Twitter Updates for 2010-07-28

by Waldo July 28, 2010

It's release day — who's got it? who's pumped to get it? # Korea to make up $225 million of Starcraft 2 revenue this year. $300 million expected. http://bit.ly/bC5VT6 # I can't even count how many languages #starcraft2 is being tweeted about in right now — going to be a big night on bnet # [...]

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Starcraft 2 Top Seller on Amazon

by Waldo July 27, 2010

Take a quick look at the top seller on Amazon as of right now:

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Link Round Up – 7.27.2010

by Waldo July 27, 2010

PC Gamer’s so-so write up on the launch and some revenue estimates.  Korea to make up $225 million of this years revenue pie (link) Short discussion on system requirements.  OS X seems to be having some issues if you aren’t top of the line (link) Awesome depiction of the story the installer tells while you [...]

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Starcraft 2 Launch – A Day That Will Live In Infamy

by Waldo July 27, 2010

The day has arrived!  For those of you that camped out for a midnight release, you’re already enjoying the fun.  If you are waiting for the direct download to open up around 10 AM PDT, like myself, then the window of waiting is slowly closing.  Either way, today is epic.

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Winning at Starcraft 2 Part 1 – Defining Goals

by Waldo June 9, 2010

This is an ongoing series about winning at Starcraft 2. It will begin with a basic discussion on the fundamentals of planning a successful match and then move into individual executions that can be used to win almost any game. This is part 1 in the series What is a goal? A goal or objective [...]

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SC2 Zerg Strategies – Nydus Network

by Batjon May 19, 2010

I’ve been playing a lot of Zerg lately, and I think my favorite aspect of their game is the Nydus Worm.  For those unfamiliar, these structures allows Zerg players to transport ground units to and from different points on the map nearly instantaneously.  Here’s a list of things to know about the Nydus Network and [...]

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Starcraft 2 Beta Ending

by Waldo May 18, 2010

Two months before the official release Phase 1 of the Starcraft 2 beta will come to an end. Official post from Blizzard: We’d like to let all of our StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test participants know that the first phase of the beta test will be coming to an end in all regions [...]

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SC2 Custom Mac Setup

by Batjon May 12, 2010

Just dug my Belkin n52 SpeedPad out of the closet (it reeks of WoW) and picked up a shiny new Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse from Best Buy.  Time to get busy and setup a nice custom interface to enhance my Macintosh SC2 experience (i.e. dominate noobs). First things first, I had to download some software [...]

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Zerg versus MMM – SC2 Forum Post of the Day

by Waldo May 9, 2010

Here is a quick exchange on Zerg versus MMM balls. One is a bit on the whiney side — the other is the retort. Testing.pwn, the gentleman that counters, makes some really great points below. First we’ll hear from Scyn.scyn: Its OP. Mutas, dont stand up to stimmed marines, and mutas are expensive vs that [...]

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2v2 Platinum League

by Waldo May 9, 2010

After going 5-0 in my placement matches I found myself right in the middle of the Platinum division. I was a little surprised, especially since I was silver in the pre-gamestop era of the beta. I’ve hovered in the 30′s range in the group. Hoping to break into the 20′s but there has been a [...]

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