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This game has taken over my gaming life. I play it now more than everything else combined.
Hope I make gold by the end of this week.
Go back and check the ranks of players you've been playing lately. If you're playing and beating silver/gold players, you'll get promoed soon.
Bump.
This game has taken over my gaming life. I play it now more than everything else combined.
Hope I make gold by the end of this week.
Wish I was rich enough to have a bad ass gaming comp
i used to play starcraft 1 on the reg
Was #3 in Platinum 1's until I lost 4 straight
#1 in Platinum 3's random, sorry ass teams a lot but 3 wins in a row should put me in diamond
If you have a monitor already, a $350-400 rig will run Starcraft 2 with no problems.
how much $ for the game and battlenet account?
b.net is free with the $60 purchase
Man, this game is awesome.
I got my 100th league win last night, and should be promoted to gold within a couple days. I've been playing only against golds lately, and have won 3/4ths of them so far.
Nice to be moving up in the world, but sad that diamond seems so far away.
Last edited by Cry Havoc; 12-01-2010 at 10:20 AM.
For anyone curious about how powerful the Starcraft 2 map creator is:
Amazing. I cannot WAIT to play this map.
you can build a PC that can run any game for only $500
Last edited by MiamiHeat; 12-07-2010 at 08:46 PM.
Dude this game is in lame so far, the graphics
aren't any better than original Starcraft, and there is no base defense, it's all mass air ships. There used to be strategy involved in orginal SC and it took longer to accrue more minerals and you had to attack with lesser offensive weapons before you got to the carriers andstar ships and . SC 2 is LAME!
well I'm an idiot
I'm trying to build a somewhat powerful PC in a nice and small mini ITX case, the SUGO case I bought said it could handle full size video cards, so I didn't even look at the dimensions of the Asus EAH5850 TOP video card I bought.
it's 10" long, and the case is 10" long, so I can't plug the power cables into to the back of the card
and it turns out the return policy on the Card is Replacement only
ing idiot, and I really want to keep and use this card, it's a damn good card...
what do
god dammit
Well, you're probably in bronze league if you're massing air. Most of the fighting in SC2 is done on the ground, unless a Zerg player is going all mutalisks.
Not sure what you mean by "no base defense". Should I even point to the fact that there is a narrow ramp at most people's base that's easy to wall off or forcefield units away from? How about the natural expansions that usually have a decent choke point? SC2 doesn't encourage turtling as much as SC1 because you can easily lose map control, so static defenses actually hurt you if you abuse them.
Carriers suck, by the way, if you can't beat them you had very little concept of how to play the original SC. If you let someone get mass carriers before attacking them, you deserve to lose.
I'm not sure why "taking longer to accrue minerals" is something that makes SC2 less fun, in fact that's precisely why they made mineral collection faster, so you could play 3-4 games in an hour, rather than 2 at most.
If you don't believe me about massing air, give me your SCII name and character code, and we'll play a few games. I'll show you how unfeasible it is against someone who stays aggressive and takes map control.
It's my firm belief that Starcraft 2 will go down as one of the greatest games of all time, and the greatest eSport to date for gaming. To say it sucks, well... to each his own, man, but you obviously haven't played the game much if that's how you feel.
Buy a new case? There are several mid-towers that will accommodate a large card.well I'm an idiot
I'm trying to build a somewhat powerful PC in a nice and small mini ITX case, the SUGO case I bought said it could handle full size video cards, so I didn't even look at the dimensions of the Asus EAH5850 TOP video card I bought.
it's 10" long, and the case is 10" long, so I can't plug the power cables into to the back of the card
and it turns out the return policy on the Card is Replacement only
ing idiot, and I really want to keep and use this card, it's a damn good card...
what do
god dammit
Last edited by Cry Havoc; 12-05-2010 at 08:16 AM.
only one I know of is the silverstone SG07, which is much to big and hideous
anyone in the market for a video card?
What are you talking about? There are tons of mid-towers that accommodate large GPUs.
Check out the Corsair Graphite Series 600T.
I am computer re ed. I do not understand. Please explain.
He's talking about going to newegg.com or a similar site, buying the parts separately, then building the entire PC when it arrives in the mail.
It's not nearly as hard as it sounds, and it saves you lot of money.
small form factor is most important factor to me, this Sugo SG05 is 11x9x8 or something, I couldn't imagine using anything bigger
You're a blind idiot.
If you use a box that small, I hope you have a killer liquid cooling set up. Small boxes are notorious for nuking parts, especially given the heat that today's GPUs produce.
small form factor is most important factor to me, this Sugo SG05 is 11x9x8 or something, I couldn't imagine using anything bigger
Nah, I don't think he's an idiot, it just sounds like he hasn't spent much time with the game yet.You're a blind idiot.
And he does have a point about positioning. Starcraft II is much more frenetic and tactical, whereas Brood War was a drawn out strategic battle. I can see why some pros would stay with BW, as it's a completely different feel.
However, his comment about the graphics is pretty off though, as SCII looks far and away better in every respect than BW, especially with regard to the explosions and the use of weapons in battle. I thought Brood War aged extremely well for an RTS (or any genre for that matter), but now it's hard to look at how flat and lifeless everything is in that game by comparison.
I really don't know how you can say that those graphics look the same.
I think what really sets SCII apart, and how it will distinguish itself in the long run, is how incredibly easy it is for a non-gamer to watch and still get an idea of what's happening. My g/f went to the MLG Championships in D.C. with me, and even though she'd never played a game of SC, she could still definitively tell at almost any point who was ahead in a match, who was doing positive things, and what the general flow of action was. That was almost impossible with Brood War, even with good commentary. I think Blizzard put a lot of thought into making SCII an actual spectators sport, rather than one that only gamers can really understand or enjoy.
I also find the more intuitive building structures and unit AI makes SCII much more of a joy to play than BW does. It's not a struggle to do everything anymore. Everything feels relatively seamless.
Last edited by Cry Havoc; 12-06-2010 at 09:52 AM.
eh, I don't plan on pushing it very hard, if at all, no overclocking or anything, the GPU is right up against the side of the case which is completely holey on that side, there's got to be a better word than holey...
also, decided to get a 6850, which apparently supposedly uses much less power than most other mid/high end cards, less power should translate to less heat, I would assume...
also I thought ATI's were almost impervious to overheating
The card will probably be fine. It's your other components you should probably worry about. And in a small enough space, a heat sink can't operate properly, either.
Hey cryhavoc you let's play some in Starcraft!
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Bring it.
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