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I received the game today, but now I need to fix an internet connection to register it...

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Got it. :) What are your IDs? I'll PM you mine (it's my main e-mail address, don't want to post that here).

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Well, I just finished my 100th online game. Which is saying something, considering I almost didn't even buy the game. I could never have imagined I'd get this into it. I've been playing Protoss, and I don't think I could play anything else. Zerg, as you mentioned Xantar, are just too unwieldy and I feel like Terrans are just too slow. I don't want to have my worker hang around while stuff is building, I just wanna warp it in. Building? Warped in. Units? Warped in. I haven't even been playing single player because after playing Protoss so much I can't handle Terran. If there's one thing about multiplayer that really bothers me, it's how easily people will drop their pride in favor of the cheesiest of wins. Of course, even 100 games later, I'm still not very good. Stuck in Bronze league.

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This should work:
Name: Canyarion
Character code: 738
So add me if you want. (Although I don't think you can play cross-regional.)

uber, I used to be like that with Warcraft 3. I totally loved the multiplayer, especially 3v3. When I did FFA, I lurked and made a massive Chimaera army. Good times.

I just did some games in the practice league, boooring! The game is so slow there. But so far I'm still learning, so I better stay in it for a while.

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Yeah, I wasn't a fan of the practice league either, but still played about 20 games there just to get the hang of the systems. The giant pile of rubble at the bottom of your ramp is especially frustrating.

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Uhu. I usually start with Stalkers with Blink, so I can blink past the rubble. I can't say it's been very effective yet.

I won 2, lost 1. I didn't have any anti-air that time. In the other 2 I had better micro than the opponent. And an earlier expansion.

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I've been able to keep up a 2:1 win ratio. Because I'm still in the practice league (18 games left, so I've played 32), I expand fast. I can barely defend the enemy's first attack, after which I quickly build a superior army.
Usually 1/3 Zealot, 1/3 Stalker, 1/3 Immortal/Colossus/Other. Depends on what the enemy's using of course.

I'm afraid I'm addicted. :( Oh and the people who are afraid to play online have no idea what it's like.

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http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/08/...phone-or-ipad/

Now Uber can play StarCraft even when he is away from home.

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I thought you were going to post that you bought the game. :(

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Hey, I've been busy lately. Glad to see you bought the game Angrist - I'll add you as soon as posibble :)

I posted before, but my username is Pyro (369).

Won 10 games in 2v2 bronze league, currently playing 1v1 placement matches.

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I guess I might as well post my info here as well. Character name is MagnusBulla and my number is 708.

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So it's true then. We can't play together because we're in different zones. I tried adding you, but it didn't work.

I've been losing a lot of games in the practice league lately. :( I still tend to go for a pretty early expansion, but I should stop doing that. The players I'm pitched against now are too good for that. I just got rushed by Marines/Marauders/Medivacs...

The good news is that one of the guys I barely beat a few weeks ago is now 5th in a Platinum League. So I guess I am playing on a higher than average level. :)

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I can't play multiplayer. My computer can't handle it.

So I've just been getting achievements. Damn, that Hard level achievement in the early level where you're just playing defense is nearly impossible. And what's worse is it would actually be pretty easy if you just had siege tanks.

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Is that the achievement where you have to destroy some enemy hives, or prevent any building from being destroyed? Because I still need to get both...

I got most of the other achievements though. Some are really easy or gimmicky, I think they should have done a better job with most of them.

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Yes, that's the one. I had to build three barracks and put reactors on two of them and then just continuously pump out marines and medics (I really wish we could have had firebats or marauders. Even reapers would have helped). And that meant I didn't have enough people to hold off the last Zerg rush, so my base got overrun (but it's ok because they didn't get to destroy everything before the time ran out).

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Achievements are always a mixed bag like that. It's nice to get some credit just for playing the game.

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http://www.gomtv.net/

I hate this game, but ran across this stream site for korean tournaments while watching heroes of newerth streams.

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That's ironic, as I find multi runs much, much better than single player. Kinda funny. I don't know what I'd do if multi didn't work for me, I'm closing in on addiction territory here.

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Yeah, that's too bad about the region-lock thing. It's just as well, though, as it sounds like you're probably a whole lot better than I am anyway, lol.

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I honestly don't know how good I am. I'm still in the practice league. I used a tactic that relied on the enemy turtling, but in the last 5 games I've only met people who don't do that.
After 9 more games I'll do my placement matches. Oh and I don't really plan on playing for long... like you say, it's very addicting.

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I got assigned to the Gold League. :) Won 4 of my 5 placement matches.

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Damn, and you say you're bad at it. I can't go higher than 35th place in my Bronze league.

Really sad to see that we won't be able to play 2v2 team ladder games together :(

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We can, as you discovered today. ;) Was fun to play with you, I hope we'll do that more often.

Did you all beat the campaign yet? On what difficulty? I started out on hard, which was ok for me. But the last level is incredibly hard on... hard. (I (accidentily) beat it on normal.)
I made some stupid upgrade decisions too. :)

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I definitely want to play that 2v2 team ladder with you! :) I'll be trying harder next time ;)

I'm about to finish the campaign, I've got the last 2 missions left. I'm really worried about the last one, and I'm playing on normal :)

Which choice did you take on the second to last mission? [minor spoiler] Did you take out the air or ground units? [/minor spoiler]

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I thought air units would be less annoying. I think I might have made the wrong choice though...

The last level was doable on normal. Good luck! See you online.

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I still haven't finished the campaign. The Terran just have to many little idiosyncrasies that I can't be bothered to deal with. As far as multi goes, I'm still in bronze, but I'm first in my division and have been playing (and beating) a lot of silver opponents lately, so that will probably change this weekend.

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I remember reading that Blizzard haven't made league promotions available yet. They say more matches need to be played.

Finished the campaign, btw; and having a blast playing 2v2 teams with Angrist!

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Yesterday's last match was pretty neat, with our great comeback.

I still don't really understand this League thing. I'm in Gold, but I've mostly had to face players from the platinum and even diamond league. There was one guy who was ranked 1 in the silver league, he kicked my ass (slightly).
So basically right now it's total chaos? Plays from silver can be better than platinum?

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Well, since you get placed into a league by playing only 5 placement matches, there are bound to be some misplaced players.

Just think, what if all 5 of your opponents in the placement matches dropped out of the game? You'd probably be at least Gold.

BTW, I changed my avatar. Since I can't go for gold in the challenges right now, I'm getting my Spectre fix here ;)

Edit: Found something nice. It's a pretty in-depth FAQ about ladders and rankings and promotions. And it seems that promotions are allowed..

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Hah, I just got out of a 56 minutes' match. I was Protoss, I faced Terran.

- I open with "Hi. Another chance to train against MMM!" (I hate that strategy.)
- He doesn't go for MMM but for a proxy rush. I spot that and kill his worker. In his camp I kill another one, I get chased by a third one, which I also kill.
- Apparently this scared him, because he locks himself up in his base with tanks. After I get a nice army I try to get in and defeat him, but I lose the battle.
- He gets Banshees which can turn invisible. He doesn't know I have an observer in his base all the time, so I see everything coming. I deal with them easily.
- He gets Battlecruisers, a lot of them. I guess I wasn't paying attention, because I get owned. Even though I destroy most of his forces (High Templar's Feedback halves their HP and prevents Yamato Cannon), my main base gets wiped out.
- I get to the 2 Island expansions and build a flying Void Ray army. I have more minerals than I can spend, but I'm a bit low on gas. I keep harassing his expansions, but he still gets a nice air army again. My Void Rays beat them.
- I use some survivors of my ground units to kill his workers. My Void Rays take out his main base which is totally undefended. Five minutes later I have found his last base. We agree that was a great match. :)


Soooooo... do any of you have fun stories?

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How about posting the replay?

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Why, you don't even have time for your own replays. :p But ok.

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So does anyone still play this?


I finally hit rank 1 of my Gold division, and how! I faced a Platinum Protoss rank 26. We were both playing very defensively, which basically meant none of us attacked. When he finally did, I kicked his butt. I realized I had to attack while my army was still bigger than his, but I took way too long. When I finally struck him, I lost the battle. I had almost nothing.
I thought I was going to lose and I would have if he had attacked at that point. But apparently we both wanted to have some fun (he while winning, me while losing).

Soooo I went for a Mothership. :D Since he still wasn't attacking me, I got 3 Cariers, lots of zealots and some sentries with that. I used Vortex to split his army in half, then I beat him easily. He couldn't believe he lost to me. After that we became buddies and we'll probably do some 2v2 together. :)

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I finally bought a new computer! I bought it for Starcraft 2 and Civ 5. The parts should be here by Wednesday next week.

The question is... will I play Civ 5 first, or SC2? :)

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Depends on how much time you have to sink in. The SC2 campaign can be played in 20 hours or so (first time). I know from Civ 4 that one single game can last more than 40 hours...

On the other hand, SC2 has a much better multiplayer, so you should definately end up with doing that.

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You found yourself a 2v2 partner? :( I feel like I've been cheated on :p

I may not be Platinum, but I'm loyal. Don't you don't forget that :p

And congrats on being first! I also see that you have 99 wins - 1 more for a new portrait ;)

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Actually I haven't done 2v2 with him. But I'm seeing 2 other persons... But really, it's nothing. With you it's serious, you and me have a future. The others... they're just distractions for when you're not around. I swear it hasn't been more than 5 times. Or 6. Don't be mad, if you want I'll break up with them. :(

Good news: I think I found out how to beat Zerg! It involves lots of Colossi and enough stalkers to fend off mass mutalisk. It seems to be working well.

In the last match tonight I faced Zerg. I used that strategy and took out his expansion. He said 'gg' so I relaxed... and then he attacked me again. Luckily I had a back-up army sitting in my base, so after 3 minutes I got the real gg. Weird guy.

Oh yeah, I got promoted to Platinum. Ranked 12 at the moment, but the top is really competitive so by tomorrow I'll probably be 20 or lower.

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Nice. I'm bronze, my teammate is platinum. Interesting mix.

But I've been playing offline in the last few days, and I've got much better.

Early Banshee harass FTW!

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BTW, did anyone hear about the new custom maps announced at BlizzzCon? Left 2 Die and Blizzard DotA are sure to be big hits. Can't wait to play them!

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Wait. Blizzard is making an official DOTA map? Who is it going to be maintained by?

Actually, don't tell me. DOTA on Warcraft III has eaten enough of my time already.