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They really haven't announced anything yet (or at least, I don't know anything else other than the fact that they're releasing it), but yes, it's made by Blizzard (the original DotA is owned by Valve, as you probably know). The description says that it has characters from Blizzard's game universes, so it'll probably be something like Smash Bros. :p

http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/841898#blog

Actually they compared it to Super Smash Bros. themselves.
I just don't like the grey environments. Give trees!

Left2Die sounds like a lot of fun, I want to see screenshots! I wonder if you can play as all races, or just Terran.

Argh, Zerg drive me crazy. :mad: So hard to defeat.
I've been losing a lot, also vs. Protoss and Terran. I went from rank 8 to 18 within a few days.

I have no desire to play this game [while I loved SC], but practically all the gamers I know own this game - so I know the strategies and whatnot - but I just don't want to waste countless hours playing Koreans who play for speed and stats, and not fun.

I am however super fond of watching friends play, or watching commentated replays on Youtube. I actually find that entertaining.

You think you can battle Koreans? Like, logistically? They're on a different realm. And the automatic matchup-system would never pit you against them.

So if you want to have fun, get the game and don't be afraid. :)

And you'll be playing against people close to your skill level. It's actually quite fun, and you really feel yourself progress as you play.

I just hit rank 1 of my Platinum division! :D I'm quite happy with that. And all games are so much fun.

Did you see this? :D

I want his dinosaur T-shirt.

And this feels like your private thread Bube. :p

Lol, that was awesome! :D So funny, especially Husky rapping, lol.

And yes, this seems as if we're talking over MSN :)

Hah. I got promoted to Diamond, which is (at the moment) the highest league. :D And I'm rank 8 (of the 100 in my division) with 2000+ points.

That was my goal in the game. :) Now I can take a vacation and perhaps not play the game when I get back.

Wow, congrats! Me being away helped you :p

Thanks. :D I'll be at my family in the next few weeks, so we won't be able to play for a while...
Gives you time to work on your 1v1 skills. ;) I know you can be at least silver!

Meh, maybe I would if I found the time, but I just can't play as much as I'd like to..

And I've decided to cut back on all kinds of multiplayer games, I miss single player games :(

I've now beat the whole campaign on Brutal difficulty. :) Only 2 levels were really hard... and they were so hard that I needed to look up some tips. It turns out I was making the wrong units.

So I am now the owner of a sweet Kerrigan avatar!

Wow, congrats! We should start playing again :(

I haven't logged in in about a month. I never feel like playing knowing that you won't be playing again :)

Yeah, I hate 1v1 :D

BUBE! Where are you man, you're missing all the fun! :p

Do you still watch Day9? Next Funday Monday is 'don't expand to your natural'. I never tried the Fundays because I wanted to climb the ladder (and using some weird strat doesn't help much). But now that I don't care much, I decided to join in.

So I've been playing some interesting matches where I expanded anywhere but to my natural. And I think I've won more than 50%. :) I don't really see all that much benefits, other than that it shows you how easy it is to defend an expansion. And sometimes you can trick your opponent into believing you're still on 1 base.

Lol, I just saw this :) Yesterday was a coincidence :)

That not expanding to natural seems pretty easy for me, as I already don't expand myself :p

I have tons to learn :(

Today I had to fight a player from the Master league for the first time. And I won. :D

If I keep that up, I might be promoted one day. :) At the moment I'm rank 3 in my division of Diamond.

I still haven't touched the game since the 4-in-a-row.. :D

Tonight I did some 3v3s. In one game I had noob allies (the mute and selfish kind), in the second game we messed up because we attacked way too late.

Attacking late is our worst enemy! If we're not rushed very early, and we lose, it's almost always because we attacked too late :(

So do we need a new thread for Heart of the Swarm, or do we use this one?

Because there's been an info blowout. http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/game/hea...swarm-preview/

Does anyone still play this?

I do. Still in Diamond League.
The game has evolved a bit in the last half year. My strategies that worked so well suddenly aren't that good anymore. So now I'm trying some new strats... and I suck. My strategy vs Zerg is decent, against Terran is just plain terrible. Oh but my Protoss vs Protoss is great, I win around 90% of that.

So now I try to practice more, play at least 4 games a day. I know I can be better than this, it just takes time...

After I moved to my new house I decided to train a lot more for SC2. At the moment I'm doing great, I won 13 out of my last 16 matches. I'm top Diamond, but I want to get promoted to Master league. Only then can I say I belong to the top 2% of active SC2 players. :)

I'm playing around 8 matches a day, which takes a few hours. And I'm having a great time. =)

Say hi to the newest Starcraft 2 1v1 Master.

Yeah Angrist! Top 2 % is pretty damn good. Congrats

Thanks!

I wrote sort of a promotion speech yesterday. I posted it on the Battle.net Protoss forums, but here it is:

Dear fellow Protoss,

Since fall 2010 I have fought hard for what happened to me today. There are many stories like it, but this is mine.

I started playing SC2 a few months after launch. I finished the campaign on every difficulty level and I dove into multiplayer. After the games in the practice league, I got placed in Gold league. I figured that was fine: Most of my experience in competitive gaming consisted of N64 games with my friends and some short periods of PC shooters. I never played Brood War online, I only played 3v3 WC3 for a while. On top of that, I was already 27 when I started SC2. So Gold league was fine for me.

But then I got into Platinum. And after that in Diamond. And then top Diamond. I had developed a style, I knew what my strengths and weaknesses were and I kept working on that. I was pretty close to Master several times… but I always had 1 weak matchup. And I got lazy in the others. I started messing up and I was back to Diamonds again.

And now for the first time ever, all my three matchups are very strong. I honestly don’t care what race I’m up again, I know what I’m doing and I know it will work. So far in this season I have won 15 games and lost 5, so there’s even some room to grow.

I knew I was on my way to Master league, but I didn’t know it was so close. Tonight I defeated a Master Protoss. Two fast Zealots and a Stalker were too much for my opponent to handle. He left the game without a GG. I quit the game and there it was…

“You’ve Been Promoted!”

It took me a few seconds to realize. I then cried out in joy. I made it, my efforts were not wasted. Despite what some people say, it does matter what league you’re in. Being in Master league is more than just having a title. Starcraft is about fun, but achievement is a big part of the fun. Getting where you know you can be. Pushing yourself to be a little bit better, a little bit faster, a little bit smarter. It feels great.

And now? On Friday I’m flying to Ireland for holiday. It will feel good knowing I’ve achieved getting to Master league. When I get back, I’ll see where my skills can take me. And whenever I quit, I will always be able to say that I was in the top 2% of the SC2 ladder.

Keep up the good work and thanks for all the help throughout the years!

Greetings,
Canyarion

I'm just curious, does this encompass the entire world servers or just the servers in your region (by region I mean, Americas or European or Asian servers.)