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[B][I]WHAT IS STARCRAFT?
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From Wikipedia:
[QUOTE][I][B]StarCraft[/B] is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney, and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series centers on a galactic struggle for dominance between three species—the adaptable and mobile Terrans, the insectoid Zerg, and the enigmatic Protoss—in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector at the beginning of the 26th century. The series debuted with the video game StarCraft in 1998. Since then it has grown to include a number of other games as well as eight novelizations, two Amazing Stories articles, a board game, and other licensed merchandise such as collectible statues and toys.[/I][/QUOTE]
[B][I]THE GAMES
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StarCraft (1998)
[/B]The first game in the franchise was released on March 31st, 1998. While it was sometimes derided as Warcraft in space, it ended up garnering a fairly loyal and dedicated fan base.[/QUOTE]
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StarCraft: Brood War (1998)
[/B]The second game in the franchise, Brood War, was released on November 30th, 1998. It featured new units and a new campaign, and was the game that exploded in Korea. By the end of it's 12 year run with the release of StarCraft II, it was one of the most popular sports in Korea and it's players were treated as celebrities. Multiplayer events and tournaments continue to this day, though it's popularity is waning.[/QUOTE]
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[B]StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010)
[/B]The official sequel to the first game in the series, Wings of Liberty was released on July 27th, 2010 after a lengthy beta. Though criticized for it's lack of LAN support and design decisions, it ended up being very well received and quickly had a burgeoning multiplayer scene.[/QUOTE]
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)
[/B]An expansion to Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm added new multiplayer units and the Zerg campaign. It revived popularity in StarCraft II after a period of stagnation at the end of the previous expansion.[/QUOTE]
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StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void (TBA)
The third and final expansion in the StarCraft II series. Though not much is known, it has been confirmed to have new units and to feature the Protoss campaign.[/QUOTE]
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THE SCENE
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StarCraft has a long and illustrious multiplayer scene. Though it's too long to list in it's entirety, there are some players that need to be known.
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THE PLAYERS OF BROOD WAR
[/B][B]Protoss
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Bisu (Kim Taek Jong)
[/B]From Liquipedia:
[QUOTE]Kim "Bisu" Taek Yong is a StarCraft progamer from South Korea who played Protoss for SK Telecom T1. He is one of the most accomplished Protoss players of all time, boasting three MSL titles. His immaculate play also led to his inclusion in the Six Dragons.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]
[B]Terran
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Flash (Lee Young Ho)
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From Liquipedia:
[QUOTE]Flash is known for his defensive capabilities, decision making, flawless macro, and exceptional unit control of maxed-out armies. Boasting a 70% win rate in every match-up, the longest reign as the #1 ranked player on the KeSPA Ranking system since BoxeR and NaDa, the most starleague wins of any player tying NaDa – four of them won in a single year, and three of them which he had defeated Jaedong (who was considered by many to be the best Zerg player in the world) – he is widely considered to be the best StarCraft player of all time. The prize money he won from tournaments in his Brood War career exceed $400,000 USD.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]
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[B]Jaedong (Lee Jae Dong)
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[QUOTE]Lee Jae Dong proved that a focus on mechanics and execution could solve problems in the StarCraft game strategy. The reason 75% of Starleague and MSL semifinalists are Zerg in late 08–09 Season and 50% in early 09–10 Season is Jaedong. As a leader of Zerg race who varied his gameplay from low-econ builds to macro intensive builds, Lee Jae Dong taught how to beat the toughest opponents even on imbalanced maps. He has evolved the way the Zerg race plays the different match-ups greatly.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]
[I]THE PLAYERS OF STARCRAFT II
[/I]Protoss
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PartinG (Won Lee Sak)[/B][/QUOTE]
[B]Terran
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[B]MVP (Jung Jong Hyun)
[/B]From Liquipedia:
[QUOTE]Jung "Mvp" Jong Hyun is a professional Terran player from South Korea currently playing for the team Incredible Miracle. He is a four-time GSL champion and winner of a WCG, BlizzCon, MLG, and IEM. Mvp has been referred to as the best StarCraft II player in the world on several occasions. He is also, along with MC, one of the only two players who has earned more than $300,000 in prize money in the StarCraft II era.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]
[B]Zerg
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HyuN (Ko Seok Hyun)
[/B]From Liquipedia:
[QUOTE]Ko "HyuN" Seok Hyun is a former Brood War progamer from South Korea. He began his StarCraft II career in November 2011 with Team SCV Life. On January 3rd 2013 he became teamless following the disbanding of TSL. On February 1st 2013, he joined Quantic Gaming. Currently, he is sponsored by ROCCAT and playing for Team ROCCAT.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE][/B][/B][/B][/B]
If I want to try out Starcraft 2 where should I start? Vanilla or the expansion?
[QUOTE=Agoat;44536489]If I want to try out Starcraft 2 where should I start? Vanilla or the expansion?[/QUOTE]
It doesn't really matter too much, but the vanilla game is pretty dead so if you want to play at all seriously then I'd recommend the expansion. Actually, the vanilla game is basically free as the [URL="https://us.battle.net/account/activation/landing.html?product=S2&trial"]starter edition[/URL] if you just want to try out the game and see if you like it.
I play with my friends on starter edition... though one of them has the actual game so we can play HoS (!). We're in bronze league, doing 4v4s
Neato, I was starting to miss the old Starcraft thread.
I'm trying to get back into SC2, but I've completely forgotten how to deal with 6pool, 4gate, proxy 2gate and the likes making it somewhat frustrating. Win every macro game, though.
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