The StarCraft II thread

Flameaxe · Post Post #375 (ISO) » Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:11 pm

He's in the chart on the first page as my roommate. Someone go update that.

Claus · Post Post #376 (ISO) » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:49 pm

Had a pretty epic game this saturday - TPxTZ, my partner got rushed at 6 minutes, but held forever before being eliminated, while I managed to turtle myself and hold the rush. Then I harassed both opponents to death with Banshees. Replay coming later

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #377 (ISO) » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:07 am

Flameaxe wrote:Someone go update that.

Crap is it not updated?

Who did I miss?

Flameaxe · Post Post #378 (ISO) » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:08 am

TheGunslinger wrote:Anyone up for some games tonight?

Put this guy where "Flameaxe's Roommate" is. Not your fault, just no one mentioned he got an account here.

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #379 (ISO) » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:38 am

Aye, Cap'n.

pickemgenius · Post Post #380 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:45 pm

interested in 2v2'ing with some people.

Fate · Post Post #381 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:46 pm

I'll be on

SaintKerrigan · Post Post #382 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:54 pm

Oh, hey, I've got some spare time for once. >_>

I'll be on for a bit.

bv310 · Post Post #383 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:17 pm

Stupid question: What's a good TvT counter to cloaked Banshees when I'm building mech-heavy?

Fate · Post Post #384 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:06 pm

OBSERVERS

TheButtonmen · Post Post #385 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:16 pm

bv310 wrote:Stupid question: What's a good TvT counter to cloaked Banshees when I'm building mech-heavy?

Banshees are light, if your opponent if getting lots of them then thors happily blow entire clumps to shreds as it's unlikely your opponent is familar with anti-thor micro. A simple scan or raven followed by a volley of 2-3 thors is enough to deter / kill any marauding clumps of banshees.

If it's harassment that your worried about them simply build a handful of turrets and have some marines to back them up.

Fate · Post Post #386 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:35 pm

Anti-thor micro=???

TheButtonmen · Post Post #387 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:36 pm

Unclumping them and then keeping them spread out to avoid thor splash when moving / attacking.

The term normally used to describe it is "Magic Box".

Fate · Post Post #388 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:37 pm

Is there a non-100APM version? >_>

TheButtonmen · Post Post #389 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:59 pm

Fate wrote:Is there a non-100APM version? >_>

1. Select all the units using a drag box.

2. Use the move command and click somewhere outside of the box you just drew.

3. Keep using the move command (and not clicking in the box) until your over your target.

4. Hit hold postion.

5. Profit.

pickemgenius · Post Post #390 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:28 pm

sorry bout not responding Fate.

I was doing a few things in campaign since when I finished it the first time I wasn't logged in, and either the message never popped up, or I just flat out missed it.

Will 2v2 tomorrow. (well later today)

Knight of Cydonia · Post Post #391 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:29 pm

This has to go down in price soon... right?

pickemgenius · Post Post #392 (ISO) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:37 pm

Knight of Cydonia wrote:This has to go down in price soon... right?

nope.

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #393 (ISO) » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:00 am

As long as Blizzard is a subsidiary of Activision, there will

be

no mark-downs.

JDodge · Post Post #394 (ISO) » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:46 am

how dare they

it's like activision blizzard wants to just make a profit or something like some huge faceless corporation

Knight of Cydonia · Post Post #395 (ISO) » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:22 am

JDodge wrote:how dare they

it's like activision blizzard wants to just make a profit or something like some huge faceless corporation

There's making a profit, and then there's "keeping your game at full price when any other corporation would have dropped it by £10 or so by now".
Seriously, when EA have better business sense than you, you have issues.

Flameaxe · Post Post #396 (ISO) » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:26 am

I don't see many EA games price dropping after 7 months either you know...QQ?

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #397 (ISO) » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:31 am

many =/= any ... just sayin'

Also Flameaxe, Stef cried for like 2 hours straight last night on Halo. She was disappointed that you never play with us any more. You were always "the funniest unicorn", she said. Fritz has tried to fill that spot, and God knows I have done what I can too, but it's just not the same without you baby.

JDodge · Post Post #398 (ISO) » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:41 am

Knight of Cydonia wrote:
JDodge wrote:how dare they

it's like activision blizzard wants to just make a profit or something like some huge faceless corporation
There's making a profit, and then there's "keeping your game at full price when any other corporation would have dropped it by £10 or so by now".
Seriously, when EA have better business sense than you, you have issues.

there's also the innate difference between most games wherein it's more "here are some maps, here are some servers, let's watch the cash roll in and start throwing together next year's release" and blizzard's model of attempting to foster an actively competitive atmosphere for what will likely be a fairly long time (i would imagine they wouldn't do a server shutdown for a long time if ever; it'd probably come after any sc3 is released, which could be years upon years from now), not to mention that there's no reason to drop the price from full when there are still people buying it

i'd expect at most a $10-$20 price drop when heart of the swarm comes out, if not more

also, they have no reason to try to please the people who refuse to buy their products at full price because

they don't buy their products at full price

Shanba · Post Post #399 (ISO) » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:50 am

hardest game I've yet played http://uploading.com/files/fd1b5mm2/TVZ ... SC2Replay/