Starcraft II Megathread V.1 'Hell, It's About Time' - Games

[QUOTE=SomeDumbShit;23792526]Thread doesn't cap off at 51 anymore. May as well do it now.[/QUOTE] When the fuck did this happen?

I still have my old starcraft CD, but brood war was lost in the mess that is my room :911:

[QUOTE=onox37;23792979]When the fuck did this happen?[/QUOTE] After the website died the other day.

[QUOTE=gparent;23792620]Just curious, what league are you in? You can certainly benefit from more than 1 queen per hatchery, especially if you are against terran (Banshees) or a protoss cheesing with an early void ray. They also help get that creep highway faster since you have extra energy. Patrolling the queen between hatcheries is when you need to make a new one.[/QUOTE] I said early on, of course you'll benefit from more queens, but patrolling is actually a very good way to save the population and resources early for roaches and i always rush hydras so by the time they get a voidray or a banshee i'll be fine btw i'm only in gold league but this strategy has been working really well for me

Well shit... pour on the build orders! If you write your own personal build order, I'll have Johnny look it over. If it isn't a joke or just plain retarded, it will be approved for the OP. You can link outside guides as well.

Oh guys if you friend me my name might change from Zuur to ENIGMATIC or enigmatic. My dad named my character for me. If not refriend me. Onox do you have a apng of the viking portrait.

Just let me know if it does in fact change so I can update the player list.

Ok.

can someone provide me a screenshot of the number of games on NA region?

[QUOTE=C4rnage;23793189]can someone provide me a screenshot of the number of games on NA region?[/QUOTE] No. It's not like Warcraft 3 or Starcraft 1.

i dont have the game yet, iam downloading it atm, but i am kinda sure u can see the number of games going on...

Onox check your PMs.

[QUOTE=Xera;23792943]the missions were fucking horribly designed. for example the ion cannon mission. when a mission is more frustrating than fun it is poorly made.[/QUOTE] Are you even talking about the same game? I found all the missions to be fun, and well done. The controls are just fine. Really, you're complaining about nothing at all.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;23793471]Are you even talking about the same game? I found all the missions to be fun, and well done. The controls are just fine. Really, you're complaining about nothing at all.[/QUOTE] he's talking about SC, but I still don't agree even if it's SC

Added a special guest player to the OP. Get it while it's hot.

Well that blew. I had like 5 wins and 10 losses. Then my trial ran out. Fuck me I suck at this game.

ARGH! I just saw an unboxing of the collector's edition, and now I wish i got it... Ah well, saved $40 I guess.

[QUOTE=Crazy_Farmer;23793486]he's talking about SC, but I still don't agree even if it's SC[/QUOTE] I found the campaign in SC2 to be the most fun I've had in an RTS campaign ever.

I did my placement matches for 1v1 and got into Platinum. Yay!

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;23793738]I found the campaign in SC2 to be the most fun I've had in an RTS campaign ever.[/QUOTE] agreed. I mean Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 2 had a good campaign but this was amazing.

[QUOTE=sp00ks;23787637]How do you counter those rolling exploding zergs? I just got owned by them (playing as terran).[/QUOTE] Best thing to do is avoid chokepoints and try and kite them, all the while running away. Does it feel like Terran matches end up in being who gets the most Banshees and Vikings first to anyone else? They seem to be the end all be all unit group.

just in case you didn't know ravens own banshees and vikings with point defense drones, a single one can destroy so many projectiles it's ridiculous

Alright guys. the easter egg in the zerg banner was found by ME!

[QUOTE=Kendra;23784418]I personally put up my pylon at 9 supply, then my gateway at 12. Then my cybernetics at 15-16, depending how much supply I have when my gateway finishes (can't think of the exact number). I put up the assimilator at 13 supply while coming back from the gateway, and my second one around 18-19. When my gateway finishes I chrono boost out a zealot to kill any scout inside or one that may come, then make another zealot. Then, my cybernetics will have finished and I'll make 2 stalkers, and then a sentry, and I'd have started researching warp gate at the same time I made my Stalkers. At around 25 supply I'll put up my robotics, make an immortal first, then an observer, then another immortal. By now I'll be making my r.bay, and I'll be pumping out a few (2-3) colossi out, together with it's Thermal Lance range upgrade (really important!). While doing this, you will also want to build 3 more gateways and make them warp gates, and have researched into Blink. If you have spare gas, also get Charge for your zealots. By now I'll be quite advanced in minerals compared to gas, and I'll be expanding to the closest expansion, putting down a pylon and two assimilators next to the new expansion, and putting half my drones from my main there, this all while my colossi are building. You can chose to get upgrades from your Forge if you have the spare resources, but I havn't seen it be that necessary in placement and low leagues. When I have 2 or 3 colossi, I'd have warped in a good force too of mostly stalkers. If my observer hasn't been shot down, to play it safe I'll make a Dark Shrine, put up a proxy pylon somewhere near his base (prefereably on higher or lower ground, and somewhere where he won't scout past), and warp in 4-8 dark templars, and soften up his army (go for his army especially if he's terran, most in placement matches won't even have hotkeys and will click on their base to use their scan, and by then your templars will have ripped through your opponents army. If you have the 1 attack upgrade for ground units, you'll also one-shot gatherers, which is also a great thing.) While I'm doing this, I'm moving in my main army in, and if he's a terran or a zerg, he'll be wasting resources on missile launchers or overseers, which just means your main army will eat through your enemies base. I've been doing this in all 3 placement 1v1 games I've played, and won all 3 of them. (Not really into 1v1 at the moment.) You should also check out [URL]http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Protoss_Strategy[/URL] to see if you like another strategy, although the wiki is nowhere near close to finished though.[/QUOTE] This is a good strategy but you REALLY want to get an observer out asap, those immortals won't do a thing if the guy specs for air.

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;23793931]Alright guys. the easter egg in the zerg banner was found by ME![/QUOTE] And it was..?

Look in the top part of the E. The circle there is a vagina

FFFFFFFFFFFFF- I noticed that but didn't think anything of it.

I thought it was a o for onox but cool.

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;23697931]Just love my win loss record. 2 - 10. And to make sure everyone understands, that's 2 wins, not 2 losses. I need some pointers.[/QUOTE] Keep playing. Play against the AI, save replays and watch what your human opponents do. You can only get better through experience. I used to be pretty bad at micro-management and playing overall, and I've gotten better and better each time I play.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;23793471]Are you even talking about the same game? I found all the missions to be fun, and well done. The controls are just fine. Really, you're complaining about nothing at all.[/QUOTE] 8 units per control group. Terrible pathing even for its time. No grouping buildings. Annoying building placement. Poor hotkey selection. (Though I didn't check if you can change them) Bad mission design: Giving the ai cloaked ghosts and nukes when you're forced to build in a really small space with lots of places to hide a ghost and extremely limited resources? Is that anyone's idea of fun? I played the ion cannon mission 20+ times before giving up and cheating before someone says I didn't try. It really has not aged well. Play it for the story but don't expect not to be pissed off with all of its flaws.