Starcraft II Officially Announced

[KSUowls]

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What happened was I bought the EU Collectors Edition so for this version I am stuck on EU servers (um, no thanks) so I'm getting a US license as well to play the real people. I realize I'm buying the same game twice but come on, its Starcraft.

Exactly! I think I bought star craft 1 about 4 times because I kept losing the discs and cd-keys

[KSUowls]

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I suck in MP.....It makes me sad...

mp is a whole other animal compared to sp. Just keep at it and you'll learn the most effective strategies


so after getting destroyed 1v1 against the comp on insane I watched the replay and the computer's APM is insane. In a 27 minute match it averaged out at 1372 and went through a stretch of about 10 minutes where it was never below 2600.

[TheEnglishHombre]

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I suck in MP.....It makes me sad...

They have a few maps that are made specifically to reduce early rushing, if that is still the concern. They put the destructible wall and it's 2k hit points in place around your entrance, stop/slow early zergling/marine/zealot rushes. Isn't 100% foolproof, as reapers can fly right around it, but it helps.

Also, if you guys want to do some co-op against the cpu, I had a blast with that in the original SC. Probably did more of that with my friends than actual competitive/random games.

[KSUowls]

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They have a few maps that are made specifically to reduce early rushing, if that is still the concern. They put the destructible wall and it's 2k hit points in place around your entrance, stop/slow early zergling/marine/zealot rushes. Isn't 100% foolproof, as reapers can fly right around it, but it helps.

Also, if you guys want to do some co-op against the cpu, I had a blast with that in the original SC. Probably did more of that with my friends than actual competitive/random games.

I'm down, I'm still not ready to compete against real opponents yet. Plus I remember some of those old like 5v3 comp games where the comp had mass resources being a lot of fun.

[TracerBullet]

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Sometimes I wonder why some people are still doing practice matches.

[KSUowls]

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Probably a lot of people who have only done the campaign or are just now picking the game up. I've had the game for almost a week now and have only played a live opponent twice.

[bcruise]

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Just back from vacation. Got my collector's edition today but its locked as EU version so I need to get a digital North American version.

Time to get this going!

Kash? BCruise? All in?

No doubt.

If you haven't already, add your character name and code in the the non-sports online gaming thread so we can all friend you!

[TracerBullet]

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Probably a lot of people who have only done the campaign or are just now picking the game up. I've had the game for almost a week now and have only played a live opponent twice.

Same here, but the last guy I faced just demolished me and I wasn't doing terrible. I think I'm going to do one more practice map with the Terran, possibly another one withthe Protoss, and then start my placement matches.

Also where do you add friends at exactly on here?

[bcruise]

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Same here, but the last guy I faced just demolished me and I wasn't doing terrible. I think I'm going to do one more practice map with the Terran, possibly another one withthe Protoss, and then start my placement matches.

Also where do you add friends at exactly on here?

The button right next to the clock opens your friends list (it has a little person icon, along with a number for how many of your friends are online). You should see the add friends button there. From there, just follow what I posted in the non-sports gaming forum.

[TracerBullet]

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The button right next to the clock opens your friends list (it has a little person icon, along with a number for how many of your friends are online). You should see the add friends button there. From there, just follow what I posted in the non-sports gaming forum.

Alright I'll check it out tomorrow (hopefully after I install my new power supply and graphics card tomorrow).

[Kashanova]

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What happened was I bought the EU Collectors Edition so for this version I am stuck on EU servers (um, no thanks) so I'm getting a US license as well to play the real people. I realize I'm buying the same game twice but come on, its Starcraft.

oo ok well i'm ready

[Kashanova]

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btw i hope everyone knows that the AI cheats on insane....

[bcruise]

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btw i hope everyone knows that the AI cheats on insane....

Yeah...I think it gets either more resources each time it harvests, or faster build times. Other Strategy games do this (hi Civilization!) so it's not really a big deal to me.

As far as I can tell, Very Hard does not cheat - but it's exactly what it says on the tin. And it will even do different build orders at the start of the game.

[Kashanova]

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Yeah...I think it gets either more resources each time it harvests, or faster build times. Other Strategy games do this (hi Civilization!) so it's not really a big deal to me.

As far as I can tell, Very Hard does not cheat - but it's exactly what it says on the tin. And it will even do different build orders at the start of the game.

yeah i play very hard, even though i have beaten the ai on insane, but on insane it can see what your doing, it can add minerals and gas at will lol

[MachoMyers]

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Blizzard is being kind enough to switch my EU SC2 account to a US one. Thanks Blizz! Will post my user name in the Non-Sports Gaming thread when I get it.