Topic: Starcraft II (Read 33064 times)

Makaris · « **Reply #20 on:** April 28, 2010, 07:03:17 AM »

Tried Esperath.Esperath on a hunch. Didn't work. What name'd yah pick?

Makaris · « **Reply #21 on:** April 28, 2010, 02:09:55 PM »

I don't like how the practice 5 games thinger works. It would be okay if you were playing on normal maps, but the stupid boulders in the way creates a very silly blind mind game. Is he going to rush to air, or eco-up and get a ground army? Unless you're Terran this is pretty much a blind 50/50 because you can't scout or harrass or do anything other than guess, which is pretty stupid.

Makaris · « **Reply #22 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:07:08 AM »

Triple posting cause I just got Gold Rank and someone Friend me so I can play non-strangers, damnit.

Makaris.Makaris, DO IT.

Esperath · « **Reply #23 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:22:22 AM »

man, I ain't playing no goldie

go zergrush some people who don't suck thx

tin foil league reprazent

Makaris · « **Reply #24 on:** April 30, 2010, 12:05:44 PM »

Honestly, I bet I'll be kicked down to Silver after a few matches. I play very macro oriented. I scout early, fend off any early offenses if I spot em coming, expand early and kinda just roll over my opponents, usually with rather large unit-resource losses in my opponents favor.

Dooly · « **Reply #25 on:** April 30, 2010, 09:03:18 PM »

What sort of system requirements does the beta have?

Esperath · « **Reply #26 on:** April 30, 2010, 09:19:42 PM »

The system requirements for the StarCraft II Beta are as follows:
PC Requirements

PC Minimum System Requirements*:

* Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Updated with the latest Service Packs) with DirectX® 9.0c
* 2.6 GHz Pentium® IV or equivalent AMD Athlon® processor
* 128 MB PCIe NVIDIA® GeForce® 6600 GT or ATI Radeon® 9800 PRO video card or better
* 12 GB available HD space
* 1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 users)
* DVD-ROM drive
* Broadband Internet connection
* 1024X720 minimum display resolution

PC Recommended System Requirements:

* Windows Vista®/Windows® 7
* Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor
* 2 GB RAM
* 512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon® HD 3870 or better

*Note: Due to potential programming changes, the Minimum System Requirements for this game may change over time.
Mac Requirements

Mac Minimum System Requirements:

* Mac® OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.2 or newer
* Intel® Processor
* NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT or ATI Radeon® X1600 or better
* 12 GB available HD space
* 2 GB Ram
* DVD-ROM drive
* Broadband Internet connection
* 1024X720 minimum display resolution

Mac Recommended System Requirements:

* Intel® Core 2 Duo processor
* 4 GB system RAM
* NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT or ATI Radeon® HD 4670 or better

TA · « **Reply #27 on:** April 30, 2010, 09:30:16 PM »

Interesting that the Mac version has significantly higher requirements.

Bal · « **Reply #28 on:** May 01, 2010, 12:03:15 AM »

Always been the case.

Torgo · « **Reply #29 on:** May 03, 2010, 02:03:05 PM »

And so a date has been set: July 27 for retail release, with digital release "soon after"

We'll see if they hold to it, but barring that...

Makaris · « **Reply #30 on:** May 03, 2010, 02:59:55 PM »

I hope they make the Zerg more interesting by that date! Still, awesome!

Detonator · « **Reply #31 on:** May 03, 2010, 03:10:58 PM »

Happy birthday to me!

Esperath · « **Reply #32 on:** May 03, 2010, 03:35:47 PM »

Last I heard, Zerg had a 5% win advantage over any other race in Korean beta play, whereas they were losing by 5% in Euro play. I'm curious to see what tweaks, if any, they receive by release.

I wouldn't be surprised if Zerg as a whole have been given less attention due to the fact that they're not playable at all in the single-player, and that multiplayer development has worked toward making Zerg balanced rather than 'interesting'.

Büge · « **Reply #33 on:** May 03, 2010, 03:56:58 PM »

If there's one thing that Blizzard is obsessed with, it's balance. Well, that and making humanity the villain.

Makaris · « **Reply #34 on:** May 04, 2010, 08:40:14 AM »

The game is very balanced as is, don't get me wrong! But Zerg is kinda... boring, in comparison to some of the neatness that's been given to Terran and Protoss. And Spawn Larva is kinda poorly implemented. You're on a constant 25 second timer that you have to keep up with or you will be missing out on advantages.

At least with the Terran and Protoss if you forget to do their usual stuff (Mules and Chronoboost), you're not totally shooting yourself in the foot. Sometimes it would make sense sometimes to save up energy for clutch situations or, in the case of Terran, you have other abilities that are very useful.

With the Queen, you're pretty much doing nothing but Spawn Larva, and you want to do it ASAP EVERY time. Spawn Creep Tumor is used once at most, and Transfusion not at all.

And Roaches are way to boring to also be the games most cost effective unit. And Infestors aren't as neat as Defilers. And Ultralisks are still under used.

I still main Zerg.

temjin · « **Reply #35 on:** May 04, 2010, 08:52:53 AM »

This is also a shitty game. TYhe only good Strat game is Devil Survivor. but at least this one has a ckart racer, so it's all good if you're just talking about that, but your not, you niggers.

Makaris · « **Reply #36 on:** May 04, 2010, 08:53:55 AM »

are you looking for a mario kart thread

temjin · « **Reply #37 on:** May 04, 2010, 08:57:39 AM »

Quote from: Makaris on May 04, 2010, 08:53:55 AM

are you looking for a mario kart thread

I think Sega and Sonic Racing is better, actually. NO FUCKING BLUE SHELLS! AND ULALA! UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT CHU CHU CHU

Makaris · « **Reply #38 on:** May 04, 2010, 08:59:50 AM »

at least talk about Rock and Roll Racing. at least that's a blizzard game.

temjin · « **Reply #39 on:** May 04, 2010, 09:03:15 AM »

Quote from: Makaris on May 04, 2010, 08:59:50 AM

at least talk about Rock and Roll Racing. at least that's a blizzard game.

This is a pad bost.

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