starcraft 2

[psi43]

lmfao, slag pits didn't last long.

I'm glad they took shakura's over. Haven't played any of the new maps so far but rtil told me they were all kinda gay.

Also wtf, metalopolis gone? wow

[Sinitron]

metalop sucked dick aside from the mengsk statues, fuck it

that being said, i bet the new maps are far worse

[cipher]

Eh, I liked metalopolis, but in general I like which maps they chose to swap over. Scrap station was okay but I was kind of tired of it

[rtil]

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2878401533#1
The following changes are being made to the ladder map pool when Season 3 begins on Tuesday, July 26:

1v1

Removed:
Scrap Station (2)
Slag Pits (4)
Delta Quadrant (4)
Metalopolis (4)

Carried over:
Xel'Naga Caverns (2)
Backwater Gulch (4)
Shakuras Plateau (4)
Tal'Darim Altar LE (4)
The Shattered Temple (4)
Typhon Peaks (4)

New:
Nerazim Crypt (4)
Searing Crater (4)
Antiga Shipyard (4)
Abyssal Caverns (4)


I now get 3 new maps to veto.
and I will sorta miss metalopolis

metal was around for 2 seasons + beta, i think it needs a break. plus, blizz explained that they have some balance concerns for the map as well, #1 being close positions ZvT/P spawns being imbalanced, amongst other things.

scrap was imba for Z b/c of the large ramp, T and P hated that map and afaik most of them had it vetoed.

slag pits sucked.

nobody played on DQ. can't believe it lasted 2 seasons.

the new maps mostly sucked in PTR - but since then they have made balance changes to them and the maps look slightly better now. in fact some of them are heavily modified. i will be eager to try them all out.

my new veto list to start will be backwater gulch and tal'darim altar. 1st one is self explanatory, but TA only because i hate ZvT on it. it's way too easy for terran to choke you at your nat, the terrain abuse is ridiculous.

[Crabarms]

made it to platinum!

[sev]

crabarms yaaaaay!

[rtil]

that's a good way to kick off season 3

[cipher]

grats man. You're moving pretty quickly.

I won't have much time to play until friday, but I'm going to try to power through diamond now that there's a new season (not that I didn't do that last time too). It was fun being rank 1 for about 5 minutes. Somehow a month or two I go I made it all the way to rank 2 again, still not sure how I did it...


anyways yeah, that is my uninteresting update.

[psi43]

http://www.sc-replay.com/replay/27-07-11/1...i.html?justUp=1

the most AMAZING strategy for placement matches ever. Try to top that.

[rtil]

demoted to platinum

i think it's because i didn't stop playing after tilting a few days ago and went like 6-23 and totally destroyed my mmr

but i'm 6-1 so far and the only game i lost was a 6 pool when i 15 pooled so i think i'll get back in diamond soon

[psi43]

demoted to platinum

that means my chances of beating you now have increased by a lot!

[rtil]

i disagree!

[Crabarms]

You know that trick where you make a bunch of evolution chambers and try to get more than max army? I tried that and failed horribly I forgot some of them and had a nice wall for my hatchery.

[rtil]

never thought about doing it with evo chambers, mostly cuz i only tried it once when i was maxed out

made 12 spines, popped some more roaches, cancelled all the spines

223/200

[cipher]

I'm nervous to do my placement now, waiting to do it on friday

[rtil]

12-5 rank 3 plat so far.. hopefully getting out of there soon

lessons to be learned in this replay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLIddxNJBFA

[BluPhoenix]

beat someone's zealots and dts with mass overseers, changeling shields, and hydras

[rtil]

beat someone's zealots and dts with mass overseers, changeling shields, and hydras

uh..replay?

here's one from today. very long, lots of dumb shit happening, but what's cool about it is how little income we work on for the last half of the game. it was pretty damn close.

http://www.sc-replay.com/replay/29-07-11/1...SuperbGear.html

[Sef]

Watched the replay

dont think I would be patient enough for a game like that

[Crabarms]

That creep spread did wonders denying possible expansions and forcing some scans.