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[Official] SRF Starcraft II Beta Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:54 am
by vietxboy911
SRF Members:On hold until there's a good way to add friends without having to enter email addresses. (unless you happen to like spam bots :O)
N/A = not available
If you'd like your name added, just post in this thread.
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So I got the chance to play the beta and its pretty fun, besides the fact that I got owned the first two times I played. Controls are similar to the first starcraft, new looks and new features ( such as requesting for gas, minerals, but idk how to do that :> ) yet having some of the old gameplay as well. Def. going to get the game when it officially comes out, but in the meantime, everyone add your accounts so i can add it to squirts

I'll post Screenies as I play, so keep checking out for more awesomeness! Discuss or post anything dealing with SC2!
Here are some photos for when I got raped. ( big images )
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:59 am
by Miguez
lmao at the guy saying I think we got raped :p
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:08 am
by vietxboy911
that was me
lol. The two games i played my teamates werent so good, especially the game when i got owned by the ultralisks
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:57 am
by Squirt
I'm glad your enjoying the account mate :3.
Keep up the work :3
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:16 pm
by Miguez
Aw lol that was you
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:37 pm
by Azilius
I gave my beta friend key to an IRL friend and now we're 4th in our division..
It's a really, really fun game. I can't say I'm that big of a fan of playing against real people. I've always preferred AI, and I hope the new AI is as good as they make it seem.
btw, spend your minerals and gas >_> Shouldn't have that much xD
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:50 pm
by vietxboy911
Its hard to spend it when you multitask :o
I have like one more match in the practice league thingy... so what happens after?
Still trying to explore my favorite units in protoss, cause i tried terrin and they suck

Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:53 pm
by Azilius
Uhh
I skipped the practice matches but I assume after you finish them you go into 'placement matches' which will determine what league and division to put you in.
Leagues are something like
platinum, gold, silver, bronze, copper
and then a lot of divisions for each.
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:17 pm
by vietxboy911
So your win-lose record matters? uhoh.. better start getting better

Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:18 pm
by Squirt
vietxboy911 wrote:So your win-lose record matters? uhoh.. better start getting better

Yeah don't noob up my stats xD
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:28 pm
by vietxboy911
Pft, wait till i know everything about Protoss, then I'll be pro-shiz. I would be playing right now but doing something on the other pc thats taking forever

Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:13 am
by vietxboy911
Sorry for the double post but its been 12~ hours and I have more SS to upload.
Here, just having fun nuking and having mass carriers vs. A.I and some people online

enjoy
The game is alot different I realized after playing a few games in the Beta. I'd say a little more difficult than the original to a certain degree because of all the new stuff and characters. They need to add dragoons back

Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:24 pm
by Squirt
The nukes are beautiful =O
By the way its the Beta nothing is final
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:49 pm
by SM-Count
vietxboy911 wrote:I'd say a little more difficult than the original to a certain degree because of all the new stuff and characters. They need to add dragoons back

Even the facepalm smilie can't begin describe the amount of fail contained in this sentence.
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:13 am
by Azilius
SM-Count wrote:vietxboy911 wrote:I'd say a little more difficult than the original to a certain degree because of all the new stuff and characters. They need to add dragoons back

Even the facepalm smilie can't begin describe the amount of fail contained in this sentence.
Did you quote the wrong sentence or am I reading this wrong >_> It's not -that- much a fail..if one at all..
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:36 am
by Vuesters92
are they still adding new tester to the beta?
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:00 pm
by SM-Count
Azilius wrote:SM-Count wrote:vietxboy911 wrote:I'd say a little
more difficult than the original to a certain degree because of all the new stuff and characters.
They need to add dragoons back 
Even the facepalm smilie can't begin describe the amount of fail contained in this sentence.
Did you quote the wrong sentence or am I reading this wrong >_> It's not -that- much a fail..if one at all..
If you've ever played the original SC semi-competitively you understand why that sentence is wrong in many many ways.
@above
yes they are, it's rumored that huge invite wave is due in a month or two after last months stress test (i.e. server reset)
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:54 pm
by vietxboy911
it is harder -.- new units are a pain in the butthole
dragoons are the beasts though.
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:51 pm
by dom
money map comp stomp
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:17 pm
by Squirt
dom wrote:money map comp stomp
money maps are fun if you play with friends......
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:19 pm
by dom
Squirt wrote:dom wrote:money map comp stomp
money maps are fun if you play with friends......
Then we'll need to host a bi-weekly SRF Money Map Comp Stomp

Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:25 pm
by Squirt
dom wrote:Squirt wrote:dom wrote:money map comp stomp
money maps are fun if you play with friends......
Then we'll need to host a bi-weekly SRF Money Map Comp Stomp

Woot woot, I call mass marines xD
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:11 pm
by SM-Count
Wait a minute, it takes more than 1 person to comp stomp?
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:51 pm
by dom
SM-Count wrote:Wait a minute, it takes more than 1 person to comp stomp?
100% right
Must be more efficient for you to solo comp stomp to inflate your win ratio.
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:31 am
by vietxboy911
wait for another few months for that
will post more SS 2morrow
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:17 am
by Jstar1
Is the balance alright? Thats the biggest issue with starcraft 2. I feel like TvZ in starcraft 2 is going to be dropship galore..combine dropship and medic? I mean come on.
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:24 am
by Nick Invaders
Jstar1 wrote:Is the balance alright? Thats the biggest issue with starcraft 2. I feel like TvZ in starcraft 2 is going to be dropship galore..combine dropship and medic? I mean come on.
afaik there are no medics
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:02 am
by Squirt
Nick Invaders wrote:Jstar1 wrote:Is the balance alright? Thats the biggest issue with starcraft 2. I feel like TvZ in starcraft 2 is going to be dropship galore..combine dropship and medic? I mean come on.
afaik there are no medics
The dropships ARE the medics
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:51 pm
by SM-Count
I don't see how sc2 will be drop ship galore. Right now the 'standard' (or metagame if you will) in TvZ is FE into roach into roach-hydra and creep tumor to the center of the map with overlords spewing to third. (unless it's scrap station but it plays out similarly, it's just the third is harder to defend cause of backstabs) Anyways, zergs have amazing mobility between bases which makes drop ship play pointless plus they're hella expensive plus reactor got nerfed so they come out slower plus if you unload the units will get picked off.
The main thing is zerg don't rely on 3 hatch muta into lurker-ling going for 4 base hive tech like SC1 where drop ship play had 4 potential targets and zerg mobility vs. terran drop ship defined a harass oriented mid game. (course, terran usually just pushed out with first vessel rather than going for drop ships)
On that note, a helion opening with drop ships mid game could yield a bunch of drone kills at an unqueened expansion if you got the multi-task to keep your helions alive from the bullshit auto-surround that needs to be removed. Plus helions rape hydras and lings so if they're not going roach heavy 6-8 helions kick ass and your factory won't go to waste.
Re: Starcraft 2 beta gameplay
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:11 pm
by Azilius
I play in bronze/silver tiers and when I go anything vT, they almost always MMM ball =\
marine marauder medivac. Only fun shit to counter with are burrowed banelings..
collosus (sp?) also are't that bad for mmm ball but their mobility sucks, cliff vision abuse doesn't work w/ medivac air vision =\