StarCraft 2

[James]

They should take out gay units like the colossi and oracle and just put the reaver back in.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjzH69xlS_Qp[/youtube]

I mean, last I heard was that Dustin Bowder doesn't like the Colossus.

[Aidan]

It would be a lot more useful if it could attack air units, or did a tad more damage.

[James]

Ground is what it should be, and colossi do a lot of damage. They shred through light units and damage smaller armoured units a lot.

Reaver is a slower, smaller, vulnerable unit but it is just more interesting and more powerful. Watch the video above and look at the slug thing.

[Aidan]

Yeah i watched it, and it seemed pretty powerful. I'm watching a lot of vids on the mothership. It DOESN'T suck, if you use it right.

Watching many smart strategies.

all you need to know....



BLACKHOLE

If the resources are plentiful, It's great to instarape a single base, or take down every single air unit in the enemy group.

granted motherships suffer from shit health and lame standard attacks.. but there are a few powerful abilities that could become very useful in numerous situations.

Many new-er SC players tend to think it's a one-man-army rapeeverything unit, which is where the human error kicks in, and they die.

Be strategic, and careful, and it can be quite useful.

[James]

mothership is being removed because of the (gimmicky) unit type it is. it costs far too much and you only have one. filling with any other unit for that supply is much more desired.

where as, you're right because vortex is an awesome spell. look up "archon toilet" on youtube, it may be nerfed now, but it was glorious.

(sadly, blizz are a bad company in terms of balance/dustin browder needs to be shot as this isnt command and fucking conquer, the thor is now becoming a HERO unit similar to the mothership in hots. it has barrage which is odin's singleplayer spell which does a ranged aoe barrage. this was originally the spell for the thor anyway but it was removed because it overlapped with the tank

so why bring it back?, its like they learnt nothing from wol beta)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvLsOF-c0_0[/youtube]

SC2 over the years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9gNmnoUVNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doyQbGqWN3g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrHnvRIu1A

[James]

Replays of Blizzcon 2011 available:

http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/tourna ... eo-archive

[or 1=1]

Zerg will be OP?
That pull is scary.

[James]

All signs point to yes. But liable to change.

[Professor Layton]

Said this before, but I'm gonna pull scvs in the range of a shredder so my zerglings can run in unharmed > : D

[James]

Genius tactic.

Also we came up with a HOTS build for TvZ (to remove the bad Thor change, and maybe removing the thor completely (rip my glorious 666 420 model))

13 Gas
Rax
Factory
2nd gas
armory when factory is finished
techlab on factory
imba thor
push

cut marines/scvs where ever

attack with marine and hero thor army with scvs to repair, or all in. this build is similar or pretty much the iconic siege tank pushes vs zerg
barrage = IMBA aoe with multiple instances. it can be controlled so you can aoe just in front of your army to stop the zerg attacking in a choke point.
hi hero health = imba thor
counters: maybe none. scvs and thor will be unstoppable with a marine army behind them. roaches?, lol no. banes will be either ate up by barrage, thor attack, thor's hp, scv/marine suicide or marine micro. mutalisk?, lol

[Professor Layton]

How much hp does it have?





Bale as a protoss cried when he saw these mapchanges

Typhon peaks REMOVED
Backwater Gulch REMOVED
Searing Crater REMOVED


Metalopolis RE-ADDED


YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[James]

giz link.

loads. about 1.5x ordinary.

also. apparently requiees fushion core. bhuild ruined Ladb fuck you phone

[Professor Layton]

from US

[ynnaD]

This looks like the most confusing game ever

[James]

oh god. only want to veto abyssl.

best lladder selection yet.

also danny easy game.

[Professor Layton]

Shattered temple will be my only veto.

Meta might still have close positons, but at least there isnt an island that makes your siegetanks unhittable lol

[Aidan]

This looks like the most confusing game ever

ye Danny m8, it only looks confusing. Get the game, even the starter edition. Guarantee you'll like it.

[Baleout]

Bale as a protoss cried when he saw these mapchanges

Typhon peaks REMOVED
Backwater Gulch REMOVED
Searing Crater REMOVED


Metalopolis RE-ADDED


YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

No I didn't
I already have typon and searing vetoed, I don't care about backwater gulch and metalopolis is good.

[James]

i bet ur lyin becuz u cant do ur typhoon proxy 12 gates anymore
u cheesin proTOSSER scum
i never axed a question - rochelle jensen 2007

Get the game, even the starter edition. Guarantee you'll like it.

This.

SC2 is a gr8 multiplayer game for even standard and the growing in quality mods!

I know you might laugh at the last part Clix/Bale/Dex, but remember the ORIGINAL Raynor Party releases?, a.k.a when it worked.


EDIT:

RT @Im_A_Lemon: @G4MR and Metal/Shattered Temple close ground positions have been removed Smile

[Professor Layton]

RT @Im_A_Lemon: @G4MR and Metal/Shattered Temple close ground positions have been removed Smile

Aww yeah, glad to see this happen after the ZvTs at blizzcon lol

[Baleout]

DXMPSC2 SEASON 3 RESULTS

1.Clix points:837 wins:124
2.Bale points:743 wins:60
3.Dex points:673 wins:92
4.Aidan points:408 wins:28
5.James points:339 wins:28

[~DJ~]

wait wtf is this

that same tourny thing or something

[Dex]

Points & wins on the official Blizzard ladder for Season 3.

[Aidan]

SCORED HIGHER THAN JAY FUCK YES

DESERVED THESE CAPS ^

AND THESE ^

and those... ^

[Aidan]

HOTS Campaign Shortened

Source

Jonny Ebbert, senior designer at blizzard, discussed the campaign length in an interview with Kotaku. "Many players complained about the length of the campaign, saying it was too long."

After evaluating achievement stats, Blizzard also noticed that few players played to the end of the campaign. "We had long discussions on this topic. People from other teams said 'it's too long!'"

Thus, Blizzard has shortened the Heart of the Swarm campaign by nine missions, so that more people will finish the campaign. Thus there is only 20 missions, but Ebbert says "They feel great."

[James]

I won my placement, a TVT stayed in gold. Sorta happy.

Also like I said I am not interested in ladder competitions because
A: I'm in work all the time and stressed out to play most of the time
B: Points system doesn't make sense. i mean honestly, honestly guys, deducted points for loss??? plus your gain/loss is almost random... and increased with the more retarded...
C: BONUS POOL
D: i beat every1 in a free 4 all owned

im happy i played more than double than i played season 2 and introduced a lot of new players. shame not many from

DXALPHA

THE PLACE NO ONE PLAYS GAMES

didn't attach themselves or play much compared to the other communities i helped into it

my goal for season 4
less than 150 bonus points
platinum league and above, where i belong over you peasants

HOTS Campaign Shortened

old news, not that sad because i agree. hopefully this puts more focus on the missions and introduce more content on the disc for other shit

Code A qualifiers today and tomorow:
http://www.own3d.tv/KhaldorTV

NEW CODE A&S FORMATS: There will be new format for the upcoming GSL. There will be 10 qualified code A players today, 11 players tomorrow, for the total of 21 new code A players. They will be facing off with 19 current code A players, meaning there will be 40 players competing in Code A this season. Changed format will be announced tomorrow at the group nomination.

[Aidan]

Yeah, I figured there were technicalities as to why I was last. Being a noob and all with my lame probe production lol.


Yeah, I really want new protoss shit.

[ynnaD]

DXALPHA

THE PLACE NO ONE PLAYS GAMES

I play flash games



r.i.p community

[Professor Layton]

PTR patchnotes
[spoiler]Balance

PROTOSS

Forge

The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 1 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 200/200.

The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 2 has been decreased to 225/225, down from 300/300.

The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 3 has been decreased to 300/300, down from 400/400.

The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175.

The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250.

The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175.

The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250.


TERRAN

Ghost

EMP radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5[/spoiler]
Interesting PTR, shield upgrades were quite expensive so I can understand that part

although I don't get why the Ground Weapons research cost is decreased??

Protoss ground weapons upgrade affects all ground units.
Terran split up between infantry and mech for all ground units.
Zerg split up between ranged and melee for all ground units.

So upgrading attack is the easiest for protoss, but also the cheapest now??

Level 2 attack
Protoss 150/150

Terran infantry 175/175
Terran mech 175/175

Zerg melee 150/150
Zerg ranged 150/150


Protoss really has the easy way out here, with just one upgrade shared for all units, effectively costing 150/150 for protoss, 300/300 for zerg and 350/350 for terran. And protoss is known for it's quickest possible upgrades due to chrono so I really don't like that part of these patchnotes

[James]

David Kim really needs a hammer to his head.

Average Blizzard patch:
Some changes 99% of people want
Overwhelmingly surprising massive change out of nowhere that is so stupid

Like, what is it with Blizzard decisions regarding all balancing aspects?, I know it is all for testing at the moment but their final releases are always weird as well.