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gamingforeverJul 24, 2010
I can't wait to play the new starcraft II game... It's been so long...
stuntaneousJul 24, 2010
it wont be anything special. more of the same but nicer on the eyes. i'm only in it for the custom scene, as long as it doesn't get raped by dota/td spam :/Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
odc1Jul 24, 2010
So many memories!
balancedJul 24, 2010
The article didn't even mention the long wait for a Mac version (but excellent once it came), the alleged 'agreement' between GW and Blizzard, or a lot of other stuff... Instead it seemed to focus on two map-packs I don't even remember ever hearing about!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kingmanicJul 24, 2010
The GW/Blizzard rumor has been around for a long time. Supposedly Blizzard wanted to make warcraft a warhammer game. They were already deep into development of the code but GW rebuked them. So Blizzard just wrote their own story and released warcraft.
I doubt there is any agreement between them since GW and Blizzard are both publicly traded companies such a agreement would appear on their published balance sheets. GW also has some pretty broad IP but a whole hell of it is just 'grimdark' versions of pre-existing ideas. It would be a hard fight to assert IP theft when your IP is based on other peoples IP to a very similar extent.
charlotte_webJul 24, 2010
There was also a lesser-known RTS game called Dark Colony that came out in the year before Starcraft, and featured humans vs a very Zerg-like Martian race.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ripple123Jul 24, 2010
well, thats because no one cares about macs, and they really are quite irrelevant.
geekvolcanoJul 24, 2010
Zerg > all.
caseycooldJul 24, 2010
Depends on the map. For "Fastest Possible Map Ever" (with weird characters) no race could stand against me with protoss.
But under any other conditions, zerg are awesome.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jakatanJul 24, 2010
"Fastest" maps take a large chunk of the strategy of the game away. I never understood the allure of those maps, but they were all my friends from high school would play.
kingmanicJul 24, 2010
@jakatan: lower skill players enjoy the base building and the feeling of safety. In a normal map turtling into one base means you've lost due to being out resourced but on a money map you can still stand a chance turtling. Lower skill players also play to watch s**t explode rather then to play it to win. They don't mind winning but they've convinced themselves that the better players are simply cheap and that the only way to have fun is 20 min no rush on a fast money map.
stk198323Jul 24, 2010
@kingmanic
Maybe, just maybe... some peopel has different taste then yours?
I played a lot of fastet map ever because I actually enjoyed to prepare a defense fast in case of a zerg rush and make sure I can help other people and well... because I didn't have much time so fastest map ever was a fun map when I have 10 minutes, 20 max.
I also played a few BGH... altough I never understood the interest, it's just normal hunter be without the need to expand as and control many spots... boring!
And of course I played LT, hunters and other blizzard map with 1500 ressources in each minerals field...
I enjoyed both version (FP and regular maps) and I don't understand why you would judge one way to play as being ''childish'' and ''boring''. There was enough people playing different type of games to be able to play what you wanted so why this elitist rant?
ripple123Jul 24, 2010
its all about the voidrape now baby. you get 3 of those f**kers spun up to full power near the enemy base early in the game and its goodbye mr bond.
jakatanJul 24, 2010
Voidrays are fairly easily countered. They're too damn expensive and, if your opponent has any semblance of an ability to scout or apply early pressure, you won't be able to get three "early in the game."
ripple123Jul 25, 2010
well jakatan, theres enough room in the early tech up for a few zealots and/or photon cannons for early defence, and the first void you build will fubar any totally ground based early rush. and ok, i would probably start raiding the enemy base at 2 voids.
ilfirimainJul 24, 2010
Actually, a lot of people are of the mindset that Zerg still feels a bit lacking and underpowered, even with all the balancing that occurred in Beta. ESPECIALLY to Terran, specifically against Terran Mech strategies.
As a Protoss player, I'm going to have to agree somewhat. When loading into a game, if I saw I was playing against Terran, I went "Sigh, great, here comes Terran overpoweredness", if I was playing against another Protoss I went, "Eh, okay, no idea what's going to happen" as PvP is basically a game of rock-paper-scissors or a massive cheesefest, but if I was playing against Zerg, I went "Hooray, I'm playing against Zerg".
I'm guessing I probably have the highest win percentage against them.
elitebeatJul 24, 2010
I pre ordered. I hope it hits my door right on the 27th
jakatanJul 24, 2010
I hope your game isn't damaged after it hits your door.
pun1sherJul 25, 2010
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Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
The box is too light to damage anything if it did, anyway.
If it's being delivered with other stuff, however, then IT'S ABOUT TO GET HEAVY!
theexitwoundJul 24, 2010
I'm one of the four people on the planet who doesn't like this game.
harmorJul 24, 2010
I played it a long time ago and I didn't care for it either.
If I remember correctly isn't StarCraft just like WarCraft but in a different setting?
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theexitwoundJul 24, 2010
Exactly. I played Warcraft when it first came out and I liked it. But after that, RTS games increasingly became stale, all of them nearly identical, and the tech tree became limited. The term 'strategy' should have been changed to 'how fast can you rush?' or 'who has the best fingers to group their units'.
*shrug* I don't care who doesn't agree with me. It's funny to see how offensive not following hype is to some people though.
harmorJul 24, 2010
We are getting dugg down because nerds don't like our opinion.
jonglebeatsJul 24, 2010
And then harmor looked into the mirror and realized... he was the nerd.
twinklyjesusJul 24, 2010
We need more Vespene Gas..
freezo1994Jul 24, 2010
we spilled all of it in the ocean
porter35Jul 24, 2010
Dugg for moletrap and klazart
rawclyceJul 24, 2010
I had no idea there were two other expansions (Insurrection and Retribution) for Starcraft!
kingmanicJul 24, 2010
They were non-cannon map packs.
generalobviousJul 24, 2010
Brood War was the only one.
If there were any others, they were probably knock-off brands of crap that wasn't worth playing.
asianwasteJul 24, 2010
Insurrection was TERRIBLE.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
I had no idea there were two other expansions (Reloaded and Revolutions) for the Matrix!
jakatanJul 24, 2010
BIG JOB, HUH?
desolanJul 26, 2010
In the rear, with the gear.
ghozttJul 24, 2010
Most historical Starcraft moment and the birth of the franchise: Blizzard rips off Warhammer 40K.
runaanJul 24, 2010
I'm pretty lame and have only recently gotten into the full scale of Starcraft gaming and lore. I'm pretty god damn excited for SC2 and I've only been anticipating it for a year or two--I can't imagine the excitement of those who've been waiting for twelve. Hats off to you.
railzJul 25, 2010
Most of us who started in '97 either turned to WoW in '04 or started watching korean proleague games at about the same time. It kept out minds off of it.
hmyauhnoJul 24, 2010
Protoss < Zerg
Zerg > Terran
Protoss > Terran
hmyauhnoJul 24, 2010
Take that back Terran > Zerg
duneadxJul 24, 2010
I get the feeling you don't know how > and < work.
hmyauhnoJul 24, 2010
Sorry do you play SC? or you gonna just bitch and moan?
tgc1Jul 24, 2010
I've always played Terran regardless. But the Zerg can hand Terrans their ass with those damned zergling rush's early on in a game. But as the game progresses and the Terrans have upgraded all their tech, the Zerg are f**ked for sure. Protoss seems to be about the most consistent across the board, but again, a skilled Terran can take out a Protoss player and vice versa.
hmyauhnoJul 24, 2010
Oh that rigggghhhtt been awhile... DUNEADX is just as bitch ways and couldn't explain
ilfirimainJul 24, 2010
Let me fix that for you.
Terran > Everything
Everything > Zerg
kontra8Jul 24, 2010
The history of Activision Blizzard
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=128252
Activision sucks.
moocopJul 24, 2010
I Logged in just to say
f**k Robert Kotick!
dvazgirdJul 24, 2010
I remember I used to play money maps when I was 11 thinking I was so good at the game. Building myself a large horde of hydras and defilers and building overlords to reach the game's population limit so all the noobs with the protoss can't build interceptors LOL!. Then using my amazing strategy of sending all those overlords to distract their photon cannons while I rain red hell on the the carriers with my defiles finishing them off with hydras. Yea I was really 1337.
Then I discovered ladder games and when the real fun began. Still don't know why I left that game for CS... but thats what everyone used to play. Never really got into WC3 but now I can't wait for this game to come out.
ruthlesspirateJul 24, 2010
I saw a TV ad for Starcraft II the other day and thought to myself, South Korea must be s**tting bricks right now
flag8rJul 24, 2010
They won't even notice when Kim invades.
ninekplusJul 24, 2010
Nameless marine from the trailer/intro?
Everything else in the article seemed to be solid till I read that at the bottom, then I facepalmed.
diggadiggaJul 24, 2010
StarCraft is great. Butt AnalCraft requires a lot more tactics and strategy. All you need is a Woman's butthole.
ace429kJul 24, 2010
I freakin love Pizza. Pizza and Starcraft will be epic.
UploJul 25, 2010
I for one welcome our new Zerg Overlords.
antdudeJul 25, 2010
I miss Command & Conquer (not the crappy new ones since Red Alert 3/RA3). :(
jman5Jul 27, 2010
I got a present for you!