Starcraft II Officially Announced

[KSUowls]

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We should get something going tomorrow or Saturday. The only OSers I've had a chance to play with so far are Candyman and Bcruise.

[USF11]

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I just won a match using the underground roach movement....the guys reaction was F'N hilarious!!!!!

Just walked past all his defense and killed his SCV's re burrowed and he stood there stunned.

[bcruise]

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I just won a match using the underground roach movement....the guys reaction was F'N hilarious!!!!!

Just walked past all his defense and killed his SCV's re burrowed and he stood there stunned.

I got beaten like that once in the beta...needless to say, after that a sensor tower + sensor sweep if need be is a requirement in any game I play now. Usually the tower itself is enough to deter the burrowing/cloaking since the other player knows they can be seen (and scanned if necessary).

It is quite a shock to see 50 of those ugly-*** roaches suddenly pop up in your base.

[MachoMyers]

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We should get something going tomorrow or Saturday. The only OSers I've had a chance to play with so far are Candyman and Bcruise.

Lets get it done!

[TracerBullet]

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Lets get it done!

I'll make sure not to duck you when I'm on

[bcruise]

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It'll have to be Saturday for me...I work late tomorrow night.

[CaptainZombie]

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Is there a demo of this at all to see how well it runs on my system?

[Phobia]

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It is killing me to not go get this right now on my lunch break.

[tyler289]

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Feel free to friend me if you guys want another to play with/against:

Tyler, 306

[MachoMyers]

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Is there a demo of this at all to see how well it runs on my system?

People who have the retail version should have a few guest passes. I have the digital copy so I didn't get any but perhaps someone can hook you up.

I'm not an Achievement runner or anything but I did get all the Mar Sara achievements. Not the best way to spend the afternoon but the Adjutant avatar makes it worth it.

[CaptainZombie]

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People who have the retail version should have a few guest passes. I have the digital copy so I didn't get any but perhaps someone can hook you up.

I'm not an Achievement runner or anything but I did get all the Mar Sara achievements. Not the best way to spend the afternoon but the Adjutant avatar makes it worth it.

Thanks, I'll check with my brother than who bought the retail version.

[TheEnglishHombre]

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It'll have to be Saturday for me...I work late tomorrow night.

Saturday should work for me, too. Be up early to watch the Premier League, but should be done with that by about noon PST, and clear rest of the day.

Should definitely get a big game going. Used to get some crazy attacks going back in the day when the races were diverse, and the voice chat should make coordinating those that much easier.

[TracerBullet]

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So is trying to do a zergling or marine/marauder (and possibly siege tank and medivac) rush the only strategy people online know now? Seems like it. And when they do it they:
A) Overrun you because you don't have enough fighting units.
B) Kill your workers and pretty much end the match.
C) You hold them off and as soon as you get a base defense properly set up and a medium sized army to attack its over because they've wasted all their resources.

Also whats with people trying to rush to the golden mineral deposits and not build up there original base. Seriously, one guy I played against lifted off his command center at the beginning and flew it to one of those bases.

[USF11]

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So is trying to do a zergling or marine/marauder (and possibly siege tank and medivac) rush the only strategy people online know now? Seems like it. And when they do it they:
A) Overrun you because you don't have enough fighting units.
B) Kill your workers and pretty much end the match.
C) You hold them off and as soon as you get a base defense properly set up and a medium sized army to attack its over because they've wasted all their resources.

Also whats with people trying to rush to the golden mineral deposits and not build up there original base. Seriously, one guy I played against lifted off his command center at the beginning and flew it to one of those bases.

Thats a good idea. The gold deposits give double resources. However if they waste time like that you should be able to easily rush and kill them.

[bcruise]

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So is trying to do a zergling or marine/marauder (and possibly siege tank and medivac) rush the only strategy people online know now? Seems like it. And when they do it they:
A) Overrun you because you don't have enough fighting units.
B) Kill your workers and pretty much end the match.
C) You hold them off and as soon as you get a base defense properly set up and a medium sized army to attack its over because they've wasted all their resources.

Also whats with people trying to rush to the golden mineral deposits and not build up there original base. Seriously, one guy I played against lifted off his command center at the beginning and flew it to one of those bases.

Yeah, seems like it sometimes. And it's funny because one of the challenges shows you exactly how to hold off an early zergling/zealot rush, yet people still use them all the time.

Best way for me to defend both of them (as Terran, anyway), is to keep all my buildings close to the CC, get a barracks up ASAP, and then drop a bunker right in the middle of my mineral line. Once that fills up with marines, that line is pretty safe from early rushes. Depending on where the buildings are placed the bunker might protect all of them too. The SCV's have to take some alternate routes to get around that bunker, but I think the added protection is worth a VERY slightly slower economy. Finally, once the early rush threat is clear, Terran can salvage that bunker and gain the minerals back that were used to create it!

Thing is though, I really don't like playing no-rush games on those resource loaded custom maps either. They are all about just walling in until you get a force of 200 units, then unloading and seeing who destroys the other's base first. I think expanding is a critical part of the game, and those maps just kill that.