Starcraft 2: Mothership Connection

http://www.starcraft2.com/

Starcraft 2 announced! Will not feature battle-tightened ass or camel-toes! Presumably! National holiday in S.Korea declared!

Holy shit, the linking code works now! far out.

looks neat

Yesterday they announced a Beta opt-in (kind of). To be eligible you have to have a battle.net account and Blizzard 'may contact you in the coming months.'

A friend works for Blizzard and was saying last night it's still in the Alpha for a couple of months yet, but says its looking good, though it seems system requirements are pretty high...

jesus how long is it going to take them to get this shit together. not only has it been like 10 years since the last one but everything about 2 looks like it's pretty much exactly the same with a couple new units and hi-resier graphics.

Yeah, you could say the same about SFIV, though, which also took for-fuckin-ever.

Blizzard's as bad as anyone in using the "when it's done" excuse, but they haven't released a bomb in probably 15 years so it'll probably be very good. I'm on the fence about the game myself, but I'm one of those crazy people who enjoys the game in single player more than in multiplayer mode (DoTA and other such mods aside).

I think it's really in their best interests to make sure this works perfectly; starcraft is STILL a massive sensation in most of the world and there's no reason to fuck with perfection.

Basically, the only other developer whose games consistently pleased me as much as Blizzard's do was Black Isle. (Even Capcom has bombed for me; see my total lack of interest in the Resident Evil series.)

Valve, maybe.

And Popcap!

jesus how long is it going to take them to get this shit together. not only has it been like 10 years since the last one but everything about 2 looks like it's pretty much exactly the same with a couple new units and hi-resier graphics.

Having just witnessed the pre-Beta in action I can confirm that it looks and plays pretty much exactly the same, but a bit more 3D-er (and sharper, or course). Apparently they haven't finalised all the races yet, and to my ears it sounds like they're using the same awful sound effects/voices from the last one. So it looks kinda nice, but sounds hella annoying. Maybe they're just placeholder sounds for now...

Anyone else going nuts every time they push back StarCraft 2? I'm iffy on this whole "one race per product" thing for single player, but the mode to train for multiplayer sounds interesting. Mainly I just want them to release a multiplayer beta, with the fringe chance that it'll get hacked and distributed widely if I'm not in the beta group.

Im trying to pretend Im not going to pick this up on day 1 but I probably will. I kinda hate RTS games these days but Blizzard does such a good job with them w/r/t the stories and the characters.

my roommate got into the beta, i'm about to give it a whirl

curious!

got my beta key yesterday after pre-ordering from gamestop. Haven't had the time to play it yet though.

anybody else here tried it?

I'm 0-4 so far. About to leave the 'Practice' league OMG

it looks really complicated to play. is it complicated?

is it enjoyable is what i wanna know

odd timing. I just bought the original game for $5 at a used shop earlier tonight.

It is enjoyable. People who have played the original will have an initial advantage in that the resource and production system is the same. However about half of the units are new which makes things a bit confusing at the onset.

The Terrans have 4 ground units as opposed to 3 in the original - marines, ghosts, and two units that are kinda like firebats. And unfortunately the goliath is gone - replaced by HUGE ground units called Thors (which require as much tech upgrading as the Battlecruisers did in the original, so you won't be able to create them for awhile).

can i still switch my modes on the tanks to awesome stationary cannon unit?

Yes

Also if you have the capability, the graphics are nice (there is an 'ultra' setting I'd like to see someday). I'm playing on a 3 year old laptop withal 128 meg video card and on LQ it looks good and is quite smooth.

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS 7-27
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2010/05/04/starcraft-2-wings-of-liberty-release-date-a/1

realized the original was released at the exact halfway point of my life atm and I kinda lol'd but was mostly sad

is this coming out on the mac at the same time?

I'm playing on a 3 year old laptop withal 128 meg video card and on LQ it looks good and is quite smooth.

:(

MACS REQUIRE MORE VESPENE GAS 7-27

kclu, do you have a video card or integrated graphics?

btw Command Centers now have offensive ability

...though not when they're airborne (unfortunately)

my number one wished for ability for the command center was for it to land on other units (possible your own)

pretty sure integrated

i can't play RTSs but i do get a weird pleasure out of watching youtubes of this game

It looks awesome. I hope it runs on my 2 year old iMac.

The original starcraft caused me to flunk out of college the first time. I would play that shit for 20 hours a day.

my pc has an NVIDIA GeForce 7150m / nForce 630M, which should be good enough, I think.

so is it the processor..?

oh, my processor is only 2.0 GHz.

This beta test is pretty awesome. It's a lot like the original SC, but I feel like the races are a little more differentiated and have a definite flavor. The existing units and abilities kind of got shifted around so it's a very different game in that the strategies are different, but the gameplay is nearly identical to the original.

In one hour I will playing the beta on my Mac. Woohoo!

Mordy, let me know if you want to play

I'm so terrible at it. :(

this game is sick, you have to play soooo much to be good. i still love getting my ass kicked, though.

additional supply depots required

not enough thespian gas!

interesting article on Edge online, about the korean fascination for the original Warcraft. if anyones not seen it.

http://www.next-gen.biz/features/starcrafts-enduring-legacy-part-one

erm 'Starcraft'
lol

no mention of their crazy black sox-esque scandal?

this is some crazy shit right here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbpCLqryN-Q

Day9tv.blip.tv is hosting a king of the beta tourney until Tues. Good stuff to hold you over.

cough splutter, snatched from an amazon review is this true?

"this is only a third of the game, the first part of three. You can only play the Terran campaign. The Zerg and the Protoss campaigns will be released independently later "

as far as I know, that's true

I played against a friend of mine who's korean american and he was almost as fast. tbh I don't think it's difficult to achieve that level, you just need to be willing to put in the time to slog through all those practice sessions. it's not really any different from being really good at touch typing or any other kind of twitch gaming.

Starcraft II being a 3logy is old news y'all! The full game is shipping multi-wise though, I think the later installments are going to be just single-player with additions to multi kind of like expansion packs. Except that they're gonna charge full price for each and make them standalone. Blizzard's not used to not making a trillion dollars on every release, see.

can't afford to buy this right now ;_;

Wouldnt be surprised if there were missions in the human campaign where you can control the other races' units.

is this really $60?? wtf :|

so only $180 for the whole thing

but think of the value! and think about $180 in comparison to the inevitable charges you will inevitably incur playing world of starcraft!

SAVINGS.

I still think they should have made a third WoW faction out of fugitive Protoss/Zerg/Terrans

wondering if this is on onlive

kind of want to blow 180 on this until i realize ill lose much more in wasted time

RIP soph year of high school

So I got pumped about getting a new computer game and it runs like shit on my machine.

Seriously nothing has changed for 20 goddamn years.

d/ling the trial version now. Will probably finish just with the install by tomorrow evening.

I can't get the downloader app to run on my mac!!!

only 62% downloaded the next day

where can one find the demo

you get a friend who ponied up the dough for it to give you a "guest code" or somesuch

this game is so great! bear in mind i hate multiplayer and will probably never do anything except the single-player campaign.

i feel the exact opposite about the single player, i feel like they missed so much fo what has made SP storytellnig better in games over the past... how long ago did HL2 come out? 10 years?

seriously, why is everything in a goddamn cutscene? the in-between levels shit feels almost liek sam and max in its "i guess i am doing sometihng, because i click a thing and then i listen for 45 seconds" nonsense (minus the sam and max jokes-ness of it all). TALK TO ME WHILE I'M PLAYING. it's not insanely hard. to be fair i'm 3 missions in but i have decided i don't give an eff about the cutscenes already, and i am kind of not that dude usually. now i'm pissed that i am missing all of the (enthralling, i'm sure) story.

will this run on my old macbook pro? tf2 is barely playable even with a ton of custom config stuff, hl2 is ok tho

probably not

it might run, but prob not well enough for multiplayer and that's where the fun's at

I am playing it on a 2006 macbook pro and it runs fine on low settings

nice!

I have to say I really like the trial mode for this- just got a code from a friend, and it looks like it's the whole damn game, just locked to 7 hours of play. Downloading now.

yeah, i think trial mode is the whole game. my b.net name is Karl if anyone wants to add me, i just play it at my friend's house tho, so i'm not on that often.

I think to add people you need either:
a) their b.net name AND code (you see your own when you bring up your friends menu)
OR
b) their email addy

about 20 hrs to go!!

Now that I've played more than a hundred games of multiplayer, I find myself falling into a rut of the same build order over and over. I just tried a Marine/Thor combination just to shake things up a bit. Didn't really work.

Um. Wow. Not a multiplayer guy, at least for RTSs, but the single-player in this is great fun. The writing is pretty weak, but the production values are outstanding- you can really see where the gajillion dollars of Warcraft money went.

Anyone want a guest pass? I've got two.

I'm right in the middle of the gold league, which just shows how many newbies there are out there ( or rusty sc1 vets). During the beta I was in the copper league, 2 divisions below.

i would love to try this if anyone wants to mail me at my name at gmail

I could use a guest pass too

OK, codes have been sent out- have fun!

I have two as well that I sure as shit wont be needing.

i'll take one if it's going: bobbyspirals at gmail.com

first one's always free right? yao dot daniel at gmail

thanks; i'm installing!

the game's really fun but it runs a bit too slow on my machine /:

might take me awhile to email. Im a prisoner in my office. I basically get home, go to bed, wake up, go back to work..

thanks

the dialog and voice acting in this game cracks me up and makes me all warm and fuzzy about childhood gaming memories. so cheesy! "a couple of badasses like you and me ain't cut out for a normal life" and "friends don't let friends massacre civilians" are just classic video game fun. it just wouldn't be right for it to be well-written.

agreed. i wish this ran better on my computer tho'.

can't wait to find out if the kerrigan gets redeemed or not!!!

lol the kerrigan. was gonna type 'the queen of blades' but decided it was too dorky but kept the article :/

Oh thank god, the worst character is dead. Now if only the awful, awful science officer would be next. Everything about him offends me on some deep, primal level- not just the writing and voice actor, but the grotesque character model with his giant piano-key teeth and the little bit of toilet paper stuck over a shaving cut (ew, Blizzard. Just EW).

As of halfway through the campaign, I'm loving the RPG-like elements (persistent research and upgrades, unique units, mercenaries, etc), and while I'm still terrible, it's different enough from proper Starcraft that I'm able to actually enjoy it.

Does anyone know if you can start a new SP campaign on an existing battle.net profile, or if you're stuck replaying missions from the Mission Archive? For my Normal playthrough (yes, I'm on Casual, I suck that badly) I'd like to try some of the other research options, plot branches, etc, and it would be a shame if my profile (which I plan to take online eventually) is locked to one SP playthrough with no reset button.

Another question for SP people- what research paths are you taking, both on the Spectre/Ghost decision and the Protoss and Zerg tech trees? There are a couple of choices on the Zerg tree that are so useful they seem almost mandatory. Perdition Turrets (for the zombie mission in particular- it's either these or raising/lowering supply depots to make a gate, and I don't like the idea of suddenly losing population cap if they get destroyed) and the dropship (Hellions, iirc- no idea how I would have done the Protoss mothership mission without them). I forget what the other choice for Perdition Turrets slot was (more bunker armor, maybe?), but the alternative to Hellions seems both bizarre and borderline useless- this weird robot cat thing with an AoE stomp against light infantry. It seems like it's an extra unit that just doubles up on what Firebats (AoE vs light armor) and Marauders (slowing effect) can do, except it has to get into melee to do it. Unless they're crazy fucking cheap, I don't het the appeal...

I havent played much of SP but had a bitch of a time deciding on whether to upgrade bunker armor or get a free gun on top. Went with the armor increase because a marine dont cost much to throw in there and I figured the gun you get with the upgrade probably sucks.

Like what the tree adds to the game. Good work blizzard.

Unfortunately I can't really play this on my computer. Too many hiccups. Hope they figure a way to console it.

Xpost That sounds about right- maybe the other option was some kind of upgraded missile turret?

I went with the bunker gun. It's surprisingly powerful against light infantry and let's you free up Marines for more proactive manshoot duty.

I liked how they figured out a way to put a zombie mission in this.

got the key - thanks!!

My work situation cleared up yet Ive only played like 1/2 of a mission since. My priorities are all rong.

this game is great but the singleplayer missions are stressing me out something fierce. Im bad enough with issuing commands and keeping things straight when theres no time limit for impending doom but seems like half the campaign missions are timed. =\

My brother bought this for me for my birthday. Awesome. So, let's set up some matches, shall we? Who's who on battlenet? My email here is the same as my login there.

kingfish, sent you a connect

done and done

I have been playing some random FFA games for fun and have twice won because two guys each decided the other was the only threat, spent all their time countering just that one person, and then ignored me while I gathered a bajillion resources and made a magically refreshing army.

Nothing like having someone say "I scouted you and you were a noob!" as you stomp them

Finally made it into Silver League 1v1 after languishing forever in Bronze

Done with this...multiplayer is so frustrating

How so? The auto matching multiplayer seems to do a reasonable job, skills-wise.

what 'bout we just set up our own thing? there's maybe 5-10 of us spread across the planet, of course, but still...

i dig 1v1, 2v2 is pretty fun, but more than that i just get destroyed by two or more people rushing me (i play zerg, btw)

my b.net email is also the same as my email here, btw, if anyone wants to add me. i usually play with some irl friends and none of us are all that good, so its pretty fun.

i basically prefer this as a spectator sport (all the youtube channels of high level players) than playing myself. I get waaaay to stressed out playing 1v1.

hahah I went through a few days of watching nothing but high level replays on youtube

i know! they can be really entertaining, some of the casters are really good, too. best one's i know of are day9, who casted the recent MLG tourney in Dallas, and then Husky and HD who have youtube channels. day9 is the most prolific and does really great instructional casts, he seems to be able to articulate how to play the game better than anyone else i've seen.

i used to get too stressed out playing 1v1, but if you just get used to losing and just try to get the basics down you get over that. i also think sticking to one race to get the basics down is key.

I cannot stand husky and HD! tried watching a Day9 vid but mostly he just talks about build orders? haven't seen any livecasting yet.

I would so get this game but remembering my SC days I know I would just spend all my time memorizing build orders. :(

they are definitely all dorks, so you have to get over that. but day9 is actually not at all focused on specific build orders, he talks about strategy a lot, though. memorizing build orders isn't as important as just understanding the basic technique of how to be time/resource efficient. he doesn't seem to do just normal casts of replays that much, but when he casted the MLG Dallas tournament it was live and it was really fun to watch.

I'm back...can't stay away.

Day9 is my favorite caster. You can watch and d/l archives here: http://day9tv.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc

Recently been going 3-4 rax with stim, combat shields, concussive shells, single factory and port. Seems pretty effective. Ebay for quick upgrades and to enable PF on expansions.

Uh, is it just me or does this day9 guy spend 2/3 of his video talking into the camera instead of showing gameplay? Maybe I just picked the wrong videos?

most of his videos are set up like a lecturer talking to you about how to play SC2, so yeah, a lot of it is just his face while he talks to you. from what i've seen at least half of it is him talking over gameplay, though.

As expressive as he is, and as great as his points are, his camera presence does not convince me that this technique is one he has mastered.

lol

hahah I went through a few days of watching nothing but high level replays on youtube

i am never going to play this game, but have watched several hours of high level replays. what the hell is wrong with me??

It's a pro sport in uh, korea, y'know. I'm kind of amused by how much this stuff resembles sports call-in shows and fan analysis.

have the koreans taken to this one as much as they did with the original?

I think they're still doing Brood War tournaments constantly, but yeah, the adoption rate is definitely fairly high.

man I am glad I didn't get this game, I don't need to renew yet another addiction to a Blizzard franchise

HD really annoys me because of the constant malapropisms and whatever it is you call it when people mix up two different cliches.

Husky is kinda endearing in a nerdy way, but that mute button is handy too.

yeah, that is kind of annoying, i find it pretty easy to forgive, though. i don't really know of any other good casters. there are two guys that cast Korean tournaments that are okay, Artosis and Tasteless, one of them is Day9's brother iirc.

I read a thing about the pro circuit in Korea not taking to SC2 because theyre fighting tooth and nail with Blizzard over rights issues and whatnot. So everything thats televised is still sc1.

They're also having issues where Blizzard is trying to shut down some of those broadcasts since they're unlicensed. It's kind of a clusterfuck.

finally got into this game after months of not being able to cos of work. completed the single player last night and started doing some multiplayer today. jesus christ it's stressful my heart feels like it's about to explode.

That's why I play!

you totally need to slam a 4loko before your next match

whenever i'm drunk i always wanna play cause i feel like i can kick tons of ass but that is never what happens

have played while loko btw, it gets cuh-rayzyyy

anyone keeping up with GSL? LiquidJinro playing in the semi-finals in an hour. so exciting to see a westerner getting so far. i've really grown to like Artosis and Tasteless as casters, they're good dudes. you can watch it as gomtv.net... if you pay twenty bucks :/

on gomtv.net*

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/for-the-swarm-inside-the-world-of-professional-starcraft-players.ars/1

cool article. i saw the Boxer vs Rain match he talks about...it was well over an hour long i think.

anyone else still playing this? i've worked my way up from bronze to diamond and i play teams pretty regularly with friends while on skype, fun times. its easily the most difficult and gratifying game i've ever played--referring to multiplayer, btw, i never played the campaign.

i saw that Boxer-Rain match, too, pretty crazy

diamond, wow! i am barely hanging on in Gold, but i just started again after about a 9 month break. keep losing because i get over confident and just wanna walk my army into their front door.

i think one reason i enjoy the pro matches is because im just in awe at the tactics and control, but as i improve myself i notice that you have to be aware of like 100 different things at once. if my opponent just harasses me a little i get all out of sorts and forget to do all kinds of things. and on lower level games you can pretty much dictate how your opponent plays through psychological means, make them over-commit to defense, etc.

I have played only a handful of actual ranked matches here and there and tend to play FFA for random fun when I have free time. Yet, somehow, battle.net thinks I should be in 1v1 platinum? 4v4 I get since it's less-trafficked and I am decent at coordinating when I have a team to watch my back. I think if I play a few more times it'll bump me down to a more sensible league.

im overmatched at Gold i think, so it's only a matter of time. frankly it would be a relief!

i've been watch the MLG events, but just now discovered gomtv so it'll be fun to see more GSL.

ryan otm.

I think the main thing I've noticed is that there are parts of the game that are very race-specific that you have to get good at to compete with anyone who knows their shit. I play protoss mostly, and the game changes incredibly if you can do sentry force field micromanagement.

the less you play the less accurate your ranking is, so if you play more it should start matching you up against people at a similar level to you pretty quickly.

up to around gold-plat, the number one thing to pay attention to is your macro (i.e. worker production, not getting supply blocked, spending your resources constantly), the second most important thing is to keep your eye on the mini-map so you don't miss important stuff or get caught out of position, then third is scouting and engaging correctly.

ryan, i used to have the same problem (keep losing because i get over confident and just wanna walk my army into their front door,) but if you start constantly poking at them and scouting them to keep tabs on what their army is looking like and where its positioned you'll be able to find more effective times/places to engage. it took me a long time to stop underestimating everyone i played against, the general level of skill in sc2 is pretty amazing.

yeah another big problem is macro--i get tons of money but dont build enough production. and not the best at scouting yet...i can either do that OR macro, but not both at the same time yet. im basically trying to add one skill at a time.

I really hope Boxer pulls out a tournament victory in the near future.

ah, i'm always rooting for the foreigners myself, really wanna see IdrA or Naniwa take down another MLG. i doubt it'll happen this year, though.

as far as Koreans its all about NesTea and DRG for me

DRG is a Zerg right?

People complain about that slow asphyxiation/war of attrition style of Terran but I find it kind of mesmerizing.

I find Boxer to be an entertaining player but also I think it'd be fun for the celebrity old timer to pull one out.

It's amazing how fast these guy's stars can rise and fall--seems like a stressful way to make a living.

I mean I don't know if you can call the way someone plays a video game "charismatic" but that's how I feel about boxer.

Watching one of these tournaments all weekend like it's football is a great way to spend a summer weekend though.

Oh yeah, I definitely find certain play-styles very charismatic. That is certainly true of Boxer, he comes up with really unique builds and maximizes the value of his units. Players like MVP and Thorzain take that asphyxiation style Terran to the extreme. Thorzain is Swedish, but he recently went to Korea to compete in GSL and the Koreans call him the "spoon" Terran because his style is so slow and meticulous they say its like he's killing his opponent with a spoon, haha.

Yeah, DRG is a Korean Zerg, so is NesTea. I love DRG for his aggressive counter-attacking style, and I love NesTea for his defensive play and unbelievably perfect decision-making. NesTea's ZvZ is so good that he has over 90% win-rate in ZvZ in the GSL, and ZvZ is considered one of the most unpredictable, volatile match-ups--no one else even comes close to that kind of consistency in any match up.

this Idra vs Boxer series from last weekend was high drama: http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/videos/78101-clr6-egidra-vs-slayersboxer-game-3

(starts with game 3 and you have to skip around 10 minutes of pre-game...)

Listening to this Sportscenter-style analysis of Terran vs. Zerg in the pre-game is killing me.

i actually went to MLG with some friends, it was really, really fun. the Idra/Boxer series was awesome, but the series that Idra played right after against Bomber was even better, the crowd was soooo into it.

Listening to this Sportscenter-style analysis of Terran vs. Zerg in the pre-game is killing me.

― polyphonic, Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:30 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah I just watched this whole thing, p surprised that I loved everything abt it really, but like at the end whenever the announcers would shout GEE GEE at the same time I would die a lil inside

Anyone else kinda more into watching than playing these days? Feel like I've reached a plateau and am just grinding out the same strata over and over ... And losing still really hurts.

Watching makes me want to play but then I do and it doesn't look like Boxer vs Idra, haha. I am trying to force myself to do things I'm not good at, losing more than normal, and hopefully better in the long run.

That idea v bomber was great too. Almost feel bad for Idra running the gauntlet of Boxer's early pressure and Bomber's macro-Terran style to just lose to what seemed to be pretty standard Protoss play from MC. I'm actually really excited to see the next MLG next month.

damn I am thirsty for some nos energy drink

Anyone been to a barcraft event? Beer and SC competition and friends sounds pretty awesome.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2567539/2009/DAY9.jpg

Still have yet to beat the final mission, even tho I watched the cutscene just for the plot

i peaked at high diamond, getting matched against some masters players, and i got to the point where i realized i'd have to start putting serious time into playing more to get any better, but i wasn't really up for that kinda commitment. and it wasn't really fun for me when i wasn't improving, so i quit.

Played last weekend against Zerg. Opponent upgraded their overlords and came and dropped a zergling army on my main gg.

classic

damn the HotS expansion has a long beta. Release date is a good 4 months away???

ok playing starcraft again who wants to come play and beat me

I read the campaign was kinda weak in this and I am so shitty at multiplayer its not really an option. think Ill just watch lets plays while Im bored at work..

I got a lot better at multiplayer after practicing a ton when SC2 came out. I might be in the top 99% of players.

um

Yes, I am better than 1% of other players

stop umming my jokes

aw

i will win a multiplayer game at some point. i know it. i beat the training scenarios. steps.

are you bronze? just be hyper aggressive early and often and they'll get so flustered you'll win like 80% of the time.

worker rush imo

worker rush is a terrible idea

banshee rush focusing on their mineral line will beat a ton of people

joking about the worker rush... but it actually does work. just won't help you learn to actually play the game.

serve the hive

After reading a ton load of articles for the past month, and having a sick curiosity about this, I'm thinking that this weekend will be the one to try it out.

I only see a few tiny problems.

1) I'm not that into battlefield tactics games.

2) The last point & click game I really enjoyed was Syndicate on the Amiga.

3) I have two young kids and no free time whatsoever.

4) I've lost my mouse.

5) I don't play space marine games.

This can't be a bad idea can it?

there's a trial version! do it.

beating up on the AI a little bit this morning. been honing my douchebag marine rush.

I'm not big on playing as the zerg so this campaign is not quite my cup of tea. The cutscenes look really good, though!

Now to wait a couple years for the inevitable protoss expansion

I found my mouse!

I also have two kids and no time. I haven't played in more than a year. Still confident that I could beat noobs with one hand though.

ditto, minus the kids

So I've played this a fair bit over the weekend, kinda dig it.

its way more traditional than I thought it would be, but that i think must be the thing that keeps people hooked. I suppose when half of South Korea is lining up to f**k your golden cow, you dont change the cow...

The campaign seems to be just a massive tutorial to avoid you getting schooled in multiplayer, much like a fighting game.

the one thing I really like about it is that you can play for 20/30 mins and win/lose and be done, seeing as the only games I've played in the last year are Skyrim/Arkham city. The idea of a game that actually has a defined end appeals a lot.

There is a weird disconnect about how much it seems to be troubling my Macbook Air and how simple the graphics are, but I've literally not played a game on a Macintosh since the millenium, so who knows...

most places had it for £17 which is a price I'm cool with, but now it seems to have gone up everywhere to £26. So I'm on the fence...

Would the multiplayer be useful at all? or will everyone be on HOTS now with only me and some super l33t players still playing wings of Liberty?

HOTS is overpriced. I'll be sticking with WoL until it comes down.

I'm going to play some mono battles tomorrow. Haven't played in over a year.

Anyone buying the new one? I still haven't bought HotS. WoL multiplayer 4 life

Let me put my sunglasses on so I can see what I'm doing here

Shit, same day, different years. That shit is freaky.

Practicing my DT moves on the Brooklyn map, blinking from bar to bar

Somehow I've found myself watching lots of competitive Starcraft again. I had assumed it was dead but it seems to be going strong. I don't understand some of the new units since I haven't played since Wings of Liberty.

This is interesting:

https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/starcraft-ii-esports-history-1202873246/

the rise of serral is almost singlehandedly to blame for me watching again

He's really something. Zergs in general seem really strong. Few Terrans seem to get deep into tournaments right now.

his play is the most beautiful thing i've seen in SC2, though i hadn't seen much since like 2012

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/06/report-blizzard-began-making-then-canceled-a-starcraft-first-person-shooter/

Would play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyErZru_ims

https://i.imgur.com/mXB40WW.png

SCV rush

A tabletop miniature game is being announced this week: https://archon-studio.com/blog/starcraft-tmg/starcraft-tabletop-miniatures-game-announcement