I do own the game, but having played a game online I found out the hard way that if you're not a gamer, you're dead before the game has finished loading. The custom game list contains lots of fun maps though!

If you play Ladder matches, you play 5 placement matches which can be against anyone, but after that you get placed in a league of players your level.>> ^Kreegath:

I do own the game, but having played a game online I found out the hard way that if you're not a gamer, you're dead before the game has finished loading. The custom game list contains lots of fun maps though!

I don't play Blizzard RTS games.

I can honestly say sc2 is the only game I've watched more than played. I finished the sp campaign and then got annihilated in mp.

Every few months I end up watching a bunch of sc replays (when/will cheese fail is awesome) and resolve to give it a go again. Then I get my ass handed to me, again.

I'm an average player at most games, but sc2 just defeats me for some reason....

Did you play your placement matches? The thing is, when you play those five first matches, you get matched against players that are almost certainly better than you, so you get your ass handed to you. After that you get placed in what the system believes is a league where you'll do about 50-50, so it's relatively fair.
>> ^ChaosEngine:

I can honestly say sc2 is the only game I've watched more than played. I finished the sp campaign and then got annihilated in mp.
Every few months I end up watching a bunch of sc replays (when/will cheese fail is awesome) and resolve to give it a go again. Then I get my ass handed to me, again.
I'm an average player at most games, but sc2 just defeats me for some reason....

>> ^gwiz665:

Did you play your placement matches? The thing is, when you play those five first matches, you get matched against players that are almost certainly better than you, so you get your ass handed to you. After that you get placed in what the system believes is a league where you'll do about 50-50, so it's relatively fair.
>> ^ChaosEngine:
I can honestly say sc2 is the only game I've watched more than played. I finished the sp campaign and then got annihilated in mp.
Every few months I end up watching a bunch of sc replays (when/will cheese fail is awesome) and resolve to give it a go again. Then I get my ass handed to me, again.
I'm an average player at most games, but sc2 just defeats me for some reason....



Oops, forgot to reply to this. Yes, I did. I'm just not very good at it

I'm ok with it though, I have to leave some awesomeness for the rest of humanity
Besides, I could see myself spending waaay too much time on it.

Oh, I suck at it too, it's no shame - starcraft is freaking hard!
>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^gwiz665:
Did you play your placement matches? The thing is, when you play those five first matches, you get matched against players that are almost certainly better than you, so you get your ass handed to you. After that you get placed in what the system believes is a league where you'll do about 50-50, so it's relatively fair.
>> ^ChaosEngine:
I can honestly say sc2 is the only game I've watched more than played. I finished the sp campaign and then got annihilated in mp.
Every few months I end up watching a bunch of sc replays (when/will cheese fail is awesome) and resolve to give it a go again. Then I get my ass handed to me, again.
I'm an average player at most games, but sc2 just defeats me for some reason....


Oops, forgot to reply to this. Yes, I did. I'm just not very good at it
I'm ok with it though, I have to leave some awesomeness for the rest of humanity
Besides, I could see myself spending waaay too much time on it.