Starcraft 2 Beta

[E92-Lighting]

just pre-ordered on amazon

[Saigon]

what's going to launch first? diablo 3 or sc2?

[BMW_TT]

I pre-ordered by SC2 and D3

[mrgoochio]

Originally Posted by Saigon

what's going to launch first? diablo 3 or sc2?

sc2 afaik

[E92-Lighting]

if you buy from amazon, you get a free beta key!

[Makushr1]

Originally Posted by Saigon

what's going to launch first? diablo 3 or sc2?

SC2 at least a year before D3. I don't expect to see D3 until late 2011, at the earliest. SC2 is suppose to be released mid this year, my guess is July-August. That may be optimistic.

[mrgoochio]

gamestop has their computer systems saying release is in june, but that doesn't mean much. im thinking Q3 or Q4

[mrgoochio]

.. 1 of my brothers played on my accnt b4 he got a key and made me 1v1silver lol. played 2v2 AT with my other brother, we're 2v2 platinum now

[mrgoochio]

i'm 2v2 platinum with both of my brothers now.. was rank 1 in my division for a while but other ppl probably passed us. gonna work my way up to platinum 1v1 soon

[E92-Lighting]

ok, i just downloaded sc2 beta, i believe it (beta) ends around may something

[Vanity]

Originally Posted by E92-Lighting

ok, i just downloaded sc2 beta, i believe it (beta) ends around may something

Whats your sc name?

Mines: BetaThanYou.betch

[JB135i]

That download was painful!

First the good news, I am in and it's as fun as ever, sort of.

Now the bad news. Where fu(K have my reflexes gone to? Not that I was ever world champ, hell even champ on my own street, but I am getting pwnd, ALOT. I never used to get hammered like this. There have been some wins, don't get me wrong, but DAMN.

I don't even want to put my name up I am so embarrassed at this point. I need more practice.

Protoss Void Rays are over powered and over used.

I can't wait until I can play the AI so I can actually tech up and see some other units, and get my build order skills back! I have gotten Battlecruisers with Terrans, but it would be nice to just mess around a bit and actually learn other units some.

Only two glitches so far. I have to manually adjust my monitor to 1024 x 768 before launch or the games' display moves up leaving about the top 1/3 off. And there is a graphics glitch when I drop siege tanks, it only lasts a second or two.

[Mega Man]

Hopefully the others can chime in here, but my thoughts:

Originally Posted by JB135i

Protoss Void Rays are over powered and over used.

I hate to bring up rank/league, but I hardly see Void Rays in 1v1 Gold and above. I know you just started playing, so maybe identifying buildings and build orders is difficult at this point, but scout often, even sending a sacrificial unit in every so often. The Void Rays are slow moving, and can be destroyed relatively quickly.

Originally Posted by JB135i

I don't even want to put my name up I am so embarrassed at this point. I need more practice.

Put your name up anyway (add us too!), a couple of the players on this forum are Bronze/Copper in 1v1 anyway. No one gives anyone a hard time, and we all AT with each other from time to time, or custom 2v2/1v1 for FUN. I haven't seen anyone from this forum talking 'ish on anyone else, and it's a good learning experience for all involved (I think).

Originally Posted by JB135i

Only two glitches so far. I have to manually adjust my monitor to 1024 x 768 before launch or the games' display moves up leaving about the top 1/3 off. And there is a graphics glitch when I drop siege tanks, it only lasts a second or two.

I haven't experienced either of these glitches, make sure your video card drivers are up to date. I know one thing you can do to drastically increase FPS is disable shadows. You can put everything else on Ultra but leave shadows off to get over 60 FPS.

Originally Posted by JB135i

I can't wait until I can play the AI so I can actually tech up and see some other units, and get my build order skills back! I have gotten Battlecruisers with Terrans, but it would be nice to just mess around a bit and actually learn other units some.

You can play with the AI on Very Easy (only). Make a custom game, and add AI. It's perfect for what you're asking; try things out and just mess around. Get your build orders, explore maps, get the timing of buildings down. It sounds like you're playing terran so learn to "wall-in," especially on smaller maps.

Anyway, glad to see you got your beta, hope to see you on soon!

[E92-Lighting]

i just use massive carriers with the mothership, easy GG

[mrgoochio]

Originally Posted by JB135i

That download was painful!

First the good news, I am in and it's as fun as ever, sort of.

Now the bad news. Where fu(K have my reflexes gone to? Not that I was ever world champ, hell even champ on my own street, but I am getting pwnd, ALOT. I never used to get hammered like this. There have been some wins, don't get me wrong, but DAMN.

I don't even want to put my name up I am so embarrassed at this point. I need more practice.

Protoss Void Rays are over powered and over used.

I can't wait until I can play the AI so I can actually tech up and see some other units, and get my build order skills back! I have gotten Battlecruisers with Terrans, but it would be nice to just mess around a bit and actually learn other units some.

Only two glitches so far. I have to manually adjust my monitor to 1024 x 768 before launch or the games' display moves up leaving about the top 1/3 off. And there is a graphics glitch when I drop siege tanks, it only lasts a second or two.

why do you believe void rays are OP? yes, theyre strong and they can snipe your CC, hatch, or nexus.. but once you start to learn timing with your build orders/pushes, you'll find that if theyre rushing void rays you can most likely kill them before they can even attack you. scouting and countering builds with hard counters will nearly always win with correct scouting unless theyre just all around a better player than you..

[JB135i]

I said the other players were better! I wasn't making excuses, just observations.

Voids are easy to kill but their weapons are OP imo, I can have my opinion right? For their cost, time to build, armor and speed (slowish) the are out of balance in comparison most other units. Blizzard games are the epitome of balance and imo those need a tweak or two.

Zerglings seem a bit strong too. Zerg rushes have always been a cheap method, but iirc they seemed weaker in SC1. What I mean here is that it seemed to take a couple/few more Zerglings in SC1 to pull off the same/similar result.

My build order is getting stronger, and I (we 2 x 2) have had some really awesome come from behind wins. A couple dominating victories too! Or the other guys just sucked LOL.

I (we) did get absolutely destroyed in a game yesterday. We had both massed a pretty impressive force, or so we thought! We massed up in the center, getting ready to go in an OMG. This f'g protoss guy had a mothership thing (and mass units) and literally wiped us off the map. We died SO f'g quick, it was actually entertaining. His terran partner didn't even need to show up. The beat down was so complete we didn't even have time to type "retreat". It literally took 2-3 seconds and ALL our units were gone. We made the obvious newb error of being massed up like that. We should have split up, at least somewhat, but the Proto alone had us beat. It wouldn't have mattered anyway.

Mega- I updated my drivers immediately before install, so that's not specifically it. They may not be 100% compatable, but they are up to date. I will be sending in a thorough description to Blizzard in a few more games.

[E92-Lighting]

game is pretty fun, thats all i can say

[DougLikesBMW]

Woot I finally got in the beta...just downloading now...never played StarCraft before.

[mrgoochio]

Originally Posted by JB135i

I said the other players were better! I wasn't making excuses, just observations.

Voids are easy to kill but their weapons are OP imo, I can have my opinion right? For their cost, time to build, armor and speed (slowish) the are out of balance in comparison most other units. Blizzard games are the epitome of balance and imo those need a tweak or two.

Zerglings seem a bit strong too. Zerg rushes have always been a cheap method, but iirc they seemed weaker in SC1. What I mean here is that it seemed to take a couple/few more Zerglings in SC1 to pull off the same/similar result.

My build order is getting stronger, and I (we 2 x 2) have had some really awesome come from behind wins. A couple dominating victories too! Or the other guys just sucked LOL.

I (we) did get absolutely destroyed in a game yesterday. We had both massed a pretty impressive force, or so we thought! We massed up in the center, getting ready to go in an OMG. This f'g protoss guy had a mothership thing (and mass units) and literally wiped us off the map. We died SO f'g quick, it was actually entertaining. His terran partner didn't even need to show up. The beat down was so complete we didn't even have time to type "retreat". It literally took 2-3 seconds and ALL our units were gone. We made the obvious newb error of being massed up like that. We should have split up, at least somewhat, but the Proto alone had us beat. It wouldn't have mattered anyway.

Mega- I updated my drivers immediately before install, so that's not specifically it. They may not be 100% compatable, but they are up to date. I will be sending in a thorough description to Blizzard in a few more games.

iirc, they've already been nerfed at least once.

on the contrary, the general consensus is that zerglings are weaker in sc2.

[emac08]

if you havent added me... please do so:

deez.nutz

[E92-Lighting]

anyone looking for a protoss partner to get ranked in 2s? can only play around evening hours

[Mega Man]

2 More Beta Keys, Who Wants 'em?

Zerglings are indeed weaker in this one, as your worker units can stop non-upgraded Zerglings.

The funny thing is, is here on the US Servers, Protoss are considered OP, but on the Korean Servers, Zerg are considered OP and majority of the players there are using them.

It'd be interesting to see an intermingling of the two play styles...