The StarCraft II thread

[Iecerint]

Yeah, I already got the achievements (that's on Normal), so ye know.

I also can't get Aces High. D:

But those are the last two~!

[Moratorium]

Aces High = Bunker up, Siege tank up, Perdition Turret up, kill everything that approaches. Use Mind control towers on Ultralisks and have them tank their particular wave of baddies, prepare for the one big overlord drop with several missile towers on the southeast side of your base, have a squad of banshees constantly going around hunting Nydus worms. Hopefully you did the pre-mission that removes all enemy air units instead of the one that clears all the nydus worms, because it's easier to complete Aces High that way.

[AGar]

BTW, for Season 3, does anyone want to work on 2s? I'm actually going to try and get good at this game for some reason.

Partner race preference is Z > P >>>>>> T. I'm looking to play T.

[Moratorium]

My goal for Season 3 is platinum league, but i play so infrequently, and with new job, I'm completely expecting to fail at that goal.

[AGar]

My goal is to advance past Bronze. Hopefully.

[pickemgenius]

id like to get some sort of practice(legit get better practice) between msers a few days a week for a few hours each day.

[AGar]

I'd be down for that.

[Otolia]

Gonna be the Zerg flavour of the month now that Destiny surprised Bomber with it.

It's a strat which was very common in EU in June, but it's insanely hard to use it if your opponent (T) is on par with you in term of expand (which is also the flavor now) so I don't know if it's advised in bronze league. Check replays from Nerchio, Dimaga, Morrow, Stephano and Lalush for the top EU zergs.

[Nocmen]

Ugh, hate the end of season lock. Gives me no reason to care to play for the next two weeks.

Maybe I'll get Platinum next season. I think I was within a few games of getting to gold this one. Been 48-36 since silver promotion

[Moratorium]

End of season lock doesn't mean anything other than a temporary halt of promotions, your MMR will still increase/decrease during that period, so if you are getting enough wins during the lockout you'll be promoted immediately following your one placement match at the start of Season 3.

At the end of the day, your "rank" within your particular mini-division of 100 players is what means nothing at all (arbitrary ranking within an undeclared segment of a particular 20% of the starcraft playing population). Unless you are Grandmaster, at which point it means nothing at all for a completely different reason (apathy).

If you care about details: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmes ... _id=118212

[Nocmen]

Oh, I thought MMR stayed the same during the lock. I thought it was solely division points, which I don't care about.

[xRECKONERx]

I'm down for practicing.

Also, anyone have any recommendations for a good priced gaming mouse/gaming keyboard? My mouse works for the time being, but my keyboard is absolutely horrendous.

[Iecerint]

I have nydus + psi disruptor. D:

Oh well. I'm going to play through again to get the Welcome To The Jungle Hard achievement, anyway, since I did that one early on and without upgrades because I wanted to get all the tech achievements this time through, so I can always change it next time.

[Otolia]

I'm down for practicing.

Also, anyone have any recommendations for a good priced gaming mouse/gaming keyboard? My mouse works for the time being, but my keyboard is absolutely horrendous.

It totally depends on how you play. But the cheapest are KSK-6001 UELX (quite silent) and the Saitek V5 (more durable). Are you a keyboard crusher ? Do you love playing in silence ? Mechanical or not ? - those are the kind of questions you want to answer beforehand.

[AGar]

For a mouse, I have the Steelseries Kinzu. I got it for like $20 when Newegg had a deal on it but it's still pretty cheap normally. Really good though.

If I ever get the cash to build a gaming tower and some peripherals (lolyearite) I'm going to get the 7G. Pricy, but I've used one before and it's wicked slick.

[xRECKONERx]

I prefer a wired keyboard/mouse, that's all I know. The biggest problem with my current keyboard, I think, is that it feels too wide... having to reach to Ctrl+# to set control groups is a stretch for my finger, not to mention I feel like the gap from the left half the keyboard (where my left hand usually is) over to my mouse (where my right hand usually is) is way too wide.

[AGar]

Kinzu is wired. Check Newegg, they might have it cheap.

[Nocmen]

I haven't had any issues with a crappy wireless keyboard/mouse combo.

What's the advantages of going to a real gaming keyboard? I just don't see it. Besides no batterys, that's the biggest thing I see. Never had it die out, I get a good 3 days of warning when it's about to shit out.

[Albert B. Rampage]

you play nocmen?

[Nocmen]

I seem to binge on SC for a week or two every month. Played a lot at the end of April/start of may, then again first few weeks of june, and now only a few games a week. So yea, I play, but not as much right now because of class work and steam sales.

[Nuwen]

I'd just rebind everything to suit your own needs. I have small-medium hands, so I just shift everything to the left side of my keyboard. 2-5 are my love taps and 1 and 6 outers tend to be micro units I need fast, like infestors or overseers. I use one control group for hatches, queens, and have tab set to cycle hatches. My inject is bound to R so I can Tab+R inject with my pinky and forefinger very rapidly.

[xRECKONERx]

That's something I need to figure out - how do you set tab to cycle between control units?

[Albert B. Rampage]

nuwen u never online

[Gammagooey]

Why do I still not have an adapter aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Iecerint]

Have you guys played the adapted SC1 SC2 missions? They're actually done very well.