Starcraft 2 Beta Patch 7 – 3/30/2010

by Waldo March 31, 2010

Patch 7 brings some updates to defense with the changes to turrets, cannons and Zerg defense.  I’m not excited about the Thor nerf — they have been my “go to” late game units. Balance Changes TERRAN Banshee The health has been increased from 130 to 140. Missile Turret The damage has been changed from 7+7 [...]

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Silver League Rank

by Waldo March 30, 2010

Just picked up a big win (+38 points) against a much better Zerg player. I completely blocked myself in with depots and bunkers. A dozen marauders kept him out. My banshees made a great harass, eventually causing his demise. It was great.

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SC2 Beta Patch 6 – 3/25/10

by Waldo March 26, 2010

Updates came out across the board yesterday, along with the data wipe.  You’ll need to recreate everything in order to get playing again. Here are some highlights — the full patch notes are below: Updates to Terran Viking Cost changed from 125 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 75 Vespene Gas. This [...]

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SC2 Mac Beta In April

by Waldo March 25, 2010

Great news about the mac beta for Starcraft 2 straight from the B.net forums Q. Mac beta please! Any information? A. We are currently working on a Mac version of the beta and hope to release it sometime in April. Hang in there!! A general thought on the Mac beta — there is probably a [...]

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Starcraft 2 Banshee Rush

by Waldo March 21, 2010

Most of the time I’m playing — I’m playing random. I enjoy mixing it up. My 2v2 partner has been playing zerg, filling up on roaches after a 6-8 ling mineral harass. It’s worked well. Last night we were banshee rushed, twice. We had back-to-back games against either terran-toss or terran-zerg and both times one [...]

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Baneling – How To Blow up Your Enemies

by Waldo July 5, 2009

The baneling is a creature so bloated with fluid-filled sacs that it can barely walk; instead, it moves itself by tucking into a tight ball and rolling. However, this ungainly appearance belies the fact that the baneling is an extremely dangerous organism, one of several new zerg specialists recently seen on the battlefield. When a [...]

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Starcraft 2 Campaign Demo

by Waldo April 12, 2009

Here is an oldie, but goodie, when it comes to Starcraft 2 previews.  This walkthrough is a present Blizzard gave the fans during Blizzcon 2007.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-30

by admin March 30, 2009

Not sure I’m into hardcore starcraft (one) gaming. Too old for my taste — what RTS game should I be watching right now? #

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Starcraft 2 Beta Starts March 31

by Waldo March 28, 2009

Starcraft 2 Beta e-mail goes out. Beta starts March 31 Welcome to the beta test of Starcraft II! We’re excited to have reached the beta-testing stage for Starcraft II and our upgraded Battle.net service, and we’d be grateful to have you join us during the next few months of fine tuning. Getting started: Along with [...]

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Starcraft 2 Beta Opt-In

by Waldo March 28, 2009

Here are some detailed instructions on getting yourself in on the Starcraft 2 beta. starcraftwire.com was nice enough to put these together. 1) Register on Battle.net Got to Battle.net, and log in with a Blizzard Account, WoW account or make a new account. Making multiple accounts will likely not work, as this is a brand [...]

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