Rachis Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 I've been playing Diablo 2, well Median XL, since I deployed. Got so fuckin tired of Median though so I'm back to Vanilla for good. I'm a barb kind of guy. I try to make makeshift barbs out of other characters, especially the assassin, but despite taking advantage of their strengths to make melee more viable they just don't have all of the ingredients of melee that you would need. So I'm pretty much stuck on barbs. I bought the Starcraft battle chest thingy a few days ago. I read some reviews/opinions on the Starcraft 2 beta and it seems to be that SC2 is more of the same with added twists. So I guess if I get comfortable smashing SC1 AI that I will be completely prepared to get raped by you guys come SC2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Nah most of us can't play on the beta online because of supposed hax0rs, but once the game comes out you might have a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 We can play SC with you on iCCup. Most ACU players are pretty crappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachis Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 I probably won't be able to play with you guys until late May. I'm deployed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 @ Wrenchy Wrench: damnit nigga kill some dirty turbans and bring me one cleaned. @ Niji: I'm rusty as fuck lol. need more liquipedia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 I need a Win7 license or a cheap netbook so I can get on iccup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachis Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 @ Wrenchy Wrench: damnit nigga kill some dirty turbans and bring me one cleaned. Lol...I'll place it on a blowup doll girl body for you if you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 @Wrench that would be greatly appreciated TM likes tossgirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachis Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 So I got the game today. Pretty much went right back to where I started before which was pretty cool. I pretty much have a good idea of the build orders I like, but beyond the first couple minutes I get lost on what to do. This would be due to the fact that my scouting sucks balls and my build orders aren't for anything specific just yet because I'm not too knowledgeable on the what beats what yet. Been reading some strategies though. Learning quite a bit on how to use each unit. I try to stay away from known/specific build orders and ways to deal with the other races because I generally am better at coming up with things that work for me myself. I pretty much just need to know the RTS basics and the purpose of all the units and how they react to one another. For the record...I'm a hardcore Terran fan so this game is going to be rough on me. As I understand it, it takes are really awesome player to make the Terran a powerful race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 It takes a real frantic player to make terran a powerful force. Terran requires really high apm because all their units have to be micromanaged out the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 It takes a real frantic player to make terran a powerful force. Terran requires really high apm because all their units have to be micromanaged out the ass. Yeah I don't see how boxer could do it =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 That's only when you start to hit late game and when you start to play really high end StarCraft. During most of the game and during relatively low level play, like C- and under on the iCCup charts, I'd say that Zerg requires quite a bit more micromanagement to make them work as effectively as the other two races. Low level play, especially in the D/D- ranks, is dominated by Terran/Toss players. I'm not talking about just ACU players, either. Everyone I see online on iCCup in the D ranks is Terran or Toss. This is most likely due to Terran's ability to wall-in and turtle, which is an amazing cause of low level players headaches, and Toss' ability to be purely macro-managed and cheese. They're just easier to run at low level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 That's only when you start to hit late game and when you start to play really high end StarCraft. During most of the game and during relatively low level play, like C- and under on the iCCup charts, I'd say that Zerg requires quite a bit more micromanagement to make them work as effectively as the other two races. Low level play, especially in the D/D- ranks, is dominated by Terran/Toss players. I'm not talking about just ACU players, either. Everyone I see online on iCCup in the D ranks is Terran or Toss. This is most likely due to Terran's ability to wall-in and turtle, which is an amazing cause of low level players headaches, and Toss' ability to be purely macro-managed and cheese. They're just easier to run at low level.LCC tends to do that a lot instead of rush he boxes in with the standard 4rax i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachis Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Yeah see I hate turtling. If I'm even using bunkers so far its like 2 tops in my initial base and the rest are offensive. And its cool how with the AI you don't even need to scout on 1v1 maps because they don't do anything special. Build order seems the same pretty much and the AI never really pumps out late game shit so I got to a point now where I can get into the mid-game and run containments. Everything so far has either ended early from bunker contains and then sending in a couple tanks with a couple squads of marines or to pushes...although its not really a push because the AI doesn't seem to ever really populate the map. They tend to keep their shit in their base and then send them out for minor harass, but nothing even an intelligent nub can't handle. That's just on the terran and zerg side of things. I've been straight handing the toss their asses on a platter with vulture micro on zealots and by the time I see goons I have some tanks with siege good to go and just wipe the floor. This is sad because I don't suspect I'll be able to get much use out of dropship tactics or hit late game ever because all the AI wants to do is sit around and do nothing unless provoked. AI is fucking stupid baitable too because they chase after everything for fucking ever. I had like 8 zealots chasing around one scv for awhile. I think I'll be doing that more so I can learn to multitask. See how long I can keep the scv alive and see how much shit can get done. I'm pretty sure that even right now I'm straight enough to play some low level guys so I can get some good experience on what races tend to do. So far I pretty much like fast teching to vultures against protoss, running marine/bunker contains on terran, and baiting/counterattacking zerg. AI is gonna get old real quick lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Me and Vixen just had an epic match. GG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 You can just send a scouting worker at ai early game and let their whole line of workers follow your one scout for the rest of the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachis Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 You can just send a scouting worker at ai early game and let their whole line of workers follow your one scout for the rest of the match. I figured as much. I've had the workers follow me all the way back to my base and they don't attack unless I do first. Pretty dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Yo.Just found out i can run SC/ICCup in school now. i'll be on more often now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 In my senior year I was handing out broodwar isos to my friends in my classes, and since our digital design class was a bunch of networked power macs, we could lan up with no latency; so dope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Vixen Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Me and Vixen just had an epic match. GG. indeed we did you guys got me on SC now damn you >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 You almost fucked me in the ass TWICE. MOVE MOAR UNITS at a time, not just small waves. http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w273/BamaBlitzkrieg/raep.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Whoa lmao. Dude you were both playing Terran? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Ocelot Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Well...I've gotten better with my Toss... But I must still improve, my ways are still in-efficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted March 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 (edited) Well...I've gotten better with my Toss... But I must still improve, my ways are still in-efficient. you fucked up vixen the other day dude. DTs came out TOO LATE imho though and you need to get out your goons quicker. Edited March 19, 2010 by BlooDaNyukka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Ocelot Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 I hate goons, I prefer using Zells, but I'll use them if I have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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