Starcraft 2

[blugill]

I'm so looking forward to the game!
I won't be able to get it until this weekend but I'll be looking for a few games amongst friends when I do!

[Whee]

The only Blizzard game I haven't played. Good time as any i suppose.:D

[LooseCard]

LOL! I recently saw the add too.
Made me laugh because I recently looked at the original and comment to myself that if only I had a PC I could play it on...




(I have a company laptop I can use for some surfing.....)

[Brutus2600]

I'll be running by walmart tonight to see if I can pick it up. If so I'll probably be a little tired tomorrow due to a lack of sleep :r

I'll keep an eye on this thread and maybe we can get a game together :)

[stewshi]

Has anyone played the Beta or read up on it ... is it similar gameplay to #1? The ads on TV dont show much.

[MrPlatypus]

All I know is I got the whole game pre-ordered and ready to go as soon as I walk into Gamestop. The manager was cool enough to give us a couple of promotional items for my son. But by 11AM PST tomorrow, some Protoss is getting vaporized! :)

[VirtualSmitty]

Prepare for the sequel to the best ore mining simulater ever :banger

[Eleven]

I wonder if I can run it on this crappy laptop? My desktop got demoted to the workout room when I committed to the man-cave.

[MrPlatypus]

I'll be running by walmart tonight to see if I can pick it up. If so I'll probably be a little tired tomorrow due to a lack of sleep :r

I'll keep an eye on this thread and maybe we can get a game together :)

Bunch of insane cigar puffing lunatics destroying civilizations. Hell, sounds like a good idea to me! Let me know and I'd be up for that kind of slaughter.

[Brutus2600]

Just strolled into the local Best Buy for a midnight release. They straight up had like...over 50 copies available even if you didn't have a pre-order and gave us each two NOS energy drinks for free.

I had called gamestop earlier and they told me, in a very douchey voice, that they only had one copy that wasn't a pre-order so if I didn't have a pre-order I was out of luck.

So anyway, the point is, Gamestop is stupid, rofl.

[MrPlatypus]

Just strolled into the local Best Buy for a midnight release. They straight up had like...over 50 copies available even if you didn't have a pre-order and gave us each two NOS energy drinks for free.

I had called gamestop earlier and they told me, in a very douchey voice, that they only had one copy that wasn't a pre-order so if I didn't have a pre-order I was out of luck.

So anyway, the point is, Gamestop is stupid, rofl.

Never have any problem with 'em here. Always get what I want no problem, and usually some cool tidbits thrown in. I also terrorize the manager often, so I think it's why I get perks. Didn't say all Gamestops were perfect though! Just happy with the one I've got.

[Brutus2600]

They're pretty big pre-order nazis here, although I think that seems to be fairly standard at most Gamestops. Glad you have a good one locally though! :)

[Brutus2600]

Well, played about 5 hours of this, great game so far and I've just been playing the campaign. Will update after I've played some multiplayer. Quick nap then off to work, rofl.

[blugill]

I'm so looking forward to getting this!!!

[darkleeroy]

I had been part of the Beta for a while, so I've already played too many hours. I'm supposed to receive it from Amazon today, seeing as I don't have an ethernet cable to connect to my router though and I'm getting married on Friday, I won't be able to play it for a while.

[BigFrank]

Going to try and pick up a copy this weekend. Hope it doesnt suck.

[mariogolbee]

I was thinking of picking this game up now that I know it works on PC AND MAC. I'm short on funds and time though.

[stewshi]

If anyone has a Kmart by them there is a smoking deal on this you buy the game and you get $20 coupon back for a game purchase. Most people are buying one then applying the coupon towards another copy and then returning the first one so they walk out paying only $40 for the game.

Read more here.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2137256

[Starz26]

I had been part of the Beta for a while, so I've already played too many hours. I'm supposed to receive it from Amazon today, seeing as I don't have an ethernet cable to connect to my router though and I'm getting married on Friday, I won't be able to play it ever again.

Fixed it for ya

[DougBushBC]

Sorry I missed all of this, I played Beta for about 2 months and now am working on one Platinum League and one Gold League on the regular game. Look me up Maduo#532 (Tried for Maduro, misspelled it, they dont allow changes if you havent registered yet, be very careufle, there are no do overs)

[blugill]

Wow Doug!
Any tips as you are a SC2 master!

I'm downloading now, won't be done until about 5AM...

[DougBushBC]

Not a master, just an experience SC1 player from back in the day. Tips are simple:

The most important skill is being able to transition. You might have a great strategy to tech all the way down to Vikings and start air/ground assaulting your opponent but as soon as they leave the base you get a nydus worm up the butt and your base is flooded with speedlings. Or when the Vikings get to your opp base, he has TONS of AA defense and you can't break it. The transition to the new strat is the hardest and most important skill to work on.

As for my strats, I usually stick to Marines and Marauders for Terrans, for Protoss I usually try a cannon rush (building photons in the back of their base unbeknownst to them) and then transition to Void Rays, and for Zerg the best way to win is to learn to build your first set of 'lings as fast a humanly possible. A 6pool (only 6 drones and then a spawning pool) sets you back SIGNIFICANTLY in the post rush phase, but is the fastest, a 12pool is pretty standard for longer games, and for me I usually do an 8pool, two waves of 'lings and then transition to roaches through a Nydus tunnel.

At the most competitive levels, SC is all about two things, minute timing and "micro" which is being able to selectively control each unit as a standalone and make the most use out of them. I am not great at either.

[JE3146]

I'm considering it.. but... Download or Disc?

If you have a Disc, can you download it if the disc breaks?

[Brutus2600]

I'm considering it.. but... Download or Disc?

If you have a Disc, can you download it if the disc breaks?

Yep, you have that option on your battle.net page.

[blugill]

I started the download (on cable internet service, upgraded on top of that) last night around five.

It's a 6.99 gig download and at six this morning it's at 5.60 gigs completed.

Now I've got to go to work! Argh!!!

[JE3146]

Payday today.. so I picked up SC2 :D

Installing now... I feel like I did back in middle school playing the first one.

[JE3146]

Whats everyone's email addy?

[Brutus2600]

My battle.net ID is my username @gmail.com. Feel free to add me, I'm not comfortable playing online yet since I SUCK, rofl, but I'm practicing against a computer AI and think I might want to graduate to real people soon ;) rofl

[JE3146]

my username @ gmail.com

as well :D

I've been trying to practice 2v2/3v3 league play, but I'll turtle against an AI for kicks lol

[JE3146]

Managed to place gold 2vs2 and bronze 3vs3 ..

Still haven't tried 1vs1 yet...

Fun game. To say I'm addicted is an understatement. Total nostalgia trip :D

[DougBushBC]

add me, mine is also username @ gmail[dot]com.

I exclusively play online and am working my way OUT of platinum in 1v1 (Have only won one game since ranking up there.

[JE3146]

Can't believe no one else has this?

or are they too busy playing?

[mariogolbee]

Can't believe no one else has this?

or are they too busy playing?
I want to get it but funds are an issue this month. I PM'd the guy who said he was going to be to busy to play to see if he wanted to trade some smokes for his copy but haven't heard back from him.:D you never know, it was worth a shot!

[Hippi3Slay3r]

Ive been playing a little between school and work look me up under > Ballzwik

[DougBushBC]

I got you Jordan, lets 1v1 sometime.

[JE3146]

I got you Jordan, lets 1v1 sometime.

:hn :D

[Bill86]

My problem is the campaign is TERRAN ONLY, the Zerg and protoss campaigns will be DIFFERENT EXPANSIONS. By the way I beat the game twice already. It's nice but I feel screwed on the $60 price tag without a Zerg/Protoss campaign. Also the maps are WAY TOO SHORT, I spent 1 hour on the longest map then 38 minutes then like 30 minutes.

[DougBushBC]

My problem is the campaign is TERRAN ONLY, the Zerg and protoss campaigns will be DIFFERENT EXPANSIONS. By the way I beat the game twice already. It's nice but I feel screwed on the $60 price tag without a Zerg/Protoss campaign. Also the maps are WAY TOO SHORT, I spent 1 hour on the longest map then 38 minutes then like 30 minutes.

This game is much more focused on all the OTHER options, such as multiplayer, challenge mode, games vs. ai, etc. its a great game, and the value seems good to me.

[Brutus2600]

Yeah...the campaign was fun, but I definitely bought the game for multiplayer with my friends. I don't know, so far it seems worth the price to me :)

[Bill86]

Yeah I'll have to try the other mods but I don't really play online much....don't like getting beat by 12 year olds on summer break.

[darkleeroy]

Yeah I'll have to try the other mods but I don't really play online much....don't like getting beat by 12 year olds on summer break.

Lol those kids were 12 back in 2000 when the original starcraft came out. You're getting beat by 22 year old MIT students on summer break.

[Apoco]

...I had forgotten how bad I am at RTS :(

Although, I am doing way better than I did with Age of Empires, SC1, or C&C.

[itzfrank]

Just got mine last night along with a new GT240 vid card. Fantastic game. Although, I haven't played RTS in forever.

[BUC WHITE]

anyone still playing?