starcraft 2

[Pants, the terrible]

starcraft 2

more like

FUCKIN'DANTEcraft 2

[rtil]

here's a good protoss build versus 6pool/zerg rush

build 4 probes, mine

build a pylon by the gate, scout

build forge
build pylon at the other side of the gate
build 2 cannons behind each pylon

make the entrance small with a gateway to deny the zerglings entry to your mineral line

add a couple zealots/stalkers/void rays, you're pretty much set

[Mad Meat]

screw activision, Starcraft 1 is the shit

[rtil]

what exactly did activision do to starcraft 2?

[Fuzz]

I think people think they made blizzard split SC2 into 3 separate games for each race. IDK, they didn't do anything.

[rtil]

pretty sure that was blizzard's idea, as well as the region thing.

it's not like blizzard hasn't made stupid decisions before (realid)

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

people cant handle the fact that sometimes companies have to screw them over a bit to ensure they dont get screwed over a bunch.
they especially cant handle it when its a company they've loved since childhood.

[lenko]

[DrRumack]

[rtil]

people cant handle the fact that sometimes companies have to screw them over a bit to ensure they dont get screwed over a bunch.

an intelligent way to handle the situation would have been to let each user choose which regions he or she wants to play in, instead of restricting them to one region. if the fans hadn't said anything, australians would have been stuck playing with southern asians. it was a stupid idea

[psi43]

just played 6 games with rtil, 2v2, me and him against others of course.

we won 2 of those lmfao

[Fuzz]

just played 6 games with rtil, 2v2, me and him against others of course.

we won 2 of those lmfao

You boys need to be playing with me!

[rtil]

am i on your friends list?

[rtil]

put this together based on what i've found online. counters for all units

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Au...VRTXc&hl=en

[psi43]

put this together based on what i've found online. counters for all units

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Au...VRTXc&hl=en

look, i made a cake chart out of the protoss spread sheet for viewing pleasure:

[rtil]

i'm done playing random for now. the last 4 times i've picked random i've gotten zerg. i end up with a ton of resources lying around and hardly enough larvae to spend it on. i guess i need to build more hatcheries.

i pretty much took a complete beating today in 1v1 and 2v2, however my last 2 games as protoss turned out really well - especially the last one, in which my enemy was favored. but, of course, i didn't get any points for winning. i thought it was because i was being moved into a different ladder, but i got some points in my first game earlier today. but none since. i just don't get how the ladder system works anymore, i think it's broken. i can't wait until it's reset and they fix whatever is wrong with it.

anyway, here are my two protoss replays.

http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1/...alone.SC2Replay - 2v2. my terran ally pretty much gets wiped out and i have to finish them off on my own. zerg player tries annoying mutalisk cheese at the end, kind of stupid

http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1/...otoss.SC2Replay - 1v1 vs a favored terran. he had a lot of tricks up his sleeve but fortunately i was able to scout and was ready for him. a good challenging game

[psi43]

i'm done playing random for now. the last 4 times i've picked random i've gotten zerg. i end up with a ton of resources lying around and hardly enough larvae to spend it on. i guess i need to build more hatcheries.

duuuuude, you have to build these things that you can train in your hatchery the ugly fat motherfucker that can attack air units. Costs 150 minerals, you can build it after you built the pool. That thing has an ability that you can use on your hatchery, gives it +4 larves i think (which you can use once). But you can use that ability more than once, so you can pile up larves all you want, i had 13 larves at one point, and that on one hatchery.

[rtil]

you're talking about queens

i know about the ability, but even with a queen i have a lot of excess resources as the game progresses. i tried a game with an extra hatchery i used only for unit building and it helped a little. and i had 1 queen per hatchery

[Fuzz]

Yea, rtil I'm on your list. (TownFunk)

I've gotten a lot better with zerg over the past couple of days. I find Hydras to be more effective than Muties.

EDIT: I was taking a look at your spreadsheet, and the problem is the terran counter for each of those should be MARINES MARINES...MORE MARINES!!!

[rtil]

mariners are super versatile but they are weak against some units - especially splash/spread damage like seige tanks, mutas, ultras, colossi and high templar storm.

but you have to be an effective micro player to combat a marine blob, and most players probably aren't.