I have returned: StarCraft II

**Aylee** · 2012-03-14 20:06

Just had the most epic game ever lol i was VS zerg big engagement happend with him on ramp... i had 3 clossis, 6 ht, 1 arcon, and a mix of zelets, stalkers, sentries.... stoms/clossis tore threw his army sooo fast <3

**Misuicide** · 2012-03-14 20:58

ha, congrats! any games happening tonight? i'm down for monobattleing or whatever

**Aylee** · 2012-03-14 21:06

im on for another hour for w/e

ryze 320

**Pikarya** · 2012-03-14 21:10

On also, just messing around in 3v3

**geno** · 2012-03-15 00:08

Originally Posted by altwight

http://kotaku.com/5893136/league-of-...craft-in-korea

ROFL LOL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA

To be clear, they are (or should) be talking about it compared to BW and not compared to SC2. SC2 had a pretty disappointing launch there compared to its predecessor and although it has had more or less steady Korean viewership, so far as I know it still pares in comparison to BW on OGN. As for the actual game's popularity, it has lost playtime in PC cafes steadily since it's release and was never really a competitor to MMOs and mobas, or even SC:BW in the first place.

As for LoL's recent meteoric rise, all I can say is 'meh'. The F2P model and relatively low skill requirement have made LoL a very popular game to play and the constant free giveaways and exposure have made it a popular game to watch. But it most certainly isn't the most entertaining game to watch, and I'd bet its fame in the e-sports world is not going to be nearly as prolific as BroodWar before it. I seriously doubt LoL is able to draw nearly as many spectators and fans that are NON-players as BW or SC2 are able to, and that's what will give a title longevity in the tournament scene. Not to mention it still has to deal with the constant threat of DotA2 ripping chunks out of that playerbase on the horizon.

**Aylee** · 2012-03-15 16:21

/sigh still cant deal with muta ling worth a shit.... no matter what i go i get raped >.> shits way to fast to deal with.... and even if i can deal with it they just dance around picking off my base >.>

**Salodin** · 2012-03-15 19:06

Learn to split your units, make like 5 or so zealots and send them to one of their expansions. They'll be forced to either pull back lings or mutas, or make a lot of spine crawlers to deal with you. Either way it gives you time to mount an offensive. Also, 2-3 cannons by your minerals helps a lot.

Be aggressive enough to not let them build a critical mass of mutalisks.

**Lhyet** · 2012-03-16 05:00

Against Muta play I typically rush to Blink Stalkers and play a turtle game until my High Templar are out. I try to scout with Hallucination so I should be seeing the Spire when it goes up.
Once I've got HTs on the field I'll leave one or two near each mineral field with few stalkers and then attack with my main army (which also contains 4-6 HT).

At this point the battle goes something like this:
I move out and his Mutas attack my main but get repelled by Storm and the few Stalkers (I warp in more Stalkers if I feel the need).
He'll then pull out rather than risk losing too many Mutas and attack my main army, which hits him with more Storms and I blink the Stalkers after him to take as many out as possible.
Finally he'll send them against my natural or third and typically lose the last of his Mutas to another Storm and Stalkers.

I'm not 100% with this strat because I still get outplayed alot against Zerg (I'm getting better, but it's still my worst matchup) but it does pretty well in Gold league against the majority of zerg. The only thing that really hurts me is if they go heavy Roach, in which case I'll try and get Charge and Immortals (and maybe one Collosus to force him into spending lots of money and food on Corrupters which are a waste of space once they kill the one Collosus).

**Aylee** · 2012-03-16 09:37

the pros usualy do the HT trick... the problem is im also in gold and everyone is retarded. They will lose all their muta to pick off some of my shit. I still dont see how it works though

if i try that they usualy just dance around picking off pylons >.>

**Lhyet** · 2012-03-16 10:50

That should only be an issue if you've let them get a large Muta flock, in which case you should have a deathball breathing down their neck forcing them to attack that instead.
If they insist on going for a base trade with a large Muta flock they they should end up losing as they'll barely have anything to hold off your army, and the constant Storms and Stalker warp in should quickly whittle down their force.

As I say, I'm still pretty bad against zerg. But if you scout (halluc is excellent) and turtle until you have a big enough force capable of moving across the map and taking them down in one go, their Muta flock shouldn't be so scary.
Also, warping in a handful of Zealots to go and harrass an expansion whenever they move out their Mutas should piss them off a fair bit and stop them from being quite as mobile.

**Misuicide** · 2012-03-16 14:13

i need motivation to play, lol i really want too, but i just dislike playing on my laptop ;/.

**SubzeroDiabolos** · 2012-03-17 14:17

Take your high heels and purse off, go wash that make up and come back.

**Pikarya** · 2012-03-17 15:03

Originally Posted by Misuicide

i need motivation to play, lol i really want too, but i just dislike playing on my laptop ;/.

I was like this till I upgraded my rig. I was using a Athlon x2 64 5000, 4GB DDR2, 500gb mechanical, 4850 1gb, etc. and had to play the game on low always.

Upgraded the processor to an i3, memory to ddr3, drive to ssd, and only kept the 4850 1gb card and now it can play ultra in 4v4/etc. Before that though it was just a task to play sc2 so I always avoided it.

**Misuicide** · 2012-03-17 15:22

I have a kind of built rig, I got everything but the Video Card and the case. (Video Card I donated to BG cause i'm deploying). So i ended up putting my Comp on hold till I return. For all i know i'm going to rebuild a new PC when I get back, as i'll have the money to do so.

**Misuicide** · 2012-03-23 13:42

My last weekend of SC2. Lets get it on.

**Salodin** · 2012-03-23 14:09

Im 100% free tomorrow after 4pm est.

**Misuicide** · 2012-03-23 23:06

Anyone watching Polt vs Stephano on MLG? holy crap epic

**Aylee** · 2012-03-24 09:03

So im trying to do a protoss version of 1-1-1 (warp gate, robo, stargate). I can produce 1 zelet, 1 immortal, and 1 phoenix for the same price as 4 stalkers Then one i expand adding 4 additional warp gates. Anyone already have a build similar to this? Mainly for 2v2 in order to get some phoenix harass out (force them to build cannon/turrents/spores or die) This mostly used vs protoss and zerg (usualy cant hold off mass rines but the immortals are enough to hold off stalker/roach pushes). would most likley 3 gate star gate against terren and skip robo

**Raen Ryong** · 2012-03-24 13:15

That sounds kinda terrible

willing to be proven wrong with a replay though!

**Eanae** · 2012-03-24 13:35

MLG can blow me. They killed the twitch stream so no more mobile streaming... Yay overtime...

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