Hello there. I'm a time traveler from the Year 2099. We have flying cars, developed cold fushion, discovered faster-than-light travel, and built a colony on mars.

By the way, does anybody know when Starcraft 2 will be out?

Securom is only 'better', not 'pretty good', because DRM is never good.

The only reason you see Securom to be better is that customers nagged and complained endless to the point that they have to change their policies regarding DRM. If it werent for the public outcry, we'd have DVD installers capable of only 3 installs per PC. Yeah, have fun with that.

I ask you forumers, where were you first introduced to Starcraft? I bet most of you will say from cybercafes, where the game used to be played on LAN.

In fact, without LAN, the game wouldn't have never even rooted into the Korean gaming scene. In fact, if the game had no LAN, it would turn out to be just another RTS game that nobody would give a shit about in 10 years time.

And I know I should not comment anything about warez, but let us be honest here; Starcraft became famous not through the people that bought the ori ones, but through people who play the pirated ones on LAN cybercafes and at homes and then buying the original ones. Those who didn't buy the original copies only spread the word about Starcraft to another, and another, so that more people would buy the original copies. It's viral advertisement through piracy. The same goes with Warcraft 3.

It seems that Blizzard forgot who brought them to the dance in the first place, which is understandable since Blizzard and Activision are Best Friends Forever now.

If you want issues about non-LAN, then how about this: the ability to play the game without any lag at all. Not all ISPs are fast, and all of you know how 'blazingly fast' our Streamyx connection speed is. If you're happy with playing the game at 500 ping, then it's fine for you, but not fine for a lot of us.

This post has been edited by mylife4nerzhul: Jul 2 2009, 10:23 AM

There is nothing else to talk about.

EA already taken advantage. They've taken many ideas and concepts from Starcraft 2 and applied them to their Command & Conquer series.

how can anyone sell beta keys? that is so immoral, to sell something made by someone else that supposed to be free in the first place.

capitalists these days...

i tried Starcraft II Beta a bit, and i have to say...the game is disappointing. Here are a few points:

- Build queue is shortened to just 5 queues. I blame this on those stupid Koreans. I remembered that in Warcraft 3 you could put like 12 or something.

- Economy system is still dependent on building drones one by one. Why it didn't adopt Warcraft3's more efficient and streamlined economy system is beyond me. Again I blame this on motherfcuking koreans.

- What the hell happened to auto-casting? You know, that handy little tool that helps you cast minor spells? That would have been REALLY useful with units like Phoenix and it's gravity spell. Koreans again.

- And speaking of Phoenixes, the Protoss are so goddamned technologically advanced that they can't even invent a jetfighter that can shoot both ground and air. Instead we get the Phoenix, which is really just an inverted Crypt Fiend from War3 except without Auto-casting. If the protoss are so stupid that they'd replace the And no, Void ray doesn't count. If the Protoss are so stupid that they replaced the superior Scouts and Corsairs from the old starcraft with these pieces of garbage, then no wonder they had their asses beaten by the Zerg in the first place.

- The Wraith in the first starcraft is a jetfighter that is mainly anti-air while having enough ground attack for support, and they also had cloaking too. What kind of stupid idea was it to split it into two different jets (viking and banshee), each doing a poor ass job in their roles?

- And no, SCII's hard counter system is full of shit. Red Alert 3 has an even better counter system than this.

- Terrans still need to block chokes with supply depots and barracks. You know, like how the real-life military does.

These are just some of the many qualms i have about the game. And i blame it all on the Koreans.

This post has been edited by mylife4nerzhul: Apr 8 2010, 09:34 PM

having more build queues wouldn't hurt, especially when you're just playing the game casually. if you think queuing up units is a bad move, then simply don't queue.


What do you mean War3 doesn't have econ harassment? About half of my games on War3 back then was won through early econ harassment. The difference is i would lost at most 2 or 3 peons, and all i have to do is train 2 or 3 more peons. In SC2, players tend to lose a lot more drones, and i have to replace EVERY ONE of them.

Those of us who are not Koreans who llive and breath Starcraft and even literally died from playing too much Starcraft.

This post has been edited by mylife4nerzhul: Apr 8 2010, 10:39 PM

Amd what's up with the game's tendency to split up old SC units into two different units?

Protoss Scout = Phoenix/Void Ray

Hydralisk = Roach/Hydralisk

Terran Wraith = Viking/Banshee

i understand if spells like psi-storm doesn't have auto cast, but what about phase shift? That should be auto castable.

And Phoenix's gravity spell. That SHOULD have auto cast, since it's just a flying version of the Crypt Fiend in War3.

u can just set some of your phoenixes to autocast while the others just shoot normally

l2p

The thumb drive got SC 1 inside?

imma so gonna get CE. The thumbdrive with preloaded starcraft alone is worth it

wow, terrans in SC2 don't have any dedicated anti-air at all besides thor and viking, both being worthless pieces of shit.

and i can't believe terrans still need to go metal just to defeat protoss. You'd think blizzard would wise up and put a hellion-like unit in barracks instead

This post has been edited by mylife4nerzhul: Apr 9 2010, 10:21 PM

btw, what is the optimum requirement for me to play SC2 with solid 60 fps even in busy scenes?

I have a HD4890, but i can't even set to Ultra settings because it'll slow down the frames. What's my problem?

btw i have:

Intel Core 2 Duo 4600 (2.4 gig)

3 gig DDR2 Ram

1 tera HDD

what do i have to upgrade?

why my GPU? I thought 4890 is powerful enough already

can somebody give me specific system erquirements for playing Starcraft at maximum settings with +60 fps all the time?

This post has been edited by mylife4nerzhul: Apr 10 2010, 08:48 PM

Starcraft 2 CPU Comparison Benchmark

WTF...even Intel i7 with 5870 can only run it at 46.1 fps on average?

can someone explain this?



This post has been edited by mylife4nerzhul: Apr 11 2010, 07:05 AM

i wish the same can be said with the soundtrack and voice acting and missions. They were of so poor quality it turned me off completely.

i meant that for DOW2. Aside from some game mechanics, SC2 is great though

This post has been edited by mylife4nerzhul: Apr 11 2010, 09:26 AM