The mind link was never more present after the smartphone came out. I watch mobile noobs taking several minutes to type what I can in seconds.

SC2 pro gamers clock in at over 400 APM, with records over 800. 300 APM is about where you want to be before you even consider yourself a competitive player!

But we're not sure yet, right? That doesn't mean it isn't possible, but you will def need to practice, just like the pros.

I really like the concept of using 2 directional pads to make keystrokes. If you can play a bullet hell game, why is that type of movement not considered probable?

Dead gambits are the worst, but when you understand the concept you usually see it coming.

Like being lured in SC2 while you're picking off units during skirmishes; you think you're doing SUCH a good job killing the enemy units, but you over extend and BAM, literally dead end. Some people just aren't ready for the flank. Gotta learn when to back off.

This is also how trolling on the internet works.

I'll be impressed when I see it be able to tackle competitive SC2, which requires a sizable number of existing hotkeys AND the necessity to setup a doezen hotkeys on the go.

I'm not doubting, I'd just like to see 2 professional players go head to head: keyboard versus Steam Controller.

Gogogo!!!

so I'm just going to own up to my SC2 newbishness. why did Dune quit?

he only had a probe or 2 to kill and he would have had free reign on the last nexus. It would have been insanely hard for Necros to mine anything wouldn't it?

Idk if they still do this in SC2, but in BW it would be fairly common to drop a pylon or two in your opponents mineral line to disrupt mining. http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Manner_Pylon

I never did see anybody build a wall of pylons around a base though

Well, you sure have patience. At least even the shittiest computers can run SC2 on max when Legacy of the Void comes out in 2017.

Just pointing out though, 12 hours is bullshit. Yeah you can finish Skyrim in 12 hours too, but neither of these games are worth only 12 hours of gameplay.

When Wings of Liberty came out, I was sincerely excited for the reignition of a series that had given me so much joy with the first game. I held off of buying it on the first day to make sure that I wasn't getting a polished turd. As someone that rarely gets to play something more than once all the way through these days, I have to make sure that I am getting my money's worth. I watched many of my friends purchase SC2 and play through it within a disapointing amount of time. I can assure you that they did not "speed run" through it. That is all I am saying. I will wait for the trifecta, the triumvirate of all three elements. Marines, Zerg, and Protoss. The game will be so much better when I can get through the complete story line without having to wait 2 years for the next chapter.

You know that the SC2 Wings of Liberty campaign had the same amount of missions and is just as long as SC1 right?

Sorry to say... I am still going to have to wait until all three parts are out until I purchase even one of the SC2 games. They just aren't long enough.

Do any SC2 players actually care about the story?

This cinematic is amazing, technically, although it is sort of frustrating when you then have to go play the ACTUAL game and:
(1) Units are nearly the same size, there's not this epic scale difference between battlecruisers and marines.
(2) You have a pop limit of 200, so you probably don't have more than 60 or 70 office units charging in, not the thousands shown here.
(3) Ultralisks can't actually step on things and squish them
(4) Nydus canals can't actually pop up in battles and be useful, because they're made of wet tissue paper.
(5) Things aren't so amazingly beautiful.

I'm being nitpicky, but the cinematic is great and it kind of makes you think "wow, that WOULD be a cool game" and then you have to go and play SC2, which admittedly is still a very, very well designed game.

>> ^Sagemind:

Oh, It's a woman.
I couldn't tell until she started speaking.
My bad....


You're doing it wrong, it's:
Ah! Them little titties, I thought you was a man.


On an unrelated note, when the video started I wasn't looking and when the dude said "Hello everyone" I though "WTF?! HuskyStarcraft?"... guess I was to many SC2 casts.

>> ^Jinx:

End of the day, doesn't matter much whether you play it with friends or not since the gameplay is so fucking boring. Not that I don't ever play dungeon crawlers, sometimes I quite fancy mindless button pressing where the only real incentive is the next level or the better item, but I don't kid myself into thinking its a good game. Sometimes I watch truely terrible movies just for the fun (which also happen to share the characteristic of only being really enjoyable when watched/played with friends) but again, lets not pretend they are good movies.
Anyway, I'd like to see Blizzard develop a new game rather than these sequels. Diablo3 must be the safest money they've ever made, even SC2 had more innovation, how about taking some risks?


Blizzard was NEVER about innovation. They have always been about taking existing gaming mechanics and polishing them to a level of quality that no other company can match. They do an excellent job of NOT reinventing the wheel and retaining the qualities that makes their games so successful in the first place.

To expect Blizzard to change a formula that brought them millions of fans over the years, to alienate their core audience just so they can appease someone like you, who never loved dungeon crawlers in the first place, is ridiculous.

And while I'm not a big fan of Diablo, I don't pretend that they are terrible games just because I find them repetitive and boring.

End of the day, doesn't matter much whether you play it with friends or not since the gameplay is so fucking boring. Not that I don't ever play dungeon crawlers, sometimes I quite fancy mindless button pressing where the only real incentive is the next level or the better item, but I don't kid myself into thinking its a good game. Sometimes I watch truely terrible movies just for the fun (which also happen to share the characteristic of only being really enjoyable when watched/played with friends) but again, lets not pretend they are good movies.

Anyway, I'd like to see Blizzard develop a new game rather than these sequels. Diablo3 must be the safest money they've ever made, even SC2 had more innovation, how about taking some risks?

good to see there's some SC2 fans here I looovvve watching those videos, and that game was SICK!