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[Starcraft 2]: My life for BETA (now live!)

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So what all units aren't in the beta?

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    whoops, buggered up that link. fixed now though

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  • DrakeonDrakeon Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pretty much everyone is playing protoss from all the streams I keep joining, kind of boring now

    Protoss were the easiest for me to get a handle on back when I played, so it's not too surprising to see them played the most. Zerg felt the most foreign, with Terran somewhere in between.

    For the record, Zerg was my race in SC1.

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  • StreltsyStreltsy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Skab wrote: »
    http://www.starcraftmethod.com/livestreams-lumi-2

    for those wanting a nice hq stream

    edit: fixed

    Good stream but that website makes me angry: http://www.starcraftmethod.com/about
    Really? A 'premium' strategy site with pay-to-register before the game is even out? The fact that Husky (who I'm pretty sure is a well known commentator) is part of that is what makes it worse, other wise I wouldn't really take notice.

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  • LunysgwenLunysgwen Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    myself, mark and sirtoons are playing games, you can watch us in my stream at www.livestream.com/palol

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  • DangeriskDangerisk Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Blizzard's David Kim abusing the Banelings vs EG.Inka
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qa6-BNDSlA&feature=player_embedded
    Video quality sucks I know.

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    saw that live and was holy shit

    that's a lotta units

    i am creaming my pants

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Okay. So if I had the beta, and I'm not saying that I do... Am I allowed to talk about it? I don't see anything about a NDA or anything like that.

    So I can talk about this game right, if I'm in the beta? (Not that I am...)

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Melkster wrote: »
    Okay. So if I had the beta, and I'm not saying that I do... Am I allowed to talk about it? I don't see anything about a NDA or anything like that.

    So I can talk about this game right, if I'm in the beta? (Not that I am...)

    yes there is no nda

    there are like 20 streams going on

    trust me, you can blow your load about the game at any time
    i want to be angry at you for being in the beta but man i can't say that to everyone

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Alright then.

    Yeah so I'm in the beta, just got the e-mail.

    Holy shit why is Blizzard making me torrent to download the game? My internet is not set up to be great at uploading (we don't torrent). I'm downloading at a miserable 89 kbs... =/

    Is there a, you know, REAL SERVER that I can download from?

    Edit: Whoops. Okay, you can disable P2P downloading (thank heavens) in the downloader itself. Now it's downloading at a speedier pace.

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  • StreltsyStreltsy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lunysgwen wrote: »
    myself, mark and sirtoons are playing games, you can watch us in my stream at www.livestream.com/palol
    Melkster wrote: »
    Alright then.

    Yeah so I'm in the beta, just got the e-mail.

    Holy shit why is Blizzard making me torrent to download the game? My internet is not set up to be great at uploading (we don't torrent). I'm downloading at a miserable 89 kbs... =/

    Is there a, you know, REAL SERVER that I can download from?

    Edit: Whoops. Okay, you can disable P2P downloading (thank heavens) in the downloader itself. Now it's downloading at a speedier pace.

    *goes to battle.net and email
    *furiously mashes F5
    *:x
    *:cry:

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  • Salvation122Salvation122 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Really though

    How the fuck do you defend against that many banelings

    I guess you keep the pressure up so they can't throw that many at you at once, but still, Christ

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I still haven't gotten in the beta, but I can confirm that emails are still going out. One of my best buddies sent me a message on msn about 20 minutes ago and he was screaming with joy (in text) cause he got in. I'll be paying him a visit this weekend to check it out :P

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  • MelksterMelkster Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    the shitty thing is... I have a convention at work that I have to go to -.-

    Sigh. I'll be at a stupid hotel from tomorrow morning until Sunday night. =/ (And I dont have a gaming laptop)

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  • PeffPeff Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Beta key get!

    I'll have to get my account in the OP once I get installed.

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  • DrakeonDrakeon Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Goddamn you people, I just closed my email/bnet tabs and now I reopened them hoping I'll get one tonight too :(

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Nothing yet, and I had signed up for it the day it went live.

    Probably due to signing up for the Mac client, and it's not out yet.

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  • LunysgwenLunysgwen Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I have found out that I am a super noob at SC tonight.

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    signed up since went live

    hopefully get one in the soon time

    because honestly i could get so hooked on this like you don't even know at the moment

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Banelings <3

    Also loving Brood Lords, way better than guardians. They shoot broodlings from distance which tie up ground units, they can still just manually target you, but they gotta get around all the broodlings first.

    Also you can group I think 120 units into the same group. Maybe 150.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, it sucks. I've been a member of Blizzard Insider since its inception. I own every game of theirs, and I have an active WoW account that has been active for 100% of the time since launch. I kinda feel like at this point I should get access to all Blizzard betas based on my dedication.

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  • YranYran Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Oh snap. Literally as I was moping to my friend, who has the beta key guarantee of an invite, I got the email and began downloading. He hasn't, yet. God that felt good.

    Oh, and I saw that David Kim baneling manuever live on the stream, that was fucking ridiculous.

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I lol'd at the baneling rush.

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i really feel like if i can just dick around for a day i might be able to get my SC skillz back

    but playing brood war is gonna throw my mojo off i can feel it, i just need to wait this one out

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  • DangeriskDangerisk Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Shadowen wrote: »
    I lol'd at the baneling rush.

    There's an upgrade so they can move while burrowed... D:

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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Dangerisk wrote: »
    Shadowen wrote: »
    I lol'd at the baneling rush.

    There's an upgrade so they can move while burrowed... D:

    watching the streams and contemplating it...

    i feel banelings are going to get balanced but as I'm seeing it they seem on the face a really powerful unit and if they needed balancing they would have already gotten it

    i dunno

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Anyone know if there's a mirror download available? I'd like to get the game ahead of time in case I get an invite.

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Uhhh, I doubt it, It's a blizzard downloader and you only get it if it's tied to your account.

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  • DrakeonDrakeon Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Fileshack has it up on the front page of their site.

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    yeah i grabbed it from fileshack earlier tonight. the main screen is so pretty.



    i want a key :(


    Edit: question. are you guys who have just recently been getting emails people who just opted in, or are you blizzcon guys from 08?

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Cool. Thanks for the Fileshack tip. Downloading now.

    Also, as a note to any Blizzard Employees who might be reading this, I'd be willing to give fellatio for a key.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    any cool streams of pros up right now that i can watch while i sit politely in my chair?*

    *masturbate

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  • KhaczorKhaczor Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah I need some streams or something. I wanna see some late game terran if possible

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    MikeMan wrote: »
    any cool streams of pros up right now that i can watch while i sit politely in my chair?*

    *masturbate

    Its funny. Back when Warcraft 3 was coming out, I got a beta key but none of my friends did. We found an unofficial faux b.net that was hosted by a server that was titled "masturbatesfrequently.com." It was good times.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    any cool streams of pros up right now that i can watch while i sit politely in my chair?*

    *masturbate

    Its funny. Back when Warcraft 3 was coming out, I got a beta key but none of my friends did. We found an unofficial faux b.net that was hosted by a server that was titled "masturbatesfrequently.com." It was good times.
    That's an awesome name for a server.

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I was completely over SC2 until I saw the beta news.

    I am so not over SC2 :(

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    How could you be over a game that's not even out yet? That's like saying you're over Diablo 3, and that's just not possible.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    SJ wrote: »
    I was completely over SC2 until I saw the beta news.

    I am so not over SC2 :(
    I did good initially. When they announced it I was like "it's Blizzard so it'll be a million years so I'll just put it out of my mind."

    Then I made the mistake of watching a battle report about a week ago and sweet goddamn, I'm roped back in to the hype machine. :(

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  • TheUnsane1TheUnsane1 PhiladelphiaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    wow the team liquid stream guy totally just showed his key on the stream in his email...

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  • AkiraAkira Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Watching the 1up live stream recap, it feels like I'm looking at a parody. Everything is so ridiculously similar to the first game and dated, I keep expecting Blizzard to suddenly pull out a completely different SC2 and be like "Hah, you didn't think that was the real Starcraft 2, did you?".

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