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Starcraft 2 Beta

Yep, I've played a few people before this that used this strategy on me. But its only effective if you can keep it up.
 
Starcraft was the first game I really played online. Not because I really loved the game or the genre but my highschool friends did. I never was that good, but I will probably buy the game. I am always looking for that RTS game that gets me into the genre, but so far they all fail.
 
Just played a huge poor sport in SC2 before servers went down. His name was Koko. Also, after I took down his main base the warning came up about 1 min till shutdown. He said gg and never left the game. Now I don't give a damn about stats, but poor sports who don't leave after they lose is very very annoying.
 
refraxion said:
Just played a huge poor sport in SC2 before servers went down. His name was Koko. Also, after I took down his main base the warning came up about 1 min till shutdown. He said gg and never left the game. Now I don't give a damn about stats, but poor sports who don't leave after they lose is very very annoying.
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heres hoping they decide to send out another batch of keys and it wasnt just a patch :D

or are they resetting the stats today?
 
Well, the stalker buff is nice, it'll definitely be a more potent anti-air unit. Not sure what I think of the colossus nerf, at least not without playing with it in an actual game. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. :)
 
PvT is going to change quite a bit.. should see more mech from terran players. Didn't see the phoenix buff I was expecting though.

refraxion: peoples is bitches..
 
Yeah, so after the patch I'm still in gold which is kind of a turn off. Lost my last placement match barely.. and it put me in gold division 1 for 1v1 :(. Currently ranked 3rd.
 
I dont like this game in MP. To much rush, my nerves cant stand it.

But i guess the campaign will be quite fun.
 
Sweet finally got a key from Azureth. So fuckin sweet. Lost me first game, but have won the last 3 or 4. Loving it.

If anyone wants to add me, and play a newer player to practice or whatever, add Horsemama
 
So... one of my friends plays Protoss. I play Zerg. We 1v1 a lot.

Our record is something like 30-2 in my favor.

However, he's not really doing anything wrong. He can hold off a roach rush fine, but as soon as I switch to Mutas, it's over. And of all the replays we watch, most platinum PvZ match-ups tend to end in a Zerg win, by a landslide.

Is it really this one-sided?
 
AceCR42 said:
So... one of my friends plays Protoss. I play Zerg. We 1v1 a lot.

Our record is something like 30-2 in my favor.

However, he's not really doing anything wrong. He can hold off a roach rush fine, but as soon as I switch to Mutas, it's over. And of all the replays we watch, most platinum PvZ match-ups tend to end in a Zerg win, by a landslide.

Is it really this one-sided?
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Protoss anti-air is not very good. That said, Sentries are actually very potent muta counters. I wouldn't have known that without watching Orb's games. He is a top 5 platinum 1v1 and 2v2 ranked Protoss player that streams often on teamliquid. Anyway, I wouldn't have thought of sentries as a good muta counter since they are supposed to be support units with their spellcasting and low HP, but their DPS against mutas is actually very high. Their guardian shield ability also kills whatever splash damage the mutas dish out. It seems like an equal number of sentries (with good shield micro) versus mutas will result in victory for the sentries. I know, crazy.

We'll see if the stalker buff makes them more valuable for AA.
 
I suck so epically hard at this game. I have played ~45 2v2 matches, and my win-loss ratio is 1:4

I only play terran because I don't have the patience to learn another race before I figure out how to play this one.
 
The biggest nerf to protoss in my opinion honestly has to be the observer nerf. I completely agree with it, you shouldn't have cloaked scouts so easily. Counters are the biggest part of the game and being able to scout so easily made protoss have a huge advantage. They making them cost as much as the zerg overlord upgrade is easily fair. As far as colossus getting nerfed, I agree with it too, I never lost teching to colossus. I think the changes are for the best, I like all of them and makes the playing field way more even.


I'm in gold now as well Refraxion. We need to update the username thread, I hope everyone still has the same user name.
 
Decko87 said:
The biggest nerf to protoss in my opinion honestly has to be the observer nerf. I completely agree with it, you shouldn't have cloaked scouts so easily. Counters are the biggest part of the game and being able to scout so easily made protoss have a huge advantage. They making them cost as much as the zerg overlord upgrade is easily fair. As far as colossus getting nerfed, I agree with it too, I never lost teching to colossus. I think the changes are for the best, I like all of them and makes the playing field way more even.


I'm in gold now as well Refraxion. We need to update the username thread, I hope everyone still has the same user name.
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As a Protoss player, stepping back and being absolutely fair about race balance, I totally 1000% agree with you.

Being a selfish baby I really wish they'd kept observer cost/build time the same or even sped it up. Ditto increasing Colossus damage. ;)
 
Decko - I'll put my game name, don't want my BNet email on the forums. :)

OHYEAH.talkingpunch

Yes, it is as stupid as a name gets, but unfortunately BNet wouldn't let me use my normal "KoolAidMan" name. Never go half retard, so I went all the way with the alternate. ;)
 
oh haha i thought name.name was called a battle.net real id, I wasn't sure. I'm adding you right now.
 
Serpico said:
Protoss anti-air is not very good. That said, Sentries are actually very potent muta counters. I wouldn't have known that without watching Orb's games. He is a top 5 platinum 1v1 and 2v2 ranked Protoss player that streams often on teamliquid. Anyway, I wouldn't have thought of sentries as a good muta counter since they are supposed to be support units with their spellcasting and low HP, but their DPS against mutas is actually very high. Their guardian shield ability also kills whatever splash damage the mutas dish out. It seems like an equal number of sentries (with good shield micro) versus mutas will result in victory for the sentries. I know, crazy.

We'll see if the stalker buff makes them more valuable for AA.
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Sentries were known to be a muta counter I believe like second week of beta. The downside of it is their speed.

I actually own the ling/muta strat now. A good timed push against them will help you out a ton.
 
GGs Serpico, sorry Twilight Fortress is the worst map in the world. I think I was starting to lose my mind during that last match. What a crock, anyway we should most certainly play again soon.
 
Decko87 said:
GGs Serpico, sorry Twilight Fortress is the worst map in the world. I think I was starting to lose my mind during that last match. What a crock, anyway we should most certainly play again soon.
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Its funny because both of us were like "I sure hope we don't get that map" and we get hosed with it twice. Why no Metalocalypse?

Anyway, 2v2 is awesome, I almost feel like I've been missing out since most of the games I've played (about 90) have been 1v1. GGs!
 
refraxion said:
Sentries were known to be a muta counter I believe like second week of beta. The downside of it is their speed.

I actually own the ling/muta strat now. A good timed push against them will help you out a ton.
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I attempted it twice today, screwed up the first time and lost pretty badly. The second time I got banelings as well, and won very easily. This tactic seems especially deadly against Terran now as well as Protoss. Due to the increased build time of Marines and Reactors, most Terran players aren't getting very many marines. Even with 2 missile turrets, once you have 7+ and they have no ground troops that hit air, it's game over.
 
Serpico said:
Its funny because both of us were like "I sure hope we don't get that map" and we get hosed with it twice. Why no Metalocalypse?

Anyway, 2v2 is awesome, I almost feel like I've been missing out since most of the games I've played (about 90) have been 1v1. GGs!
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Heh yeah, I have a little over 350 games of 1v1 played and like 15 games of 2v2 maybe lol.

And yeah, going marauders is a very formidable strategy, but against a zerg you will always have to get marines. A reactor or two after an initial tech lab doesn't hurt. Also if you really want, you can get vikings.. heh. I also love the cheaper prices of Ghosts, it owns protoss left and right! You can get it way quicker than they can get HT's imo. Stuff them in the middle of marines to blend in and attack right away, so fun :p.
 
I only play Protoss, so I know is that I really don't like Vikings and am happy that EMP got the area-of-attack nerf. :)
 
Yeah for protoss I probably have about 280 games played (Used to be my main, now I play random). EMP radius nerf still doesn't help very much IMO. When I get Terrans when I pick random, you can get 2-3 ghosts out quick and just spam that EMP lol. Ghosts also got gas reduction so its much easier to pump a few out now. EMP is still as devastating as ever, heh. Even when protoss try to counter with feedback/storms.
 
Refraxion and I just played literally the closest game I've ever had. I'm going to see if I can post the replay for download some how. It was the two races each of us claim our are worst, he was Zerg and I was Terran. Don't want to spoil the ending just watch, really fun replay.



Here is the link:

Decko(T) vs. Refraxion(Z)
 
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You guys have to check my new favorite player, "TheLittleOne" He plays random and his game sense is freaking incredible. Very unique player. Apparently he's coming from Supreme Commander and kicked ass there. There are a few more VODs of him if you search on youtube or TL.net, but these two I'm linking are my favorite SC2 matchs since beta started.

Epic game sense, part 1 of 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncb7lHNWbnU

Epic match, parts 1 through 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGP1-R9rugo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkygqX_JIjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sphi1jD_LnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE2Jnr0rU0
 
Haha, I was talking with Decko about those same games in chat earlier today. My lord those particular TLO relays got around.
 
Yeah, those matches were amazing- its neat to see how these strats/builds that I've never seen before are able to push (and even defeat) someone as experienced as White-ra. Hopefully I'll be able to join you guys for more 1's and 2's :)
 
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