The StarCraft II thread

[bv310]

One of the guys in my house plays Protoss at Diamond level. I'm honestly afraid to ever play enough to get that high. His macro is insane.

[Gammagooey]

No, this is insane. Friggen crazy GSL zergs.

And I THINK low-level diamond would be a lot lot different than higher level diamond, even with the masters league now it's basically 80th percentile to around 98th, which is a gigantic difference skill-wise.

[bv310]

He's 17th or smth in his division, which means nothing to me.

[Gammagooey]

So apparently the matchmaking system DESPISES me and Fate.

Me+Fate: 2VS2BRONZELEAGUELETSGOWINZ
Matchmaking: Lol, nope.

Match 1: vs two platinum 2vs2 players
Match 2: vs one platinum and one DIAMOND 2vs2 players
Match 3: vs a gold group of 2 players

What is this I mean really now.

[ReaperCharlie]

rofl what is that i dont even

[Shanba]

I was on a good streak... went 4-1 a couple days ago, was 3-1 today, and finally started getting matched against golds, at which point I play my first zerg of the session and forget to wall off and he kills me without about 6 zerglings.

(actually he killed both my marines with about 6 zerglings and then just rallied more in, but those first 6 were the killers.)

[Shanba]

I was on a good streak... went 4-1 a couple days ago, was 3-1 today, and finally started getting matched against golds, at which point I play my first zerg of the session and forget to wall off and he kills me without about 6 zerglings.

(actually he killed both my marines with about 6 zerglings and then just rallied more in, but those first 6 were the killers.)

EDIT: NEW LADDER MAPS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESDYmYMfW8

I love the remake of lost temple. Looks closeish to balanced now. Like metalopolis except the centre is massively wide open. GOGOGO zergflank! Cross positions should lead to interesting macro games, close positions is still very close. No more great wall of sangho though (BEST CHEESE DEFENCE IN SC2 YET)

testmap2 looks ok. Taking a third might be hard in certain spawns for zerg, as the natural third is kinda close to the enemy. Rush distances look pretty decent. Again, a fairly open centre, making a nice change from the current maps where EVERY CENTRE IS CLIFF/HOLE. Oh, the nat is kinda wide open. Meh.

testmap 3 holy shit the nat is a long way away. X positions looks kinda like a stretched steppes of war, with the metal type centre golds. Good for broodlords I guess, but also siege tanks. For some absurd reason the ramp to the nat is weirdly placed, making it hard to run between the bases, an easily abusable for air units. I'm not a fan of that. The little nub he mentions in the preview looks like it would be nice for siege tanks and ESPECIALLY colossi wow.

I loathe testmap4. So dull. Like metalopolis got shrunk in the wash. Ramp is icky too - big ramp works on maps like scrap cause it's so far away, but yuk is that gonna be a pain to block.

testmap5 wowow that is the shortest distance ever! Zergs already get raped by the backdoor on shak plat. That backdoor. OW. Hahahaha. Wide open far away nat. Looks like it will be merely ok balanced on xpos and TERRIBAD on close. (Oh, and from what I'm hearing it's not like shak plat in that you can't spawn close. You can spawn anywhere). Again an openish centre though which is nice. Only open-ish though.

AMERICANS. GET ON TEST REALM. TELLLL MEEEE ARE THEY GOOD?

At any rate, I think they'll be an improvement over the likes of steppes, delta, the current lt. Depends what else they remove.

[TheGunslinger]

So apparently the matchmaking system DESPISES me and Fate.

Me+Fate: 2VS2BRONZELEAGUELETSGOWINZ
Matchmaking: Lol, nope.

Match 1: vs two platinum 2vs2 players
Match 2: vs one platinum and one DIAMOND 2vs2 players
Match 3: vs a gold group of 2 players

What is this I mean really now.

That still can't beat when I got double cannon rushed in 4v4's last night, and I almost threw my laptop because i was so mad.

[ReaperCharlie]

Wait. Sooo they both destroyed you while screaming "kekeke" in chat, while your teammate was busy... doing what?

[TheGunslinger]

He was getting a stalker to come over and help all my workers that were trying to kill off the 3 pylons that got warped in simultaneously right next to my main.

[ReaperCharlie]

ahahahaha. So I take it you got reamed.

Good strategy on their part.

2v2 seems 300-400% more fun than 1v1.

[TheGunslinger]

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/1350 ... ga-caverns

Stopping a Protoss 4-gate is so satisfying.

[Shanba]

More ladder!

This one's from my most recent ladder session today. I uploaded all of my last 3 ladder sessions for your amusement.

[ReaperCharlie]

Did you do your EPYC pics yet Shanba?

Or is MS paint still AWOL?

[Shanba]

Did you do your EPYC pics yet Shanba?

Or is MS paint still AWOL?

OH! About that yeah I found it eventually.

I haven't done the pics yet but it's closing on 3 am. SO I'll get on it tomorrow.

[TheGunslinger]

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/1368 ... etalopolis

The above game is what makes me the most mad about SC2.

[Shanba]

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/1368 ... etalopolis

The above game is what makes me the most mad about SC2.

-Against toss you cannot let them get a pylon down in your base. That probe was there for AGES before he started becoming a problem. I lose to that shit a lot too (including dts in my base) but that's my own god damn fault.
-You had concussive shells, you should have been able to micro against zealots. Zealots have the same base move speed as your infantry, so without conc/stim you can't kite them. With either ability, you can kite all day and not get touched.
-If you have bunkers down, repair em. May as well.
-You engaged with your scvs in a choke point and after all your other units were dead. It's better to keep all your dudes mining, wait for the zealots to come in to the mineral line, click a mineral patch and then attack - it gives you a surround on the lots. They still wreak a terrible toll on workers, but you wouldn't lose the entire line to 4 zealots. Better still would have been to engage with them while you still had units, to act as a meatshield.

[ReaperCharlie]

Did you do your EPYC pics yet Shanba?

Or is MS paint still AWOL?

OH! About that yeah I found it eventually.

I haven't done the pics yet but it's closing on 3 am. SO I'll get on it tomorrow.

Thanks, I expect this promise to come true.

<3

P.S. We are all now called the SCII Unicorn Brethren. Just so you all know.

[UltimaAvalon]

No we're not

[ReaperCharlie]

Look at your avatar bro.

See that spike coming out of the middle of your forehead?

Don't lie to me. You're a Unicorn at heart.

Peace and love <3

[TheGunslinger]

Will anyone be on tonight? We really need to finish the first season of the BSL.

[Claus]

I will in about an hour and a half.

[ReaperCharlie]

Me too, about an hour and a half. But in Halo Reach!

Where are you, Flameaxe? Come back to us!

[UltimaAvalon]

Look at your avatar bro.

See that spike coming out of the middle of your forehead?

Don't lie to me. You're a Unicorn at heart.

Peace and love <3

you realize this post will be rather silly when this whole pokemon thing blows over and I go back to ROFL MAO right?

[ReaperCharlie]

Look at your avatar bro.

See that spike coming out of the middle of your forehead?

Don't lie to me. You're a Unicorn at heart.

Peace and love <3

you realize this post will be rather silly when this whole pokemon thing blows over and I go back to ROFL MAO right?

NO U



THAT IS A UNICORN IF I EVER SAW ONE.