Who here likes StarCraft? The Protoss are the best!

Old game, but a classic. Warcraft is good too.

I played it alittle a few years ago, but ever really got into it, like "online" into it. Then WC3 came out and I completely forgot about it. Can't really stand playing it much nowadays. :/

I never really did any online play. I just complete the game with ease.

My one friend has WarCraft III with the expansion pack. It's a very nice game.

I was never really good at SC Melee. I played UMS 24/7 though... back in middle school...

Starcraft is so underrated....
in my opinion it's still one of the BEST!!

I like Zerg or Terran when playing long games like Zero Clutter or Money. But i prefer Protoss when playing No Rule games or Lost Temple (or any ladder game maps)

V_V because i lend my CD to friend...now i can't play it!!! X_X

Originally posted by Neerolyte@Oct 26 2004, 08:59 PM
V_V because i lend my CD to friend...now i can't play it!!! X_X
That doesn't usually stop a determined player...

well i'm lazy LOL
and because there are just so much hwk that i can't find that much time to play a 30mins game

ahh...starcraft

i love this game...especailly when you enter the cheat " show me the money" and you build hordes after horders of battlecruisers and send them to destroy everything in sight~ muhahaha!

just kidding, i enter cheats when i get real bored only~ and my favourite tactic against 3 computer players is the protoss's proton cannons behind forges...and i will rush for carriers~ lots and lots of carriers.... but when it is against human, normally, i will go for marine-stim pack-medic-ghost-nuke combo~ trust me...it's fun seeing your opponent panic when they hear "nuclear launch detected"... :D

and funny no one mention the map "Big Game Hunter", maybe it's for wuss like me only :D

Getting lots of Carriers while playing as the Protoss is what I love to do. I wait while the other teams destroy each other (and for the Carriers to be warped in), then I attack each surviving base with my 12 Carriers. Usually by that time, bases are small and plentiful. But it's so funny seeing the enemy confused about what to hit: the Interceptors, or the Carriers? They usually go for whats is attacking them, the Interceptors.

eh i still love MASS DRAGOON!!!

I play brood war every time i get the chance, whihc isn't often...

I'm i'm not quite good at it, ask the ppl around here i've played with/against

i hate mass dragoons....
because I dont know how to control the freaking clumsy dragoons and they always got choked up in narrow paths due to their size :)~

and i always got raped by players who used mass dragoon aka the dancing dragoon technique~

and hey, which of the SC units do u guys deem the coolest? i would vote for the reavers~ they are so cute yet powerful~ when you click on them to control them, they will make funny cute noises~ and boy, talk about the devastating power of reaver's drop....2 shuttles, 4 reavers >>> make a mad dash into the enemy's base >>> drop them into the mining area >>> unleash the wrath of the reavers! boom! boom! boom!

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I like building walls of Photon Cannons (It would look like a big green blob on the radar), with some aerial units if some Carriers come along.

I usually surround my base with many Photon Cannons, leaving a hole for my units to attack and defend.

My favourite units are the Carriers (with Interceptors), templar, and mainly the Dark Templar. Double attacks on a big base works nicely with the Dark Templar or Dragoons and the Carriers.

in long games i build D
but short games, i never waste my minerals on cannons *not including couple around my Nexuses*

My coolest units will probably be Marine and Zealot. They are the best soldiers ever! so freaking loyal!!!

Anyone playing on the UK Gateway here?

I used to play against my bro on network cable - naturally, I was crap and he was good, because he always bagged being the Protoss, but I grew to like the Zerg in the end because they multiply really quickly so it's easy to build up a large force :)

(I still lost though :crybaby: )

damn, I just hate it when the computer controls zerg~ when my first proton cannon is warping into play, a group of 6 zerglings started attacking already~ then i will send one of my probe to distract those zerglings~ :D

Terrain...Teran...Terran?...Umm...da humans are the best! I love goliaths! They be my fav unit! Fools are awsome against air and ground! And ghost are so friggin cool!! "Neva know what hit em"!! Yeeah!

Originally posted by Zucriy Amsuna@Oct 27 2004, 01:22 PM
My favourite units are the Carriers (with Interceptors)
OGM! CARRIERS WITHOUT INTERCEPTERS ARE TEH BROKAN!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Sorry... I couldn't help myself.

Carriers remind me of those Independence Day ships.

I like to use every single race cause then I get to know the weakness of them and the strengths... after that I never lost 1 game ^^'

I use the Protoss' Dark Archon to use every race. Mind Control the SCVs and the Zerg guys (I forget what they're called); Mind Control the leftover larvae after you defeat a Zerg base. Then steal their spot.

If you become what you have conquered, you have not succeeded.
Not in this case! :D

Anyone with an APM higher than 200 over here? *goes back to Blizzard forums* :ph34r:

Hi, Yes my apm is 280-300.

b3 in wgt going pro =)

K i like terran, i go 24 tanks for front D/cannon nock out, then a bunch of goliaths and ups. Then after my gol's are killed, I get tanks and tanks.
For lost temple, I ass rape. I get dt's and shuttle in like 5-7 min and drop behind your base, I am fast :) Zerg is ok. but it my worse race. terran > all

(Somebody finally posts.) I am not that good as the Zerg, but I am average as the Terran. But the Protoss are my best and favourite.

I just got the game and I think it is awsome (with codes of course).

hahah with codes...
play online!! it's the best!
my friend sucks! he lost me CD!!!!! :crybaby:

well at home I don't have internet I use the schools internet because I am trying to get it at home it sucks :(

I dislike codes, they make the game easy to win, and the hardest things be not even a factor. I urge you to stop useing cheats.

I only use it on campain :)

I only use them after I beat the game.

never used them in soooooooo many years of SC, and in SOOOOOOOO many games. If you lose you lose, eh see that's why single player doesn't keep records :lol:

I find it embarrising to lose agaisnt the comp. >.<

hey if your embarrased, then you&#39;ll work harder to NOT lose to comp
right? :lol:

Well actually I haven&#39;t lost to a comp in three years, If I lose to one now, god help me.

I even lose to the computer (when I get bored and want to lose). But I usually go against all players and kill all (and sacrifice some of my weaker pathetic guys to get better ones). I win every one, unless I lose on purpose, of course.

damn you are good then

Mostly I play in tournys on B.net, I never won any, but i have been in 4th place. (Stupid moron, He claimed he was cheated on the first game, so they moved him infront of me :angry:)

Originally posted by Darksaget_the_3rd@Nov 17 2004, 02:19 AM
damn you are good then
I&#39;m not really that good, but I&#39;m speedy in the beginning (learned some tricks from the computer using a code <_<). I don&#39;t go against four or more players at the same time, often; only against three or less players. I still haven&#39;t tried every custom mission, yet.

yer just one time watch the computer and see what they do that way you can pick up some ideas ok maybe you will lose that battle but you gain good tipes :D

im not a big fan of that game im more of a command and conquer person

Tis indeed a good un, if any game was screaming for an update its Starcraft, Warcraft got done so hopefully it may happen. Side note for Starcraft fans that use mame/arcades try out mission craft, vertical shooter with everything ripped from Starcraft & it all works the same way, take out the Protoss pylon & the defense guns go dead etc.. quite enjoyable

To people who really want to improve on their SC skills
there is a function called REPLAY&#33;
it is the best way to improve. When you get PWNED by someone, save and replay and watch how they PWNED you, then utilize that skill, and improve upon it, and maybe you can PWNED some other players. ^_^ at least that&#39;s how i improved my SC skills

Originally posted by Neerolyte@Nov 18 2004, 03:59 AM
To people who really want to improve on their SC skills
there is a function called REPLAY&#33;
it is the best way to improve. When you get PWNED by someone, save and replay and watch how they PWNED you, then utilize that skill, and improve upon it, and maybe you can PWNED some other players. ^_^ at least that&#39;s how i improved my SC skills
woo I think I will try that out

No wounder why I suck at the game <_<

I never gave SC a decent chance.. and I don&#39;t plan on doing it now either. X_X I have other good games to play right now ^^

what is it

This game rocks :D

Indeed. This game is one of the only games I play on the computer.

You can find me playing starcraft online alot my account is Pyro4654(fc). Just whisper me if u want to play sometime. My favorite race is Protoss

So, instead of making a new thread, I just decided to use my epoch revival spell to reborn this one!

Anyway, reason being is I just re-installed this fabulous game today and I'm looking for someone to play with on b.net. All the koreans that play on it are way to good, and I don't even get close to winning. So if anyway around here are non-koreans and have sc, lets playyyy.

Drop me a pm with your email and i'll add you on msn. It'll make it much easier to talk that way.

This might make me sound like a sore loser, but please don't call me that until you've actually tried to beat them. Insanely pro...

Maybe you were just unlucky and kept bumping into actual professionals in smurfs? =D

Anyways, I think the tentative release date for SC2 is actually spring of this year?

I'm not particularly looking forward to it coming out. They gameplay is so similar to war3, it looks as if they just used the same engine and just threw new units in. It doesn't allow for any micro, it basically build, move, attack, unlike the current one which has way more excitement.

Not saying I won't buy it and play it, of course I will, it's just they've moved away from the original gameplay style which is what made starcraft so unique in it's time.

So I'm getting into this game now, too. Only two days, but I'm taking the super-Padawan approach and reading up Liquipedia and watching progamer videos. This game's got me hooked and I don't think it's going to let go for a while, since it's so damn complex and SKILL based <3

YES.

I am very excited.

I will pm you shortly.

I'm not particularly looking forward to it coming out. They gameplay is so similar to war3, it looks as if they just used the same engine and just threw new units in. It doesn't allow for any micro, it basically build, move, attack, unlike the current one which has way more excitement.

Actually, I'll have to completely disagree with this statement. As primarily a Warcraft 3 player with a little bit of knowledge in Starcraft, I find that the game is much more similar to the first Starcraft in concept and gameplay. I think most people will agree that Warcraft is much more about micro while Starcraft about macro, due to the fact that units die slower in WC, army sizes are smaller, and you typically gather much more resources in SC compared to the units' costs. If you go into a WC game just building and attack moving, you will lose against anyone who's remotely competent. However, if you macro well in Starcraft, even micro-less play will net you wins against players who don't use strategies that require micro to beat (eg. storm, etc.).

For that reason, I'm actually a little less excited about SC2. Personally speaking, I feel that SC's gameplay seems less clear in that it's harder to find concrete goals to pursue and grasp the flow of the game compared to WC.

However, if you macro well in Starcraft, even micro-less play will net you wins against players who don't use strategies that require micro to beat (eg. storm, etc.).


Wrong. If one person micros during battle and the other just macros like a fiend, the micro'er will win.


Personally speaking, I feel that SC's gameplay seems less clear in that it's harder to find concrete goals to pursue and grasp the flow of the game compared to WC.

A loaded statement. When you say its harder to find concrete goals to grasp the flow of the game, what do you mean by that? Gameplay itself? Or ease of use? If you are talking about gameplay, then there is definitely a flow. Every race has build orders, and has to adapt to what their enemy is doing.

You're both wrong. It really depends what race you are using in SC. All races are balanced, but some use more macro while some have more micro. I have chosen the Terran race, which means I must be more focused on production, therefore I'll be working on my macro. This doesn't mean I need a good micro, since the Terran "Ball" maneuver requires good skills of moving my force of Marines, Medics and Firebats. Let's not forget, a timing push requires a lot of macro, but an equal amount of micro for positioning of Siege Tanks, Vultures/Spider Mines, Turrets.

StarCraft is a bunch more balanced and you can't just win with micro or macro alone, you need to be proficient at BOTH. You may be able to create a large and power army of units, but they mean nothing if you can control them. And just because you can control your units well (unless you're a Protoss... "Small but Powerful") doesn't mean they're a good force. And with Protoss quote I mentioned, you need to be able to have a good build order in order to create that powerful little force of yours. :)

All races are balanced...

Not true. Dark swarm is imba.

How is Dark Swarm a race? You CAN avoid and destroy more important things. Do you know much about strategy, Phard? And your micro must be fairly slow to say such things. The game is balanced, because there is ALWAYS a WAY.

Just because: Liquipedia (http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Main_Page) and Team Liquid (http://www.teamliquid.net/)

Read up, bud.

I'm just saying, I don't like being up against zergs casting swarm. Drives me crazy.

psionic storm raeps dark swarms
psionic storm should be nerfed <__<
(has so much angst losing matches he was winning to imba storms)

No, I still stand by my point. Not microing in Starcraft is far less detrimental than no microing in Warcraft. If you have a superior economy and upgrades, simply massing an army, attack moving, and reinforcing it effectively can still let you beat low-mid level players. However, this sort of strategy is far less applicable in Warcraft because maps are smaller, economy generally depends on only one or two mines, and the presence of heroes.

Of course, once you get into the pro scene, just about everyone needs to have good macro and micro.

I would correct your statement of "low-mid" players. If you thought about it that way, it'd only be LOW players. Class D. And bad class D players at that. It's all about building the best force and economy in the shortest amount of time so you can do as many things as you can to win, or at least to not lose.

Woooow. I just played a single player match against the computer on lost temple, and I did soooooooo bad. I pwned the computer, but, I was so slow and shit. Gawd, I did terrible. I had like 10k of minerals and gas at the end x.x I haven't played that game in like four years though. And I haven't found my cd-key yet x.x

omg no LAN in starcraft 2.... and one of my friend reckons you have to be online at all times to play even single player wtf..? but i dont know if the second thing is true i havent checked it out yet but yeah.

Hwaesung Oz going to grand finals
Jaedong Bisu ace matches + super ace pl0x

meh, that's nothing. fantasy vs jaedong re match in osl. that's gonna be big

Anyone up for a match, PM me. I'll warn you, I'm way out of practice and I'm not that good, but Starcraft is still an awesome game and I want to get better.

Ow, Starcraft, I love this game!!!

ZERG! yay!

"SIZE" DOES MATTER~

but then Protoss' reavers and Terran's Siege tank ruined everything x_x

Jaedong might move to another team
end of Jaedong Oz lawlz?

yeah, I was suprised when I heard that too. Imagine if he goes to SKT. JD/Bisu/fantasy. *drool*

Since I got my new PC, I'm kinda putting StarCraft on hold. Why? Yeah, because I'm getting anywhere from 150-300FPS on Source games on all high, 8X Anisotropic and 4X Anti-aliasing.

Poo to you. Never forget the classics.

/me prods mazeppa

yeah, I was suprised when I heard that too. Imagine if he goes to SKT. JD/Bisu/fantasy. *drool*

equals boring proleague ftl TT_TT
jaedong to Khan or KT for awesomesawz rivalries
or nowhere and keep things more or less the way they are

and lulz to maz

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=100514

:(

Edit: Up for a game now on b.net if anyone wants to play

The game has been around forever.. i hated the BGH maps cause it's not really too much skill, but it was always easy to beat those guys 1 on 1 because while they're sitting in their 1 base and expansion,building a ton of defense, i'd just take 2 or 3 asap, and if you let a terran do that it's a deathwish

it's even better when you're zerg
8 gas zerg is more of a death wish than 3-4 base terran
massive tech switches and sauron style death

july is the beast of sauron builds.

and in news
KeSPA 5 - Free Agents 0 - Parents 2

go.go and jaedong's parents axed their contracts xD

I think of it as the ugly side of esports really.

it's the reality
jaedong's arguably one of the best (the best in some peoples' minds) players in history
but he's getting only 70m KRW, while Bisu and Flash get like 200+m KRW
of course parents want more for him, because he really does so much :P

but yes the real side of esports rears its head

Well if another team can afford to offer him a contract, then they would have. I feel sorry for him, working so hard and not being paid as much as the others tbh. But its his choice (his parents) ultimately.

and oh my, he got beaten by stork 2-0. not a good sign.

fantasy out of the MSL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i was playing that raccoon city map, you know the usp map? like custom scenario..?
anyways we got down to 3 minutes left and failed :/ and there was only 4 of us at the end, 5 at the start of game. it was a sad lose...

but a fun way to kill an hour and half of ur life :)

i never play ums maps

I love Starcraft 2. I'm pretty sure I've played it every day since it was released...with a couple of exceptions. I am diamond league in 1v1 and I always use protoss. They are far superior to zerg. Terran would be my second go to.

ONE MORE GAME THEN D+ COME ONNNN!

nooooo, lost to backstabbing guardians, hate it when zerg does that.

YESSSSSSS D+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOT

I've been playing quite a bit of Starcraft 2 lately.

I'm upper-silver league at best.

My new gamertag is Liberator. My original account got banned for hacking (false positive, but blizzard won't unban it... buncha fuckers), so I've been playing on my friends account. It's actually kind of nice being in bronze league; I can really focus on improving my game mechanics without having to worry too much about doing complicated counters.

You should play bw :)

Did you ever used to? Or have you only played sc2?

Yeah, I played it when I was around 11 (8 years ago). It made picking up SC II pretty easy, my learning curve wasn't very steep. Abuncha my friends have SCII, so I don't think I'll be making the switch back to bw.

Fair enough. I've played both games and I must say, bw is a lot more refined. Which makes sense, as it has been played professionally for about 10 years.

I've watched a LOT of sc2 and a LOT LOT more bw and sc2 still seems... coin-flippy to me. So many pro games end with one big battle and that's it. I prefer the back and forward action leading to a big battle that bw has.

If I get my pc back, I might get sc2 on it and we can play :)

Bit laggy on the lappie, but went 4-1 and got placed in platinum.

"I'M IN DEEP!"

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I like World of Warcraft ;D

I just complete the game with ease.