG reruns :D

    Variable
  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    No way, both programmers?

    Oh no, I'm no programmer. Programmers are certainly in high demand in Seattle though.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    Panda4You wrote: »
    Oh shi- Mothership!

    Ah, MLG reruns :D

    that game won't get far but it's still fun to see

    I love seeing the old maps the most. even cloud kingdom feels like forever ago now.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    this game is considered one of the best because of 2 seconds of smack talk in the first few minutes and mc giving idra the thumbs down after

    good reminder of why I don't like either of them as players, hardly a classic game. I guess they need 32 and this gets attention.

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  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    My favorite smack talk is Stephano complimenting someone (Sase?) on their shorts in the middle of a game.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    that's playful at least

    this is mc being a dick and idra whining about balance mid game (mc says 'are you angry'... thumbs down is a celebration, okay I get it, but 'are you angry' mid game?)

    I guess it's a good thing in that the crowd goes wild. I'd probably love it if it wasn't 2 other players.

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    New bugfix patch this week. Any of you loonies that 4v4 might get your hopes up again, apparently they've fixed the 4v4 bug (again)
    STARCRAFT II PATCH 2.0.11

    BUG FIXES

    General

    Fixed an issue that caused in-game Victory screens to display incorrect fonts.
    English strings are now properly displayed in the enGB version of the Split 1v1 and Streamlined custom observer UIs.

    Battle.net

    4v4 matches no longer result in losses for both teams.
    Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause players to encounter an “Input Limit Reached” error when loading map lists on the Custom Games page.
    Army Value is now the default graph displayed in the Graphs tab on the Score Screen.

    Gameplay and Races

    General
    Hovering the mouse over double wide Collapsible Towers now properly displays two Destructible Debris preview images.

    Terran
    Thors now display the correct control group icon while in Explosive Payload mode.
    The Thor’s High Impact Payload and Explosive Payload abilities are now properly suppressed while under the effect of Fungal Growth.
    Wireframe tooltips are now properly displayed for Thors in High Impact Payload.

    Protoss
    The Void Ray attack icon now updates appropriately when Protoss Air Weapon upgrades are researched.

    Zerg
    Baneling, Brood Lord, Infested Terran, and Overseer cocoons are now properly selected when using the Select Army Units button.
    Burrowed Queens are no longer selected when using the Select Army Units button.

    Graphics

    Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a saved game created from a session in which the player changed graphic settings.
    Fixed a rare crash that could occur with Phoenix-style paired attacks.
    Fixed an issue in which transparent models with different colored halos could cause the halos to flicker and display incorrect colors.
    Fixed an issue that let user Variable change his avatar

    Editor

    Fixed an issue where users were encountering long load times when loading into a map from the editor.

    autono-wally, erotibot300
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    I'm glad about the army value change, small as it is. I wondered why they changed it in the first place to like, upgrade spending or whatever

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  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    So, are hellbats still a thing? I don't watch too much but I feel like I never see them outside of mech TvT.

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    Yilias wrote: »
    So, are hellbats still a thing? I don't watch too much but I feel like I never see them outside of mech TvT.

    they got nerfed so they dont two shot workers anymore, you need blue flame for that. You can get hellions faster and banshees are cheaper, so thats what you see a lot in TvT now

  • fatalspoonsfatalspoons Registered User regular
    Just read that League of Legends user info was hacked. Only superficial or hashed data was taken. Still, any of you traitors that turned to the dark side might want to keep a vigilante watch over your accounts.

  • Panda4YouPanda4You Registered User regular
    Whoa, Leenock! Did he get sent to military service or why haven't you seen him at all now since HotS came out?

  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    Just read that League of Legends user info was hacked. Only superficial or hashed data was taken. Still, any of you traitors that turned to the dark side might want to keep a vigilante watch over your accounts.
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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    ahaha, they changed the reaper and marauder icon again. only matters if you use grid but it's funny, spent a lot of early hots getting used to the change and now it's back. made a total of 2 reapers though so I'd say it's not a big deal

    edit - awesome one of the top mlg games is incontrol winning. apparently recently but I didn't see it the first time, awesome to see him win ever and it was a comeback on top of it. he looked so happy!

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Variable wrote: »
    ahaha, they changed the reaper and marauder icon again. only matters if you use grid but it's funny, spent a lot of early hots getting used to the change and now it's back. made a total of 2 reapers though so I'd say it's not a big deal

    edit - awesome one of the top mlg games is incontrol winning. apparently recently but I didn't see it the first time, awesome to see him win ever and it was a comeback on top of it. he looked so happy!

    If its the game where he came back with DTs, then that was one of the more memorable games i've seen from him recently. EG even did a special on it

    EDIT: Here it is

    http://youtu.be/-nq8mK6xDyQ

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  • shwaipshwaip Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    tugga wrote: »
    Variable wrote: »
    ahaha, they changed the reaper and marauder icon again. only matters if you use grid but it's funny, spent a lot of early hots getting used to the change and now it's back. made a total of 2 reapers though so I'd say it's not a big deal

    edit - awesome one of the top mlg games is incontrol winning. apparently recently but I didn't see it the first time, awesome to see him win ever and it was a comeback on top of it. he looked so happy!

    If its the game where he came back with DTs, then that was one of the more memorable games i've seen from him recently. EG even did a special on it

    ...you're going to have to be more specific.

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    Khaldor did an APM video of Rain.

    http://youtu.be/jZUuLPGoPIM

    I think one of the more interesting things about these videos is you not only see speed, but accuracy. Also take a look at Rain's thumb placement, it hovers over 'G.' Since I used space for jump in FPS (most top level FPS use mouse2), my thumb hangs out at the spacebar, but I still use it to build pylons (B+E) and chronoboost (4+C) and whatnot. I think to a new player like me, or anyone with sub 200 apm, learning to use your thumb can be awkward at first, and rewarding in the end. You see Rain use it for several things, with accuracy.

    Its pretty interesting to me, and it will by no means make a huge difference unless you're high masters/low GM trying to make high GM or Code A/S. The muscle memory I have from FPS has been hard to break, as your hand doesnt move around at all, and I had my weapon selections around wasd, and i didn't have to think "Ok rockets press R then click" it was instinctual. I imagine a lot of the top level players have this as well, spotting drops and instead of spamming 12 stalkers, they warp in exactly 5 at exactly the right spot, or seeing a lair timing and gas timing and knowing exactly what was up.

    Of course I'm talking about the very top level mechanics that the majority of people in this thread don't even have to worry about, especially me. I mean the game I posted on the last page I was so dead but luckily the guy stood in the middle of storms like a polite gentleman, and never made more than 4 vikings to counter my 7 colossus, and at one point threw away about 7 ghosts. Me optimizing my apm isnt going to make much difference in that particular game. What has helped is getting used to my F1-4 keys and having a thought like "ok research +3 +3" and instead of looking at the minimap, I already know where my forges are and how to get to them. I just find the refined mechanics of the very top level players to be interesting as fuck, instead of just spamming chrono's on probes because it doesnt matter in lower leagues, they already know what they have in army, tech, and workers, and can distribute chronos (or scans, larva etc) exactly where they need them.

    Lilnoobsmysticjuicer
  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    The test map is changing the 'vipers start with full energy' to 'ultralisks now have 550 hp instead of 500'.

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